NameAlfred Swenson186
Birth Date25 Oct 185045,72
Birth PlaceSweden
Death Date18 Jul 193572 Age: 84
Burial PlaceWest Jemtland Cemetery, New Sweden, ME13
Burial Memolot 5
Reside PlaceFirst farm north of New Sweden line in Stockholm on South Main hill, deed Sept. 189845
Immi Date1 Apr 1881257,218 Age: 30
Immi Placefrom Jemtland, Sweden to Stockholm, Maine
Occupationtown treasurer 189545
ReligionNew Sweden Lutheran 188145
FlagsStockholm pioneers
Spouses
Birth Date15 Jul 185945,72
Birth PlaceUndersaker, Jemtland, Sweden
Birth Memoalso nov 11, 1859
Death Date25 Apr 194872 Age: 88
Death PlaceStockholm, ME
Death Memoalso Apr. 26, 1948
Burial PlaceWest Jemtland Cemetery, New Sweden, ME13
Burial Memolot 5
Reside PlaceFirst farm north of New Sweden line in Stockholm on South Main hill
ReligionNew Sweden Lutheran 188145
FatherJons Olofson Sodergren (1820-1902)
MotherMargareta Pettersdotter (1825-1915)
ChildrenEmmy M. (1885-1967)
 Ida Christine (1880-1971)
 Lottie E. (1890-1972)
Notes for Alfred Swenson
Came to Stockholm, Maine with his wife and four month old daughter186
Alfred, his wife Brita, and daughter Ida Swenson along with Johannas and Anne Brtia Anderson and their daughter Martha were actually the first to arrive in Stockholm, ME; Settled right next to New Sweden town line on the South Hill in Stockholm; First town meeting held in Swedish in his home;218
Paul Sodergren and Alfred Swenson, the first settlers of Stockholm, led a parade celebrating the 20th anniversary of Stockholm in 1901. Alfred also was one of the locals who gave a speech.218
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