Category Archives: Immigrant heritage

Chickens and Cows in Wedgwood: the Schultz and Sherman families

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

In the early 1900s very few people lived in the Wedgwood area of northeast Seattle.  Many who did come were immigrants or first-generation Americans from Germany, Scandinavian countries or the Netherlands.  Others came from across the United States, hoping to get a … Continue reading →

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A Dutchman in Wedgwood History

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

Mr. John Guisebertus Hoetmer and Miss Anna Pauline Timmerman were married in Holland in 1906, shortly before joining a group of twenty people immigrating to America.   (Holland is a western province of what is now the Netherlands.)   Most of the … Continue reading →

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The Picardo Farm in Wedgwood

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

The Wedgwood neighborhood did not come completely into the Seattle city limits until 1954.  The area retained some of its semi-rural character into the 1960s, such as the Picardo Farm which operated at 8040 25th Ave NE. The Picardo family’s long … Continue reading →

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Wedgwood’s Mystery Tree-Planters

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

The 95-foot-tall scarlet oak tree on the northeast corner of NE 77th Street and 38th Avenue NE in Wedgwood is mentioned in Arthur Lee Jacobson’s book, Trees of Seattle, as one of the most outstanding of its type in the … Continue reading →

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