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Started by Valmy, April 19, 2011, 08:06:38 PM

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Valmy

April 19, 2011, 08:06:38 PM
I am trying to find information about a Charles A Wallin born 1840 in Sweden but I am pretty sure Charles Wallin is not what his name was in Sweden.  Any obvious equivalent?
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

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Ed Anger

#1
April 19, 2011, 08:08:54 PM
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Admiral Yi

#2
April 19, 2011, 08:27:34 PM
Karl A. Wallin.

Valmy

#3
April 19, 2011, 08:28:17 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on April 19, 2011, 08:27:34 PM
Karl A. Wallin.

Yeah tried that.  Nothin.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Admiral Yi

#4
April 19, 2011, 08:29:39 PM
Quote from: Valmy on April 19, 2011, 08:28:17 PM
Yeah tried that.  Nothin.

Try putting some tits on the As.

HVC

#5
April 19, 2011, 08:30:30 PM
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Grey Fox

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April 20, 2011, 08:07:29 AM
Who?
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Eddie Teach

#7
April 20, 2011, 08:09:27 AM
Probably an ancestor.
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Valmy

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April 20, 2011, 08:10:28 AM Last Edit: April 20, 2011, 08:12:13 AM by Valmy
Quote from: Grey Fox on April 20, 2011, 08:07:29 AM
Who?

My wife's maiden name is Wallin.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Slargos

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April 20, 2011, 08:14:39 AM Last Edit: April 20, 2011, 08:16:30 AM by Slargos
Problem is that spelling wasn't a precise science in pre-modernity. Carl or Karl are both pronounced the same, so there's no real need to be precise.

"From Sweden" is not going to be enough, I think. You need to narrow it down. Records are pretty well kept from the 19th century but I doubt you'll get anywhere without knowing where he came from.

Additionally, "Charles" is not necessarily the result of a name change.

Grey Fox

#10
April 20, 2011, 08:19:21 AM
Colonel Caliga is Awesome.

Slargos

#11
April 20, 2011, 08:21:41 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on April 20, 2011, 08:19:21 AM
http://www.markandandrea.com/images/family/mark/seburgs/wallin.htm

Related to those guys?

There are 12 194 Wallins today, spread all over the country.

Not the most common name at #62, but not exactly uncommon either.

Caliga

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April 20, 2011, 08:26:00 AM
Hehe... I was working on geneaology last night and traced one of my mother's lines back to early Massachusetts...  my 10th great grandfather, John Stone, got fined for yelling at a Puritan minister in Gloucester, specifically "for scandalizing Mr. Blynman, with charging him with a false interpretation of Scripture, as also saying that if an angel from heaven should preach the same he would not believe it, and that there were other of his mind; and also further in a discourse with James Smith tending to the reproach of the doctrine delivered by Mr. Blynman".  :cool:
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Valmy

#13
April 20, 2011, 08:28:22 AM
Quote from: Slargos on April 20, 2011, 08:14:39 AM
Problem is that spelling wasn't a precise science in pre-modernity. Carl or Karl are both pronounced the same, so there's no real need to be precise.

"From Sweden" is not going to be enough, I think. You need to narrow it down. Records are pretty well kept from the 19th century but I doubt you'll get anywhere without knowing where he came from.

Additionally, "Charles" is not necessarily the result of a name change.

I have the following clues:

1. The guy arrived in the US in 1870.

2. He was living in North Carolina by 1900.

So I need to find a record of all Charles, Carl, Karl Wallins who left Sweden for the US in 1870 (or at least shortly before it).  Yeah it is not much to go on but if there are only 12,194 today there could not have been very many way back in 1870.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Slargos

#14
April 20, 2011, 08:32:52 AM
Pretty thin.  :D

My interest in genealogy is even thinner, so I can't really help you. I might ask my parents if they know any good resources to turn to.
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