This photo was not labelled, but was in Hanna Olsdotter's album.
He is plainly seen in the group photo (five down) on the right end of
of the back row - her brother, cousin, or uncle?
Family mending fishing nets in Torhamn (which means Thor's Harbor).
Not the Jonassons - but my grandfather was a well-known net-mender for
miles around Chincoteague....
The first Post Office in Torhamn - Hoger Johnsson was the mail carrier.
The steamship Imperator took passengers and freight on a regular
between 1898 and 1912.
The Logen Enighet - an abstinence group, and voting block, in Torhamn
in 1905. I have five portraits of unidentified members, including
the photo at the top of these pictures....
Pehr Holgersson's general store in Torhamn
The Torhamn public school, built in 1882 - my grandfather and great-uncle
attended classes here.
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