One More Picture Added to the Wall
Some of you may remember that about three years ago I decided to create my Family Tree Photo Wall.
This started as a result of having a bunch of family photos, and deciding to put them in an order that made sense to anyone looking it. So I chose to do a butterfly (also known as bow-tie) style tree going direct line back five generations on both mine and Mr Lonetester’s sides of the family.
Out of a possible 62 photos (31 on each side of the family), there were only 10 that I was missing photos for … so that wasn’t too bad. However I had an exciting day, as today I was able to add one more photo in – one of my great great grandma Hedvig/Hedvik Karolina Winblad/Vinblad.
Hedvig Karolina Winter (nee Winblad)
Born in Mäntsälä in Finland in 1856, she married my great great grandpa Otto Edvard Winter in 1875, and they had six children, my great grandpa (Otto Rafael Winter being their third). Hedvig Karolina Winter died in Helsinki, Finland in 1934, and I was fortunate enough to visit the Helsinki Cemetery in 2015, and saw her’s a few other family members graves.
Grave of Otto Edvard Winter and Hedvig Karolina Winter (nee Winblad), Helsinki Cemetery, 2015
As for my Family Tree Photo Wall, I have no doubt that in time I’ll fill a few more of the nine photo gaps that I still don’t have. Maybe not all … but some.
If you’d like to see the process I took to create my Photo Wall, have a look at my earlier posts:
Family Tree Photo Wall Part 1: Getting Started
Family Tree Photo Wall Part 2: Almost Done
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Alona, so great to see how well you’ve done with your project..it looks sensational. Best of luck in getting the remaining photos.
Great work Alona!
Wow! You’ve done so well and it looks great.
Here’s hoping that you do find some of the remaining nine photos you’re looking for however if you don’t, it still looks great.
That is stunning, I’ve never seen anything like it. Well done!