Genealogy Chat

Oh well - at least it rules it out! Wonder if all the Sandeans in US Census' are also mistranscribed.............not that there is a William inamongst anyway.
Julie

Been there, done that, Janey, Had looked for attestation papers for Sandean. No luck.
Also, sometimes a person is buried with first wife rather than second especially if there was a child with first wife. It happened in the case of my grandad, he's with first wife.

Ooh way past my bedtime but I have to post this:

(Ancestry.com have him as Vilhelm Anderson Sanden. He is Swedish.)

canada.gc.ca

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Surname:
Sanden
Given Name:
Vilhelm A.
Age:
39
Sex:
M
Nationality:
Swe
Date of Arrival:
1926/07/24 (YYYY/MM/DD)
Port of Arrival:
Halifax
Ship:
FREDERICK VIII, Scandinavian American
Reference:
RG76 - IMMIGRATION, series C-1-b
Volume:
1926 volume 8
Page Number:
19
Microfilm reel:
T-14806

Note: Due to the poor legibility of the original indexes, some information in this database may be incorrect and/or incomplete.

Source: FINDI76-1519

Edit - the age fits with the obituary

Julie

What an exciting find, Julie!!
The things people find while my back is turned in bed!! It looks very promising doesn't it? You and Margaret obviously have a better eye than me for spotting name variations. I would never have considered chasing that clue. The name is SO similar and the dates fit too.
The burial 'thing' also reminded me that Dorothy's brother and his wife are buried in different graves in Liverpool with different families branches. I think expense always had something to do with it as well.
If only we could find something about Dorothy's daughter Vera Sandean and two granddaghters. I'm pinning my hopes on newspaper announcements.
If I go quiet in a week or so it's because my subscription expires, but "I'll be back...." probably eventually.
thanks again,
Jill (and all the Walker family)

Well isn't that fabulous! Swedish would also tie in with the Sandean firm in Wisconsin -- lots of Swedish settlement in that area of the US:

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAEsweden.htm

The first Swedish colony was established by Gustav Unonius in New Upsala, Wisconsin in 1841. The following year Peter Cassel founded New Sweden in Jefferson County. Within a few years there were over 500 Swedish immigrants living in this settlement. Other Swedish colonies were also formed in Swede Point, Iowa (1846) and Andover, Illinois (1849). Minnesota was another popular place to settle and there are over 400 place names of Scandinavian origin in the state.


So they could be related, but likely way back. ;)


(Margaret - I checked the CEF database because of the alleged Sandean Jooleh had found at Ancestry, and found it to be one of Ancestry's usual errors.)


Jill -- each of us should now send you a PM so that if your subscription lapses you will still be able to contact us -- you can reply to PMs with a free sub, but not initiate contact by PM. I'll do that now.

PM sent to Jill

Ha ha -you WILL be back, the pull is too great and it's vey frustrating not being able to post when you've found something!

Thanks you lot!
My stupid Internet connection has been down for a couple of days - and I got withdrawal symptoms with that!! Still Father Christmas is bringing me Ancestry (and FTM 2010 if I'm a good girl!)
I'm off to the wilds of Leicestershire on thursday for a week and might not be able to get online because the kids will be on it!! (I might be able to wait till bedtime!!)
cheers and thanks for the tip about PMs
Jill

You'll never guess!
I've had another stroke of luck about Vilhelm/William Sande*n. I was happily romancing about Dorothy Walker marrying some big, handsome, blond Swede when her god daughter (also Dorothy Walker) now age 85 suddenly produced a photograph of him!!! He is quite slight and dark with a moustache!
Thought you might envy that! (the photo - not the moustache!)
Jill

Oh! That's funny, who could imagine a Swede being slight and dark with a moustache!

Ah we tend to hoard photos don't we. But what about the letters-presumably long gone? Or is it worth searching Dorothy's god daughter's attic!