Blog Stats
- 9,596 hits since 2016
Surnames
-
Recent Stories & Posts
- Margaret Holden Hardman – Ever Onward
- To the Children of Halvor Halvorsen
- Hans Sorensen – Modest in Heart and ‘Sole’
- Jens Hansen – Turning the Tide
- Andrew and Anna Maria Peterson – Before the Wind
- Myrtle and Edna Elton – About Pigs, Giggles, and a #3 Bath Tub
- John Andreas Coon Jr. 1768-1840, Becoming a Tower of Strength and Manhood
- Anne Marie Hansen – A Young Mother in Richfield
- Walter Pitts Griffin – Gunpoint
- Halvorine Halvorsen Gulbrandsen – Only a Bowl of Rice on Christmas Eve
Stories & Posts by Month
- August 2018 (1)
- July 2018 (4)
- June 2018 (1)
- May 2018 (1)
- April 2018 (1)
- March 2018 (1)
- December 2017 (1)
- November 2017 (4)
- October 2017 (2)
- September 2017 (1)
- August 2017 (1)
- July 2017 (2)
- June 2017 (1)
- May 2017 (2)
- February 2017 (1)
- January 2017 (1)
- December 2016 (2)
- October 2016 (1)
- September 2016 (1)
- August 2016 (2)
- July 2016 (1)
- June 2016 (2)
- April 2016 (8)
- March 2016 (7)
- February 2016 (3)
Meta
-
Tag Archives: shoemaker
Hans Sorensen – Modest in Heart and ‘Sole’
In 1847, on the north shore of Zealand, as Danish citizens fought for “freedom of press, and religion,”1 fourteen-year old Hans Sorensen finished school and entered apprenticeship. That same year his mother and grandmother died. In 1849 the monarch gave … Continue reading
Posted in Sorensen
Tagged #flashnonfiction, Denmark, LDS, Mormon, pioneer, Scandinavia, shoemaker, Vejby Parish
Leave a comment
Annie Lillie Clark – Braids, Curls and Streets of Gold
At age 7, my great-grandmother Lillie and her dear 10 year old sister Clara were close, living a happy life together with their hardworking, loving parents and family. “Mother always took pride in our hair,” she wrote. They wore … Continue reading
Posted in Clark
Tagged Bread Pudding, Liverpool, Salt Lake City, shoemaker, Streets of Gold
Leave a comment
