804. Music in Wayne's ancestors, and histories of his ancestors from Sweden! Great family history!
This was posted 3 years ago today, on February 4, 2014, and will be my entry about Wayne today. There are references to our mission in Sweden in 1994-1995. There was quite a bit of musical talent in his ancestors! Wayne was so proficient in Swedish he could translate from English to Swedish, and vice versa. Be sure and read below about key harps -- such an unusual instrument, but common in Sweden! When our son Wayne learned to play the accordion we didn't know he had a great grandfather who was an accordion player, violinist, concertina player, etc. in Sweden! TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2014 86. Wayne's Swedish grandfather, a KEY HARP player -- unusual instrument! Wayne's grandfather, Johann Wengren Eckman was quite an interesting character. His wife was the "gun toting grandma" told about in blog # 75, written on January 21, 2014 . I will include here pages from our book which are print screened. This is a gr...