Swanson, Augusta Gustafson, 1862?-
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1862? -
Biography
Augusta Gustafson Swanson was born in 1862(?) in Hygnestad, Vaderstad, a province of Ostergotland, Sweden. On July 28, 1889, she was married to Carl Swanson in Sweden and emigrated with him to his home in Iowa. The couple settled on a farm in Grant Township in Montgomery County, Iowa. Carl Swanson, born in 1850 in Sweden, emigrated to Iowa in 1868. Augusta and Carl Swanson raised a family of nine children. Carl Swanson died in1922. Augusta later moved to Red Oak, Iowa.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Augusta Gustafson Swanson papers
Collection
Identifier: IWA0072
Abstract
Swedish immigrant who moved to Iowa in 1889. (In Swedish with English translations.)
Dates:
1884-1993
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives