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John Backstrom

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John Backstrom

Birth
Ostmark, Torsby kommun, Värmlands län, Sweden
Death
1927 (aged 68–69)
Stettler, Wainwright Census Division, Alberta, Canada
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Stettler, Wainwright Census Division, Alberta, Canada Add to Map
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John was born, Johannis, in Sweden and moved to Minnesota in 1865 with his parents. He later moved to North Dakota and married Ricca Jacobson. Ricca passed about the time the family moved to the Stettler Alberta area. He married his second wife in Stettler.
They homesteaded in the Ransom area west of Stettler. John and Nels built the Swedish Lutheran Church in Stettler, the Ransom School (currently at the Stettler Museum) and the roundabout in Big Valley.
John was born, Johannis, in Sweden and moved to Minnesota in 1865 with his parents. He later moved to North Dakota and married Ricca Jacobson. Ricca passed about the time the family moved to the Stettler Alberta area. He married his second wife in Stettler.
They homesteaded in the Ransom area west of Stettler. John and Nels built the Swedish Lutheran Church in Stettler, the Ransom School (currently at the Stettler Museum) and the roundabout in Big Valley.

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  • Created by: ColinC
  • Added: Jan 4, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82973371/john-backstrom: accessed ), memorial page for John Backstrom (27 Dec 1858–1927), Find a Grave Memorial ID 82973371, citing Lake View Cemetery, Stettler, Wainwright Census Division, Alberta, Canada; Maintained by ColinC (contributor 47688090).