Gerda Josefine (Westerlund) Howells

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05/23/2015

Gerda Josefine (Westerlund) Howells

A photo of Gerda Josefine (Westerlund) Howells, Inger Jean and aunt Ragna

Date & Place: 1930

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Ragna Marie Nielsen-Berg

Ragna Marie Nielsen-Berg was born to Frederik Kay, and has a sister Anna Kathinka Westerlund. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ragna Marie Nielsen-Berg.

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Inger Jean Howells

Inger Jean Howells was born to Gerda Josefine (Westerlund) Howells. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Inger Jean Howells.

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Gerda Josefine (Westerlund) Howells Jun 7, 1888 - Mar 1963 New York

Gerda was born in Chicago in 1888, but moved back to her mothers hometown Oslo, Norway at the end of the 19th century and lived there until apx 1915, when she moved to Brooklyn, USA and lived there until her death in 1963. She was a variete singer and married ? Howells. She can be found in both the 1900 and 1910 censuses in Oslo, Norway. In 1900 she was living with her grandmother Josefine Amalie Kay, while in 1910 she was living with her aunt and uncle Konstance and Harald Thommessen and their children, Karl and Elsa.

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