August (aka Gust) Martenson (aka Martinson, Martens) was born in Sweden in 1881 and died in Sioux Falls, SD in 1942. August was married to Carrie, who was born in Norway in 1886 and died in Sioux Falls, SD in 1941. August worked at the International Harvester Company in Sioux Falls.

August’s brother was Carl Eklund who was born in southern Sweden and immigrated in 1907 to Sioux Falls, SD, then to Minneapolis, MN, then settling in Aitkin County, MN. Carl changed his surname to Eklund when he immigrated. Carl’s Swedish name was also Martenson.

A family album has been passed down from Carl Eklund which contains a picture of August and Carrie Martenson’s grave marker in Sioux Falls. The album has many lovely old pictures, most of them done in portrait studios. Unfortunately, these pictures/portraits are not labeled with any information that would help with identification. We hope that someone in the Martenson/Eklund family will be able to assist in identifying these lovely old pictures.

Please e-mail us at leistiko@mlecmn.net or respond on this board if you can help. Thank you for any help you can provide.

Lu