Thank you for a wonderful site! My grandfather was John Samson Gulbraa and my grandmother was Elizabeth Ekse. I was astonished and thrilled to see a familiar photo of one of the Ekse bruk's. I've been told that my grandmother was a maid in the Gulbraa home, which is where she met my grandfather. My cousin Dawn Kirby has done a lot of research on the families, and we would all love to have any other information that's available about the Gulbraa/Ekse heritage. Thank you. Mary Fowler, Kent, WA, USA