My great-grandmother, Anna, emigrated from Sweden in 1888 and settled in Superior, Wisconsin. Here she is in her garden in the 1920s. Her grandson, Melvin, gave me this photograph.
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Linda Thompson
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I am the daughter of Helen Anna Adolphson Joyner. Anna is my Greatgrandmother too.
Hmm. I wonder how they might be related. My great-grandmother Anna Adolphson, only had one daughter, Bertha, who never married. But she had several sons. Is that the connection? They lived in Superior Wisconsin.
My grandfather was Oscar Adolphson. He and grandmother had 4 children Melvin ,Arlene Donald and my Mom Helen.Grandparents were divorced and my Mom and Uncle Donald lived with Grandma Irma.My mom and Uncle were raised in Chicago and Arlene joined them in Miami when she was a teenager. Great Aunt Betha came to Miami to visit when I was a small child.Aunt Bertha and Uncle Arvid kept contact with our family Mom in paticular..
Linda, I am Swedish, but live in Atlanta. Starting in the 1980s, when I first moved to the States, my parents, sister and I did genealogical research to get in touch Anna (Elofsson) Adolphson's American family and reconnect our families across the ocean after a separation of more than 100 years. (Anna emigrated in 1888).
It's been a great pleasure for us to get to know Anna's grandson Melvin and his family and Anna's granddaughter Dorothy. I was thrilled to see your note on my blog. I'd be happy to share the Swedish family story and photographs if you or someone in your family is interested. Hope to hear from you. My email is metalarsson@yahoo.com Warm regards, Meta
6 comments:
I am the daughter of Helen Anna Adolphson Joyner. Anna is my Greatgrandmother too.
Hmm. I wonder how they might be related. My great-grandmother Anna Adolphson, only had one daughter, Bertha, who never married. But she had several sons. Is that the connection?
They lived in Superior Wisconsin.
My grandfather was Oscar Adolphson. He and grandmother had 4 children Melvin ,Arlene Donald and my Mom Helen.Grandparents were divorced and my Mom and Uncle Donald lived with Grandma Irma.My mom and Uncle were raised in Chicago and Arlene joined them in Miami when she was a teenager. Great Aunt Betha came to Miami to visit when I was a small child.Aunt Bertha and Uncle Arvid kept contact with our family Mom in paticular..
Linda,
I just talked to Melvin and he was so happy that I'd heard from you.
Are you in Atlanta?
I hope to hear from you.
Meta
How can I contact you Linda?
How did you find my blog?
Meta
Linda,
I am Swedish, but live in Atlanta. Starting in the 1980s, when I first moved to the States, my parents, sister and I did genealogical research to get in touch Anna (Elofsson) Adolphson's American family and reconnect our families across the ocean after a separation of more than 100 years. (Anna emigrated in 1888).
It's been a great pleasure for us to get to know Anna's grandson Melvin and his family and Anna's granddaughter Dorothy. I was thrilled to see your note on my blog.
I'd be happy to share the Swedish family story and photographs if you or someone in your family is interested.
Hope to hear from you.
My email is metalarsson@yahoo.com
Warm regards,
Meta
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