Nils Hermansson is the earliest recorded ancestor from the Islands. Nils was born in 1615, 410 years ago on the Island of Härmanö, adjacent to Gullholmen. Nils is the 9 x great grandfather of our generation. His daughter, Karin was born on Härmanö and died on Gullholmen.
Our first known ancestor associated with Gullholmen Island was Olof Andersson-Herm who was living there in 1789. Olof was born off the Island in 1762 in a village called Håv, Tegneby on the mainland some 14 kilometers to the east. Olof and his wife Anna Lovisa Palmström probably arrived around 1789 when their first child Maria was born. Their second child Kristina was born on the island in 1792 and at 21 years she married Anders Arvidsson who was 30 years old. Anders had arrived on the Island in 1799 when he was 16 years old.
A full list of ancestors who have lived at Gullholmen can be found here
The graphic above shows the surnames of all ancestors from Gullholmen with the number of persons with that surname.
Due to their relative wealth and standing in the community there are several family members with prominent grave markers within the Gullholmen church cemetery.
The three coastal towns of Gullholmen, Käringön and Mollösund that were part of Morlanda established their own cemeteries in the 1790s when they became separate municipal communities
