This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brodersen, Meyer, Meier Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/46.1 Message Board Post: are you by chance related to Henry Brodersen of Monroe Township and his wife Elizabeth Meyer Brodersen and daughter Hannah Brodersen?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: LEICHNER WERY WHERY GONNER REIFSNYDER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/zk.2ADI/207.1 Message Board Post: In the 1930 census for the 11th Precinct of Delta Co., Colorado, ED18 Page 3B, there is an M. P. Gonner age 82 born in Luxemburg, truck farmer. His wife is Mary age 71 born in Ohio. Living with them is their 51 year-old single nephew, Charles Leichner, born in Indiana. I believe this Charles Leichner is my great uncle, but I can’t figure out how he can be a nephew of the above people. Charles’ mother, Amelia Wery Leichner had a sister Mary who married a Sylvester Reifsnyder who homesteaded in Colorado. I thought perhaps a widowed Mary married a widowed M. P. Gonner. (Mathias Gonner married Agnes Barnes 17 Jan 1876 in Boulder, Colorado.) However, Mary Gonner’s parents, according to the census, were born in England and Ohio. Mary Wery Reifsnyder’s parents were born in Germany. Can anybody help me out here? Is this the Mathias-Prosper Gonner you mentioned above?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GIBBS - SWINEHART Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/246.1 Message Board Post: new e-mail address [email protected] now have some addl info as well

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/zk.2ADI/148.313.3 Message Board Post: I do not know any of thr Fry's but I know what the GAR is:Grand Army of the Republic. I came across it doing research also.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BUZZELL; PETERSEN Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/940 Message Board Post: Evelyn Buzzell Buzzell, 89, Harlan, died Jan. 30, 2003. HARLAN -- Evelyn Buzzell, 89, Harlan, died January 30 at Elm Crest Retirement Community in Harlan. Services were held Monday, Feb. 3 at 1:30 p.m. at Knutson Funeral Home in Avoca with burial in the Minden Cemetery. Buzzell is survived by her brother, Fred Petersen, of Fort Collins, Co.; nieces and nephews. ©The Harlan Tribune 2003

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: LOWRY Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/939 Message Board Post: Wow! 109!! Iowa's Oldest Resident Dies February 4, 2003 Nell Lowry Was 109 NORWALK, Iowa -- Nell Lowry, Iowa's oldest resident, died on Tuesday at a nursing home in Norwalk in central Iowa. She was 109. Lowry said she lived a long life because of regular exercise and drinking milk. She outlived two husbands and her two children. Lowry was born in August 1893 and lived in Des Moines most of her life.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HAVICK Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/938 Message Board Post: Jean C. Havick The funeral for Jean Copeland Havick, 90, of Council Bluffs will be Wednesday at 10 a.m. at McCurdy Funeral Home with the Rev. Delwayne Hahn officiating. Mr. Havick died Feb. 9 at home. He was born July 12, 1912, in Harlan to Minor W. and Edna (Copeland) Havick. He operated street cars in Omaha for 17 years. He owned and operated Victory Cafe, Dairy Sweet in Missouri Valley and Red Oak Cafe in Red Oak. He was a member of Our Savior Lutheran Church. Mr. Havick was preceded in death by his parents, a sister, Virginia Schrack, and a brother, Robert Havick. Survivors include his wife, Alice (Andersen); one son, Dr. John Havick, and wife, Barbara, of Stone Mountain, Ga.; granddaughter, Ann Firdley, and husband, David, of Atlanta, and grandson, Steven Havick, and wife, Mary, of Athens, Ga.; two great-grandchildren; one brother, Dallas and wife, Jeannette, of Harlan; nieces and nephews. Visitation with the family will be tonight from 7 to 8 at McCurdy Funeral Home. Burial will be in Harlan Cemetery. ©Daily Nonpareil 2003

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PETERSEN; ELDER Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/937 Message Board Post: Schrilda Elder Elder, 94, Council Bluffs, died Feb. 8, 2003. COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Schrilda L. Elder (Petersen), 94, Council Bluffs, died February 8 at the Bethany Lutheran Home. Services will be held Tuesday, Feb. 11 at 11 a.m. at Cutler-O'Neill-Meyer Woodring Funeral Home. Elder is a former Irwin resident. She is survived by daughters Anna R. (John) Caffery of Council Bluffs, Charlotte R. (David) Aten of Council Bluffs, Alice (Robert) Steckelberg of Harlan and Elsie Myers of Harlan; son Orville Petersen of Bend, Ore.; daughter-in-law Lila Petersen of Irwin; stepdaughter Bette (Marvin) Snapp of Oroville, Calif.; stepons Matt Elder of Council Bluffs; stepdaughter Peggy Daley of Council Bluffs; 14 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren, 21 stepgrandchildren and 5 step-great-grandchildren. ©The Harlan Tribune 2003

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SORENSEN Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/936 Message Board Post: John Sorensen Sorensen, 69, Hancock, died Feb. 2, 2003. HANCOCK -- John C. Sorensen, 69, Hancock, died February 2 in Harlan. Services were held Thursday, Feb. 6 at 2 p.m. at Hancock United Methodist Church with burial in the Hillside Cemetery at Hancock. Sorensen is survived by his wife, Karen; daughter Kathy (Clay) Comer; son Jeff (Rhonda) Sorensen; three granddaughters; four step-grandsons; sisters Hanne (Harold) Green of Avoca and Marian Landon of Ogden, Utah; and brothers Paul (Carolyn) Sorensen of Independence, Mo. and Soren (Donna) Sorensen of Omaha. ©The Harlan Tribune 2003

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: LEIB Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/935 Message Board Post: Garry Leib Leib, 39, Omaha, died Feb. 2, 2003. OMAHA -- Garry D Leib, 39, Omaha, died Sunday, Feb. 2 at Creighton University Medical Center. Services were held Saturday, Feb. 8 at 2 p.m. at Bethany Lutheran Church near Kimballton with burial in the Bethany Lutheran Cemetery. Leib is survived by his parents, Darrell and LaVonne Leib, of Kimballton; his life partner Candy of Omaha; children Sara, Tausha Marie, Skyler Dean and Alecia Lynne, all of Omaha; brothers and sisters Daryl (Nancy) of Kimballton, Deborah (Tom) Koziol of Phoenix, Az., Sandy Leib of Omaha, Suzette Leib of Omaha, Kelly Bartelt of Audubon, William Poffenbarger of Glenwood, Cyndie Poffenbarger of Council Bluffs, Robert Poffenbarger of San Diego, Calif., Angel Hauger of Silver City, John Hauger of Council Bluffs, Sharan Blankenship of Council Bluffs, Michael Hauger of Council Bluffs and Roberta Knox of Ontario, Ca.; aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. ©The Harlan Tribune 2003

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: LACEY Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/934 Message Board Post: Gilbert Lacey Jr. Lacey, Jr., 76, Elk Horn, died Feb. 2, 2003. ELK HORN -- Retired Army Major Gilbert E. Lacey, Jr., 76, Elk Horn, died Sunday, Feb. 2 at Myrtue Memorial Hospital in Harlan. Services were held Thursday, Feb. 6 at 2 p.m. at Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic with burial in the Greenwood Cemetery near Cumberland, with graveside military rites. Lacey is survived by his son, The Rev. John G. Lacey of Lincoln, Neb.; daughters Sherry (Barry) Gallagher of Great Falls, Mt. and Shelly (Michael) Schauwecker of Tempe, Az.; eight grandchildren; two sisters -- Marilee (Clair) South of Cumberland and Ruth (David) Melena of Peoria, Az.; stepchildren Michael Borden of Underwood, Rebecca (Darwin) Tiarks of Okinawa; seven stepgrandchildren, two step-great-grandchildren; and step-sisters-in-law Betty Stipes of Clarinda, Marcia (Bob) Youngren of Kimberling City, Mo. and Virginia (Bill) Hunter of Clarinda. ©The Harlan Tribune 2003

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HILL Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/933 Message Board Post: Ann Hill Hill, 91, Harlan, died Feb. 5, 2003. HARLAN -- Ann C. Hill, 91, Harlan, died Wednesday, Feb. 5 at Elm Crest Retirement Community. Services will be held Friday, Feb. 7 at 1:30 p.m. at Bethany Lutheran Church in rural Kimballton with burial at the Bethany Lutheran Cemetery at Kimballton. Visitation was Thursday, Feb. 6 from 3-9 p.m. at Pauley Funeral Home, Harlan, with family greeting friends from 6-7 p.m. Visitation continues Friday from 8-11 a.m. at Pauley's. Hill is survived by her daughter, Vernice (Vernon) Vrtiska of Harlan. ©The Harlan Tribune 2003

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WILWERDING Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/932 Message Board Post: Philomena Wilwerding Wilwerding, 84, Omaha, died Feb. 11, 2003. OMAHA -- Philomena Wilwerding, 84, Omaha, died Tuesday, Feb. 11 at Alegent Immanuel Fontenelle Home. Services will be held Saturday, Feb. 15 at 11 a.m. at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Defiance with burial in the Sts. Peter and Paul Cemetery. A wake service will be held Friday, Feb. 14 at 7 p.m. at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Defiance. Family greeted friends Thursday, Feb. 13 from 7-9 p.m. at Pauley Funeral Home, Harlan. Visitation continues Friday, Feb. 14 from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at Pauley's and from 6-9 p.m. at St. Peter's Catholic Church. Wilwerding is survived by daughters Joan (Dick) Munchrath of Omaha and Mary Lou (Frederick) Fortey of Monument, Co.; sons Bob (Luella) Wilwerding of Defiance and Alan (Kathy) Wilwerding of Defiance; brothers The Rev. Wilfrid Tunink of New Mexico and Jerry (Lita) Tunink of Elgin, Neb.; sisters Thresia Tunink of Storm Lake, Loretta (Joe) Zegers of Petersburg, Neb. and Maryann Kloewer of Fremont, Neb.; eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. ©The Harlan Tribune 2003

The Past and Present of Shelby County, Iowa, pub. 1915, lists on page 414, L. J. NEFF of Walnut Iowa, listed as a beginning school teacher who later became an attorney. Page 420 of this same book indicates that John Neff also became a teacher, having earned his certificate at the Normal School in Shelby Co. The 1870 census of Illinois, as you probably already have, lists John Neff, 32, and wife Phebe Neff, age 26, with son James, age 2; and living next door are Phebe's (probably) parents John Crow, age 61, Maria Crow, age 60, and Mary, daughter, age 20. This family is also in the 1910 census for both Shelby Co., Iowa, and Pottawattamie County, Iowa, as follows: 1. 1910 Pottawattamie County, Layton Township, p. 153, Pacific Street, Walnut, Iowa: L. J. NEFF, age 41, b. IL, married once, married 4 yrs, father b. IL, mother b. IL, attorney Ruth Neff, wife, age 23, married once, married 4 yrs, b. IA, father b. IA, mother b. IA. Gwendolyn Languen, roomer, age 23, school teacher. 2. 1910 Pottawattamie County, Layton Township, p. 150, Walnut, Iowa: Duff NEFF, age 35, b. IA, single, father b. OH, mother b. OH, rooms with James Dau, Walnut Iowa. 3. 1910 Shelby County, Iowa, Monroe Township, p. 124. Dwelling 104/family 104. George B. NEFF, age 35, b. IA, farmer, married once, 14 yrs, father b. OH, mother b. PA, farmer Vernie E. NEFF, wife, age 33, married once, 14 yrs, gave birth to one child, one child survives, b. IA, father b. IL, mother b. IA. Leona NEFF, daughter, age 4, b. IA Martin PETERSON, servant, laborer, age 38, b.Wisc. Dwelling 106/family 106. John E. CROW, age 38, married once, 17 yrs, b. IL, father b. PA, mother b. PA, farmer. Mary CROW, wife, 38, married once, 17 yrs, gave birth to one child, one child survives, b. IA, father b. England, mother b. ?? (illegible) Chester CROW, son, age 14, b. IA Dwelling 107/family 106. Phebe NEFF, age 62, widow, gave birth to 4 children, 4 survive, b. PA, mother b. PA, father b. PA. 4. I find one John O. NEFF living in 1910 in Washington County, Iowa as follows, but don't know if this is the John O. Neff you seek: Washington Co., Oregon Twp., Iowa: John O. Neff, b. IA, 40, farmer, married once, 20 yrs, father b. OH, mother b. OH Sallie A. Neff, b. IA, wife, 35, married once, 20 yrs, gave birth to 7 children, 7 survive, father b. IL, mother b. NY Charles E. Neff, son, age 19, b. IA Nora E. Neff, dau., 17, b. IA James A. Neff, son, 14, b. IA Robert E. Neff, son, 12, b. IA Herbert T. Neff, son, age 10, b. IA Barbara E. Neff, dau., age 7, b. IA baby son, 1 month, b. IA I hope this is helpful to you. Mona Sarratt Knight

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PAYNE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/931.1 Message Board Post: You can search the on-line 1880 census free at the LDS web site at: www.familysearch.com Also, I have the history of Shelby Co., Iowa, which lists a biography for James Campbell. It states that James' daughter, Mary Campbell, married William Payne. I hope this helps you. If I can help you in any other way, just e-mail me directly.

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/zk.2ADI/931 Message Board Post: Can someone with access to the 1880 Census look for me and tell me if there is a Benjamin Oney Payne and Wife Mary living in Shelby County. He would be 80 she 70. Thank you, Cassy Sommers

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Neff, Crow Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/930 Message Board Post: Seeking info on the family of John H. and Phebe Ann (Crow) Neff, living in Monroe Twp., Shelby Co. IA from about 1875 to at least 1900. John and Phebe were married 9-1-1867 in Livingston Co. IL. They were the parents of at least four children: 1. Lewis Neff born circa 1868 in Illinois 2. Mary J. Neff born circa 1871 in Illinois 3. John O. Neff born April, 1872 in Illinois and living in Shelby Co. in 1900 4. George Neff born April 1, 1875 in Iowa and died October, 1971 in Walnut, Pottawattamie Co. IA. Who, when and where did these children marry? When and where did they die? The mother, Phebe Ann Crow, was born 7-14-1844 in Williamsport, Lycoming Co. PA to John and Mariah (Cline) Crow. She died 11-16-1932 in Walnut, Pattawattamie Co. IA.

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/zk.2ADI/455.1 Message Board Post: I have a 35 page copy of Nick's Poems written while in the the Babtist Memorial Home. Would request bio on his life. K

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GORDON Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/929 Message Board Post: Lee E. Gordon HARLAN - Lee E. Gordon, 48, of Harlan died Feb. 9 in Harlan. Survivors include his wife, Teri, of Harlan; one daughter, Brandy Gordon, of Harlan; one son, Chad Gordon, and wife, Angie, of Carson; two grandchildren, Samantha Gordon and Brittney Gordon, both of Carson; one niece, Amber Gordon, of Des Moines. Prayer service will be Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Harlan. The funeral will be Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at the church. Burial will be in Carson Cemetery. Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan is in charge of arrangements. ©Daily Nonpareil 2003

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BENNING Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zk.2ADI/928.1 Message Board Post: Vital Records Office P.O. Box 431 Harlan, IA 51537-0431 712-755-5543