FROM THE INDIANLAND by Malcolm Rosholt is a book about the pioneers and other families that lived in Scandinavia, Amherst, North New Hope, Iola. Gustav and Jenny came from Sweden in June 1903 and settled in Hitterdahl which is north of Iola.
Jennie and Gustav's wedding picture. Family story says Jennie smuggled the cloth to Gustavīs suit in a skirt to avoid to have to pay custom duty!
back row
Emma Jennie Swenson Kitzman (1908-1990)
John Olaf Godfry Swenson (1906-1982)
Esther Anna Carolina Swenson Kolosso (1908-1990)
Carl Oscar Swenson (1903-1968)
Agnes Maria Christina Swenson Ross (1905-1983)
Anton Theodore Swenson (1910-1965)
middle three from left to right
Joseph W. Swenson (1912-1978)
Selma Ruth Elizabeth Swenson Bailey (1919-1970)
Martin Leonard Swenson (1916-1983)
Swenson Farm - Iola, Wisconsin
A family story has Jenny giving birth to one of her 9
children in the morning and being needed out in the cow barn that afternoon to teach a new calf to nurse.