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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jeannie
Florida
USA
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 Posted - Sep 19 2011 : 08:02:59 AM
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so I am posting photos about my trip back to Iowa and Wisconsin, and the things I have found out about my Norwegian background.....go and visit my blog.
Both sets of great-grandparents were founding members of Lutheran churches, and both churches still exist. This week I get to visit both.....so I am blogging about it.
Any other farmgirls of Norwegian descent here?
Farmgirl Sister # 31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
Psalm 51: 10-13 |
Edited by - jpbluesky on Sep 19 2011 10:58:29 AM |
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Sep 19 2011 : 08:06:44 AM
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No Norwegian in the English/Irish girl, Jeannie, but I wanted to write about how lucky you are that the church is still in existence. What a wonderful thing to see your grandfather's name in that quilt--I would have been bowled over. It's like him reaching through time to say "hello".
Thanks for sharing--made this dreary grey morning happier!
"Hey, I've got nothing to do today but smile..."
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
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Posted - Sep 19 2011 : 08:41:48 AM
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that is exactly how I felt, Jonni.....You are always so good at expressing things!
Farmgirl Sister # 31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
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Edited by - jpbluesky on Sep 19 2011 10:58:48 AM |
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Sep 19 2011 : 09:05:18 AM
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It's just very serendipitous--that the church is still in existence, that they show the quilt. Very wonderful hommage to their church elders and those who came before. I just think I would have been floored :)
"Hey, I've got nothing to do today but smile..."
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walkinwalkoutcattle
True Blue Farmgirl
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Megan
Paint Lick
KY
USA
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Posted - Sep 19 2011 : 10:43:05 AM
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That is so cool! I don't have Norwegian blood, but I do have Swedish blood in me, so not too far away! Shirley, I think that's so cool that you get to go visit those churches! I hope you take lots of pictures!
Farmgirl #2879 :)
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
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Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Sep 19 2011 : 2:13:32 PM
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Swedish and Danish here, but my best friend is Norwegian! Does that count?
Dawn in IL |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
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Posted - Sep 19 2011 : 2:28:18 PM
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yes it counts!! :) I was born and raised in Illinois, as my dad moved there and married in 1938. His younger brother stayed on the farm.....probably not room enough for two brothers.
Farmgirl Sister # 31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
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Lieberkim
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kimberly
Sunnyside
WASHINGTON
USA
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Posted - Sep 19 2011 : 3:05:13 PM
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Not Norweigen (Menno mostly) but I have Norweigen friends and I love Leftse. And I know how to say Uff Da! Does that count? lol
Excuse the mess & the noise, my children are making happy memories |
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Sep 20 2011 : 06:23:25 AM
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Lisa, thank you for sharing that! A beautiful church, and it has an amazing history.
Kimberly - I love lefse too! Grandma always made a batch to send home from the farm with us, and it never made it to the end of the trip.
Farmgirl Sister # 31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
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Dusky Beauty
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jen
Tonopah
AZ
USA
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Posted - Sep 20 2011 : 09:35:49 AM
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I know my paternal american ancestors were Danish-- My european patriarch was a soldier and was "paid" by William of Orange in "new world land" which was the oldest scam in the book at the time! I think it says something for his and his brother's tenacity that they hopped a ship in England to Virginia to collect it!! LOL
The "Zellers" changed their name to "Seller" to be more like their english neighbors and claimed a large section of land for their own. I don't know too much about the family's early years. The next details in the history really come from my great grandparents who settled and raised their family on a farm in Indiana.
I know Lutheranism was a big deal in that area at that time. I remember something mentioned about a great aunt moving and being hard pressed to find a "missouri synod lutheran" church. Also a lot of german roots from intermarriage. One of my father's great aunts was a kaiser's cousin. Ran away to America to marry a cavalryman.
On my mother's side my grandmother claimed to be sweedish... but she was also a vain woman and could just as well have said so because sweedish women were considered desirable at the time. Pretty certain my canadian grandfather was of norwegian descent judging by family traditions that were passed down, hard to tell for sure though--no joke, he ran away with the circus when he was 14 and changed his name! Yep! Granddad was an illegal canadian immigrant living under a false name!
Anyway, if all that is true, I'm a scandinavian mutt! LOL
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
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Posted - Sep 21 2011 : 08:56:20 AM
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Jan, wow that is interesting! You had several ancestors that were really adventuresome!
Farmgirl Sister # 31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
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acairnsmom
True Blue Farmgirl
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audrey
cheyenne
wy
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Posted - Sep 21 2011 : 10:29:37 AM
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I'm not Norwegian myself by my two close friends are. One if full blooded Norwegian and the other is half Norwegian and half Swede. Both feel their heritge is very important in who they are. Funny thing is they haven't met each other yet but I just know they will both get along since they have a heritage in common.
Audrey
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monique
True Blue Farmgirl
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monique
lepelstraat
noord brabant
Netherlands
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monique
True Blue Farmgirl
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monique
lepelstraat
noord brabant
Netherlands
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Sep 24 2011 : 1:54:34 PM
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Jen - see this previous post! Very interesting. I posted a little more since and will post more. Went to see Little Norway in Wisconsin yesterday, and will post photos of that later tonight. How in the world did our forefathers and their families (no matter the country they traveled from) survive?
Farmgirl Sister # 31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
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wanted to share a little family history.....
