Ancestor Soup

Gabriel Monsen - a 30 year old Norwegian fisherman, kissed his wife and children goodbye one morning, took his fishing boat out off the coas...

  Above: an ordinary map of Europe.  Except it wasn't so ordinary to Jennie Kluthe, whose son, Ed, was serving in World War II somewhere...

  Ella Monsen Christensen I have been documenting the early life of my great-grandmother Gabrielle “Ella” Christensen, a Norwegian immigrant...

  Part 6 of Pete's Story - read Part 1  here , Part 2  here , Part 3  here , Part 4  here , Part 5 here , Part 6 here . On New Year’s Da...

  Read Part 1  here , Part 2  here , Part 3  here , Part 4  here , Part 5  here , Part 6  here Pete and Ella’s lives changed again in 1946 w...

 Read Part 1  here , Part 2  here , Part 3  here , Part 4  here , Part 5  here , Part 6  here Pete went back to where he started in life, as...

 Read Part 1  here , Part 2  here , Part 3  here , Part 4  here , Part 5  here , Part 6  here 1907 and 1908 were the years of change for Pet...