Grandma Violet and Grandpa Walter Mattson. Their Engagement Photograph

Violet Pierce and Walter Mattson

Engagement Photograph.  1938.

Parents of Luella, Linda, John and Marvin Mattson.

The Mattsons and Lidmans. Then and Now.

Uncle John and Luella with the descendants of Josefina Mattson Lidman

Helen Lidman Rosencranz, John Mattson, Lenora Lidman Starling,  Luella,  Carlene Moss Rosencranz, (her mother was Emily Lucille Lidman) and Francis Rosencranz .  Lenora, Clara and Helen are still alive.

From the Fortress of Solitude
Pleasant Grove

Hello All,
Today we learn about our Lidman relatives (on the Mattson side).  We begin with a Relationship Chart.

Lidman Relationship Chart

The Carl Lidman Family.

1940 Federal Census

John Albert was our Great Grandfather.  His sister Josefina was our Great Grand Aunt.  They were both born in Sweden.

Josefina married Charles Lidman.  The family lived in Lead, South Dakota.  Josefina visited her brother John Albert on the Mattson ranch several times.  Today I'd like to share photographs of the Mattson and Lidman families.     

 Great Grandpa John Albert is having a button reattached to his trousers by his Grand niece Helen on the Montana Ranch.  The ranch garage (tractor and car) is behind.

 Grandpa Walter Mattson on his tractor

Raymond Lidman with his Great Uncle John Albert and Great Aunt Ida.

Raymond Lidman died in 1999.  He was my 2nd cousin once removed.   

 The Mattsons and the Lidmans in the early 1940's. 

Left to right.  Great Grandpa John Albert,   Rose Lidman,  Raymond Lidman,  Great Grandma Ida,  Ed Lidman, Lenora Lidman and Helen Lidman

Great Grandpa John Albert.  Early 1940's

Great Grandpa John Albert with (L to R) little Luella, Helen Lidman, Great Grandpa John Albert, Lenora Lidman.

The Lidmans visit the Mattsons.  1942

Top Row (L to R)  Rose Lidman, Ernest Rosencranz, Helen Lidman, Edward Lidman, Great Grandma Ida, Lucille Lidman.  Bottom Row (L to R):  Lenora Lidman, Luella Mattson, Ed Moss holding daughter Carlene, Walter Mattson holding daughter Linda.

A Lidman and Mattson Reunion.  2008.

L to R:  Wife of Ronnie Rosencranz, Rose Starling (her mother is Lenora Lidman), Helen Lidman, Aunt Bev, Uncle John,  Lenora Lidman, Luella, Charles, Carlene Moss Rosencranz, Francis Rosencranz.