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The 1950s

Margaret was born in 1952
  1. 1952Margaret was born, to Frank and Rose.
  2. 1958 Rose holding her blue-ribbon lattice cherry pie at the county fair while young Margaret looks up at it.Rose’s blue-ribbon cherry pieRose won first prize three years running, then retired from competition so the other bakers would have a chance.Brookhaven County Fair · shared by you

The 1960s

Age 8 to 17
Nothing from the 1960s yet.Ask Margaret about the 1960s

The 1970s

Age 18 to 27
  1. 1972 Margaret handing George a stack of comet books across the library desk.George and Margaret meet at the libraryGeorge came in for a book on comets. Margaret recommended three, then asked him to return them in person. This was funny.Brookhaven Public Library · shared by you
  2. 1975 George and Margaret under Walter’s arbor in the Lindqvist backyard, with family clapping beneath the apple blossoms.A backyard weddingRose sewed the dress, Frank strung lights between the apple trees, and Walter built the arbor overnight.Lindqvist backyard, Brookhaven · shared by you
  3. 1978You were born.

The 1980s

Age 28 to 37
  1. 1981Daniel was born.
  2. 1988 Daniel riding his red bike down the sidewalk without training wheels as George runs behind and Margaret cheers.Daniel’s first bicycleDaniel took the training wheels off himself with a butter knife. He has been fixing bikes ever since.Oak Street, Maple Falls · shared by you

The 1990s

Age 38 to 47
Nothing from the 1990s yet.Ask Margaret about the 1990s

The 2000s

Age 48 to 57
  1. 2001Frank died.
  2. 2006Lily was born.
  3. 2008 Edith holding toddler Lily on the dock at Cedar Lake while George, Margaret and Nora argue over the bait.Four generations at the lakeEdith held Lily on the dock while George, Nora and Margaret argued about how to bait a hook.Cedar Lake cabins · shared by you

The 2010s

Age 58 to 67
  1. 2010Theo was born.
  2. 2015 Margaret holding up a brass button from Rose’s old cookie tin, full of buttons in small labeled envelopes.Rose’s sewing tinAfter Rose passed, Margaret found the old cookie tin full of buttons, each one labeled with the coat it came from.Brookhaven · shared by you
  3. 2015Rose died.
  4. 2019 Lily playing her cello on the community hall stage while George and Margaret watch from the front row.Lily’s first cello recitalLily played a piece Grandpa George hummed in the car for weeks. He cried, then denied it.Maple Falls Community Hall · shared by you

The 2020s

Age 68 to 73 now
  1. 2024 The whole family repainting the white wraparound porch on Linden Row, with Theo signing his name under the railing.Back on the porchThe whole family gathered for a weekend repainting Walter’s porch. Theo signed his name under the railing, just like Walter did.Linden Row, Maple Falls · shared by you