kofall von Wittenberg (Jöran Jöransson)

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Marko_55

I would like to get information about my ancestor from Finland, the Kajaani castle captain Kofall von Wittenberg (Jöran Jöransson), born around 1630 in Saxony-Anhalt. I would like to know the name and social status of his parents? Is he a noble family? I cannot find information about Finland and Sweden in the digital archive. The history of the ancestor is lost. Please help! Marko Haataja Finland


Ich möchte Informationen über meinen Vorfahren aus Finnland, den Kajaani-Burghauptmann Kofall von Wittenberg (Jöran Jöransson), erhalten, der um 1630 in Sachsen-Anhalt geboren wurde. Ich würde gerne den Namen und den sozialen Status seiner Eltern erfahren. Ist er eine Adelsfamilie? Ich kann im digitalen Archiv keine Informationen über Finnland und Schweden finden. Die Geschichte des Vorfahren ist verloren gegangen. Bitte helfen Sie!
 
Good morning.

I suspect this is your post as well, right?

Kofahl von Wittenberg - WikiTree G2G

Hello! I am Marko Haataja from Finland and I am looking for information about an ancestor whose ... is related to Kofall von Wittenberg? Please help!
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Plus there is a "family tree" on Geni and other platforms, right?

www.geni.com

Jöran Jöransson Kofahl von Wittenberg

Genealogy profile for Jöran Jöransson Kofahl von Wittenberg
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Kofahl is a still existing family name in Germany.

"von" Wittenberg is not necessarily any indication for nobility, but may simply indicate his region / place of origin.

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Church registers from Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, are not yet available at Archion.

Wittenberg church registers start in 1560 for births/baptisms, marriages and deaths/burials, as i.e. to be provided here:

Die Kirchenbücher der evangelischen Kirchen in der Provinz Sachsen (1925)/45 – GenWiki

wiki.genealogy.net wiki.genealogy.net

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Other than that your topic will be moved from the way to general forum "Names" (you cannot automatically search Archion's holdings for names) to the specific forum for Saxony-Anhalt.

Kind regards,
Vera
 
Yes, it's mine. He was an important person in Kajaani, Finland. For some reason I get a lot of geni.com connections through marriages to kings. Usually 13-16 people in a thread. I don't understand why so many? I have a trial version.
 
Carl XVI Gustaf, Kung av Sverige is your second cousin once removed's husband's first cousin once removed's husband's great niece's husband's first cousin.
 
Marko_55 schrieb:
Carl XVI Gustaf, Kung av Sverige is your second cousin once removed's husband's first cousin once removed's husband's great niece's husband's first cousin.
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Don't rely on such posts.

In case you want to check it, ask for a complete ancestors report (starting with Carl XVI Gustaf) and going backwards to your "Kofall" with each an every detail including detailed sources.
 
Carl XVI Gustaf, Kung av Sverige is your second cousin once removed's husband's first cousin once removed's husband's great niece's husband's first cousin.
Sinä → Kalle Tapani Haataja (your father)
→ Kalle Abraham Tapaninpoika Haataja (his father) → Liisa Aapontytär Haataja (his mother)
→ Riitta Aapontytär Kylmäaho (her sister) → Edla Maria Savikuja (her daughter)
→ Eila Edith Annikki Kyrö (her daughter) → Pentti Samuel Kyrö (her husband)
→ Kustaa Arvid* Kyrö (his father)
→ Gustav Adolf* Laurinpoika Vuollo (his father) → Maria Fredrika Laurintytär Vuollo (his sister)
→ Aleksandra Fredrika Wadenström (her daughter) → Robert Waldemar Wadenström (her husband)
→ Karin Emelie Isaksson (his sister) → Göta Lönegren (her daughter)
→ Märta Catharina Lönegren (her daughter) → Conradin Friedrich zu Castell-Rüdenhausen, Graf (her husband)
→ Karoline Mathilde von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha, Princess of Great Britain, Gräfin zu Castell-Rüdenhausen (his mother)
→ Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (her sister)
→ Carl XVI Gustaf, Kung av Sverige (her son)


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Ah ja, I see - thanks.

However, your line starts about 200 years after Jöran Jöransson's life time.
So were is the connection between "Sinä" and Jöran Jöransson???

He apparently was a well-known military in Finland.

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To me it seems that his nick name was "Kofall / Kofahl [originating] from Wittenberg".
I really doubt that there was any nobility involved.

The family name "Kofahl" and variations thereof is of ancient Sorbian origin and means "Schmied" / blacksmith - for more details see here

A man named Simon Kophal (that is a simple variation of this family name) resided in Schwiepke, a small village in the German region "Wendland"

Not to far away there's i.e. the city, Wittenberge.
Pure guessing only > that may also be his place of origin.

www.google.com

Wittenberge to Schwiepke

www.google.com www.google.com


Bottom-line: without any further information to be researched in Finnish archives / Swedisch archive etc., it is kind of unlikely that you find him in Germany.
 
vnagel2004 schrieb:
The family name "Kofahl" and variations thereof is of ancient Sorbian origin and means "Schmied" / blacksmith - for more details see here
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Ergänzend dazu sei erwähnt, das es neben Kovahl bei Lüneburg auch in der Altmark mit Kuhfelde einen möglichen Herkunftsort zum Namen Kofahl gibt. Siehe z.B. hier die Namenvariante Cofaell und den Ort Cofelde. Entsprechend groß sind auch die Vorkommen in der Gegend und erklären vielleicht auch die Namensverbreitung.
 
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