{"id":130,"date":"2012-08-26T20:40:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-26T20:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jillholman.com\/genealogy\/?p=130"},"modified":"2022-01-30T16:46:45","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T16:46:45","slug":"1938-photo-essay-gertrude-middendorp-sulo-laitala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/1938-photo-essay-gertrude-middendorp-sulo-laitala\/","title":{"rendered":"1938 Photo Essay &#8211; Gertrude Middendorp &#038; Sulo Laitala"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"992\" height=\"898\" data-src=\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/1938grandmah.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-129 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/1938grandmah.jpg 992w, https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/1938grandmah-300x272.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/1938grandmah-768x695.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 992px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 992\/898;\" \/><figcaption>Gertrude &amp; Sulo in Chisholm 1940<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t they look young and happy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><a href=\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/gsmeet.mp3\">Click here for the audio story of How Gertrude &amp; Sulo Met<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/1938PhotoEssay.pdf\">Click here for the 1938 Photo Essay<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Big thanks to my grandma for giving me the stories and photos she had collected to get me started on my genealogical journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>P.S. I made these with Keynote, Pixelmator and Audacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:59px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Basic Facts:<\/strong><br>Sulo Elmer (Shorty) LAITALA<br>b. 23 Sep 1911, Chisholm, St. Louis, MN<br>d. 5 Dec 1992, Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN<br>Gertrude Virginia (Toots) MIDDENDORP<br>b. 26 Nov 1918, Turtle Lake, Barron, WI<br>d. 1 Aug 1998, Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN<br>m. 13 Jan 1940, Duluth, St. Louis, MN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You might also be interested in:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a title=\"William &amp; Katri Laitala \u2013 A Finnish Family in Northern Minnesota\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jillholman.com\/genealogy\/william-katri-laitala-a-finnish-family-in-northern-minnesota\/\">William &amp; Katri Laitala \u2013 A Finnish Family in Northern Minnesota<\/a><\/li><li><a title=\"The Laitala Farm through Time \u2013 A Photo Essay\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jillholman.com\/genealogy\/the-laitala-farm-through-time-a-photo-essay\/\">The Laitala Farm through Time \u2013 A Photo Essay<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t they look young and happy? Click here for the audio story of How Gertrude &amp; Sulo MetClick here for the 1938 Photo Essay Big thanks to my grandma for giving me the stories and photos she had collected to get me started on my genealogical journey. P.S. I made these with Keynote, Pixelmator and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,12],"tags":[37,73],"class_list":{"0":"post-130","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-old-photographs","8":"category-stories","9":"tag-gertrude-middendorp","10":"tag-sulo-laitala","11":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>1938 Photo Essay - Gertrude Middendorp &amp; Sulo Laitala | Jill&#039;s Genealogy Journey<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/1938-photo-essay-gertrude-middendorp-sulo-laitala\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"1938 Photo Essay - Gertrude Middendorp &amp; Sulo Laitala | Jill&#039;s Genealogy Journey\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Don&#8217;t they look young and happy? Click here for the audio story of How Gertrude &amp; Sulo MetClick here for the 1938 Photo Essay Big thanks to my grandma for giving me the stories and photos she had collected to get me started on my genealogical journey. P.S. I made these with Keynote, Pixelmator and [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/1938-photo-essay-gertrude-middendorp-sulo-laitala\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Jill&#039;s Genealogy Journey\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-08-26T20:40:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-01-30T16:46:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/1938grandmah.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"992\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"898\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jill Holman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jill Holman\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/1938-photo-essay-gertrude-middendorp-sulo-laitala\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/1938-photo-essay-gertrude-middendorp-sulo-laitala\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jill Holman\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/#\/schema\/person\/70998d3274a11de8b42db736fb1b331b\"},\"headline\":\"1938 Photo Essay &#8211; Gertrude Middendorp &#038; Sulo Laitala\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-08-26T20:40:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-30T16:46:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/1938-photo-essay-gertrude-middendorp-sulo-laitala\/\"},\"wordCount\":127,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/#\/schema\/person\/70998d3274a11de8b42db736fb1b331b\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/1938-photo-essay-gertrude-middendorp-sulo-laitala\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/1938grandmah.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gertrude Middendorp\",\"Sulo Laitala\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Old Photographs\",\"Stories\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/1938-photo-essay-gertrude-middendorp-sulo-laitala\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/1938-photo-essay-gertrude-middendorp-sulo-laitala\/\",\"name\":\"1938 Photo Essay - Gertrude Middendorp & Sulo Laitala | Jill&#039;s Genealogy Journey\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/1938-photo-essay-gertrude-middendorp-sulo-laitala\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/1938-photo-essay-gertrude-middendorp-sulo-laitala\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/1938grandmah.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-08-26T20:40:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-30T16:46:45+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/1938-photo-essay-gertrude-middendorp-sulo-laitala\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/1938-photo-essay-gertrude-middendorp-sulo-laitala\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/1938-photo-essay-gertrude-middendorp-sulo-laitala\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/1938grandmah.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/1938grandmah.jpg\",\"width\":992,\"height\":898,\"caption\":\"Gertrude & Sulo in Chisholm 1940\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/1938-photo-essay-gertrude-middendorp-sulo-laitala\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"1938 Photo Essay &#8211; Gertrude Middendorp &#038; Sulo Laitala\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/\",\"name\":\"Jill&#039;s Genealogy Journey\",\"description\":\"Stories, Discoveries &amp; Tips\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/#\/schema\/person\/70998d3274a11de8b42db736fb1b331b\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/#\/schema\/person\/70998d3274a11de8b42db736fb1b331b\",\"name\":\"Jill Holman\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0ea67ffa3b179511298b6b912af5befcb90aa19f661098410bf129ba2d3f3797?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0ea67ffa3b179511298b6b912af5befcb90aa19f661098410bf129ba2d3f3797?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jill Holman\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/author\/jillholman\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"1938 Photo Essay - Gertrude Middendorp & Sulo Laitala | Jill&#039;s Genealogy Journey","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/1938-photo-essay-gertrude-middendorp-sulo-laitala\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"1938 Photo Essay - Gertrude Middendorp & Sulo Laitala | Jill&#039;s Genealogy Journey","og_description":"Don&#8217;t they look young and happy? Click here for the audio story of How Gertrude &amp; Sulo MetClick here for the 1938 Photo Essay Big thanks to my grandma for giving me the stories and photos she had collected to get me started on my genealogical journey. P.S. I made these with Keynote, Pixelmator and [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/1938-photo-essay-gertrude-middendorp-sulo-laitala\/","og_site_name":"Jill&#039;s Genealogy Journey","article_published_time":"2012-08-26T20:40:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-01-30T16:46:45+00:00","og_image":[{"width":992,"height":898,"url":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/1938grandmah.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jill Holman","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jill Holman","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/1938-photo-essay-gertrude-middendorp-sulo-laitala\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/1938-photo-essay-gertrude-middendorp-sulo-laitala\/"},"author":{"name":"Jill Holman","@id":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/#\/schema\/person\/70998d3274a11de8b42db736fb1b331b"},"headline":"1938 Photo Essay &#8211; Gertrude Middendorp &#038; Sulo Laitala","datePublished":"2012-08-26T20:40:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-30T16:46:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/1938-photo-essay-gertrude-middendorp-sulo-laitala\/"},"wordCount":127,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/#\/schema\/person\/70998d3274a11de8b42db736fb1b331b"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/1938-photo-essay-gertrude-middendorp-sulo-laitala\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/1938grandmah.jpg","keywords":["Gertrude Middendorp","Sulo Laitala"],"articleSection":["Old Photographs","Stories"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/1938-photo-essay-gertrude-middendorp-sulo-laitala\/","url":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/1938-photo-essay-gertrude-middendorp-sulo-laitala\/","name":"1938 Photo Essay - Gertrude Middendorp & Sulo Laitala | Jill&#039;s Genealogy Journey","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/1938-photo-essay-gertrude-middendorp-sulo-laitala\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/1938-photo-essay-gertrude-middendorp-sulo-laitala\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/1938grandmah.jpg","datePublished":"2012-08-26T20:40:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-30T16:46:45+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/1938-photo-essay-gertrude-middendorp-sulo-laitala\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/1938-photo-essay-gertrude-middendorp-sulo-laitala\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/1938-photo-essay-gertrude-middendorp-sulo-laitala\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/1938grandmah.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/1938grandmah.jpg","width":992,"height":898,"caption":"Gertrude & Sulo in Chisholm 1940"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/1938-photo-essay-gertrude-middendorp-sulo-laitala\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"1938 Photo Essay &#8211; Gertrude Middendorp &#038; Sulo Laitala"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/#website","url":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/","name":"Jill&#039;s Genealogy Journey","description":"Stories, Discoveries &amp; Tips","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/#\/schema\/person\/70998d3274a11de8b42db736fb1b331b"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/#\/schema\/person\/70998d3274a11de8b42db736fb1b331b","name":"Jill Holman","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0ea67ffa3b179511298b6b912af5befcb90aa19f661098410bf129ba2d3f3797?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0ea67ffa3b179511298b6b912af5befcb90aa19f661098410bf129ba2d3f3797?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jill Holman"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy"],"url":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/author\/jillholman\/"}]}},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/1938grandmah.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/1938grandmah.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Jill Holman","author_link":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/author\/jillholman\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1118,"href":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130\/revisions\/1118"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}