NameAnders Gustav “Andrew G.” Olsson15,4,5
Birth Date26 Sep 183362,8,4,111
Birth PlaceStentorpe Lindkaping Sochen Westmanlan's Lan, Sweden
Death Date22 Aug 19024,111 Age: 68
Death PlaceNew Sweden
Burial PlaceCapitol Hill Cemetery, New Sweden13,4
Burial Memolot 6 west side of walk 1 west
Reside PlaceSweden; Lot 75 1/2 West Road, New Sweden, ME62,30
Immi Date23 May 18715,112 Age: 37
Immi PlaceWestmanland, Sweden to New Sweden, Maine
Occupationfarmer8
ReligionBaptist In New Sweden: Deacon33
FlagsArrived 1871 to New Sweden
FatherOlof Olsson (1797-1869)
Spouses
Birth Date19 Jun 18318,4
Birth PlaceSweden
Death Date5 Dec 19104 Age: 79
Burial PlaceCapitol Hill Cemetery, New Sweden13,4
Burial Memolot 6 west side of walk 1 west
Reside PlaceNew Sweden, Maine15
ChildrenLouisa (Lovisa) (Died as Child) (1860-1866)
 Anna (1861-1886)
 Erick Walter (1863-1943)
 Olaf (Died as Infant) (1865-1866)
 Mathilda Louisa (1866-1948)
 Sophia (1868-1962)
 Carl Gustaf (Died as Infant) (1871-1872)
 Ellen Iola (1873-1965)
 Ida Minerva (1876-1956)
 Mary (Died as Infant) (1869-1870)
Notes for Anders Gustav “Andrew G.” Olsson
Age 38 when he immigrated with his son Erik, age 8, and daughter Mathilda, age 5, who were followed later that year by the mother and three more children;15,112
family lived first in a log house that was later incorporated in a frame house on lot 75 1/2 on West Road in New Sweden; Also built a large log barn that is still standing in 2005;30
age 47 in 1880 New Sweden census; age 38 when he immigrated;8
name given as A. G. Olson13
“John W. Holmquist was my grandfather, A.G. Olson was his father in law, and the murder happened in mid winter, and Johnson’s wife lived on the next farm to ours across the road. She had several looms and made beautiful rugs on one of the largest looms I’ve seen.”113
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