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Note: Minnesota's state census for 1895 records August Larson's family in Carlton village of Carlton County. The family consisted of August, age 40, Anna E., 40, Emma [?] E., 14, Ida, 11, Elvira [?], 9, Anne, 8, and Alma, 3. The two oldest girls had been born in Sweden, as had their parents. August had been in Minnesota and this particular enumeration district for ten years. His occupation is given as "Sorting Laundry," and that he had been at this occupation for six months during the year ending June 1895. All parentage is noted as being of foreign birth. The 1900 federal census lists August Larson and family in Carlton village of Carlton County. August is listed as having been born March [?] 1855, thus age 45, in Sweden, occupation day laborer. Anna E. is listed as having been born Nov. 1855, thus age 44, in Sweden. They had been married 23 years, and had come to the U.S. in 1885. August was by then a naturalized citizen. The whole family could read and write, and speak English. August owned his house free and clear. Anna had borne nine children, of whom five were living. Their children living with them were Frieda ["Fieda"], born Sept. 1883, Anna [E. or L.], born Nov. 1887, and Alma C., born Aug. 1892. Frieda had been born in Sweden, and the two younger girls in Minnesota. Frieda at 17 was no longer in school, but Anna had attended for nine months that year and Alma for six. Anna at twelve could read and write. The Minnesota state census of 1905 records August Larson and his family living in Carlton village of Carlton County. August and Annie Evylene, both 50, had both been born in Sweden, as was the eldest daughter still at home, Frieda [?] E., age 22. Annie E., 18, and Alma C., 13, had both been born in Minnesota. August's occupation is given as laborer. The columns for periods of residence in Minnesota and the particular enumeration district are not clear, a long column of numbers being crossed out in the first column and duplicated in the second; as it stands, August, Annie Evylene, and Frieda are noted as having lived in the enumeration district for twenty years, and Annie E. and Alma for 18 and 13 years, respectively. The 1910 Federal census records the August Larson family in Carlton village of Carlton County. August and his wife Anna E. were both 55; they had been married for 36 years. Anna had borne nine children, of whom four were living at the time of the census. Living with them was their daughter Alma, age 17. August and Anna had been born in Sweden, and had immigrated in 1884; August was naturalized. He was working as a laborer on the railroad; Anna's occupation is given as housekeeper, and Alma's as "house work at home." Alma had been born in Minnesota; she had not attended school that year. August owned their home free and clear. (Hilma Gustafson and her children lived at the second house after the Larsons.) The August Larson household was enumerated on the 1920 Federal census in Carlton village of Carlton County. August was 64 and his wife Annie 65; they had both been born in Sweden. Their emigration year is given as 1884, with August's year of naturalization as 1897. He was working as a car repairer on the railroad. ---------- The Carlton County Vidette, Thursday, 23 December 1926 (p.1): "Carlton Man is Found in Snow -- Body of August Larson Discovered After Search -- Had Not Been Feeling Well -- Funeral Held Tuesday, Attended By Large Number of Friends. "August Larson, for more than forty years a resident of Carlton, was found dead last Friday afternoon, lying in the brush a short distance from the home of his daughter, Mrs. Conrad Froberg, Carlton, where he had made his home at different times since the death of his wife, about eight [sic] years ago. "Mr. Larson left the Froberg home about 5 o'clock Thursday evening, and as he often did not come home at night, his daughter thought nothing of it when he did not return. In the morning she went to his room and found that he had not been there, and she became alarmed. Mr. Froberg, together with several others, went out to look for him and found him lying in the snow just a short distance from home. "Mr. Larson was born in Sweden March 25, 1855, thus being nearly 72 years of age. He had been in poor health and despondent for some time past. He worked for many years for the Northern Pacific railway here as a car repairman, until being forced to retire at the age of 70 years. His wife and four grown children have preceded him to the grave at various times during the last twenty years, and the only remaining children are two daughters, Mrs. Conrad Froberg of Carlton and Mrs. Axel Larson of Atkinson. When not staying here with Mrs. Froberg, Mr. Larson made his home with the Larson family at Atkinson. "Besides his daughters, he is survived by eighteen grandchildren and one great grandchild. "Mr. Larson was a very kind old man, and during his life here had made friends of nearly every person with whom he came in contact or had business dealings with. He is highly spoken of by every old timer here, especially among those of Swedish nationality who knew him well. "The remains were taken to Cloquet to the Meraw undertaking establishment, and prepared for burial. They were brought back home Tuesday and the funeral services held in the Swedish Lutheran church, with Rev. F. M. Eckman officiating. The church was crowded with old friends, and many beautiful flowers were in evidence. "The remains were again taken to Cloquet to be place in a vault until spring, when they will be interred in Hillside cemetery at Carlton, in the family lot, where his other relatives are buried."
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