NamePeter (Pehr J.) Sodergren8,72,186
Birth Date8 Aug 186110,8,72
Birth PlaceUndersaker, Jemtland, Sweden
Death Date4 Oct 194072 Age: 79
Death PlaceLos Angeles, CA
Reside PlaceFirst Farm North Of New Sweden Line In Stockholm On South Main Hill; Monson, ME; CA
Immi Placefrom Undersaker, Sweden to New Jemtland, ME
Immi Memovia Trondhjem, Hull, Liverpool, Ireland, New York, Providence, Boston, Woodstock, Caribou, New Sweden Capitolium, Noak Larsson's, and to New Jemtland,
OccupationStore Owner In Caribou, Slate Quarry Worker In Monson, ME
Immigrated with his parents from Undersaker, Sweden to New Jemtland, ME; He reserved the first farm in Stockholm for his sister Brita and her husband Alfred Swenson when they also arrived;
10Cousin to Lewis Anderson; Peter Sodergren sent a ticket to Olof Dahlstrom (see p. 5);
45Went to California;
Wrote a book in Swedish titled “The Life Experiences of Peter Sodergren” (approximate translation);
“[Hannibal Hamlin} Former Maine governor, U.S. Senator, and Abraham Lincoln's 1st Vice President. Retired to Bangor and supported the establishment of the Swedish Colony at New Sweden. Employed Swedish immigrant girls as house servants, including Lotte Svenson, who was working there when she met Peter Sodergren of Monson, Maine. “ (
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28595539@N06/2666908556)“Peter had a job in a slate quarry in Monson, Maine. The area has several quarries even now, though the demand for slate is not especially high. He apparently worked there in the 1880s, possibly as an operator of an elevator or conveyor, rather than as a slate cutter, though he may have done that for a while. He saved his money scrupulously, met Lotte Svenson of Bangor, and they married. They made Monson their home, and their daughters, Mary and Flavia, were born here. “ (
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28595539@N06/2666881840/)