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Born 1889
From An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912)
OSCAR J. ANDERSON (1910), farmer and renter of the northwest quarter of section 21 in the township of Monroe, is a native of Sweden and has made his home in the United States since he was seventeen years of age.
Our subject was born December 1, 1889. His parents, Anders Anderson and Siverina (Bengtson) Anderson, are still living in Sweden. Oscar received his education in the Swedish common schools. In June, 1906, the boy came to America and located in Kankakee county, Illinois. For four years that was his home, and most of the time be found employment at farm labor. It was in April, 1910, that Oscar came to Lyon county, where, after working out one year, he rented the place where he now resides.
On January 30, 1912, in Tracy. Minnesota, occurred the ceremony which joined Oscar Anderson and Mabel Surprenant in the holy bonds of matrimony. Mrs. Anderson is a native of St. George, Kankakee county, Illinois, and was born December 24, 1892. Mr. Anderson is a member of the Swedish Lutheran church.
As printed in An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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