Erik Johannes Person was born on 10 Nov 1877 in Bredsjö, Ljustorp,
Västernorrland, Sweden to Jonas Persson and Anna Cajsa Jonsdotter.
He left Sweden on 29 Apr 1904 with his younger sister Johanna and
arrived in Quebec on the S.S. Canada on 15 May 1904.
He married his first cousin Alma Margreta Brunberg about 1908. They had
2 children (according to the 1930 census):
Carl, b. about 1920
Anna, b. about 1922
Erik and Alma also raised their 2 nephews, Nels and Godfrey, after his
brother Jonas died.
Erik died 2 Oct 1958 in Itasca county, MN.
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