It's been some time since I've done this. I am vowing to blog more frequently. 2011 was a sad year as well as a happy year. Happy to be first time grandparents to our beautiful little Fiona! Have been doing more research on Ancestry.com. Found a ww1 draft record for Harry Jepson. It's dated 1917. It was filled out just a couple months after the birth of his son, Bruce Fleming Jepson. It shows Harry was in real estate with the Titusville Land Co. Also found a ship passenger list. The record shows Lars & Gertrude Jepson & son, Peter age 18 (my g-grandfather) arriving in Boston on May 23, 1873. Our family history already shows that Peter left Copenhagen on May 2, 1873. And arriving in Dannebrog, Ne. on June 2. That was a long trip for them! I have a newspaper archive that states they were meeting up with Peter's uncle by the name of S.M. Peterson, who may have been a brother of Gertrude's. Will do more research on that. They are noted as the original locators of the Danish colony of Dannebrog, Howard County, Nebraska. More on our visits to Dannebrog later! Happy hunting & happy, happy grand parenting!
Is there any way I can contact you for more information on your uncle? I'm doing a research project about him for school.
ReplyDeleteThis comment has been removed by the author.
Delete