Lost one grandfather! Can anyone help? He came from Sweden at the age of 10 and the
first record I have is in Kemmerer WY Where he married Hattie Mullens and owned a tailor
shop in 1906-1907. In the 1920 Kemmerer Census the family seemed to be doing well owned
their house had 5 children. Now the murky anecdotal family history kicks in. Some say he
was badly burned in a fire? The family moved to Las Vegas sometime in the 20's why?
Two of the girls married there and next I find my grandmother Hattie listed as a widow in
the 1930 Lancaster CA census. He supposedly was alive 1925-1929 and then wandered off in
to the desert and no one knows what happened. The family were exceedingly poor and
affected by the depression and? Why would a family go to LV at that time? The dam? My
grandmother Hattie Mullens Peterson came to America with the Mormon immigration and I am
assuming the Petersons would have been Mormon also. I am currently trying to track those
records. If you c!
ould even help with possible avenues of research I would be most grateful
Katy