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Augustana Business College. As an adult, Hannes held a number of jobs. He first was hired as a clerk for Hartz and Company, a wholesale and retail drug business. In 1929, he became a music teacher, a position he held on and off for the rest of his life. He was also a band leader and a musician. Hannes died on 23 September 1967. He was buried with the rest of his family in Riverside Cemetery, Moline, Illinois.
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Fastener." This fastener was used to secure collars or belts, and predated the first patented zipper. Like her siblings, Mia attended Augustana College. She enrolled in the Conservatory of Music in 1895, studying piano. A year later, she enrolled in elocution and physical culture. Mia was also involved in several campus choral groups. Mia died on 3 May 1934, and was buried in the family plot in Riverside Cemetery in Moline, Illinois.
108:. He emigrated from Sweden with his wife and daughter, his parents, his brother Carl, and 250 others. On 19 August 1869, Olsson founded the Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church. He led the congregation from 1869 until 1876. During this time, he also served two terms in the Kansas Legislature as the representative from
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Olssons' youngest daughter, was also born in Lindsborg. She grew up primarily in Lindsborg, Rock Island, and Woodhull. Lydia attended Augustana College between 1892 and 1895, taking courses such as phonography, typewriting, chorus, and voice. She was involved
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Olssons' oldest daughter, and the only Olsson child born in Sweden. She was one of the first women to attend Augustana College, and only the second woman to graduate from the college (class of 1888). Anna later taught at the college, and became known
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Johannes Samuel (4 July 1877 – 23 September 1967), often called Hannes, was the
Olssons' only surviving son. He was born either in Moline, Illinois or Rock Island, Illinois. As a child, he traveled with his family in Europe. He enrolled at Augustana in 1897, and joined the Conservatory of Music in
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Anna Lisa
Jonsdotter (also known as Anna Lovisa Jonsson or Johnson) was born in Värmland, Sweden on 8 March 1841. She was the daughter of Jonas Peter Nilsson, a farmer who owned a share in a mine, and Maria Lovisa (Maja Lisa) née Ersdotter. Anna Lisa had four brothers and sisters, and five
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Tractor Company. From 1922 until her retirement in 1945, she returned to the Augustana College Library as a library assistant. Lydia died 1 March 1958, and was buried in the family plot at Riverside Cemetery, Moline, Illinois.
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