Immigrants from Denmark - Michigan
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, billederne tilhører Erik Gornitzka, som fortæller:
Ejeren hedder Viggo Christian Koefoed og var født på Soldatergård i Aaker i 1901. Han emigrerede til USA i 1923 og slog sig ned i Ann Arbor i Michigan, hvor fotoet er taget. Han tilbyder at vi kan komme over så skal han nok køre os en tur. Men det er nok for sent. Han var onkel til min svigermoder. Her (til venstre) skal Viggo ud og køre tur med kæresten Martha Lennea Swanson, født i Småland i Sverige 1904. De bliv senere gift og fik to børn. Når jeg ser på bilen, kan jeg ikke lade være med at undre mig over, hvordan chaufføren kommer ud af fordøren i hans side? Allan Pihl Hansen (Bornholms motorveteraner): Ja se det var en bil, som mange (mig selv incl.) gerne ville have i dag. Det er en Ford T Coupé, og det kunne faktisk godt lade sig gøre at snige sig forbi rattet. Var man lidt kraftig kunne man bruge højre sidedør i stedet for. * Ann Arbor, Michigan, images belong to Erik Gornitzka which says: The owner called Viggo Christian Koefoed and was born at "Soldatergård" in Aaker in 1901. He emigrated to the United States in 1923 and settled in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where the photo was taken. He offers us to come over so he'll take us for a ride. But it is probably too late! He was the uncle of my mother in law. Here (left) would Viggo go out and run a trip with girlfriend Martha Lennea Swanson, born in Småland, Sweden 1904th They later get married and had two children. When I look at the car, I can not help but wonder how the chauffeur is coming out of the front door? Allan Pihl Hansen (Bornholm motor veterans): This was a car that many (myself included) wanted today. It is a Model T Ford Coupe, and it could actually be possible to sneak past the wheel. If you were a little heavy you could use the right side door instead. |
Danish immigrants. Indvandring, 1800tallet se indeks HER
Escanaha & Ishpemin, Mich
Lille barn, foto Van Sickle, Escanaha, Mich. blank bagside, kabinet. ES.
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Portræt af ung mand. CDV. Childs Art Gallery, Ishpeming, Mich. Fra Dansk Fotomuseum, nedlagt. ES.
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Grayling, Mich
Grayling, Mich. Photographer Geo H. Bonnell. Ukendt par, privat samling: ad Per Christiansen, minsamling.dk 1888-1895 Bonnell, George H.
Manistee, Mich, Muskegon, Mich
Manistee. To børn med hund. Foto Conat's Callery, Manistee, Michigan. (1878-1905 Conat, Charles W.) Tekst på bagsiden: Hans Nielson, Glen Haven, Le ulanqw 60, Mich. ES.
Muskegon. Ung dansk immigrant. Foto T. H. Powe, Muskegon, Mich. (1883-1890 Powe, T. Harold). ES.
Muskegon. Ung dansk immigrant. Foto T. H. Powe, Muskegon, Mich. (1883-1890 Powe, T. Harold). ES.
Port Huron, Michigan
Josefine Abel, Carl Abels Hustru, Enke ca. 1896. Foto J.M. White, Corner Military and Water Streets, Port Huron, Michigan. Port Huron er ikke langt fra Detroit. Visitkortfoto. (1869-1911 White, James M.)
To brødre udvandrede til Amerika formentlig o. 1860. Frederik Carl Abel f. 1834 og William August Abel f. 1843. Med billeder af henholdsvis Josefine, Carl Abels hustru og William Abels steddatter. (Se billeder af dem under Wisconsin og Californien).
Carl Abel var formentlig først i San Francisco, hvor han blev fotograferet af Charles Lake Cramer, der var aktiv i San Francisco fra 1863 til 1906. Mange udvandrere er blevet fotograferet på hans atelier. Billedet ser ud til at være fra 1870erne, hvor Carl Abel har været omkring 40 år gammel. Portrættet af hustruen må være taget nogle år senere, i Port Huron i Michigan af fotografen J.M. White, (der også har foreviget Thomas Edison, som boede med sin familie i Port Huron). William Abel og hans første hustrus datter er begge fotograferet i Wisconsin i 1880erne, i byerne Milwaukee og Montello. Svogeren Gyntelberg, som det ene billede er sendt til, var den ældste af provst Leonard Abel og hustru Idas i hvert fald 13 børn. Den yngste af dem hed Nathalie Marie, var født 1845 og blev en anerkendt ”højskolemor”, gift med teologen Ernst Johannes Trier og sammen startede de Vallekilde Højskole nordøst for Kalundborg. |
Two brothers emigrated to America probably o 1860. Frederik Carl Abel b. 1834, William August Abel f 1843rd With pictures of, respectively, Josephine, Carl Abel's wife and William Abel's stepdaughter . (See pictures of them in Wisconsin and California).
Carl Abel was probably first in San Francisco, where he was photographed by Charles Lake Cramer, who was active in San Francisco from 1863 to 1906 . many emigrants have been fotografret at his studio . The image appears to be from the 1870s, when Carl Abel has been about 40 years old. The portrait of the wife must be taken some years later, in Port Huron in Michigan by photographer JM White (who also has perpetuated Thomas Edison, who lived with his family in Port Huron ) . William Abel and his first wife's daughter, both photographed in Wisconsin in the 1880s , in the cities of Milwaukee and Montello. The gossip Gyntelberg which one image is sent to, was the eldest of Dean Leonard Abel and his wife Ida, at least 13 children. The youngest of them was Ms Marie , was born in 1845 and became a recognized "højskolemor" married with the theologian Ernst Johannes Trier and together they started Vallekilde Highschool northeast of Kalundborg. |
Sand Beach, Michigan
Claus H. Hjorth, Sand Beach, Huron County, Michigan. Gudhjem Museum nr. 2072. Ukendt fotograf.