Sunday, May 3, 2009

Peter Tollefson's Naturalization Papers

For my first post, I will present a clue into trying to identify the mysterious Peter Tollefson. This is a copy of his naturalization papers dated February 22nd, 1898. That would make him 31 at the time of this document. There are also two names listed as witnesses, Ginder? Benson and J.N. Blexrud, whom I am unfamiliar with. Will have to do more research on those two individuals. The naturalization papers were issued for Houston County, Minnesota which corresponds to Peter appearing the 1880 and 1900 population census for Houston County. There is a Tollef Tollefson according to the Ancestry naturalization records also was issued his papers in Houston county. I don't have any information on Tollef. According to this document, it lists Peter as immigrating from Norway and Sweden which is also in agreement with the census records. (Norway was not an independent country until 1905). I will be posting more about Peter and all my ancestors later down the road.

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