AMANDA: Also born in sod-house on Nebraska prairie and spending her childhood in Lincoln, Nebr. Attended country school at Ceresco. In her early teens was known as the best horsewoman in the territory, and like Selma learned to cook, milk cows and ride herd. Nor were any complaints ever voiced against her culinary skill, for like Selma she was a master at the craft. Worked in Omaha for several years and always returned in beautiful clothes. No men in their right mind could long be indifferent to the pulchritude of such sisters, and soon two young Swede brothers appeared on the scene, Axel Anderson, the younger, marrying Selma, the older sister, and the reverse, August marrying Amanda. Whereas Axel was an artist in painting and fine decorating, August was a
2. Rev. Dr. Alfred Edward Trued (ID:I0372), b. 9 Mar 1875, Swedeburg, Saunders County, Nebraska d. 12 Jul 1946, the Immanuel Home for the Aged, Omaha, Nebraska (Age 71 years)
3. Amanda Cecilia Trued (ID:I0373)
(current person)
, b. 14 Nov 1876, Nebraska d. 17 Apr 1965 (Age 88 years)
4. Frans Elmer Trued (ID:I0381), b. Aug 1879, Ceresco, Saunders County Nebraska d. May 1880, Ceresco, Saunders County Nebraska (Age 0 years)
5. Carl Elmo Trued (ID:I0382), b. 16 Jul 1881, Ceresco, Saunders County Nebraska d. 21 Jul 1881, Ceresco, Saunders County Nebraska (Age 0 years)
6. Herman Sigfrid Trued (ID:I0374), b. 11 Mar 1883, Ceresco, Saunders, Nebraska d. 19 Jun 1963, El Campo, Wharton County, Texas (Age 80 years)
11. Samuel Clarence Trued (ID:I0379), b. 20 Apr 1895, Ceresco, Saunders County Nebraska d. 19 Sep 1980, Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon (Age 85 years)
12. Carl Victor Nathaniel Trued (ID:I0380), b. 26 Feb 1899, Ceresco, Saunders County Nebraska d. 16 Feb 1977, Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon (Age 77 years)