Nels and Anna Anderson’s Farm
November 10, 2023 No Comments
The first image is a photograph, from my great-grandmother’s photo album, taken in 1926 at Nels and Anna Anderson’s farm, located in section 14 of Bertha township, one mile southeast of Bertha, Minnesota. My great-grandaunt Anna (fourth from the left) was the second of five children, born to Carl and Mathilda Swenson on April 29, […]
Sadie Crider
November 1, 2023 No Comments
The first image is a photograph taken some time in the late 1930s or early ‘40s of my great-great-grandfather, Marion Crider, and his second child, my great-grandaunt, 𝗦𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗲, standing in front of what appears to be a storefront on Main Street in downtown Sumner. Sadie moved from Eagle Bend, Minnesota to Sumner, Washington in 1905, […]
Marion Crider and Naomi “Oma” Maynard
October 18, 2023 No Comments
The first image is a portrait of my great-great-grandparents from my paternal grandmother’s side: 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 and 𝗡𝗮𝗼𝗺𝗶 “𝗢𝗺𝗮” 𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗱. Both were originally from Eastern Kentucky. Marion was born on June 30, 1856 while Oma was born on November 8, 1863. She belonged to the 𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 of Appalachia. After the Civil War, her family […]
Johan Håkansson
October 14, 2023 3 Comments
My great-great-grandfather Johan Håkansson 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 Håkansson who emigrated from Virestad, Kronoberg, Småland, Sweden to America in 1875. This […]