Showing posts with label Iowa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Iowa. Show all posts

Friday, April 15, 2016

Kezar relatives, Unknown

These are likely Kezar relatives but not 100% sure. They were in a book of mainly Kezar's with occasional Lundquist's from our grandmother. George and Elvina Kezar are our grandma's grandparents. Her mother is their child, Edna Lundquist (Kezar). If you recognize anyone, please let us know. Other Kezar possibilities are:

George and Elvina's other children-
Beatrice Kezar
Vivia Kezar
Elwin Kezar
Dorothy Kezar
Dale Kezar
George B. Kezar
Robert "Chuck" Kezar
Geraldine Kezar

Some places the Kezar's lived are: South Dakota, Iowa, California (mainly)
Some places the kids moved to: Texas, Florida, Minnesota


1)  Labeled 1-1941


2) Thinking this is the generation before- it's a photonote (says it on the back)- we believe this is one of the twins- Elvina or Lovina, unfortunately we have no other baby photos of them to compare with.

 3) Unknown, no marks/dates but next to photos labeled 1941

4) We thought this might be Geraldine Kezar based on other photos we have, however, we cannot find anything stating she had children. And based on the label of 1-1941, she would have had to have the child at age 17. She didn't marry until 1945 in Florida to a Andre Enard. So the question remains, who are these two?



 5) These were also with the Kezar photos, but we do not recognize them as the Kezar brothers, so maybe they were friends or the husbands?


6) This one was next to the photo above. We don't recognize her as one of the Kezar girls, so thinking a friend of theirs.

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Larson & Tinderholt, Norway, Iowa, Minnesota


UPDATE SEPTEMBER 2017:
Been in contact with a Larson family member (not sure if I can say her name- have to ask), but want to say she says this is Peter's brother and his family. The photo was labeled Hans Larson in pencil (not Arden's writing, which is who we inherited the photo from, so unknown source of the writing). So you will have to be the judge as to who is in this photo.

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Original post below:
Some people in the photo we can identify, others we can't. Be warned the story that goes with this family may be difficult to read.
Who we can identify in the photo: Hans Peter Larson is the child in front in the middle standing, next to him is his father Peter Larson Tinderholt, to the other side of Hans is his mother Marie Larson, and his sister, Anna Marie Larson, is sitting in the mom's lap.
We are unsure of the remainder of the people in the photo- possibly Peter's siblings or other relatives. We do not know about Marie's relatives. This photo would have been taken around 1867, about a year prior to Anna's death at the hands of her father (He beat her to death). After Anna's death, Marie divorced Peter. This photo would have been taken in Ossian, Winneshiek, Iowa, United States as that is where the family was living at the time.
As for the different last names, some records indicated the last name is Larson, while others indicate Tinderholt, or a combo of Larson Tinderholt. Per our written history (the Larson's), all of Peter's children took the last name Larson.

Saturday, November 28, 2015

Wedding Photos- Some known, some unknown







 1) Alvin & Marie (Larson) Knutsvig. Marie's parents are Lewis Oley & Emma (Erickson Holeman) Larson from Iowa. Photo frame says Reynolds- Decorah, Iowa. 

2) Leland and Audrey (Winson) McCoy from Clarkfield, MN. Audrey's parents are Clarence and Sylvia (Gunderson) Winson. Photo frame says Ringsven Studio Granite Falls.


3) Unknown couple. Frame says Hollett- Waterloo, Iowa. Possibly relatives of the Larson's from Clarkfield.

4)  Gurina (Gunderson) and Ray Mauland from Clarkfield, MN. 


5)   Harold & Mary Borchardt. Most likely from Minnesota.