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English: In 1823, Marguerite Bonga, a woman of African and Ojibwe descent from a prominent fur trading family, married Jacob Fahlström, originally from Sweden, in Fond du Lac near present-day Duluth. They settled in Afton, Minnesota. Her name is also spelled Margaret Bonga Fahlstrom, or Margaret Bungo Fahlstrom.
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Source Historic Fort Snelling
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Daguerrotype of Marguerite Bonga Fahlström & Jacob Fahlström

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