Examples of Faith

Margaret Stenhouse is my great-great-great grandmother, born in Scotland in 1824. Margaret married my great-great-great grandfather, Charles Tennant, Sr. when she was 25 years old and he was 32. Six years later, Charles, Sr. died of a sudden fever with...

My great-great Grandfather, Swen Swenson, was born in Kristianstad Sweden in 1850. My great-great Grandmother Bothilda Pehrsson Swenson was born in Kristianstad, Sweden in 1848. They were married in 1873 (the picture above is them on their wedding day...

Josephine Fritz is Steve's great-great grandmother, born in Lundberg, Litslene, Uppsala County, Sweden on February 18, 1849. She was the oldest of six children and lived on a small farm that was the source of their living.
Josephine's parents were Lutheran. In order to join the Lutheran church, she had to be able to read the catechism before the reverend minister, so her parents let her go to school to learn to read and write. They wanted her to learn just enough reading...

David Reeder is my great-great-great-great Grandfather, born Dec. 21, 1801 in England. He married Lydia Balls in 1828, who is my great-great-great-great Grandmother, born De. 26, 1803 in England. David and Lydia had three sons and three daughters.
David's wife Lydia died at the age of 36, soon after her youngest daughter Caroline was born in October of 1839. David Reeder hired some farm labor in later years, one worker being James Hurren, who later married his daughter Eliza. James Hurren and...