Pilgrims and Pioneers: My Ancestors ca. 1888

Welcome To Pilgrims and Pioneers!

After many years of researching my family geneaology I have been lucky enough to discover actual information about my relatives that lived in the Pilgrim Era and the Pioneer Era- while many people also have realtives from those eras- many do not know their names or where they lived- actually seeing the proof in print makes you much more aware of who they really were.
After discovering these relatives it of course made me curious to learn more about the eras that they lived in and what their lives were like as, the history I learned in grade school had long since been forgotten.
I decided to start this blog for others who are also interested in these eras.
Some of the information here will be actual facts about my realtives and some will be information about the eras in general that I have found on the web.
I hope you will enjoy traveling back in time with me!

Monday, March 1, 2010

My Ancestors ca. 1888

I had to post the bottom picture again because my Aunt sent them to me as a set. The top photo was taken in 1888 ( click on the photo to enlarge)- 7 years after they emmigrated from Sweden. The young boy on the right is the man I knew as my grandfather- he was actually my great uncle- his brother( my real grandfather) passed away at the age of 32- 4 years later my grandmother married his brother- the young boy in the right of the photo. William is on the left on my great grandfather's lap- note the shoes he has on! Wish I had them today!!