The earliest mentioned ancestor in Victor's family tree was his great grandfather Anders Anderson (1769-1831). His great grandmother (1774-1861), name not mentioned.

One of the great grandfather's sons, Olaf Anderson (1815-1892) married Eva Andersdoter (1824 1907). There were six children in this family, one of which was Victor's father Fredrik Olafson (1853-1930).

The swedish custom was that the sons adopted the fathers given name plus the suffix SON, hence the name change to Fredrik Olafson.

Fredrik Olafson married Adela Andersdoter (1853-1941) about 1873 and had 10 children, one of whom was Victor (1873-1967).

Victor Fredrikson joined the Swedish army about 1904. He changed his name to HOLM (the area he came from) because of the abundance of Fredriksons, as did his grandfather and three of his uncles when they migrated to America in the late 1800s.

While in the army, Victor married Frida Sorkuist (1888-1928). In 1907 a daughter named Svea was born. In 1909 they left for America to find a better life, and settled in Quebec, Canada, after six days at sea. He found work near Kenora, Canada, and sent for his wife and daughter in 1910. In 1911 another daughter Aurora was born, followed by a son Carl in 1913.

They left Canada in 1917 when Victor found work in the copper mines at Victoria, Michigan. Dissatisfied with the work they moved and settled on a small farm outside Port Wing, Wisconsin. The farm didn't support the family to his liking so when he heard, through a friend, of work in Chicago he went. While there he worked as a rough carpenter and a mason helper for a contractor.

Wanting to be nearer to his family and hearing of good pay in the Iron mines in Iron County, Michigan, he bought a new 1923 Model T and moved his family and pet dog to Iron River, Mich., settling in the Roger's location. He worked in the Bates mine, Rogers mine and in later years, the Hiawatha and Wauseca mines from where he retired.

Frida died in the Rogers Location in 1928.

In 1939 Victor bought 20 acres of land east of Rogers Location on Passamani Road where he and his son built a home.

After the children were married and gone, he took a trip back to Sweden and married an old acquaintance Jenny Soderstrom in 1947. They returned to Iron River where twenty years later in 1967, Victor died. Jenny returned to Sweden where she passed away in 1976.

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