Help With A Swedish Name

[JE]

My great-grandmother's maiden name has been shown as Tallafox, Tallefors and
Palafox. Is there any meaning to these names? These names have been used on
different records and I am not sure which is correct, but at least they have
been made me curious as to what they might mean.

Thanks

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[Hugh Watkins]

"JE" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

My great-grandmother's maiden name has been shown as Tallafox, Tallefors
and Palafox. Is there any meaning to these names? These names have been
used on different records and I am not sure which is correct, but at least
they have been made me curious as to what they might mean.

play with google and see what turns up

about 79 for Tallefors.

1 for pallefors.
about 8 for Tallafox

about 129,000 for Palafox.

Palafox, José de
Palafox in Zaragoza, Spain
The Villa de San José de Palafox (Palafos, Palafoz) was an ...
It was named Palafox, in honor of a Spanish general, Francisco de Palafox y

http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/GE ... 1004634974

"Jack Edmunds" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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Tracing my grt-grandparents who came form Sweden and I found some
information on my grt-grandmother, that shows her fathers name to be
Tallafox. Could this be a given name, surname, farm or what? Is it
Swedish?

Could it be Tallefors?
There are 11 people named Tallefors in Sweden today, see
[http://www.scb.se/befovalfard/sakomraden/namn/namnsok.asp

// Bo Johansson

ask jack

Hugh W

[Kurt F]

"JE" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

My great-grandmother's maiden name has been shown as Tallafox, Tallefors
and
Palafox. Is there any meaning to these names? These names have been used
on
different records and I am not sure which is correct, but at least they
have
been made me curious as to what they might mean.

"Tall" = Pine
"fors" = white water, rapids, stream

"Pala" and "fox" does not have any specific meaning in Swedish.

There is no farm with the name "Tallefors" in Sweden, neither the other two.

"Tallefors" seems to be the most probable candidate.

There are a number of persons with that name, go to
http://privatpersoner.gulasidorna.se/
and enter Tallefors in the "Namn"-field.

Kurt F

[JE]

Thank you very much for your help. Tallefors is the name shown on her death
certificate. The others have been on other paper such as marriage licenses
etc..

Again you have been a big help......now if I could only speak
Swedish!!!!!!!!!!


"Kurt F" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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"JE" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
My great-grandmother's maiden name has been shown as Tallafox, Tallefors
and
Palafox. Is there any meaning to these names? These names have been used
on
different records and I am not sure which is correct, but at least they
have
been made me curious as to what they might mean.

"Tall" = Pine
"fors" = white water, rapids, stream

"Pala" and "fox" does not have any specific meaning in Swedish.

There is no farm with the name "Tallefors" in Sweden, neither the other
two.

"Tallefors" seems to be the most probable candidate.

There are a number of persons with that name, go to
http://privatpersoner.gulasidorna.se/
and enter Tallefors in the "Namn"-field.

Kurt F

[Robert Heiling]

You can look for that surname in the Swedish telephone book at:
http://privatpersoner.eniro.se//
Enter the surname Tallefors in the left-hand box under "Namn/telefonnr/mobilnr"
and then click on "Sök" (search). That will give you: "9 träffar med exakt
stavning: Tallefors" (9 matches with exact spelling: Tallefors)

Then note that the Swedish cities shown are: HUSKVARNA, RYDAHOLM, and HALMSTAD.
If you highlite any of those, it will give you a local map of that area. You
may find map navigation more convenient in English using Mapquest:
http://www.mapquest.com That can show you where each of them is and the Driving
Directions feature will show you that Halmstad is about 65 miles due south of
Husqvarna and Rydaholm is then another 65 miles west & south. That then doesn't
show any particular clustering of the surname around one area although they
aren't all that far apart. Hopefully you have other information & clues that
could lead directly to your ancestor's parish of birth.

HTH
Bob

JE wrote:

Thank you very much for your help. Tallefors is the name shown on her death
certificate. The others have been on other paper such as marriage licenses
etc..

Again you have been a big help......now if I could only speak
Swedish!!!!!!!!!!

"Kurt F" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
"JE" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
My great-grandmother's maiden name has been shown as Tallafox, Tallefors
and
Palafox. Is there any meaning to these names? These names have been used
on
different records and I am not sure which is correct, but at least they
have
been made me curious as to what they might mean.

"Tall" = Pine
"fors" = white water, rapids, stream

"Pala" and "fox" does not have any specific meaning in Swedish.

There is no farm with the name "Tallefors" in Sweden, neither the other
two.

"Tallefors" seems to be the most probable candidate.

There are a number of persons with that name, go to
http://privatpersoner.gulasidorna.se/
and enter Tallefors in the "Namn"-field.

Kurt F

[JE]

Thanks for all the help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



"Robert Heiling" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

You can look for that surname in the Swedish telephone book at:
http://privatpersoner.eniro.se//
Enter the surname Tallefors in the left-hand box under
"Namn/telefonnr/mobilnr"
and then click on "Sök" (search). That will give you: "9 träffar med exakt
stavning: Tallefors" (9 matches with exact spelling: Tallefors)

Then note that the Swedish cities shown are: HUSKVARNA, RYDAHOLM, and
HALMSTAD.
If you highlite any of those, it will give you a local map of that area.
You
may find map navigation more convenient in English using Mapquest:
http://www.mapquest.com That can show you where each of them is and the
Driving
Directions feature will show you that Halmstad is about 65 miles due south
of
Husqvarna and Rydaholm is then another 65 miles west & south. That then
doesn't
show any particular clustering of the surname around one area although
they
aren't all that far apart. Hopefully you have other information & clues
that
could lead directly to your ancestor's parish of birth.

HTH
Bob

JE wrote:

Thank you very much for your help. Tallefors is the name shown on her
death
certificate. The others have been on other paper such as marriage
licenses
etc..

Again you have been a big help......now if I could only speak
Swedish!!!!!!!!!!

"Kurt F" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
"JE" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
My great-grandmother's maiden name has been shown as Tallafox,
Tallefors
and
Palafox. Is there any meaning to these names? These names have been
used
on
different records and I am not sure which is correct, but at least
they
have
been made me curious as to what they might mean.

"Tall" = Pine
"fors" = white water, rapids, stream

"Pala" and "fox" does not have any specific meaning in Swedish.

There is no farm with the name "Tallefors" in Sweden, neither the other
two.

"Tallefors" seems to be the most probable candidate.

There are a number of persons with that name, go to
http://privatpersoner.gulasidorna.se/
and enter Tallefors in the "Namn"-field.

Kurt F