Hello,
I am working on the Swedish ancestry of my husband. Two of his ancestors served in Lif. Gren. Reg'ts of Sweden between 1840 and 1860.

I have found them both described as a Harmonist and Eleven in vital records and in the household records. I know that one of them was a Musik student before joining the military and I have found him listed as being part of the Musik Corp for the 2nd Lif Gren. The other I've found listed with the 1st as a Eleven in a barracks with a Harmonist and a Drummer, and later he was called a Harmonisten himself. I have not been able to find out what a Harmonisten or Eleven would be doing. Does anyone know?

Thank you,
Jennifer Strickland