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Waterbury
Township Biographies |
John Balfany was born in Prussia, in 1849. He came to this
country in 1866, and after a stay of fourteen months in New Jersey,
lived in Franklin, Wisconsin, until 1870. Lived in Illinois eight
months, then in Bremer county, Iowa, until 1873, when he came to
Minnesota; settled in section 30, Waterbury township, in the fall of
1873. Was married at Waverly, Iowa, in 1870, to Mary Basel, who was
born in Germany in 1851. They have had five children, four of whom
are living.
Alfred Swoffer, native of England, was born in Kent county,
in 1845, and there learned the harness maker's trade. He came to
Minnesota in 1871, and located in Waterbury township; he was one of
the organizers of the township, has been assessor and is now clerk.
Married in December, 1879, Mrs. Mary Knight, who was born in
Michigan. Mrs. Knight had one child by her first husband, and has
borne Mr. Swoffer one. |
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