California Biographies

Source: History of Fresno County, California, with biographical sketches of 
the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with 
its growth and development from the early days to the present (1919)

History By Paul E. Vandor 
Illustrated, Complete In Two Volumes 
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California, 1919
 
Notes: Missing+page1185-1186

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives 
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm


ANDREW SODERBERG.� Among those from foreign shores who 
are loyal to the country of their adoption and who have made for themselves a 
place in the community where they reside, Andrew Soderberg is a quiet, unas- 
suming and industrious rancher and fruit-raiser who came to America with the in- 
tention of making good and is doing it. He was born in Dalene, Sweden, December 
24, 1855. His father was a farmer and the son was brought up on the farm. His 
mother was Sarah Erikson. Both parents are now dead. They had two children, 
Andrew, in California, and Frederick, in Minnesota. 

Mr. Soderberg attended the public schools in his native land, and learning the 
carpenter trade, engaged in building and contracting, until in 1879, when he came 
to America, going to Hudson, Wis., where he engaged in lumbering for a year. 
In 1880 he located a homestead of 160 acres in Saint Hilaire. Minn. While im- 
proving his place he engaged in contracting and building, following this for many 
years in connection with his farming. He bought forty acres additional, and 
then had 200 acres, which he put in grain, and he also handled stock. 

In 1910, Mr. Soderberg made a trip to California and, being well pleased 
with the country, purchased thirty-six acres and began improvements, and in 
1912 moved onto it. He now has ten acres of peaches, six and a half acres in 
Thompson Seedless, and the balance in alfalfa and grain. 

Mr. Soderberg was married in Minnesota to Miss Hannah Anderson, who 
was born in Sweden, but came to Minnesota with her parents when a child. Of 
their six children we name the following: Arthur, with the Southern Pacific, 
in San Francisco; Albert, with the United States Army in France; Milton, a 
graduate of the University of California, and a teacher of Agriculture, is also in 
the United States Service; Ethel, a graduate of Kerman High, is attending the 
University of California; Arnold, also of Kerman High School. 

While in Minnesota, Mr. Soderberg was for many years a school director, 
and here he is a member of the Lutheran Church. He is also affiliated with the 
California Peach Growers, Inc., the California Associated Raisin Company, and 
the Modern Woodmen.