[PLUG-TALK] OT: 100 years ago ...
Michael Rasmussen
michael at jamhome.us
Mon Mar 14 08:40:34 UTC 2011
On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 08:21:45PM -0700, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> My grandfather Johann Sigurd Löfström came from Osterby Kommun,
> near Upsalla in Sweden.
>
> On March 15, 1911, he left Trondheim Norway on a steamship bound
> for Hull in Britain, continuing his journey to America through
> England, across the Atlantic, and across Canada by railroad to
> Vancouver BC, then on to Portland. 5 countries in as many weeks.
>
> His steamship ticket is here: http://keithl.com/ticket1.png
Now off searching for SEK/USD exchange rates of for then.
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