John Hans Lidi (ca.1715-1760) and his family emigrated from Switzerland to Philadelphia in 1744, and settled in York County, Pennsylvania. He anglicized his name to John Leedy. Descendants and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, California and elsewhere. Includes some detail about the family origins in Switzerland. Some descendants immigrated to Alberta and elsewhere in Canada.
The immigrant ancestors of this family, Halvor Gullikson Skavlem (d. 1841) and wife, Bergit Olsdatter (d. 1854) of Veggli, Nummedal, Norway, came to America with their children in 1839. They emigrated from Drammen and settled in Rock Co., Wisconsin. Gunnil Öde gaarden was born 1796 in Nore parish, Norway. At the time of her emigration in 1839 she was the widow of Tosten Ödegaarden of Nore parish. She and four of her six daughters (two married in Norway and stayed there) came to America with the Nattestad emigrant group in 1839 and settled in Rock Co., Wisconsin. Descendants live in Wisconsin, Iowa, Kansas, and elsewhere.
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From mint, to pocket, to vending machine--tag along with George, a brand new quarter, and see how far a coin goes. With her signature bright, cartoony illustrations, Loreen Leedy explores American currency from the coins' point of view. George starts his day at the U.S. Mint, but he's soon swept away to a bank and dispensed, with a roll of his fellows, to make change at a grocery store. Again and again the quarter changes hands-- dropping into a vending machine, bouncing in a purse, slipping through a hole in someone's pocket. At each transaction, the arithmetic is laid out to show how we add, subtract, and multiply money every day. Keen-eyed readers will notice the page numbers are represented in bills and coins, and the amounts pictured in each scene add up to the listed totals, aiding identification of different denominations of money. This funny introduction to cold hard cash also includes an author's note about different kinds of currency through the ages, how to spot a counterfit bill, an introduction to the 50 States Quarters™ program, and a list of money-related vocabulary. Pocket change has never been so entertaining!
