Ethel Peterson and her doll, Olivia, Texas 1908

Ethel Peterson holds her doll, Olivia (Calhoun County) Texas, 1908

Over the next 3 weeks I will be posting 6 pictures in a little series. As the pictures are all interesting but a little repetitive, I’ll post 2 per week (Wednesday and Saturday.)

In this first picture, young Ethel Christina Peterson, the oldest daughter of Carl and Ellen Peterson holds her new (?) doll.  Perhaps it is a present from the photographer (probably Amy Paulson) who is visiting her friends in Olivia Texas from Davenport, Iowa. The date is likely mid 1908. A 1909 picture of a slightly older Ethel assisting her mother with cow milking can be found in this earlier post. 

Ethel will grow up and, on September 7^th, 1927 will marry Albert Abraham – another child of Swedish immigrants.  The couple will continue to farm and raise their children in the Olivia area. Their graves can be found in the Olivia Cemetery.

Identifiers

Negative #: Paulson142
“The world’s a big place” series: 2

Place: Olivia (Calhoun County), Texas

Date: Mid -1908

Ethel Christina Peterson (21 Feb 1907 – 3 May1988)  

(Mentioned but not pictured: Albert Abraham (19 Sept 1897-  21 Nov1993, son of Swedish immigrants:  Charles and Hilda Abrahamson))

Sources:

1930, 1940 U.S. Census

Family Trees accessed through Ancestry.com

FindaGrave.com (Olivia Cemetery, Texas)

Swedish American Heritage Online