Carl Gustav Lindstrom

Carl ("Charlie") Gustav Lindstrom
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Born	January 21, 1868(1868-01-21) Wada Socken, Stockholm, Sweden
Died	February 12, 1924 (aged 56)
Resting place	Moses Hill Cemetery, Phelps County, Nebraska
Spouse	Wilhelmina Hedell (m. 1895–1924) «Did not recognize date. Try slightly modifying the date in the first parameter.–Did not recognize date. Try slightly modifying the date in the first parameter.»"Marriage: Wilhelmina Hedell to Carl Gustav Lindstrom" Location: (linkback:http://jimlindstrom.com/mediawiki/index.php/Carl_Gustav_Lindstrom)
Children	George Delphin Lindstrom Lula Lindstrom Harry Lindstrom Margaret Lindstrom
Parents	Gustaf Lindstrom Johanna Lindstrom
Relatives	August Julius Lindstrom (Brother) Johan Robert Lindstrom (Brother) Anna Christina Lindstrom (Sister) Oscar Leanord (Brother) Otto Rudolf Lindstrom (Brother) Emil Willjam Lindstrom (Brother) August Edvall Lindstrom (Brother)

According to Dean Randall Lindstrom: "I remember my grandmother, Minnie, very well. I was in high school sometime around 1950 when she died. I remember that Minnie's husband was always called Charles Lindstrom, but, his given name may have been Carl. My grandpa, Charles, died when my father, George, was a teenager in the 1920's, and before I was born in 1934. Charles and Minnie are buried in the Lindstrom family plot at Moses Hill cemetery northwest of Holdrege. Minnie's last name was Hedell before her marriage to Charles. She had a couple of brothers in Holdrege who I don't remember of ever meeting. Minnie and her brothers had a disagreement about something, and my dad, George, never communicated with his Hedell uncles or cousins. I don't know the names of Minnie's parents, and I don't know where they are buried."

Land

Charlie's farm was adjacent to his father Gustaf Lindstrom's original homestead. See Locating Gustaf Lindstrom's Homestead for a comparison of locations.

California

Around 1911, Charlie and Minnie loaded up their family and possessions, including an automobile, onto a railroad car at Elm Creek. They went to Richvale, California, on reports that land was cheap there and a farmer could become rich! On arrival, the family found that things were very different than Phelps County, Nebraska. The soil in Richvale was thick and heavy. The pioneers in Richvale were already growing rice, which required flooding the field. The Lindstroms could not manage the heavy muddy fields and returned to Phelps County in disgust and embarrassment about a year later.

Some other Phelps County residence also ventured to Richvale. The Lundbergs, who lived one mile north of Lee Vaughn's place, moved to Richvale in the 1930's, became very successful rice farmers. Peter Olson's grandchildren also successfully migrated from Phelps County to Richvale.

Dean Randall Lindstrom recalls driving in 1948 to Richvale in his parents' Fraser Manhattan to visit the Olson cousins.

Photos

Historical Records

• Charlie is listed in the 1900 Federal Census, living with wife Minnie and children Lola, Harry, and Sidney, in Center, Phelps County, Nebraska
• Charlie is listed in the 1910 Nebraska Census:

 LINDSTROM, Charlie G.  42, male, white.  Birth place: Sweden.  Phelps County.  Center Township.