August ANDERSON
Yxe is a company village that owned farms and mines. Between 1667 &
1891
230 families lived on Yxe. The nearest town was Lindesberg which also
was the name of the parish. The name of farm where August was born was
Hogasen under Yxe, which presume meant south of Yxe. August's father
was
Anders Andersson and his grandfather was Anders Ersson who worked
for the
Yxe company as a Dagkarl [ Dayman ].
August emigrated to Red Wing, Minn. in 1881 to work for the
Railroad.
He stayed at a boarding house where he met and married Anna Brita
Jonson who
came to America in 1882. They moved to Cannon Falls where Fred and
William
were born. Work ended in that area and they heard there was railroad
work in the North Branch-Cambridge area. That proved false and they
ended up
homesteading the farm where they spent the rest of their life.
n Information from GS 221358.
SOURCES: 1. 1997 Ordinance Index
2. Ancestral File
3. Patron Archive Record (nil)
information from family and 1900 census.
Not much is known of Anna Brita or where in Sweden she came from.
It is
understood she had one brother about 12 years older than she. Their
parents
died when she was still a child.. At about the age of 23 a Swedish
man whose
mother operated a boarding house in Red Wing, sent for Anna. In
1882 she came,
presumably to marry him. She married August instead, May 26, 1882.
She felt
guilty and intended to pay the man for her travel expenses, but was
never able
to.
SOURCES: 1. Family Records
2. Ancestral File
NOTE: 1. Served as a Police Officer in Duluth, Minn. for 33 years. Moved to
Minneapolis after retirement. Buried in Sunset Cemetery, North East
Minneapolis
Line 5942 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long:
BURI PLAC Duluth,St Louis,Minnesota (Park Hills cem.)
He married Anna Britta 26 May 1882 at Cannon Falls, Goodhue, Minnesota . Anna Britta was born at Elsporian, Vestergotland, Sweden 10 Dec 1858 .
They were the parents of 10
children:
Fred Adolph Anderson
born 18 Jan 1883.
Carl William Anderson
born 14 Jul 1884.
Fritchoff Anderson
born 1885.
Arthur Anderson
born 1886.
Anton Anderson
born 4 Sep 1888.
Berger Anderson
born 30 Sep 1890.
Alvin Anderson
born 28 Nov 1892.
Jennie Anderson
born 6 Dec 1894.
Arthur Anderson
born 27 Mar 1897.
Axel Anderson
born 1 Mar 1899.
August Anderson died 11 Feb 1934 at Harris, Chisago, Minnesota .
Anna Britta died 26 May 1934 at Harris, Chisago, Minnesota .