August Frederic Abrahamson ^{2 3 4}

  Noted events in his life were:

• Alt. Spelling/AKA. August Frederic's name was also written as "August Gustav" Abrahamson.

• Immigration: Sweden, 1872, United States of America. ⁴

• Census, 1880, Morning Sun Township, Louisa County, Iowa. ⁷ Charles Linder, head of household, married, male, white, age 34, born in Sweden, farmer, father's birthplace Sweden, mother's birthplace Sweden

Sophia Linder, wife, married, female, white, age 32, born in Sweden, keeping house, father's birthplace Sweden, mother's birthplace Sweden

Cary Linder, daughter, single, female, white, age 4, born in Iowa, father's birthplace Sweden, mother's birthplace Sweden

Oscar Linder, son, single, male, white, age 1, born in Iowa, father's birthplace Sweden, mother's birthplace Sweden

Guy Anderson, son, single, male, white, age 10, born in Sweden, father's birthplace Sweden, mother's birthplace Sweden

Carry Johnston, mother-in-law, widowed, female, white, age 73, born in Sweden, father's birthplace Sweden, mother's birthplace Sweden

Fred Hall, other, single, male, white, age 26, born in Sweden, farmer, father's birthplace Sweden, mother's birthplace Sweden

Gus Abrahamson, other, single, male, white, age 28, born in Sweden, farmer, father's birthplace Sweden, mother's birthplace Sweden

• Iowa State Census, 1895, Des Moines County, Iowa. ³ Line #12, Dwelling #147, Family #147: August F. Abrahamson, age 42, male, married, born in Sweden, father of foreign birth, occupation farmer, religion Methodist

Emma C. Abrahamson, age 37, female, married, born Des Moines County Iowa, father of foreign birth, keeping house, religion Methodist

Frank T. Abrahamson, age 12, male, single, born in Louisa County Iowa, father of foreign birth

Julius E. Abrahamson, age 10, male, single, born in Louisa County Iowa, father of foreign birth

Evva L. Abrahamson, age 5, female, single, born in Louisa County Iowa, father of foreign birth

Roy R. Abrahamson, age 0, male, single, born in Des Moines County Iowa, father of foreign birth

• Biography: Yellow Spring and Huron, 1897, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa. ² Gust. Abrahamson married Emma Lett, and lives on part of the Buffalo Spring farm. Has four children.

• Census, 1900, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa. ⁵ Line 43, Dwelling 434, Family 439: August Abrahamson, head of household, white, male, born July 1852, age 47, married, first married at age 19, born in Sweden, father born in Sweden, mother born in Sweden, immigrated to the United States in 1872, 28 years in the US, naturalized, occupation stone mason, 2 months not employed previous year, could read, could write, could speak English, home owned, free of mortgage, house not a farm

Emma Abrahamson, wife, white, female, born October 1858, age 41, married, first married at age 19, four children born, four living, born in Iowa, father born in Sweden, mother born in Sweden, could read, could write, could speak English

Frank A. Abrahamson, white, son, male, born January 1882, age 18, single, born in Iowa, father born in Sweden, mother born in Iowa, occupation farm labor, 2 (or 12) months unemployed previous year, could read, could write, could speak English

Julius Abrahamson, son, white, male, born July 1884, age 15, single, born in Iowa, father born in Sweden, mother born in Iowa, could read, could write, could speak English

Eva Abrahamson, daughter, white, female, born June 18?? (89 or 90), age 10, single, father born in Sweden, mother born in Iowa, at school, could read, could write, could speak English

William Abrahamson, son, white, male, born May 1894, age 6, single, born in Iowa, father born in Sweden, mother born in Iowa

• City Directory: Gould's City and County Directory of the City of Burlington and Des Moines County, 1902-1903, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa. ⁸ (From the Burlington City Directory:) August T. (sic) Abrahamson, Mediapolis, stone mason, residence Main, corner Marion.

(A second entry, page 566:) Abrahamson, A. F (sic), Yellow Spring Township, Mediapolis.

• City Directory: Gould's Directory of the City of Burlington, West Burlington, Danville, Mediapolis, and Des Moines County, 1904-1905, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa. ⁹ A. F. Abrahamson, Mediapolis, stone mason, residence Main, north side.

• Gravestone Inscription. ⁶ August Gustav Abrahamson's grave is located in Kossuth Cemetery near Mediapolis, Iowa. The inscription on his stone is: "Abrahamson, August F. July 2, 1852 - October 20, 1906"

• Research. On the 1900 federal census it certainly looks as if August listed his age at marriage as 19 rather than at age 29, in which case he may have had a wife before Emma.

August married Emma Christine Lett, daughter of Charles H. Lett and Caroline Johnson, on March 31, 1881 at the Methodist Episcopal Church, Des Moines County, Iowa.¹ (Emma Christine Lett was born on October 22, 1858 in Des Moines County, Iowa,^{3 5 6 10} died on January 1, 1901 ^{6 11} and was buried in the Kossuth Cemetery, Yellow Spring Township, Des Moines County, Iowa ⁶.)