Bergman, Hans.  "History of Scandinavians in Tacoma and Pierce County with brief
history of Tacoma and early settlement."  Tacoma, WA, 1926. p. 105.

Ernest Bornander

Born in Borgunda, Vastergotland, Sweden, July 17, 1878. He started to learn the
florist trade in Skara Botanical Garden. After serving a three yearsí
apprenticeship there, he went to Stockholm, where he got a position in the green
houses and gardens of Drottningholm Palace. He also did landscape gardening and
was for some time foreman of such work. While there employed he frequently saw
King Oscar II, when he took walks in the royal gardens. As Mr. Bornander desired
to see America and study its gardening methods, he emigrated in February, 1903,
coming to Tacoma. Almost immediately after his arrival here he bought a ten acre
tract of umimproved land at Fife station, a few miles from the city. He paid
$200 an acre for this land.  With the intention of going into the florist
business he began to clear the land, putting the same in high state of
cultivation. Later he erected greenhouses and entered the florist business, in
which he was successful from the start. For the past few years Mr. Bornanader
has been experimenting with sweet peas, picking and shipping as mane as four
thousand every day. Besides the large and up-to-date greenhouses, the place is
improved with a large and commodious living house with all modern improvements,
and other fine buildings. The new Seattle-Tacoma highway passes the place. Mr.
Bornander was married in Tacoma Dec. 11,1912, to Margareta Danielson Erkes, born
in Leksand, Dalarne, Sweden, Oct. 31, 1877. She came to America in 1903 and
lives in Providence, R.I., for eight years, coming to Tacoma in 191. hey have
three children, two sonís and a daughter. The family belongs to the Swedish
Lutheran church, and Mr. Bornander is also a member of he Valhalla lodge, the
Swedish Cultural Society and other organizations. Mr. Bornander and his wife are
held in high respect and esteem by all that knew them.

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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.