Laura Ingalls Wilder
November 12, 2023 No Comments
Laura Ingalls Wilder was a remarkable storyteller. She started writing ๐๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ after publishing her first book at the age of 65. Her cousin William Harrison Ingalls was a close friend of my 3rd great-grandfather Rev. William Maynard. In 1891, Rev. Maynard moved to Todd county, Minnesota. He purchased 80 acres in […]
Nels and Anna Anderson’s Farm
November 10, 2023 No Comments
The first image is a photograph, from my great-grandmotherโs photo album, taken in 1926 at Nels and Anna Andersonโs 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, […]
Benjamin Maynard, Civil War Veteran
November 4, 2023 No Comments
My Dad and I visited ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ where more than twenty cousins from my paternal grandmotherโs side are buried. There was a directory and map at the entrance which made it easy for us to find their graves. ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ท๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ป ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ was a Civil War veteran who fought for the North. He enlisted in the Union […]
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 grandmotherโs side: ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ and ๐ก๐ฎ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ โ๐ข๐บ๐ฎโ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ. 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 ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ of Appalachia. After the Civil War, her family […]
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 […]