Christina was born in Norunga parish, Sweden. She, her husband Sven, son Anders, and daughter Johanna came to American from Sweden in August of 1861. After short stays in St. Paul and Carver county, Minnesota, they moved to a claim in the West Lake settlement (now called Monson Lake) near the boundary between Swift and Kandiyohi counties. On August 20, 1862, the third day of the Dakota uprising, Indians attacked the West Lake settlement, killing several in the community. When Indians approached the Oman farm house, Christina told everyone to run to the cellar. They got there just in time, and remained hidden below while the Indians took most of their belongings and destroyed the rest. Following the attack, the Oman family moved to Afton in Washington county, and then to the East Union area of Carver county, Minnesota. They farmed in the northeast quarter of section 36, San Francisco township, about a mile east of the cemetery in which Christina is buried. Christina died at East Union in 1877.
Christina was born in Norunga parish, Sweden. She, her husband Sven, son Anders, and daughter Johanna came to American from Sweden in August of 1861. After short stays in St. Paul and Carver county, Minnesota, they moved to a claim in the West Lake settlement (now called Monson Lake) near the boundary between Swift and Kandiyohi counties. On August 20, 1862, the third day of the Dakota uprising, Indians attacked the West Lake settlement, killing several in the community. When Indians approached the Oman farm house, Christina told everyone to run to the cellar. They got there just in time, and remained hidden below while the Indians took most of their belongings and destroyed the rest. Following the attack, the Oman family moved to Afton in Washington county, and then to the East Union area of Carver county, Minnesota. They farmed in the northeast quarter of section 36, San Francisco township, about a mile east of the cemetery in which Christina is buried. Christina died at East Union in 1877.
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