Anna Margreta Persson was born on March 5, 1880 in Bredsjö, Ljustorp, Västernorrland, Sweden to Jonas Persson
and Anna Cajsa Jonsdotter. She lived with her family in Ljustorp parish until 1892 when they moved to Timrå parish.
She immigrated to the U.S. in May of 1902 with her younger sister Lovisa. They traveled on the S.S. Ultonia and had
$4 between them. She first came to Grass Lake, MN where her mother's brother, Olof Johnson was living. Her
widowed mother came to Minnesota in 1904, where she married Edward Naslund.
Anna Margreta married John Williams on March 19, 1904 in Hibbing, St Louis Co, MN.
They had 8 children:
Doris Lillian, born 16 Jul 1904
Helen Kunigunda, born 16 Dec 1905
Walter Wilhelm, born 12 Jan 1907
Edith Margaret, born 22 May 1908
Albert, born 19 Jan 1911
Violet Marie, born 7 Jan 1913
Edna Evelyn, born 30 Mar 1915
Verna Eleanor, born 23 Dec 1916
Anna and John lived in Hibbing for the remainder of their lives. They died within a month of each other. John died
on March 14, 1953 and Anna died on April 20, 1953. They are buried in the Hibbing cemetery.
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