We left the Bockebodagården B&B this morning around 9:00. Our last family history stop was Riseberga kyrka where Christian Pearson, Mom’s great-grandfather, was baptized. His family had lived at Riseberga for several generations before him. I could not identify a farm name that still existed for this family, so we did not have anything to […]
To Kristianstad
This morning, our first stop was at the Småland Museum complex in Växjö. They have an Emigrant Museum there that focuses on the mass migration of Swedes to America that began in 1859. I picked up on a few little factoids worth passing along: – First, for those of you in the Matinson clan, […]
Grandpa Pearson’s Reo
Remember Grandpa Pearson’s Reo? He had it in the garage when they lived behind the Lutheran church in Ceresco. Then he stored it in the garage of their new red brick house. It was usually under a tarp, but once in a while we’d get to see it or sit in it. It had been […]
