The five oldest children emigrated from Sweden with their parents in 1850. 1494 On 1 November 1857 the 8 siblings lived with their parents on a farm in Township 28, Washington County, Minnesota.1680 On 1 June 1860 the 8 siblings lived with their parents on a farm in Sauk County, Minnesota1681 All eight children were alive when their father died on 16 October 1864.761On 1 June 1870 Godfrey, 21, born in Sweden was a farmer and lived with his mother Catharina, 49, and siblings, Elizabeth, 18, Hortensia, 14, Adolph, 13, and Oscar, 9, in Afton, Minnesota. 1679 Gottfred had left home by 1 May 1875. 1526On 15 April 1910 Gottfred Peterson, Hortense’s 60 year old single brother lived with Hortense and her family in Pasadena, California. He was a naturalized alien who had emigrated in 1850, as an infant, and worked as a house carpenter.1494