Talk:Charles Rudolph Walgreen

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Olofsson was a proper family name?

In the article it currently says:

When his father, Carl Magnus Olofsson, came to America from Sweden, the family name was changed to Walgreen.

It's likely that the father, Carl Magnus Olofsson, was born in the 1840's. Since he was born in the 1840's, Olofsson was most certainly a patronymic surname (the father's name being Olof), not a proper family name. Then it's meaningless to claim that "the family name was changed to Walgreen". One should rather say "Carl Magnus Olofsson adopted the family name Walgreen", or something like that. (Interestingly, Walgreen is very similar to the Swedish family name Wahlgren.) // JiPe (81.235.129.208 (talk) 19:01, 30 January 2010 (UTC))[reply]

In the Google Books, America's Corner Store: Walgreen's Prescription for Success says:

In the 1790s, Charles's great-great-great-grandfather, Sven Olofsson, adopted the surname "Wahlgren" (Swedish pronunciation: [vɑːlgreːn]) during his military service, a family fact passed down over the generations. When Wahlgreen's father, Carl Magnus Olofsson, arrived in America, he decided - fo reasons lost to us now - to change the family name Walgreen.

--2001:999:22:C94E:6C02:1DA2:B3F5:5703 (talk) 17:00, 28 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

My great great great great grandfather changed our last name when a family member murdered a politician then fled to America. Some Olofsson's spelled it Walgreen other family members spelled it Wahlgren. I believe because of miscommunication it was misspelled. That is the story my grandfather and grandmother told me when I was young. Juliewahlgren80 (talk) 16:27, 11 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Red Scare

Walgreen's niece testified as part of the Red Scare. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.118.163.99 (talk) 16:41, 21 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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