FAMILY MATTERS Matt Hemmingsen (1876-1967) and his dear wife, Maggie, concluded 1911 by moving down the Strait of Georgia through the Salish Sea, from the Comox Valley to the town of Chemainus. Lovely Gulf Islands would continue to bejewel their view. For now, Chemainus would be home while he logged at Cowichan Lake. This year, … Continue reading Matt Hemmingsen: Chemainus; Fathering, Logging, Prospecting -1912
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Matt Hemmingsen (1876-1967) Memoirs: Comox Valley; Sunny Days Ahead!
"On June 2, 1910, I married Margaret Naysmith Alexander, the best girl in the world." - The Memoirs of Mathias Hemmingsen - Victoria B.C. ca 1956.1 COME ALONG ON A STROLL WITH THEM ... ... in beautiful Comox Valley. Our feet will be comforted in crunch of wee twigs, on soft mossy carpet along our … Continue reading Matt Hemmingsen (1876-1967) Memoirs: Comox Valley; Sunny Days Ahead!
Matt Hemmingsen (1876-1967) Memoirs: A Lumbering Bait and Switch.
Over the last several posts we saw that resource depletion around the Great Lakes was causing logging operations to move ever westward. Our Matt Hemmingson of Wisconsin ran river drives on the Upper Mississippi, and harvested logs in North Dakota. But the crushing death of his brother, Harry, in the woods of Minnesota late 1900, … Continue reading Matt Hemmingsen (1876-1967) Memoirs: A Lumbering Bait and Switch.
