Pousette

Pousette
Pousette
Country	Sweden
Place of origin	Wallonia, Belgium

Pousette is a Swedish family name of Walloon origin.

Pousette is one of Sweden's largest Walloon families and the name was originally written Poncet. The family has a strong connection to the forges in northern Uppland, where the family members worked mainly during the first century after arriving in Sweden in the 1620s. Ancestors of the family are the brothers Gottfrid and Martin Pousette who signed contracts in Liège in eastern Belgium in 1627 and from 1629 worked at Lövsta forge. Gottfrid Pousette worked at Forsmark forge 1640–1649 and was a few years later at Gimo forge while Martin Pousette worked at Österby forge and at the forge in Nora before he was active at the forge in Hillebola from 1644 until 1651.^[1]

In the Swedish family calendars of 1963 and 1974, the Gävle branch of the family is said to have originated from the wholesaler and shipowner Johan Fredrik Pousette (1816–1880).^[2]^[3]

Genealogy of prominent members

- Gottfrid Pousette (lived at least between 1595 and 1651), smelter, Gimo forge
  - Frans Pousette (ca 1615–1691), smelter, Österby forge
    - Gottfrid Pousette (ca 1645–1731), smelter, Österby forge
      - Gottfrid Pousette (1685–1731), hammersmith, Österby forge
        Jakob Pousette (1719–1768), bookkeeper, Österby forge
        Henrik Pousette (1753–1821), smelter, Österby forge
        Johan Jakob Pousette (1796–1839), blacksmith, Österby forge
        Charlotta Pousette (1836–1921)
        Alma Matilda Hübinette (1861–1899), married to John Morén, church musician, composer^[4]
  - Noak Pousette (ca 1622–1703), smelter, miller, Österby forge
    - Noak Pousette (1669–1749), smelter, Skebo forge
      - Johan Pousette (1712–1790), smelter, Skebo forge
        Johan Pousette (1753–1829), smelter, Skebo forge
        Johan Raphael Pousette (1775–1844), foreman, Edsbro blast furnace
        Johan Pousette (1802–1881), driver, veterinarian
        August Ferdinand Pousette (1830–1881), hammermaker, smelter
        Johan Peter Pousette (1852–1932), smelter in Brattfors
        Karl Hjalmar Pousette (1880–1950), ironworker
        Rune Pousette (1917–2008), first bureau secretary of the Royal Railway Board^[5] then director of the bureau at SJ^[6]
        Åke Pousette (born 1949), professor
        
        Karolina Pousette (1862–1941), married Wilhelm Zakarias Wilhelmsson, ironworker
        Sigurd Pousette (1892–1946), correspondent
        Ingemar Pousette (1926–2000), engineer, CEO
        
        Per Magnus Pousette (1805–1888), park ranger, Edsbro
        Karl Johan Pousette (1829–1897), park ranger, Edsbro
        Magnus Fridolf Pousette (1864–1935), park ranger, Edsbro
        Karl Vilhelm Pousette (1889–1980), sawmill worker, machinist, Edsbro
        Dan Wilhelm Pousette (1915–1984)
        Tomas Pousette (born 1950), economist
- Martin Pousette (ca 1610–1651), smelter, Hillebola forge
  - Mårten Pousette (1646–1702), Älvkarleö forge^[1]
    - Mårten Pousette (1675–1745), master hammersmith, Älvkarleö forge
      - Johan Pousette (1718–1760), blacksmith, Älvkarleö forge
        Mårten Pousette (1752–1797), blacksmith, Älvkarleö forge
        Lars Pousette (1781–1837), master hammersmith, Älvkarleö forge
        Lars Gustav Pousette (born 1809), blast furnace worker, foreman, Gysinge forge
        Lars Fredrik Pousette (1832–1902), master hammersmith, Gysinge forge
        Karl Fredrik Pousette (1859–1910), carpenter, Gysinge forge then Stockholm
        Gerda Kristina Pousette (1892–1983), married to Simon Svensson, engineer and architect, they had children who took on the name Pousette
        
        Johan Fredrik Pousette (1816–1880), wholesaler, shipowner in Gävle, started the Gävle branch
        Fredrik Pousette (1851–1905), captain, landowner
        Harald Pousette (1886–1975), diplomat, married Cecilia Cedercrantz, daughter of Conrad Cedercrantz and Elisabeth Sjöcrona
        Tage Pousette (1921–2012), diplomat

Unplaced branches

Karl Anders Pousette (1792–1873), jeweler, goldsmith, of "unknown mother"^[1]
- Mauritz Pousette (1824–1883), actor, married Charlotte Pousette (née Nordgren) and then to Johanna Vilhelmina Hagelin^[7]
  - Mauritz Ingemar Pousette (1881–1952), engineer^[7]
    - Carl-Gustaf Pousette (1912–1966), engineer
      - Madeleine Pousette, journalist^[8]
Anna Pousette, married with Anders Lundström, churchwarden in Adolf Fredrik, Stockholm^[9]
- Anna de Wahl (1844–1889), actress, married to Oscar de Wahl, composer, conductor, arranger^[9]
  - Anders de Wahl (1869–1956), actor

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Olsson, Jan (2013). "Släkten Pousette". Vallonskivan 4 (in Swedish) (Version 4.0 ed.). Sundbyberg: Sällskapet Vallonättlingar. ISBN 978-91-98118-41-4.
^ Svenska släktkalendern. Årg. 16 (1963) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Bonnier. 1963. p. 366.
^ Svenska släktkalendern. Årg. 19 (1974) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Bonnier. 1974. pp. 313–314. ISBN 91-0-039295-2.
^ Johan (John) T Morén in the Swedish biographical dictionary
^ Sveriges statskalender 1963
^ Sveriges statskalender 1970
^ ^a ^b Rotemannen (in Swedish). Stockholm: City archives. 2012.
^ Pousette-Hovell, Madeleine, journalist, Sthlm in Vem är hon / p. 374 (1988).
^ ^a ^b Oscar de Wahl in the Swedish biographical dictionary

[vallonskivan4/jan-1] Olsson, Jan (2013). "Släkten Pousette". Vallonskivan 4 (in Swedish) (Version 4.0 ed.). Sundbyberg: Sällskapet Vallonättlingar. ISBN 978-91-98118-41-4.

[släktkal63-2] Svenska släktkalendern. Årg. 16 (1963) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Bonnier. 1963. p. 366.

[släktkal74-3] Svenska släktkalendern. Årg. 19 (1974) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Bonnier. 1974. pp. 313–314. ISBN 91-0-039295-2.

[morensbl-4] Johan (John) T Morén in the Swedish biographical dictionary

[5] Sveriges statskalender 1963

[6] Sveriges statskalender 1970

[rot-7] Rotemannen (in Swedish). Stockholm: City archives. 2012.

[mad-8] Pousette-Hovell, Madeleine, journalist, Sthlm in Vem är hon / p. 374 (1988).

[dewahlsbl-9] Oscar de Wahl in the Swedish biographical dictionary

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