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/Tk.2ADE/90.337.340.2.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Whoops, Sorry. Same Frank May. Or should I say "same Frank Dexter May"? This is my daughter-in-laws line. She descends through Mildred.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: re:Frank May Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Tk.2ADE/90.337.340.2.2.1.1 Message Board Post: My grandfather was Chauncey May, his father was Dexter Otis May. There's a Frank Dexter May buried where my ggrandfather is buried at Mt.Hope Cemetery in Union City Twp.on the grounds of the Mt.Hope United Presbyterian Church, about 5.4 miles east of hwy. 76. Roger May [email protected]

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/Tk.2ADE/90.337.340.2.2.1 Message Board Post: Hi Guys. Are we all talking about the SAME Frank May? There were two of them in Allamake Co. at the same time. One was an attorney or newspaperman. Not my line. Mine lived up in the North-East part of the county. And was a farmer or rancher. My files aren't handy or I'd be able to tell you more. Thanks, Judy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Tk.2ADE/90.337.340.2.2 Message Board Post: There was a Della Pohlman and a Alfred-Arthur Pohlman listed in the Oak Hill Cemetery.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: RE:Frank May Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Tk.2ADE/90.337.340.2.1 Message Board Post: Maybe Jenette belongs to Harold E. May, who is also buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lansing,IA.

Hi Listers -- Below are misc. death records from Allamakee Co. death records microfilm. I copied them, thinking maybe they were from one of my families, but I can't place any of them. Maybe they will help one of you & and maybe someone can place them in a family for me. Book 1 - pg 62 - Dunning, Rebecca; report filed 9-16-1891; d. 7-9-1891; age 81 yr 7 mo 15 d; b. Mass; res. Franklin twp.; burial: Hardin; informant: F.A. Dunning; cause of death: fx hip & old age - pg 3; Harris, female, age 3days; date of report 9-15-1880; d. 8-24-1880; res. Franklin twp., cause of death: spinal meningitis [Note: no parents or other info.] - pg 26; Olsen, Seward; reported 12-21-1884; d. 11-12-1884; age 21yr 6mo ; occ. laborer; single; b. Christiana, Norway; burial: Minert; resided here 2 1/2 yrs., cause of death: consumption - pg 79; Swenson, Theodore Levi; age 4 mo 15 d; d. 8-31-1894; cause: cholera [Note: parents not given] Book 2 - pg. 11 Haas, Joseph; age 82, d. 8/28/1900; married, farmer, died in Makee twp., heart disease Book 3 - pg. 22 Haas, Katherine; 74 yrs., b. Germany, father Peter Hirt, mother Elizabeth Zafer, d. 11/13/1909; burial in Lycurgus - pg. 30 Haas, Catherine [found in index] - pg. 60 Haas, Reicka Monk [found in index] - pg. 32 Kamp, Mary [found in index] - pg. 158 McWilliams, Sarrah E. [found in index, couldn't find on film] - pg. 142 Dunning, Caroline [found in index] Book 4 - pg 37; Dresser, John S. d. 3-6-1922; age 71; cause: myocarditis Thanks for any help finding families for these people. Sharyl Ferrall

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/Tk.2ADE/2346 Message Board Post: I am seeking the obit for a George Bond who died in 1869. This is the information that I found at a cemetery search. : George Bond Born: ? Died or Buried: 1869 Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery County/State: Allamakee, IA Notes: source: Obit I believe that this George may be the brother of my gggrandmother Harriet Bond Conrad. In 1860 he was working as a farm laborer, on the Kibby family farm, Allamakee County.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Tk.2ADE/90.337.340.2 Message Board Post: Hello......I'm changing computers and addresses, so am having a hard time getting messages through. Tried on this last night, but messed it up. So here goes again. Let me correct my first message about Marie and Frank. I thought that Marie was a Hirth, but that seems to be wrong. She seems to be a Goettel. (My father was Raymond Goettel Hirth). The presence of a Jenette May is baffling to me. I know that Frank and Marie had one daughter. In 1934, while spending the summer with Marie (Aunt Mill) I saw her picture . It seemed to be of a young woman perhaps in her 20's. It's my understanding that she became an attorney and joined her father, Frank, in the family practice. Frank died of tuberculosis, I think, and the daughter possibly married and moved out of Lansing. I just know that by the summer of 1934 she was no longer alive. I really didn't know that both Frank and the daughter had died shortly before we visited. Actually that kind of clears things up. My f! ather was quite a handy man and he spent the summer working on Marie's house. I never knew the name of the daughter in the picture. I would assume that it was entirely possible that there was another child named Jenette, but Jenette is such an odd name for a German family. Here I'm assuming that Frank was German. Basically it has always seemed that most of the children were named after relatives. I suppose it's possible that Frank and Marie had another child and had no picture of her. I would think that if they did that Marie would have kept her picture along with the picture of the other daughter. If you find out anything more about this I would really appreciate it if you would drop me a line. Is there any possibility at all that the date of death could be wrong? I'm away from home and don't have my records. If this child is the only May child and Frank and Marie are the only possible parents in the cemetery then it does rather point to them. Is there any other ! information that I can give you? Wish that I knew more. There was a least one family in Lansing in 1934 that would know this information. They ran a shoe store and lived above it. The store was on Main Street about 2 blocks from the May house. Names were Della and Al and the last name started with a P. (Something like Polson, but that doesn't sound exactly right). I should know it and will try to come up with it. Regards....Mary Rae

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Tk.2ADE/159.334.655.657.1 Message Board Post: Hello....I haven't checked this board in so long, but just did and felt that I absolutly had to write. Marie May was my aunt too. I made a mistake the first time I wrote about her. I thought that she was my Grandfather's sister, making her Marie Hirth. However, I have since found that she was Marie Goettel. My father's name was Raymond Goettel Hirth. Do you know anything more about Frank and Marie and their family? My family spent the summer of 1934 with Marie, (Aunt Mill) so I knew her quite well. How are you related? Please write if you have time. Thanks......Mary Rae

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/Tk.2ADE/2345 Message Board Post: My gggrandparents were William Henry Conrad b.PA unknown date d. May ?, 1909. Harriet Bond b. Devonshire, England unknown date d.March 5, 1908 m. in Lansing, Allamakee County, Iowa on September 9, 1866, by the Rev. Wolf. The marriage took place at the residence of Abner Wood. Witnesses were Adaline Baldwin and Olen Wood. Their children: Jessie Lora b. July 1, 1867 Gertrude b. March 12, 1869 Lyman Ward b. April 14, 1871 Lillian Pearl b. February 28, 1872 **Lillian is my ggrandmother Mattie May b. January 14, 1874 Lennie Carlton b. October 5, 1875 Willie b. July 18, 1883 Hattie Blanche b. October 28,1885 Jessie Lora m. unknown Sutton September 9, 1885 Lillian Pearl m. David Willard Magee November 11, 1888 Lyman Ward m. unknown April 14, 1891 Anyone researching any of these people as I need additional information.

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/Tk.2ADE/90.337.340.1 Message Board Post: Hello........I believe that I made a mistake with Marie May's name when I first wrote. My father's name was Raymond Goettel Hirth. I believe now that Marie was a Goettel, not a Hirth. I know of only one daughter that Marie and Frank had. She died fairly young, but not before she went to school and became an attorney. She went into business with her father, Frank. Frank died of tuberculosis, and the daughter died fairly soon after. Marie, known by the family as Aunt Mill, Mill or Millie, always kept a picture of this young woman in her living room. I saw it in 1934 when we spent the summer with her. She lived alone at that time and did until she hurt her back and was forced to enter a nursing home of some kind. The name Jenette is a mystery for me. It's certainly possible that Frank and Marie had a child that I never heard of. If you find out anything more please let me know. Thanks for writing........Mary Rae

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: May,Tippery,Darling Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Tk.2ADE/90.337.340 Message Board Post: There's a Frank L. May buried in Oak Hill cemetery, in Lansing,IA. b:23 MAR 1873 d: 22 FEB 1932. A Marie Emelia May, is also buried in the same cemetery, b: 21 APR 1872 d: 22 JUL 1944. A Jenette May b: 10 JUN 1923 d: 28 NOV 1926. Would she be the daughter of Frank & Marie?

The January 20, 1883 Postville Review had the following interesting remarks about the new county history book that had just come out: "Alexander's History of Allamakee and Winnesheik Counties was delivered to subscribers here two or three weeks ago. There are undoubtedly many mistakes in the volume--it could not well be otherwise in the haste with which it was prepared, but on the whole we infer that it is sufficiently accurate for practical purposes and of great value in the preservation of our early history." It doesn't sound to me like the editor was overly impressed with the book that we use as a terrific resource 120 years later! Sharyl Sharyl Ferrall County Coordinator, Allamakee Co. IAGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~iaallama/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Muchow,Sawvelle,Heckman,Warnholtz,Schuttta Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Tk.2ADE/1685.1687.1 Message Board Post: Postville Herald Newspaper,Postville,Allamakee County,Iowa, February 1932,Postville Library,Postviile,Allamakee County,Iowa,Newspapers on micro film MRS MARY SAWVELLE PASSES ON IN WISCONSIN Mary Sophia Sawvelle(nee Muchow) was born September 6,1867 in Clayton County,near Postville.She was confirmed in St. Paul`s Lutheran Church in Postville. On December 29,1892,she was united in marriage to John Sawvelle and three children were born to this union,Elizabeth Sawvelle of West Union,John F. Sawvelle of Postville and Mrs. Herman Schutta of Chippewa Falls,Wis.. Her husband preceded her in death in the year 1897. Practically all her life was spent in Postville,and for the past ten years she has made her home with her daughter,Mrs. Herman Schutta. She had been in poor health for the past year and died February 5th at the home of her daughter in Chippewa Falls, Wis. where she had lived the past two years,being aged 64 years,four months and 19 days. She leaves to mourn her loss beside her immediate family,one grandchild,Durwood Schutta; two brothers,Henry Muchow of Fergus Falls,Minn., and John Muchow of Postville; two sisters,Mrs. Louis Heckman and Mrs. Chas. Warnholtz,both of Postville. The funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon,February 9th at two o`clock from St. Paul`s Lutheran Church in this city,Dr. R.B. Garten Officiating. Interment in Postville cemetery. Mrs. Sawvelle was good wife and mother,a kind neighbors and friend, and all who knew her will learn of her passing with regret and sympathize sincerely with those bound to her by a closer tie.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sawvelle.Kohrs,Muchow,Privzonik,Schutta Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Tk.2ADE/2120.1 Message Board Post: Postville Newspaper,Postville,Allamakee County,Iowa,August 1959,from the Postville LIbrary,newspaper on micro-film RITES HELD FOR J.F.SAWVELLE John F. Sawvelle, the son of John Sawvelle and his wife Mary Muchow Sawvelle,was born September 5,1897 at Waukon, Iowa. He passed away suddenly on August 12,1959 at the age of 61 years,11months and seven days.He was baptized in St. Paul`s Lutheran Church of Postville,Iowa on October 2,1898,and was confirmed in St. Paul`s on December 1954?. He was active in the life of the Church,as well as in many other areas of community life. He was married to Edith Kohrs of Postville on April 8,1920 at Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He graduated from Postville high school,operated the Palm Confectionary Store with his wife for 32 years and worked in the Abernethy Clothing Store for the past seven years. He was member of the Masonic Lodge and Odd Fellows Lodge in the community for many years He was preceded in death by his parents,and one sister, Mrs. William Privzonik of West Union. He is survived by his wife;one sister,Sevena,Mrs. Herman Schutta of Postville;a number of nieces and nephews,and many other relatives and friends. Services were conducted at St.. Paul`s Evangelical Lutheran Church,Postville on August 15,at 2:00, with the pastor, the Rev. Charles E. Witt, officiating. Burial was in the Postville cemetery.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Vundte, Snitker, Lange, Ludeking, Hendrickson Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Tk.2ADE/2343.1 Message Board Post: Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday at Salem United Church of Christ, Ludlow, for Herman C. Snitker, who passed away at his home here August 4. The Rev. Dick F. Harberts, pastor of the Community Presbyterian Church, was in charge of the rites; burial was in Salem cemetery. Herman Carl Snitker, son of Herman Snitker and Amila Vundte, was born February 20, 1887, and passed away in his home on Friday, August 4, 1967, reaching the age of 80 years, five months and 14 days. His entire life was spent on the farm where he was born until his retirement in 1956 when he and his wife moved to Postville. In 1916, he was united in marriage to Emma Lange. They were the parents of five sons and two daughters. He was a member of the United Church of Christ in Ludlow township. He attended the local rural school. He was baptized by the Rev. L. H. Kunst as well as confirmed by him. Having spent his whole life in this community, he is well known and respected. His wife, Emma, preceded him in death on October 7, 1966; also a son, Daniel, in infancy; two brothers; William and August, two sisters, Lydia and Minnie. Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Lloyd Ludeking (Lucille) of Ludlow township and Mrs. William Hendrickson (Rebecca) of McGregor; four sons, Raymond of Ludlow, Wesley of Frankville, Willard and Rolland of Postville. Also 22 grandchildren, 22 great grandchildren, and a host of friends. Postville Herald newspaper clipping from my mother's obituary collection.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bechtel, Snitker, Geving, Ingles, Harrington, Wirkler, Hangartner, Johnson, Denny Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Tk.2ADE/2344 Message Board Post: Irvin F. Snitker, son of Elmer Harry and Emma Liddie (Bechtel) Snitker, was born August 27, 1913 on his parents Ludlow Township farm near Waukon, Iowa. He died May 13, 1995 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. Irvin was baptized and confirmed in German at Zalmona Presbyterian Church. He was a lifetime resident of Allamakee County. He attended Ludlow #3 rural school. On June 23, 1938 he was married to Arlene Harriet Geving at the Old West Paint Creek Lutheran Church Parsonage by Rev. A. P. Lea. To this union, four children were born. Irvin was a meatcutter by profession and was employed by Hygrade in Postville for 20 years. He was a former union steward for the meat packers union while at Hygrade. He also farmed in Jefferson, Paint Creek and Lansing townships and did some carpentry work after retiring. He was a long time member of Zion United Church of Christ where he also served as a church council member. Irvin liked fishing and playing cards. He was known as a hard worker. He was also a sports fan who followed the Iowa Hawkeyes and Chicago Cubs in particular. He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers, Merlin, Robert, Lawrence and Walter Snitker, and a sister, Arlene Denny. He is survived by his wife, Arlene Snitker of Waukon; two sons, Ronald and wife Therese Snitker of Manchester and Donald and wife Mary Jo Snitker of Oelwein; two daughters, Joan and husband Robert Ingles of Waterloo and Sandra and husband John Harrington of Cedar Falls; two brothers, Ben and wife Loretta Snitker of Palo and James and wife Betty Snitker of Cedar Rapids; three sisters, Marion and husband Robert Wirkler of Monona, Gertrude Hangartner of Postville, Shirley and husband Don Johnson of Decorah, and 11 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Tuesday, May 16, 1995 at Zion United Church of Christ with Rev. Richard Eick officiating. Casketbearers were Tim Ingles, Jerry Ingles, Kurt Snitker, Sean Harrington, Christopher Snitker, James Payne, Larry Snitker and Rick Snitker. Honorary casketbearers were Tracie Snitker, Emily Snitker, Robin Payne, Kristin Snitker, Anne Snitker and Kasandra Harrington. Arrangements were made by Martin Funeral Home of Waukon. Burial was in the Oakland Cemetery. Postville Herald newspaper clipping from my mother's obituary collection.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Peck, Lange, Snitker, Ludeking, Hendrickson, Schultz, Russett Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Tk.2ADE/2343 Message Board Post: Mrs. Herman Snitker, nee Emma Fredechia Lange, daughter of the late Herman and Katherine Peck Lange, was born in Winneshiek county on August 4, 1896. She was baptized by Rev. Blessin in Winneshiek county. She attended the local public school. The deceased was confirmed by Rev. E. Vornholt, pastor of the Salem congregation on April 9, 1911. On January 20, 1916, she was united in marriage to Herman Snitker by Rev. K. J. Stuebbe, in Frankville. Together they devoted their life to farming. They lived on the Snitker farm until 10 years ago when they moved to Postville. On October 2, Mrs. Snitker was taken to the Community Memorial Hospital here where she passed away unexpectedly on Friday, October 7, at the age of 70 years, two months and three days. Surviving are her husband, Herman; four sons, Raymond of Ludlow township, Wesley of Frankville, and Willard and Roland of Postville; two daugthters, Lucille (Mrs. Lloyd Ludeking) of Ludlow, and Rececca (Mrs. William Hendrickson) of McGregor; one sister, Mrs. Lawrence Schultz of Luana; one brother, Arthur Lange of Elgin, Illinois; 22 grandchildren; and 20 great grandchildren. A sister, Mrs. Edgar Russett and a brother, Eldo Lange, preceded her in death. Funeral services were held October 10 at the Salem United Church of Christ, Ludlow township, the Rev. Walter G. Clausing officiating. Burial was in the Salem cemetery. Postville Herald newspaper clipping, hand dated 1966, from my mother's obituary collection.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hagen, Moen, Snitker, Lyse, Pladsen, Lippe, Brown, Baumgartner, Green Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Tk.2ADE/2342 Message Board Post: Viola Selma Snitker, 66, of Waukon, died January 3 at Veterans Memorial Hospital, Waukon. Funeral services were held at Salem United Church of Christ, rural Waukon, January 5, 1991, 1:30 p.m. Rev. Dr. Elsa Marsland officiated. Burial was in the Salem Cemetery. Martin's Funeral Home, Waukon, was in charge of arrangements. Viola Selma Snitker, daughter of E. Julius Moen and Caroline Hagen Moen was born March 6, 1924 on her parents' farm in rural Allamakee County. She grew up in the Glenwood area and attended rural Allamakee County Schools. She was baptized and confirmed at Glenwood Lutheran Church. She married Howard Snitker at the Glenwood Lutheran Church parsonage, rural Decorah on February 15, 1950. They lived in Ludlow Township where they farmed the past 40 years. She was organist at Salem Church for many years. She also played organ, piano, keyboard, accordion and violin as a volunteer at area nursing homes, senior citizens centers, and other community activities. She was a member of a band the "Hillbilly Rhythm Boys" that played for many area weddings in the past. Preceding her in death were sisters, Myrtle Leyse, Ruby Pladsen, Evelyn Lippe, Lillian Brown and Joyce Baumgartner; brothers, Carl Moen and Arthur Moen. Surviving are: 2 sons, Allan "Greg" Snitker, Postville, Gaylen Snitker, Waukon and a daughter, Glenda Green (Mrs. Lawrence) of Hampton; and 2 grandchildren. Pallbearers: Arden Hanson, Ozzie Quandahl, Roger Hesse, Curtis Lippe, Dennis Baumgartner, Arlyn Pladsen. Honorary Pallbearers: Sharon Brown, Anna Mae Curtin, Betty Opfer, Harriet Qualey.

The problem with "Letters & Diaries" has been fixed. http://www.rootsweb.com/~iaallama/Ltrs/letters.htm Bobbie R. -- Thanks for letting me know. Sharyl