The 1905 Minnesota census showed Carl A. Sodergren (age 31, born in Finland, agent) married to Hannah M. (age 25, born in Finland) and living in Duluth, Minnesota.
The 1910 United States census showed Karl A. Sodergren (age 36, born in Finland, correspondence teacher, immigrated to America in 1897) married to Hannah M. (age 30, born in Finland) and living in Dassel, Minnesota.
Page 1037. K. Arvid Sodergren, who resides near Dassel, Meeker county, is doing a good work among the Finnish population in this country, especially in Minnesota and Michigan, by teaching them the English language and other branches necessary to the attainment of intelligent citizenship. This he is accomplishing through the operation of a correspondence school which he established several years ago and which has reached the position of a substantial and flourishing institution. Its founder and conductor was born in Joensuu, Finland, on the 1st of November, 1873, and after attending the public schools of his native parish, where he was taught both Swedish and Finnish, he pursued a course in natural sciences in the University at Helsinfors, the capital of Finland. After graduating in 1897, Mr. Sodergren emigrated to the United States, first locating at Calumet, Michigan, and entered the employ of his brother, a manufacturing and wholesale druggist, who soon afterwards established his business in Minneapolis, where the former followed him, but after a few years moved to Duluth, Minnesota, where he was employed in several of the county offices. In 1905 he resigned in order that he might push his enterprise of a correspondence school among his countrymen. Many Finnish immigrants have realized their deficiencies in the English language and the
Page 1038. branches characteristic of American education, but are unable to attend any of the schools of their adopted country. It was to this ambitious and intelligent element that Mr. Sodergren brought the desired knowledge and training, and the growth of his enterprise indicates that his efforts and his talents as a teacher have been appreciated. Mr. Sodergren is married, but has no children. At present he resides on his farm near Dassel, from which he conducts the operations of his correspondence school. (A History of the Swedish-Americans of Minnesota, Volume III, A. E. Strand, The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910)
The 1920 United States census showed Carl A. Sodergren (age 46, born in Finland, brick & tile salesman) married to Hannah M. (age 39, born in Finland) and living in Dassel, Meeker County, Minnesota.
Carl A. Sodergren died October 25, 1922, in Hennepin County, Minnesota.