THE STORY OF THE LINDMAN SISTERS, part 4


My great grandmother Anna and great grandfather Helge were very close. In 1941 they bought Skeda, a farm in Rydaholm outside Värnamo which they initially had as a summer home. When Helge retired in 1951 they sold the house in Värnamo and moved to Skeda for good. For my great grandfather, who loved hunting and fishing, Skeda was a  paradise; my great grandmother was not that delighted (in the beginning) but accepted it.

In August of 1953 Helge died in a severe car accident. Also being in the car, his son Gösta nearly died as well. Anna, who was very dependent on Helge, was left alone and had to make a life of her own. For many years she lived with my grandmother Brita and her family. My grandmother was the least complicated person of that family, which I guess was a help, if not a prerequisite.

The autumn after Helge's death, Anna wrote a "letter" to him which Brita found in Anna's posthumous papers. In the essay about his mother that Gösta wrote in 1993, he reproduced this letter (which you will find in part 2). Together with Dick I have now translated (parts of) this essay into English, which completes our project of translating all of the essential website documents for the Salomon and Lydia descendants in US and Canada.

http://www.salomonochlydia.se/Default.asp?intPageId=15&intParentId=0

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