| Variations
on Oxman The name appears
spelt variously as Oxman and Oksman
The name occurs frequently in Finland from
1700 onward, where it appears to have originated independently. There are over 800 Oxmans
and Oksmans recorded in the Mormon International Genealogical Index (IGI). |
| Earliest
Oxman Clemens Bartholdi
Bosphorus alias Oxman was a priest who came to Leppavirta (about 50 km from Kuopio) in the
1500s. He probably came from the city of Turku. Most Lutheran / Protestant priests came
from Germany or Sweden which is where he may have originated. |
| Mormon
records The Latter Day
Saints Ancestral File has several family trees including one based in Kuopio, Finland,
descended from a Casper Oxman born around 1723. |
| Anybody any idea
whet this page says? http://www.genealogia.fi/genos/27/27_75.htm
It seems to mention the Oxman name a lot. |
