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Nelson Huseby
Aug 25, 20232 min read
Huseby Family Recipes and Reminisces
As we went through Mom’s personal effects after she passed away, we realized how much cooking was part of who she was. From working...
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Nelson Huseby
Aug 24, 20231 min read
Bernice (Haakinson) and Elsworth Huseby
Bernice Arlene Haakinson, the youngest child of Abel and Synneva Haakinson, was born on a farm near Radcliffe on May 10, 1918. Agnes...
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Nelson Huseby
Aug 24, 20231 min read
Selma (Haakinson) and Bill Thoreson
Selma Alida Haakinson Thoreson, second daughter and third child of Abel and Synneva Haakinson, was born on a farm near Radcliffe, Iowa,...
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Nelson Huseby
Aug 24, 20231 min read
Agnes (Haakinson) and Darrell Kendall
Agnes Hazel Haakinson Kendall, the second child of Abel and Synneva Haakinson, was born on a farm near Radcliffe, Iowa, on August 29,...
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Nelson Huseby
Aug 24, 20231 min read
Henry and Margie (Essig) Haakinson
Henry (Hank) Benhart Haakinson, the oldest child and only son of Abel and Synneva Haakinson, was born on a farm near Randall, Iowa, on...
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Nelson Huseby
Aug 23, 20231 min read
Family Stories NAC-134
As a genealogist, or as I refer myself to, a "family historian," I am always looking to the past to find my ancestors' stories; however,...
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Nelson Huseby
Aug 23, 20231 min read
Elsworth Huseby NAC-122
This month my dad would have been 110 years old. That seems amazing. I just cannot picture my very youthful dad being that old. He was...
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Nelson Huseby
Aug 22, 20231 min read
Sailing Ships NAC-115
This month Nordic communities worldwide will celebrate Leif Erikson Day on October 9th. In America, Congress declared that day in 1964....
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Nelson Huseby
Aug 21, 20231 min read
Norwegian-American Actors and Actresses NAC-102
The theater and the motion picture industry have allowed people to excel in American society. With 4.6 million Americans of Norwegian...
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Nelson Huseby
Aug 14, 20231 min read
This and That at Christmastime NAC-85
Tis the season to renew relationships and make new ones. I have discovered so many relatives and made new friends through this blog. I...
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Nelson Huseby
Aug 12, 20231 min read
Grandfather Abel Haakinson NAC-64
Recently my cousin, Jakob Thormodsater, surprised me by sending a picture of my Grandfather Abel Haakinson's house where he grew up on...
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Nelson Huseby
Aug 12, 20231 min read
Viking Mythology NAC-60
When it comes to Viking mythology, I have to profess total ignorance. I embarrassed myself when watching Jeopardy that I could not answer...
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Nelson Huseby
Aug 12, 20231 min read
Family Connection Puzzle Solved NAC-54
I grew up in Whittier, California, near two wonderful Norwegian-American families - the Sevolds and the Gundersens/Thorseims. I always...
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Nelson Huseby
Aug 12, 20231 min read
Everyone Needs an Aunt Agnes NAC-49
This month my Aunt Agnes would have been 102 years old, and soon she will have been gone from us for nearly twenty years. Yet her impact...
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Nelson Huseby
Aug 11, 20231 min read
Road Trip into the Past NAC-36
Road trips were once a way of life in America. The automobile created independence, and road trips retained our connections with family....
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Nelson Huseby
Aug 11, 20231 min read
St. Andrews, Washington, Ghost Town NAC-32
The lore of the Old West creates visions of cowboys and Indians, gunfights, and mining camps with fortunes won and lost at gambling...
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Nelson Huseby
Aug 7, 20231 min read
Abel and Synneva Haakinson
Abel Haakinson (Thormodsæter) was born on October 1, 1874, on Bømlo Island, near the town of Finnas, Norway. He was the third child of...
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