I do not think Bertin's name change was magical -- it looks like he was born with the name JOHNSON. 1870 Seely, Faribault County, Minnesota: JOHNSON, Jacob 50 Norway Mary 44 Norway Knute 18 WI Hanah 14 WI Iver 12 MN Ole 9 MN Andrew 7 MN Jacob 5 MN Peter 3 MN They are in Township 105 Range 9, Winona Co, Minnesota, in 1860. Did not find them in 1850 "where they should have been". RC