Once again, searching newspapers gives us a part of the story: Larry found this in the Brainerd newspaper in
August, 1946...
At the time, grandpa Anton Janson was 66. His wife Margaret Naber Janson had died 15 months earlier, in April 1945.
Their daughter, Linda, was about to be married on September 28th, and their son, Reinhard, enlisted in the Army on 15 October 1946.
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The Brainerd Dispatch carried news from a large area, and still does. I'm not sure what "accepted" meant in this article from October 1946...were these men already AT Ft. Snelling?
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We're trying to put together a timeline regarding who owned what, when. I was born on that farm in 1949, so my parents were living there...but didn't Reinhard own the farm? Well no....
Here's what we've figured out:
1946--Anton decides to retire because Linda is getting married, and Reinhard isn't ready to settle down yet. Was the auction a ruse? Or, was everything sold--animals, machinery and household items? By the end of 1946, Anton had a new son-in-law who intended to farm and a son who was off in the service...
1947--Anton writes a pamphlet about his experiences as a pioneer, and Linda has a baby girl.
1948--Reinhard is home from Japan, and marries on June 26. They set up housekeeping on a farm in Mayhew Lake, Mn, and live there for more than a year.
1949--Linda has another daughter--ahem--ME.
1950 or so--the two couples exchange farms, and Linda takes Anton's desk with all of the family pictures. (Reinhards kids grew up thinking their dad was never photographed as a kid).
1951--Linda has a third daughter, on the Mayhew Lake farm. The farm there is poor, mostly sand, and a bad investment. They move to St Cloud, where Mike takes advantage of the GI Bill, and starts working for the VA.
1952--Reinhard's first son is born, on the family farm in Buckman. Life isn't easy for them either. Anton travels between the farm, St Cloud, and Los Angeles, California...making the circuit continuously.
1953--Linda has a fourth daughter and Reinhard has a second son...lol
1955--Anton has a heart attack in LA and dies. He's buried in Buckman, Minnesota.
1956--Linda has a son, and so does Reinhard.
1958--Another son for Reinhard...
1966--and another! Yay!
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