1900 Collinwood Twp Census p. 2A line 16, age 15, living with parents Gustav and Anna
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1910 April 15 US Census Meeker Collinwood District 0083 page 1 Family 10 - Gustav 78, Anna L 69 married to each other 50 years, Frank G 33, Walter E 30, August W 25. Parents born in Sweden, children born in MN. No. of farm in Census, 10.
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1920 Minnesota > Meeker > Collinwood > District 115 > 1 line 27 August W 34, Mary 33, Willard A 6, Louise M 4yr 6mo, Evelin V 3mo
1940 Collinwood Twp Census p. 7B lines 69-72
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1930 Census Minnesota > Meeker > Collinwood > District 3 > 2 line August 45, Mary 44, Willard, 17, Louise 13, Evelin 11, Kenneth 4, Christine Erickson mother-in-law 84
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Buried at Steelesville Cemetery
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Family Members
Parents
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Gustaf Johansson Bergquist
1831–1914
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Anna Louisa Peterson Bergquist
1840–1919

Spouse
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Mary Erickson Bergquist
1886–1974

Siblings
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Axel Edward Bergquist
1861–1944
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John Sigfrid Bergquist
1864–1944
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Jennie Augusta Bergquist Owsley
1867–1928
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Annie Olivia Bergquist
1873–1885
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Frans Gustav Bergquist
1876–1964
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Walter Emanuel Bergquist
1879–1955
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Carl Otto Bergquist
1882–1933

Children
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Willard Oscar Bergquist
1913–1961
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Louise Marion Bergquist Baldwin
1915–2012
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Evelyn Virginia Bergquist Larson
1919–2007
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Kenneth William Bergquist
1925–2017

August W. Bergquist, lifetime resident of the Dassel community, passed away at the Litchfield Hospital, Wednesday, July 4th, after a brief illness.

Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon, July 7th, from the First Lutheran Church of Dassel, with the Rev. J. Henry Bergren of Litchfield and Mr. Hilbert Johnson, student pastor at the local church, officiating. Miss Selma Erickson of Minneapolis sang, "In the Sweet Bye and Bye” and "Han Skas öpna Perla Porten," and C. W. Johnson sang, "Some Day We'll Understand."

Interment was made in the Steelesville cemetery. Pallbearers were Arthur W. Johnson, Gustaf Johnson. Harris Amundson, Ernest Broberg, Emil Nelson and Joe Danielson.

August William Bergquist was born in Collinwood Township, south of Dassel, on February 25, 1885, the son of Gustaf and Louisa Bergquist. He had lived in this community his entire life and with the exception of three years when he was employed at the Dassel Flour Mill, had farmed south of town.

He was baptized and confirmed in the First Lutheran Church of Dassel when a child and had been a faithful member there all his life. He served on the board of trustees of the church for a number of years. He had also served a number of years on the school board.

He became ill and was taken to the Litchfield Hospital on Sunday, July 1st, passing away there July 4th, at the age of 66 years, 4 months and 9 days.

On September 21, 1910 he was married to Mary Erickson, who survives to mourn his death, together with the following children: Evelyn and Willard of Minneapolis, Mrs. Richard Baldwin (Louise) of Litchfield, and Kenneth at home.

Also surviving are two brothers, Walter and Frans Bergquist of Dassel; and three grandchildren, Ronald, Harold and Barbara Bergquist of Minneapolis, besides many other relatives and a host of friends. One grandson, Billy Baldwin, passed away on March 16, 1951.

Among the: many from a distance who attended the funeral services here Saturday were friends and relatives from Minneapolis, St. Paul, St. Louis Park, Maple Plain, Buffalo, Cokato, Kimball, South Haven, Darwin, Litchfield, Grove City, Atwater, Willmar, Hutchinson and Silver Lake.

Obituary, Dassel Dispatch