Dalsland is a Swedish province or landskap, situated in Gotaland in southern Sweden, Lying to the west of Lake Vanern it is bordered by Varmland to the north, Vastergotland to the southeast, Bohuslan to the west, and Norway to the northwest. It is from here that our Swedish family came.
Table of Contents
Svensk Familj 1
Surnames 3
Dalsland 4
Dalsland cont. 5
Varmland 6
Varmland cont. 7
Recipes of Dalsland and Varmland 8
Native Costumes 9
Descendants of Sven RÖRFLELDT & Anna OLSDOTTER
First Generation 10
Second Generation 11
Third Generation 12
Fourth Generation 14
Fifth Generation 17
Sixth Generation 20
Seventh Generation 24
Eighth Generation 28
Sources 29
Media 30
Place Index 34
Person Index 37
Surnames
A AGOSTINI, ALLEN, ANDERSON, ARONCE
B BINNISH, BLOOM, BLOOM (BLOM), BOCK, BREDIN, BYRNES
C CASH
H HAASE
C CHAVEZ, CHILTON, CROWELL
E EDSTROM, EDSTROM (EDSTROP) (PETERSON), ESKRIDGE, ESTERIDGE
F FILMAN
G GASKELL, GREEK (GREK), GREEK(GREK), GREK
H HAASE, HANSDOTTER, HENRIKSON, HILGREN, HILL, HOWLETT, HURLEY, HYNEK
J JOHNSON
K KOCH, KOLBECK, KUNDERT
L LAMBRIES, LARSON
M McCONNELL, McGUIRE, McLIN, MILCHEK
N NEWTON
O OLSDOTTER
P PRAHSER, PRASHER
Q QUICHOCHO
R REILLY, REZAK, RÖRFELDT, RÖRFLELDT, ROWINSKI, ROY
S SALM, SAND, SANDS, SCALCINI, SCALCINI (YARD), SCHULTZ, SCHWERMA, SCOW,
SHOAF, SHOBAR, SPELL, SPENCER, STRASSBAUGH, SUNDBERG
U UNKNOWN
Y YARD
Z ZIMMER
Dalsland is a Swedish province or landskap, situated in Gotaland in southern Sweden, Lying to the west of Lake Vanern it is bordered by Varmland to the north, Vastergotland to the southeast, Bohuslan to the west, and Norway to the northwest. It is from here that our Swedish family came. The original name of Dalsland was “Dal” – “Dalsland” was not used until the 19th century. Dal literally means “Valley No other part of Sweden has its area covered with as many lakes as Dalsland does. Of its total are a. Lake Vänern (Sweden’s largest lake) is in Dalsland Province From the shores of Vänern, one can sail through the river systems up to the mythical lake Stora Le. Stora Le is within Dalsland, and the remaining part within the Värmland province, with a bay into Norway. 1/4 of the land, in the southern part of the province, is suitable for agriculture and the other 3/4 is forested. During the earliest centuries the people of Dalsland were mostly small-scale farmers, craftsmen or foresters
Dalsland’s exposed location near the Norwegian border made it subject to invasion, although to a lesser degree than the southern Bohuslän and Västergötland. It was first conquered around 1100 by the Norwegian Magnus Barefoot, who only held until King Valdemar Atterdag re-drew the provincial borders. Our ancestors came from this part of Dalsland