With the help of some experts at the Swedish Genealogical Society of Colorado, I have some clues about our relatives still living in Sweden. This will be the first of several posts on this subject – I have lots to share!
Augusta Mathilda’s Irises
When I was in Nebraska last June (2014) with my parents, we visited the Fridhem Cemetery. We had long admired the big stand of irises near Gust and Augusta Rudeen’s grave but had never seen them blooming. Actually, the stand is probably too old and thick to bloom. We dug up a few rhizomes to […]
OTD in 1923: Marriage of Lawrence and Clarinda Rudeen
On this date (March 14) in 1923, Lawrence and Clarinda Rudeen were married. Here’s what I wrote about their wedding day in the Rudeen Family History (1997): They were married on March 14, 1923 at Clarinda’s home. The weather turned nasty that day, preventing many of the guests from returning home. Lawrence and Clarinda had […]
OTD: 100 years ago today – Augusta Rudeen
On this date in 1915, my great-grandmother Augusta Mathilda (Gustafsdotter) Rudeen passed away. The February 25, 1915 edition of the Wahoo Wasp noted this item: Mrs. Rudeen who has been seriously ill with pneumonia since the death of her son, Harry, last week, quietly passed to the great beyond, Monday, February 22. I have a copy […]
OTD: 100 years ago today – Harry Rudeen
It had been previously noted in the February 18 edition of the Wahoo Wasp: Harry Rudeen is seriously ill at this writing. Harry was the younger brother of my grandfather, Lawrence Rudeen. Then from the February 25, 1915 edition of the Wahoo Wasp: Harry Rudeen passed away February 15, 1915 at the home of his […]
