John SWENSON

1845 - 1925  (80 years)

• Name	John SWENSON
  Birth	Jun 1845	Sweden
  	1844 on his gravestone
  Gender	Male
  Minnesota Death Certificate	1925-MN-011378
  Death	2 Nov 1925	Polk County, Minnesota
  Burial	Skatvold Cemetery, Climax, Polk County, Minnesota
  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 d. 28 Nov 1945, Polk County, Minnesota (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1891
  Children	1. Selmer SWENSON,   b. 16 Aug 1891, North Dakota   2. Bertha SWENSON,   b. 16 Aug 1891, North Dakota d. Jan 1969, Arizona (Age 77 years)   3. Netta (Nettie) SWENSON,   b. May 1893, North Dakota   4. Lydia T SWENSON,   b. 22 May 1895, Traill County, North Dakota d. 16 Jan 1932, Traill County, North Dakota (Age 36 years)   5. Lillian SWENSON,   b. 22 Jul 1898, North Dakota d. 12 Jul 1993, Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Michigan (Age 94 years)
  Family ID	F1186	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2005