Consists of a brief biography of Thor Meland, detailing his emigration to America, occupation, family life, and death. It also contains pictures of the Meland family, as well as a letter from Mrs. Margaret Longeteig (a relative of Thor Meland) written in 1978.
This interview was conducted with Kjell Øvrebo Thompson on July 21, 1983 in Ferndale, Washington. It contains information on family background, emigration, employment, education, marriage and family, and return trips to Norway. The interview was conducted in English.
Folder Contents
Box 11, File 12 Personal and Family History
Tape Archive Sheet, Family Background and Tape Index
Box 11, File 12A Correspondence and Forms
Checklist and Release Form
Letters from Janet Rasmussen regarding Mr. Thompson’s participation.
Handwritten Tape Archive Sheet and Family Background
The Swedes in Tacoma and The Puget Sound Country 1852-1976 by Stephen J. Forslund
Genealogical information on the Sandhill Swedes, the John Dahlin family in America. The manuscript is divided into four parts. Part one is a family tree with biographies of John Dahlin’s parents and siblings. Part two discusses the history of John’s wife, Maria (Marie) Wilhelmina Jernberg Dahlin. It also includes the biographies of their children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Part three is a list of genealogical information. Part four is a personal reflection of the author’s grandparents, John and Marie Dahlin, and her aunts and uncles.
This section is a biography of the descendants of Nils and Juditha, who had four children, through the year 2000.
The Bergström-Ersson Family History is a seventeen page typescript . Included in the family history is a family tree of both the Bergström and the Ersson families, copy of Sven Bergström's citizenship papers, a copy of the patent deed issued to Tarkeld Willisson for the homestead Sven and Anna bought. A letter from Marie Klies to Arvada (Dotty) McFarland dated October 1982. Also included is a copy of
a drawing entitled “Unto the Promised Land...” and a cookbook printed for the reunion in 1991 of the Bergström/Ersson families title "Our Family's Best Kept Secrects."