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Virginia Lee Hjertstedt

Virginia Lee Hjertstedt

Posted: 24 Jul 2000 12:40PM GMT
Edited: 14 Sep 2002 4:21AM GMT
Please contact me re Hjertstedt heritage.
I have infor to 1455 to a swedish farm name Jerstad Prestegard. Would like to share and see if we have a connection. Karen :-)
Krokala@aol.com

Hjertstedt heritage

Posted: 4 Sep 2000 10:44AM GMT
Edited: 30 Aug 2001 6:13PM GMT
I was adopted by Wilbur Cora Hjertstedt when I was almost 6. I know almost nothing of the Hjertstedt heritage except I visited their town of origin in Grenna, Sweden on Lake Vettern. There are several Hjertstedts in the cemetery there and some cousins still living there. I have heard that my grandparents came to America and were married on board the ship at the ages of 17 and ??
My cousin Howard Hjertstedt and his wife Grace live in Sheffield,IL. She has been a teacher and maybe has more info.
Good luck.
Leanne

Re: Virginia Lee Hjertstedt

Cher Classick (View posts)
Posted: 29 Aug 2001 12:07AM GMT
Classification: Query
I have found this name in my ancestry. Can you tell
me how to pronounce it? I have just found some ancestors
from Scandanavia. HOw can I tell where to look, Norway,
Sweden, Denmark?

Hjertstedt name

Posted: 29 Aug 2001 4:05AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 14 Sep 2002 4:21AM GMT
The name is in two syllables (1) Hjert means heart.
The HJ is pronounced like a Y (2)stedt means place.
Feel free to contact me at krokala@aol.com

Hjertstedt

Posted: 29 Aug 2001 4:19AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 14 Sep 2002 4:21AM GMT
I'm sorry I didn't answer you completely in my first message. The name is Swedish. Please contact me via my personal e-mail. I have a lot of information to share and would love to know where you fit into this family. I also have many Hjertstedt contacts. Karen :-)

Re: Hjertstedt

Posted: 26 Oct 2001 2:16PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 25 Mar 2002 9:15AM GMT
Surnames: Hjertstedt
My mother's maiden name is Hjertstedt, and I have many relatives who have this surname. Yes, it is Swedish. My maternal grandfather was named Hugo Hjertstedt (born Oct. 10, 1918; died in Nov. '99) who was the second oldest of fourteen children. His father was Knut Otto Hjertstedt. It was either Knut or his father who actually migrated here from Sweden. I know that my great grandfather, though I never actually met him myself (he died well before I was born, though my mother knew him and his wife very, very well), spoke with a Swedish accent, but his children didn't pick that up. Some of my great aunts and uncles (children of Knut who, incidentally, was known by all as "Pop" or "The Chief") are/were Clara, Phil, Danny, Gus, Eva, and Ingrid. Some are yet living. My grandfather, Hugo, grew up in the Seattle WA. area, where his widow, my grandmother Miriam Moor Hjertstedt, my mother, and other Hjertstedt relatives (including myself) still reside. He was a minister, as was his father before him. Both had churches of their own. Both were healed of fatal health conditions earlier in their lives. At present, the Hugo Hjertstedt family runs "Lynnwood Nursery" in the Seattle area, which was established at its present location by Hugo in the 1960's. Visit www.lynnwoodnursery.com for more information on the family business.

I have access to more specific information about the Hjertstedt line, and would be thrilled to share it with anyone who wants to know more about the family.

And yes, it is pronounced "Yert-stead". Try and figure that one out :)

Regards,
Sarah Crist

Re: Hjertstedt

Ed Heartstedt (View posts)
Posted: 9 Apr 2002 6:46PM GMT
Classification: Query
My name is Edmund Heartstedt. I was searching for information about my ancestry and found this board. It is one of the only close match I have found to my spelling. My great grandparents came from Sweden in the late 1890's (I think) and settled in Chicago and southern Wisconsin. My grandfather spelled his name Heartstedt in English which I understand was Americanized from the Swedish spelling. My grandma's name was Thorstenson. His first names were Otto Edmund. Could we be related? Do you have any information about the origin of our surname?

Please respond back, I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Ed Heartstedt

Re: Hjertstedt

Posted: 9 Apr 2002 7:27PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 14 Sep 2002 4:21AM GMT
Ed, I think there is a strong possibility of connection between us. I grew up in Chicago and have connections to Hjertstedt's in Sweden and Wisconsin. Hjert-stedt means Heart-place, so that may explain why your ancestor changed to the spelling you have. I have information back to a farm named Jerstad in about 1455. Please write to me at Krokala@aol.com

Re: Hjertstedt

Posted: 10 Apr 2002 7:06AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 25 Aug 2004 7:27AM GMT
Surnames: Hjertstedt
As to a connection between your family line and mine, I'll have to review some of my family records. If I remember correctly, my great-grandfather, Knut, lived and worked in Wisconsin before he came out to the Pacific Northwest. He worked as a logger. Our family has always gone by the spelling "Hjertstedt" (which is the Swedish spelling), though my grandfather, Hugo, considered changing the spelling to either "Jerstad" or "Heartstead". Knut's middle son, David, is the only male Hjertstedt still living. Several of my grandfather Hugo's sisters are still living, though they're married and go by their married names, of course. I know that I have family living in Wisconsin, though we aren't really in contact, except with one cousin, whose mother was Knut Hjertstedt's sister, which makes her my great aunt. This cousin, named Esther (nicknamed "Pelley"), has recently fallen ill; we're praying for her recovery. I've never met her personally, but she came out here to live with Knut and his family for a time, a long time ago.

Perhaps you know of this woman. E-mail me anytime, and we'll work to make a connection in our respective family trees.

Warmest Regards,
Sarah Crist.

Re: Hjertstedt

Posted: 10 Apr 2002 7:09AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 25 Aug 2004 7:27AM GMT
EDIT: When I said that David is the only living male Hjertstedt, I meant the only living son of Knut Hjertstedt. The rest have passed on, including my grandfather. There a many "next generation" Hjertstedts in my family. My surname would've been Hjertstedt, but that's my mother's surname, not my father's.
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