Yvonne Morehouse wrote 2012-11-06 23:04: > Thanks to Martin, I finally was able to fix many errors in one of my > Swedish ancestor's database. > > 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? 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 Anders Wilhelm b. 1864 in Borgsjö (Västernorrlands län, Medelpad) hennes oä. s. [her illeg. son] Woman, single, child Johan Olof Walfrid b. 1870 in Borgsjö (Västernorrlands län, Medelpad) hennes oä. s. [her illeg. son] Man, single, child Per Olof b. 1872 in Borgsjö (Västernorrlands län, Medelpad) deras ä. s. [their legitimate son] Man, single, child Katharina Erika b. 1874 in Borgsjö (Västernorrlands län, Medelpad) deras ä. d. [their legitimate daughter] Woman, single, child Olivia Albertina b. 1877 in Borgsjö (Västernorrlands län, Medelpad) deras ä. d. [their legitimate daughter] Girl, child Julia Mariana b. 1879 in Borgsjö (Västernorrlands län, Medelpad) deras ä. d. [their legitimate daughter] Girl, child Ånge Borgsjö (Västernorrlands län, Medelpad) ------------------------------- // Bo Johansson