Born in Remmene, Västergötland, Sweden
Ancestors 
Son of Andreas Svensson
and Anna Stina Johannesdotter
Brother of
Samuel Andersson, Johannes (Andersson) Bergstrom, Emma Christina Andersdotter and Johan Albert (Andersson) Bergstrom
Husband of
Johanna Sofia (Carlsdotter) Bergstrom
— married
26 Jul 1897 in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Died
at about age 79
in Carver County, Minnesota
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Sep 2011
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Biography
Gustav was born in 1857 at Mellangården, Larstorp, in Remmene parish, Sweden. [1] His mother was Anna Stina Johannesdotter, born in 1829. He was confirmed in the Herrljunga church. In April, 1885, he emigrated to Carver County Minnesota.[2] His brother Johannes (John in the United States) and his mother arrived a year later. He and his brother changed their last name to Bergstrom after arriving in the U.S. Gustav married Johanna (Anna) Sofia Bergstrom in July of 1887. Johanna came from the same parish in Sweden, having emigrated with her parents in 1881. Johanna's father Carl and Gustav's mother Anna Stina were cousins. Both of them were grandchildren of Lars Jonsson Bergström, hence the shared last names before marriage. The Carver Free Press reports on August 17, 1897 that Gustav and his brother John "returned from Montana where they worked upon the railroad. They report that times are mighty hard out there and that all factories &c are shut down." In 1901, Gustav and Anna moved to a farm near East Union and lived there until 1906. They lived in Carver, Minnesota from 1906 until 1920 and then moved to a home in San Francisco township, outside of Carver village. [3]
Sources
Assistance from Sverker Ivarsson.
Birth records for Remmene parish. Household records for Remmene parish.
- Obituary from the Weekly Valley Herald, January 21, 1937.
News item in Carver Free Press.
- ↑ Remmene AI:7 (1871-1884)
- ↑ Parish records of immigration and emigration Herrljunga B:4(1871-1894) page 79 (right hand side
- ↑ Entered by Ted Bergstrom, Sep 17, 2011
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gustav by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Gustav:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gustav by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Gustav:
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~0.78%
Ted Bergstrom
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