A second cousin of mine (Janet) saw your 1999 message on the Bengtson Message Board with familyhistory.com and asked me to respond. Her father's (Leonard Hedstrom) mother was Sadie Bengtson and my mother's (Eva Nelson) mother was Johanna Bengtson. They had the following siblings: John (born 1866), Beda (born 1869), Anna Matilda (born 1876), Algodt (born 1878), (then Sadie--1881--and Johanna--1884), and Edwin (born 1886). Their parents were Andris Bengtsson (born 1836) and Johanna Andersson (born 1843) (her parents were Andreas Andersson--1811--and Maria C. Bengtsdotter--1835). Beda married Anton Sandquist and lived in Minnesota and then in Minot, North Dakota. They had children. Annie married Emil H. Peterson and lived in the Lake Lillian, Minnesota, area. They had four children. Sadie married Elmer Hedstrom and lived in Minot, North Dakota. Their son Leonard is the father to my second cousin who saw your message. There were children in addition to Leonard. Leonard moved to Lake Lillian, Minnesota, and then Willmar, Minnesota. Johanna (my maternal grandmother) married J. (John) Albert Nelson. They lived in Lake Lillian, Minnesota. They had five children; one is my mother. Her two brothers have recently died. She has two sisters living. John died single in his 50s or so from cancer. He was engaged to be married at the time. Edwin died single at about the age of 23 from a ruptured appendix. That leaves Algodt to carry on the Bengtson name: He married Annie Flann. Their children were as follows: Carrol (a son) Violet Kay Evelyn Aldine Beatrice Lyle Aldine Bengtson married Velora Bomstad. Their children were as follows: Robert Bengtson, died in the 1960s at about age 16 in a car accident. Nancy, died a year after Robert at about age 16 in a car accident. Patricia lives near Lake Lillian, Minnesota. Mari Jane lives in Minnesota. You may reach me at colorado@willmar.com (in Minnesota) until about the middle of August 2001. After that, you may reach me at johsnon47@qwest.net (in Colorado).