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Category Archives: Gina Estensen
Borresons in 1940 Census
The state of Wisconsin is now searchable on Ancestry.com for the 1940 U. S. Census, so I thought I’d share with you what’s reported about the Emil Borreson family on the farm in Fitch Coulee. Here’s the information, person by person, … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Emil Borreson, Farming, Gina Estensen, Uncategorized
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A 1908 Confirmation
Pigeon Creek Lutheran Church was the church home to Borresons and Estensons almost since the day they arrived in Fitch Coulee, I suppose. How many baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and funeral services for the families took place there I could only begin to … Continue reading
Posted in Bertinus Estensen, Churches, Gina Estensen, Maria Thorsen, Uncategorized
Tagged confirmation
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Surviving Childhood
Amazing, I have often thought, that Emil and Gina Borreson had ten children all of whom survived childhood and lived well into their adult years. Edwin was the youngest to die at age 58. There were no family deaths in … Continue reading
Gina in 1959
Shirley recently sent me two photos from her wedding to Richard Cook which took place June 13, 1959. I am sharing them because they’re a couple of the last photos I have seen that include Grandmother Gina. This first photo is of Gina and daughter … Continue reading
Posted in Gina Estensen, Holidays, Uncategorized
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Borresons Visit Larkin Valley
This photo comes from a scrapbook of my mother’s, on a day when some of the Borresons visited my parents Garven and Cora in Larkin Valley near Blair. If I’ve figured this correctly, they rented the place for a few months beginning … Continue reading
Posted in Emil Borreson, Farming, Gina Estensen, Holidays, Uncategorized
Tagged Fitch Coulee, Larkin Valley
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Norway Churches: Gina’s Family
Gina Estenson’s family finds us looking at different churches in Norway from those we visited with Emil’s side. We begin near Tronheim in Nord-Trondelag. In 1809 Esten Steffenson, father to Bertinus and grandfather to Gina, was baptized in the Church of Hegra (30-50 north of … Continue reading
Posted in Churches, Gina Estensen, Uncategorized
Tagged Biri church, Hegra church, Vaernes church
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Raising Chickens
Raising chickens – a controversial subject? Who would have thought? Unless, of course, you want to raise chickens within the city limits of La Crosse, Wisconsin in the year 2011. Neighbors have weighed in with varying opinions on that. But raising chickens was … Continue reading
Posted in Bertinus Estensen, Emil Borreson, Farming, Gina Estensen, Uncategorized
Tagged chickens, egg money, Fitch Coulee, raising chickens
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A Toast to Gina
Before the days of summer depart and the dandelions give up their attempt to overwhelm us, I offer this brief post as a remembrance of Gina, grandmother to us Borreson cousins. Mary and I have been enjoying the second of two … Continue reading
Dairying 1920-1940
After including Emil’s auction in my August 2 post, I noticed an e-mail from Sid and Irene with related information, specifically about the dairy operation. Sid remembers that Pinetree milking machines had replaced hand milking before he was born in 1923. … Continue reading
Nordic Fest Reunion
While some of my cousins (spouses and children too) spent two or three days immersed in all things Norwegian at Decorah’s Nordic Fest, Mary and I were able to be there only Friday. But I know we included the right event … Continue reading
Posted in Foods, Gina Estensen, Holidays, Recreation
Tagged Nordic Fest, quilting, reunion, sugar cookies
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