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Titel: Old letter - translation help
Skrivet av: Hiel Lindquist skrivet 2014-04-05, 13:57
Thank you Katrin, for your help with the translation. I had a good understanding of the letter from the translation that I did, but it is nice to fill in all the words that I had missed.
The person that wrote the letter was Gustaf Björkman, my grandfather's svåge. Gustaf was a soldier in Sweden 1884 - 1902. I received the letters some time ago from another member of my family. It was fun to read the letters and see a bit of personality of some ancestors that I never met. In each letter Gustaf complains about conditions during the war, but is quick to say they had it pretty good in Sweden compared to others.
Gustaf wrote several times with an invitation for my grandfather to return to Sweden for a visit, or even to live. Sad that he never made the trip and he passed away a few years after these letters. My grandfather must have cherished the letters as they were all carefully preserved.