Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Growing Up Sandberg

 I"ve been dreaming of this moment for 2 years and here we were on this lovely Saturday morning. 

The originals sharing their stories of growing up but first...a quiz to get everyone thinking about questions they had
Taking the quiz.  Michelle did great and Sally snuck up there a few times

It was great to hear their stories.  Cousin Mike recorded it.

  2. Q1:How did Ivar lose a finger?
    20 sec
  3. Q2:While working in the fields, how did Ivar know it was time to get the doctor to deliver David?
    20 sec
  4. Q3:Ivar and Mildred shared chores on the farm. Mildred became an expert at repairing this
    20 sec
  5. Q4:Ivar made how many payments on his life insurance policy before his death?
    20 sec
  6. Q5:When Ivar was quitting smoking, he would take the package out of his pocket, hold it out & say
    20 sec
  7. Q6:Where did Ivar and Mildred meet?
    20 sec
  8. Q7:What was Mildred's first impression of Ivar?
    20 sec
  9. Q8:Ivar took Mildred to a Saturday night dance while they were dating and Mildred learned what?
    20 sec
  10. Q9:Mildred came to help her sister do what when she met Ivar?
    20 sec
  11. Q10:Ivar sent what in his courting letters to Mildred?
    20 sec
  12. Q11:Growing up the Sandbergs only ate this type of cheese
    20 sec
  13. Q12:Once married, Ivar and Mildred made a pact to what?
    20 sec
  14. Q13:In one year, Mildred's
    20 sec
  15. Q14:Mildred spent how many years studying music in Minneapolis at MacPhail School of Music?
    20 sec
  16. Q15:Where were Mildred's 2 missions?
    20 sec
  17. Q16:Gilbert remembers asking his mom why they were sitting in the RS room of Ivar's funeral.





Quiz 2

  2. Q1:What year did Ivar and Mildred meet?
  3. Q2:During courting, what was their main form of communication?
  4. Q3:What did Ivar call Mildred in his letters?
  5. Q4:How much did Ivar and Mildred pay for their "used" farm house?
  6. Q5:Name the kids in order
  7. Q6:Why did Ivar come to America at age 17?
  8. Q7:Mildred Nelson's parents emigrated from which country?
  9. Q8:Mildred grew up in a blended family of 15 kids. What number was she? (Hint, it's her lucky #)
  10. Q9:Ivar's major adjustment to living in South Dakota was?
  11. Q10:In 1974 Mildred graduated from BYU with what degree?
  12. Q11:Ivar and Mildred gave their children names from what country?
  13. Q12:What did Ivar send home, during the Sweden famine, for his family to eat for Christmas Eve?
  14. Q13:As of June 1, 2018, how many Ivar and Mildred Sandberg descendants are there including spouses?
  15. Q14:When the kids asked Mildred, "Are are we rich?" She'd respond
  16. Q15:The name Sandberg means?

Quiz 3

  2. Q1:Carl, Ivar's dad, changed his last name from Johannesson to Sandberg because?
    20 sec
  3. Q2:Who is this?
  4. Q3:Klara, Ivar's mom, was registered as a what at one time?
  5. Q4:Carl Sandberg, Ivar's dad, boiled what in his coffee in the morning to save time?
    20 sec
  6. Q5:Ivar's mom struggled with what for about 20 years of her life?
  7. Q6:Ivar started working at 11 or 12 doing what?
    20 sec
  8. Q7:Charlotte remembers this man trying to shave on the enclosed porch with their 32-volt power.
    20 sec
  9. Q8:Ivar arrived in America and entered through?
    20 sec
  10. Q9:Ivar lost the use of this body part while building a board fence with a hammer and nail?
    20 sec
  11. Q10:Before he learned of the church, Ivar would . . .
    20 sec
  12. Q11:Mildred hung the laundry right over Ivar's chair. The next week she got a new what?
    20 sec
  13. Q12:As a bachelor, Ivar would shoot what inside his house?
    20 sec
  14. Q13:Ivar & Swen threw this out the cook shack window (the shack got moved when the pile got big)?
    20 sec
  15. Q14:During prohibition, Ivar sold hooch to what member of the community every Saturday?
    20 sec
  16. Q15:Ivar signed a legal document selling all he had to Mildred for?

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