Distracted last night, so I never got around to this. It's been an odd week, starting with brother-in-law's wedding, which was nice enough. The new couple seems very happy.
Not a whole lot accomplished on my Family Tree this week. I transcribed a series of notes from the visit my grandmother and her brother and sister took to see their mother's brother before his death in 1987 and posted that to Oh Spusch. As I say at the bottom of the piece, I actually have four great-great uncle Hanses, of which this Hans is one.
I may have found another connection to the Bordewick side in the Bordewich branch in this tree. Harald Bordewich is listed as Johan Petter's grandson in my tree, though the father listed doesn't match, and there is no grandfather on the tree, so I'm not sure where the differences came in. But having Bordewich as a last name is already unusual--having Tiller as a middle name kind of seals it for me, because that's Johan's mother's maiden name. I've sent off an email to the creator of the tree. Here's hoping he'll email back.
I also discovered that one of my distant cousins is a historian and published writer: Fergus M Bordewich. Saw his name a number of times, so I looked him up on Amazon. His story about his mother sounds fascinating, if horrifying. I may have to buy a copy and pass it around the family. He's also written several historical texts about American history. Definitely take a glance.
No new follows this week. Been too distracted to do more than glance at other blogs, though I did read a bit.
Family Calender for the week has one event:
9/12/1834 - Christine Jensdatter born in Vejle, Denmark.
And a more present-day set of birthdays--this weekend my husband celebrates his 42nd birthday, and mine follows the day after. I'll be 41.
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