Mightier Acorns

Journeys through Genealogy and Family History

A parody of a family coat of arms designed with acorns as elements, with the motto "ex gladnis potentioribus" Latin for "from Mighty Acorns"
From Mighty Acorns

Category: Washington County, MN

  • a quick overview of my work on this surname My mother-in-law’s paternal grandmother was Hildur Agda Leander (1886-1945). She wished you “Merry Christmas, from 1938” a few weeks ago – she’s seated between the Christmas tree and her husband, Arvid William Holmquist: Hildur was the daughter of Gustav Leander and Ingeborg Swedahl, born on 18…

  • A family portrait from White Bear Lake Merry Christmas, from the Holmquist family,1938! This is the Holmquist family in the festive living room of their home in Mahtomedi, Minnesota.  William Arvid is seated, with his wife, Hilder; their three children – Ruth, Arvid Wesley (“Bud”), and Lillian (“Lil”) behind them. William Arvid was born in…