A 'Swenglish' journey through family photos, notes and postcards
from the early 20th century.

2021-03-30

R.039.01 Glad Påsk - Happy Easter (1910)




To: Miss Gerda Ekman, 3328 michigan ave, Chicago Ill., Nordt America
From: Edit Vilander (Gerdas systerdotter/niece)

GLAD PÅSK
Hjärtliga lyckönskningar på namnsdagen.
De käraste hälsningar från Edit Vilander.

Datum syns inte, men kanske var det 1910: 
1/ Det framgår av andra vykort att Gerda bodde på denna adress åtminstone från november 1906 och t.o.m. 1910;  och i folkbokförings-protokollet från 1910, är Gerda registrerad under Nr 3328 som "servant" hos Dr Otto L Schmidt.
2/ Gerda har namnsdag den 23 mars i den svenska almanackan.
3/ 1910 inföll påskhelgen 25/3-28/3.
4/ Kortet är insatt långt bak i Gerdas vykortsalbum bland andra kort från ca 1910. 

 
HAPPY EASTER
Best wishes on your name-day from Edit Vilander.

The date is not visible, but my guess is 1910:
1/ Other cards show that Gerda was living at this address from around November 1906 through 1910, and she was also registred at No. 3328 in the US Population Census 1910, as servant in the household of Dr Otto L. Schmidt.
2/ Gerda's "name-day" in the Swedish calendar is March 23.
3/ Easter 1910 was March 25-28 (so very close to her nameday).
4/ In the postcard album, the card is on one of the last pages, among cards from 1910. 


2 comments:

  1. What a wonderful card. And such interesting research.

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  2. Thanks John. Nice to see someone is still following this blog, it's been such a long time sine I last posted anything here!

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