Birth records for Fritz and Carl Wackrow, born in Sweden?

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Hello all,

In my efforts to extend the leaves of my family tree, I came across Fritz Wrackow. He married Caroline Bowles, whose grandfather was my fourth great-grandfather. His FamilySearch profile gives life dates of 13 March 1853—28 October 1925. I've been able to prove his death date, and his year of birth through his age given on the passenger list of the ship that he emigrated to New Zealand on, but I've been unable to find any evidence of his birth, which supposedly took place in Malmö, Sweden.

When he travelled to New Zealand aboard the Forfarshire, he also travelled with two siblings: Carl and August, born approximately 1858 and 1872. These dates match two siblings which he is attached to on FamilySearch, but I think only August and perhaps one more sibling have any Swedish birth records attached. I would love to find evidence of this relationship in order to continue working on his ancestry and to be able to connect Fritz and Carl's WikiTree profiles.

WikiTree profile: Fritz Wackrow
in Genealogy Help by Amelia Utting G2G6 Pilot (207k points)
Thank you for an interesting question, Amy!

1 Answer

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Yes, this is the birth record for August Nils Julius Wackrow, born in Kronotorp, Burlöv parish 5 April 1872 (baptized the 14th) to brickmaker master Carl Christian Friederich Wackerow (48) and his wife Elna Andersdotter (43), married for 19 years.

Burlövs kyrkoarkiv, Födelse- och dopböcker, SE/LLA/13050/C I/7 (1860-1886), bildid: C0064353_00063 https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0064353_00063

You can search for Swedish church records here:
https://sok.riksarkivet.se/kyrkoarkiv
by Eva Ekeblad G2G6 Pilot (573k points)
And this is where the family lived:

Burlövs kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE/LLA/13050/A I/10 (1866-1879), bildid: C0064339_00027, sida 18 https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0064339_00027 - they're at the bottom of the page
Västra Kärrstorps kyrkoarkiv, Födelse- och dopböcker, SE/LLA/13476/C I/4 (1835-1861), bildid: C0070641_00035 https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0070641_00035

Frits was born out of wedlock to Elna Andersdotter. May well be the premarital child of Wackrow.
Cool, the whole family left for New Zealand!
Västra Kärrstorps kyrkoarkiv, Födelse- och dopböcker, SE/LLA/13476/C I/4 (1835-1861), bildid: C0070641_00057 https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0070641_00057

They married in November.
Superior digging, Eva!
Thanks, Pip!
Digging in Sweden is easy when you have correct dates AND places to start with. There was more info in the FamilySearch tree that Amy linked to.

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