Karolina DICKSON, daughter of Bengt DICKSON and Gertrud Jonsson JANSDOTTER, was born on 18 Jul 1869 in Östmark parish, Värmlands Iän, Sweden, died on 8 Jul 1960 in Buffalo, Wright County, Minnesota, USA at age 90, and was buried in Rockford Townwhip (Near Buffalo), Wright County, Minnesota, USA. Another name for Karolina was Karoline BENGTSDOTTER JÖNSSON.
• She departed from Vadjetorp, Fryksände parish, Värmlands Iän, Sweden on 10 Dec 1880.
• She arrived at Minnesota, USA in Jan 1881 with her parents. They lived briefly with Bengt Peterson family, and then her parents built a log house 2 miles E of Buffalo.
Karolina married Nils Bengtsson PERSSON, son of Bengt PERSSON and Karin NILSDOTTER, on 24 Jun 1888 in Buffalo, Wright County, Minnesota, USA. Nils was born on 18 Jan 1858 in Fryksände parish, Värmlands Iän, Sweden, was christened in Sweden, died on 28 Nov 1935 in Buffalo Township, Wright County, Minnesota, USA at age 77, and was buried on 30 Nov 1935 in Rockford Townwhip (Near Buffalo), Wright County, Minnesota, USA. Other names for Nils were Nels B PETERSON, and Nils PETERSON. They had 12 children: Bernard William, Esther Amanda, Edith Natalie, Richard Nathanael, Axel Lenus, Ruth Elizabeth, Lawrence “Clifford,” Reuben Harold, Evelyn Marion, Dorothy Caroline, Hildur Geneva, and Nels “Lionel” Dickson.
