Meeker County MN Archives Biographies.....Iverson, Hans 1846 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 December 22, 2019, 11:06 am Source: Alden, Ogle & Co. Author: See Below HANS IVERSON resides on section 33, Acton township. The parents of the subject of this biography were Iver and Johanna Anderson, both of whom were born in Norway and lived in their native land until the time of their deaths. Hans Iverson was a native of the same country and was born on the 4th of May, 1846. He came to the United States in 1869, and shortly after his arrival he proceeded to Dakota county, Minn., where he was employed by various farmers until during the year 1873, when he came to Meeker county and bought railroad land on section 33, in Acton township, where he still lives. He has a good farm of 130 acres of land with a good portion of it under cultivation, a comfortable house, and other farm buildings, and withal is in comfortable circumstances. This has all been the result of his own industry and economy, as he was a poor man when he came to this country. He has met with some reverses, especially during the year that the grasshoppers visited Meeker county, but as a whole his farming operations have been very successful. Mr. Iverson Was married in 1869 to Miss Ingeborg Pederson. She was born in Norway, on the 4th of April, 1848, and is a daughter of Iver and Martha Pederson. Her father died in Norway and her mother is now living in Pope county, Minn. Mr. and Mrs. Iverson have been the parents of the following children— Martin, born March 14, 1870; Idan, born December 29, 1873; Olof, born July 7, 1875; Mina, born September 10, 1877; Hilda, born January 16, 1880; and Lydia, born July 23, 1882. Additional Comments: Illustrated Album of Biography Meeker and McLeod Counties, Minnesota 1888 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mn/meeker/bios/iverson568gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mnfiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb