FORBUS, GUSTAV JOHAN [SSNE 977]

Surname
FORBUS, FORBES
First name
GUSTAV JOHAN
Nationality
SWEDISH, SWEDE
Education
UNIVERSITY

Text source

Captain Gustav Johan Forbus buried a farmboy called Marten Moller and one Olof Kielman in Maria Kyrka in Stockholm in 1685. A man of the same name, Gustav Johan Forbus attended university in Abo and Uppsala a few years later. It is uncertain if they are the same man.

Stockholms Stadsarkivet, Maria Församling, Register över döda, 1681-1700, p.184; Abo Akademis Student Matrikel, 1889-91; Andersson et al, Uppsala Universitets Matrikel, (Uppsala, 1900-1911); T. Fischer, The Scots in Sweden (Edinburgh, 1907), Supplement, pp.215-267.

Service record

SWEDEN, UPPSALA
Arrived 1693-01-01
Departed 1693-11-02
Capacity STUDENT, purpose ACADEMIC
SWEDEN, ABO
Arrived 1693-11-02
Departed 1694-12-31
Capacity STUDENT, purpose ACADEMIC
SWEDEN, ARMY, STOCKHOLM
Departed 1685-01-01
Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY