Talk:Edward Hallstrom

Did he have Swedish ancestry?
The name Hallstrom could be written with Swedish diacritics as Hallström or Hällström both of which are typical Swedish family names. The text mentions "an honorary Swedish knighthood" which certainly sounds more than what it probably was, but still amounts to a recognition from the Swedish government. The question is thus whether his Swedish-sounding family name indicates Swedish ancestry or is just a coincidence. Roufu (talk) 08:01, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

His Swedish-sounding family name does seem to indicate Swedish ancestry. According to his Australian Dictionary of Biography entry, his father (William Hallstrom) was English but of 'Swedish extraction'. The text in the article now includes that fact.TrimmerinWiki (talk) 09:59, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

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RMS or SS Osterly?
,, was it RMS or SS Osterly? SS Osterley makes no mention of ever being RMS. Mitch Ames (talk) 00:57, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

Hi Mitch,Thank you for checking in on this. The Wikipedia page is SS Osterley but it is the same ship as RMS Osterley. That is clear because RMS Osterley is mentioned in a quote within the SS Osterley page, under the heading, Maiden voyage). Yes, Osterley was a steamship, but it seems that it spent much of its time as a Royal Mail Ship. I used RMS Osterley, because the reference that I cited about the Hallstrom wedding says that they left Brisbane for Sydney on RMS Osterley. So, at the time in question, it was RMS Osterley. TrimmerinWiki (talk) 02:40, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

OK. I missed that (I search for "RMS" not "R.M.S.".) It's probably worth mentioning explicitly in the lead of SS Osterley that it was also known as RMS - then we can also create a redirect RMS Osterley, and (what I was trying to do in the first place!) then use RMS in Edward Hallstrom. Mitch Ames (talk) 03:13, 30 March 2023 (UTC)