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Author Archives: Glenn Borreson
Drought Year 1934
What was the state of farming in Trempealeau County in the drought years of the thirties? I went to the Winona Republican-Herald to search out a few articles, especially for 1934. Here’s some of what I found. Year 1929 and after In … Continue reading
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Tagged Dought, Great Depression, Trempealeau County Wisconsin
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Bernt in La Crosse
When I was in La Crosse recently, I drove the north side street with the address where our grandfather Emil’s uncle Bernt Borresen lived in 1895 with his wife Clara (Hanson) and their three daughters. Here’s the house at the 2132 Wood location … Continue reading
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An 1875 Emigrant Ship
How nice to be suprised by people reading this blog (even if I haven’t given it much attention lately). One of the recent readers was Carson Taylor who graduated from Galesville High School but now lives in the state of … Continue reading
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Railroads and Our Ancestors
Railroads were a more obviously important part of our ancestors’ lives than they are our own. On a few blog postings, I have referred to them and here I’ll try to pull that together with a few additions. In the … Continue reading
Finding Bernt
A Christmas present arrived early for me today when I opened my e-mail from Monroe County. There was the marriage information I had requested, hoping to get closer to learning the mystery of “where in the world was Bernt.” The … Continue reading
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On the Trail of Bernt
Am I any closer to learning what happened to our grandfather Emil’s uncle and godparent who came to Wisconsin in 1872, the year Emil was born? Born January 10, 1857, Bernt Borresen was in the La Crosse/Onalaska area in October 1872 after … Continue reading
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Winona Residents
Lately I’ve been researching the family of Andreas Borreson, our grandfather Emil’s uncle who came to America in 1870 and homesteaded in South Beaver Creek (Ettrick township, Trempealeau County). Upon learning that he had descendants after all (when I thought there … Continue reading
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Our Ancestors’ Occupations
As I stopped at the magazines in Barnes & Noble recently, the feature article on the cover of a genealogy magazine gave me a quiet chuckle. The title was something like, “Discover Your Ancestors’ Occupations.” Really! I thought to myself: going back … Continue reading
In the Shorthorn Business
Clara’s description of her first cousin Theodore J. Thorson’s business has interested me and I have wanted to know more about it. Clara wrote that he “purchased cattle of the breed known as Shorthorns and built up a first class and profitable … Continue reading
A Prominent Ekern Neighbor
Perhaps you remember the line from Clara’s Homestead I shared here, that in 1875, immigrant pioneer Peter Ekern gave our great-grandfather Bertinus Estenson a ride from Black River Falls to Pigeon Falls, his new home in America? Peter Ekern had been in BRF to replenish … Continue reading
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Tagged Herman Ekern, Peter Ekern, Pigeon Falls, Progressivism, Robert M. LaFollette
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