Background
Was born into a free religious (Baptist) family.
Was born into a free religious (Baptist) family.
The Peter Jönsson father was a seaman but due to a back injuries from early in life, from carrying bricks in a nearby brick manufacturing plant Rya. Started a trading post/store in Ålabodarna, and later on the island Hven, Husvik. The mother was a good business woman and paid for at the time above the norm education for here 3 sons.
Gabriel Jönssons wishes was to travel the oceans on sailings ship as a seaman like his father, but his mother wanted him to be educated.
First in Helsingborg at the Högre Allmänna Läroverket "Higher Public Learning Institute". He started at Lunds University, but never completed any degrees there.
The poem "Vid Vakten" (At the helm), from the book Flaskpost "Message in a bottle" (1920) was turned into one of the more popular songs in Sweden "Flickan från Backafall" (The girl from Backafall) by Gunnar Turesson and is today a signature song of the island Hven where Backafall is located. Backafall translated to English means "falling slope" and is a reference to the area between the white church on the island of Hven"s west side and small harbor below, by the same name.
The song describes a young seaman in the Caribbean on a long voyage longing for his girlfriend at home that is waiting for him.
