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<\/p>\nJosef was half a year when he emigrated to the US. He was born\u00a0in Almes\u00e5kra, Sweden. He is the 5th from left in the above picture.<\/p>\n
He married Nettie Carlson. They had one daughter: Jeanette<\/a> (1919) and raised\u00a0\u00a0Wilma<\/a>\u00a0(1917) who was Joes younger brother Henry<\/a>s daughter, after her mom Syna died.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n There are written histories about Joe and Nettie.<\/p>\n He is told to be a self-made man. He got an infected leg and was told he would not be able to walk.<\/p>\n He went to night-school and to public speaking courses.<\/p>\n He worked, as Gene<\/a>– his older brother, at the cannery of Cokato. They are told that they were fixing machines in the factory. He seems to have enjoyed cars: He worked as a chauffeur, car mecanic, towed and stored autos, sold Nash cars…<\/p>\n About Nettie: Her mom died when she was 9 years only. She and her sister then cared for their younger twin-brothers. As a teen-ager she was a nurse-maid for Charles Lindbergh. She worked with sewing buttonholes at shirts. She took in Wilma in the family, 20 months old, as she was pregnant with Jeanette.<\/p>\n He \u00a0passed away 95 years old.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Josef was half a year when he emigrated to the US. He was born\u00a0in Almes\u00e5kra, Sweden. He is the 5th from left in the above picture. He married Nettie Carlson. They had one daughter: Jeanette (1919) and raised\u00a0\u00a0Wilma\u00a0(1917) who was … Continue reading ![\"Wedding](\"wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Wedding-of-Joe-and-Nettie-Isaacson-169x300.png\")
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