I had no idea when I first started looking at this postcard that it would take me in such an amazing direction. Last time, I told you that the person who sent the postcard was likely Eulie Olson, a first cousin of my great-grandfather P.W. “Will” Pearson. Eulie’s mother (Bengta) and Will’s mother (Johanna) were […]
The Mystery Postcard, Part 2
As I mentioned last time, I came across a mystery postcard sent to my great-grandfather P.W. Pearson from a previously unknown cousin, “E.H. Olson”. My guess was that this person had to be on Will’s mother’s side of the family since pretty much everyone on his father’s side (the Pearsons) are well-accounted for. I also […]
Josephine Ortman – more about Plan (Planá)
The website serving up all the great church records and other information relevant to the Ortman family is called Porta Fontium and provides digital historical source material for Bavarian-Czech research. In addition to church records for Planá, they also have some historical photographs that would show what the town looked like back in the days when the […]
Josephine Ortman
It has been a while since I posted about the Kreifels family. Last time, we looked at what little I know about Louis Kreifels’ youth in Otoe County, Nebraska. On May 28, 1889 at the age of 28, he married Josephine Ortman. This is a fascinating branch of Dale’s family tree that I am anxious […]
A mystery postcard
I was going through some stuff that my Aunt Jane gave me and I came across this interesting postcard. Here’s the front: And here’s the back: The postcard is postmarked February 1919 (or maybe 1910?). The text reads: Mr. Willie Pearson Dear cousins, Received your picture thanking you for the same. Are all well. Wish […]
