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  • Story: Letter From Florence Hedborg Haddock About Family History

    <p><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'"></span></p><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'">Transcriber is Holly Hedborg Miller.&nbsp; Copied exactly.&nbsp; Comments by transcriber&nbsp;are&nbsp;in italics and smaller font.&nbsp; This was written by Florence Hedborg Haddock to her nephew, Melvin Edgar Hedborg.&nbsp; </span></em><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'"></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'">&nbsp;</span><font size="3"><span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'">Seattle, 10/24/71</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'"></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'">Dear Mel: - The following copied from Grandfather&#39;s Testament:</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'"></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'">Nils <span>&nbsp;</span>Anderson born Oct 31st, 1828, in Kopinge (?) Sweden came to Vasa, Minn. September 1865</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'"></span></font><span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'"><font size="3">Anna Olsen (</font></span><em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'">his</span></em><font size="3"><span style="font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'"> </span><span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'">wife)&nbsp;&nbsp;born in Oppmanna, (Skonne) July 24th, 1832</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'"></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'">Aunt Anna&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nov 30th, 1859</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'"></span></font><span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'"><font size="3">Elna </font></span><em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'">(their daughter)</span></em><font size="3"><span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Oct. 21, 1861&nbsp;- 5/&nbsp; /49</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'"></span></font><span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'"><font size="3">Anders </font></span><font face="Times New Roman"><em><span style="font-size: 9pt">(</span></em><em><span style="font-size: 9pt">their son</span></em><em><span style="font-size: 9pt">)</span></em></font><span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'"><font size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mar. &nbsp;5 1864&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ---1874</font></span><span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'"><font size="3">Axel Albert&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span>&nbsp;</span>&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vasa, Minn.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Jan. 15, 1869 - 5/23/41</font></span><span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'"><font size="3">August Olaf&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vasa, Minn.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mar. 13, 1871&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></span><span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'"><font size="3">Esther Amanda&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vasa, Minn.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Aug. 13, 1876 ---June&#39;02</font></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'">&nbsp;</span><font size="3"><span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'">Grandmother died Dec. 27th, 1903</span><span style="font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'"> </span></font><em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'">(</span></em><em><span style="font-size: 9pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Anna Olsen, wife of Nils Anderson</font></span></em><em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'">)</span></em><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'"></span><font size="3"><span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'">Grandfather&nbsp;&nbsp; <span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; March 16, 1906</span><span style="font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'"> </span></font><em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'">(Nils O. Anderson)</span></em><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'"></span><font size="3"><span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'">Anton&nbsp;Sigfried</span><em><span style="font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'"> </span></em></font><em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'">(Hedborg)</span></em><font size="3"><span style="font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'">12/14/83&nbsp; died Oct 24/17</span><span style="font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'"> </span></font><em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'">(Florence Hedborg Haddock&#39;s brother,&nbsp;died 24 Oct 1917)</span></em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'"></span><font size="3"><span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'">Edgar Carl</span><span style="font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'">&nbsp;</span></font><em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'">(Hedborg)</span></em><font size="3"><span style="font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'"> </span><em><span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'">12/4/88 - Nov. 13/23 </span></em><span style="font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'">&nbsp;</span></font><em><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'">(Florence Hedborg Haddock&#39;s brother, died&nbsp;13 Nov 1923 of TB)</span></em><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'"><font size="3">Cousin Emma Strom - whom I visited in Zumbrota, Minn.&nbsp; Gave me the following information: -&nbsp;all born in Malmo, Sweden.</font></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'"></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'">Father</span><span style="font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'"><font size="3"> </font></span><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'">(Edgar Christian Hedborg/Eskel Christianson was his original name)</span></em><span style="font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'"><font size="3"> </font></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'">was the youngest of six children: 1 brother, 4 sisters. </span><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'">Now she lists the siblings</span></em><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'">Nels Hedborg, was Edith&#39;s father.&nbsp; She had no brothers or sisters.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'">Sevenborg</span><span style="font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'"><font size="3"> </font></span><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'">Christianson</span></em><span style="font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'"><font size="3"> </font></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'">Lindgreen was the mother of four boys, two girls.&nbsp; All of these cousins are dead.&nbsp; It was her oldest son and wife who gave me the parsol.&nbsp; I have the family picture.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'">Johanna</span><span style="font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'"><font size="3"> </font></span><em><span style="font-size: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Christianson</font></span></em><span style="font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'"><font size="3"> </font></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'">Strom, Emma&#39;s mother had three girls, one son. Emma will be 92, Dec. 31st, and is the only cousin in my generation living.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'">Betty Gjerstad, had no children.&nbsp; the last name seems familiar but I can&#39;t remember of ever seeing her.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'">Cecelia Nelson, had one daughter, one son.&nbsp; I knew Selma, she lived in St. Paul. Had a daughter who dies in her teens.</span><em><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 10pt">end sibling list...</span></font></em><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'">Grandmother</span><span style="font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'"><font size="3"> </font></span><em><span style="font-size: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Anderson (Anna Olsen)(notation was written&nbsp;on the letter by&nbsp;Melvin Hedborg)</font></span></em><span style="font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'"><font size="3">&nbsp;</font></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'">had two brothers, one lived in Vasa, the other St. Paul, She had one sister, Ida&#39;s mother.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'">All I know about Grandfather&#39;s family is that he had one sister in Sweden.&nbsp; Had lost track of her, but the winter of 1903-04 he stayed with us in Minneapolis.&nbsp; Two Swedish carpenters rooming at mother&#39;s he discovered lived across the road from his sister in Sweden.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'">Fru Karna Person,</span><span style="font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'"><font size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></span><em><span style="font-size: 10pt"><font face="Times New Roman">[Melvin Hedborg&#39;s notation on letter... this is Nils Anderson sister (married name)]</font></span></em><font face="Times New Roman"><em><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span>&nbsp;</span>( Fru means Mrs.)</span></em><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'"></span></font><span style="font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'"><font size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'">Mr. Asum, No 16 Asumtorp, Sweden.</span> <p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>

  • Birth

  • Marriage: From 1900 Census, It States Married 42 Years

  • Arrival: Emigration Year From 1900 Census, But Sept From Notes Of Mel Hedborg's

  • Census: Living With Husband Nels- Sons Axel & August & Daughter Esther. I Think I Found Daughters Anna And Ellen In Vasa District 153

  • Residence: Age: 47; Married; Relation To Head Of House: Wife. Nils Anderson With Wife Anna, Sons-Axel & August & Daughter Esther- Nel's Is A Farmer. Think I Found Daughters Anna And Ellen In Vasa District 153

  • Census: Living With Husband Nels- Sons Axel & August & Daughter Esther.

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