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1938 Swedish stamp commerating 300 yreas since the founding of New Sweden in the U.S.in 1638.
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1938 3 cent U.S. stamp Landing of Swedes and Finns
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Dalsland (historical province of Sweden) is where BÄckefors is. This was the coat of arms starting 1560
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BÄckefors, Dalsland, Sweden
is where my father came from.
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My Grandparents Mr & Mrs. Karl Johan & Sophia Jonasson and hired girl raking hay.
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These people are part of my family. Just exactly who each one is I can't say, but this is just one of many pictures my Father George Carlson(Georg Karlsson)brought over from Sweden in 1927.
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It's a good chance the guy in the middle is a Church Minister or a school teacher.
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About all I can say about this very nice scene is it was found with the rest of my Father's BÄckefors pictures.
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My father Georg Karlsson is the second from the left.
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My Father is the second from the left. The others I can only guess at. They might be extended family.When you wait to long to ask, you lose.
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BÄckefors Sweden train station 1925
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The assumption is, this is where they grew up, but the little houses shown above show a very small house.
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Uncle Al and My Grandmother Sophia Jonasson.
I never met her sorry to say.
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1921 Verdi, Minnesota ball team
My Mother is second from the left.
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Albin Karlsson(Carlson), Backefors Sweden
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Karlsson, Backefors friends & family
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Area'a in the U.S. where the bulk of the Swedish immagrants settled by the early 1900's.
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Helena M. Rudebusch Carlson
Just guessing, This is a Verdi High School Graduation picture of my Mother.
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