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 SWEDEN - CHURCH RECORDS - INDEXES
-=== Emigration to Countries Outside North America  ===
+=== Emigration to Countries Other than&nbsp;North America  ===
 <u>'''Australia'''</u>
-Early Emigration to Australia from Värmland The gold rush of 1850 in Australia attracted the miner's sons, Peter and Anders Pettersson from Herrnäs to Australia in 1853. They emigrated with 4 other miners' sons, among them Lars Fredrik Pettersson who later took the name Westblad. A couple of hired hands also went with this first group. Lars Fredrik Westblad returned to Sweden to visit his home in Bjurtjärn. When he returned to Australia in 1857, two brothers went with him and later two more brothers joined them along with a cousin and a nephew. Most likely other men emigrated from Bjurtjärn for Victoria County, Australia also.
+<u>Early Emigration to Australia from Värmland</u>
-Lars Fredrik Westblad became a justice of the peace and the owner of an inn in Mia Mia which became a gathering spot for the Swedes. With three of his brother and four sons he operated a farm of more than 40,000 acres at Kerang, northeast of Melbourne. He did well in the cattle business.
+The gold rush of 1850 in Australia attracted the miner's sons, Peter and Anders Pettersson from Herrnäs to Australia in 1853. They emigrated with 4 other miners' sons, among them Lars Fredrik Pettersson who later took the name Westblad. A couple of hired hands also went with this first group. Lars Fredrik Westblad returned to Sweden to visit his home in Bjurtjärn. When he returned to Australia in 1857, two brothers went with him and later two more brothers joined them along with a cousin and a nephew. Most likely other men emigrated from Bjurtjärn for Victoria County, Australia also.
+Lars Fredrik Westblad became a justice of the peace and the owner of an inn in Mia Mia which became a gathering spot for the Swedes. With three of his brothers and four sons he operated a farm of more than 40,000 acres at Kerang, northeast of Melbourne. He did well in the cattle business.
 The Westblad family in Australia reached considerable numbers and in 1976 about 300 descendants of Lars Fredrik gathered for a reunion in Kerang.
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 After 1860 only a few Swedes from Värmland went to America. From the sixteen parishes in Värmland only 27 people, three of whom were children, emigrated to Australia during the years 1865-1882.
-Source: Gunnel Kvarnström. Early Emigration to New Zealand and Australia from Värmland. The Bridge. March 1996 page 10 and 11.
+Reference:
+Kvarnström, Gunnel.&nbsp;"Early Emigration to New Zealand and Australia from Värmland". The Bridge. March 1996 pages 10 and 11.
+'''<u>New Zealand</u>'''
+Carl Eberhard Sjöstedt of Värmland along with his English wife came to Palmerston on South Island&nbsp;in 1842.&nbsp; Here he became a sucessful sheeprancher and&nbsp;"Mount Charles was named after him.&nbsp; He also was the owner of the most&nbsp;modern hotel in &nbsp;Wellington.&nbsp; Both he and his wife died before reaching age 50 and left behind nine sons and one daughter.&nbsp; By 1988 the Suisted (formerly Sjöstedt) concluded more than 300 members living in New Zealand and Australia.<br><span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1247691833583_202" />
+During the 1870's New Zealand had a great need for skillful lumberjacks.&nbsp; A selected group of Swedes and Norwegians with this skill were offered free passage to New Zealand.&nbsp; The first group consisted of 40 people, all of which were Norwegians with the exception of one family from Värmland.&nbsp; The husband, Nils Jönsson Bergqvist was born in Skåne, but his wife, Johanna Augusta, was born in Karlskoga.&nbsp; They had two children who were born in Sweden, one in Karlskoga and the other in Boda in 1869.&nbsp; They were the first Swedish family to arrived in New Zealand as "assisted passengers.
+Later emigrants were subsidized in part for the cost of the trip.&nbsp; This was done so that the trip to New Zealand would not cost more than to Chicago.&nbsp;
+One Swedish agent living in New Zealand was sent to Scandinavia to recruit emigrants.&nbsp; Most of the recruits came from&nbsp;Oslo, Norway&nbsp;and Copenhagen, Denmark.&nbsp; Most Swedes who were recruited from Värmland&nbsp;sailed from Oslo.&nbsp;&nbsp;
+From Värmland there was a total of 80 people who emigrated.&nbsp; Two families emigrated from&nbsp;Östervallskog in 1872 and&nbsp;two families from Östmark, one&nbsp;in 1875 and the other in 1877.&nbsp; A total of 12 people emigrated from Östmark, one in 1886 and two in 1910.&nbsp;
-'''<u>New Zealand</u>'''
+From Värmland there was a total of some 80 people, with 15 leaving around 1900.&nbsp; From other parishes in Värmland the number of emigrants to New Zealand varied from one to four people.
+Reference:
+Kvarnström, Gunnel. "Early Emigration to New Zealand and Australia from Värmland". The Bridge. March 1996 pages 10 and 11.
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