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Although our immigrant Swedish ancestors headed for Illinois, many of their descendants ended up out west. I've been trolling the internet again and did you know?
"by 1910 nearly 25 per cent of all residents of the State of Washington who were of foreign extraction were either Danes, Swedes or Norwegians. This amounted to more than 12 per cent of the state's population. Nearly one-fourth of them had come directly from Europe while the rest were "second stage" immigrants from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa."
An interesting read I thought would be of particular interest to you family out West.
an excerpt from the Pacific Northwest Forum
by Ray E. Osterberg
give it a click and a read, I think you will find this interesting......I did.
