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Cool family history!
Apr. 26th, 2018 07:54 pmOne of the topics for the book challenge is a book that's tied to your ancestry..I've never known a whole lot about my ancestry, and have been curious for years, so I was inspired to research and try to create a family tree (I've tried before but got bored quickly lol). When I added grandpa's name to the tree, it led me to a family member in Sweden's profile..I knew I had family there, but I've never met them. There were many relatives on her page, so my family tree looks pretty cool right now lol. I sent her a message so I could get in contact with her finally..I've always been told my ancestors came over on the Mayflower (Hopkins), and mom thought someone traced us to them (I think those papers are in Payson), but she's not positive, so I asked her about that as well. I also found my great-great uncle, John Lundberg, who I knew had worked on the Empire State Building, but I had no idea he was in this well-known picture till I read his bio my Swedish relative made!
He is 4th from the left! Wow, that is SO cool!! All this time he was in this pic and I didn't even know it lol. He was also on a couple documentaries on TV, one of which I watched when I was younger, which was super cool as well. He died in Watertown, Wisconsin in 2004, which I had not known..I was in Watertown in 2003, I could have met him had I known! Darn lol (Watertown is where my cousins have a buffalo farm). Very cool, I'm glad I finally decided to research my family!
( his obituary, if you're curious! )
April 24 - Do you garden? What do you grow? Nope..I like plants, but I don't really have a green thumb lol
April 25 - What kind of phone do you have? A Samsung Galaxy S3
April 26 - How would you describe your sense of humor? Silly, punny..like one time I found a book by Amanda Quick and went up to Denise and was like "do you think this is a quick read?" and another time I found a book called Damage, which was beat up, so I told her "look, Damage is damaged!" haha. I love making people laugh :D
Today's trivia: Johnny Appleseed planted apple trees so that people could use apple cider to make alcohol
He is 4th from the left! Wow, that is SO cool!! All this time he was in this pic and I didn't even know it lol. He was also on a couple documentaries on TV, one of which I watched when I was younger, which was super cool as well. He died in Watertown, Wisconsin in 2004, which I had not known..I was in Watertown in 2003, I could have met him had I known! Darn lol (Watertown is where my cousins have a buffalo farm). Very cool, I'm glad I finally decided to research my family!
( his obituary, if you're curious! )
April 24 - Do you garden? What do you grow? Nope..I like plants, but I don't really have a green thumb lol
April 25 - What kind of phone do you have? A Samsung Galaxy S3
April 26 - How would you describe your sense of humor? Silly, punny..like one time I found a book by Amanda Quick and went up to Denise and was like "do you think this is a quick read?" and another time I found a book called Damage, which was beat up, so I told her "look, Damage is damaged!" haha. I love making people laugh :D
Today's trivia: Johnny Appleseed planted apple trees so that people could use apple cider to make alcohol
