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Nils Persson Miller was born 13 Oct 1867 at Skaparyd norragård which is a rural place in the parish of Hallaryd in Kronoberg län. He was the fourth of eight children born to Per Bengtsson and his wife Elin Jonsdotter. Two of the children died as infants. The remaining 6 children all came to America in the 1889 to 1898 timeframe. Anna Maria Claesdotter was born 27 Dec 1870 at Stora Grönö in the parish of Misterhult in Kalmar län. Her parents were Claes Pettersson and Emma Helena Johansdotter. She came to America and Kiron in 1892. She had relatives who had been in Kiron since 1867. Her older brother Carl Peter Claesson had emigrated to Kiron in 1890. Nils and Anna Maria were married in Denison in 1896. They operated a farm in Otter Creek township until 1912 when they moved to a farm of their own north of Sac City, Iowa. 11 children were born to them and only one died in infancy. Anna Maria died in 1935 and Nils in 1940. Both are buried in the Kiron Cemetery. |