Brita Rask Olofson

A few weeks ago, I posted about Brita Rask Olofson, my step great-great grandmother, and her sister, Olivia Rask Olofson, my great-grandmother. But while looking through news articles recently, I came across the following that I found a bit humorous. But then, I guess that's how people were described then:

The Stratford Courier, October 8, 1914, page 4

How do you like that description of step great-great grandmother Brita as a "very large woman"? I decided to look in local newspapers of the time under those three words and, amazingly, many women were described that way, and especially in terms of falling or hurting themselves or breaking a chair.

Here's a picture of Brita. What do you think?

And here's one more photo, this one of Olof Olofson, who we know was blind for 40 years, and wife Brita Rask Olofson.

Olof Olofson...blind.   Brita Rask Olofson...a very large woman.