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Sven Andersson Wiberg
Chronology
1865 - 1947
(Updated September 24, 2003)

 Year

 Month

 Event
 1865  Apr 28 Born and lived in Örtofta for 21 years
 1886   Jönköping - worked for a corn miller
 1888  April 16 Saved at one of the Army's first meetings in Jönköping and soon thereafter became a Soldier in the Corps.
 1889  May 1 Gävle - SA Cadet training; graduated as a Lieutenant
   Aug 4 Sundsvall - first Corps
   Nov 18 Härnösand
 1890  April 8 Wifsta
   June 10 Forsa
   Aug 3 Nälden
   Sept 30 Eslöv
 1891  April 20 Höganäs
  May 14 Varberg
   June 2 Göteborg III (Assistant Möller)
   Dec 29 Alingås (Assistant Möller)
 1892  Feb 29 Without special appointment (U.B.F.?)
   March 15 Ystad
   April 21 Stockholm - for training before leaving for America
   May 15 Left Sweden for America (with Hanna Ouchterlony)
   Jun 22 St. Paul, MN #2 Corps
   Oct 5 Chicago, IL #16 Corps
 1893  Jan 18 Minneapolis, MN #3 Corps
   Aug 30 Chicago, IL #16 Corps
 1894  Apr 18 Chicago, IL #13 Corps
   Oct 17 Milwaukee, WI #3 Corps
 1895  Jan 30 Chicago, IL #16 Corps
   May 1 Chicago, IL #1 Corps
   Aug 20 Chicago, IL #22 Corps
 1896  Jan 29 New York, NY #2 Corps
   May 22 Ensign
   Nov 1 Staff Captain
 1897  Feb 17 Jamestown, NY #2 Corps
   Jul 14 Manchester, NH #2 Corps
   Oct 13 New Haven, CT #2 Corps
 1898  Feb 16 New Britain, CT #2 Corps
   Feb 17 Married to Anna Charlotta Andersson at New Haven, CT, Corps
   Dec 4 Boston, MA #6 Corps
 1899  Sep 14 Hugo William Wiberg Born
 1900  Feb 28 Chicago, IL #21 Corps
   May 9 Chicago, IL #13 Corps
   Nov1 Chicago, IL Scandinavian District
 1901  Jun 1 Magnus Samuel Wiberg born
   Jun 2 Staff Captain
 1902  Mar 29 Naturalized in Chicago, IL
 1903  Mar 13 Kaleb Emanuel Wiberg born
 1904  Jun 3 Major
 1905  Mar 15 Transferred to Sweden
   May 12 Arrived in Sweden
   May 20 Stockholm - Field Department; Assistant, H. Hägberg
 1906  Nov 10 Brigadier
   Dec 12 Stockholm - Training College Principle
 1907  Oct 20 Sven Bramwell Wiberg born
 1914  Feb 26 Transferred to Japan
 1918  Dec 2 Lt. Colonel and Long Service Order
 1920  Jan Left Japan
   Jan-Jun 6 months in US - Furlough
   Jun 17 Arrived in Sweden - vacationed for two months in Rönninge
 1921  Sept 4 Göteborg - Divisional Officer
 1922  Nov 10 Stockholm - Training College Principal
 1925  Nov 28 Transferred to USA, Eastern Scandinavian Department
 1926  May 9 Bergenfield, New Jersey
   Jun 30 Colonel
 1930  Jun 14 Retired
 1934 Toured Sweden for a year conducting meetings
 1947  Oct 29 Promoted to Glory