Hei Bob I think we are on the same wave length!!!!!!!! My Grand Father helped in the organization of the "Central Lutheran Church" Somerville & State in 21 Oct 1888 when first started it was called "Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Menominee, Mich.", my FarFar was the Secretary at that time. At first they met at the "Swedish Lutheran Church" then built a new church in 1890-91 and the parsonage was purchased in 1899. A Great uncle was a Deacon, Great Aunt was Organist & Pres. of the Mission Society. I received all this from the Archives of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. As you can see the Magnussen/ Magnusen were quite active in Menominee. My Grand Father Ole Magnussen was married to Karoline Marie Severinsdtr. Vaksvik in 1885 in Menominee, they had 4 children (My father B: 1890) then returned to Norway to take over the family farm, then my Father returned to USA in 1906. Looking at the address you were looking for, my ancestors were in the 13th St and 25th Ave area, the other side of town. I to would like to visit Menominee but we are located in Tacoma, WA, so it's not just a hop-skip & a jump for us.....I'm sure I still have remaining relatives in the Menominee area, but so far have not been able to contact them. Keep in touch, Cliff Magnussen Tacoma, WA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Kuehn" <bkuehn@charter.net> To: <MIMENOMI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 2:59 PM Subject: Re: [MIMENOMI] Where is Somerville Ave in Menominee? > The 1897 Menominee City Directory indicated that Somerville Ave extended > from the 300 block to the 1500 block. Back then , the Norwegian Lutheran > Church was at 314 Somerville Ave. >

Spies Public Library has posted a list of the old and new streets names for Menominee. http://www.uproc.lib.mi.us/spies/Genealogy%20&%20History/Genealogy%20Links.h tm