Headstone Project

Jan, Linda, Lisa and Paula
Kinzua Bridge - July 2012

During a recent visit to Bradford to see family and work on family research, we discussed what we wanted to do as a  memorial for my father, William Dahlgren who passed away 12 July 2012.  We decided the finest way we could memorialize all of our parents would be to learn about our ancestors and place makers on the graves of those past family members without headstones.  Check this blog for stories about your ancestors and updates on the headstone project!

Grandma Iva Pearl Dahlgren grew up in the area around the Kinzua Bridge.  She and her siblings went to a one room school house in the area and depending on where they lived, they would have to cross the Kinzua Bridge to get to school.  Legend has it that grandma, her brothers and sisters had to learn to walk along the rails and climb down on the trestles in case a train came before they crossed!