My grandfather compiled a little genealogical packet and gave it to some of us at Christmas. It included some color copies of photos.
This is my great grandmother, Alma. She came to the United States from Finland in 1905, when she was recruited to serve as a servant in a household in Berkeley. She worked for them for 13 years and then married my great grandfather, Karl, who was also Finnish.
I never knew before that she actually had 4 children. I only knew about my Aunt Fran and my grandfather. She had 2 more, though. In 1919, she had a stillborn baby girl, and in 1921, her next baby girl, Florence, died in an accident.
This is Karl with Aunt Fran and Grandpa in 1925. He died 3 or 4 months after this picture was taken, but I don't know how he died.
