Name: Timen Lulofsson  STIDDEM Given Name: Timen Lulofsson
Birth: ABT 1610 in Hammell, prob. Denmark Death: 1686 in
Wilmington,,Delaware Reference Number: 1 Dr. Timen Stiddem was
probably born at Hammel in Skanderborg, Denmark (near Arhus), or
the Netherlands (or possibly Sweden). He was living in
Gothenburg, Sweden in the 1630s. He was no doubt anxious to
learn about the new world being colonized by the Swedish, known
as "New Sweden" (present day Delaware). Dr. Stiddem signed on as
a ship's barber-surgeon for a voyage to New Sweden. Dr. Stiddem
sailed four times for North America (arriving three times). He
went to New Sweden the first time in 1638 aboard the ship called
the Kalmar Nyckel, the first of Sweden's attempts to establish a
colony in New Sweden. The Kalmar Nyckel landed at the "Rocks" or
Fort Christina (present day Wilmington, Delaware) on March 29,
1638. Change Date: 9 Jan 2006 at 13:58:31 Dr. Stiddem returned
to Sweden and married. His first wife and children were murdered
near Puerto Rico in 16