Category: American west
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Bror Johan Theodor Hedberg, 1870-1872
Two of Johanna’s younger sisters moved to Stockholm. Anna Cajsa, b. 1848, and Gustafva, b. 1852. Anna Cajsa left Falköping for Stockholm in 1866, when she was 18 years old. In 1867 Anna Cajsa lived in Katarina parish, in the southern part of the city. On Dec. 2, 1870, she gave birth to a son, Bror…
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An aside
Karl Adolf’s father-in-law Carl Viktor Nilsson (1846-1926). This is Carl Victor Nilsson, the sea captain who became Karl Adolf’s father-in-law and from what I’ve heard his stand-in father. I don’t know much about Carl Victor, but I do know that he kicked his own son off the boat (maybe…
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A broad base
For the past 20 years I’ve had discussions with students about what it means to be American. One guy described himself as an “American mutt”, and said “I don’t have deep roots, but being a mutt gives me a broad base”. I’ve poured over my DNA results for a few weeks. Whatever service you use,…
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