This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Zika Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GGB.2ACE/55.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: 1903 Antonie Zika emmingrated from Vlcetin, Czech. w/Franz , Josephine, Marie and Ruzena to Iowa City. We think they went to relatives. Have information on the line of Josphine and Marie, who were raised in the area. Could Franz and Josphine be named after your relatives?? What do you think!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WOOD Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GGB.2ACE/66 Message Board Post: The Alexandria Post, Alexandria, Douglas County, Minnesota Saturday, October 8, 1870, page 1, col. 3. Hon. Wm. H. Wood, of Sauk Rapids, died Tuesday morning, after a long and painful sickness—consumption of the bowels—contracted during his residence in the South. Transcribed from microfilm copy of newspaper at Minnesota History Center, St. Paul, MN.

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/GGB.2ACE/65.1 Message Board Post: Additional Info: I have pieces of information that indicate John may have lived anywhere between Minneapolis and St. Cloud, MN. So I am querying all counties in between. Thanks.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Miller, Dudkevich Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GGB.2ACE/65 Message Board Post: I am looking for any information on John D. Miller, who immigrated to the US with his 3 brothers in the early 1880's from Poland/Germany. Apparently, their last name was Dudkevich, but they changed it to Miller. John settled around Minneapolis and his brothers went on to Great Falls, Montana.

Dear Ron and all of you who wrote to me, There most certainly are people on this list, and you are all so friendly and helpful. I was way off base when I thought it was a "ghost list". Please accept my apology. This information that you sent Ron, is very helpful. I will contact the minister of Mission Covenant Church in Foley. My Swedish ancestors have been so difficult to find. We knew they came over in 1869, but they moved alot to Wright County and Carver County and it took over 8 years of looking to find that they came from Larv, Sweden, and they were buried here in Maywood Cemetery in Benton County. Their names are August RODIN and his wife Magdalena Bengstad RODIN. Their daughter who became my Grandmother was 11 when they came over in 1869. She married a Danish man, Martin SORENSEN, and settled in Duluth. Now that I know this, I want to learn it all. So you probably will be hearing from me again. :-) Thank you, Nancy -----Original Message----- From: Rzurek@aol.com [mailto:Rzurek@aol.com] Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 1:52 AM To: MNBENTON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MNBENTON] Re: Maywood Township Cemeteries Maywood Township, Minnesota Cemeteries Elwell Cemetery  - 037/28/04/NENW     - This cemetery is also known as Mound Cemetery. Maywood Cemetery - 037/28/34/NESW     - For information, contact Mission Covenant Church. Riverside Cemetery - 037/28/19/E4     - For information, contact Riverside Lutheran Church. For further information on cemeteries in the Maywood area, please contact Pastor Dale Bishop at the Maywood Covenant Church, 17455 55th St., NE, Foley, MN (320) 968-7652 or the Foley Funeral Home, 221 2nd Ave., P.O. Box 307, Foley, MN 56329 (320) 968-7111 - Greg M. Wenner, Owner-Director, Joseph T. Furey, Director. Ron Zurek List Administrator and Benton County Coordinator MNGenWeb/USGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnbenton

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/GGB.2ACE/55.1.1.1 Message Board Post: It does not look like we have the same Wenzel Zika. Mine definitely came via Iowa and then out west. His parents were Franz and Lydia Zika, and emigrated to US in 1853.

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/GGB.2ACE/55.1.1 Message Board Post: There are three Wenzel (James) Zika's in the Mn area. James Zika, Sauk Rapids, is the son of Martin Zika, who came to the USA in 1862 with his parents Jakob and Maria Zika. They came from the Zablati, Budweis area. They settled in New Prague, MN Another Wencel Zika was the son of Albert Zika who settled in the Heidelburg, LeSueur Co area in 1876. A third James Zika is in St Paul, MN circa 1900. He has a wife Frances. Can you tie any of these people into your family?

Maywood Township, Minnesota Cemeteries Elwell Cemetery  - 037/28/04/NENW     - This cemetery is also known as Mound Cemetery. Maywood Cemetery - 037/28/34/NESW     - For information, contact Mission Covenant Church. Riverside Cemetery - 037/28/19/E4     - For information, contact Riverside Lutheran Church. For further information on cemeteries in the Maywood area, please contact Pastor Dale Bishop at the Maywood Covenant Church, 17455 55th St., NE, Foley, MN (320) 968-7652 or the Foley Funeral Home, 221 2nd Ave., P.O. Box 307, Foley, MN 56329 (320) 968-7111 - Greg M. Wenner, Owner-Director, Joseph T. Furey, Director. Ron Zurek List Administrator and Benton County Coordinator MNGenWeb/USGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnbenton

Just in case there is anybody out there: Hello, I joined this list about three weeks ago and sent this quire to the list about ten days ago. I haven't had any response to my question or seen any other questions submitted. If nobody knows the answer to my question, I understand that, but I suspect I am the only person on this list. If there is anybody else, would you give a "Hey! I am here too"? Thanks, Nancy -----Original Message----- From: Larry & Nancy Baldwin [mailto:lbaldwin@means.net] Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 3:58 PM To: MNBENTON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MNBENTON] Maywood Cemetery Greetings! My ancestors are buried in Maywood Cemetery. Does anybody know if this cemetery has had a listing done of the persons buried there? Does anybody know what church is affiliated with this, or is it a township ownership? Thank you for any help that you can be. Nancy

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/GGB.2ACE/55.1 Message Board Post: I have a Wenzel Zika who was born in Bohemia in 1840, emigrated to Johnson County Iowa in 1853, fought in the Civil War, was wounded, and after the war wandered about the US, trying to collect his pension. I do have a possible listing for him in Minnesota in 1870. If this is the man in whom you are interested, I have a lot on him and his descendents.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GGB.2ACE/64 Message Board Post: This is pretty cool! The Great River Regional Library has a subject contents index of the St. Cloud Times back to 1928 ! It includes obituaries also! You can't view the entire article, but this is a wonderful index for finding things you probably didn't know existed. (1) go to www.griver.org (2) click on "internet Link" (3) select "news" (4) then lick on St. CLoud Times Index. Executive Editor Susan Ihne wrote a nice piece that explains all of this: St. Cloud Times, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2003. Page 8B, Opinion Page.

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/GGB.2ACE/63 Message Board Post: I am looking for information on my ancestor's Elsie Curley married Paul DeLong in early 1900, their first son was born around 1916 and they had twin sons on 3/22/1921 the fourth son was born in the early 30's by this time I think they were in Iowa. I know Elsie's father was Steve. I am not sure who Paul's family was, at the time they met Paul was studying to be a Lutheran Minister. I have been told that the DeLong side of our Family is French/Canadian. They started in Canada and migrated there way down through Minnesota to Iowa.

Greetings! My ancestors are buried in Maywood Cemetery. Does anybody know if this cemetery has had a listing done of the persons buried there? Does anybody know what church is affiliated with this, or is it a township ownership? Thank you for any help that you can be. Nancy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Census Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GGB.2ACE/62 Message Board Post: In the 1930 census my grandparents lived on Raymond Avenue North East, which was in the 5th Ward of St. Cloud. I'm wondering just where this street was, as i'm sure it has been renamed. What is the name of Raymond Avenue today? Any information will be appreciated.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Schwenkler Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GGB.2ACE/61 Message Board Post: I have a newspaper clipping from 1912 that states that there was a Schwenkler Hall in Gilman or maybe Foley. Does anyone know of the person who owned this hall. The name Schwenkler had been mentioned in an interview with a relative who believed that this person might be key in putting togeather a puzzle with this branch of my family. Thank you in advance, Tom Goltz researching surnames: Goltz, Rudnitski, Spiczka, Baron, Schreiber, Gurke....

I'd like to introduce Melissa Brawley to this list. Melissa has agreed to be the volunteer in charge of Benton County, as the Minnesota Genealogical Society attempts to inventory the exact location of every cemetery in the county. We are attempting to learn not only the townhip, range and section numbers for each cemetery, but also the longitute/latitude, sexton name, address, driving directions, management organization if there is one, etc. We'd like to know if the cemetery is still active, how old it is, and whether or not someone has transcribed the cemetery burials. If you, or anyone you know, has info on Benton County MN cemeteries, will you please send that info to Melissa,at: melissa@carlsamuelson.com Thank you very much!! Darlene C. Joyce, Project Chair [and descendant of Harvey Stillman Norton, Benton resident 1865-1885] Darlene C. Joyce, CGRS ======================================= CGRS, Certified Genealogical Records Specialist is a service mark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by Board-certified associates after periodic competency evaluations. Professional website: findmyfamilyplease.com Email: dcjoyce@findmyfamilyplease.com Minnesota Cemetery Project Team--please use: darlenecjoyce@hotmail.com ----Original Message Follows---- From: MNBENTON-D-request@rootsweb.com Reply-To: MNBENTON-L@rootsweb.com To: MNBENTON-D@rootsweb.com Subject: MNBENTON-D Digest V03 #1 Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 08:00:38 -0700 << message2.txt >> << message4.txt >> _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus

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/GGB.2ACE/54.2.1.1 Message Board Post: As far as I can tell they had no children. Both of their obituaries make no mention of children, either living or dead. I will look into this further and post anything I find. Thanks for the tip.

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/GGB.2ACE/60 Message Board Post: I am trying to determine what happened to Louis WALLS and his wife May. The story goes something like this. In about 1907 Louis WALLS (aged 36) married May ____ (aged 20) in Benton County. Louis was the son of Henry P. Walls. According to the 1910 census, Louis and May are living in Benton county. Living with them are Louis' father, Henry, and 2 children, Leonard L. Walls (born abt 1908) and Elmer Walls (born abt 1909). By 1920, both Louis and May have apparently died. Leonard and Elmer are living in an orphanage near Blue Earth in Bentley county. Also living in the orphanage is what I believe to be a third son, Theodore, who was born abt 1912. There is a possibility that there was a fourth son, Richard, born in abt 1914. The 1920 census shows that Richard is not living in the orphanage, but is living in Sauk Rapids with George H. Moshier and his wife Minnie. George is listed as being a caretaker at the fairgrounds. By 1940 Theodore has married Gladys Danm and is living in Sauk Rapids when one of his sons, Wayne R., dies of leukemia at age 2. That is the last that I can find of any of the children of Louis and May. I have checked the Minnesota death records and there is no record of the death of either Louis, May or any of the children. Does anyone know what happened to Louis, May or thier children? Louis and May would have most likely died sometime between 1914 and 1920 in Benton county.

Looking for any information on the Thomas Roan(e) family that appear on the 1870 and 1880 Census in Maywood. We know that Thomas had at least one son through a previous marriage, Thomas Jr. Through his 2nd wife, he had 3 children. My biggest challenge is to find where and when Thomas died, and the first avenue to look is in Benton Co. Anyone run across the ROAN Name??? I have a photo of this man, his 2nd wife, and one of their children. He was born abt. 1828 in Ireland, and believed to have lived in Canada before coming down to Minnesota. Thanks, John

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/GGB.2ACE/54.2.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for the reply. I did not have information on William's wife. Can you tell me if William and Clara lost any children in the Cyclone of 1886 in Sauk Rapids. In some history that I have William's younger brother Jacob said that some of his cousins died in the Cyclone. I haven't been able to find out who's children they were or if they were perhaps from the other side of the family. Any info would be appreciated.