This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: VALARIETODD Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.minnesota.counties.benton/79.3.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Happy to help Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: alibell Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.minnesota.counties.benton/54.2.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Larry, My name is Allison Bell. My grandmother was Marion Jochem Ostby from Coutts. My parents were Dutch and Charlie Bell. I am a southern Alberta decendant too! Your great grandfather Jacob was one of my Mom's favorite great uncles. He gave her the nickname Dutch. Anyway I don't have a lot of info on the Jochems. Have been trying to find the ship that Adam and his wife came over on in the early 1840's from Germany. If you have any info on that I would greatly appreciate it if you would share what you know. I do have some Census info and other information I have collected about the family while they lived in Mequon, Wisconson and the Cederburg area before moving to Sauk Rapids. Adam Jochem, Jacobs father, left Wisconson in 1884 because he was going to Sauk Rapids to run (own?) a Brewery. I have never been able to find any info on the Brewery but I imagine that it was wiped out in 1886 when Sauk Rapids was hit by a cyclone. If your interested in any info I have just let me kno! w. Thanks Allison Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: VALARIETODD Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.minnesota.counties.benton/79.3.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I sure can and will Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rocklover3 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.minnesota.counties.benton/79.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Valerie, I see you have been on ancesty.com. Are you "working on your Todd side of the family? If I send you what information I am missing on Carl's family can you help me? Linda Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: VALARIETODD Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.minnesota.counties.benton/79.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am Carl's Great Grandaughter. Wife Olive. My grandmother was Lydia Stauffenecker.Contact me if you want. I will tell you what I know. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MNGenWeb Surnames: Walter, Cline Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.minnesota.counties.benton/185.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Beginning in 1865, the state of Minnesota conducted a population census on the fifth year between Federal censuses. This practice continued in 1875, 1885, 1895 and 1905. Like the U.S. Census they are organized geographically, and the content may vary from year to year. Minnesota Marriage Index. They are listed. http://www.mncounty.com/Modules/Certificates/Marriage/Default.aspx WALTER, WILLIAM married CLINE, LINNIE on Aug 30 1882 in Stearns County, Minnesota. You looked at the 1900 census but the online index does not really have information about being next door so you must not know about the Minnesota online census. http://people.mnhs.org/census/search.cfm?bhcp=1 Linnie's grave marker is online. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=walter&GSfn=linnie&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=39288649& James Walter is also there. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=walter&GSiman=1&GScid=82772&GRid=39288648& Looks like the date is underground. Quite common for those narrow ones with no cement or stone base. According to the online census, the William Walter in Benton County would be too young to marry Linnie Cline in 1882. I think this is him. Walter, William Age: 40 Ethnicity: White Birth place: England Census ID# 5414579 County: Stearns City/Township: Maine Prairie Gender: male Census Year: 1895 So search for any Walter in Stearns in Maine Prairie and you see the family. Looks like he might have had a son named James. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ptfeid Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.minnesota.counties.benton/55.1.1.2.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: James and W are the same. The info I have is posted above. I would love to exchange info. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: tomwdcraftr Surnames: Behnke, Schmidt, Von Liser, Liesser, Luzer, Luesser Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.minnesota.counties.benton/186.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have confirmed that my Grandmother and her siblings were born in Gross Zirkwitz and Ploetzig, West Prussia between 1872 and 1880. The Mother of these children was shown on the birth records as maiden name of Catharina Behnke. I've found a number of Behnke immigrants to Wisconsin were also from Gross Zirkwitz. I haven't made a definite connection yet, but this was a very small village, so it would seem they would likely have been related. Looking for anyone with the Schmidt, Behnke, Von Liser, Liser, Liesser, Luzer, Luesser names who settled in Minnesota or maybe Wisconsin or nearby who would have been originally from Gross Zirkwitz, West Prussia. Thanks!!! Tom McMillan (Washougal, WA) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: alrightrenos Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.minnesota.counties.benton/54.2.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My name is Larry Jochem, a Great Grandson of Jacob A Jochem. I am from Southern Alberta Canada and looking for relatives in the U.S.A. Contact can be made by e mail. alrightrenos@yahoo.ca Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: tomwdcraftr Surnames: Schmidt, Smith Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.minnesota.counties.benton/67.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: OK, I just received birth records for my Schmidt ancestors. Five of the children were born in Gross Zirkwitz, and one was born in Ploetzig. They did live in Gilmanton, in Benton County, Minnesota. Martin Schmidt, the Father, came in 1881, and Catherine (Behnke) Schmidt came with 5 of the children in 1883. They went by Smith until about the 1910 census. Martin and Catherine retired in St Cloud. He died in 1929 and she in 1933 I think. Tom McMillan (Washougal, WA) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: r_a_green Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.minnesota.counties.benton/187/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Minnesota as it is in 1870, Its General Resources and Attractions for Immigrants, Invalids, Tourists, Capitalists, and Business Men (Principally from Official Authorities) with Special Descriptions of all its Counties and Towns,their Topography, Population, Nationalities, Products, Business, Wealth, Social Advantages and Inducements to those in Quest of Homes, Health, or Pleasure. 1870, Published by the author, J.W. McClung, St. Paul, MN Minnesota as it is in 1870... The 300 page book is divided in two Parts. 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The 1905 census shows that 18 year old Ole Oslin was living in Glendorado and working as a farm laborer.  I have been unable to find any record of him after this census (?)

Any relationship with a Seivert Bergerson who married a Mildred Kampa and lived in Sherburne county by Palmer? Sharon

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: tomwdcraftr Surnames: Schmidt, Smith, Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.minnesota.counties.benton/186/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm looking for information about my Schmidt ancestors who came from Prussia. Martin Schmidt came in 1881, and his Father George was with him for a time. Catherine (Katie) Schmidt (maiden name Behnke and her Mother's maiden possibly Lieser) came in 1883 with 5 of her children. Family lore says they left 6 children in Prussia likely with relatives. They had 10 more children in Minnesota. On the early census records they were going by Smith. After most of the children were raised by 1910 the census records showed as Schmidt for Martin and Catherine. They were apparently farmers in Gilmanton, and seems by 1920 had retired and were living in St Cloud were they passed away. I'm fairly sure they were Catholics. I can't be sure exactly where they came from in Prussia, but on one of the children's Naturalization records there's an indication she was born in Gross Zirkwitz. Family lore has it that likely after Martin left in 1881 and before Catherine immigrated she may have! been living with her family in Prague. This was a very large family and I'm hoping someone can share more about them. I know a lot of the children ended up in Oregon and Washington, but would seem likely there would still be some ancestors in Minnesota. Tom McMillan (Washougal, WA) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Sorry big blunder, the year was 1880!! Sorry, Eighteen-Eighty

I would like to hear from others that have ancestors that came from Sweden to the St. Cloud area in c. 1800? I would like to know their route and anything concerning their trip from Sweden to Minnesota. What port did they arrive in? How did they get to Minnesota, did they go through Chicago or Duluth or St. Paul? Ellis Island was not yet open so they likely had to go through Castle Garden but I can't find my Bergstroms anywhere, in spite of trying all the different spellings they used for their name the first years. Any hints would be appreciated. Incidentally I ran across a great book that would be of interest to anyone on this Benton Co. Minn list. It is on Heritage Quest that can be accessed online through your library card. It is "History of Sterns Co. Minnesota" by Wm Bill Mitchell. It has some great articles on the early days of the area.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: tomwdcraftr Surnames: Schmidt/Smith Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.minnesota.counties.benton/67.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Even though this message is fairly old, I thought I'd respond. I'm still working on exactly where my Gilmanton family came from. I do have one naturalization record that states one of the children was born in Gross Zirkwitz. The family was Martin and Catherine Schmidt, but they went by Smith after immigrating. They came to Gilmanton area in 1881 and 1883. I did find that Martin traveled with a group which stated they were going to the Salk Rapids, MN area on the ship manifest. I did find that several of those were also in Gilmanton. Those I found traveling with him to America were last names of Gurka or Gurkie and Warmka. Likely there were others. Catherine Schmidt traveled with the children to America in 1883 and there were likely others traveling with her that moved to the same area. Thanks!! Tom McMillan (Washougal, WA) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: LynnOllman Surnames: Walter/Cline Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.minnesota.counties.benton/185/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This is my great grand father on my fathers Dads side. He was from England. I have Various first name spellings on his wife's name--Lannala,Linie, Linnia Cline from Indiana. I think he had a brother James who accourding to the 1900 census lived next door. Anyone knowing any more it would be greatly appreciated. thanks Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: LynnOllman Surnames: Brennan/Armstrong Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.minnesota.counties.benton/184/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This is my Faternal Great Great Grandparents. they farmed in Benton County between foley and St. cloud MN Would like to know if anyone knows about the "supposedly" Brennan book that is out there. I have print-out parts from the book provided by a living relative. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: paulgormanson Surnames: Geris, Martin, Austin Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.minnesota.counties.benton/32.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: If your grandmother's name was Margaret Martin Geris (married to Joe Geris Jr), I believe your Dad may have been the cousin Garvey my Mom used to talk about. She was the daughter of Margaret's sister, Marcella, and was Leona Austin Gormanson born in 1928. All the above taking place in Superior WI. You can email me direct at paulgormanson@msn.com if you prefer. Thanks, Paul Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.