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About the Project

I have been the unofficial family historian for about 20 years. 

I take every opportunity to collect stories, pictures, and all of the papers that family members don't know what to do with.

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I ended up with boxes of memories that belonged to my Grandma, Anna Marie Ramse nee. Reifers, and her mother, Zella Reifers nee. Daggett.

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I have been sitting on them for a few years an thought that a fun and productive way to read through them, without getting overwhelmed, is to publish each page of Grandma's daily, 5 year, diary. 

I'll be adding posts about other pieces of the collection, loosely based on the dates in the diary.

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I am so excited to learn about and share the High School life a war-time farm-girl.
-Lynea Ramse
High School Graduation 1946
Anna Marie Reifers
1946
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Who, What, & When.

Anna Marie's Life and the People in it.

August "Gus" Reifers
Margaret Mozell "Zella" Daggett

August 20th, 1888

Hanson, South Dakota

August "Gus" John Reifers born.

The tenth of thirteen children, to Michael Reifers & Dora Steen.

April 14th, 1891

West Fork, Iowa

Margaret "Zella" Mozell Daggett born.

The sixth and final child of "Maggie" Thornberry and sixth child of nine to George Daggett

February 7th, 1912

Emery, South Dakota

August John Reifers and Margaret Mozell Daggett married.

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December 29th, 1927

Farmer, South Dakota

Anna Marie Reifers born.

The seventh of nine children, to "Gus" Reifers and "Zella" Daggett.

Family on the Farm 1941

Anna Marie's Anecdotes

©2023 by Anna Marie's Anecdotes.

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