I have not been working on the family database or blog for a long long time. I got some information from Dave Vangsness about a year ago, and still I did not write anything up about this. Sorry Dave. I hope I can get it straight today! And today, as I write, it is July 3rd, the day that one of the Mabels died in 1947!
We had not answered the question of the two Mabels. The Mabel who is Rueben's sister, who married Adolph and the gravestone marked Mabel that Dave Vangsness found in near the Vangsness family plot.
Mabel #1
The unknown Mabel. Dave Vangsness found a gave stone near the Vangsness family plot only market Mabel. Her birth date was 1903 and her death date was 1983. She is Mabel #1.
Who is this first Mabel??? We could not find any record of her, but there she was near the Vangsness family plot. It was a mystery!
a) According to the grave stone was born 1903 and died 1983
Mabel #2
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| Mabel Reuben Agnes Arthur Ester Ellen Mom Dad Sjoquist |
Then there is the Mabel we know all about. Reuben Sjoquist Married Lydia Vangsness in 1927. Reuben had a sister named Mabel Elizabeth Sjoquist, born born May 13, 1896 and died July 3rd, 1947 at the age of 51. She had married Adolph B. Vangsness in September 1925. She is Mabel #2.
b) Here is a link the Sjoquist-Vansness Family Tree on the Blog:
c) You can zoom this link to see the family tree better:
d) Here is a link to the family tree database showing Mabel Elizabeth:
We all wondered about this for some time.
Then....
On July 21, 2013 Dave Vangsness solved the mystery!
Here he speaks in his own words:
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June 21, 2013
Hi,
I figured out the mystery of the two Mabels. And it only took a year!Mabel #1 (1903-1983) is actually Mabel Sjoblom. The Sjoblom and Sjoquist plots are right next to each other with Mabel's marker closer to the Sjoquist family marker so that's where the confusion came about. I confirmed it with the directory at the cemetery. What's interesting is that Mabel #1's mother (Anna Sophis Olivia Sjoquist Sjoblom 1871-1930) and Mabel #2's father (Carl Oscar Sjoquist 1861-1939) are siblings so the Mabels are first cousins.Dave
June 22, 2013
The original problem was that there were two Mabel's at the cemetery that both seemed to be in the Sjoquist plot. We knew that one was Mabel Sjoquist Vangsness who was married to Adolph Vangsness but we didn't know who the other one was. The other Mabel turns out to be a Sjoblom, not a Sjoquist. The confusion was that the plots are right next to each other and it looked like she was a Sjoquist. I've corrected her name on Find A Grave. I was at the cemetery the other day taking some photos and checked the directory and noticed where I had gotten it wrong originally.Dave
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So, there you have it. Mabel #1 is really Mabel Sjobelom. Her father was Claus O. Sjoblom and her mother was Anna Sophia Sjoquist Sjoblom. But the two Mabels are first cousins! So she is family after all!
