The Beauharnais were an ancient French family of pretended nobility. Through their relationship with Napoléon, they rose to high rank in French and Russian society. They descend from Guillaume Beauharnais, who lived in Orléans, France in the 14th century. The name means “good harness”. François de Beauharnais, marquis de La Ferté Beauharnais (1714-1800), served as…
Author: Justin Durand
Howery Coat of Arms
The earliest record of the Hauri coat of arms is an illustration of them in the early 15th century Liber Vitae of the collegiate church of Beromünster, Canton Luzern, to memorialize an undetermined member of the Hauri family. The drawing at right was taken from the Liber Vitae. These arms would be blazoned as: Azure a dove…
Strömsborg
Svensk Strömsborg by Per Lundqvist Strömsborg är ett torp som ligger på Sundets västra kant, precis utmed gränsen till Korsbo. Det är från början byggt som undantagsstuga till knekten, när han pensionerades från sin tjänst. Men när man sålde av Sundet från frälset 1911 följde Strömsborg med i affären, men styckades 1929 ? av och blev…
Johansson
Anders Johansson (c1751-?), a crofter at Hallingeberg in Småland, Sweden. He married Catharina Jonasdotter (c1753-?). Johan “Jaen” Andersson (1776-?), a crofter at Bjorksnås in Dalhem. He married Anna Helena Hultsberg (1784-?), daughter of Peter Hultsberg and Christina Catharina Hammarstand. Anna Sofia Jaensdotter (1826-aft 1895) married Carl Johan Svanström, a soldier.
Russian Connection
Rudolf Hauri of Zofingen wrote an article in 1961 claiming that the Hauris are descendants of Hovri, a Russian merchant who settled in Switzerland in the 13th century (Rudolf Hauri, “Die Familie Hauri”, Zofinger Neujahrsblatt 1961, pp. 94-105): “Zur Zeit der grossen Völkrwanderung im 13. Jahrhundert kamen auch Kaufleute mit Namen Hovri in unsere Gegend. Diese…