Gustaf Anderson was born March 25, 1854 in Vermland, Sweden. He came to America in 1872 and made his home in Gowrie, Iowa until moving to Lanesboro, Minnesota. Unnie Svori Anderson was born April 16, 1860 in Filmore County, Minnesota. She and Gustaf Anderson were married in 1878. In 1903, they, and their ten children, came to Griggs County and began farming in Romness Township on the Ivar Udgaard farm. In 1910 they moved to S1/2 of Section 33 in Lenora Township.
The children in the family were:
Carrie (Mrs. Jack McCann), Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada
Andrina (Mrs. Jens Lobland), Hibbing, Minnesota
Lavina, died in infancy
Amanda (Mrs. Andrew Herberg), Aneta, North Dakota
Andrew, Aneta, North Dakota
Lavina (Mrs. Andrew Brudvig), Aneta, North Dakota
Ole, Cooperstown
Josephine (Mrs. Walter Ramsey), Kent, Washington
John, Sharon, North Dakota
Ulrick, Aneta, North Dakota
and Nels, Omaha, Nebraska. All the children are deceased except:
Ole, Josephine, and Nels.
Unnie Anderson died March 24, 1932 and Gustaf died March 29, 1935.
Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 336