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.
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
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]
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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).
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.