This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Swanson/Peterson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZW.2ADI/1980 Message Board Post: I am looking for info. re: John Swanson b: Sweden , immigrated to Pomeroy,Pocahontas Co., Iowa around 1887,moved to California in 1909, d: <1933 in Turlock, California. We think Selma was his daughter-in-law(?), and Roy her son. Selma may have been married to a Frank Swanson listed in John's sister's obit. John's sisters name was Johanna Mathilda Swanson Peterson. Several records call her Mathilda or Tilda. She was born in 1861 in Vostergotland, Sweden would assume that John was born there also. His mother Anna Swanson came with him around 1887 from Sweden. His fathers name was Nels and died around 1882 in Sweden.