By Jannet Walsh
Willmar, Minnesota
Winter storm warning issued
Winter storm warning issued for west central Minnesota with second storm coming Friday. Use extreme caution in region. Expect reduced visibility and slippery areas due to high winds, falling temperatures and compacted snow.
I have put together the 2010 Top 10 Minnesota Native Daughter Blog Posts. The list is based on reader and viewer comments, along with input from the Minnesota Native Daughter staff, that’s me. Read more about the staff. There is nothing scientific about the list, more a review of the blogs in 2010.
A few stats about the blog
September 2010 – 1,294 views
October 2010 – 1,184 views
November 2010 – 1,195 views
December 2010 – 2,553 views
Year total – 6,226 views
(Information from Dec. 30, 2010)
I have been a fan of Keillor, the host of “A Prairie Home Companion” for years. (I would love to see a live recording one day!) When I lived in the Netherlands I would listen to my audio tapes my late father Martin J. Walsh Jr. gave me years ago. The audio tapes are complete with fictitious news from Lake Wobegon that is needed by every Minnesotan living abroad or maybe just outside of the state of Minnesota. If you are not familiar with Lake Wobegon, learn more at http://prairiehome.publicradio.org.
After calling the Minnesota Public Radio at the state fair, I was asked my name, where I was calling from and if I had a question. Of course I was ready with a question after just finishing my lunch at home in Murdock.
Here is what I asked: “How should I prepare for my “re-immigration†back to my home state of Minnesota?â€
Keillor answered by telling me I should prepare by suffering as the winters will bring great suffering, but really will not have to prepare as I will be suffering anyway in the winter.
I was able squeeze in one more question in reference to bachelor farmers made famous at Lake Wobegon, usually from Norway. I asked if I should be afraid of this sector of the rural population, but Keillor told me not to be as the bachelor farmers will just walk away and I shouldn’t have any trouble.
Now I feel I be able “re-immigrate†back into the culture of rural Minnesota with little difficulty.
Do you have a favorite blog post from Minnesota Native Daughter?
Let me know if you have a favorite blog post and why. Send your comments to jwalsh@wctrib.com until Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010.
I will include a few comments in a review of the year, September to December.
If you have a blog suggestion, let me know that also!
Thanks,
Jannet Walsh
About the blog’s banner photo:
I just updated my blog with a new look and photo of my late grandmother Jannet “Jennie†(Foley) Walsh, 1886 – 1985, of Murdock, Minnesota. My memory is the photo was taken during World War I, as told to be by family. That means my grandmother was about age 28 to 32 when the photo was made. Read more
Murdock’s native son new Minnesota agriculture commissioner. Read complete blog.
Minnesota Native Daughter is blogged!
Ok, it does not take much, but I am flattered that Logan C. Adams, the Assistant Editor at The Jamestown Sun, in Jamestown, North Dakota noticed my weather blogs and videos I have been posting. See complete blog.
Noche de paz, noche de amor,
Todo duerme en derredor.
Sobre el santo niño Jesús
Una estrella esparce su luz,
Brilla sobre el Rey,
Brilla sobre el Rey.
As a Minnesota native daughter, it’s great to know Murdock’s native son David Frederickson has been appointed by Minnesota Governor-elect Mark Dayton as the next Minnesota agriculture commissioner.
This is an undated photo with only the caption listed as the Frederickson Family appearing in the Murdock Centennial, 1878 – 1978 book. (Please contact me at jwalsh@wctrib.com if you can identify David Frederickson, if he is in the photograph.)
Fourth Generation from Murdock area
David Frederickson’s family has a history of being outstanding in many farm fields.
According to the Murdock Centennial, 1878 – 1978, a history of the pioneer families and community, the Frederickson family settled in the Murdock area taking up homesteads in the area, working with other families around the time Murdock was settled by Samuel S. Murdock in 1878. (I would guess our families worked together. Learn about my pioneer family.)
David Frederickson is the great-grandson of Christine Wass, originally from Sweden, arriving in the United States in approximately 1855 with her mother, listed as Mrs. R. A. Wass, and four brothers and sisters. Christine’s father, R. A. Wass, had come a year earlier in 1854, but was detained at Ellis Island in New York for three months for diphtheria. Two family members were reported to have died from diphtheria.
Christine married Rudolph T. Frederickson Jan. 3, 1874, the same year they moved to Hayes Township and purchased section 20 from August Hallberg. The 1978 publication listed David and his wife Kay Frederickson as owners of the farm.
Minnesota’s new agriculture commissioner apparently had a great-grandmother that was more than outstanding in her field and many farm fields. The history stated that Christine Wass was considered “quite a business women†as her family were holders of considerable amounts of land in the Red River Valley and also land in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas.
David Frederickson’s mother, listed as Mrs. W. R. Frederickson, was a member of the centennial book committee. See listing below.
Mrs. Edgar Broden
Mrs. Ruth Shekleton
Mrs. Evelyn Hagen
Mrs. Jack Clarke
Mrs. Ray Schaaf
Mrs. Louie Prekker
Mrs. W. R. Frederickson
Mrs. Kermit Thorseth
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