Category: Washington County, MN
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“What’s an ‘Ahnentafel’?” you ask – read this introductory post for my explanation. Hildur Leander was the second of six children born to Gustaf Hugo Waldemar Leander and Ingeborg Olesdatter (or Swedahl) in Brooklyn, New York. Her father, Gust, had immigrated from Sweden in 1882, when he was 18. Ingeborg’s family was from Norway, and…
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Welcome to the biography of our Ahnentafel’s first American Immigrant! Arvid William Holmquist, born in Sweden in 1880.
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Some relatives are so infamous within a family, that their story is unignorable. And yet, because they were unforgivable, you can’t ask about the details.
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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…
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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…
Mightier Acorns 