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1879 Huldah Marie Johnson


Born: Apr. 12, 1879 at Upplands-Bro Kommun, Stockholmslan, Sweden   

Died: Nov. 30, 1964 at Thermopolis, Hot Springs County, Wyoming, age 85

Buried: Mountain View Cemetery, Livingston, Park County, Montana

Plot #: Old B12 L40 E1/2 G5; Memorial ID 61231237

Her father was 1840 Erik Gustaf Johnson.

Her mother was 1855 Johanna Wilhelmina Asplund.


She was married on Apr. 12, 1906 to 1876 Elmer James Pulis.
She was married on her 27th birthday.

The photo shows Elmer and Huldah and their three sons; it was taken 
about 1940 at Grigsby's Studio in Livingston, Montana.  Grigsby's 
operated in Livingston from 1910 to 1945.  I have the original of 
this photograph; there are no notations.

Shown in the photo are - back row, left to right:

  1908 Ivan T. Pulis (believed)
  1918 Harley M. Pulis (certain)
  1910 Milton Pulis (believed)

front row, left to right: 

  1876 Elmer James Pulis
  1879 Huldah Marie Johnson Pulis

In the photo below, taken about 1950, Huldah is second from left, 
next to Elmer; son Harley is at far right, and my grandmother, 
1900 Rose Pulis, is at far left.  I have the original of this 
photo, and on the back is an inscription by my mother, which 
identifies everyone.

The 1940 census for Wilsall, Park County, Montana lists:

  Elmer J. Pulis             age 64, Head of Household
  Huldah                     age 61, wife 
  Milton                     age 30, son  born about 1910 in South Dakota
  Harley                     age 21, son  born Feb. 17, 1918 in Montana
  Ivan T.                    age 32, son  born Apr. 17, 1908 in South Dakota
  Bessie                     age 27, daughter-in-law
  Dwight Pulis               age  1, grandson  (born 1939 in Montana) 

  
Information from:
  
  Charles Bryce Woodruff
  Gary Pulis
  James Alan Sherman 

The photo below left was taken at the Pulis ranch home eight miles north
of Wilsall, Montana.  There was a problem with double-exposure, but it
shows a view into their lives not available elsewhere.

Here is a link to her transcribed obituary.