Sex: M
Birth: 1611 in Gothenberg, Sweden 1
Death: BEF 20 JUL 1698 1
Burial: Churchyard 1 Burial Location Wicaco, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1
Note:
He came from Sweden on the Kalmar Nyckel and helped establish the Holy Trinity Church (now Olde Swedes Church).
He arrived in America on April 17, 1640.
For a description of the trip, early times in the colony of New Sweden and Peter's early life, see Document File. All of the information on the Rambos was taken from the following book available at the Carnegie Free Library, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, on April 20, 1995.
The family were Lutheran, and Peter Gunnarson Rambo was one of teh founders and longtime vestryman of one of the first Swedish churches in America, located at Wicaco, a short distance south of Penn's Landing in Philadelphia. When a new church was built it was erected over the grave of Peter which is under the altar. Gloria Dei(Old Swede's) Church still stands in Philadelphia, and is a National Historic Shrine.
Marriage 1 Britta Mattsdotter b: ABT 1630 in Sweden
Married: 1648 1
Children:
Gunnar Rambo b: 6 JAN 1648/49 in New Sweden ( Philadelphia Pennsylvania )
Gertrude Rambo b: 19 OCT 1650 in New Sweden ( Philadelphia Pennsylvania )
Peter Rambo b: 17 JUN 1653 in New Sweden ( Philadelphia Pennsylvania )
Catherine Rambo b: 1655 in New Sweden ( Philadelphia Pennsylvania )
Andrew Rambo b: 1658 in New Sweden ( Philadelphia Pennsylvania )
John Rambo b: 1661 in New Sweden ( Philadelphia Pennsylvania )
Sex: M
Birth: 6 JAN 1648/49 in New Sweden ( Philadelphia Pennsylvania ) 1
Death: 1724 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1
Note:
He was a large land owner with property on both sides of the Delaware River.
He had inherited land on Homan's Creek, Glouster County, New Jersey, in 1698 and subsequently "purchased a tract of land in 1707 on the Schuykill River lying adjacent to Peter Cock's land, and the Widow Yokum's land on the south. It was near what is now Bridgeport, Pennsylvania."
Gunnar occupied a prominent place in the affairs of the province. He was a member of the first grand jury under William Penn and a member of the Pennsylvania Assembly in 1685.
The family belong to the Gloria Dei Church at Wicacoa.
Father: Peter Gunnarson Rambo b: 1611 in Gothenberg, Sweden
Mother: Britta Mattsdotter b: ABT 1630 in Sweden
Marriage 1 Anna Cock b: ABT 1649
Married: 1670 1
Children:
John Rambo , Jr. b: 1676
Peter Rambo b: 2 JAN 1678/79 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Gunnar Rambo b: 1680 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Andrew Rambo b: 1682
Mons Rambo b: 1684 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Brigitta Rambo b: 15 NOV 1685
Gabriel Rambo b: 1687
Mathias Rambo b: 1690 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Elias Rambo b: 1693 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
