John Alfred Lindgren
(1847 - 1909)
Sources: city directories, US census, newspaper items as noted; some
children’s births are included to show his location in those years
1847 Sep 24,
Sundswall, Sweden, John Alfred Lindgren is born
1870
J A Lindgren arrives in the US
1878
Waxahachie (TX) Enterprise, small ad for Williams & Lindgren gallery;
it is not known at this time WHICH photographer Williams was the
partner here, there were several possible
1880
Johnson County, TX, US census, J A Lindgren as photographer living at
boarding house
1882 Oct, Nov, Dec,
Galveston (TX) Daily News, small ad repeated 20 plus times
1886 Jun 16
Johnson, TX, J A Lindgren marries Jean Nettie Hammons
1887 Jan 03
Fort Worth Gazette, news item about Lindgren as fireman in Cleburne,
TX
1891 May 15,
Galveston Daily News item about Lindgren as chief fireman at Cleburne,
TX
1892 Jan 27
Cleburne, TX, state records, son James A Lindgren is born
1893 Sep 22
Greenville, TX, state records, son Richard Louis Lindgren is born
1894 Dec 23
Galveston (TX) Daily News, small news item about stolen lenses in
Cleburne, TX
1895 Jun 01
Greenville (TX) Banner news item about gallery opening in
Greenville
1900 Jun 07
Greenville, TX, US census as photographer; res West Washington st
1905 Sep 10
Cleburne, TX, state records, son Edward Moore Lindgren is born
1907
Cleburne, TX, city directory as real estate agent; res 417 n Wilhite
1909
Cleburne, TX, city directory as real estate agent; res 417 n
Wilhite
1909 Nov 11
Cleburne, TX, John Alfred Lindgren dies at age 62
It is not known if Lindgren kept a gallery in Cleburne, TX, after
taking over the Knight Gallery in Greenville, TX, but probably not. It
appears he operated in Greenville, TX between 1895 and 1900, returning
then to Cleburne, TX.
At the left is an example from photographer Lindgren, apparently done
after June 1895 when Lindgren took over the Greenville studio of
Fayette W Knight
Commanche (TX) Chief _
17 Jul 1879
Ran 20 plus times Oct, Now, Dec, 1882
Gainsville (TX) Daily Hesperian -
15 May 1888
Galveston Daily News - 23 Dec 1894
Greenville (TX) Banner - 01 Jun 1895
Cleburn, TX
example from Langdon Road
Cleburn, TX
example from Portal to Texas
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