Pictures with horses and carriages just make my heart go pitter patter.
I guess it’s just the fact that it clearly shows how different life was at that time. Much slower. 🙂
This is a picture of my great-great grandmother, Christina Elisabeth Bennberg Klarstrom while shew as on a visit to Boston.
Thank you to my cousin for sharing this with me – and for allowing me to share it with you!
I was so delighted to receive this picture of my great-great grandmother, Christina Elisabeth Bennberg Klarström. She was born in Sweden in 1845. I know through passenger records that she made at least two trips to the United States – one with her daughter Eugenia (my great-grandmother) in 1904/5 and another trip in 1910. Both times, her final destination was listed as Boston – at least 3 of her daughters lived in that area. She must have made a trip to New York though, because this picture was taken at Niagara Falls! This is the first picture I have ever seen of her and it’s so nice to put a face to her name. 🙂
Thank you so much to my cousin who sent this to me!!
I’ve had some exciting finds in the past week which have gotten me really interested in research again. I haven’t actually lost interest in recent weeks, just focus. 🙂 I now have some clear research goals and hope to make some real progress in the near future.
I am warning you that I’m going to be quiet on here this week. I get keys to my new house today and we have 5 days to move out of this one and into the new one. We’re only moving a few streets away, but we have a household full of stuff and it’s going to take a bit to get settled again. 🙂
On to this week’s favorite finds…
And of course a few pictures I took this past week…
A while back, I posted a 10-part series on the Klarström family – my great-grandmother and each of her 9 siblings. I posted what I knew about each of them {and for some of them I knew next to nothing}.
I was pleasantly surprised when I received an email from a third cousin in Sweden who was also starting research on this family. He was able to visit with an older family member and look through a stack of about 50 old letters and cards from the 50’s and 60’s – correspondence back and forth between the family in Sweden and the US.
One of the letters provided a wealth of genealogical information. It was listing what had happened to each of the siblings, as far as was known. And it has given me new avenues and places to search.
The letter gave us more info on the families of the siblings who settled in the US, but there were a few of my great-grandma’s siblings who seemed to just disappear off the face of the earth. Or at least out of the records I had searched. And now I know the reason why – one of the brothers was a sailor, another had a claim in Alaska during the Gold Rush, and another was a sailor who ended up raising sheep and goats in Australia. How exciting!!
So, where do I go from here? I’m actually not sure. Are there gold rush claim records? Is there an Australian census in the early 1900’s? These are questions that I don’t yet know the answer to, but I’m looking forward to continuing the search!!
Besides sharing my research with known family members and fellow genealogists, this blog also serves as cousin bait.
When someone out there starts the journey to searching for their roots, they usually begin by googling the names of their ancestors. And I’m so happy when we have a common ancestor and they are directed to this humble little blog.
Just such a thing happened again this past week. It seems like a miracle in itself, because I’ve been in a blogging funk. Well, not really a funk, I’ve just been super busy with life. Schooling the kids. Taking pictures for friends. Trying to keep up on housework. And having fun with friends. Having fun is important!!
I like that my blog works on genealogy even when I’m not. 🙂
A third cousin contacted me and we’re sharing information. His family great-grandfather stayed in Sweden, while the rest of the 9 siblings emigrated (my great-grandmother went to Seattle).
And now I’m motivated to start posting again. I have some new material and am ready to dive back into my Swedish roots headfirst.
I’ll be sharing some of what I’ve found out in the coming weeks. It’s exciting!!!
And thank you to my new found third cousins in Sweden! I’m so happy you guys found me. And now I’m hoping that some of the descendants from the other siblings will find me too.
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