John SMITH married Mary SUISTED

[Debsss]

Hi again...

Family Search - New Zealand Archives, Probate Records, 1848-1991
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0132t/

Regards
Beg

This has been VERY helpful for other family I'm researching and so far they are up to 1929 for Dunedin

[Ginny99]

Dear Debsss
Hi I've just joined this website - mainly to respond to your message thread.
I am a decendant of Charles E Suisted (1810-1860) (b Carl Eberhard Sjostedt) and I can advise you that Charles/Carl had no sister Mary.
I can find a reference to swedish nieces 'Maria Frederika Juliana Sjostedt(1825-1848)'.  And her sister 'Adelejid Wilhemina Rosalie Sjostedt (b1832 - ?) is mentioned on Charles' Swedish passport issued in Stockholm 1858 during a trip back to Europe from NZ.  But I haven't found any family record of Wilhemina coming to NZ and I've speculated that she may have only travelled from Sweden to England with her uncle - if at all.
Then a swedish cousin 'Maria Sophia Obiljana Sjostedt (b 1824-?)

Of the 15 children in total he & his English/Lincolnshire wife, Mary-Emma, had there was one daughter Mary Ophelia Suisted who died as an infant (1838-1841 Tasmania) and another daughter Mary Emma Campbell (nee Suisted) (1848-1933 NZ) no children.
Sjostedt is a reasonably common name in Scandanavia/North America but to date I haven't come across another Suisted that is not descended from Charles/Carl.
Good luck.

[Debsss]

Hi Ginny much appreciated that you took the time to come in an post here with this info. Yes I had looked intensively at the two children of Charles who were named Mary but dates simply didn't match my Mary.  You say " Then a swedish cousin 'Maria Sophia Obiljana Sjostedt (b 1824-?) " do you believe this might worth looking further into?  I am also awaiting a DNA kit and hoping I may find some leads when it's processed.  I come back to Mary SUISTED quite a bit but still stuck! Thanks again.

[Debsss]

Hi,

I will throw this one in for elimination or not.

Looks like the NZSG hold in their Certificate Collection, a certificate for an Alice Cumberbeach and a John Smith for 23 June 1922, Dunedin, which ties in with a death for George Edward Smith.

Cheers
KHP

Just re-looked back over this thread just in case I missed something...

Death of George?? That's important to me! Have been trying to trace him for a long time. I will see if I can source this info from NZSG as you mentioned.

[jamcat95]

Hi all

Just had a look in the Swedish books for the 2 Marys with missing death dates:

Adelaide Vilhelmina Rosalie Sjöstedt (b1832 - ?):
...died 4 Jan 1900 in Karlstad. She was unmarried.

Maria Sophia Ottiliana Sjöstedt (b 1824-?):
...died 12 Nov 1889 in Stockholm.
She was married to Pehr Axel Fröst, a reverend in Stockholm:

Pehr Axel Fröst: http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pehr_Axel_Fr%C3%B6st
(It is in Swedish but Google translate should work alright)

Ian

[Debsss]

Thank you for looking into that Ian. Everything helps. 

ftDNA results in (approx. 970 matches) but no SUISTED to date. Am also searching for possible associated family names other than the ubiquitous SMITH. Have uploaded to gedmatch.

Probate was interesting but no new leads for John and Mary per se

[Ginny99]

Dear Debss, further to your msge to me - sori I can't return msge.
DNA - me - no (not yet! and am unaware of any of the large extended family doing so).  However I've since thought about your post.  Sjostedt is not an uncommon name in Sweden. Somewhere on your thread is mentioned their marriage (1881) taking place / or a connection to Waikouaiti??  As Suisted was a well known early european settler for this area back in the 1850's I would suggest that if anyone  later turned up with a surname 'Sjostedt' it would not be unlikely for someone to say 'Oh the english spelling for that is Suisted'.  Even though the person concerned may not be any relative.
Cheers & good luck

[spades]

Hi Ginny99, and welcome.

You will need to make another post for your Personal Message (PM) facility to be activated, after which you will be able to send and receive PM's/

Just reply once more to this topic, even just a smiley is fine.

Regards,

Spades

[Debsss]

Thank you for your thoughts Ginny    I'll keep all this in mind in my continuing search for clues.