Birchdale Past & Present: Daniel "Dan" Danielson was born in Mora, Sweden & emigrated to the United States in 1910. His brother, Eric, emigrated also & settled in Alberta, Canada. Dan worked in a lumber company in Minneapolis for a few years before moving to Birchdale, MN.
When Dan first came to Birchdale, he stayed with the Peter & Gunilla Person family & logged south of their place. He married the Person's daughter, Nellie, & they homesteaded about a mile south & east of the Persons.
Dan & Nellie lived in a log house on the homestead for many years & had 2 children: LD & Gertrude. Then they bought 80 acres from Anna Staaf & moved to a new house 1 mile east of the Persons. Dan was known as a strong man as he continued to farm & log. In his later years, he had the help of his grandsons Curtis & Roger Danielson.
Nellie died in 1956. Dan was briefly married to a woman named Lilly & then, in 1965, married Myrtle Elizabeth Pugh Wheelock, the widow of Gerald Wheelock.
Dan & Myrtle continued to live on the farm until his sudden death at home in 1971. He was buried in the Birchdale Cemetery beside Nellie.
When Dan first came to Birchdale, he stayed with the Peter & Gunilla Person family & logged south of their place. He married the Person's daughter, Nellie, & they homesteaded about a mile south & east of the Persons.
Dan & Nellie lived in a log house on the homestead for many years & had 2 children: LD & Gertrude. Then they bought 80 acres from Anna Staaf & moved to a new house 1 mile east of the Persons. Dan was known as a strong man as he continued to farm & log. In his later years, he had the help of his grandsons Curtis & Roger Danielson.
Nellie died in 1956. Dan was briefly married to a woman named Lilly & then, in 1965, married Myrtle Elizabeth Pugh Wheelock, the widow of Gerald Wheelock.
Dan & Myrtle continued to live on the farm until his sudden death at home in 1971. He was buried in the Birchdale Cemetery beside Nellie.
Birchdale Past & Present: Daniel "Dan" Danielson was born in Mora, Sweden & emigrated to the United States in 1910. His brother, Eric, emigrated also & settled in Alberta, Canada. Dan worked in a lumber company in Minneapolis for a few years before moving to Birchdale, MN.
When Dan first came to Birchdale, he stayed with the Peter & Gunilla Person family & logged south of their place. He married the Person's daughter, Nellie, & they homesteaded about a mile south & east of the Persons.
Dan & Nellie lived in a log house on the homestead for many years & had 2 children: LD & Gertrude. Then they bought 80 acres from Anna Staaf & moved to a new house 1 mile east of the Persons. Dan was known as a strong man as he continued to farm & log. In his later years, he had the help of his grandsons Curtis & Roger Danielson.
Nellie died in 1956. Dan was briefly married to a woman named Lilly & then, in 1965, married Myrtle Elizabeth Pugh Wheelock, the widow of Gerald Wheelock.
Dan & Myrtle continued to live on the farm until his sudden death at home in 1971. He was buried in the Birchdale Cemetery beside Nellie.
When Dan first came to Birchdale, he stayed with the Peter & Gunilla Person family & logged south of their place. He married the Person's daughter, Nellie, & they homesteaded about a mile south & east of the Persons.
Dan & Nellie lived in a log house on the homestead for many years & had 2 children: LD & Gertrude. Then they bought 80 acres from Anna Staaf & moved to a new house 1 mile east of the Persons. Dan was known as a strong man as he continued to farm & log. In his later years, he had the help of his grandsons Curtis & Roger Danielson.
Nellie died in 1956. Dan was briefly married to a woman named Lilly & then, in 1965, married Myrtle Elizabeth Pugh Wheelock, the widow of Gerald Wheelock.
Dan & Myrtle continued to live on the farm until his sudden death at home in 1971. He was buried in the Birchdale Cemetery beside Nellie.
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