HERE IS A COPY OF AN OLD CHRISTMAS CARD POSTCARD FROM CHRIST OLSON IN PEQUOT MINNESOTA TO HIS DAUGHTER LYDIA OLSEN AND HUSBAND CARL CHRISTOPHER ON 12/22/1919
IN MEDINA NORTH DAKOTA.
I THOUGHT YOU ALL MIGHT WANT TO SEE HIS HANDWRITING IN NORWEGIAN .
HIS NAME WAS OLE KRISTIAN OLSEN, BUT HE OFTEN SIGNED HIS NAME C.OLSON AND WENT BY CHRIST OLSON IN PEQUOT, MINNESOTA
.CAN ANYONE TRANSLATE??
THIS PRECIOUS ONE IS TO RUTH IN MEDINA FROM HER OLSEN GRANDPARENTS IN PEQUOT ON 12/18/1921
THIS ONE IS TO DON FROM HIS COUSIN BILLY no date
THIS ONE IS FOR BOB FROM ROSE
THIS ONE IS TO LYDIA FROM HER SISTER CLARA 12/23/1927
I HOPE YOU ENJOY AN OLD FASHIONED FAMILY CHRISTMAS THROUGH THESE CARDS...AREN'T WE GLAD THEY WERE SAVED THROUGH ALL THESE YEARS!!!
If you have stories to tell about any of the 11 Christopher siblings, children of Carl and Inga, send them in the next two weeks if you want to include them on this blog.
Next blog post will begin mini biographies of each of them and their families.








These post cards are so awesome! Thanks for sharing! I love seeing the art work, and the handwriting.
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