Old Photos of the Blilie and Gundersen Families
All images are copyright © James W. Blilie, 2009, All rights reserved
The Hans Christiansen Blilie Family, Prentice WI, circa 1890
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Left: L to R: Hans Christiansen Blilie (my great grandfather),
Lars Christian Blilie, Johanne Hansdatter Blilie, Karen Augusta Blilie,
Mathias Larsen Blilie in the doorway of the Bliligård farm house, near
Eina, Norway, circa late 1870s (I photographed this picture at
Bliligård in 1992) For more of my 1992
visit to Bliligård, click here
Right: In the same doorway, of the same house: L to R: Ingrid Narum, John Arne Narum, Lars Christian Narum, Benedikte Narum, Jon Anders Narum, Ellen Johanne Narum, James William Blilie, Bliligård, August 1992 |
The Hans Christiansen Blilie Family, Prentice WI, circa 1890: L to R: Maurice Blilie, Hans Christiansen Blilie, Louis Blilie (my grandfather), Regene (née Arnsen) Blilie, John Blilie This photo was sent by Hans to his family at Bliligård in Norway, where I photographed it. | Maps showing Bliligård. It's north and east of Oslo, near Eina very top of the top map, near center of the detailed map (bottom) | ||
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| Augusta and Lars Christian Blilie, Norway | Hans Christiansen Blilie and Regene Blilie | Hans Christiansen Blilie | Hans Christiansen Blilie and Regene Blilie | Hans Christiansen Blilie and Regene Blilie |
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| Blilie farm between Ogema and Prentice WI | center: Maurice Blilie, right: Hans Christiansen Blilie | Louis Blilie 3rd from Left | Louis Blilie far right at boarding house in St. Paul MN, in his St. Paul Street Car conductor's uniform | Louis Blilie standing at far left |
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| Louis Blilie, standing at right | Louis Blilie, standing at left | Maurice Blilie 2nd from left and John Blilie, right, near Prentice WI. | John Blilie, second from right | Louis Blilie far right |
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| Louis Blilie photographed as part of the Snelling Station of the St. Paul Street Car Company | John and Louis Blilie | John Blilie | John Blilie | John Blilie |
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| John Blilie, seated, at Blilie farm between Ogema and Prentice WI | John Blilie, at center | John Blilie, at left, near Prentice, WI | Prentice WI, Nov 1914 | Louis and Julie Blilie 1915 |
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| Left to right: Jon Gundersen, Louis Blilie, Julie Blilie, Antonette Jorgine Gunderson, Olga Gunderson | John Blilie and friends, cross-dressing | Jon Gundersen, Antonette Jorgine Gundersen circa 1880, my great grandparents | Jon Gundersen, my great grandfather | Jon Gundersen in his blacksmith shop, Woodville, WI |
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| Gundersen sisters: Olga 5th born, Selma 2nd born, Julie 4th born (my grandmother), Josefine (Josie) 6th born | Elling and Marie Haanes, parents of Antonette Jorgine Gundersen and grand parents of the Gundersen sisters (my great, great grandparents) | Josie Gundersen, 5th from right front row; Julie Gundersen, 3rd from right front row | Julie Gundersen | Olga Gundersen at right |
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| Julie Gundersen and her students, western Wisconsin | Julie Gundersen and her students, western Wisconsin | Julie Gundersen and her students, western Wisconsin | Josefine (Josie) Gundersen | Josie Gundersen, Julie Gundersen, their cousin Louella |
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| Josie Gundersen seated second from right | Gundersen house, Woodville, WI | Jon Gundersen at left with Thompson, Hanson, and Johnson, Woodville city fathers | Gustav Gundersen, oldest of the Gundersen children (of Jon and Antonette Gundersen) | Selma Gundersen, front row, 3rd from left |
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| Louis Blilie with Antonette Blilie, 1916 | Antonette Blilie, 1916 | Lorraine Blilie, 1919 | James Louis Blilie, 1927 or 1928, my father. For more pictures of his life, click here | Bethlehem Lutheran Church, St. Paul, MN 1940s? |
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| Bethlehem Lutheran Church council 1935, Louis Blilie back row 3rd from left | Bethlehem Lutheran Church Junior Choir: Antonette Blilie, front row 4th from left; Lorraine Blilie front row 2nd from right | Pastor Martin Bredon and wife Joan of Bethlehem Lutheran Church | Antonette Blilie, probably in her confirmation dress | Lorraine Blilie, probably in her confirmation dress |
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| Louis and Julie Blilie with Art and Cora Krogh | Children of Amanda Holman, cousin of Julie Blilie | Amanda Holman, cousin of Julie Blilie | Anita and Marjorie Kotts, children of Bernie and Olga, circa 1922 | Aunt Lizzie Gundersen, front row center |
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| Aunt Lizzie Gundersen (Jon's sister?) | Cousin Amanda and John Holman and children | Ira Harrington, Walter Harrington, Louis Blilie, St. Paul circa 1917 | Ira W. Harrington, early 1900s | Walter Harrington, Lorraine Blilie, Milford Harrington, Antonette Blilie circa 1919 |
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| Walter Harrington | Thompson house, Woodville, WI | Julie Blilie's aunts Lizzie and Christine | Julie Blilie's Cousin Amanda | |
Background image is John and Louis Blilie very early 1900s
Last updated: 12-Jan-2010
