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August immigrated to the US in 1868, settling in Omaha on June 13. He was first employed by the Union Pacific Railroad on a ferry boat on the Missouri River. It is believed that while he was working for the Union Pacific, he was present when the golden spike was laid completing the first transcontinental railroad at Promontory Point, Utah in 1869. In 1872, Anna Christina Olive Frostrom immigrated to the US with her mother, brother, and sisters. Her family settled on a farm in Saunders County, NE.

August became a farmer. After he and Olive Anna were married, they made their home on a farm in Mariposa precinct, where August built the farmhouse. The farm was located about 3/4 mile from the farm of Olive's parents. Like most of the farmers in the area, August hauled his grain at harvest time 40 miles to the railroad, often finding it necessary to fix the wooden bridges over the various streams he crossed.

August was a Republican and one of the first members of the Independent Party. He and Olive Anna both belonged to the Baptist Church in Weston. After August died, his son Roland inherited the home farm. In the fall of 1913, Olive Anna moved to Weston where she lived until 1941. She then moved to Wahoo where she died a year later. She was a semi-invalid for seven years before her death. She was known to have a strong faith in her religion.

August married Olive Anna Fr on 17 Oct 1879 in Saunders County, Nebraska. Olive (daughter of John Christian Fr and Christina Lindberg) was born on 24 Sep 1862 in Barkarve, ; died on 14 Nov 1942 in Wahoo, Saunders, Nebraska; was buried in Bethel Cemetery, Rural Weston, Saunders County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Olof married Sophia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John Christian (Christian John) was a tailor in his native Sweden. He left Sweden for the US on May 8, 1869. Christina and their four children followed three years later, leaving Sweden on Oct 19, 1872. At the time that John's family joined him, he was part of a railroad crew, which built a railroad bridge at St. Joseph, Mo. He had saved up enough money to buy a farm and the family moved to Saunders County, NE. They purchased a farm from a Mr. Benson in Chapman precinct and John became a farmer. The family lived on that farm from 1872 to 1881; their two youngest children were born there.

The Frostroms suffered the usual hardships common to all early pioneers. The house on the farm had two rooms. One room was a dugout with a dirt floor. John made the bed for that room with 10-12 inch pine boards. The mattress was filled with straw. The bed was painted green, and looked like a box sitting on legs. The other room had a lumber floor, a door and two windows. The family carried water from a creek located half a mile south of their house. Their nearest farm market wwas in Ashland. Initially, John had just one piece of farm equipment, a tool he called a header. Christina occasionally walked 9 miles to Wahoo, carrying butter and eggs from the farm, which she sold. She then would walk back to the farm with groceries she had purchased.

During these years, Indians occasionally roamed around the countryside, not bothering the white settlers. On one occasion, John and Christina were visiting a cousin, and had left the four oldest children alone on the farm. Some Indians stopped at the farm, and the children were frightened by their presence. The children were relieved when the Indians were friendly and just wanted some food. The children gave them some supplies and the Indians went on their way.

John and Christina had followed the Lutheran faith in Sweden. In 1874, a Baptist church was organized in Weston and they joined a few years later. In 1881, the Frostroms purchased and moved to a farm previously owned by Frank Staats, and thehey bought an additional 40 acre tract of railroad land. This farm was a little closer to Weston and Wahoo. They lived there until 1906. Then, after a short visit with two of their daughters and their families in Missouri, they built and moved to a house in Weston.

John and Christina always spoke Swedish to each other and their family. They observed their 69th wedding anniversary and died within a short time of each other in 1931 at ages 96 and 95.

John married Christina Lindberg on 29 Oct 1861. Christina (daughter of Erasmus Lindberg and Christina Olofsdotter) was born on 1 Jan 1836 in Barkarve, ; died on 13 Jul 1931 in Weston, Saunders County, Nebraska; was buried in Bethel Cemetery, Rural Weston, Saunders County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Christian married Anna Christiansdotter on 30 Nov 1826 in Gr. Anna (daughter of Christian Christianson and Anna Olofsdotter) was born on 12 Aug 1800 in Norrkvie, Gr; died in 1878. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Erasmus married Christina Olofsdotter on 20 Mar 1834 in Barkarve, . Christina (daughter of Olof Nilsson and Anna Joransdotter) was born on 16 May 1800 in Barkarve, . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]