
That could be. One thing that has really puzzled me is why was Pavel Simonsson Buskas allowed to stay on Hiiumaa, while my/our branch, Nils Simonsson Buskas was forced to march to Gammalsvenskby (Zmiivka now) in the Ukraine?
Did Nils strike a deal with the powers that be at the time, or, as you mention, Sven David, try to hide his "Swedishness" by claming that he was Estonian?