Letter from the University in Stockholm Sweden dated 11 Sep 2008 pg 1 of 2
We've checked the census records of 1860-1862 for Anders Zanteson. A copy of the census paper for 1860 is enclosed. He had no wife or child at that time. His address was Hantverkargatan 14, which was the address of the Crown Princess Lovisa Hospital.
The census for each year was based on the census papers collected during the last months of the year before.
At the census for 1862 he lived with his wife and daughter at Hantverkargatan 21. Anna Catharina Hjerpe, born on August 19, 1823, and Augusta Josephina Lindstrom, born on Aug 27, 1837, also lived there.
We didn't find him in the 1861 census registers. Apparently he wasn't in Stockholm then. His marriage to Hilda Elisabeth Sofia Laurent took place in Dorpat (Tartu) in Estonia on November 4, 1860, according to the moving in record of Kungsholm parish. Hilda Zanteson was registered as having moved into Kungsholm parish on October 12, 1861. Her daughter was registered as born there on September 12, 1861.
A child who was christened Oscar August was born on November 24, 1859, in Storkyrkan parish. He was illegitimate and his parents were unknown. His mother was 26 years old. The address given in the birth record, Baggensgatan 23, was the address of the midwife.
Fortunately Oscar August was admitted to Allmanna barnhuset (the Public Orphanage). In the Orphanage records he was listed as number 4296 Oscar August Ringqvist. We enclose a copy. His fostermother was named Sofia Ringqvist. Oscar August lived with her as long as he was an orphanage child.
Doing some searching on Sofia Ringqvist we found that her full name was Sofia Albertina Ringqvist. She was born on January 6, 1832, in Almby parish.
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