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Friday, August 30, 2013

Is Our Last Name Really Frederikson?

Department of the Interior
United States Land Office
Blackfoot, Idaho

Frederik Frederikson, being first duly sworn, on oath deposes and says that his address is Kilgore, Idaho; that he is the same person who made DLE 4612 at the Blackfoot, Idaho land office, on May 20 1908; that in preparing his entry papers and in writing his receivers receipt evidently the officers made an error in his name spelling same Frederick Fredricksen, instead of ...

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Remembering Svea Astrid Ollson

Sometimes people appear in your family tree and you don't know much about them. Sometimes they are just a face in a picture. And then sometimes you get lucky and stumble upon an amazing, incredible story about a person - a story that needs to be shared so others can find it more easily.

Svea is one of those people. To me she was the wife of my first cousin once removed. She stood out in the family pictures.

One of my cousins ...

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Cards for Anna Christine & Frederik

These two cards are the last of the postcards and letters written to Anna Christine and Frederik Frederiksen, my great grandparents.

This Father's Day card was signed by son Fred. It is undated and blank on the reverse.

Fred's College Graduation

Fred Frederiksen graduated from the University of California, Southern Branch (later UCLA), in 1925. His graduation program was shared with and saved by family.

To put this in sequence, Fred and Elda moved to Bell, California in 1923 to teach school. Fred must have worked hard to both teach and complete the work for his degree.