Tag Archives: 1944

The Swedes of Galesburg

By Mark | March 24, 2019

Earlier this evening, I was thinking about my grandmother who passed away this last May, and I decided to scroll back through the photos I’d taken the last time I was with her. Well, there among all of the photos I’d taken of her and Clementine, was this one of the telegram that she’d sent […]

Posted in History, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1949 census, Anna Jacobson, Army, Arthur Robert Avery, Atlanta, August Jacobson, Beardstown, census, census data, Dorothy Avery, Dorothy Maxine Lambie Avery, Galesburg, genealogy, Great Depression, Illinois, immigration, John Lambie, Marilyn Ruth Lambie Tercek, Mark's ancestors, marriage, Mimi Dorothy, Pearl Harbor, Robert Avery, Sweden, swell, telegrams, Violet Jacobson Lambie, WWII | 6 Comments

There was stuff that I wanted to write about tonight, but I’ve decided to watch Lifeboat instead

By Mark | August 8, 2018

If you’d like to join me, you can rent 1944’s Lifeboat on Amazon for $3.99. If, however, you’re not a Hitchcok fan, you can feel free to use this as an open thread, and just leave a comment about whatever it is that you want to talk about, from today’s arrest of Republican Congressman Chris […]