Tracing from Finland/Russia (Carl Bjornvik)

[whiteout7]

Well done Ian

[Stephanie Campbell]

I have the Death printout.

It states time in New Zealand as 21 Years (in 1905), the age at death 43, matches up and death date etc. This means his trip would have been in 1884.

[penne]

That would be dependent on his memory,I have seen wrong ships of arrival given, was he literate?

[Janette]

I have the Death printout.

It states time in New Zealand as 21 Years (in 1905), the age at death 43, matches up and death date etc. This means his trip would have been in 1884.

A death printout is only as good as the informant,often an emotionally upset relative

Cheers Janette

[Stephanie Campbell]

Am wondering if this Papers Past Article, might be our John. If so , we might have his arrival in Port Chalmers (which would explain his Dunedin Residence at his time of marriage). It also fits in with the fact that he was still in Finland in 1880/1881, and had to be here by Dec 1885, for his wedding. The Death printout, had no ship name. Just the years in New Zealand, and as others have stated that may or may not be correct depending on how greived the person giving the information was.

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=ODT18831224.2.3&srpos=2&e=01-10-1883-01-03-1885--100--1-byDA---2Karlson--

As to the person who asked if he was literate... I am not sure. It looks asthough the Death printout is like a death certificate (though provides more information about cause of death). He had apparently had  Stricture of Pylorus, time of illness is stated as 6 months, and also had a Gastric haemorrhage.

[Beg Clonrode...]

Hi again...

"Time in the colony" is often (but not always) mentioned when applying to be naturalised. It's as accurate as you're going to get short of a passenger list.

I've also seen applications which list the date, ship and port of arrival... and others which haven't :-)

Just keep hanging out for someone to answer your Wellington Archives lookup request and keep your fingers crossed.

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yayyyy Thanks Ian and Beg

Thanks Linda but it was 100% down to Ian.

I'd already looked at those pages and totally missed the entries.... grrrrrrrr :-(

Regards
Beg

[jamcat95]

Some more gaps to fill in:

1813 - Johannes Björnvik's father Johan Carlsson Gunnila birth 7 Dec: http://www.rootschat.com/links/01hi9/
1820 - Johan Carlsson Gunnila and family: http://digi.narc.fi/digi/view.ka?kuid=9586206


Ian

[crab2]

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Thanks Linda but it was 100% down to Ian.

I'd already looked at those pages and totally missed the entries.... grrrrrrrr :-(

Regards
Beg
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He's brilliant isn't he, I struggled with the hand writing in those Kommunication Books when I tried to help Stephanie over in Facebook