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- Petter Schmidt, Sr. (Smidt) b abt 1664 Germany md Magdalena Hindrichsdotter Huwalt b abt 1666 of Falun, Klopparberg, Dalarna, Sweden. Ingrid Ulff of Uppsala, Sweden prepared the following notes on Petter Schmidt, Sr. in 1977. Ingrid is a direct descendant of Petter & Magdalena through their son, Petter Schmidt, Jr.
The first time that Petter Schmidt appears in the records, is in 1687 when he applied to the Magistrate of Falun for permission to settle in Falun, become a burgess and carry on his craft as a hatmaker. He had stayed in Falun for some time the previous year attending customers who entrusted him with their orders. His application was granted on the condition that he produced his master's diploma, which he duly did some years later after having presented his specimen to the hatmakers corporation in Stockholm.
It has not been possible to establish Petter's parentage or birthplace; but on one occasion, indicted for misdemeanor, he pleaded as an excuse for his scarce knowledge of the Swedish language that he was ?of German nation. Petter's wife was Magdalena Hindrichsdotter Huwalt. Huwalt is not a Swedish family but can be found in north western Germany, e.g. in Pomerania or Schleswig. If both of them came from Germany, they were probably married before their arrival at Falun.
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