sjlbuethner-sheminee@att.net wrote: > Hi, > > Looks like the child, Nels [quite clear on the the copy I looked at] was > newborn [June 1900, 0/12ths] and maybe did not survive. > > Interesting that the last Strand child is named Conrad. > > 1900 United States Federal Census > about Mary Strand > Name: Mary Strand > Home in 1900: Chicago Ward 11, Cook, Illinois > Age: 30 > Birth Date: Dec 1869 > Birthplace: Norway > Race: White > Ethnicity: American > Gender: Female > Immigration Year: 1886 > Relationship to head-of-house: Head > Father's Birthplace: Norway > Mother's Birthplace: Norway > Mother: number of living children: 5 > Mother: How many children: 5 > Marital Status: Widowed > Residence : Chicago City, Cook, Illinois > Occupation: View on Image > Household Members: Name Age > Mary Strand 30 > Garra Strand 11 > Agnes Strand 9 > Conrad Strand 7 > Laura M Hanson 3 > Nels Hanson 2/12 [0/12ths on the Sheet] > xxxxxxxxxxx > > Have you found the other 3 children? > > Sharon > I have found most of the other children. Mary's first husband was also named Conrad. Laura, the female named Hanson, is my grandmother. I was thinking of trying to find more information on this Nels and maybe going the DNA route. Trying to find the supposed father of Laura (from the adoption papers), Conrad Hanson around 1900 has brought nothing. The adoption papers say he was born Sweden, but Laura's adoptive parents stated in the 1910 census that he was born Denmark and Laura always said she was part Danish. And whoever gave the information on the 1900 census says he was born Norway. I was thinking that maybe someone not real familiar with the family gave the information since Mary had just given birth. I feel fortunate that I have found the information that I have. I suppose that I may never find out who her father was. Laura had a tragic life. Even though she was only five yrs when her mother died, it was by her memories that I found what I have. She remembered the names, Gara, Agnes, and Henry, (I still haven't found who Henry was), she remembered a red haired man, (she had fiery red hair) and a lot of blood. On the death report for the mother, it stated she died of alcoholism. Laura's adoptive father died about 2 years after the adoption and the adoptive mother died about 9 years later. Thanks so much, Donna