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 […]
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 […]
P.W. Pearson Probate Records, Part 8
I have been super-busy at work and have not been able to keep up with genealogy as much as I would like! In this post about P.W. Pearson’s probate records, we’ll look at the paperwork filed with the court in March, 1921: the Judgment on Claims. By March of 1921, it had been nine months since […]
P.W. Pearson Probate Records, Part 7
Last time, we looked at Clara’s October, 1920 petition to have the estate settled according to statute and to basically throw out the will. We’ll see later on why this worked to her advantage. We also looked at a couple of the big bills that were included in the probate file. The probate file also […]
Book review: “Giants in the Earth” by Rölvaag, 1927
I can’t believe I’d never heard of this book before, “Giants in the Earth“. It was written in 1927 by Ole Edvard Rölvaag, a Norwegian immigrant and a professor at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. The book is a fictionalized account of original homesteaders on the South Dakota prairie, and goes into quite a […]
