IMG-7932 Du reser hem, men jag blir kvar att sörja, och efter dig leta, dock likväl är det ljuvt att veta, att jag din vänskap ännu har. (You travel home, but I stay here to mourn, and for you look. Yet it is sweet for me to know, that still, I have your friendship.) Maria Charlotta Augusta Berlin’s family Maria Berlin was born on December […]
Happy New Year and Welcome 2023!
Happy New Year! I recently listened to an old cassette tape that had been in my drawer for years. On the tape, in my mother’s handwriting, I read: Christmas Stories and Music. I didn’t remember what was on the tape but had decided to finally transfer it to a digital file. I popped it into my new USB cassette player and waited. There were some […]
Cecilia’s Album: Louise Wener (Nordwall) – A Childhood at Svartsjö Kungsgård
Louise Wener wrote the following poem for Cecilia in January of 1844. IMG-7924 Oh! vilken önskan skall jag i din vänskapsbok skriva? Se, med fem ord står den här: Väninna, var lycklig i ditt liv. Oh! what wish should I give you in your memory book? Look, it is here in five words: Friend! Have a happy life. Who was Louise Wener? […]
Cecilia’s Album: Aurora Sophia af Wetterstedt – A Riddle to be Solved
It was quite common for friends to sign a memory card with just initials, or to leave out a few letters in the name. This card was signed A….re W……dt on the 16th of June. I assume it was given to Cecilia in June 1844 when she was about to leave Stockholm. But who was A….re W……dt? IMG-7919 Among your friends I will write a […]
Cecilia’s Album: Mathilde Biel (Nordenfelt) and Elise Biel (Edman) – Two dear sisters
The start of summer vacation in 1844 was bittersweet for the girls in Edgren’s school. The school was closing, and decisions had to be made for the fall semester. The girls who had been boarding with the Edgren family, like our Augusta, had to look for new lodgings if they were to continue their schooling in Stockholm. Some girls would not come back in the […]
