GIBSON, AGNETA [AGNES?] [SSNE 6253]

Surname

GIBSON, GIPSON, REID

First name

AGNETA [AGNES?]

Nationality

SCOT

Text source

Agneta Gibson, a Scot, was a resident of the town of Nya Lödöse in Western Sweden. She was married to a fellow Scot, James Reid [SSNE 6252]. She died in June 1579 at the age of 34 and her grave monument in preserved in Göteborgs Stadsmuseum. The stone was found in 1870 serving as a door lentil in Hospitalkyrkan in Gothenburg. The inscription translates as "Here lies Agneta Gipson wife of Jacobi Read d.15 June 1579. Gods words remain eternal, my hope is in Christ" 

 

Sources:  

W. Berg, Samlingar till Goteborgs Historia, (Stockholm, 1886), p.22; T. Fischer, The Scots in Sweden, (Edinburgh, 1907), p.8. 

Female.

Service record

SWEDEN, NYA LÖDÖSE

Arrived 1572-12-31

Departed 1579-06-15

Purpose MISC.