Helmer and Elizabeth Peterson

Great Grandparents immegrated from Norway to Minnesota and eventually settled in Rice Lake, Wisconsin......

The Peterson's ready for WWI

Great uncles ~ Olaf (left) Emil (seated) and Peter (right) get their picture before leaving Rice Lake, shipping off to Europe to save the world from recent German threat ......

The Peterson's stand ready

Olaf, Peter and Emil ready to go their separate ways to fight the Germans in what they called, the great world war........

Peter Peterson

Never left Rice Lakes.......

Olaf Peterson

Ready for battle.......

Cornelius 'Emil' Peterson

Great uncle Emil served in the Navy for both World War One and Two. He was the Captain of a liberty ship during World War II.......

Martha (Peterson) Starr

In Rice Lake.......

Agness (Peterson) Scott

Portrait of Agness.......

Olaf

Dressed to kill.......

Olaf and wife

With his wife.........

Olaf Peterson

A portrait from Minnisota.........

Helmer and Elizabeth Peterson ~ 1925

Celebrating the birth of their most recent grand-daughter Gertrude Handstadt.........

Elizabeth Peterson

Collecting flowers in the summertime.........

Elizabeth Peterson

Elizabeth (right) walking around on the farm.........

At the farm in Rice Lake

Lined up for a photo next to the car, Emil, Martha, Arvid, Hilda, Gust and Pete.........