Birthplace: Fjäll Södra, Steneby Parish, Älvsborg Province, Dalsland, Sweden.
She and her sister Emma emigrated to the United States in 1893 (one year after her parents and siblings)
Maria J. Lidstrom and Gustaf E. West were married November 10, 1895, in Aitkin Co., Minnesota. They lived and farmed in Nordland Twp. The couple had six known children.
Late in 1918 the dreaded influenza epidemic changed this family forever. Their daughter "Gertrude" and Mary both contracted influenza, and died from the complications of the illness just four days apart.
Birthplace: Fjäll Södra, Steneby Parish, Älvsborg Province, Dalsland, Sweden.
She and her sister Emma emigrated to the United States in 1893 (one year after her parents and siblings)
Maria J. Lidstrom and Gustaf E. West were married November 10, 1895, in Aitkin Co., Minnesota. They lived and farmed in Nordland Twp. The couple had six known children.
Late in 1918 the dreaded influenza epidemic changed this family forever. Their daughter "Gertrude" and Mary both contracted influenza, and died from the complications of the illness just four days apart.
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