Posted on: Dakota Co. Mn Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/Dakota/10639 Surname: Records ------------------------- Anyone descended from the Record(s) family .

Posted on: Dakota County Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/DakotaObits/10077 Surname: Harkins, McNellis, Eagan, Dougan ------------------------- St Paul Pioneer Press Tuesday, October 4, 1938 Death thrust a bitter cup into the hand of John Harkins for a few hours Monday; but it relented and he was reunited with his wife-the girl he had known since childhood. Mrs Harkins had succumbed at 3 AM Monday following a long illness. Bravely her husband went ahead with the funeral arrangements. By evening they were completed and he sat down to rest and talk to friends. About 7:00 PM, a neighbor brought in some foodstuffs and Mr Harkins offered a grateful "Thank you". Those were his last words. The doctor said his death was due to a heart attack. Mr and Mrs Harkins, 79 and 80 years old respectively, were born on adjoining farms near Inver Grove in Dakota Co. Raised and educated together, they were married in 1883. They lived in St Paul for the last 45 years, their home being at 842 Ashland Ave. Mr Harkins worked 26 years with the old St Paul Fas and Light Co and was chief engineer when he retired. Next, her was in business with his son Thomas J Harkins, until about ten years ago. Both he and Mrs Harkins took an active interest in the affairs of St Luke's Church. They are survived by six children; Thomas J, George J, Mrs Leo Maloy, Mrs Hugo Tessman, and Mrs Harold Vosges, all of St Paul, and William J of San Francisco. Mrs Harkins also is survived by a sister, Mrs Julia Masterson of Los Angeles. Funeral services will take place at 9:00 AM Thursday in St Luke's Church, Summit Ave and Lexington Parkway. Burial will be at Inver Grove.

I have lots of Brown information. I am in contact with another Brown line that lived in this area as well. My Browns are the children of Samuel Brown & Mary Hart: Solomon, Jeremiah, Mary, John Wesley, Lydia Ann (Carli) Samuel Fletcher, Wilson, Florence, Welsley and Nathaniel Reeder. Samuel had one child with his first wife, Emily Renshaw : Joseph Renshaw Brown, the noted pioneer, trader and land speculator and politician. The other Brown line, I don't have, but I have a contact. We have one thing in common: We're related to Dakota Chief Wapasha (Wabasha). John Wesley Brown in my case, married Mary Mooers<Hazen Mooers + Grey Cloud Woman II (aka Margaret Aird) < James Aird + Mahpiyahotawin (Grey Cloud Woman)<Chief Wapasha I. Joseph Renshaw Brown married Susan Freniere who was related to Little Crow, Wabasha and supposedly, Sacajawea. Please contact me with details regarding your line, even if you don't see an immediate connection. My ancestors lived in the area during this same time, so I can keep an eye out for your people if I know more about who they are. Sonja Aird, Almquist , Authier, Bouchard, Brown, Campbell, Doherty, Erno, Hofbauer, Hovland, LaPointe, LaRocque, McCollum, Mooers, Payer, Robertson, Ross, Schoolcraft, Shingledecker, Ullmann; Chiefs Wabasha, Mamongazida & Waubojeeg.

Posted on: Dakota Co. Mn Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/Dakota/10638 Surname: Kleis ------------------------- Hello Bob, I dont can send you a E-Mail to your Adress. ItŽs come back. Sorry my bad school-englisch. My Information about the St.JohnŽs Hotel was. St.JohnsŽs Hotel, built in 1900 by John Kleis. In 1903 John E. Doffing, who had prviously worked in the elevator bought the hotel and operated it for many years. The hotel is presently owend and operated by James Keetley. John was married with Anna Maria N., She was born in the Prüm area. Im living in Bleialf in the Prüm area, about 20 km from Schönecken and 14 km from Prüm and 17 km from Steffeshausen, where John and Nikolaus Kleis was born. My grandmother was born in Steffeshausen, too. Her grandfather Franz Kleis was a brother from John and Nikolaus. John has got 3 daughters and one son Matthew. Nikolaus Kleis was married with Susanna Kiemen. She was born in Vermillion. They had asbout 9 children. I has a picture of the salon of the St.JohnŽs Hotel and from John Kleis and his family. Has you got informations about the descendants from John and Nikolaus Kleis in Hastings/Mn? Has you a picture from the hotel? Please send me a message. Uwe

Posted on: Dakota Co. Mn Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Mn/Dakota/10637 Surname: ------------------------- Hello Uwe: My great-grandather had also owned the same Hotel. My great grandfather was John Doffing. The St. John's Hotel was torn down many years ago(around 1980, I think). I am interested in the Kleis family. I alway thought they were from the Prum or Schonecken area of Germany. My great granmother was a Gores who lived in that area. There are Kleis descendants in the area today. I am a local historian/genealogist and am interested in genealogy for the most. I have some pictures of the St. John's Hotel. It was originally built in the 1880's but burned down about 1900. It was rebuilt and sometime in that time period I believe John Kleis owned the building. I also have obituaries of the Kleis family. I think one of the daughters of the John or Nick Kleis operated another hotel. Do you live near Schoenecken. At one time a person named Honny(Johan) Niederprum worked as a laborer at the St. John's hotel. He lleft his personal papers with my grandmother and I promised my grandmother that I would locate the relatives of Honny and return the papers to them. Anyway, I would like to hear from you. Bob Olson Hastings, MN

Posted on: Dakota Co. Mn Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/Dakota/10636 Surname: Kleis, Kiemen ------------------------- I am searching for descendants of John and Nicholas Kleis, both born in Steffeshausen now Belgium in the Eifel Area near Germany. Mr. Bob Olson - your Email-Adress is not ok! Are there any descendants Kleis?? My Grandmothers Grandfather was Franz Kleis. He was a brother of John and Nicholas Kleis!!

Posted on: Dakota Co. Mn Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/Dakota/10635 Surname: WOLF, MEYER ------------------------- Could this be the same Christian Wolf who married Mary Meyer in Bangor, La Crosse Co., WI? I found Christian Wolf in the Pierce Co.,WI naturalizations, which lead me to Dakota County. Would appriciate any info or help. Thank you!

Posted on: Dakota Co. Mn Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/Dakota/10634 Surname: Wolf ------------------------- Thank you for responding.I'm having a hard time locating him on ship lists even though I have the port of entry and the date of july of 1868.The search goes on ! Thanks again, Kathy

Posted on: Dakota Co. Mn Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/Dakota/10633 Surname: ------------------------- Hi: When I entered the data for the Naturalization Intents, I copied everything that it listed: Christian Wolf, born Germany, 1842; Arrived at the port of New York on July 1868; Renounced citizenship of Germany; Declaration date- Apr. 2, 1875, recordefd on page 562 of Vol. One For finding Christian you can try two things--check the New York Passenger lists(on microfilm for July of 1868 or you can locate the Series Germans to America and check the indexes. I believe that series is close to 80 volumes. One warning is that sometimes the date of arrival is inccorrect, especially when the person filed his intent several years after his arrival, but you have to hope that is not the case. Good Luck Bob Olson

Posted on: Dakota Co. Mn Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/Dakota/10632 Surname: ------------------------- Hello: Just some comments on the Beissel's, etc. The Fickers left a large number of descendant in the area. The original progenitors of the Fickers are buried at New Trier, but there is not much left of the original stone, I had found pieces of it when I helped replot the cemetery a few years back. One of the daughters of the original Ficker was the wife of a Mathias Doffing, whose older son Conrad left tons of descendants in the Colwich, Kansas area. There were also a couple of male branches of the Ficker family and one descendant moved up north and changed the spelling to Fueger or Feuger. The Beissel family is very large and I understand that one or more persons are working on the family. At one time I hired a researcher in Germany to carry the family back a generation or so. The Wiederholt's appear to have came originally from Bickenroede near Heuthen in Thuringia. There were apparently other families that originated in the same area in Germany that settled in Dickeyville and the surrounding area and some like the Ginthers, Kaiser and other went to the Miesville area, possibly in groups. Families like the Stitz, Eckert, and Schaffer's also originated in the same area. When I compiled the data for the New Trier Origin Series I had planned on pinpointing origins so that future reseachers could locate the origins via LDS records or whatever. At this time I am constantly searching for origins of New Trier families and their descendants, but mostly focusing on Luxembourg at this point. For any further queries, please contact me and I will give it a stab, as long as it is in the New Trier-Hastings and surrounding areas. Bob

Posted on: Dakota Co. Mn Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/Dakota/10631 Surname: ------------------------- Hi: I have the stuff at hand, just lazy I guess: Agatha Beissel, born Aug. 3, 1887, baptized on Aug. 8, 1887; daughter of Bertram Beissel and Francisca Landsberger; sponsors--Gotfried Beissel and Maria Ficker. Recorded on page 293, New Trier Baptismal Records. I believe this was one of the branches of the Beissel family the left the area. Bob Olson

Posted on: Dakota Co. Mn Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/Dakota/10630 Surname: Kleis ------------------------- Subject: Greetings from Germany Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 23:56:54 +0100 From: "v-r/194518-0" Hello my name is Uwe Probst and IŽam from Germany. I have some questions. Two brothers of my Great-great-grandfather goes to the States of Amerika. They had live in Hastings, Dakota County, Minnesota. One of them was John Kleis, the other was Nikolaus Kleis. Do you now, are there any grandchildren in Hastings. John Kleis has a Hotel and Salon "St. John". Is this Hotel to day allways open? The Picture is in the salon of St. John. On the right site there is Nikolaus Kleis and behind the bar his brother John with his son Matthie. With informations you make me happy. mailto:[email protected] Greetings from Uwe [Note from MNDakota Manager: the picture referenced above cannot be displayed on this site]

Hi Hanna, South St. Paul (my birthplace) has always been in Dakota Co. Dakotah County was one of the original Minnesota Territory counties and has been around for a long time. It originally covered much more territory: at one time it extended all the way from the Mississippi River west into what later became the state of So. Dakota. Eventually, it was divided into many other counties. Check out: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~mngenweb/mnterr.htm> to see the original county structure of the Minnesota Territory 1849-1851. Grey Cloud Island is in Washington Co. which was also one of the original Minnesota Territorial counties. Part of it is an island formed by the Mississippi River and it lies adjacent to Cottage Grove and St. Paul Park and across the river from Inver Grove Heights. The river is the dividing line between Dakota and Washington Counties which, on some maps, may not be readily noticeable. Hope this helps. Tom Wilde MNDAKOTA Listmanager Currently living in exile in Virginia! ;-) [email protected] wrote: > > I have found my husband's great grandfather living in South St. Paul in 1890. > Can you tell me what county that is in. I know he later on lived in grey > cloud island south St. Paul. Which county do I look under? It looks like > there was no dakota county at that time. In the census is only washington > county. Can anyone help? > > Hanna1023 > Ulli > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog

Posted on: Dakota Co. Mn Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/Dakota/10629 Surname: wolf ------------------------- Christian Wolf filed for intent in 1875 in Dakota county.He was born in Germany in 1842.Can anyone please look it up for me and post any additional information on him? Thank you very much. Kathy

I have found my husband's great grandfather living in South St. Paul in 1890. Can you tell me what county that is in. I know he later on lived in grey cloud island south St. Paul. Which county do I look under? It looks like there was no dakota county at that time. In the census is only washington county. Can anyone help? Hanna1023 Ulli

Posted on: Dakota Co. Mn Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/Dakota/10628 Surname: Beissel ------------------------- Hi Michelle - I will try to locate the birth certificate for Agatha. I live in Dakota County and I am researching that family line also. Have you been in contact with Kathy Severance yet? If you don't hear back from me a week or so, drop me another email message. thanks, Linda

Posted on: Dakota Co. Mn Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/Dakota/10627 Surname: Wiederholt, Gerlach, Siefert ------------------------- Dakota County - Miesville, MN Looking for info about Frank Wiederholt, born February 5, 1858 in Dickeyville,WI. Frank moved to Miesville,MN (Dakota County) and married Lena Gerlach on September 22, 1885.Frank and Lena had six children; Charles (my grandfather), Clara, George, John, Henry and Theresa.Frank died on October 3, 1929 and Lena on December 11, 1945 in Miesville. All are buried in St.Joseph's Cemetary.Any info on relatives or Frank's Father and mother would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

I have lots of Browns in my tree that lived in this area. There are many duplicated names. Do you have any dates or approximate times, spouses, children, etc? I may be able to help you with more information. Sonja

Posted on: Dakota Co. Mn Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/Dakota/10626 Surname: ------------------------- I am inquiring about a annual of the St.Paul Stockyards in Dakota County. Thank you.

Posted on: Dakota Co. Mn Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mn/Dakota/10625 Surname: Cockerane, Benton, Barr, Hewitt ------------------------- My McDonoughs were in Blair County -1800--I think my ggggreat grand father was a James. From Blair county I can bring them up to date. Get back to me. Duff McDonough