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. Greatgrandfather, Ole Hemmingson (1851-1903), headed such a family.1, 2 He produced two such children. Same father, different mothers. Matt Hemmingsen (1876-1967) was told “your mother has died, so you must … Continue reading Hemmingson: One Entrepreneur and One Radical Socialist