This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: veevas Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.minnesota.counties.blueearth/2031.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: oh my goodness, I did not see this until now, I am so sorry, if I had known, I would have wrote back immediately. THANK YOU, Bonnie, for this info. 2 more ladies found me last week, and is related to thomas Larson, he was a newspaper man most of his life, owning it also. I think there may be info on them in Mankato old records or old newspapers. but I have no way of finding them, as we live in Washington State. His birth name was Torkel or Thorkel, changing it to Thomas in America. born in Iowa. His parents had 14 kids. so there has to be more people out there if we could get more info out there online. we found 2 ladies, and they both said Thomes never spoke of his second wife Susan to their parents. there also may have been a daughter but possible not his, Susan had her before. thanks again, Sincerely Judy 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.