Franc,Ernest Robert

[Samuel E. Franc Jr.]

This is an English Discussion but unfortunately the directions are in Swedish. I am filling in by guess.
I am looking for any farther info about Ernest Robert Franc and his wife Anna Carlson.
Ernest Robert Franc (Gustaf Adolph Victor, George Christian, George Jacob, Samuel, Petrus Petri Franck) was born August 15, 1852 in Rumskulla, Kalmar,Sweden and died May 13, 1917 in Holden, Worcester, MA, USA. He married Anna Lowrea Carlson Dec. 22, 1880 in East Grenenwich, RI, USA, daughter of Charles Elf and Joan Duva.
The Noble # is 1013.
I am especially interested in Anna. Why is she called Carlson, when her parents were Elf and Duva? I don't know what parish she was born in but she emigated from Sweden with her future husband.
Samuel E. Franc, Jr.

[Jan Eurenius]

Hi Sam,
Anna got her patronymic from her father Carl Elf. It should have been Carlsdotter but was modernized to Carlsson.

[Elisabeth Thorsell]

According to the Elgenstierna works, vol II, page 813, Ernst Robert was married in 1880 to Anna Lovisa Elfström, born 1853 August 8 in Viby, Östergötland, the daughter of the soldier Carl Johan Elfström.