Wordless Wednesday - Four Generations

This picture contains four generations of my grandmother's family! On the left is Nils (Nelson) Pehrsson, my great great great grandfather. Beside him (back row) is his daughter, my great great grandmother, Alice Mary Peterson. Beside her is her daughter, my great grandmother, Mildred Grace Watts. In the front is Mildred's eldest daughter, my grandma's sister, Dorothy Angus.

Veterans' Week - Leslie Austin Angus

The veteran of the day in my family tree today is Leslie Austin Angus.

Leslie was my great grandfather. He was born on April 9, 1893, in Drayton, Pembina, North Dakota, the son of Robert Byron Angus and Julia Orange Johnston. He is one of my few relatives to have been born in the United States. Several lines of my family on both sides moved to North Dakota and then back into Canada, at a time when that area was great for homesteading. By the time Leslie joined the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force, he was living in Barwick, Ontario.

Leslie fought in World War I. He survived the war (lucky for me!), and went on to marry Mildred Grace Watts and have 8 children, including my grandmother. He died on June 3, 1974, in Fort Frances, Ontario.

Stay tuned this week for more military records from my family tree. Do you have relatives who fought in a war? Tell us about them in the comments, or blog about them and leave a link in the comments.

Photo scanning adventures!

I got a photo scanner! Actually, I got it a couple of weeks ago, and just hadn't gotten around to finishing this post until now. :) In the past, I've only had a three-in-one printer, so I didn't do any large-scale scanning of old photographs and whatnot. But now, I have the Epson Perfection V330 Photo Scanner. And oh baby, I'm gettin' my scan on.

So far, my only complaint is speed. If I'm scanning a fairly large picture at a fairly high DPI (dots per inch), I have to wait for several minutes for each picture. It seems like the actual scanning happens pretty quickly, but then it takes forever for it to create the file, or whatever it's doing after the scanner stops buzzing. Also, the .tif files take up a tonne of space.

On the other hand, take a look at this:

 

This is a scan of a very small, very old picture (around WWI). And it looks freaking amazing. The man in the back row, second from the right, is my great grandfather, Leslie Austin Angus.