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Carl Oscar Swanson was born in Ostergotland, Sweden on July 3, 1864.  He came to this country in 1892.  His mother, Mrs Charlie(Wiehelmina) Schultz was already here and lived in the Park Center community.  Christina Johanson was born in Vastergotland, Sweden on July 31, 1862.  After Carl was gone for a year, he sent for her and in 1893 she came to America.  They were married on August 31, 1893 in Neligh, Nebraska.  They were farmers and lived in the Park Center community for four years when they moved east of Elgin.  They settled in the Cedar Creek community.  Their children were:  Elmer, John Joseph and Esther Elizabeth (the twins) and Reuben.  Elsie was born in 1908 and died in 1912.  Carl and Christina enjoyed 61 years of marriage before she died in 1954 and Carl in 1961. 

Source Unknown: Originally submitted for this website in Sep 2007