This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dirksen Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5k.2ADE/1283.1 Message Board Post: I regret that I cannot help you with photos or diaries. I am searching for information on an ancestor that was in H Company and enlisted from Bellevue IA 2/14/1864. He mustered out at Nashville in Aug 1865. I have some information from his file from the National Archives but precious little else. If, in the course of your work, you come across anything for a Henry Dirksen/Dirkson, I would be grateful if you would pass it along. I know he is buried in Bellevue and died at an early age but do not know the cause of death.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HILBERT, ZEIMET, WINKLER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5k.2ADE/107.151.152.162.166.169.171.189.193.207.212.220.239.969 Message Board Post: Do you have any more information on "Mrs. Peter Hilbert"? from your posting?

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/5k.2ADE/1289.1 Message Board Post: Hi. If Catherine Connors was employed at a rectory, and was married at St. Patrick's in 1854, I suspect that she was employed at that rectory. Fr. Tracey was the priest at that time. St. Aloysius, at South Garryowen, was not in existence at that time, nor do I think the church at Otter Creek was built. In fact, the present church of St. Patrick's was completed in 1854. Try to access the Archdiocese of Dubuque website. They should have a listing of all parishes and when they came into existence. Good luck, Ron Baumhover

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/5k.2ADE/389.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Dear Barbara and Bob, I am glad to have more pieces to the puzzle. I have done the family genealogy but am stumped as I have located also a JOSEPH OSHLO in the Louisiana Census and he was here in 1850. Caroline and Hans came over about 30 years later. I will be glad to share all of the information I have with you if you want it. When I started the "tree" years and years ago, I called Robert and Evelyn's house as I had their name off of a phone disc. I never spoke with her since I couldn't get past him! He answered and he was very beligerent with me and didn't want me asking any questions. I since found Gene (or I should say that Gene found me). I have sent some info to Peggy Oshlo but have not heard from her. Several years ago, we met Dave one night for dinner (we both live currently in the Houston area) but that was the last we heard from him. Guess he didn't have a good time or something. He seemed like a nice enough guy to us, but I guess that was that. I am married to Frank Oshlo's son and Frank Sr's grandson (Frank Jr and Helen Garst Oshlo had 2 children, Eric Lee and Kristina Sue) and have been for the last 3 decades. We have lived all over as "Rick" works for Conoco (in case you have that brand of gasoline near whereever you live). Since most of the Oshlo's stayed in the midwest, I am assuming that you are still near Iowa/Nebraska, but I don't know why I think that. ??? We had a reunion in Council Bluffs several years ago. We went to the gravesite of H.C. and Caroline and ate Krispy Kreme doughnuts at Doug Oshlo's Dairy Queen. It was fun. Gene and Jeannie were there and we met others, Debbie Oshlo, Pat and Don Everett, and others. Dick (Doug and Debbie's brother) did not attend but he and Doug don't get along nor does Debbie if I remember correctly. Please feel free to call me/email if you have any questions. If you send me your mailing address, I will send you the info as I find it. Yes, the name was OLSEN (NOT OLSON) and it was changed to OSHLO. Caroline's name was spelled Karoline prior to her USA arrival, also. Hans Kristian Olsen was changed to Hans Christian Oshlo. He died in 1905 from typhoid. I do not remember anything else off the top of my head as I have not done any active research in some time. I have dead-ended in locating Hans/Karoline's siblings but I have their names. We stay in touch with Erik Winther in Oslo (cousin) and just spoke with him on Sunday when he called for Easter. I guess you know that Virginia Hortense Oshlo Goodwin just celebrated her 103 birthday on March 27, 2002. She is the only surviving child of Hans and Caroline's immediate family. She is a hoot! She is the one who got me started on the family tree in the early 1970's. I guess you know that the family "disease" are lung related...emphysema, lung cancer, in addition to melanoma. Rick has high cholesterol but he got that from the Garst side of the family. We have 2 daughters. Do you have any children? It's nice to be able to type the name and know that you know how to say it! I assume you know that Charlie and Frank Oshlo, Sr. were brothers. Amanda, Bertha, and Charlie were born in Oslo, Christiania, Norway. George, Frank (Sr) and Virginia were born in the USA. Do you have a picture of Hans and Caroline? If not, I will be glad to send you one via email if you would like. I do not know if Robert and Evelyn talked of the family much at all or not...he certainly didn't divulge an inch with me...I find it all fascinating! Most of the Oshlo men who came to the USA worked for the railroad, Thanks again for the response. Do you ever come to Houston? If so, give us a call. We are listed in the phone book. Sincerely, Pam

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Looking for Pam Oshlo...Charles Oshlo Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5k.2ADE/389.1.2 Message Board Post: Dear Pam, Oshlo is my married name, my husband is Bob,Robert Sr.and Evelyn's oldest son...I do not know about any of the relatives on his side, beyond his grandfather, Charlie. However, I do know that if you have this same last name, then we definately are related...I heard they changed their name when they came over from Olson to Oshlo, either by clerical error or on purpose...but the town they're from, Oslo, is pronounced OOSHLO in Norwegian, so perhaps they were asking a name and someone thought they were asking where they were from...anyway...Bob says we are related to any one with that name...would be interested in any info you have on the family...especially farther back than Charlie..Charlie was married to Kitty Dempsey, they lived in Council Bluffs, Ia. Well, let me know if any of this is of interest...it is to Bob and I although his family is odd and had secrets, so sorta taught their kids to be wary of relatives. Anyway, Bob and Evelyn are gone now, so perhaps some of th! e cloud can lift...we do know about Bob's half brother Gene and have met and like him very much....sorry, I'll stop now, you may have no idea what I'm going on about...Barbara ---oh, I think you got a message that was meant for me, about the Morgan's? That is my maiden name, and I had posted a message a couple years ago on a bulletin board...about my great grandfather... I hadnot been on that site in so long, perhaps you were the most recent Oshlo on, so they sent it to you... I'll leave you now...write if you'd like. Let me know your connection.

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/5k.2ADE/389.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for your offer, but I do not need a photo of the Morgan family. Pam

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/5k.2ADE/389.1.1 Message Board Post: I may have a picture of Elijah Morgan on an old picture that my mother Bess McCarron gave me years ago and one of the people in the picture she told me was "Lige" Morgan. If you would like a copy of the picture let me know. Marge DeGear

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/5k.2ADE/389.1 Message Board Post: Couldn't help but notice that we have the same unusual last name. I am researching the OSHLO surname and have located a JOSEPH OSHLO whom I cannot tie to the other OSHLOs.....Are you related to Hans? Pam

I've been reading the queries re: St. Donatus, Iowa and am interested in talking about the Koppes name. My wife has ancestors with the name of Coppes from the Des Moines County, Iowa area. One spelling on a naturalization paper was Koppas (Peter) and he had a daughter named Maria. Does anyone have the Koppes name changing to Coppes and settling in Des Moines County? Dennis

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wagner/Seiler/Seyler Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5k.2ADE/579.580.1.1 Message Board Post: After further research it appears that my Wagner family may not have stopped in St. Donatus. I do know that the Seiler/Seyler family did and they later married into my Wagner family. My Wagner family came from Plainfield Twp., Illinois (near Chicago) to Gilbertville, Iowa and settled there. I have recently discovered that the Wagner family was much larger than I originally thought and I am still investigating that aspect. If I turn up anything further about St. Donatus I will keep your reply on file. Thank you, good luck hunting! Regards, Virgel Cain [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/5k.2ADE/579.580.1 Message Board Post: I have a Maria Koppes who married a Michael Peiffer and they had six children. Mary Pieffer married a Harry Wagner and the had 8 children, one named Margaret Anna, Mary Agnes, Anna C. Katherine, Adeline m. Michael H. Caroline, Matilda Gertrude. Does this sound like any you know.

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/5k.2ADE/1087.1 Message Board Post: I have a Margaret Koppes Pitts who married a John J. McCarthy they had nine children; John M. McCarthy, Robert, Allen Merlin, David, Eileen, Betty Joan, Donna, Mary, Jackie. Do you know any of them. Please let me know.

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/5k.2ADE/940.1 Message Board Post: Looking for a Harry Wagner Married Mary Peiffer of Bellevue Iowa. They had nine children. Mary Peiffer is daughter of Maria Kopes and Michael Peiffer.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: LESKE, MCKISSACK, PRIEST, SEAMANDS, HOUSER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5k.2ADE/507.1 Message Board Post: Wondering if your William Grant SEAMANDS could be brother or cousin of David Alfred SEAMANDS b. 1855 in Jackson County, Iowa who married Mary LESKE about 1875-1880. Their children were Clarence and Charles Henry, I am told. Any knowledge of these SEAMANDS? [Note: I believe David Alfred SEAMANDS died in 1886 and later his widow Mary married Jeremiah B. McKissack in Texas about 1893.]

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/5k.2ADE/113.740 Message Board Post: Nothing is known about this photo other than the fact that it is John McCullough, father of BF McCullouch.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McCullough, McSurley, Berry, Blalock Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5k.2ADE/113.739 Message Board Post: I am a descendant of this family. My great grandfather was Benjamin Franklin McCullouch born 1849 in Iowa. He died in 1927 and is buried in the IOOF section #3 of the Tulare City Cemetery, Tulare, CA. Both of his wives, Emma McCullough, mother of James and Mary, and Mary J McCullouch, mother of 14! are buried in Tulare, CA. Jackson McCullough, 1834-1923 is buried next to Emma. Mary Elizabeth (Whitson) is buried nearby. Margaret (Atkinson) died in Fresno County, CA. I have pictures of John and Mary McCullough, BF with Sarah, Martha, Mary and Margaret, and pictures of BF with my gg grandmother Mary Jane Berry (McCullouch) and their children.

The hospital no longer exhists, this I know because several years ago my cousin bought the property/building to turn into apartments. I have no idea where the records from the old hospital would be kept. Sorry. Bonnie

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/5k.2ADE/1291.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: I don't know the birth family's name, just the adoptive parents, and the adopted male, along with his birth date. He was born 3-13-1953, and adopted by a Tutt family in Muscatine, Iowa. I know all first names, and will gladly provide them, if this sounds familiar to anyone. The man who was adopted is the father of my two kids, and they would like to know about their birth Grandparents. I would like to know for their health history. Thanks for any help.

If you are talking about the hospital in Bellevue, no, I don't think it is in existance any more. I think it was made into apartments. Marge

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/5k.2ADE/1291.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Who are you looking for, maybe we know them.