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Name:               SVEN “Andrew” SWANBERG
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Birth:                      2 Jul 1843                Herrljunga,
Δlvsborgs, Vδstergφtland, Sweden
Death:                     7 Nov 1923              Cokato, Wright
Co., MN1,2
Burial:                                                   Cokato, MN
Religion:                 Lutheran
Occupation:              Farmer; lumberman; builder
Father:                     CHARLES SWANBERG
Mother:                   MARY (_____)
Marriage:                 13 Oct 1866
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Spouse:             Johanna “Betsy” ANDERSON
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Birth:                      24 Sep 1848             Vδstergφtland,
Sweden
Death:                     25 Mar 1930             Cokato, Wright
Co., MN3,4
Religion:                 Lutheran
Father:                     ANDERS “Andrew” ANDERSON (1822-1894)
Mother:                   ANNA (_____) (-1897)
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Children
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1 M:                 HERMAN Shelby SWANBERG
Birth:                      11 Oct 1867             Moores Prairie,
Wright Co., MN
Death:                     13 Jul 1933              Minneapolis, MN5
Spouse:                   OCTAVIA B. BERTHIAUME
Marriage:                 10 Jan 1894              Minneapolis, MN
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2 F:                 SELMA Theodora SWANBERG
Birth:                      26 Jan 1870              Moores Prairie,
Wright Co., MN
Death:                     21 Feb 1954             Meeker Co., MN6
Spouse:                   Karl AUGUST TACK
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3 M:                 THEODORE J SWANBERG
Birth:                      17 Jun 1872             Moores Prairie,
Wright Co., MN
Christen:                  1 Jul 1872
Death:                     21 Mar 1951             Blue Earth Co., MN
Spouse:                   ELLA (_____)
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4 F:                 MARIA Josefina “Mary” SWANBERG
Birth:                      6 Jan 1874               Cokato, Wright
Co., MN
Death:                     Oct 1943                  Erickson, MB
Spouse:                   HENRY Wilbur MILLER
Marriage:                 30 Nov 1893            Watertown, Carver
Co., MN
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5 M:                 CHARLES Walter SWANBERG
Birth:                      31 Mar 1877             Moores Prairie,
Wright Co., MN
Spouse:                   Anna OLIVIA HARALDSON
Spouse:                   ROSE Marie MOOERS
Marriage:                 27 Feb 1899             Buffalo, Wright
Co., MN
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6 F:                 ESTER Lydia SWANBERG
Birth:                      31 Dec 1879             Moores Prairie,
Wright Co., MN
Christen:                  25 Jan 1880              Stockholm, Wright
Co., MN
Spouse:                   DAVID HENDRICKSON
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7 F:                 MINA Adelia SWANBERG
Birth:                      10 Nov 1882            Moores Prairie,
Wright Co., MN
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8 M:                 ADOLF Leonard SWANBERG
Birth:                      17 Oct 1884             Moores Prairie,
Wright Co., MN
Christen:                  2 Nov 1884              Moores Prairie,
Wright Co., MN
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9 F:                 AMANDA Christina SWANBERG
Birth:                      1 Aug 1891              Moores Prairie,
Wright Co., MN
 
 
Notes for SVEN “Andrew” SWANBERG
Emigrated in 1855 from Sweden with his parents to Waconia, Carver
Co., MN.
 
Served during Civil War with 4th MN Infantry Regiment.
 
Acquired an 80 acre homestead on 25 Sep 1872 in MN. (5th Meridian,
Twsp 118 N, Range 28W, Section 18.)7
 
 
Notes for Johanna “Betsy” ANDERSON
Granddaughter Irene Larson (age 10) living with them in 1920 census.
Not sure whose daughter this would be.
 
 
Sources
1. “G.A.R. Veteran Answers Taps,” Cokato Enterprise, Cokato, Wright
Co., MN, 4 Oct 1923, 1, Cokato Museum.
2. Minnesota Historical Society, “Minnesota Death Certificates,”
http://people.mnhs.org/dci/, CertID# 1923-MN-017395; Date is 9/30/1923.
3. “Funeral Rites Held for Mrs. Swanberg,” Cokato Enterprise, Cokato,
Wright Co., MN, 27 Mar 1930, 1, Cokato Museum.
4. Minnesota Historical Society, “Minnesota Death Certificates,”
http://people.mnhs.org/dci/, CertID#: 1930-MN-017148.
5. Minnesota Historical Society, “Minnesota Death Certificates,”
http://people.mnhs.org/dci/, CertID#: 1933-MN-020061.
6. Minnesota Historical Society, “Minnesota Death Certificates,”
http://people.mnhs.org/dci/, CertID#: 1954-MN-008833.
7. RootsWeb, http//:userdb.rootsweb.com/landrecords.

 

 

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