Thomas Mattsson Gåbbels (1640 - 1702)

Born 1640 in Övermark, Närpes, Finland

Descendants

Died 1702 at about age 62 in Övermark, Närpes, Finland

Biography

"Bondeslaker i Overmark," Chapter XVII, GABBELS FAMILY OF OVERMARK. Author: Alfred Franzen. Family Genealogy fo Finland, Kristinestad, FIN 1953. About the author Franzen: South of Vaasa sat another industrious researcher in his home territory's church records compiling genealogical analyses of the farming families in Övermark. How he managed that, too, no one knows. He was a farmer, active in local government and various associations. He wrote the protocols at important functions. He was the local photographer, who immortalized all the important events in the district. His name was Alfred Franzen (born 1882). His contribution is impressive enough in its breadth. Between 1948 and 1956 he presented some thirty genealogies of the countryside's people, some in the newspaper Syd-Österbotten, some in Kaskö Tidning, occasionally in the Vasabladet. We are all grateful for his research and keeping accurate family records on the Gabbels.

Sources

• "Bondeslaker i Overmark," Chapter XVII, Gabbels Family. Author: Alfred Franzen. Family Genealogy of the Gabbels lin of Finland, Kristinestad, Finland, published, 1953.

• HISKI: Finland Church Records: for births, confirmation, marriages and death.

• ©Joiner documents and records. [source: Title: "The Traveling Joiners: A Genealogy of the Joiner Family and Other Related Families"; privately pub 1971, 39 pages; by Rev. Dr. Darrell and Sally Ann Joiner. 4 works in 6 publications in 1 language and 32 library holdings since 1971. All rights reserved. For personal use only.]