Helena Olsson and friends at Battle of Stonington Centennial, 1914
Name/Title
Helena Olsson and friends, 1914 Parade
Entry/Object ID
2025.216.1
Description
Photograph taken during the centennial celebrations of the Battle of Stonington in 1914. Given by the family of Helena Olsson (second from the right). Helena's parents were Andrew and Ellen Olsson, who settled in the Borough in the 1890s, after emigrating from Sweden. They raised seven children: Eugene, Frederick, Francis, Raymond, Lillian, Anna and Helena. The Olssons were parishioners of Christ Church and are interred in Stonington Cemetery on North Main Street. None of the others in the photograph are identified.
