Help with Certificate

[BlueFire]

Hi

I can read the certificate, but the vital information for John William Blom is hard to figure out. I'm not sure of his birth place and parent names. Specifically, the first name of the father and the maiden name of the mother.

[Rhododendron]

Birthplace Grevy perhaps?

Parents Aricke and Annie Blom.

[majm]

Arick BLOM, sailor
Annie BLOM
Maiden Surname (only because I can read ‘Maiden’ and I know to expect ‘Surname’ but my video card in this puter is not the best) so the Maiden Surname is enclosed in brackets, but it could be similar to that of the second witness perhaps … although there seems to be two parts to Annie’s surname ….so perhaps these could be “Ad” an then “Jiblom”  …. Better still as the marriage cert is likely a a downloaded image from Victoria BDM, …. Please can you attach a snip (rather than insert) so we could download the snip and enlarge it even more for ourselves 

Cheers,  JM

[BlueFire]

I have another post called Swedish rellies, that has snippets. I did not say what I thought the names might be, so I wouldn't taint anyone with my guesses. Its the maiden name in brackets and the word before Sweden that are giving me the most trouble. The maiden name, also does not look like the same hand writing, as the rest of the certificate. I suspect the "John William" is either english version, or a new name he took on, so he sounded more Australian. Its clear he signed the certificate himself as the writing looks to be from a different hand. The "storekeeper" also looks odd.

[BlueFire]

[Wiggy]

There is a place in Sweden called Grevie - could it be that with mis-spelling due to writing whet he's heard?  It is a small municipality on the south west coast not so far NW of Helsingborg.  Would that be right?

Sorry can't help with mother's M.N.

Wiggy 

[jamcat95]

I wonder if we can decide that the first 2 letters in October and birthplace are the same..... or not.


Link to Swedish rellies: http://www.rootschat.com/links/01h3b/


Ian

[Wiggy]

Looking at it again . . .  you could be right there, Ian.

[jamcat95]

But there again I am on the thinking that the letter after O in birthplace is an "r".

Oresy or Orecy.


Ian