One year ago, Dale and I were in Sweden with my parents. During our journey I collected piles of books, pamphlets and postcards but am just now finally getting around to sorting through all of them and seeing what more I can learn about my family’s history. So this will be the first in a series […]
Marbäck and Eket
Today was spent exploring our Rudeen roots on the east side of Lake Ralången. Our first stop was at Marbäck kyrka where Dad’s grandfather, Anders Gustaf “Gust” Petersson (Rudeen), was baptized in 1855. We only have one photo of Gust and Augusta. It dates from from about 1902. Dad’s father, Lawrence, is the little boy in […]
Augusta Mathilda Gustafsdotter
We spent most of today learning about Augusta Mathilda Gustafsdotter. She was Dad’s grandmother on his father’s side. She was born in 1856 just a little ways down the road from where I’m sitting right now. Her mother, Clara Fredrika Jönsdotter and her father, Gustaf Adolf Carlsson, were both employed here at the Nobynäs Säteri […]
Driving to Nobynäs
We left Stockholm this morning, off to Småland to explore our Rudeen ancestry. Of course no matter where you go in this world, there are always Rademachers lurking about. We stopped at the Rademacher Smedjorna (forge) in Eskilstuna, a popular tourist attraction. Reinhold Rademacher came here on the 1600’s from Livonia at the invitation of […]
Two cousins
I suppose it’s inevitable that a genealogy blog must report sad news from time to time. First I am sad to report the death of Warren Rudeen, the third child of Walt and Anna Rudeen’s four children. His three siblings preceded him in death. Warren was very interested in the Rudeen family history and even […]
