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FamSAC

Introduction

Chairman/ordförande Gunilla Thomsson
2021 book

English: FamSAC – Familia Suecana Americana & Cetera – is an international non-profit society of relatives founded in 2006 with over 3000 passive and 275 active members (2024), some of them notable (see below). Active members have applied in writing; of them, those who are 80 or head main branches are appointed Honorary Members. Website: here. All members get invited to attend an AGM to elect the Board of Directors. FamSAC published a 564-page book in 2021.

Svenska: FamSAC – Familia Suecana Americana & Cetera – är en internationell ideell släktförening grundad 2006 med över 3000 passiva och 275 aktiva medlemmar (2024), bland dem ett flertal kända personer (se nedan). Aktiva medlemmar har ansökt skriftligt; de som är 80 eller står först genealogiskt i stora grenar utnämns till Hedersmedlemmar. Nätplats här. Alla medlemmar kallas till årsmöten för att välja styrelse. FamSAC gav 2021 ut en bok på 564 sidor.

Gallery edit

This is a selection of images from the FamSAC archives. There are many more images on file on these various sub-heading subjects. Some have been uploaded to Commons, whereas many others are so recent that they cannot be uploaded in public due to copyright issues (i.e. available only for private use through FamSAC memberhip). Some of the years given are approximate. Identifications are mainly left to right. The images' own pages often have more detail on locations and other information. Subject headings may overlap on occasion, e.g. a family photo may be found under Homes because the house actually is the main item in it, etc.

Select family trees and other FamSAC artwork edit

FamSAC events (& events with members) since 2006 edit

A small year-by-year selection.

FamSAC's main founding parents edit

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    Fredrika Wahlberg (1824-1897), mother of Emma Sandberg & brother
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    Anders Gäfvert (1838-1907), father of Emma Sandberg
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    Johan Sandberg (1831-1917) and wife Christina (1833-1918), parents of Carl J. Sandberg & brother
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    Emma Sandberg (1864-1952) and her husband Carl J. Sandberg (1861-1921), parents of Ragnhild Anderson & siblings
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    Ragnhild Sandberg Anderson (1887-1984) & Stefan Anderson (1878-1966)
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    Mathilda von Reis (1827-1917), maternal grandmother of Stefan Anderson & siblings & cousins
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    Gustav Adolf von Reis Sr. (1819-1900), maternal grandfather of Stefan Anderson & siblings & cousins
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    Catarina Maria Wahlberg (1802-1882), mother of Mathilda von Reis
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    Lowisa Marcus (1787-1842) and Aron von Reis (1777-1848), parents of Gustaf Adolf von Reis Sr & siblings
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    Fredrika Isaksdotter (1760-1826) & Jacob Marcus, parents of Lowisa Marcus
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    Hildegard von Reis (1854-1889) & August T. Anderson, parents of Stefan Anderson & siblings
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    Anna Katrina Andersdotter (1821-1902), mother of August T. Anderson & siblings
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    There is no known image of Anna Katrina's husband Johan P. Andersson (1815-1864); these are 4 of his 5 siblings, Anna, Anders, August & Stina Lotta
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    Stina Cajsa Pehrsdotter (1796-1882), mother-in-law of Anna Katrina Andersdotter & mother of Anna, Anders, August & Stina Lotta
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    Anna Görsdotter (1802-1884), mother-in-law of Carl Mattsson (drawing by Pelle Hedman 1883)
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    Näktergals Anders Andersson (1812-1893), father-in-law of Carl Mattsson, including autograph
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    Rönns Anna Anderdotter (1806-1881) and husband Kaj Mats Matsson (1807-1873), parents of Carl Mattsson & siblings
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    Carl Mattsson (1841-1912) and wife Brita (1841-1930), parents of Hilda Ridderstedt & siblings
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    Hilda Mattsson Ridderstedt (1882-1968) & Jacob Ridderstedt (1885-1958)
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    Kristina Ridderstedt (1846-1907) & husband John T. (1844-1905), parents of Jacob Ridderstedt & siblings
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    Lena Nilsdotter (1815-1906) & Erland Andersson (1814-1892), parents of Kristina Ridderstedt & sisters
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    There are no known images of John T. Ridderstedt's parents Karna Johansdotter (1810-1866) & Trued Abrehamsson (1811-1869); his signature
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    The only known image of anyone in Trued's & Karna's generation in that family, Trued's brother John Abrahamsson (1815-1896)

Wedding couples & other rare pairs edit

Also see above section on FamSAC's main founding parents.

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    Hildegard von Reis & grandmother about 1865
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    Siblings Gustaf Adolf (Jr.) & Emelie von Reis about 1873
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    Gustaf Mattsson & wife about 1880
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    Anders Selander & wife about 1880
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    Pelle Hedman's painting of his grandparents 1882
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    Olof Larsson Landgren & bride 1882
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    Erik Sandberg & wife about 1884
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    Stina Jansdotter & husband about 1885
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    Christina Charlotta Pettersson & husband about 1885
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    Sisters Anna Lisa (Brand) & Maria (Åhlin) about 1886
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    Amanda Andersson & husband about 1887
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    Simeon Mattsson & bride 1888
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    Back Eriks Lisa Andersson & husband about 1889
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    Annie Rudi (Johnson) & bridegroom about 1890
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    Emelie von Reis Larson & bridegroom 1891
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    Fredrik Ågren & bride 1891
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    Karl Hedberg & bride 1893
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    Sisters Hilda & Gerda Wallin about 1894
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    Emma & Anton Lindén about 1895
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    Anna Lisa Forslund & bridegroom 1896
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    Tekla F. Jansson & bridegroom 1896
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    Anna Jensen & bridegroom 1897
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    Niels Truhlsen & wife about 1897
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    Peter F. Truhlsen & bride 1898
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    John (Johannes) Ridderstedt & bride 1899
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    Hilda Widner & bridegroom 1900
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    Lena Siert & bridegroom 1900
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    Axel F. Larson & wife about 1900
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    Lena Richter & husband about 1900
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    Maria Ridderstedt
    (7/25 1877) & Maria Ridderstedt (7/19 1977)
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    Victor Mattsson & wife about 1901
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    Cousins Ragnhild Anderson & Hilma Holm about 1902
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    Greta Hedman & granddaughter Anna Bonander about 1902
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    Dora Hansen Stowe & 1st husband (with their son Monty) about 1902
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    Clara Nickell & bridegroom 1903
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    Minnie Miller & bridegroom about 1903
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    Hanna Pettersson & bridegroom 1904
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    Stefan Anderson & younger brother Uno Anderson (Riese) about 1886 & 1905
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    Gerda Andersson & bridegroom 1906
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    Uno Riese & bride 1906
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    Ragnhild & Stefan Anderson as bride & groom 1907
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    Hilda & Jacob Ridderstedt as bride & groom 1907
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    Amanda Olsson & husband about 1907
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    Erland P. Ridderstedt & bride 1908
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    Emanuel Morbeck & bride 1909
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    Anna A. Korn (right) with an aunt before Korn left Sweden for Ameica, about 1909
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    Cousins Tekla Bonander & Anna Granberg about 1910
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    Lena Westlund & niece Maria Ridderstedt about 1910
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    Elin Smitz & husband about 1910 (she an alleged link to royalty for FamSAC relatives)
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    Gunhild Karlsson & bridegroom 1912
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    Karin Sundström Svensson & 1st husband about 1912
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    Waldemar Riese & wife about 1914
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    Walter M. Ogren & bride 1915
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    Isidore Riese & bride 1915
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    Sven Eric Oscarsson & bride 1915
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    Anna Dahlbäck & husband about 1915
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    Nils Johnsson & bride about 1915
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    Pioneer Niels Truhlsen & brother-in-law Peter L. Hansen about 1915
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    Ester Nilsson & bridegroom 1916
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    Ragnar Sandberg & 1st wife about 1916
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    Rudolf Sandberg & bride 1917
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    Karin Tysklind & bridegroom 1919
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    Axel Åhlin & bride 1919
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    Bengt Lindén & cousin Erik Ridderstedt about 1920
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    Anna Truedsdotter Hansen & husband 1921
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    Spike Truhlsen & wife (with son Stanley) 1921
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    Ruth Thorslund & bridegroom 1922
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    John Bonander & bride 1924
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    Clara Fagerström & bridegroom 1925
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    Rosa Hagström & bridegroom 1925
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    Axel & Frithiof Larson pioneer brothers about 1925
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    Fritz T. Persson & wife about 1926
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    Henock Nilsson & bride (& his nieces) 1929
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    Birger Karlsson & bride 1930
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    Teckla (Bonander) Espersuetio & 2nd husband about 1930
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    Carolina Thunström & husband about 1930
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    Brothers Erik & Matts Ridderstedt about 1931
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    Augusta Svensson & husband on her 60th birthday 1932
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    Bengta Bolander & bridegroom Nils Bolander 1933
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    Anna Ginman & bridegroom 1935
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    Hilma Holm Prien with her adopted son Børge about 1938
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    Stig Stefanson & bride 1939
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    Birgit & Erik Ridderstedt as bride & groom 1940
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    Bo Stefan & bride 1945
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    Dora Hansen Stowe Murphy & 2nd husband about 1945
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    Emma Jävert Sandberg & a great-grandson 1950
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    Stig Stefanson & nephew Lars (Jacob Demitz) 1950
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    Ingegärd Klum & bridegroom Arne Klum 1951
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    Lars Ridderstedt & bride 1952
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    Brothers Stefan & Lars (Jacob Demitz) Ridderstedt 1953
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    Anton & Lisen Sandberg on her 90th birthday 1953
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    Ragnhild Sandberg Anderson & Charles Stoakley 1955 (see image page)
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    Sven Wejlander & son Anders about 1958
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    Lars Ridderstedt & King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden 1962
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    Lars Ridderstedt (II) & U.S. Navy Commander Martin E. Jansson 1962
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    Stig Stefanson & King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden 1975
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    Brothers Stefan Ridderstedt & Jacob Demitz 1978
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    Lars Ridderstedt & Jacob Truedson Demitz 1989
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    Stig Stefanson with grandson & family headship heir Kris Stefanson 1991
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    Doris Stowe Higgins & Richard A. Ginman 1994 (see image page)

Founding families edit

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    Lowisa Marcus, Aron von Reis & 13 of their 17 children (see image page)
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    1876 Carl Mattsson’s widowed sister-in-law Sara & her children Johan & Lisen (Sandberg)
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    1880 Elna Truedsdotter Persson, husband Sven & children Fritz, Mathilda, Anna & Lina
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    Näktergals Anders Andersson, wife Anna Görsdotter & daughters Anna, Lisa, Greta (Hedman) & Brita (Mattsson)
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    Mor Jans Anna Andersdotter & offspring Carl E. Johnson, Anna Granberg & Anton Lindén
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    Greta Hedman, husband Per & chidren Pelle Hedman & Alma (Bonander)
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    Johan Sandberg, wife Christina & sons Carl & Anton
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    P. Albert Anderson & wife Mathilda & son Thorsten
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    1901 Niels Truedsson Truhlsen‎, wife Margaret & their children Chris, Anna (Jensen), Lena (Siert), Henry & Peter
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    Emil Sundström, wife Maria & children Märta (Laurell), Karin (Svensson Neve), Julius (step-son) & Gerda (Jansson).
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    1902 Carl J. Sandberg, wife Emma & their elder children Ragnhild, Ragnar, Rosa (Hagström), Rudolf & Ruth (Thorslund Görsson)
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    Emelie von Reis Larson, husband Lars Erik & children Rosa (Lundegren), Margareta (Hammar), Waldemar (Ryde) & Märta (Ryde)
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    1902 Anna Truedsdotter Hansen‎, husband Peter & children Clara (Nickell), Margaret (Sullivan), Dora (Stowe Murphy), Lena (Richter), Minnie (Miller) & Louis P. Hansen
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    Sofia Jansdotter Wallin (insert) & daughters Anna, Hilda (Widner), Berta, Gerda (Andersson) & widower Anders
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    Wilhelm von Reis (center) & his children Elin (Xenos), Carin (Silvander Rosenørn-Hedeman), Emmy (Wendt) & Lova (Svalander), Eugene Reis, Arthur Reis, Osborn Reis & Alban Reis
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    Thekla Mattsson Jansson, husband Jon & their son Martin E. Jansson
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    1903 Olof Landgren‎, wife Maria & children Agarth, Ruth (Persson), Emma (Andersson), Carl & Sigrid
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    1904 Carl Mattsson, wife Brita & their children Simeon, Amanda (Andersson), Victor, Hilda (Ridderstedt), Thekla (Jansson) and Emma (Lindén)
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    1905 Gustaf Mattsson, wife Lotten & children Ester (Morbeck), Emanuel (Morbeck) & Anna (Dahlbäck)
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    1908 Maria Erlandsdotter Åhlin , husband Johannes & children Ingeborg (Fredriksson) & Axel (father of Per Åhlin)
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    1910 Oscar Anderson, wife Hilda & children Tomasine Oscarson, Karin Oscarson (Tysklind), Sven Erik Oscarsson, Svea-Greta Oscarson & Hildur Oscarson
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    1911 Anton Sandberg, wife Lisen (Johansson, Carl Mattsson’s niece) & their children Clara (Fagerström), Hanna (Lansing) & Henning
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    1912 Pelle Hedman (top left) with his aunt Back Eriks Lisa Andersson, her husband Erik and their children & sons-in-law & daughters-in-law (see image page)
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    1916 Anders Truedsson Selander, wife Sissa, daughter Hanna (Pettersson), her husband K. G. Pettersson & their children Anders, Svea (Fahlén), Hilmer, Gösta & Märta (Wikman)
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    Carl Frederik Holm, wife Wilhelmine & daughters Wanda & Hilma (Prien)
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    1921 Waldemar Riese, wife Ester Möller Riese & children Kurt Riese, Bo Riese & Maud Riese (Thorssell)
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    1921 Isidor Riese, wife Ella Dahlborn Riese & children Marianne Riese (Lövgren) & Olle Riese
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    1922 Victor Mattsson, wife Hilda Johansson Mattsson & sons Karl, Sven, Erik & John Mattsson
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    1925 Kaj Johan Johansson, wife Kristina Charlotta & children Nelly Caimatz, Birger, Constance & Karl Cajmatz
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    C. 1925 Märta Sundström Laurell, husband Karl J., their children Karl Fredrik & Lotti plus dog "Nell"
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    Hanna Ridderstedt Fredin, husband Johan, their children (see page) & (inserts) her daughter Elsa (Peterson) & Elsa's father John E. Borgman
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    1929 Ragnar Sandberg, wife Thea & children Vilmar Sandberg & Ulla Sandberg (Andersson)
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    Gustaf Adolf von Reis Jr, wife Ingrid & children Ulla (Ekman), Gösta, Anna & Birgitta
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    1930 Clara Sandberg Fagerström, husband Gunnar Fagerström & children Ansa Fagerström (Grönnestad) & Per Gunnar Fagerström
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    1931 Gunhild Riese Karlsson, husband Axel Karlsson & children Ingegerd Karlsson (Kirsebom), Lars Karlsson (Hardfelt) & Lillemo Karlsson (Grundberg)
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    1937 Stefan Anderson, wife Ragnhild & their children Bo (Stefan), Gudrun (Öfverholm), Ingegärd (Klum), Birgit (Ridderstedt) & Stig Stefanson
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    Anna Lisa Erlandsdotter Brand, 2nd husband Johan, 1st husband Carl Andersson (insert), children Johan Brand & Maria Dahlberg & family members including Erland Brand (see image page)
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    1940 Rosa Sandberg Hagström, husband Martin Hagström & daughter Berit Hagström (Ringborg)
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    1948 Jacob Ridderstedt, wife Hilda & their children Margit (Bergman), Erik, Bengt, Hans, Matts, Lars & Bengta (Bolander)
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    1950 John Ridderstedt, 2nd wife Nettie, their daughter & his daughters, son & 2 granddaughters (see image page)
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    1952 Sven Wejlander, wife Wanda Swiderska Wejlander & son Anders Weilander
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    1954 Birgit Ridderstedt, husband Erik & sons Lars & Stefan

Homes of the main founding families edit

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    Trued Family seat as depicted by Nils Karlsson 1882
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    Family home of Näktergals Anders Andersson & grandson Pelle Hedman 1884
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    Emelie von Reis Larson family home Täppan about 1895
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    19th-century home village of Fredrika Wahlberg & Anders Gäfvert about 1900
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    Carl & Brita Mattsson at their Kalles Farm with children & grandchildren 1904
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    Pioneer Niels Truhlsen & family members at their home about 1904
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    Sofia Jansdotter Wallin family home about 1906
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    Jacob Ridderstedt, wife Hilda & 4 children at their family home about 1917
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    Jacob Marcus house pre-1917 and same location 2009
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    Anna Lisa Brand & husband at their home around 1920
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    Family home of Knuts Johan & Christina Sandberg & son Anton 1921
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    Family home of Back Eriks Lisa Andersson 1949
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    Family seat of Erland Andersson & Lena Nilsdotter about 1955
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    Home of elderly Hilda & Jacob Ridderstedt (1961)
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    Birgit & Erik Ridderstedt family home 1962
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    Family seat Högberga of Ragnhild & Stefan Anderson 1962
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    19th-century Johan P. Andersson family seat Farneby (1983)
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    Turn-of-the-19th/20th-centuries family home of Kristina & John T. Ridderstedt
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    1860s family home of Johan P. Andersson & Anna Katrina Andersdotter (1988)
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    19th-century family home of Anna Matsdotter & family & parents (1988)
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    Deserted 19th-century family home of Bengta Nilsson (1988)
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    19th-century family home of Anders Selander (1988)
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    Descendants (Mattias Klum et al) by turn-of-the-19th/20th-centuries family home of Emma & Carl Sandberg (1990)
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    18th-&-19th-century seat of greater Kaj Mats Matsson family (2011)
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    Andrew von Reis 18th-century family home (2013)

Notable members, ancestors & other related personalities edit

(Passive FamSAC members are members through relationship. Others, including Honorary Members, are registered members with applications on file. Names here are followed by FamSAC member codes in parentheses.)

First Ladies & Head Gentlemen as of 2024 edit

FamSAC's genealogical VIPs heading the association's 8 greater families and a few large main branches. The histories of these positions, and all predecessors in them, are detailed on the FamSAC website.

Selection of other FamSAC archive images edit

Suspected photos of key people edit

Ancestors’ graves edit

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