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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;svessien, post: 5514977, member: 15481&quot;][ATTACH=full]1240194[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I collect old pictures and stamps too. This is my great grandfather. I remember him as a kind old man, but he was as tough as they come. When he was 17, he volunteered to border watch at the Swedish border when we declared independence in 1905, earning himself a 2kr 1907 with crossed guns:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1240197[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>After that, he went to the US, by himself. Didn’t know English, but who cares. He came back with 3 Grizzly bear fells and a jar full of rattle snake tails after having worked as a shepherd in the Mid-West. He loved America, had lots of stories. </p><p>After several trips to Montana, Dakota, etc., he bought a farm and settled. He worked on the farm until he was 99. 3 years into retirement, he died at 102.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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