Gustave (Jungberg) Anjou
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Gustaf Ludvig (Jungberg) Anjou (1863 - 1942)

Gustaf Ludvig (Gustave) Anjou formerly Jungberg aka Ljungberg
Born in Stockholm, Swedenmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 1889 in Swedenmap
[children unknown]
Died at age 78 in Tottenville, Staten Island, New Yorkmap
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Biography

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Gustave (Jungberg) Anjou is Notable.

Gustaf Ludvig Jungberg was the illegitimate (premarital) son of Carl Gustaf Jungberg by his housekeeper Maria Lovisa Hagberg, born 1 December 1863 in Katarina parish, Stockholm, Sweden. He lived with both his parents in the Phaëton quarter of Stockholm Old Town, at least from the age of two. In the household record for 1865 the household is listed in order as: Carl Gustav Jungberg, son Gustaf Ludvig and housekeeper Maria Lovisa Hagberg.[1][2]

In about 1886, after serving a prison term for forgery, he changed his name to "Gustaf Ludvig Ljungberg." Some time later he adopted the surname of his fiancé, Anna Maria Anjou, whom he married in 1889. Her surname was a genuine Walloon name, carried by generations of smithing ancestors. At that time it was permissible (although not all that usual) for a husband to adopt the surname of is wife at will.

After emigrating to the United States in 1890, Anjou took up residence on Staten Island (Richmond County, New York) and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1918. In America he appeared as Gustave Anjou. (The frenchification of his first name presumably intended to impress his customers).

He became infamous for producing hundreds of fraudulent "genealogies" of early Americans that many still rely on to claim descent from royalty.

He died on March 2, 1942 at Tottenville, Staten Island, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery (at West New Brighton, Castleton Corners, New York City). His wife Anna Maria Anjou (Oct. 21, 1860 – July 6, 1922) and his only child had died earlier.

Life Records

1863 dec 1 Gustaf Ludvig born in Katarina parish, Stockholm, Sweden[3]. In the birth book first parents are mentioned as "okända" (eng. unknown) then it's stated

språklärare Carl Gustaf Jungberg och hans numera hustru Maria Lo? Jungberg född Hagberg ?? 16/6 (18)68, Urväder 3 (mothers age) 36"
eng. language teacher Carl Gustaf Jungberg and his nowadays wife Maria Lo? Jungberg born Hagberg ?? 16/6 (18)68 living in Urväder 3. Mothers age 36...
Picture from Arkiv Digital of Katarina CI:14 (1863-1867) Image 102 / page 55 (AID: v86991.b102.s55, NAD: SE/SSA/0009)
Picture from Arkiv Digital of Katarina CI:14 (1863-1867)
Birth record Gustaf Ludvig[3] Katarina parish, Stockholm, Sweden

1890 Census living in Mälaren N:ris 10, 12 o. 15, Kungsholmen Stockholm, Sweden[4]

Sources

  1. Storkyrkoförsamlingen AI:97 (1865-1866) Bild 70 / sid 133 (AID: v90531.b70.s133, NAD: SE/SSA/0016) http://www.arkivdigital.se/aid/info/v90531.b70.s133
  2. Language teacher Jungberg lived in several different places within Old Town and records do not show when and where he moved. This record was found by working backwards from the birth of daughter Selma in 1868. They are not in the same place in the previous year.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Katarina CI:14 (1863-1867) Image 102 / page 55 (AID: v86991.b102.s55, NAD: SE/SSA/0009)
  4. SVAR (Subscription needed)
    Census 1890
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    Name Ljungberg, Gustaf Ludvig
    Home parish Kungsholms
    Place of residence Mälaren N:ris 10, 12 o. 15
    Deanery Stockholm
    County Stockholms stad
    Birth year 1863
    Birth parish St.
    Occupation Literatör
    Marital status Gift
    Gender Man
    Family status h.
    Family status code Far/man
    Family no 1
    Created by Riksarkivet SVAR-Svensk arkivinformation
    About the household
    Persons in the household
    Fam. no 1 Ljungberg, Gustaf Ludvig, b. 1863 in St., Literatör
    Anjou, Anna Maria, b. 1860 in St.

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Jungbert-1 and Jungberg-7 appear to represent the same person because: Created a new one by mistake
posted by [Living Horace]
The family used the spelling Jungberg most of the time, at least since Gustav's grandfather. The spelling Ljungberg sounds exactly the same in Swedish (it's one of the tricks we use to confuse our schoolchildren). Gustav seems to have used Ljungberg his last few years in Sweden.

He should not be Jungbert with a T - but before changing anything we should perhaps check if he ever went by his mother's maiden name (I think not, but I'll check).

posted by Eva Ekeblad
Gustav's wife, Anna Maria Anjou, was a true descendant of the Walloon smith/smelter family active at Österby bruk from the 1600s. Only her father, born in 1831, went to Stockholm and downhill.

When they married they seem to have followed the convention of the wife taking the husband's name; later they adopted her family name instead. In the 1890s this presumably could be done freely - the law regulating adoption of names in Sweden was not passed until 1901. That said: they could probably not have done so if they had lived among the Walloons in Österby bruk.

To the royal French Anjous there was absolutely no connection.

posted by Eva Ekeblad

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