An Illustrated History of the State of Washington, by Rev. H.K. Hines, D.D., 
The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, IL., 1893, pages 476-477

	ANDREW PETER BERGSTROM, who has been identified with the interests of King
county, Washington, for a number of years, was born in Orebo Lane, Oby, Jockon
county, State of Narke, Sweden, May 19, 1842. His parents were Peter and
Cathrina (Nelson) Bergstrom. At the age of sixteen he shipped as a common
seaman, and while thus engaged visited many of the principal cities of Europe.
In 1867 and ë68 he was captain of the Eric, a freight boat running between
Stockholm and Swedbacken, during this time having ten men in his employ. In
April, 1869, he landed in New York city. Retiring from the sea, he came across
the country, via Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas, being
employed at bridge work on the North Louisiana & Texas Railroad. From there he
went to Chicago, where he was employed to superintend thirty men, grading the
Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad in Michigan. This work lasted eighteen months.
In the fall of 1870 he located three miles and a half from Cadillac, Wexford
county, Michigan, on a farm of eighty acres, for which he paid $2.50 per acre.
Later, in 1882, he was employed on bridge work for the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company in Montana, remaining there five months. He then returned to his farm in
Michigan.
	Mr. Bergstrom dates his arrival in Seattle April 8, 1884. He traveled all
over the Sound country, spending nearly the whole of the summer in travel, and
in the fall located a ranch of 160 acres near Woodinville. He subsequently
secured title to this land under the pre-emption law. He had left his family on
the Michigan farm above alluded to, and in the fall of 1886 disposed of his
property there and brought his family out West. In the meantime he had been
working at the carpenter's trade, had built several houses on Lake Washington,
and also the scow-boat Squak. He kept his family on the ranch for ten months and
then moved to Seattle, where he secured employment in the car shops of the
Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railroad Company.
	He continued in the employ of this company until the spring of 1892. His
family had moved back to the ranch in the fall of 1891, and when he retired from
the car shops he joined them in the country. He has since been devoting his time
to clearing and cultivating his ranch.
	Mr. Bergstrom was first married in October, 1872, to Guri Gulickson, a
native of Norway. They had four children, all of whom have passed away. Mrs.
Bergstrom died in August, 1876. June 10, 1877, he married Betty Hagstrom, a
native of Sweden. Their children are: Laura E., thirteen; Hader A., eleven;
Charlotte, nine; Eddy L., seven; Carl Frederick, five; and George Henry, three.

Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in October 2003 by Jeffrey L. Elmer

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