An Erickson Family portrait taken on Great Uncle Fredrick and Aunt Karin 'Carrie' Johnson (Jonsdotter) Erickson's (Eriksson Ersson) farm in Slaughter, North Dakota in 1911. My Great Grandparents Anders Alfred and Brita Kristina 'Christine' (Olofsdotter-Olson Andersson) Erickson's (Eriksson Ersson) farm was in Regan, North Dakota. Erik Olof Helmer Erickson (Anders and Brita Kristina's oldest son) took the photograph.

The photograph was the front image of a postcard written by my Great Aunt Abbie Ebba (Lincoln) Erickson to her older Brother Frank Gustaf Severin Erickson who was living and working at the time in Phoenix, Arizona.

Left to right top row:
Great Uncle Fredrick Erickson's Daughter Emily Desidera Erickson, Great Aunt Abbie Ebba (Lincoln) Erickson at fourteen years old, Great Uncle Anders 'Andy Andrew' Sebran Filomon Erickson at sixteen years old, Great Aunt Vera Edla Alfrid Elvira Erickson at nine years old and Esther Emelia Erickson, daughter of Great Uncle Fredrick and Great Aunt Carrie.

Left to right bottom row:
Great Grandmother Brita Kristina 'Christine' (Olofsdotter-Olson Andersson) Erickson's (Eriksson Ersson), Great Grandfather Anders Alfred Erickson (Eriksson Ersson), Great Uncle Alphons 'Al' Fredrick 'Fred' Alkassar Erickson at six years old and Anders' brother Great Uncle Fredrick Erickson (Eriksson Ersson).

The transcription of the postcard:

Frank Erickson
Phoenix (General Delivery) Arizona
March 1911

Dear brother,
Will send you a picture of your relatives. Well, what do you think of them, eh? I'm going up to Wilton to have my picture taken soon. Say boy, come home sometime around Thanksgiving or so because we are going to have a turkey raffling and we might have a dance at the same time.Come and stay home this winter. Space is short so will have to close. Your Loving sister,
Ebba
Abbie Ebba (Lincoln) Erickson

Thanks to my cousin Mark Henninger of Bismarck, North Dakota for helping me with the Family Photograph Restoration Project and for the many transcriptions of our uncle Ernest Julius Erickson's diaries and other family writings. Andy Erickson (above) is Mark's grandfather.