Anna Cajsa Jonsdotter was born on 9 Feb 1853 in Rentjernshammaren, Viksjö, Västernorrland, Sweden to
Jonas Isåksson and Brita Magdalena Olofsdotter. She married Jonas Persson on September 29, 1872 in
Viksjö, Västernorrland, Sweden. They had 10 children:
Jonas Petter, born 18 May 1873
Margreta Johanna, born 16 Sep 1874- d. 10 Feb 1875
Brita Johanna, born 27 Jan 1876- d. 29 Aug 1876
Erik Johannes, born 10 Nov 1877
Anna Margreta, born 5 Mar 1880
Matika Johanna, born 5 Oct 1882- d. 12 Jun 1883
Sophia Charlotta, born 12 May 1884
Brita Lovisa, born 25 Aug 1886
Johanna Ulrika, born 4 Jul 1889
Eugene, born 30 Oct 1893
Anna's husband Jonas died on 10 Feb 1897 in Sorberge, Timrå, Västernorrland, Sweden. She immigrated to
America in 1904 with her oldest son Jonas and his wife Kristina on the ship the S.S. Arabic. She lived in
Grass Lake, Kanabec Co, MN where her brothers had already settled. On 24 Jun 1906 she remarried a
widower named Edward Naslund. He died on 26 Oct 1911, so she moved to live with her daughter Anna
Margreta Williams in Hibbing, St Louis, MN. She lived with the Williams family until her death on July 20,
1935. She is buried in the Hibbing cemetery.



Anna with 2nd husband Edward Naslund and
3 daughters from her first marriage; (L-R)
Hannah, Lovisa, and Anna (c. 1907)
Anna Naslund, c. 1929
Anna Naslund (left) with 2 of her sisters who also came to Minnesota from Sweden; Marta & Christina 1926
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S.S. Arabic, the ship that brought Anna Cajsa to the U.S. in 1904
Anna Naslund c. 1929 in Mora, MN