From "History of North Washington" Published 1904

Transcribed by: Nancy Grubb (nancyg@theofficenet.com)
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SWAN WILLMAN
	Swan Willman,of Loonlake,Stevens county,is a man who has overcome 
difficulties by hard work and force of character.Possessed of no special 
advantages and entirely unassisted,he has won his way to competence,and is 
now surrounded by home comforts,the attainment of which has cost many a 
struggle with adverse circumstances.
   He is a native of Sweden,born in Helsingland,June 255,1831. In that 
country it is customary for children to take the name of the estate upon 
which their parents live at the period of their birth,so it is not strange 
that our subject should be the son of Swan and Carrie Tulberg. During the 
greater portion of his life the father followed the sea for a living. Five 
children were born to the Tulbergs,four of whom survive,Olaf,Bretac,Louis,
and Swan our subject.
   Until the age of thirteen years the latter attended school and contributed 
by his youthful labor to the maintenance of his parents. Coming to the United
States in 1865,he first located in Massachusetts,going thence to Illinois for
one year,thence to Iowa for eight years,where he followed agricultural 
pursuits. At one period he was resident of Portland,Oregon;at another of 
Tacoma,Washington. In the latter city he secured a two years' contract for 
cutting wood, which was fairly remunerative.He then came to Spokane,
Washington,remained two years engaged in a variety of occupations,and in 
1888 settled in Loonlake, Stevens county.The following three years he hunted 
deer for a living,and subsequently worked in the Loonlake ice house.
   It was nor until 1891 that he located the homestead where he now lives,
having thirty acres under the plow,good house,and outbuildings,orchard,and
other improvements. He estimates the timber stumpage on his property at
seven hundred thousand feet. He also devotes considerable attention to stock-
raising.
   In 1856 Mr.Willman married Miss Annie Johnson,a native of Sweden. To them
have been born five children,four of whom are still living,S.O.;Carrie,widow 
of M.M.Mathers;Mary,and Louise. The parents are members of the Swedish miss-
ion church.
   In 1903 Mr.Willman built a comfortable residence in Loonlake,which he now
occupies,but still oversees his farm property. 
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