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I am a native of Illinois and grew up in Wilmette, a northern suburb of Chicago. I have one sibling, an older brother. After dropping out of college, I moved to California in 1973 with my first husband. I married my present husband, Butch, in 1977 and got 4 children in the deal. They have gone on to make me a grandmother 24 times over and a great-grandmother of 10 with two more on the way. Three years after I married Butch I returned to school. I got my bachelors and masters degrees in speech communication and was a professor in that field for 13 years. I retired in 2001 to return to school and get my doctorate in folklore. Now I meld my two interests - folklore and genealogy - and add my teaching background, resulting in my current profession: speaker/entertainer of genealogically-related topics. I play a number of folk instruments, but my preference is guitar, which I have been playing since 1963. I am a Board Certified genealogist and more information on all this, as well as direct contact info, is on my Circlemending website.

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Wordless Wednesday, 23 December 2009


John JOHNSON (aka Hans HANSEN) and wife, Mary S. JENSEN, on their wedding day, about 1876, Wisconsin


After her husband's death and the loss of 2 young sons, Mary (JENSEN) JOHNSON poses with her sons Hans Peter (my grandfather) and Carl William JOHNSON.
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