This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TNC.2ACI/2706.1 Message Board Post: Hello in 1900 Charles Layher is living in South Dakota as follows Logan, Campbell, South Dakota Charles Layher, head, male, white, born Apr 1862, age 38, married, married for 10 years, born in Russia, parents born in Germany, immigrated in 1873 Martha Layher, wife, female, white, born Dec 1872, age 28, married, married for 10 years, born in Norway, parents born in Norway Matilda Layher, daughter, female, white, born Sept 1892, age 7, single, born in Dakota, father born in Russia, mother born in Iowa and here is a reference to his daughter's marriage Mathilda Christina Layher Female Family Event(s): Birth: 16 OCT 1892 Parents: Father: Kirol Layher Family Mother: Martha Elizabeth Solomonson Marriages: Spouse: Martin Borje Family Marriage: 1910 , , Alberta here is a reference to a Charles Layher homesteading in Alberta - if you contact the site I believe they can help you obtain the files for his land grant http://abgensoc.ca/homestead/search.php LAYHER, Charles Section 14 Township 42 Range 18 Meridian 4 Film # 2768 in Accession # 1970.313 at Provincial Archives of Alberta File # 1323266 here are links to a history book that mentions a Chas Layher http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=271431 http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=271540 here are links to a history book that mentions an Oscar Layher from Donalda (which is where the Charles Layher above is living) http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=499820 http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=499820 http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=499820 http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=499713 http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=499720 http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=499749 this is a link to a page for the lady who married Oscar Layher http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=3597820 here are burial references to 3 Layhers in Calgary Cemetery Name Town Last Name First Name Dates Notes Mountain View Calgary Layher Barry W. 1956-1978 Mountain View Calgary Layher Mildred L. 1917- Mountain View Calgary Layher Oscar J. 1906-1983 from this site you can current listings for Layhers in Alberta (including Calgary) - perhaps a letter or phone call would help fill in the blanks http://www.mytelus.com/phonebook/index.do There is a book called Donalda's Roots and Branches which apparently mentions Charlie Layher - it is at the library where I live so I will try to get to it in the next week or so. I can send you the info from it. Hope this is what you are looking for Thelma