PIcture - Emma's Family

Picture of Swedish family:

Paula has been in correspondence with cousins on Emma's side in Sweden.  She has collected letters and pictures between Emma's family in Sweden and her brother Johan who immigrated to the United States and started a successful construction company.  This week's blog features a family group picture of the family in Sweden and a letter in Swedish with an English translation:

Family Group Picture of Emma’s family in Sweden:

Sitting in the first row is (from left to right): 1. Johannes, married to Tilda(Emma's sister) 2. Selma b.1875 (Emma's sister), 3. Hanna b.1877(Emma's sister), 4. Tilda b.1855(Emma's sister), 5. Mina b.1863 (Emma's sister), 6. Greta, from the preceding generation, married to Johan August´s brother Sven and 7. Un-identified. Second row: 1. Beda, a double cousin from Nygården 2. John b.1865 (Emma's brother), 3. Kalixtus b.1867(Emma's brother), 4. Matilda, Kalixtus wife, 5. Petter b.1859,(Emma's brother) 6. Hanna (Anna), Petter´s wife, 7. Anders Fredrik, married to Elisabeth(Emma's sister), 8. Unidentified young girl, 9. Elisabeth b.1871(Emma's sister), with a child, possibly Elsie, 10. Axel b.1879,(Emma's brother) 11. Unidentified lady, 12. Annie, Axel´s wife with a child and 13. Unidentified. In the back rows, there are cousins/double cousins of the 13 as well as siblings of the husbands/wives and some neighbors. We can identify four of the kids – John´s Edwin and Helen (close to the birch) and Kalixtus´s Ester (with apron) and Nils (sailor suit).