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Lindstrom Family
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The Lindstrom family live in Tacoma in the early to mid 20th century. Emil Lindstrom was born in Sweden in 1861 and immigrated to the United States in 1889 [1], starting a job in Tacoma as a shipping clerk for the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company [2]. He worked there for about 10 years, becoming the superintendent of St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company and the treasurer of Tacoma Electric Company [3]. He moved to a house on N Yakima Avenue in Tacoma, where he would live the rest of his life. By 1910 he was married to Henrietta Lindstrom, a U.S citizen from Michigan, and they lived with her daughter Henrietta Tousley. He started and became the president of the Lindstrom-Hanforth Lumber Company, and local historian Michael Sullivan explains that, “by 1917 the Lindstrom-Hanforth Mill in Rainier was cutting 18 million board feet a year, was operating its own railroad and had burnt to the ground twice only to be rebuilt bigger in the aftermath each time” [4]. After retiring in 1946, Emil Lindstrom passed away in Tacoma in 1950 at the age of 88 [5].
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Written by Lauren Moseman, 2023.
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[1] “Emil Lindstrom in the 1930 United States Federal Census” Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.
[2] Ancestry.com - U.S City Directories, 1821-1989, Tacoma Washington City Directory 1891
[3] Ancestry.com - U.S City Directories, 1821-1989, Tacoma Washington City Directory 1905
[4] Sullivan, Michael, “The Lindstrom Trove, Part Two” TacomaHistory, August 15, 2016. The Lindstrom Trove, Part Two.
[5] “Emil G. Lindstrom in the Washington, Select Death Certificates, 1907-1960" Ancrestry.com Washington, Select Death Certificates, 1907-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014