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Home Town or Home Community:
Saltcoats, Lancer, Fort San, Weyburn, Wynyard
Our Story:
RECOLLECTIONS OF A DAUGHTER
Parents:
Carl J. Olson, 1884-1951
Olöf Sveinfrίδur (Freda) Sveinsson, 1890-1925
Four Children:
Katrίn Margret, 1914-1986
Ingibjörg Lillian, 1917-
Carl Jonas, 1919-
Gίsli Robert, 1922-2000
Our family is not, strictly speaking, a Saskatchewan one, with only two sons actually born in the province—and yet, in a remarkable way, its story is woven into the pattern of the Saskatchewan fabric.
My father Carl was born in Minneota, in southwest Minnesota. His parents were both natives of Iceland who migrated to North America as adults—as did my mother’s parents.
Carl attended school in Minnesota and graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College, not too far from his home, a school with ...more Story
Related Links:
Western Development Museum
Contact:
Lillian Lane
308 - 55 Water Street East
Brockville ON K6V 1A3
Canada
dorothy.lane@uregina.ca
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