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Photo Friday – Dunstan Grammar Class of 1941
I examined a photo album from the SHS Photo Collection of photos titled “Dunstan [Grammar] Class of 1941.” It consisted of photos of 34 students (32 identified) and two teachers. Continue reading
Photo Friday – Dunstan Grammar Class of 1939.
I examined a photo album from the SHS Photo Collection of photos titled Dunstan [Grammar] Class of 1939 and identified 26 of 28 students. Continue reading
Photo Friday – Dennett & Peterson
This week, I identified the last two people in my Ethel Wight photo sets:
Virginia & Constance Dennett, Feb 1943.
Alice Mary Peterson, circa 1935. Continue reading
Photo Friday – 87th Seabees, Jefferson Theatre, & more.
Don Taylor examines and shares several historic photos from the Ethel Wight Collection. These include images of the 87th Seabees in 1943, a lithograph by Stow Wengenroth, the Jefferson Theater in 1933, women and farmhouses in 1947, and unidentified women from 1941. He hopes to reunite the photos with family members. Continue reading
Posted in Ethel Wight Studio, Photo Friday
Tagged Genealogy, Jefferson Theatre, PhotoID, Seabees, Stow Wengenroth
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Ancestor Sketch – Christine “Stena” (Eriksdotter) Mattson.
This detailed family history traces the life of Christine Ericsdotter from her birth in Sweden in 1863, through her emigration to the United States in 1880, and her subsequent marriage and family life in Minnesota. Despite numerous variations in records of her first and last name, Christine had a full life with her husband Lars Mattson and their 13 children, highlighted by the national census data from 1885-1940. She died in 1942 and was buried in the family plot in Minnesota.
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Posted in Matson
Tagged Christina, Christine, Eriksdotter, Erikson, Matson, Mattson, Stina
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