52 Ancestors Challenge Week #22 - Lena Marie Hokans

Lena is my 2nd great grandmother.  Lena is another dead end relative for me.

Lena was born on October 9, 1871 in Overmark, Finland.  Lena married Erick Andrew Carlson (1873-1925) and the two would arrive in the states in 1897.  Lena and Erick had four children:

• Mary Amelia (1895-1985)
• Walter Eric  (my great grandfather, 1898-1963)
• Elsie Adelia (1902-?)
• Sigurd Leonard (1906-1950)

Lena and Eric would settle in DeKalb, Illinois according to the 1910 and 1930 census.  Lena died on September 9, 1932 in Rockford, Illinois at the age of 60.  Lena is buried at Fairview Cemetery in DeKalb.

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