Aunt Esther told me in whispered tones about a cousin who had moved away, married, and “renounced her citizenship”. Sounds mysterious!
Campbell Field Trip!
Our oldest son recently moved to Holmen, Wisconsin. Our first visit there gave me the opportunity to see two cemeteries and make plans for future family history research.
Fact-checking Great Aunt Esther, Part 2
Another story Esther told me in 1988 was also about her aunt Emma (Hanson) Carlson: “One of her sons who lived past childhood, Louis Alphonso, died in a drowning accident while in boot camp during World War I.”
Fact-checking Great Aunt Esther, Part 1
Way back on April 18, 1988, I sat down with my Great-Aunt Esther Hanson and asked her questions about her life and her memories of extended family and relatives. Esther loved a good story and the more intrigue the better! Let’s take a look at a few of them and see what the facts show.
Jöns Mårtensson paternal ancestry
In our first chapter, we looked at Jöns Mårtensson’s birth and baptism record in Östra Vemmenhög parish, Malmöhus County, Sweden. In this chapter, we examine Jöns’ father’s ancestry in order to build out the paternal side of John’s family tree.
