He emigrated from Sweden in 1881 and was a naturalized citizen in 1900. In 1900 he could read, write and speak English, was an iron miner and owned his home with no mortgage.

She emigrated from Norway to the United States in 1881616 and became a naturalized citizen in 1889. She was Gust's second wife. Between 1897 and 1900 she and her husband moved from Michigan to Minnesota. On 19 June 1900 she and her husband Gust Erickson and their children lived at the Mesabi Mountain section of Eveleth, Minnesota. In 1910 she is a 45 year old widow who lives in a house she rented at 618 Douglas Avenue, Eveleth, Minnesota. Her children, Alveria, 17, Arthur, 15, Paul, 13, Ruby, 9, Judith, 6, Blanch, 3, and John, 8 months old, live with her.213 In 1920 she is a 55 year old widowed head of household and rents a house at 216 Eleventh Street South, Virginia, Minnesota which she shares with the other renters, the William Bruneau family. Living with her are Arthur, 24 and single, Paul, 23 and single, Reuben, 19 and single, Elvira, 28 and single, Judith, 16 and single, Blanche, 13 and single and John, 10. 616 In 1930 she is a 65 year old divorcee living with her daughter, Judith, and son-in-law John Matkovich at 204 1/2 First Street South, Virginia, Minnesota.

She was the first wife of Gust Erickson.