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In the beginning. . .
John Peter Dalquist came from Ringsbo, Sweden in 1889 at the age of 23 to join his brother C.O. who was already working in the mines in Ishpeming, Michigan. Their parents and 11 year old brother Axel joined them in 1890. They worked and lived in horrendous conditions in Michigan with the dream of making enough money to buy land in Minnesota. They moved to the Randall area in 1893 and J.P., or Peter as he was called, bought land from the railroad in 1896 to homestead. In May of 1894 Emilia Carlson came to the US, probably at the request of Peter since Peter had been the hired hand for Emilia's father in Sweden. Evidently there was a bit of romance going on between them before Peter left for the US. They were married in December of 1894. By 1898 the couple had added 3 little boys, Oscar, John, and Carl. They went on to have 7 children, and Michael’s grandfather David was the youngest.
