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| 2 Men, 2 Dogs. Olivia Area, Calhoun County Texas, Circa 1910 |
I’m thinking that this
picture is of the same two gentleman shown in the previous
post. We can see them just a bit more clearly in this picture – despite its
obvious defects of dirt and scratches. Here, in the better light of the
outdoors, they are at least motionless. Just guessing – I’d say these might be
two of the Peterson brothers, with the one on the left being Otto Peterson, the
man that our Mabel Magnolia Cavallin would marry in 1913, and the gentleman on
the right being Anders Lenus, Otto’s younger brother.
Three
Peterson brothers immigrated from Norra Härened in Västergötland, Sweden. The
eldest, Carl “Charley” Emil, was one of the earliest Swedish settlers in the
Olivia area, arriving from the iron mines of Michigan in 1893. In 1902 he
married Ellen Cavallin (our Mabel’s oldest sister.) The second brother to arrive
was Anders Lenus Peterson who came to Olivia in 1903/1904. He was a bit restless
and left Olivia and went north for several years, returning to stay in 1909. He
married the school teacher, Edith Seamans in 1916. The last brother to come was
Otto, arriving in 1906, he worked first as a farm hand for one of his brothers
and then bought his own farm and married Mabel Cavallin in 1913. The Peterson
and Cavallin families put down deep roots in the Olivia area. To this day, many
of them still live in Calhoun county, and many more come back to visit during
the annual reunion.
Now
writing the above, makes me question my date for this picture and the last
post (which I originally tagged as circa 1907). If these are the Peterson
brothers, Lenus and Otto, that suggests that the date would be more likely 1909
or after. This is the problem with “posting while researching”. One’s
conclusions are never quite concluded.
By
the way, I also want to point out that fine pair of dogs in this picture.
(Breed unknown, Does anyone have any suggestions on breed beyond “classic mutt”?)
Identifiers:
Negative:
Paulson075 (1200 ppi tiff downsized to
400 ppi jpeg for this post)
Related
posts and pictures:
Place:
probably Olivia area, Calhoun County, Texas.
Date:
circa 1910?
People
mentioned in this post:
Carl
“Charles” Emil Peterson. (born 19
Feb 1868 in Norra Härened in Västergötland, Sweden, immigrated in 1889, died 5
Jan 1951 Texas. Married 1902 to
Ellen Cavallin (b 2 Feb 1877, Iowa, died 19 Feb 1948, Texas)
Otto
Peterson (born 23 Jul 1881 Norra Härened in Västergötland, Sweden,
immigrated in 1906, died 29
Oct 1939 Texas, married 12 Mar 1913 to:
Mabel Magnolia Cavallin (born 22 Sep 1884, Kansas; died 28 Feb 1958,
Texas)
Anders
Lenus Peterson (born 19 Nov 1883, Norra Härened in Västergötland, Sweden,
immigrated 1903 or 1904, died 8 July 1985.
Married 1916 to:
Edith Seamans (born 28 May 1883, Kansas, died 22 Sept 1964, Port
Lavaca, Texas)
Sources:
Severin, E. (1994). Swedes in Texas in
words and pictures, 1838 to 1918. (C. Andreason, Trans.). Austin, Texas.
Swedish birth records, Norra Härened
Texas death certificates and marriage
records
Federal Census records
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