William Riley Maynard, Spanish-American War Veteran
October 19, 2023 No Comments
This is a colorized photograph of my 1st cousin (three generations removed), ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ. He was an officer in the United States Army who served during the ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ต-๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฟ. The conflict originated while Cuba was in a war for independence from Spain. After violence between Cuban rebels and pro-Spanish loyalists escalated on January 12, […]
My Mother’s Childhood Home
October 16, 2023 No Comments
Mom’s childhood home, built in 1883, is being torn down so we stopped by to have a look before it’s completely gone. A family of eleven lived in this 3 bedroom 1 bath house on the corner of 2nd Avenue & 8th Street NE in Jamestown, North Dakota.
Johan Hรฅkansson
October 14, 2023 3 Comments
My great-great-grandfather Johan Hรฅkansson was 17 years old when he emigrated from Sweden to America in 1875. He embarked from Gothenburg on a steamship and settled as a farmer in Minnesota. I finally found the Gothenburg passenger list for my great-great-grandfather Johan Hรฅkansson who emigrated from Virestad, Kronoberg, Smรฅland, Sweden to America in 1875. This […]
Herman Hokanson
October 13, 2023 No Comments
This is the last known photograph of my great-grandfather, ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ป. He was the eldest of six children born to John and Mathilda Hokanson. He was 8 years old when his father purchased more than 200 acres of land in Todd county, one mile south of Bertha, Minnesota, where the Hokanson family moved in the […]
Clara Hokanson
October 12, 2023 No Comments
The first image is a photograph of my great-grandmother ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ. According to the words inscribed on the back, she was 20 years old when this photograph was taken in 1901. She was born to Carl Gรถran Svensson and Mathilda Rydberg on June 7, 1881 in Hรถgstad, Mjรถlby, รstergรถtland, Sweden. The second image is a photograph […]