1847 - 1912 (65 years)
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Name |
Anders Olaus BLOMGREN |
Birth |
17 Aug 1847 |
Nord-Trøndelag, Norway |
- Namsos according to Find A Grave
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Gender |
Male |
Death |
3 Dec 1912 |
Patterson, Stanislaus County, California |
Burial |
Patterson District Cemetery, Patterson, Stanislaus County, California |
Notes |
- In the 1875 state census, he was living in Goodhue County.
In the 1880 census, he was a house painter in St. Paul.
In the 1885 Minnesota state census he and his family lived in Granite Falls.
In the 1910 census, he was Andrew Blomgren, living with his family in Newman Twp, Stanislaus County, California, where he was a painter (as were his sons Edward, Olaf, and Iver). He came to the U.S. in 1875.
From Find A Grave:
A. O. Blomgren Died on Tuesday Evening; A. O. Blomgren died at his home on Las Palmas Avenue Tuesday evening, December 3rd, at 10:30 o'clock. Mr. Blomgren had been ill for some time suffering from general tubercular and liver trouble.
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Patterson's First Settler Laid to Rest
The news of the death of Andrew O. Blomgren, which was briefly noted in these columns last week, caused much sorrow and regret among Mr. Blomgren s many friends in this community, although the news was not entirely unexpected, as he had been ill for a long time.
He suffered from bowel and liver trouble, and for some years his health had been on the decline, his ailments confining him to his bed for some months previous to his death.
Andrew O. Blomgren was born August 17, 1847, at Namsos, Norway, and was sixty-five years of age at the time of his decease. He and his family came to California about eight years ago, living for four years at Palo Alto and a year and half at Los Gatos previous to coming to Patterson. He arrived here April 24, 1910, and purchased a farm on Las Palmas avenue, where the family has since made its home.
He was one of the first settlers on the Patterson Colony, and was widely known and respected for his many sterling qualities. He was a kind husband and father, and a citizen of which any community might have been proud. He was an officer of the Patterson Farmers' Association, having been its treasurer since the association was formed. Mr. Blomgren died Tuesday evening, Dec. 3rd, about 10 o clock, surrounded by his immediate family.
As his brother, N. J. Blomgren of Patterson, was in the Middle West, the funeral was. postponed until Sunday, Dec. 8th at 2 p.m., all the necessary arrangements being made by Davis & Evans, the funeral directors of Patterson.
The services were held at the Blomgren home by Rev. J. H. Brono of San Francisco, and interment was in Grayson cemetery temporarily, as Patterson has no cemetery as yet. The pall bearers were O. S. Lokka, Ole Brown, Sanfried Peterson, Oscar Engblom, E. Refsland and Thomas Christopherson.
The deceased leaves a widow to mourn his loss and six children, Iver, Olaf, Albert, Edward, Christine, and Olena. He also leaves two brothers, N .J. Blomgren of Patterson and J. E. Blomgren, who resides in Michigan, and a sister, Mrs John Mickelson of Patterson.
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Person ID |
I10955 |
Don Carlson's Tree |
Last Modified |
11 Jul 2023 |
Family |
Berit Trondsdotter ELLINGBØE, b. 25 May 1855, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 16 Aug 1918, California (Age 63 years) |
Marriage |
21 Dec 1877 |
Ramsey County, Minnesota |
Children |
| 1. Olina BLOMGREN, b. Abt 1879, Minnesota |
| 2. Christina BLOMGREN, b. Abt 1880, Minnesota |
| 3. Oline BLOMGREN, b. 22 Feb 1883, Ramsey County, Minnesota d. 31 Aug 1956, Alameda County, California (Age 73 years) |
| 4. Edward Thomas BLOMGREN, b. 12 Apr 1885, Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota d. 14 Sep 1913, Patterson, Stanislaus County, California (Age 28 years) |
| 5. Olaf Alfred BLOMGREN, b. 1 Oct 1886, Minnesota d. 28 Aug 1942, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon (Age 55 years) |
| 6. Iver BLOMGREN, b. 1 Nov 1888, Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota d. 28 Nov 1971, Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon (Age 83 years) |
| 7. Christina BLOMGREN, b. 24 Dec 1890, Minnesota d. 16 Nov 1957, Alameda County, California (Age 66 years) |
| 8. Albert BLOMGREN, b. 15 May 1895, Minnesota d. 4 Jun 1971, Riverside County, California (Age 76 years) |
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Family ID |
F2842 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
11 Jul 2023 |
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