HUNTER, WILLIAM [SSNE 4835]

Surname

HUNTER

First name

WILLIAM, WELLAM

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

MERCHANT, SMITH

Text source

William Hunter is recorded as an occasional smith in Gothenburg soon after the city was founded in 1621. He presumably also earned his living as a merchant

H. Almquist, Goteborgs Historia, (2 vols., Gothenburg, 1929-1935), I, pp.320-321; E. Långström, Göteborgs Stads Borgarelängd 1621-1864 (Gothenburg: 1926), 16.

Service record

SWEDEN, GOTHENBURG

Arrived 1621-01-01

Capacity SMITH, purpose INDUSTRY