 ~The Archivist  Friday, June 29, 2012  Funeral Card Friday: In
Loving Remembrance of Kirsti Karoline Halvorsen, 1872-1891  She
was just nineteen years old.  Kirsti Karoline Halvorsen passed
away on the 4th of November 1891,  one month and five days past
her nineteenth birthday, which means her birth date, according
to my Family Tree Maker calculator, was 30 September 1872.  I
thought these two dates would assure me of success in finding
our Kirsti in the censuses.  No such luck.  I am guessing Kirsti
was of Norwegian descent and probably lived in the mid-west US.
 We know that she was not married. While a residence is not
provided on the card, there is a manufacturer's stamp on the
reverse "George Mitchell, Fine Memorial Cards, Greenfield, Ind."
George Mitchell produced and sold cabinet card-sized memorial
cards for quite a few years across the mid-west.  He would send
a personalized, sample card to the next-of-kin of a deceased
individual, using information found in newspaper obituaries and
death notices.