Anna married Christian Fr on 30 Nov 1826 in Gr. Christian (son of Pehr Fr and Stina) was born on 14 Mar 1803 in Fr. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John Christian (Christian John) was a tailor in his native Sweden. He left Sweden for the US on May 8, 1869. Christina and their four children followed three years later, leaving Sweden on Oct 19, 1872. At the time that John's family joined him, he was part of a railroad crew, which built a railroad bridge at St. Joseph, Mo. He had saved up enough money to buy a farm and the family moved to Saunders County, NE. They purchased a farm from a Mr. Benson in Chapman precinct and John became a farmer. The family lived on that farm from 1872 to 1881; their two youngest children were born there.

The Frostroms suffered the usual hardships common to all early pioneers. The house on the farm had two rooms. One room was a dugout with a dirt floor. John made the bed for that room with 10-12 inch pine boards. The mattress was filled with straw. The bed was painted green, and looked like a box sitting on legs. The other room had a lumber floor, a door and two windows. The family carried water from a creek located half a mile south of their house. Their nearest farm market wwas in Ashland. Initially, John had just one piece of farm equipment, a tool he called a header. Christina occasionally walked 9 miles to Wahoo, carrying butter and eggs from the farm, which she sold. She then would walk back to the farm with groceries she had purchased.

During these years, Indians occasionally roamed around the countryside, not bothering the white settlers. On one occasion, John and Christina were visiting a cousin, and had left the four oldest children alone on the farm. Some Indians stopped at the farm, and the children were frightened by their presence. The children were relieved when the Indians were friendly and just wanted some food. The children gave them some supplies and the Indians went on their way.

John and Christina had followed the Lutheran faith in Sweden. In 1874, a Baptist church was organized in Weston and they joined a few years later. In 1881, the Frostroms purchased and moved to a farm previously owned by Frank Staats, and thehey bought an additional 40 acre tract of railroad land. This farm was a little closer to Weston and Wahoo. They lived there until 1906. Then, after a short visit with two of their daughters and their families in Missouri, they built and moved to a house in Weston.

John and Christina always spoke Swedish to each other and their family. They observed their 69th wedding anniversary and died within a short time of each other in 1931 at ages 96 and 95.

John married Christina Lindberg on 29 Oct 1861. Christina (daughter of Erasmus Lindberg and Christina Olofsdotter) was born on 1 Jan 1836 in Barkarve, ; died on 13 Jul 1931 in Weston, Saunders County, Nebraska; was buried in Bethel Cemetery, Rural Weston, Saunders County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Olive married August O. Ekdahl on 17 Oct 1879 in Saunders County, Nebraska. August (son of Olof Person and Sophia) was born on 14 Sep 1843 in Ostergotland, Sweden; died on 28 Aug 1912 in Saunders County, Nebraska; was buried in Bethel Cemetery, Rural Weston, Saunders County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Carolina married Olaf Paulson on 1 Aug 1885 in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown Oman. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Eric August Erickson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Amanda married Reinhold Julien on 9 Feb 1898. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1920 Federal Census: Between 10 and 11 Mar 1920, Stocking Precinct, Saunders County, Nebraska
• 1910 Federal Census: 21 Apr 1910, Stocking Precinct, Saunders County, Nebraska
• Baptism: 24 May 1924
• 1930 Federal Census: 7 Apr 1930, Listed as Miles M. Pearson. Stocking Precinct, Saunders County, Nebraska

Notes:

WAHOO NEWSPAPER - MARCH 4, 1976

MILSA PEARSON RITES SATURDAY

Funeral services for Mrs. Milsa Pearson, 92, were held Saturday, February 28, 1976 at 2 p.m. in the Grace Lutheran Church at Swedeburg with Rev. Richard A. Woolard officiating.
Mrs. Pearson was born November 20, 1883 at Weston, where she lived all her life. The former Milsa Ekdahl, she married Carl O. Pearson, April 23, 1905 at Weston. He died October 29, 1942. She died Wednesday evening in the Saunders County Commuy Hospital.
Survivors include sons Malvin and Norman of Wahoo, a daughter, Mrs. Linus (Mildred) Erickson, Ceresco, a sister, Mrs. Ray J. (Ruth) Sundquist, Wahoo; 5 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Assisting in the service was organist Mrs. Dagmar Wilcox.
Casketbearers were: Omar Sutton, Dale Sundquist, Martin Pearson, Irvin Pearson, Jr., Willard Larson and Leslie Ekdahl.
Internment was at Grace Lutheran Church at Swedeburg with Erickson's-Hult Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

LINCOLN JOURNAL - FEBRUARY 27, 1976

PEARSON - Mrs. Milsa M., 92, Wahoo, died Wednesday. Survivors: sons, Melvin C., Norman, both of Wahoo; daughter, Mrs. Linus (Mildred) Erickson, Ceresco, sister, Mrs. Roy J. (Ruth) Sundquist, Wahoo; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.
Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, Grace Lutheran Church, Swedeburg. The Rev. Richard Woolard. Church cemetery. Prayer service: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Ericson's-Hult Funeral Home, Wahoo. Memorials to church.

Milsa married Carl Oscar (C.O.) Pearson on 12 Apr 1905 in Weston, Saunders County, Nebraska. Carl (son of Christian P. Pearson and Johanna (Nilsdotter) Olson) was born on 12 Jul 1879 in Weston, Saunders County, Nebraska; died on 29 Oct 1942 in Saunders County, Nebraska; was buried on 1 Nov 1942 in Grace Lutheran Cemetery, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Edith Swanson. Edith was born on 13 May 1892; died on 21 Sep 1969; was buried in Bethel Cemetery, Rural Weston, Saunders County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Nora Swanson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sundquist. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]