Purchased and restored New Sweden Grange Hall in 1968 (later bought by Gordon Miller and converted from the grange into “the Meeting House;) Enjoyed designng and planning building restoration; 1969 restored former Lars Larsson 1906 farm house on Stockholm Road called Storagen (translated Big Meadow) after the Anderson farm in Sweden; 1968 purchased Timmer Huset (built 1870);19
Lived in Sweden two years prior to moving to New Sweden, ME; Worked to preserve the colony’s ethnic heritage; Past president of New Sweden Historical Society; Volunteer with Literacy Volunteers of America; Retired winters in Venice, FL;51

Pictures 1970 where David stands in front of what probably is the Lars Larsson house (Storhagen). There is a sign outside: Borta bra men hemma bäst (transl. home sweet home). Another is David along with two friends - a couple from Chicago. I´m sure his name is Paul but I don´t remember her name right on - they were restoring a house for summer purpose. (Paul and Karna Carlson)285
Paul remembes Anders' visit. That was our first summer in Aroostook. We bought the Westmanland place in '69 while visiting David Anderson. 324

Obituary of David G. Anderson

New Sweden—David G. Anderson, 63, husband of the late Edwina (Jacobson) Anderson, died unexpectedly April 30, 2001, at Caribou. He was born in Westfield, Mass., May 22 1937, the son of Walter David and Marion (Bean) Anderson.
Mr. Anderson earned his BA from North Park University in Chicago and his master’s degree from the University of Hartford. He helped students learn in Suffield, Conn., Lenoxville, Quebec, and New Sweden schools. David lived in the country of Sweden for two years before he became a resident of New Sweden, where he worked to preserve the colony’s ethnic heritage. He was a past president of the New Sweden Historical Society and was also a past council member of the New Sweden Covenant Church. After his1990 retirement, David enjoyed his work with Literacy Volunteers of America and his winters in Venice, Fla. Mr. Anderson’s interests included Swedish-Americana, Quebec’s eastern townships, the back roads of Europe and the restoration of old homes.
He was predeceased by his dear wife, Edwina (Jacobson) Anderson in 1998. He is survived by a special cousin, Ann Herz of Grantham, N. H.; several other cousins, aunts, nieces, and nephews.
A service of Thanksgiving to God for David’s life will be held 2 p.m. Thursday, May 3, 2001, from the New Sweden Covenant Chrch with the Rev. Shelly Timber, pastor, officiating. Interment will be in Westmanland Cemetery at a later date. Friends who wish to contribute in memory of Mr. Anderson may do so through the Edwina and David Anderson Award Fund, care of New Sweden Historical Society. Envelopes will be available at the church or through the Mockler Funeral Home, 24 Reservoir St., Caribou 04736.

Home restoration: The house headed north on the opposite side of the road from Timmer Huset was
once owned by the Cook family. David restored the home at the urging of the Cook descendants and it is now owned by Karl Espling. Exact dates of the restoration can be obtained from Velma Peterson Michaud who now lives in Caribou.
David also restored what people refer to as "the old grange hall." Janet MacDonald remembers Timmer Huset when growing up. It was just a shack with old cars piled around it during the mid 60's. According to our abstract David purchased the place in 1968. We have newspaper articles that state he began the restoration in 1969 and completed it in 1973 with the addition of the living room and deck at the rear of the house. The article states that he and his father both worked on the house over the five year
restoration period and that the pair remodeled several house both in Massachusetts and Maine.
Our friend Anders Tidstrom in Sweden says that Timmerhuset is spelled as such, all one word325

Another house that David restored is the Frtiz Ullrich house next to the Covenant Church. Hixon Kelly bought it, and then he sold it a couple of years ago.77
David Anderson renovated Edwina Jacobson’s camp at Madawaska Lake and built an addition (now owned by the Blanchards of Presque Isle; Mrs. Blanchard was a speech therapist for Union 122 years ago but 2009 is employed by MSAD 1); The camp is at the intersection of “Moose Run” and South Shore Road;324

David Anderson renovated the Madawaska Lake camp purchased by Preston and Beverly Johnston of Caribou (2009 owned by Neal Griffeths) ; The camp is located on South Shore Road, the third building before entering the “bird sanctuary’;326

David Anderson's camp at Madawaska Lake belonged to his parents in the late 60s and early 70s. It was then bought by David's cousin Gertrude Anderson. Gert used to come up from Ct. in the summer. David inherited the place from Gert. That became David's final residence after he had it put in its current condition. Karen and John Erickson bought it from David's estate.324

The renovation of Storangen was in Progress around 1973. I remember storing our things in the barn in 1974 when we moved from Illinois. We were living in Westmanland for the summer waiting to move in to the house in New Sweden (Half an Apple).
David was living at Timmerhuset at that point. I think he must have rented Storangen for a while before selling it. I don't think he ever actually lived there. It was another of his "projects" around town.
The first renovation was The Meeting House on the corner of Jepson Road and Westmanland Rd. Then he did Timmerhuset on 161. I think Storangen came next. He also did the Peterson house near the New Sweden Post Office. Those projects kept David's father Walter busy! David was always planning things for Walter to do.
The structure in the picture with Karna and me and David is my summer kitchen in Westmanland. We fixed that up for our summer dwelling in 1970. We lived in the summer kitchen while we worked on cleaning out and fixing up the log house. I have many interesting stories about that.324