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Emily Johnson (1864-1895), my great-grandmother, was my first ancestor to be born in the U. S. (Altona, Illinois). She married my great-grandfather, Frans (Frank) Widergren (1861-1934), a young immigrant from her father's home town in Sweden--Stockaryd, Jönköping län. They homesteaded in Kansas, but were driven out by drought in the 1890s. Emily died young (31), leaving behind two young children. My great-grandfather eventually remarried and became a prosperous businessman in a bustling Nebraska town.
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