Otto Matthew Carlson ⁷

  Noted events in his life were:

• AKA: Otto Matteus (in Sweden).

• Immigration, 1893, Minnesota.

• Residence: Returned to Sweden with his family after the 4th grade: Vollsjö, Malmöhus Län, Skåne, Sweden. Returned to Sweden with his family after the 4th grade

• Immigration: Returned to US, 1903, Minnesota. Otto and a friend, Ernest Nelson returned to the United States. On their journey, the ship broke down one day from New York City. They drifted and had to throw heavy objects like pianos overboard to keep the ship from sinking. They drifted as far as the Azores Islands when a German ship found them and pulled them into the island. After the ship was repaired, they resumed their journey and landed at Ellis Island, New York.

• Residence: Kenmare, ND. Worked on a farm for Pete Nelson. He received 40 acres of land as his pay.

• Occupation: Farmed until 1946.

• Residence: Moved into Kenmare from the farm, 1952, Kenmare, ND.

• Residence: Entered the nursing home, 1965, Kenmare Baptist Nursing Home, Kenmare, ND.

• Social Security Number: 501-32-9474.

• Physical Description: 5' 8", dark complexion, gray eyes, brown hair.

Otto married Mabel Viola Hjort, daughter of Nels Hjort and Cecelia Edmunda, on 18 Nov 1914 in Kenmare Baptist Church, Kenmare, ND. (Mabel Viola Hjort was born on 28 Jul 1897 in Lake Elizabeth, MN, died on 30 Sep 1955 in Kenmare, ND and was buried on 3 Oct 1955 in Lakeview Cemetery, Kenmare, ND.)