Nobles County MN Archives Biographies.....Anderson, Erick 1866 - ************************************************ 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 sdgenweb@yahoo.com October 25, 2006, 12:11 am Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908) ERICK ANDERSON owns and resides on the southwest quarter of section 1, Dewald township, which place has been his home for the last thirteen years. He is a native of the town of Carlsham, Sweden, where he was born June 1, 1866. He is the son of Andrew Anderson, now residing in Illinois. His mother was Bertha (Hanson) Anderson, who died in Sweden in 1875. Erick received a common school education in his native country and his boyhood days were spent on his father's farm. In 1882, when sixteen years of age, he came to the United States, preceding his father two months. The family located in Kirkland, Dekalb county, Ill., and in the vicinity of that town Erick Anderson spent thirteen years working at farm work for wages. In the spring of 1895 he moved to Nobles county and located on the property where he has since resided. This property he had purchased in 1887. Mr. Anderson was married in Dewald township June 29, 1898, to Natalia Carlson, daughter of the late Swan Carlson. Mrs. Anderson is a native of Sweden, having been born in Vastergotland Aug. 3, 1874, and came to the United States in 1886. To Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have been born five children: Oscar Edward, born Oct. 20, 1899, died July 155 1901; Walter Raymond, born March 1, 1902; Clarence Willard, born July 24, 1903; Esther Verna, born Dec. 6, 1905; Mabel Lillian, born Oct. 8, 1907. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are members of the Lutheran church of Worthington, of which he is a trustee. Mr. Anderson is a director of school district No. 15. Additional Comments: Extracted from: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NOBLES COUNTY MINNESOTA BY ARTHUR P. ROSE NORTHERN HISTORY PUBLISHING COMPANY WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA PUBLISHERS 1908 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mn/nobles/bios/anderson199gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mnfiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb