4. Farmyard boardwalk, Texas, 1908

Crossing the "boardwalk" Olivia (Calhoun County) Texas, 1908

I am tentatively identifying the children in this picture as the children of Emil and Ellen Peterson (left to right: Gustaf Emil, Oscar Alvin, and Ethel Christina).  As for the gentleman so ably assisting Miss Ethel, I believe that may be her grandfather (the father of her mother), Malcolm Cavallin. But truthfully - I'm just not sure.
            Miss Ethel's future has been told in an earlier post. Here are the "futures" of her brothers:
           Gustaf Emil Peterson (1902 to 1956) will grow up and marry Miss Mary Ellen Slaughter. They will farm in the nearby Jackson County, Texas. On his death, he will be buried back home in the Olivia Texas Cemetery, close to the rest of his family

Oscar Alvin Peterson, will later use the name “Alvin” more frequently than his first name. A lucky man, he will marry Miss Ola Mae Huddleston on July 28, 1928. (She will become known for her delicious cooking of dewberry cobbler and fried peach pies, celebrate her 100^th birthday in 2011 and be presented the key to the city of Port Lavaca.) They will stay and farm in the Olivia area of Calhoun County, Texas.

Of Malcolm Ludvig Cavallin, the Swedes in Texas book notes that he was born in 1847 in Östergötland (Sweden) and immigrated in 1869, going first to Michigan. In 1871, he married Kristina Beata Larson who had come to America with her family from  Västergötland (Sweden). The family lived first in Kansas, but in 1892 they came to Olivia, Texas where they settled in and lived the rest of their lives. Kristina gBy the time the Swedes in Texas book was published in 1918, Malcolm Cavallin was prosperous, owning "480 acres, ... located on the eastern shore of the island [sic] by the beautiful Carancahua Bay with a view over Palacios across the sound." 

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“The world’s a big place” series: 4

Place: Olivia area (Calhoun County) Texas

Date: 1908

Ethel Christina Peterson (21 Feb 1907 – 3 May 1988)  

Gustav Emil Peterson 19 Dec 1902-1 23 Sept 1956, (married Mary Alice Slaughter (1906-1936)  Farmed in Jackson County, Buried in Olivia

Oscar Alvin Peterson 14 Nov 1904 – 10 Apr 1994 ; Married July 28 1928  to Ola Mae Huddleston, born July 20, 1911. Continued to live and farm in Olivia.  He is buried in the Olivia Cemetery.

Malcolm Cavallin 1847 - 1933(Born Skeda parish, Östergötland. Immigrated from Sweden in 1869).

Sources:

Family Trees found at Ancestry.com
findagrave.com

Overton, Melony, “100 Celebrations: Ola Mae Peterson presented key to the city during birthday party.”  The Port Lavaca Wave,  Posted: Sunday, July 24, 2011 11:51 am | Updated: 11:56 am, Fri Jul 22, 2011. (accessed on the web 25 Jan 2013  at  http://portlavacawave.com/news/article_e9ceb988-b482-11e0-a819-001cc4c002e0.html

”Swedes in Texas in Words and Pictures, 1838 to 1918” (Published in Swedish in 1918; translated by Christine Andreason, 1994: and accessed on the web here.)