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232:'s textile factory initially as a worker and later as a foreman. Gustaf and Ulrika had four children, Minna included, of whom the eldest, Adolf, died in infancy. Minna's surviving siblings were Gustaf (1850â1894) and Augusta (1852â1877). In 1853 her father was given charge of Finlayson's textile shop in
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