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1	Thomas F. and Rachel C. Hamm appear on the 1900 Hill Co. census with child, Annie B., and other siblings	Family: F10986
2	, (Vigda af Nygren)	Family: F255
3	, (Vigda av Stenberg)	Family: F252
4	-Före äktenskapet	Family: F91
5	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Family: F23
6	-Utom äktenskap	Family: F194
7	-Utom äktenskap	Family: F213
8	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Family: F15729
9	13 Jun 2010 sent email to family tree owner "quadsevenprinted"	Family: F15731
10	1785 Marriage Records: Married the 13 Feb. Soldier SVEN GLAD from Sjöafall also Maid ANNIKA JOHANSDOTTER from the same place, morning gift was 10 lode silver. Wittnesses: Urberg, Malmgren and Magnus in Prestegården.	Family: F14936
11	1829 Marriage Records: Married the 25 Okt 1829 JONAS SVENSSON from Barkery?s Skattegård and ANNA MARIA JOHANSDOTTER from Barkeryd?s Prestegård (Preacher?s farm). Bridegroom serving as a farm worker is 28 years old and Bride is a maid, 27 years old. Banns were read 4 Oct. by Com. Almark also the 11 and 18 Oct by v.Pastor Lönblad on the 12 (unreadable). Charter between Bridgroom as he was a farmerworker and poor did not have any witnesses after second?(I do not know, but probably after the second reading of banns). Brides service records are found in the Archives. After wedding was finished in church a Bible was presented to this couple from Frunthimmersällskapet of Stockholm by v. Pastor Lönblad. Wedding was performed during the church service. Their residence is at Soldier farm Månsarp under Ribbingsnäs which the Bridal couple rented. Morning gift according to law.	Family: F4112
12	1910 census indicates 2nd marriage for both	Family: F5776
13	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Family: F15107
14	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Family: F15729
15	2nd day of Easter	Family: F9977
16	According to the 1900 census Frank is a widower. However, the census shows that the mother of all of his children was born in Sweden.	Family: F41
17	Alla bodde på Foglaleken (Grenadartorp 51,kompani 1)Almesåkra All (children of Lovisa Charlotta Jonasdotter) lived in Foglaleken (Grenadartorp 51,kompani 1)Almesåkra	Family: F20092
18	Also living in the 1900 Wilson household is a granddaughter, Elizabeth N. Wilson. She was born 1896 in California	Family: F1350
19	Anders and Maria Johansson (Mary and Andrew Johnson) received their Flyttningsbevis 24 juni 1889, Håsjö. They are listed in Bethany Lutheran Church in Escanaba, MI received 11/5 1890, arrived in America where from Jämtland 1889. Dropped from church registry 27/12 1894.	Family: F2030
20	Anders and Maria were members of Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Two Harbors, MN, but I do not have any dates. Other than Andrew's obituary from 1946. It states that he had lived in the Two Harbors community for 43 years. So...1903? We have about an 8 year gap and I do not know about the church in Pine County. I know my mother was baptized and confirmed in the Methodist-Episcopal Church, but it no longer exists. Suzanne Thofson	Family: F2030
21	Anderson, August. A farmer born in Iowa in 1875 of Swedish immigrant parents, August Anderson married Minnie, a (presumably) non-Swedish wife born circa 1885 in Kansas of parents from the mid¬west. Despite his Swedish ancestry, and perhaps because his wife was from a different ethnic group, August Anderson apparently did not participate in the distinctly Swedish religious or social activities of the Lyford-Stockholm community. Before coming to Lyford, August and Minnie Anderson lived in Oklahoma. At the time of the U.S. Census of 1930, the Andersons lived on a farm southeast of Lyford. The Census shows their household to include four sons: Francis (20 years old); Carl (18); Clarence (17); and Orval (14). August Anderson died in 1934 and is buried in the Lyford Cemetery.17 The Anderson sons continued to live in the area, but they were thoroughly Americanized.	Family: F19921
22	Anderson, Elmer. The Elmer Andersons came to Lyford from Austin., seemingly in the mid-1920s. Elmer was born around 1898, and his wife, Dorothy, in 1905. Both were born to Swedish immigrant parents in Texas. Dorothy was apparently a daughter of Swedish immigrant storekeeper Oscar Carlson, of Austin. Elmer and Dorothy had no children of their own, but their household included two of Elmer's siblings: Bertil and Edna. In 1930, Edna was 16, and Bertil was 13. The Andersons initially lived southwest of Lyford, and Elmer farmed and worked as a carpenter. Later they moved into town, where they operated a cafe in the Archer building. The Andersons were Lutheran, active in church and social affairs. Bertil was in the 1931 Lyford Lutheran confirmation class, and Edna was in a class a few years later. In 1949, the Andersons moved back to Austin, where Elmer died in 1973. Dorothy remarried, to Laurence Munson, of Austin. She died in 1990.25 We do not know of a kin relationship between Elmer Anderson and other Andersons in this directory.	Family: F19930
23	Andrew and Mary lived in Escanaba, Michigan, Pine County, Minnesota and Two Harbors (for 43 years), Minnesota.	Family: F2030
24	At the time of the 1900 census, Mons Erick and Johanna were living at 704 East 12th Street in Austin, Texas. Then they moved to Dallas and are found with their son August Cervin's family in 1910 and 1920.	Family: F3221
25	Before Anna Christina and Anders Gottfrid emigrated to Austin Texas they had four children. Only one of them were still alive when they left Sweden. Anders Gottfrid was a farmer at Ryssby in Barkeryd and Brånna in Nässjö parish.	Family: F5053
26	Burial Notes Pensacola Cemetery This cemetery is located about 3 miles west of Carthage, MS. Turn north off of Hwy 16 onto old Hwy 16 and it is about 1/2 mile on NW side of road in a pasture belonging to Sam W. Waggoner. "This is fenced with heavy wire, but badly overgrown with honey suckles and brush. This cemetery is referred to by some as the WALLACE cemetery; but there was a church near here known as PENSACOLA Baptist Church until in the 1880s, when the Baptist Church in Carthage was organized." ________________________________________________________________________ Smith, Francis M. Wife of Adam Smith 11/20/1825 ?(broken)	Family: F7406
27	C. G. AHLBERG, Hutto, served the Crown in Sweden, as a soldier, before he emigrated in 1889 with Texas as his destination. His home was in Balaryd, Småland, and his father, Carl Holm, was a farmer in Torstorp for over fifty years. Born in 1862, he married Hanna Gustafson, from Jersnäs, in 1885. She was born in 1863 and with one child she set out on the journey to America. Mr. Ahlberg has been a farmer in this country, partly a tenant farmer around Circleville and Georgetown, and partly as a farm-owner in Hutto for several years. Their children are: Dan, Oscar, Ruth, Gustaf and Celess. The two eldest sons are married and Ruth is a nurse. They are members of the Swedish Methodist Church.	Family: F71
28	Carl Magnus Lindström and Katarina Amalia Hvetlander had eight children. They grew up and five of them left for America.	Family: F541
29	Carl Svensson lived at Wik and Johanna Petersdotter Blom lived at Kanarp Henriksgår at the time they married.	Family: F20456
30	CELEBRATE SISTIETH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY In the above picture Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Holmstrom of Harcourt, who celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary last Sunday, are seen in a characteristic pose. Reading is one of their greatest pleasures and when the weather is favorable, they may be seen any day on the south side of their home, each engrossed in a book or magazine. in their long and busy lives, there has not always been time for reading. They came by vcovered wagon to Iowa in 1870 from Illinois, where they were married 60 years ago. They were both born in Sweden coming to this country as young people. Mrs. Holmstrom is 78 years old, while Mr. Holmstrom is 80 years old. They settled on a homestead near Harcourt (southwest corner of section 8, Dayton township), and lived there until 10 years ago, when they moved into Harcourt where they have lived since. They knew the struggle of pioneer people, but their efforts were blessed with success and they have been privileged to enjoy the fruits of their labor. Sixty guests gathered at their home last Sunday and the occasion was a happy one. There wren many beautiful flowers and telegrams of congratulations from absent relatives and friends. Refreshments were served by six of their grandchildren. Five of their six children were present at the celebration. They are Mrs. R. M. Hammar of Chicago; A. H. Holmstrom, Dayton; Mrs. J. E. Richey, Dayton; and J. A. and Miss Hilma Holmstrom, Harcourt. W. M. Holmstrom of Mineapolis was unable to be present because of illness.	Family: F1210
31	Christina was identified as the 2nd wife of C. A. Anderson in the 1910 census.	Family: F916
32	Clark County, Indiana Index to Marriage Record 1905-1920 Inclusive Volume II Letters D to G Inclusive Name: Elias P Fink Spouse: Rose Morse Marriage Date: 24 Jun 1919 Date: 07 Feb 1883 Book: 44 OSPage: 364 County: Clark Clark County, Indiana Index to Marriage Record 1905-1920 Inclusive Volume IV Letters Mc to P Inclusive Name: Rose Morse Spouse: Elias P Fink Marriage Date: 24 Jun 1919 Date: 14 Apr 1874 Book: 44 OSPage: 364 County: Clark	Family: F1028
33	Clark County, Indiana Index to Marriage Record 1905-1920 Inclusive Volume I Letters A to C Inclusive Name: Eliz Broughton Spouse: Cleon W Floden Marriage Date: 04 Aug 1919 Date: 01 Nov 1889 Book: 45 OSPage: 163 County: Clark Clark County, Indiana Index to Marriage Record 1905-1920 Inclusive Volume II Letters D to G Inclusive Name: Cleon W Floden Spouse: Eliz Broughton Marriage Date: 04 Aug 1919 Date: 13 Feb 1895 Book: 45 OSPage: 168 County: Clark	Family: F1031
34	Contact: Catherine Adoue-Greenwood -- catherine.f.greenwood@gmail.com	Family: F6591
35	Cook County, Illinois Marriage Index, 1930-1960 Name: Edward C. Floden Marriage Date: 22 Nov 1952 Spouse: Mary Lou Pozdol Marriage Location: Cook County, IL Marriage license: {28BFA882-7CD4-444C-BEA9-A2BA137ED5F2} File Number: 2252127 Archive collection name: Cook County Genealogy Records (Marriages) Archive repository location: Chicago, IL Archive repository name: Cook County Clerk	Family: F1041
36	CORRECTION to SIT page 664: Hildegard was the daughter of Clara Olson and John Lundgren. (Update submitted by Brant Lundgren, Beverly Burkman and Greta Corbitt.)	Family: F5974
37	Dalsland formed the northern part of the administrative county Älvsborg County until 1999 when the present Västra Götaland County was formed. A very small and insignificant part of the province is in Värmland County.	Family: F3
38	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Family: F15712
39	DIARY OF ELLEN ANDERSSON Lysed, Arjang, Sweden 2 June, 1912 On June 2nd I went to Huken, since on Monday, the 3rd I was to begin as a seamstress apprentice with Lydia Nilsson. I worked all week, but Saturday I went home and Sunday evening Daniel took me by carriage to Huken. On Monday I started work again until Saturday the 15th when I went home. On Sunday Annika Petterson visited, so I did not return until Monday the 17th . I went directly to the workshop on the 18th. A new apprentice, Signe from Ulvestad, joined us and we all kept sewing until the 22nd, on which date we left work a little early. I went home to Huken before going on the 23rd. It?s Midsummer and Krestin is with us. We spend the day at home but the holiday is not much fun. On Tuesday the 25th I return to the Workshop but only until dinnertime when Elva?s husband arrives. It is boring sewing all day, but on Wednesday all the girls worked, and we kept at it until Friday the 28th, when I became ill. I went to Huken where I could lie down and rest all evening, and on Saturday Petterson gave me a ride home. I remained home until Monday. July 1st I went with Selma to Arjang where she bought material for a dress. We then returned to the Workshop and worked until Friday. I went home on Thursday, July 4th, and all of us went to the photographer and had our picture taken. I am home on the 5th and on Saturday Frida visits. On Monday, the 8th Carl returned home from America. Frida stays until the 16th when Carl gives her a ride to Norway. Carl and Daniel travel to Gallgerga on the 24th of July, and on the 30th Carl continues on to Kristiania(now Oslo), Mysen and several other places. He returns August 13th. Because of an outbreak of Infantile Paralysis (Polio) I return home August 3rd and do not go back to the workshop until September 2nd. On the 3rd I bought dress material for myself and also fabric for a coat that Ester Widen is making for me. My first fitting is the 5th and the second on the 7th . It should be finished on the 14th, and will cost me 4.00 Kroner for labor. I return home on the 13th and pay Lydia .6 Kroner for my skirt, which is ready. The 18th , 19th and 20th I am home, but just briefly on the 19th and 20th. It was an exciting, fun time, and on the 21st a going away party was fun too. We traveled to Gothenburg on September 23rd, arriving at nine P.M. On the 24th we procured our tickets and while there we met the Edane girls, whose company we shared to Chicago. That night we went to the best and fanciest theater in Gothenburg and it was quite nice. On Wednesday the 25th at ten in the morning, our ship leaves the harbor (of Gothenburg), and we arrive at Hull (England) on the morning of the 27th. We travel across England to Liverpool, and at five o?clock in the evening we board our ship, the Wiktorion (Victorian?). On October 4th 1912, at five in the evening, we arrived in Quebec (Canada) harbor. We remained until (the following) noon and then took the train to Montreal, arriving at 6 PM. After waiting four hours, until ten at night, we departed. A funny town, I thought, but then I see things in a different light. After all, we are new arrivals that have never seen anything other than our hometowns. En route we stopped a couple of times, but were not able to spend a several hours at these stops as we had in Montreal. At 9:00 PM on the night of October 5th we arrive at our destination, the magnificent and progressive town of Chicago. Tired and worn out we were all happy to get off the train. The trip was remarkedly fast, only twelve days from our old home to our new home. I left a peaceful and happy home for a different world, far from mother and father and all I hold dear. I will strive to make a new life just as happy and peaceful. Time will tell if the joys of my new home will be sufficient to substitute what I left. In any case, I do know that my life starts in earnest. I took a streetcar to my sister Emma. It was so far that I thought I would never get to her home, but all things have an end, even the longest road. It would take too much space to write down all my experiences in the first weeks in my new country. Only someone that has lived through it can understand my feelings. Well, I stayed with Emma from October 5th through the 31st. Then I went to work for total strangers for the first time in my life. However, it was only a temporary position so I would continue looking for something else. My first job was with a Swedish lady, Mrs. Larson at 5208 North Clark Street until November 16th . I had a new position ?in view? on Loyola Avenue, and was hired by Mrs. Gloor, who is Jewish. I stayed on for two whole weeks. On December 4th I went back to Emma?s home and poor Emma had to run around for a whole week before we could find something. We finally put an ad in the Daily News. There were many, many responses to the ad. I accepted the first response, and, I think, also the worst, at 1228 Farragut Avenue, with Mrs. Burkhardt, starting on December 12th. I stayed there until March 6th, in the early Spring of 1913. My new position was with Mrs. Lowes on Hermitage Avenue, which I started on March 7, 1913. I stayed on for eleven months, until February 5, 1914. My brother Charley had married during the past year, and I visited him and his wife Minnie for two weeks. There was not a lot of work to be had and it was a bad time to change jobs, but I did not know this. However, I did get work that month (February, 1914) on the 18th with Mrs. Law at 7520 Rogers Avenue, and stayed for three months, until May 6th. From there I went directly to Mrs. Nicholas of 1449 Fargo Avenue and stayed for a whole year. That is a terribly long time for me and I am sure it?s the longest I will ever stay in one place. At this point I need a vacation, so I take two weeks starting May 5th, 1915. First I stayed with Minnie and Charley which included a trip to Michigan to look in on his ?farm?. From there I went up to Grand Rapids to visit an Aunt. I stayed over Sunday and had a pretty good time. Reality hits then, and on May 19th I return to a new position at 5121 Sheridan Road with Mrs. Bransfield. They do not like me at all, and after three weeks I leave to look for new work. On June 9th I find a job with Mrs. VanDusen at 4721 Walden Street, but she is also a rough one and I stayed for five weeeks until July 14th. I start my 16th position on Northshore Avenue in Rogers Park. Mrs. Zoersch is the best person I have worked with so far, and this is probably my happiest time. But there is always the question; when is a person content? I did stay until let go, because circumstances change and they no longer needed a girl. I move on to Evanston (Illinois) to do the cooking for Dr. and Mrs. Taylor at 901 Lake Street, and we will see how this turns out. I only stay for three months. It is such a dump, the worst I have seen. This might have something to do with comparing this home with to the previous place, which was so nice. I leave on August 6th and start for Mrs. Bissinger at 5820 Sheridan Road where I stay for a month, until September 4th, and on the 5th begin work at 5816 Sheridan Road for Mrs. Eastman, where I stay for three months, until November 29th. Cooking has been my job at the last three positions, and I do not like it. So on December 4th I start housework again at 5914 Sheridan Road for Mrs. Keebler. My goodness, each place is worse than the previous, but this one is the culmination. I wanted to leave after a week but it was a terrible winter and I stayed on week after week. I will never forget that time. Finally, spring is near and I feel more joythan ever before. Nobody but me knows what I endured this winter. On March 19th, 1917 I finally take my rags and leave, rejoicing and feeling light enough to fly! Whatever happens I am finished with cooking and housework. I will not accept anything until I get what I want which is ?second work?. I am persistant and start that kind of work on March 20th at 334 Wellington for Mr. Wilhelm as a second girl. The job works out pretty well but a hard German nurse is in charge and the help does not stay long here. Well, I?ve been here seven weeks and I wonder what will happen next. So with renewed strength and no frowns, on May 16th I?m on the move again. Luck seems to come my way, if that is a way to describe the fact that I get a position as a waitress on May 21st, very daring, but the worst I can do is fail. The address is 731 Prospect Avenue, the home of Mrs. Haughtling. The work is hard but I?m used to that, nothing new. Time moves on and I have been a waitress for six months and two weeks. When the chambermaid gets married I accept that position. I?ll try it for a time. The winter is terrible and I have no place to go. I begin thinking about a vacation in 1918, if I can afford it. Time passes and I like the work as a chambermaid, it?s better than the previous job (waitress). I?m starting my vacation on August 7th and on the 9th my friend Ingrid and I are leaving. We stop in Kansas City, Missouri for two days, leaving Sunday night. Mid day Monday we arrive in LaJunta. We stay with my sister two weeks, and then continue on to Colorado Springs on (August) 27th. September 12th we?re in Denver, the 13th in Lincoln, Nebraska. The 14th we arrive in Omaha and stay until the 19th. That morning we depart via the Burlington Railroad, and are home in Chicago on September 20th at 9 o?clock. We had a great time, but now I must start earning my daily bread again. I?m staying with Laura until I start my new job with Mrs. Potter Palmer at 1050 Lake Shore Drive, as a parlor maid. We?ll see how long I last. Vacations are so wonderful, they just end too soon, and after that all that lies ahead is work, work, work. If you are lucky enough to work for decent folks it?s not bad. Staying healthy is so important for people like me that do not have a home. I have now been here all winter, but beautiful May is coming. What will you bring for me? Left Potter Palmer May 7th 1919 for the town of millionaires ? Lake Forest. Let?s see if I like it there. Started May 10th for Mrs. C.F. Childs as a waitress/server and stayed on until October 11th. Summer is gone and fall is here again. It?s been hard work, but what else can we expect? We are only a cog in the big wheel of humankind and its evolution. Can someone tell me what life is? I am changing jobs again, this time to work for general housework. It?s very difficult, but with people where there is a will there is a way. And then there is the money. It pulls people in with its power. I?m now at 1347 North State Parkway at Mrs. H.A. North. Time goes so fast that I sometimes wish I could stop it, if only for a day. But no, ?nothing of the kind?. February 5, 2001	Family: F580
40	Dräng, Johan Peter Svensson and Piga, Clara Maria Andersdotter Blom lived at Rommelsjö Västerg, Öggestorp parish, Jönköping Län, Sweden at the time they were married.	Family: F20465
41	East Sweden, Texas: View Larger Map	Family: F5475
42	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Family: F10
43	Edited by Per Lundgren, Täby, Sweden	Family: F871
44	Eric and Anna Stenstrom lived at 2724 Morrisson Street, Houston, Texas, USA, beginning around 1930.	Family: F4152
45	Etta M. Byers-Nelson-Mosier/Mosher was born in , Bastrop, Texas, 13 Sep 1877 or so. and marriage took place around the 17th of Sep 1894 in Travis Co., Texas; Hubert Nelson was first born Apr 1896 and Urean was born sometime between 2 Jun 1895-1898 depending on which record one looks at in Gonzales, Gonzales, Texas. There are two birth certificates listed for him there. Etta M. Nelson-Moshier/Mosher was an accomplished dressmaker/seamstress and made vaudevillian costumes for troops coming through Houston, Harris, Texas.	Family: F6076
46	Family lived in Herstensbo, Eksjö landsförsamling.	Family: F9977
47	Family Search.org: Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959 Groom: Wm G Jones Groom's Race: White Groom's Date of Birth: 06 Aug 1897 Groom's Place of Birth: , Jefferson, Kentucky Groom's Residence: Louisville, , Kentucky Groom's Number of Marriage: first Groom's Father: Jess Jones Groom's Mother: Rose Fox Bride: Evelyn Thirlwell Bride's Race: White Bride's Date of Birth: 15 Jun 1903 Bride's Place of Birth: Louisville, , Kentucky Bride's Residence: Louisville, , Kentucky Bride's Number of Marriage: first Bride's Father: Charles Thirlwell Bride's Mother: Margaret Floden Date of License: 28 Sep 1921 County of License: Clark Date of Marriage: 28 Sep 1921 Place of Marriage: Jeffersonville, Clark, Indiana Film Number: 2311703 Digital Folder Number: 4476620 Image Number: 00117 Number of Images: 1 .	Family: F1004
48	Florida Marriage Collection, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001 Name: Leola Fisher Marriage Date: 1951 County of Marriage: Dade Volume: 1306 Certificate: 2637 Source: Florida Department of Health Florida Marriage Collection, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001 Name: Robert A. Thyne Marriage Date: 1951 County of Marriage: Dade Volume: 1306 Certificate: 2637 Source: Florida Department of Health	Family: F1020
49	From Swedes in Texas, Page 1078. CARL YOUNGREN, a tenant farmer on the farm of the widow, C. Almquist, in Manda , Travis County, came to that community from Sweden in 1895. He had his first home in this country with his maternal uncle, Mr. John Anderson, but for eight years he worked for different farmers in the area. He spent a year in Denver, Colorado, where he was a gardener, and also a year in Austin, Texas. Mr. Youngren is from the district of Kronoberg and was born at the Moheda station in 1878. The son of a shoemaker, C. A. Youngren, the son learned the same trade. At the age of seventeen he left this profession and country, and set out for the land in the west. Still he returned home in 1907 to visit friends at home and relatives, but he returned to Texas in the same year. In 1909 he married Miss Julia Almquist, daughter of the Carl Almquist family in Manda. She was born in Gregg, Travis County, in 1888. Her father is dead, and the mother is living in Austin. The couple’s two children are: Emery, 1910, and Estella, 1912. Mr. Youngren has two brothers on Chicago, both are shoemakers, and five brothers and sisters in Sweden. He and his wife belong to the Methodist congregation in Manda and take an active part in its activities. He is a conscientious, intelligent and competent farmer.	Family: F56
50	From Swedes in Texas, page 1164. J. A. YOUNG, Swedonia, Fisher County, Texas, is one of the two settlers, who with their families remained in this once so promising Swedish community, when all the others left and scattered in different directions. In the company of August Johnson, Salomon Johnson, John Swenson and Henry Gustafson, Young came to Fisher County in 1884 to try the life of a settler. He had already bought a piece of school-land there for $2.00 per acre; and with the others and a family, who later moved in, they laid the foundation for the Swedish community of Swedonia, and the Swedish Methodist church congregation which was formed shortly thereafter. Even though the climate is the best and the land is fertile, this part of the state is surely not suitable for growing cotton , and when our Swedes were not successful, like those in central Texas, from where they came, most of them gave up and left. But those who stayed and devoted themselves to raising livestock along with a mixture of farming had better luck. Mr.Young was one of them. He now owns about 800 acres and a comfortable home, and his wife sits in peace and quiet with grown-up sons and daughters around her. The proverb is true: “Persistence wins!” Mr Young was born in Katrineholm in Södermanland, in 1860. By the age of 20, he immigrated to America, and first came to San Antonio, Texas. He went to the southern parts because in Sweden he read a little brochure which told about the great advantages that Texas offered. After a couple of years there, he moved to Austin where he had a position as caretaker at the University of Texas, and he also worked the land and became familiar with farming. In 1885, Mr.Young married Albertina Wilhelmina Carlson, who had arrived in Austin, Texas a couple of years before from the same place in Sweden as himself. Her year of birth was 1858. Their marriage has been blessed with seven children. The oldest daughter, Laura 1886, is married to T. E. Johnson, and resides in Fisher; Richard,1888, Lillie 1890, Fred 1891, Gertie 1893, Ernest 1896, and Esther 1901. Mrs. Young passed away in 1917. The Young family has always had a big interest and have taken an active part in the church. Mr. Young has been local preacher in the Methodist Church for many years and has held many positions of trust. Since the Swedish church activities ceased the family has joined the American Church and now belongs to the Nazarene Society.	Family: F111