This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ANDERSON, CHRISTIANSEN, ADAMS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TGB.2ACE/71.2.1 Message Board Post: I don't know names of the parents of my great grandfather, Martin A. ANDERSON. His siblings are: Helen (who married Charlie ELLIASON), Hans, Andrew, Gus, Gertie, and Lena. Martin, the oldest son, came to America from Norway to find a place to settle, then returned to get the rest of the family. They took a train to Eau Claire, WI and settled there for a time. Martin's father died working in a nearby mill (possibly Humbird, WI). His mother died in Brainerd, MN where they later moved. Martin ANDERSON married Helen CHRISTIANSEN. He worked in mills in Brainerd and Aitken, MN Children are Mamie (HESS), Alfred, Carrie (BENNETT) all born in Brainerd, Gertrude (ADAMS) (born 1892 20 miles from Brainerd), Helen (BEEREND) (born 1895 Arcadia, WI), Walter, Carl (Roy), Tom, and Ethel Alfreda (Freda)(REBSTOCK)(all born in Weyerhauser, WI. Martin had a sawmill and grocery store there. He died in 1928 and is buried in Weyerhauser Protestant Cemetery.