Maria was born in 8 March 1883 in Trondheim, Norway and was the daughter of Swedish- born parents Johan Østerlund and Kristine Petterson[1] She was baptized on 29 April 1883 in Trondheim. [2] Maria was confirmed 2 Oct 1898 in Reenebu. [3][4]
Maria is listed in the 1891 census living in Rennebu with her parents, sister Hulda and brothers Aksel and David. [5][6]
She immigrated from Norway in 1904 to live in Minneapolis, MN, USA. [7]
She is listed as May Swee in the 1910 U.S. census living in Minneapolis, MN in the household of Annar Swee, their son, Arne and her mother Christine Osterlund. It lists her immigration year as 1904. [8]
↑ Riksarkivet: The National Archives of Norway; Norge;Norway; 1891 Norge Folketelling;1891 Norway Census. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1891 Norway Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2019. Original data: 1891 Norge Folketelling, Arkivverket, Norge.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2G6-SR4 : accessed 6 May 2020), May Swee in household of Annar Swee, Minneapolis Ward 11, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 190, sheet 5A, family 91, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 705; FHL microfilm 1,374,718.
Source: S41 Type: Web Site Title: Ministerialbok for Trondheim prestegjeld, Domkirken sokn 1877-1891 Author: Digitalarkivet. 5 MAR 2013
Source: S42 Type: Web Site Title: Ministerialbok for Rennebu prestegjeld 1897-1907 (1635P) Author: Digitalarkivet 5 MAR 2013
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