Bergman, Hans. "History of Scandinavians in Tacoma and Pierce County with brief history of Tacoma and early settlement." Tacoma, WA, 1926. pp. 94-95. Adolph Anderson Born in Overklinten, Bygdea, Sweden, September 2, 1867. He stayed home and helped his father with the farm work on two farms until he was twenty-six years old. His father was very anxious that his son should learn some useful trade, and Adolph therefore learned the cabinet making, painter, and blacksmith trades. It was his father's intention that Adolph should have on of the farms and settle down, but he had begun to cast longing eyes towards America and decided to emigrate there, which was in the year of 1893. After having been in South Dakota in railroad work for a short time, he went to Iowa, hiring out to a minister as a farm laborer, and worked there continuously for four years. Money was scarce those days, and Anderson says that during the four years; time he received on about eighteen dollars. He worked alone a 180 acre farm, milking eleven cows, hauling the milk to the creamery, and had to be out on the field with his team at seven O'clock. After the four years he was paid in full. He now rented a farm in that vicinity, but that venture proved a failure, as he had to sell his corn at six cents a bushel and wheat at thirty cents a bushel. In November, 1898, he went back to Sweden with the half intention of settling down there. He married Ingeborg Lindgren, a school teacher in his home town. However he stayed in Sweden only a year and again went to America, together with his wife, settling in Tacoma. Here he got employment with the N.P. Railroad Co. as building foreman, building depots and warehouses, also wooden bridges. After six years with the railroad company, he commenced as a building contractor, building residences, which occupation he has been engaged in until the present time. He took a second trip to Sweden in 1923, staying there about a half a year. The Andersons have four children, two sons, and two daughters. They belong to the Swedish Mission denomination. ******************* Submitted to the Washington Bios. Project in September 2005 by Teressa Lenkey. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.