John Andrew Arland (1866 - 1956)

Born 29 Dec 1866 in Ystad, Sweden

Husband of Marta (Bertelsdotter) Arland — married 1897 in Minnesota, USA

Died 15 Mar 1956 at age 89 in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

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Biography

This profile is part of the Arland Name Study.

John was born in 1866 in Ystad, Sweden.

He immigrated to North America around 1887 first to Minnesota and then to British Columbia, where he spent his working life as a poultry farmer.

John died at home in 1956 of a coronary thrombosis. Several members of his family are buried at Hazelmere cemetery in Surrey, B.C. but he is not.

Acknowledgments

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Sources

• British Columbia. Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics. Registration of Death, registration number 56-09-003589, Arland, John Andrew. Genealogy, B.C. Archives, Royal BC Museum.
• "Minnesota, State Census, 1895," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11931-156294-63?cc=1503031&wc=5818915 : accessed 02 Oct 2013), Polk County > Gervais > image 6 of 8.
• Census of Canada, 1901. British Columbia, Yale & Cariboo (#5) Subdistrict: Kootenay (West/Ouest) Rossland (Riding/Division) H-1 Page 23.
• Census of Canada, 1911. British Columbia District Name: Yale-Cariboo District Number: 14 Sub-District Name: Okanagan Sub-District Number: 39 Family Number: 313 Page Number: 27.