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August immigrated to the US in 1868, settling in Omaha on June 13. He was first employed by the Union Pacific Railroad on a ferry boat on the Missouri River. It is believed that while he was working for the Union Pacific, he was present when the golden spike was laid completing the first transcontinental railroad at Promontory Point, Utah in 1869. In 1872, Anna Christina Olive Frostrom immigrated to the US with her mother, brother, and sisters. Her family settled on a farm in Saunders County, NE.

August became a farmer. After he and Olive Anna were married, they made their home on a farm in Mariposa precinct, where August built the farmhouse. The farm was located about 3/4 mile from the farm of Olive's parents. Like most of the farmers in the area, August hauled his grain at harvest time 40 miles to the railroad, often finding it necessary to fix the wooden bridges over the various streams he crossed.

August was a Republican and one of the first members of the Independent Party. He and Olive Anna both belonged to the Baptist Church in Weston. After August died, his son Roland inherited the home farm. In the fall of 1913, Olive Anna moved to Weston where she lived until 1941. She then moved to Wahoo where she died a year later. She was a semi-invalid for seven years before her death. She was known to have a strong faith in her religion.

August married Olive Anna Fr on 17 Oct 1879 in Saunders County, Nebraska. Olive (daughter of John Christian Fr and Christina Lindberg) was born on 24 Sep 1862 in Barkarve, ; died on 14 Nov 1942 in Wahoo, Saunders, Nebraska; was buried in Bethel Cemetery, Rural Weston, Saunders County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Milsa Marie Olive Ekdahl was born on 10 Nov 1883 in Weston, Saunders County, Nebraska; died on 25 Feb 1976 in the Saunders County Community Hospital, Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska; was buried on 28 Feb 1976 in Grace Lutheran Cemetery, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska.
2. Japhet Emanuel Ekdahl was born on 23 Feb 1886; died on 18 May 1952; was buried in Bethel Cemetery, Rural Weston, Saunders County, Nebraska.
3. Roland Ekdahl was born on 7 Nov 1889.
4. Rhoda Ekdahl was born on 7 Nov 1889; died on 6 Jan 1900; was buried in Bethel Cemetery, Rural Weston, Saunders County, Nebraska.
5. Ruth Ekdahl was born on 7 Sep 1899.

Olof married Sophia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]