Category: Genealogy

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Weight

Heinrich Vecht (c1773-c1822) was living in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania in 1820. He was a German, but his ancestry is otherwise unknown. He might have been a son of Peter Weicht, who immigrated from Silesia in 1753. His descendants anglicized their surname to Weight.

Lineal Genealogy

  1. Heinrich (Henry) Vecht (c1773-c1822), a farmer in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
  2. Henry Weight (1811-1896), a farmer in Huntingdon County, Pennsylavnaia. He married Hannah Deck (1815-1885), daughter of Henry and Anna Maria (Pfeiffer) Deck.
  3. John Henry Weight (1840-1902), a miller in Nishnabotna, Missouri. He married Anna Elizabeth Hockenbery (1838-1910), daughter of Harmon and Mary (Linn) Hockenberry.
  4. Clara Etta Weight (1869-1940). She married James Robert Quillen (1853-1940).
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Hauri Family in Freiburg

There was a Hauri family at Freiburg-im-Breisgau, in Baden-Württemberg in the 13th century. The city belonged to the von Urach family, who were Counts of Freiburg. In 1299 a war broke out between the city and Count Egino II over the issue of taxes. The burghers fired on Schlossberg with catapults. The Count called upon his brother-in-law, Konrad von Lichtenberg, Bishop of Strasbourg, for help. In the ensuing battle, on 29 July 1299, the Bishop was stabbed and killed by Metzger Hauri (”Butcher” Hauri). He became a local hero, even though the city was fined a ruinous amount for the murder, and was required to set a cross to mark the site. A monument in the town square and a city street (Hauriweg) memorialize the butcher, and the Butchers’ Guild has since had the honor of marching first in the Fronleichnamsprozession.

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Russian Connection

Rudolf Hauri of Zofingen wrote an article in 1961 claiming that the Hauris are descendants of Hovri, a Russian merchant who settled in Switzerland in the 13th century (Rudolf Hauri, “Die Familie Hauri”, Zofinger Neujahrsblatt 1961, pp. 94-105):

“Zur Zeit der grossen Völkrwanderung im 13. Jahrhundert kamen auch Kaufleute mit Namen Hovri in unsere Gegend. Diese Leute stammten aus Russland. Es war ein strammer, arbeitsamer Volksschlag (J. Meier, Reinach).”

[During the great folk migrations of the 13th century merchants with the name Hovri came into our region. These people originated from Russia. They were a sturdy, industrious people (J. Meier, Reinach).]

The citation is to J. Meier, of Reinach, Etwelches über den Name Hauri. I have not been able to trace this source.

Historians agree that there was no known settlement by Russians in 13th century Switzerland. Apparently, this story draws on a local legend that the river Reuss takes its name from a settlement of Russians. Similarly, canton Schwyz in legend is said to take its name from a settlement of Swedes.

Later in the same article Rudolf Hauri says:

“Über die erste Ansiedlung gibt des Stifstarchiv Beromünster Auskunft. Am 17. Februar 1313 taucht der Name Houri erstmals in Beromünster auf. Die Familie war angeblich russisch-katholisch.”

[The Stifstarchiv of Beromünster gives information about the first settlement there. On 17 February 1313 the name Houri appears for the first time in Beromünster. The family was allegedly Russian Catholic.]

I read this to mean that the early Hauris were supposedly Russian Old Catholics (starokatoliki) rather than Russian Orthodox. Therefore, there would have been no conflict with them becoming parishioners, officials, priests and canons at the church of Beromünster. However, if Rudolf Hauri meant to imply there is some documentary evidence that they were Russian Catholics, he was surely mistaken.

Dr. P. R. Máthé of the Staatsarchiv des Kantons Aargau comments that a Russian settlement in Switzerland in the 13th century “must be a very hard misunderstanding.” (Personal Communication, 10 July 1990)

The misunderstanding comes into focus when we know there was a medieval legend the Reuss River in Switzerland took its name from a settlement of Russian merchants. Rudolf Hauri was following what he thought was good scholarship. I’m surprised the Staatsarchiv was not able to make the connection.

Alternatively, one history of Reinach says that the Hauri or Hovry family came from the Balkan states in the 10th century and settled at Sursee (H. Hauri, 1997). I find occasional mentions of a Balkan family surnamed Hovry or Hovri. Someone seems to have speculated about a connection.

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Johansson

  1. Anders Johansson (c1751-?), a crofter at Hallingeberg in Småland, Sweden. He married Catharina Jonasdotter (c1753-?).
  2. Johan “Jaen” Andersson (1776-?), a crofter at Bjorksnås in Dalhem. He married Anna Helena Hultsberg (1784-?), daughter of Peter Hultsberg and Christina Catharina Hammarstand.
  3. Anna Sofia Jaensdotter (1826-aft 1895) married Carl Johan Svanström, a soldier.
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Strömsborg

Svensk

Strömsborg by Per Lundqvist

Strömsborg är ett torp som ligger på Sundets västra kant, precis utmed gränsen till Korsbo. Det är från början byggt som undantagsstuga till knekten, när han pensionerades från sin tjänst. Men när man sålde av Sundet från frälset 1911 följde Strömsborg med i affären, men styckades 1929 ? av och blev ett eget torp (Ekvik 3:11). Knekten Svanström hade dock rätt enligt ensittarlagen att bo kvar där under sin och hustruns livstid. Det består av ett hus av normal torpstorlek med en lagård för två stycken nötkreatur, en bod samt en jordkällare. Åke Rickard byggde under sin tid där till det, så att det idag ser ut som Southfork i Dallas. Första gången jag har hittat någon skriven där är 1877 och familjen kommer från Sundet:

Avskedade knekten Karl Johan Svanström f. 1823, hustrun Anna Sofia Jonsdotter f. 1826 de hade under tiden i Sundet fått barnen Karl Oskar f. 1848 (1872-76 skriven som Karl Oskar Hylen nr 72 vid livgrenadjärerna), Johan August f. 1851, Sofia Matilda f. 1856 (senare till Räfshult), Charlotte Eleonora f. 1858 (senare till Ljusne), Adolf Ferdinand f. 1862, Frans Evald f. 1865, Hilma Ottilia f. 1868, de yngsta bör ha flyttat med.

Nästa jag hittat är arbetarkarlen Axel Valdemar Johansson och hustrun Alida Sofia Andersson som 1912-07-09 får dottern Dagmar Margareta.

Hämtat ur Sveriges bebyggelse från år 1959 är den som vi nog mest har i minnet, sågverksarbetaren David Lundgren och hustrun Emmy de har barnen Maj och Britta. Torpet övertogs på 1970-talet som sommarstuga av Britta med maken Åke Rickardsson samt barnen Donald, Dag, Urban, Bo, Margareta samt Ted. I början var de bosatta hos Brodds i Broddebo, och när Urban föddes sa Ebba “jag förstår inte hur de kan hitta på namn till alla barn”.

English

This page is machine translation into English of the Swedish text. The translation was made by Systrans. Some day I will take time to turn it into a real translation.

Strömsborg by Per Lundqvist

Strömsborg is a farm that lies on Sundet’s western edge, exactly along the boundary to Korsbo. In the beginning, it was built as exception cottage for the soldier at Sundet, when he was granted a pension for his service. But when one sold of Sundet from frälset 1911 followed Strömsborg with in the business, but was parcelled out 1929? of and became its own farm (Ekvik 3:11). Soldier Svanström had however fairly according to ensittarlagen to live left there during his and his wife’s life. It is comprised of a normal farmhouse with a lagård for two paragraphs bovine animals, a shed and a land cellar. Åke Rickard built during your time where to the, so that the today sees out as Southfork in Dallas. The first time I have found some written there is 1877 and the family comes from Sundet:

Retired soldier Karl Johan Svanström b. 1823, his wife Anna Sofia Jonsdotter b. 1826 previously, in Sundet, had the children Karl Oskar b. 1848 (1872-76 called Karl Oskar Hylen, life grenadier at number 72), Johan August b. 1851, Sofia Matilda b. 1856 (latter to Räfshult), Charlotte Eleonora b. 1858 (later to Ljusne), Adolf Ferdinand b. 1862, Frans Evald b. 1865, Hilma Ottilia b. 1868, the youngest should have moved with.

Next I found is worker Axel Valdemar Johansson and the wife Alida Sofia Andersson that 1912-07-09 had the daughter Dagmar Margareta.

Retrieved from Sweden’s settlement from years 1959 is the as we enough most has in the memory, sawmill working clean David Lundgren and his wife Emmy had the children Maj and Britta. The torpet became in the 1970s a summer cottage of Britta with her husband Åke Rickardsson and the children Donald, Dag, Urban, Bo, Margareta and Ted. In beginning each the resident at Brodds in Broddebo, and when Urban were given birth to sa ebb away “I do not understand how the can to getupto names to all children”. is a croft that lies on Sundet’s western edge, exactly along the boundary to Korsbo. In the beginning, it was built as exception cottage for the soldier at Sundet, when he was granted a pension for his service. But when one sold of Sundet from frälset 1911 followed Strömsborg with in the business, but was parcelled out 1929? of and became its own farm (Ekvik 3:11). Soldier Svanström had however fairly according to ensittarlagen to live left there during his and his wife’s life. It is comprised of a normal farmhouse with a lagård for two paragraphs bovine animals, a shed and a land cellar. Åke Rickard built during your time where to the, so that the today sees out as Southfork in Dallas. The first time I have found some written there is 1877 and the family comes from Sundet:

Retired soldier Karl Johan Svanström b. 1823, his wife Anna Sofia Jonsdotter b. 1826 previously, in Sundet, had the children Karl Oskar b. 1848 (1872-76 called Karl Oskar Hylen, life grenadier at number 72), Johan August b. 1851, Sofia Matilda b. 1856 (latter to Räfshult), Charlotte Eleonora b. 1858 (later to Ljusne), Adolf Ferdinand b. 1862, Frans Evald b. 1865, Hilma Ottilia b. 1868, the youngest should have moved with.

Next I found is worker Axel Valdemar Johansson and the wife Alida Sofia Andersson that 1912-07-09 had the daughter Dagmar Margareta.

Retrieved from Sweden’s settlement from years 1959 is the as we enough most has in the memory, sawmill working clean David Lundgren and his wife Emmy had the children Maj and Britta. The croft became in the 1970s a summer cottage of Britta with her husband Åke Rickardsson and the children Donald, Dag, Urban, Bo, Margareta and Ted. In beginning each the resident at Brodds in Broddebo, and when Urban were given birth to sa ebb away “I do not understand how the can to getupto names to all children”.