Otto (Carlsson) Ekstrom Wirf Swedish

Question

this is a Swedish name Otto Carlsson Ekstrom is last name though.  What is Wirf?  I would like to add him to the tree but need instruction of how to enter name on profile, please

Answer 1

Franz Otto's father was the parish tailor Carl Ekström.
Bankekinds kyrkoarkiv, Födelse- och dopböcker, SE/VALA/00023/C/5 (1797-1852), bildid: C0015214_00190, sida 364 https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0015214_00190

Wirf was Franz Otto's soldier name - he was a grenadier.
Östra Ryds kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE/VALA/00488/A I/20 (1871-1875), bildid: C0015091_00170, sida 417 https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0015091_00170
- he is "Lifgr. Frans Otto Wirf" in the household record.

Franz Otto does not seem to have used the family name Ekström in Sweden because he went straight from home to enrolling as a grenadier - and soldiers were assigned "professional" surnames.

But I assume they all used the family name Ekström in America - his son went by the family name Ekström before he left Sweden and he was the first to leave.

Östra Ryds kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, SE/VALA/00488/A I/24 (1882-1887), bildid: C0015095_00190, sida 440 https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0015095_00190

So, looking at the sources, where his father was named Ekström at the time of Frans Otto's birth, and his son (and he himself in America) considered Ekström as their family name, I think it is warranted to use Ekström as Last Name at Birth. He was not born a soldier - and in this case, where he presumably did not use the name Wirf at the end of his life, Wirf would go in the Other Last Names.

If you wish to be kind to us Swedes, please copy-paste the name Ekström to get the Ö. You can use the American spelling Ekstrom as his Current Last Name.

Comments

But their son died Johan Albin died in 1871 ( https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/A0010970_00043 ) so he can't be https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ekstrom-205?

According to the census of 1900 John Ekström was born 1862, emigrated 1891 and married abt. 1895.

In the birth certificate of John Ekströms son, Albert Edward, it says his fathers name was Johan Albert Ekström, born 1862. 

So, doing a search at emiweb, I come up with Johan Albert Ekström, born 1861-11-22 in Gällersta, Örebro as a likely candidate. He emigrated 1891-04-27 Rösjö, Stora Mellösa, Örebro.

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Exactly. I have come up with the same guy by searching for granny Elaine Ekstrom in FamilySearch:

"Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q239-M8NH : 18 May 2016), Dorothy Elaine Ekstrom, 27 Aug 1901; Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, reference/certificate 186015, Cook County Clerk, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm .

Also located him in the Swedish records - he was married a first time, became a widower in 1884 and went to the US alone in 1891.

So much for Ancestry family trees.

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So much for Ancestry family trees.

Agree fully, and I can't help but wonder if that is why I can not trace as many of my DNA relatives as I would have hoped to...

Anyway, I added a research note to the profile with all sources I found so I Patricia might rewrite the biography. 

Patricia, these links might be of help when doing research on your Swedish ancestors;

* https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Sweden_Genealogy_Resources 

* https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:The_Swedish_National_Archives

* https://www.familysearch.org/search/

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Thank you for all your help and yes I shall rewrite bio.  Please note,  I’m pushing out generations until I meet up with ancestors who came to America.  I’m adding sources when possible, though limited, so that I may at least get established.  I’m glad I could help the Swedes project.  May I join?

My health is questionable now, so if you or anyone cares to help, it would be much appreciated.  Thank you! Patty

[[De-Loof-9 | Patricia DeLoof]]

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You have removed the research note I added to the profile, proving (sources included) that he is NOT the son of Frans Otto Ekström Wirf family. May I ask why?

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Yes, Maggie. I also noticed that. It makes me very sorry that I wrote such an elaborate answer, without noticing that the sources were for the wrong family. My answer should NOT be the "best answer".

Answer 2

You need to give us some information where you got the Wirf part from in order for us to know if it is even a name.

Is he born 1864-08-03 in Voxtorp, Halland?

Edit to add;

I am even more confused when checking your tree... Johan Albin, born in Östra Ryd 1869-02-22, son of livgrenadjären Frans Otto Wirf and Johanna Karolina Andersdotter died 1871, only 2-3 years old and there is no second son with the same name. This is the family in the household book; https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0015091_00170 This person can not have emigrated to US.

Since I do not pay for Ancestry I can not see any of the links you have added as sources.

Comments

Well spotted about Johan Albin.

I was focussing on Frans Otto Wirf, who did go to America with most of his family.

So maybe we have been spending time on the wrong family?