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Survival in the Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story- Part IV
Violet and son Wesley came down with typhoid fever, twenty-one year old Violet was pregnant with her third child. Violet didn’t know...
Survival in the Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part III
Orrah Jr. was so diminutive at birth that he fit in the palm of his father’s hand, hands so tiny they were translucent. Orrah and Violet...
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Survival in the Northern Wilderness: A mother's story--Part II
When against the wishes of her father Violet eloped with Orrah Kielczewski she never dreamed that she would be living off the land and...
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Survival in the Northern Wilderness: A mother's story
Violet was born July 9th. 1903. It would seem to be an indication of her family’s financial straits when as a 6 years old she floundered...