Grandpa Wille when he was very young with a young lady named Wilda.
The back of the photo reads, "Uncle Dick & Wilda"
Supposedly this woman's name was the inspiration for the youngest Wille sibling's name.
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Wille Siblings
Front: June, Wilda
Back: Donnie, Helen, Dickie
The five of them from years earlier...
Graduation Photos
Top: June, Dickie, Donnie
Bottom: Helen, Wilda
From June's personal collection of photos.
Tell Family Reunions
Too many relatives attended to tag them all.
Ruth Welinder visited from Malmo, Sweden. Her father and Swan Tell were brothers.
Newsworthy Baseball
Clipped from Grandma's scrapbook...
Dickie pitched & fielded. Grandpa was Umpire.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Groucho Marx
This photo was posted once before, but I wasn't allowed to tag everyone in that post...too many long names!
Elida Tell, Borg Tell, Clarence Tell, Erma Tell, June Wille Fankhanel, Edith Tell Wille, Art Tell
Clarence Tell & Edith Tell Wille
Esther
Esther, the oldest Tell sister, as a child
Esther recieved this certificate to advance to High School from Blackduck Public School on May 31, 1912.
(Grandma Wille was born in 1914)
The document was too large so I included two separate scans to capture all the script.
Esther and her husband.
Edith's Documents
Edith Tell Wille, born September 13, 1914
Married to Richard Wille on May 12, 1936
Confirmed at Trinity Lutheran July 2, 1959
Baptized at Moose Lake on August 8, 1916
Trinity Lutheran Bulletin announcing Confirmation of Edith and her two children, Helen Wille Winge, and Donald Wille.
Monday, August 27, 2012
Tell Siblings & Spouses
Front: Elida
2nd Row: Ella (Hilden's wife), Art, Erma, Borg, Opal (Elver's wife), Edith
3rd Row: Christie, Clarence, Bill? (Opal's 2nd Husband), Dick Wille
In front of Dick & Edith's home.
Ernie & Borg Tell, Ella &Christie Tell, Erma & Art Tell, Edith & Dick Wille
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Donnie
Don used to have a big white pet duck.
It even met him at the schoolbus?
Dean Fossand? and Donnie
Donnie (L) and his good friend Dean Fossand
Ernie Tell (new photo)
Emma Anderson Tell with her son, Ernie
(correct me if I'm wrong on that!)
Ernie and his wife, Borghild (Borg)
Ernie in Navy uniform
Ernie and Borg with children:
Kristi, Larry, & Miriam
Miriam, Borg, Larry, Ernie, Kristi
Tell Siblings
Ernie, Art, Clarence, Elver, Hilden
circa 1950
Art, Clarence, Edith, Ernie, Elida, Elver, Hilden
photo taken prior to 1972
Friday, August 24, 2012
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Elida Tell
Elida Tell was Grandma Wille's older sister.
She never married and she worked as a hair dresser for many years.
Hairdresser Certificate
Elida by Babe the Blue Ox in Bemidji
The Rest of the Story...
L-R: Jerry Tell, June, Wilda, Roger Tell, Miriam Tell Tjaden (baby), Emma Tell, Larry Tell, Dickie, Bob Tell, Swan Tell, Doug Tell, Donnie
The above picture is a photo shared by Anders Hulthin, our cousin in Sweden. It shows Swan & Emma Tell with several of their grandchildren. But one of the Wille siblings is missing...Helen. Apparently she fled the scene on a tricycle because she was frightened...
...by this:
Don't grown-ups know how scary they are when they start acting silly?
:-)
(L to R) Elida Tell, Borg Tell, Clarence Tell, Erma Tell, June Fankhanel, Edith Tell Wille & Art Tell
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