Our last post of Memoirs saw Humbird-Weyerhaeuser continue Matt Hemmingsen's employment despite his taking an extended "family leave"; quite the unusual accommodation for 1907. He repaid such patience by clearing the company's long standing logjam on British Columbia's Tsolum River. Shortly thereafter, he quit the job on-the-spot, on account of a horse. Humbird had called … Continue reading Matt Hemmingsen (1876-1967) Memoirs: Lake Cowichan Float-home; Democrat Wagon for Old Logging Horse Billie
Category: Hemmingsen: Vancouver Island & Logging
Matt Hemmingsen (1876-1967) Memoirs: Family Leave circa 1907 and Epic Tsolum River Logjam
As our last post closed, Matt Hemmingsen was mourning the death of his young wife of two years, the lovely Caroline Dybedal.1 The couple had made their way to Chemainus on Vancouver Island by June 1906, to relocate and for Matt to apply his technical expertise to an intractable logging debacle. But an emerging illness … Continue reading Matt Hemmingsen (1876-1967) Memoirs: Family Leave circa 1907 and Epic Tsolum River Logjam
Alexander Ancestry; the Great Wall of Margaret
Here are the four generations behind Margaret Naysmith Hemmingsen, born Alexander (1891-1979). She was our Granny. We begin with Alexander kin in 1760s Ireland, whose children migrated to Scotland, then intermingled with Scottish, to end up in Canada. Granny’s generation was not completed until her mother’s last-born came. That was two months in front of … Continue reading Alexander Ancestry; the Great Wall of Margaret
