Comments on: “The house had a thatched roof which blew off occasionally”: memories of a 19th-century Swedish girlhood http://whodoesshethinksheisblog.com/2011/07/04/the-house-had-a-thatched-roof-which-blew-off-occasionally-memories-of-a-19th-century-swedish-girlhood/ Family history and women's history, sort of muddled together. Sat, 09 Feb 2013 20:06:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Susan Hylander Duncan http://whodoesshethinksheisblog.com/2011/07/04/the-house-had-a-thatched-roof-which-blew-off-occasionally-memories-of-a-19th-century-swedish-girlhood/#comment-1969 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 00:41:24 +0000 http://whodoesshethinksheisblog.com/?p=687#comment-1969 Oh, I forgot to respond to your interest in the book. My sister went to Sweden and visited the homestead. She took photographs of the house as it stands today. The inhabitants (I believe they are employed at the airport) showed her the book or copies of it (I don’t remember which). The book documents the village prior to its demolition in some detail.

]]> By: CR http://whodoesshethinksheisblog.com/2011/07/04/the-house-had-a-thatched-roof-which-blew-off-occasionally-memories-of-a-19th-century-swedish-girlhood/#comment-1689 Wed, 13 Jun 2012 20:52:02 +0000 http://whodoesshethinksheisblog.com/?p=687#comment-1689 That’s a lovely description – thanks so much, Susan. I’ll have to try and start thinking of her as Gussie (although after all this time using the name Augusta, it’ll be a struggle to break the habit).

I’ve been meaning to email you, actually, ever since you last posted a comment here – I want to ask you about the homestead, and the book you mentioned. I’m not at a proper keyboard just now, but will try to contact you soon.

]]> By: Susan Hylander Duncan http://whodoesshethinksheisblog.com/2011/07/04/the-house-had-a-thatched-roof-which-blew-off-occasionally-memories-of-a-19th-century-swedish-girlhood/#comment-1688 Wed, 13 Jun 2012 17:38:10 +0000 http://whodoesshethinksheisblog.com/?p=687#comment-1688 Augusta was my great-grandmother, and lived near us with her son (Clarence John and his wife Doris Dann Leopold–my grandparents) in Bar Harbor, Maine, in my childhood years. She hated the name Augusta, so we always knew her as “Grandma Gussie”, and that is how we still refer to her when speaking of her today. I also know her from my mother’s stories (note it is my father who is her grandson)–always speaking so highly of her. I am told that Grandma Gussie got up every day and opened the window to take in a big, deep breath of fresh air; that she never took anything stronger than aspirin; and that she always wore red on a rainy day to cheer up the people around her. She was such a joy and a role model–and a tiny woman with white hair by the time I knew her. Every memory that I have of her is her smiling. On the evenings that we would go over to have dinner, she would always be ready for a game of Canasta with me, and always had Pine Bros. honey cough drops in her desk, which she knew we looked forward to and she would share. We have many photographs of her and Grampa John, her husband, but I did not know him. They are buried together, by the way, in Springfield, Massachusetts, I believe.

]]> By: Oh my goodness (Augusta update) | Who Does She Think She Is? http://whodoesshethinksheisblog.com/2011/07/04/the-house-had-a-thatched-roof-which-blew-off-occasionally-memories-of-a-19th-century-swedish-girlhood/#comment-973 Sat, 15 Oct 2011 21:33:01 +0000 http://whodoesshethinksheisblog.com/?p=687#comment-973 [...] comments (here and here) are really helpful, particularly in that they reveal a rather amazing piece of [...]

]]> By: MsGenealogist http://whodoesshethinksheisblog.com/2011/07/04/the-house-had-a-thatched-roof-which-blew-off-occasionally-memories-of-a-19th-century-swedish-girlhood/#comment-970 Sat, 15 Oct 2011 20:44:23 +0000 http://whodoesshethinksheisblog.com/?p=687#comment-970 Really?!

That’s wonderful. I’m very glad you posted about it! I spent a bit of time when I started this project looking for information about Sturup, but everything I could find seemed to suggest that it was completely obliterated by the airport – I’m glad to have that proved wrong.

How amazing that they built around the homestead! Can you tell me more about the book that you mentioned, please? I’d love to know how you’re connected to the family, too (probably more closely than I am, by the sound of it).

If you’d rather I emailed you directly, I can do that using the address attached to your comment – or you can email me at feministfamilyhistory@gmail.com (but as that is not my main email address, I don’t check it every day). Or just reply here, if you like. Thanks so much for taking the time to comment!

]]> By: Susan Hylander Duncan http://whodoesshethinksheisblog.com/2011/07/04/the-house-had-a-thatched-roof-which-blew-off-occasionally-memories-of-a-19th-century-swedish-girlhood/#comment-968 Sat, 15 Oct 2011 04:51:29 +0000 http://whodoesshethinksheisblog.com/?p=687#comment-968 The actual homestead of Augusta still stands! An entire airport has been built around it. The village was dismantled, but a book exists that documents the town, and the homestead was saved and is in use to this day.

]]> By: MsGenealogist http://whodoesshethinksheisblog.com/2011/07/04/the-house-had-a-thatched-roof-which-blew-off-occasionally-memories-of-a-19th-century-swedish-girlhood/#comment-129 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:33:06 +0000 http://whodoesshethinksheisblog.com/?p=687#comment-129 Thanks – I’m glad it’s of interest :)

]]> By: ElisabetBernadotte http://whodoesshethinksheisblog.com/2011/07/04/the-house-had-a-thatched-roof-which-blew-off-occasionally-memories-of-a-19th-century-swedish-girlhood/#comment-127 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:06:44 +0000 http://whodoesshethinksheisblog.com/?p=687#comment-127 I am thoroughly enjoying this story. My great grandparents came from Jonkoping in Sweden and I’ve often wondered what life there was like. Thank you

]]> By: Suzy http://whodoesshethinksheisblog.com/2011/07/04/the-house-had-a-thatched-roof-which-blew-off-occasionally-memories-of-a-19th-century-swedish-girlhood/#comment-95 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 21:17:07 +0000 http://whodoesshethinksheisblog.com/?p=687#comment-95 This is so charming, I’m going to save the other entries to savor over the next week! Thanks so much for sharing it. I wish my family members had written such accounts!

]]> By: Augusta Parsons Hylander’s memories of 19th-century Swedish life, part three: “Our home was broken up by my father’s death. That changed everything” | Who Does She Think She Is? http://whodoesshethinksheisblog.com/2011/07/04/the-house-had-a-thatched-roof-which-blew-off-occasionally-memories-of-a-19th-century-swedish-girlhood/#comment-91 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:03:35 +0000 http://whodoesshethinksheisblog.com/?p=687#comment-91 [...] Link to Part One [...]

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