Selma Serafia was born in Sweden to August Bengtsson and Clara Anderson. The family changed their name to Salstrand upon immigrating to the United States, where they settled in Page county, Iowa. Selma married Oscar Edwin Evans 24 October 1900 in Shenandoah, Page county, Iowa. She obtained American citizenship upon her marriage to a citizen. The couple's first child, a son, Arthur, was born in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1901. They moved on to San Francisco, California, where their 5 daughters (Pearl Seraph, Ruth Amelia, Clara Alvera, Cheerful Genevieve, and June Evelyn) were born.
Selma was wife of a builder and the family moved numerous times while she was caring for a young family. She had 4 children under 5 years at the time of the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. After Oscar died, Selma owned a small apartment building where she rented out 3 units for some income. Selma had lived in San Francisco about 50 years at the time of her death in 1953.
Selma was wife of a builder and the family moved numerous times while she was caring for a young family. She had 4 children under 5 years at the time of the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. After Oscar died, Selma owned a small apartment building where she rented out 3 units for some income. Selma had lived in San Francisco about 50 years at the time of her death in 1953.
Selma Serafia was born in Sweden to August Bengtsson and Clara Anderson. The family changed their name to Salstrand upon immigrating to the United States, where they settled in Page county, Iowa. Selma married Oscar Edwin Evans 24 October 1900 in Shenandoah, Page county, Iowa. She obtained American citizenship upon her marriage to a citizen. The couple's first child, a son, Arthur, was born in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1901. They moved on to San Francisco, California, where their 5 daughters (Pearl Seraph, Ruth Amelia, Clara Alvera, Cheerful Genevieve, and June Evelyn) were born.
Selma was wife of a builder and the family moved numerous times while she was caring for a young family. She had 4 children under 5 years at the time of the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. After Oscar died, Selma owned a small apartment building where she rented out 3 units for some income. Selma had lived in San Francisco about 50 years at the time of her death in 1953.
Selma was wife of a builder and the family moved numerous times while she was caring for a young family. She had 4 children under 5 years at the time of the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. After Oscar died, Selma owned a small apartment building where she rented out 3 units for some income. Selma had lived in San Francisco about 50 years at the time of her death in 1953.
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