Dagmar Alice Viola Anderson was my paternal grandmother. She was a first-generation Swedish-American, daughter of Carl Johan Anderson and Mathilda Afina Johnson.
Viola is my favorite ancestral name, no contest. Before I studied family history I called it one of her middle names, but now I know that middle name was not a term used in Sweden. All of her names other than her surname would have been considered first names or förnamn.
Below are some of my favorite images of my grandmother from infancy to marriage.
What a beauty at every age!
ReplyDeleteViola was a gorgeous girl and beautiful young woman. And her name was as lovely as she was.
ReplyDeleteAnna, My Grandmother was a Viola too. Your pictures are lovely.
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