The fairly unknown Mr. Gadd (1 Viewer)

[PScofield]

Attached is Georg's Birth Record from Sankt Petersburg Katarina 29 April 1876. This is from an Ancestry File labeled"

Sweden, Indexed Birth Records, 1859-1947"​

Same parents different forenames = Georg Romanus.

His middle name may have been an acknowledgment of his mother's family links to the Romanov family. Of course, by the time Georg reached maturity such links were not to be celebrated.

Whether his family was Russian is debatable. Clearly they were German-speaking The father's St Petersberg records record him as

Gadd, Georg Ludvig / Fed.

Finnländer

Georg's maternal grandfather died in Sebastopol the month before the Crimean War began. Georg's grandmother (Wilhelmine Charlotte Milhausen) was born in Sebastapol and his aunts and uncles continued to live in Yalta for the rest of their lives. Similarly, Georg's maternal great-grandfather was born in Tallinn in 1776.

 

[Björn Bergenholtz]

Quick return ... (even if Mr Gadd now suddenly, apparently, have drifted away, in an eastward direction, even further/farther away from Sweden) ...

Compare yesterday's Key:

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Georgiy Georgievich Gadd (1875-1918) Finnish zoologist, explorer in Persia with Zarudny 1903-1904 ...

... whith today's (updated) Key:

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Georg Romanus Gadd (1875-1918) Finnish zoologist, explorer in Persia with Zarudny 1903-1904 ...

Hmm, makes me wonder/ponder

If Paul's Birth record is correct (and I see no reson to doubt that such isn't the case) ... and by the way, well done Paul, that's a real find!

Though, I cannot help to think; if the second Given name is altered, like in the Key above, from (a Russian Patronymical) Georgievich into a more Western European (read; "Finnish" alt. "Finnish-German") or Lutheran Romanus, which to me makes sense, why shouldn't we (also), equally, trust the Birth year "1876" (as well as the Birth location "Sankt Petersburg ... 29 April 1876"), as clearly stated in Paul's post #21... ?

To me, simply to avoid confusion, also as some of the OD's (see post #1) clearly are aimed at a dedicatee mentioned as "G. G. Gadd", I would consider a more elucidatory explanation like:

• Georg Romanus Gadd (1876-1918), Russian, alt. Finnish-Russian (or vice versa) zoologist (alt. a ditto, of Finnish, or Finnish-German Heritage), in Russia known (only) as Georgiy Georgievich Gadd, explorer in Persia with Zarudny 1903–1904 ... and onwards.

Or something along those lines ...

Just an opinion (and/or an observation).

Take it for whatever it's worth.

/B

PS. I sure wonder how Mr Somov will react!