Today there are five surviving branches of the family who have kept a version of the family name. But why does every single branch have its own version of the name?
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Branches and bottlenecks (Ch. 8.4)
Arkiv för etikett: Alfortsläkten
De första generationerna / In English / Kultur, samhälle och affärsliv / Rekommenderat / Släktens historia i korta drag
Trends and fashions (Ch. 8.3)
The spelling of the family name changed back and forth over the centuries, and often this was due to general trends and fashions such as enlightenment and romanticism.
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From English to Swedish (Ch. 8.2)
The Alfort name came to Sweden from England, and in the beginning it would naturally have been pronounced more or less as in English, but very soon a Swedish version of the name would have developed. We can trace this development in the varying spellings that the early generations used.
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De första generationerna / Frågor & mysterier / In English / Rekommenderat / Släktens historia i korta drag
From British French to Swedish Latin – The Alfort name over the centuries (Chapter 8)
From beyond the seas – A history of the Alfort family. Chapter 8 From British French to Swedish Latin – The Alfort name over the centuries There are five different branches of the Alfort family who have kept a version of the family name, but they each use a different form of it: Alfort, Ahlfort, Ahlforth, …
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Alfortska öden / De första generationerna / In English / Rekommenderat / Släktens historia i korta drag / Smålandssläkten
The grandchildren (Ch. 7.4)
In the end, Maria and Jonas’ children inherited a thousand riksdaler each from their grandmother, and that would have made all the difference, allowing them to prosper in their new lives as farmers and politicians.
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