Matt Hemmingsen (1876-1867) Memoirs: Intermission For Updates; From Bad To Worse.

We interrupt delivery of Matt Hemmingsen's Memoirs to offer updates on the story we have told so far. They have been graciously provided by formerly "long-lost" kin discovered through our genealogical pursuit.1,2 That is always our hope, and their information is treasured, even when it proves uncomfortable. These new details and photos concern his half-siblings … Continue reading Matt Hemmingsen (1876-1867) Memoirs: Intermission For Updates; From Bad To Worse.

Hemmingson: One Entrepreneur and One Radical Socialist

Once in the new land of opportunity, many ancestral parents could barely afford their family an elementary level education, yet saw a child attain distinction. Great grandfather, Ole Hemmingson (1851-1903), headed a family like that.1, 2   He produced two such children. Same father, different mothers. Matt Hemmingsen (1876-1967) was told “your mother has died, so … Continue reading Hemmingson: One Entrepreneur and One Radical Socialist