Gaston, Joseph.  "The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912."  Vol. 4. 
Chicago, Clarke Publishing Co., 1912. p. 196.
 
WILLIAM AHLSKOG

     is one of the well known farmers on North Inlet in Coos county, Oregon,
where he is successfully engaged in the cultivation of a ranch of two hundred
acres of valuable Oregon farm land.  He was born in Finland, April 17, 1869, and
is a son of Marcus and Anna Ahlskog, both of whom were natives of Finland, the
mother having died in her native land in 1901.  The father is living and has
reached the advanced age of eighty years.  They were the parents of five
children, four of whom are living, the subject of this review being the only
member of his father's family who emigrated to America.
     William Ahlskog came to America in August, 1887, and settled first on Coos
bay, in Marshfield, and for four years was engaged as a farm laborer.  He then
rented a farm for two years after which he worked in a rock quarry for several
years.  He later purchased two hundred acres of land located one half mile from
the upper landing of North Slough on which he established his home and has since
continued in the cultivation of the soil.  Fifteen acres of his land are highly
improved and his place is one of the most advantageously located properties in
his district.
     Mr. Ahlskog was united in marriage May 11, 1901, to Miss Marie Dahl, who
was born in Finland, May 13, 1869, and is a daughter of August and Brita (Liasa)
Dahl.  She emigrated to American in 1898, reaching the shores of the new world
on the 11th day of October of that year.  Her mother died in her native land
many years ago.  The father is living and has a family of three children of whom
Mrs. Ahlskog is the only member who came to America.  Two sisters are living in
Finland.
     William Ahlskog is a member of the Owls.  He and his wife are members of
the Lutheran church.  He is one of the well known men in his part of Coos county
and is in every way entitled to be numbered among the enterprising and useful
citizens of the community in which he lives.


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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in October 2006 by Diana Smith. Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.