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Here, gathered in our beloved South Dakota, are a few members of our Williamson / Mattson Clan. Charles and Luella are to be blamed (be kind, they didn't know what they were doing). We're generally a happy bunch and somewhat intelligent (notwithstanding our tenuous grasp on reality). I'm also proud to say that most of us still have our teeth.
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Sunday, January 20, 2013

Luke and Ashley Mattson Welcome a New Baby Boy

An Addition to the Extended Family



Luke and Ashley Mattson with daughter Lydie.
Alaska


Hello All,
Ashley Trump Mattson gave birth to Adam Luke Mattson on January 2.  Adam is a healthy, wonderful baby boy with two proud parents and one very proud big sister.

Luke and Ashley live in Alaska where Luke works as a civil engineer.  They enjoy living in America's last great frontier, although their families would like to see more of them - or perhaps that's the reason they life in Alaska! :)   



 Lydie with new baby brother, Adam Luke  Mattson


Adam's Relationship Chart



Welcome to our family Adam!
 
 

Our mega inversion has made the air barely breathable and highly visible.  From the Fortress' vantage point on the east bench, Utah Valley resembles an alien landscape in Pollution's canvas of red, brown, yellow and orange hues illuminated by the rays of a dying late afternoon sun.
I saw the funniest thing at Walmart this weekend. Mom asked me to take her to Lindon's Walmart to fill a prescription and pick up a few things in what she labeled a ' I'll only be a minute' half hour shopping trip.

It was just after 9:00 A.M. I was sitting in the parking lot waiting for her to come out. A gray haired grandma and her middle aged daughter exited the store. The grandma was pushing a half full shopping cart. An adult child helping her mother with her shopping wasn't anything out of the ordinary. I was there doing the same.

What happened next was the extraordinary part of this story. The grandma started running
toward her car with the cart. The daughter looked surprised. The grandmother was laughing as the distance between her and her daughter increased. She had released the little girl locked up inside her.

Then to my surprise, grandma jumped up on the back of the shopping cart and rode it like a Roman chariot down the parking lot's long decline.

"Stop. Stop!" the Daughter shouted as she ran behind trying to catch up to steady the cart. It was obvious grandma wasn't going to stop.

"Be Careful!" the daughter shouted, realizing her mother was committed to the adventure. I could tell she was aware people were watching. She seemed embarrassed.

I learned a lesson from watching Gladiator Grandma. We each have an inner child who needs to be released once in awhile. Now Its my turn to take a chariot ride down Walmart's parking lot just to remember what it was like to be young.


Simply,
Victor



Saturday, October 20, 2012

The Mattsons and Lidmans. Then and Now.

Uncle John and Luella with the descendants of Josefina Mattson Lidman
Helen Lidman Rosencranz, John Mattson, Lenora Lidman Starling,  Luella,  Carlene Moss Rosencranz, (her mother was Emily Lucille Lidman) and Francis Rosencranz .  Lenora, Clara and Helen are still alive.


From the Fortress of Solitude
Pleasant Grove

Hello All,
Today we learn about our Lidman relatives (on the Mattson side).  We begin with a Relationship Chart.
Lidman Relationship Chart


The Carl Lidman Family.
1940 Federal Census

John Albert was our Great Grandfather.  His sister Josefina was our Great Grand Aunt.  They were both born in Sweden.

Josefina married Charles Lidman.  The family lived in Lead, South Dakota.  Josefina visited her brother John Albert on the Mattson ranch several times.  Today I'd like to share photographs of the Mattson and Lidman families.     


 Great Grandpa John Albert is having a button reattached to his trousers by his Grand niece Helen on the Montana Ranch.  The ranch garage (tractor and car) is behind.



 Grandpa Walter Mattson on his tractor




Raymond Lidman with his Great Uncle John Albert and Great Aunt Ida.

Raymond Lidman died in 1999.  He was my 2nd cousin once removed.   



 The Mattsons and the Lidmans in the early 1940's. 
Left to right.  Great Grandpa John Albert,   Rose Lidman,  Raymond Lidman,  Great Grandma Ida,  Ed Lidman, Lenora Lidman and Helen Lidman


Great Grandpa John Albert.  Early 1940's


Great Grandpa John Albert with (L to R) little Luella, Helen Lidman, Great Grandpa John Albert, Lenora Lidman.




The Lidmans visit the Mattsons.  1942
Top Row (L to R)  Rose Lidman, Ernest Rosencranz, Helen Lidman, Edward Lidman, Great Grandma Ida, Lucille Lidman.  Bottom Row (L to R):  Lenora Lidman, Luella Mattson, Ed Moss holding daughter Carlene, Walter Mattson holding daughter Linda.


A Lidman and Mattson Reunion.  2008.
L to R:  Wife of Ronnie Rosencranz, Rose Starling (her mother is Lenora Lidman), Helen Lidman, Aunt Bev, Uncle John,  Lenora Lidman, Luella, Charles, Carlene Moss Rosencranz, Francis Rosencranz.