Schnauze99@aol.com, on 1/20/01 10:12 AM, said: >Hi - Looking for fanily history, relatives, pics., etc. for Gustaf Otto >Larsson / Lavine and his brother Carl Frederick Larsson AKA (Victor Larsson) >who came to Galesburg in 1866 from Södra Vi Swe. Gustaf lived at 204 N >Chambers St. One of Victor's offspring was involved in politics and served >in >Springfield possibly representing Galesburg / Knox coumty. There was a >newspaper photo at one time asking who these early Galesburg residents were >which turned out to be Gustaf Otto and his family. Their father was Lars >Andersson Rossi of Sweden. Robert Lavine The political descendant to whom you refer _might_ be Richard "Dick" Larson, who was a State Senator in the 1950s and 1960s. He lived just a few blocks north of the Chambers Street address, but we can't help you with his heritage. Tom Lundeen