This is the third letter in the Frasier series. This is again from William McKay to his cousin Edward Frasier. Here are some photos of Edward around the time of this correspondence. William’s letter mentions a “kissing bee”. As best as I can tell, this is a […]
Frasier Letters – Addie McKay
The previous letter in this series was from William McKay to his cousin Edward Frasier (my great-great-grandfather). This next letter, written just two days later, is from William’s sister Addie. This letter was mailed to Edward together with the letter William wrote.. I have not done any independent research on the McKay family. According to […]
Frasier Letters – William McKay
And now for something completely different. I was on Ancestry.com this morning and noticed that there is quite a bit of good stuff out there about the Frasier side of the family. I have in my files about 20 original, personal, handwritten old letters, many dated before 1900. Some of them have valuable genealogical information, […]
Summer 1967
Here’s some home movie footage of the Ceresco Centennial Celebration of 1967. I’m not sure of the exact date. The cameraman was my dad, Stan Rudeen. I’m pushing a baby stroller with my cousin Bill ElDorado starting at about the 2:04 mark. I’m not real sure what our costume was supposed to be, but we […]
Colonel Hans Mattson and the fateful spruce tree
Over the next few weeks, I’ll be digging into some of the information I brought back from Sweden. First up is Colonel Hans Mattson. To review: my great-great-grandfather, John Martinson, came to America in 1869. He was from Skoglösa farm in Önnestad parish. One of his traveling companions wrote a diary (“The Aspengren Diary”) about […]
