Born in Östermunga, Romfartuna, Västmanland, Sverige
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Margareta Matsdotter
— married
17 Nov 1776 in Haraker, Västmanland, Sweden
Descendants 
Father of
Brita Forsgren
Died
at about age 31
in Finland
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Biography
Soldier Johan Johansson Forsgren was born in Romfartuna in 1750. He was the son of soldier Johan Andersson Gjers and his wife Anna Olsdotter.
Johan married Margareta (Marta) Matsdotter in Haraker parish, Västmanland on Nov 6, 1777. Together they had four children, Anna b. 1777, Johan b. 1779, Brita and Greta b. 1785.
Johan was soldier no 142 at Brunnsbo rote, Väsby kompani in Västmanlands regemente in Tärna parish 1778-1785.
He died in Finland in 1789[1] during the Russo-Swedish war 1788-1790 (sv. Gustav III:s ryska krig).
Research notes
Later household books have birth year 1750. Marriage record and earlier household records have 1756. Found him in Romfartuna in 1757 thanks to brother Anders' birth record in Romfartuna, found Johan's family parents and siblings in Östermunga in Romfartuna.
Sources
- ↑ Household examination book at Arkiv Digital: Tärna (U) AI:2 (1779-1792) Bild 131 / sid 55 (AID: v74498.b131.s55, NAD: SE/ULA/11614) http://www.arkivdigital.se/aid/show/v74498.b131.s55
- Daughter Brita's parish birth record at Arkiv Digital: Tärna (U) C:2 (1762-1861) Bild 27 (AID: v74519.b27, NAD: SE/ULA/11614) http://www.arkivdigital.se/aid/show/v74519.b27:
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- 1782. August. [Född] 6, [döpt] 11. Föräldrar: Suldaten Johan Johansson Forsgren och hust Margetha Matsdr wid Brunsbo. Fad[d]ar: Eric Persson och hustru Sara Johansdr i Brunsbo, d[ränge]n Eric Larsson ibid, pigan Brita Ersdotter dito. Brita. Nr 13.
- Jan Jansson Forsman i Centrala Soldatregistret, Aktnummer: VR-03-0142-1778. https://soldat.elektronikhuset.it/soldatregister/search.sv.aspx
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Johan 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 Johan:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Johan 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 Johan:
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~0.78%
Birgitta (Keijser) Söderberg
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T779095 [compare], FTDNA kit #528029
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~0.78%
Helen Keijser :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T271192 [compare], FTDNA kit #530668
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~0.39%
Marie (Ronnegård) Ronnegård Fors :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member marie70385
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T961367 [compare], FTDNA kit #528028
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~0.39%
Annika Ronnegård :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T372147 [compare], FTDNA kit #528336
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