Of course the Swedish Roots editor was thrilled to know that there were more of these books around, and then Eleanor gracefully offered to make a list of the people mentioned in the book. Here follows the list: [use your browser's search function to look for names]
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Albertson, Frans Oscar (manufacturer) born in Stockholm, Sweden on Jan. 25, 1882
Anderson, C. Arvid (Real estate/insurance) born in Sköllersta, Örebro län on Nov. 2, 1881
Father, Carl August Anderson (farmer, emigrated in 1893 to Salem, South Dakota)
Mother, Anna
1st wife, Maria Engh
2nd wife, Agda Nelson from Månsarp Parish, Jönköpings län
Anderson, Carl F. (meat dealer) born in Järbo, Dalsland on March 9, 1872
Wife, Anna G. Erickson from Essunga Parish, Västergötland
Anderson, Harold A. (Mortician) born in Nyköping, Södermanland on Sept. 16, 1892
Wife, Maria C. Wickstrom from Ursviken, Sweden
Anderson, John A. (monument dealer) born in Näsinge Parish, Bohuslän on March 31, 1878
Wife, Jennie Johnson from Istrum Parish, Skaraborgs län
Anderson, John Albert (contractor) born in Bringetofta Parish, Småland on Feb. 10, 1876
Wife, Anna Brolin from Fågelfors Parish, Kalmar län
Anderson, Sven L. (Scandinavian Bakery) born in Norberg, Västmanland on Aug. 10, 1907
Wife, Ruth Eleanor Johnson
Beckman, Andrew (photographer) born in Orsa Parish, Dalarna on Sept. 10, 1892
Wife, Ella Carlson from Karlskrona.
Bergland, Perry (jeweler) born in Glösbo, Ramsjö, Hälsingland on May 30, 1877
Wife, Augusta Hegstrom from Järbo, Gästrikland
Bergquist, Albert E. (dentist) born in Sioux City, Iowa Oct. 16, 1886
Father, Ole Bergquist (tailor) from Arvika, Värmland (emigrated early 1880s)
Mother, Mary from Värmland (died in 1936)
Wife, Callie Steinback from Sioux City, IA
Bratt, David E. (contractor) born in Boda Parish, Värmland on June 28,1890
Wife, Martha Swedberg from Jämtland, Sweden
Brodine, Ivar (department store manager) born in Tidaholm Parish, Västergötland on Oct 24, 1876
Father, Johannes Brodine (tanner)
Wife, Dorothy Ida Carson from Omaha, Nebraska
Brynell, Rev. Olof Richard (Lutheran minister) born in Byske, Västerbotten on April 19, 1887
Wife, Melvina Swanson from Green River, Wyoming
Burgeson, Chas. A. (feed merchant) born in Alta, Iowa on Nov. 27, 1880
Father, Andrew Burgeson, from Sweden (sailed the seas for 14 years, emigrated in 1870)
Mother, Lina from Trondhjem, Norway
Wife, Fae Moberly
Carlson, Albert N. (insurance agent) born in Carthage, South Dakota on Aug. 8,1889
Father, S. Carlson from Jönköpingslän, Sweden (emigrated in 1879)
Mother, Ida from Jönköpings län
Wife, Harriet F. Anderson from Swea City, Iowa
Carlson, Carl Alfred (city treasurer) born in Torslunda Parish, Öland on Oct. 14, 1871
Wife, Martha Johnson from Jämtland
Carlson, Carl A. (hardware merchant) born in Hawarden, Iowa on Jan. 14,1889
Father, Peter Carlson (emigrated from Norway in the 1880s)
Mother, Susanna from Sweden
Wife, Lucile Macomber
Carlson, Charles E. (machinist & bro. of Walter A.) born in Elk Point, S.D. on Jan. 28, 1893
Wife, Irene Luksen from Sioux City, IA
Carlson, Merritt S. (grocer) born in Sioux City, Iowa on May 19, 1900
Father, John Edward Carlson from Småland (emigrated in 1884)
Mother, Anna Stenback (daughter of Nels Olsson-Stenbeck, the first Swedish settler in Sioux City)
Wife, Esther Savary
Carlson, Robert (service station operator) born in Charter Oak, Iowa on June 14,1895
Father, August Olson (emigrated from Värmland in 1875) born 1857
Mother, Hilma from Sweden
Wife, Esther A. Carlson from Sioux City, IA
Carlson, Walter A. (proprietor Machine Works) born in Sioux City, Iowa on Dec. 28, 1889
Father, John A.Carlson from Småland (emigrated in 1880)
Mother, Lottie from Värmland
Wife, Lillian Pearson from Minnesota
Dahlin, Adolph N. (hardware merchant) born in Sioux City, IA on Sept. 23, 1891
Father, Nels Dahlin (bricklayer) from Värmland (emigrated in 1880)
Mother, Amanda from Skåne, Sweden
Wife, Lois Lehman
Erickson, A. Bert (insurance agent) born in Sioux City, IA on June 27, 1910
Father, Albert B. Erickson (emigrated in 1883 from Nessebo, Västergötland)
Erickson, Albin E. (painting contractor) brother of Bror F, born on June 5, 1893
Wife, Jennie Furberg from near Trondhjem, Norway
Erickson, Bror F. (jeweler) brother of Albin E., born in Gideå Parish, Ångermanland on April 9, 1885
Wife, Helen Sether from Norway
Forsberg, Rev. Gunnard F. (Covenant minister) born in Söderhamn, Sweden on Dec. 23, 1892
Wife, Edna Carlson
Forsling, Linus Bernadotte (attorney) born in Sioux City, Iowa on March 23, 1891
Father, Frederick P. Forsling from Värmland (emigrated in 1886, died in 1907)
Mother, Sophia
1st wife, Lillian Back from Sioux City, IA
2nd wife, Edith C. Cover (practising attorney)
Gronlund, Olof Bernhard (building contractor) born in Äggsjön, Åre, Jämtland on July 13, 1885
Wife, Lydia Martha Sundberg from Sioux City, IA
Gustafson, Oscar W. (Jackson hotel operator) born in Sweden March 15, 1872 (Emigrated from Stockholm at age 20)
Wife, Anna from Houston, Minnesota
Hammerstrom, Van Walemar (County treasurer) born in Sioux City, IA on July 12,1896
Father, August Hammerstrom from Sweden (emigrated in 1881 at age 12)
Mother, Ida Amelia from Sweden
Wife, Ada Pfeifer
Hanson, Algot William (jeweler) born in Stockholm, Sweden on Oct. 31,1888
Father, Axel William Hanson (emigrated in 1888)
Mother, Anna (emigrated in 1889)
Wife, Ethel Lunquist from Sioux City, IA
Hedberg, Walfred F. (contractor) born in Billingsfors (bruk), Dalsland on Oct. 4, 1877
Wife, Carolina Anderson Granander from Billingsfors, Dalsland
Holtze, Harry S. (building contractor) born in Sioux City, IA on April 20, 1893
Father, Samuel Hanson Holtze from Blekinge (emigrated in 1883)
Mother, Mary from Värmland
Wife, Ruth Mannke from Sioux City
Hultman, Otto (tailor) born in Karlanda Parish, Värmland on Sept. 9, 1868
Wife, Martina Hakanson from Alvestad, Småland
Jacobson, Nels Johan Valdemar (Walter) (baker) born in Malmö, Sweden on April 26, 1894
Wife, Florence Forsling from Sioux City
Jacobson, Otto Edward (steamship agent) born in Blackebo, Skeda, Östergötland on March 17, 1886
Published the "Svenska Monitoren" until 1913
Wife, Edith Charlotta Carlstrom from Sioux City
Johnson, Audley W. (attorney) born in Centerville, South Dakota on Nov. 14, 1888
Father, John D. Johnson (photographer, left Knäred Parish, Halland in 1872)
Mother, Ebba from Stockholm, Sweden
Wife, Hildur E. Ohlund
Johnson, Carl A. (assistant cashier) born in Sioux City, Iowa on Feb. 1,1897
Father, John August Johnson born in Småland (Emigrated in the early 80s)
Mother, Emma from Småland
Wife, Mabel Sward
Johnson, F. Edwin (lumber merchant) born in Sioux City, IA on Dec.25, 1890
Father, Frank A. Johnson from Småland (emigrated in the late 1880s)
Wife, Elsa Bengtson from Sweden
Johnson, Floyd E. (blue print business & bro.of Audley) born in Centerville, S.D. on Dec. 26, 1894
Wife, Alma Anderson from Sioux City, IA
Johnson, John Alfred (attorney) born in Rock Island, Illinois on Jan. 9,1874
Father, Louis Johnson from Norway
Mother, Mary Anderson from Målilla Parish, Småland
Wife, Jennie Lundquist from Moline, Illinois
Johnson, John E. (owner Cornice works) born in Stråvalla, Halland on April 17,1889
Father, Sven Johnson (emigrated in 1890)
Wife, Hilda Pearson
Johnson, Roy C. (automotive electrician) born in Union County, South Dakota on April 13,1889
Father, Axel L. Johnson from Östergötland (emigrated in 1868 as a child)
Mother, Charlotte from Nerike, Sweden
Wife, Hazel Irene Tilgner
Johnson, Sven Edward (Scandinavian Bakery) born in Mjösjö, Jämtland Aug. 14, 1901
Wife, Dorothy Vorhug from Opdal, Norway
Klingberg, Rev. Haddon E. (Sw. Baptist minister) born in New Britain, Conn. on May 27, 1901
Father, Rev. J. E. Klingberg from Sweden (emigrated in 1889)
Mother, Magdalene from Sweden
Wife, Myrtle Peterson from New Britain, Connecticut
Larson, Dr. Andrew J. (optometrist) born near Norrköping, Östergötland on Aug. 30, 1877
Father, Otto Larson (emigrated in Dec. 1881, died Nov. 11,1899 in Alta, Iowa)
Mother, Anna Sophia (died April 10, 1917 in Sioux City)
Wife, Kaia Skyllingstad
Larson, Gustaf (ex-fireman, grocer) born in Ramsberg, Örebro on Oct. 5, 1868
1st wife, Anna Tohlen from Värmland (married in 1905, died in 1914)
2nd wife, Betsy Peterson
3rd wife, Anna Larson
Larson, Ture L.B. (dentist) born in Sioux City, Iowa on April 29, 1897
Father, Andrew P. Larson (grocer) from Småland (emigrated in early 1880s)
Mother, Ellen from Davenport, Iowa
Wife, Olive Iverson
Leaf, Andrew (clothing store) born in Brunnsbergs Bruk, Brunskog, Värmland on Oct. 29,1870
Wife, Mary Skogsberg from Brunskog, Värmland
Liljegren, M. Birger (contractor) born in Torup Parish, Halland on Nov. 20,1889
Wife, Gertrude Sundeen from Sioux City, IA
Max, Manfred (musician) born in Parsonage farm, Leksand, Dalarna on Jan. 1, 1900
Wife, Christine Dahlin from Beresford, South Dakota
Nelson, Carl E. (chiropractor) born in Persnäs Parish, Öland on Oct. 27, 1875
Wife, Elizabeth Lindstrom from Burlington, IA
Nelson, Nels (mortician) born in Yngsjö, Skåne on March 25, 1864
1st wife, Emma Josefina Gibson from Omaha, Nebraska (died in 1916)
2nd wife, Amanda Olivia Gibson
Nelson, Selma A. (Buckwalter company treasurer) born in Sioux City, Iowa b.d. not given
Father, Magnus Nelson (carpenter) from Värmland (emigrated in the 80s)
Norrbom, Carl A. (city clerk) born in Knoxville, Illinois on Dec. 17, 1889
Father, Rev. August Norrbom (Luth. minister emigrated 1876 from Sjögestad, Österg)
Wife, Fae Leidig
Olson, Anders Einer (Scandinavian Bakery) born in Östersund, Jämtland on March 29,1898
Wife, Rose Margaret Miller
Olson, August (grocer) born in Sioux City, IA on Feb.10, 1893
Father, Anton Olson (emigrated from Trondhjem, Norway in 1889)
Mother, Anna (emigrated from Arvika, Värmland in 1888)
Wife, Laura Stinton from Merrill, Iowa
Olson, Henry (grocer) born in Sioux City, Iowa Aug. 10,1892
Father, Andrew Olson (grocer) from Värmland (died in S.C. 1931)
Mother, Carrie from Värmland (died in S.C. 1928)
Wife, Oma Matthews from Sioux City, IA
Olson, Victor L. (jeweler) born in Sioux City, Iowa on Oct. 20,1895
Father, Olof Olofsson (tailor) from Sweden (emigrated in the early 1860s, died in 1925)
Mother, Maria from Sweden
Wife, Leona Hewitt from Sioux City, IA
Peterson, Paul E. (paint company) born in Linköping, Östergötland on Dec. 6, 1896
Wife, Freda Weber from Hartington, Nebraska
Rodin, J. August (grocer) born in Färgaryd Parish, Jönköpingslän on May 24, 1867
Wife, Alma Sjö from Dalarna, Sweden
Smith, Axel Theodore (electrical machinist) born in Sioux City, Iowa Jan. 10, 1881
Father, John Dan Erickson Smith (teamster) from Mangskog, Värmland (emigrated 1879)
Mother, Christine from Arvika, Värmland (age 83 in 1938)
Soderstrom, Victor E. (dairy owner) born in Lansing, Iowa on Jan. 22, 1874
Father, Peter Soderstrom (state representative for SD) Hälsingland (1850 emigrated)
Wife, Anna Swanson from Jämtland
Stenbeck, Nels Olsson, born in Stora Bön, Jerbe (?), Dalsland, on March 10, 1822
Uncle, Rev. Stenbeck of Steneby Parish, Älvsborgs län
Wife, Maria C. Anderson, also from Dalsland
(Fall of 1867, first Swedish family in Sioux City; Aug. 20, 1865 arrived in New York)
Sutherland, Oscar (superintendent water dept) born in Kristdala Parish, Kalmar län on Jan. 21, 1879
Wife, Christine Johnson from Värmland
Swan, Gustaf N. (Sw.vice consul, writer), born in Räfstad, Tjärstads, Östergötland May 16, 1856
Awarded Swedish Royal Orders of Vasa and North Star
Wife, Carolina S. Samuelson, from Tiserum [=Tidersrum], Östergötland (died in 1888)
Son, Arthur Helge Swan (drama critic, died in 1916)
Swanson, Albert F. (insurance agent) born in O'Brien County, Iowa on Sept. 26,1891
Father, J. F. Swanson (emigrated from Skara, Sweden in 1880)
Mother, Augusta from Skara, Sweden
Wife, Velma Eckerman from Des Moines, IA
Swanson, Anna D. (assistant treasurer Buckwalter Co.) born in Sioux City, IA b.d. not given
Father, John August Swanson (carpenter) from Småland (emigrated in the 80s)
Swanson, Emil R. (architect) born in Sioux City, Iowa on Aug. 9, 1889
Father, John A. Swanson (contractor) from Sweden (emigrated in the 80s)
Mother, Anna Thompson from Norway
Wife, Elizabeth Togan
Swanson, Silas B. (manager) born in Stanton, Nebraska on March 14,1889
Father, Andrew Swanson from Båstad, Skåne
Mother, Augusta Björkman from Halland, Sweden
Wadhams, John F. (broker) born in Sioux City, Iowa on March 16,1889
Father, John S. Wadhams (grocer & organist) from Småland (emigrated in the mid 1860s)
Mother, Anna Louise Swan from Östergötland (died in 1936)
Wife, Neva McFarland from Sioux City, IA
Wahlstrom, Elias (executive) born in Stenbärga, Jönköpings län on Nov. 9,1864
Wife, Hedvig S. Swan from Sioux City, IA
Westerberg, Rev. Andrew P. (Luth.minister) born in Nätra, Ångermanland on July 16,1879
Father, Peter Westerberg (emigrated in 1880)
Mother, Christine Sjöden
Westerlind, Knute E. (architect and engineer) born in Göteborg, Sweden on June 29,1889
Father, A. Westerlind (architect and builder in Göteborg, died there in 1936)
Wife, Maud Pickell
Youngberg, Martin N. (photographer) born in Rockford, Illinois on Sept. 10, 1874
Father, Nels Youngberg (choir director, painter) from Skåne (emigrated in 1866)
Mother, Clara Christine from Kalmar, Sweden
Wife, Elizabeth Ruschka from Port Alleghany, Pennsylvania
Eleanor Olin, who owns this book, has kindly offered to look up names, and check if there is more information. You can contact her by her e-mail here.
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