> Yvonne Morehouse wrote 2012-11-06 23:04: > >> Now, however, I can't find the right parents for Eureka or Ericka Sundin >> or Sundeen. Maybe those two surnames aren't right, either. >> >> This lady was born about 14 Nov 1874 in (I think) Ånge Municipality, >> Västernorrland County, Sweden. She married August Samuel Engstrom on 22 >> Dec 1893 but the Minnesota marriage records don't go back that far. >> Eureka died on 14 Aug 1942 in Alexandria, Douglas County, Minnesota. >> >> I'm looking for more information on Eureka and hopefully will locate the >> names of her parents but, how do the Swedes spell a surname that sounds >> like Sundeen? > Bo Johansson wrote 2012-11-06 23:28: > > Probable Swedish name Erika Sundin. > > Here is a family living at Ånge in Borgsjö parish parish in Swedish > Census 1880: > > Olsson Sundin, Per > Torpare [poor tenant farmer] > b. 1841 in Gräsmark (Värmlands län, Värmland) > Man, married, father > > Andersdotter, Juliana > b. 1846 in Borgsjö (Västernorrlands län, Medelpad) > h. > Woman, married, mother > > [...] > > Katharina Erika > b. 1874 in Borgsjö (Västernorrlands län, Medelpad) > deras ä. d. [their legitimate daughter] > Woman, single, child > > [...] > > Ånge > Borgsjö (Västernorrlands län, Medelpad) > ------------------------------- Still at Ånge in Swedish Census 1890 Olsson Sundin, Per 1841 Father Andersdotter, Juliana 1846 Mother - Kathrina Erika 1874 Child - Olivia Albertina 1877 Child - Julia Mariana 1879 Child - Mina Mathilda 1880 Child - Axel 1883 Child - Oskar 1885 Child - Selma Tiolina 1888 Child - Per Elfvin 1889 Child Kathrina Erika f. 1874 i Borgsjö (Västernorrlands län, Medelpad) d. Ogift kvinna, barn i familjen [unmarried woman, child] Ånge Borgsjö (Västernorrlands län, Medelpad) ----------------------------------- Her birth is recorded 21 Nov 1874, Katharina Erika, parents worker Per Olsson Sundin of Ofvansjö and wife Juliana Andersdotter, page 20 in HFL. AD Borgsjö C:3 (1862-1880) Bild 140 / sid 129a (AID: v121108.b140.s129a, NAD: SE/HLA/1010021). The family is found at Ånge in AD Borgsjö AIIa:1b (1891-1901) Bild 155 / sid 470 (AID: v121087.b155.s470, NAD: SE/HLA/1010021). "Torpare" Per Olsson Sundin and daughter Katarina Erika emigrate 1893 to N.Amerika. They are number 6 and 7 in the 1893 moving-out list, date 3 Feb 1893, in AD Borgsjö B:2 (1881-1894) Bild 55 / sid 88 (AID: v121097.b55.s88, NAD: SE/HLA/1010021). Juliana Andersdotter with 3 children are in the next HFL, with a remark that the the husband is in America since 1893. AD Borgsjö AIIa:2b (1901-1911) Bild 1420 / sid 472 (AID: v121090.b1420.s472, NAD: SE/HLA/1010021) // Bo Johansson

Thanks for your very prompt reply, Bo. I apologize for not thanking you last night (here comes the "but") but...I was glued to the TV watching the presidential election. Smiles, Yvonne