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Finding Frank (Or Not)

On June 6, 2022June 10, 2022 By nanasworldwebIn Family History11 Comments

First, I’m starting to think there never was a Frank. Second, I’m getting irritated at the census taker who either: A) Wrote the name “Frank” on the 1920 census when he never existed, or B) Wrote the name of a kid named Frank who did exist but wasn’t John Alfred and Madge’s son. In the …

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Dainty Refreshments

On June 18, 2021 By nanasworldwebIn Family History9 Comments

Newspapers From the Past, Part 2 This is Stengrim and Charlotte Detlie, in a photo I can only guess is from the 1920s. You've seen their wedding photo in "Daddy and Some Babies" and "The Rest is History". Charlotte was my Grandma Edla Johnson's mother, and Stengrim was her stepfather. Edla's father Nels Nelson was …

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The Forgotten Bandsmen

On April 22, 2021December 3, 2021 By nanasworldwebIn Family History12 Comments

"Grandpa's Book" Part 1 Most people in my family know that our grandfather, Emil Johnson, was a band corporal during World War 1, and that based on his letters, he was a prolific writer. Perhaps as a result of having been a reporter for the Ludington Daily News as a young man, he most often …

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Newspapers From the Past, Part 1

On March 4, 2021May 10, 2021 By nanasworldwebIn Family History12 Comments

Ludington Daily News The postcard on the left shows the Ludington Daily News building in the early 1900s. My grandfather, Emil, (the one typing) worked there for several years starting in 1913. There was also the Record Appeal, a weekly publication that would condense the main stories from the Daily News, and add other news …

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Letters to Emil, Part 2

On December 22, 2020May 10, 2021 By nanasworldwebIn Family History16 Comments

Ludington Daily News If you've read "Letters to Emil, Part 1", then you will recognize the front page article about the fire at the Rath building in 1916. Since I found the website with articles from before 1930, I have been fascinated with the Ludington Daily News. So this time we're going to take "Letters …

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