My tech-savvy grandma likes to keep tabs on all her grandkids online, so it’s time she had her own post. Here’s one for you, Grandma!
I’ve been going through my Hagen genealogy records lately and found some photocopies of records from the church Grandma grew up in. Prior to WWI the records are in German…our family makes its first appearance in 1897 with the death of my great-great-great grandfather Friedrich Hagen, who immigrated from Prussia. He died of typhoid…nasty business.
Anyway, fast forward to 1946, and who should we find?

This is an image of the Confirmation record for the year; in row 9 we see the beautiful and fabulous Mary Louise Hagen! So Grandma, do you remember your Confirmation verse? It’s listed there…John 8:31-32. “To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, ‘If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.’”
Looking in the row above Grandma, we see her cousin Iona Antle; looks like they were confirmed on the same day. Iona’s nickname was “Toots”. Grandma, one of these days you’re going to have to explain that one to me!
Up one row further is Grandma’s aunt, Pauline (Polly) Hagen. Looks like she joined the church when she married Uncle Elwill?
My big plan is to finally arrange all the genealogy records I have into a CD full of PDF documents. I’ve been wanting to do this for about 10 years but school kept getting in the way. I’ll eventually be able to share all this stuff with the rest of the clan.
-shauna-




















