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 […]
Herman Hokanson
October 13, 2023 No Comments
This is the last known photograph of my great-grandfather, 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝗸𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗻. 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 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗮. 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 Göran Svensson and Mathilda Rydberg on June 7, 1881 in Högstad, Mjölby, Östergötland, Sweden. The second image is a photograph […]