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John SWENSON

Male 1845 - 1925  (80 years)


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  • Name John SWENSON 
    Birth Jun 1845  Sweden Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1844 on his gravestone
    Gender Male 
    Minnesota Death Certificate 1925-MN-011378 
    Death 2 Nov 1925  Polk County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Skatvold Cemetery, Climax, Polk County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Living in Vineland Twp, Polk County, Minnesota, at the time of the 1900 census (June 9th). The family consisted of John, 54 (June 1845 in Sweden), Bereth, 42 (Aug 1857 in Norway), Ida, 14 (Apr 1886), Bertha, 8 (Aug 1891), Netta, 7 (May 1893), Lydia, 4 (May 1896), Lilly, 1 (Jul 1898), and Selmer, 8 (Aug 1891). John and Betsy have been married for 9 years. Betsy has six children still living but the number she has given birth to is indecipherable (but it appears to be a number other than 6). All the children were born in North Dakota. John came to this country in 1870 and is a naturalized citizen. Betsy came in 1877 and is not a citizen. John is a farmer who owns his farm although it is mortgaged.

      In the 1905 state census, the family was still in Vineland Twp. They have been in Minnesota and in Vineland Twp for 5 years and 6 months. The family consists of John, 57, Beret, 46, Selmer, 13, Bertha, 13, Netta, 12, Lydia, 10, and Tille, 6.

      Still in Vineland Twp in the 1910 census. The family is John Swenson (indexed as “Samson”), 63, Beret, 57, Selmer, 18, Nettie, 17, Lydia, 14, and Lillie, 11. All of the children were born in North Dakota. John and Beret had been married for 18 years and she had had 11 children, 6 still living. Their pastor at the church they attended may well have been O. N. Bergh (#8157).

      In the 1920 census, John, 76, Beret, 62, and Lelia, 21 and single, were living in the village of Climax, Polk County. Lelia is a laborer in the housework industry and John is a retired farmer. John came to this country in 1884 and Beret in 1888.
    Person ID I1649  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 1 Jan 2016 

    Family Berit (Betsy) THOMPSON,   b. 2 Aug 1857, Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Nov 1945, Polk County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1891 
    Children 
     1. Selmer SWENSON,   b. 16 Aug 1891, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Bertha SWENSON,   b. 16 Aug 1891, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1969, Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     3. Netta (Nettie) SWENSON,   b. May 1893, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Lydia T SWENSON,   b. 22 May 1895, Traill County, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jan 1932, Traill County, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)
     5. Lillian SWENSON,   b. 22 Jul 1898, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jul 1993, Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years)
    Family ID F1186  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2005