Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Lindstrum, Nils Peter 
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NILS PETER LINDSTRUM has followed the merchant tailor's trade since he was 
nine years of age, gaining his rudimentary knowledge of the business under the 
instruction of his father, Swen Peter Johanson, a merchant tailor, who died in 
Smaland, Sweden, at seventy-five years of age.  The latter had three sons (all 
in America) and one daughter by his first marriage, and by his second wife, 
Christine Muller, had only one child, Nils Peter, who was born in Bjelbo, 
Christdaliasaken, Smaland, Sweden, September 23, 1850.  The family being poor 
it was impossible for him to attend school regularly; in fact, his entire 
attendance at the common school was limited to eleven weeks.  However, being 
ambitious to learn, he often devoted his evenings to study and in that way 
gained a practical fund of information that has proved very helpful to him.  
As soon as he was old enough to be of assistance he was taken into his 
father's shop, where he served an apprenticeship to the tailor's trade.

April 21, 1869, Mr. Lindstrum sailed from the old country for America, and 
after a voyage of fourteen days he landed in Quebec, May 21. Thence he 
proceeded to Chicago and from there went to Galesburg, Ill., where he worked 
at his trade for more than two years.  On his return to Chicago he secured 
employment in a tailor's shop.  In July, 1883, he came to Joliet, where, in 
October, 1886, he opened a merchant tailor shop at No. 913 South Joliet 
street.  During the forty years that he has worked at his trade he has 
acquired a thorough knowledge of all of its details and is a reliable, 
efficient and skilled workman, whose reputation for honesty and skill has 
secured him the patronage of first-class customers.  Being economical he has 
saved a fair proportion of his earnings, and is therefore in comfortable 
circumstances.

The Swedish Republican Club and the Swedish Lutheran Church number Mr. 
Lindstrum among their members.  He is loyal in his devotion to the government 
and true to his adopted country. One of his half-brothers, S. J. Lindstrum, 
now of Monmouth, Ill., came to the United States in 1861 and enlisted in an 
Illinois regiment, where he served until his term expired.

The first wife of Mr. Lindstrum was Mathilda Nelson, who was born in Sweden 
and died in Chicago.  His second marriage took place in Chicago October 20, 
1881, and united him with Miss Matilda Peterson, who was born at "Foughuld," 
Jankopinglaen, Smaland, Sweden.  Her father, Peter, who in youth served in the 
Swedish army, afterward cultivated the farm, "Foughuld," until he came to 
America.  Her mother, Sarah, daughter of Andres Anderson, a farmer, came to 
the United States and died in Chicago.  All of her eight children also came to 
this country, and all but one are still living, six of them being in Chicago. 
Mrs. Lindstrum was third in order of birth and was reared in her native land, 
whence she accompanied the family to America in 1879, and two years later she 
was married in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Lindstrum have many friends among the 
people of their nationality in Joliet, where they are known and honored for 
their integrity of character and kindness of heart.  They are the parents of 
two daughters, Matilda C. and Anna W. Lindstrum.

Additional Comments:
Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County Illinois Containing 
Biographies of Well Known Citizens of the Past and Present, Biographical 
Publishing Company, Chicago, 1900

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