I have lost the addy for the person looking for the Osceola address. Please get back to me. Annie in Minnesota

Ok, my cousin in England has evidently gone to bed now, so I will going for a ride. Back later. Annie in Minnesota

Have you tried going on Google, and then to more>>, and then maps, and then typing the address? It will take you right to the address and you can also click on "satelite" or "hybrid" and get the actual street names and see it in actual photographs. Jean (former St. Paulite)

In a message dated 9/26/2005 11:38:08 AM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: The death certificate is difficult to read but possibly says he was a resident of the city for 20 years. I do not know what happened to Margaret or if they had any children. I can't find Margaret's dc or burial. Any suggestions? Judy Where was he buried again? Annie in Minnesota

Thanks to all for the information on Eagle Street. I did follow the link to Mapquest that Anne sent showing Eagle Parkway. I will try to locate someone who has an older city directory and find out what was at 222 Eagle St. in 1920. Not sure if that information will give me any leads but the more pieces that I collect the better my changes to solve the puzzle. Ole & Margaret Nelson have really been a research challange. I have looked at all the online US.Census indexes for Minnesota but can't find a match. He was born in Norway in 1851, immigrated with his parents in 1857. In 1878 he married Margaret Tallaksen, b. 1853, in Ozaukee County Wisconsin. In 1880 they were running a boarding house in Northfield, Rice County MN. Then they dropped off the face of the earth, hmmm or possibly were wandering around some desert for 40 years. In January 1920 Ole shows up for my great-grandfather's funeral, listing his residence as St. Paul. On a trip to MN I found Ole's death certificate (1923) at the MN Historical. He was a widow living at 222 Eagle St.. The death certificate is difficult to read but possibly says he was a resident of the city for 20 years. I do not know what happened to Margaret or if they had any children. I can't find Margaret's dc or burial. Any suggestions? Judy Vilas county, Wisconsin

In a message dated 9/26/2005 8:06:36 AM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: You might try http://www.mapquest.com/ and see what your address reveals about that address today. This site uses today's street names, so you might not get exactly the results you want if the name has changed I sent her the link for Eagle Street on the weekend. 222 still shows, but the street is now Eagle Parkway, I think it was. Will be looking to see what I can find today. Annie in Minnesota

At 05:19 PM 9/25/2005, Judy Groh wrote: >I have been following the thread on Temperance Street and wondered if Eagle >Street is in that same area. Would anyone know what was at 222 Eagle Street >in 1900-1920? Was this a residence or possibly a boarding house? Is the >street still there? > >My gr-gr-uncle Ole Nelson (Norwegian), according to his death certificate, >was living at 222 Eagle Street, St.Paul; and was a resident of the city for >20 years. He died at Anker Hospital in 1923, is buried in Elmhurst >CemeteryBut I am unable to locate him in the 1900, 1910 or 1920 Census. > >Judy >."Judy Groh" <[email protected]> From "On the Street Where You Live," by Don Empson, now out of print. "Eagle Street: Serving 'upper town,' which was the area between Wabasha Street and Seven corners, one of the city's two major steamboat lands was at the foot of Eagle Street. The eagle was a popular symbol of the United States when this street was named in 1849, and its image graces many buildings and towns." While city directories are well known for their alphabetic listings of people (usually only those employed in the earlier years), they are great sources for other information too. They vary by year, but often include business directories. Some list residents by address. Some offer listings of churches, societies, cemeteries, clubs, etc. I don't own any myself, but often use them at the library. You might try http://www.mapquest.com/ and see what your address reveals about that address today. This site uses today's street names, so you might not get exactly the results you want if the name has changed. My grandparents-in-law used to live on Yankee Street in St. Paul. That street name was changed and MapQuest sends me to Eagan in Dakota County when I ask it about their address on that street. Like anything else on the net, evaluating results has to be a major part of your research! Mary List mom Mary Bakeman [email protected] Ramsey MnGenWeb Coordintor http://www.parkbooks.com/MnGenWeb/ Park Genealogical Books http://www.parkbooks.com/

In a message dated 9/25/2005 5:19:50 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Would anyone know what was at 222 Eagle Street in 1900-1920? Was this a residence or possibly a boarding house? Is the street still there? Judy, Eagle Street is still there, but nothing from long ago is. It goes from the western edge of the dt area down to the river, but most of what is left is all new stuff. I would have to take a ride and check to see if that addy is still there. Annie in Minnesota

I have been following the thread on Temperance Street and wondered if Eagle Street is in that same area. Would anyone know what was at 222 Eagle Street in 1900-1920? Was this a residence or possibly a boarding house? Is the street still there? My gr-gr-uncle Ole Nelson (Norwegian), according to his death certificate, was living at 222 Eagle Street, St.Paul; and was a resident of the city for 20 years. He died at Anker Hospital in 1923, is buried in Elmhurst CemeteryBut I am unable to locate him in the 1900, 1910 or 1920 Census. Judy .

I should also add something about the house number "68". The house number "68" from the 1880 census, has no specific meaning today - as it was part of the city's second attempt at numbering all of its buildings. The city initiated its first city-wide numbering system in 1869, changed the numbers completely again, beginning in late 1873, and settled on its final (and present) numbering system in April 1881. If you find an address in a record dating from about 1882, to the present - - the numbers should correspond with today's addresses in St. Paul - - for the most part. There is a way to translate old numbers from the first two city-wide numbering systems, but it involves a little comparative research using old city directories, maps, etc. By the way - Temperance St. was only about 4 or 5 blocks long - running north from E. Eighth St., to about 13th St. (later Grove St.) - so it is an area which can easily be located on a map. Again, hope this helps.

Temperance Street, one of the oldest streets in St. Paul, was located in the heart of the Lowertown neighborhood in 1880. The street ran north and south, just a block east of Jackson Street. The Lowertown area was built mostly in the 1850s and 1860s by St. Paul's earliest pioneers. By 1880, it was solidly built, considered a middle-class neighborhood, and had a variety of early mansions, working class houses, churches, schools, and small boarding houses and hotels, and other commercial buildings. By the late 1880s, much of the southern most part of the neighborhood had evolved to become a large railroad, manufacturing, and warehouse district. That area today is protected by Historic Preservation designations, and most of the old buildings have been converted for residential use. More than 90 % of all of the buildings in the residential section of Lowertown were demolished during the 1950s and 1960s, to make way for what is now Regions Hospital, Highways 35E and I-94. Today the remainder (south of the freeways) of the Lowertown neighborhood forms the core of one of the city's newest downtown residential development areas. Although the Lowertown neighborhood had a high concentration of Scandinavian residents in 1880, the city's largest Scandinavian population lived about a mile east of Lowertown, in and around Swede Hollow. The hollow is located just east of the most southern part of today's Payne Ave. (that part of Payne Ave. was in 1880 a part of Bradley St.) from Minnehaha Avenue, south to East Fifth St. - in the Phalen Creek Valley. Cleared of its last residents in 1956, Swede Hollow (approx. 23 acres) has been a city park since the late 1970s. Hope this helps.

At 06:22 PM 9/24/2005, you wrote: >Hi, > >I'm trying to determine where 68 Temperance Street was in Saint Paul >as of 1880. And what was the rep. of the street? Was this in what was >called "Swede Hollow." Or? > >This is of interest because a great-grandmother was working as a >servant at that address as of the 1980 US Census. She was age 18, >single, and born in Sweden. The establishment appears to have been a >saloon-with-boarding house. The 12 boarders all were working class >males, of Swedish and Norwegian birth, single, and ranging in age >from 19 to 41. > >If cannot help, a suggestion or two on next-best places to query >would be appreciated. Source: On the Street Where You Live, by Donald Empson, Witsend Press, 1975 (now out of print, though I've heard he's working on a new edition). Temperance St: "One of downtown's (therefore NOT in Swede Hollow) most obscure avenues, it was named in 1851 for the virtue of abstaining from alcoholic beverages. At this early date, temperance was a spirited question and the first society for that purpose had been organized in St. Paul only three years previous. It is said that, in its later years, the street was graced by a saloon." City directories sometimes have a listing in the back of where streets begin, the numbers for the major cross streets and where they end. That might be something else to check... Any one have any other ideas? Mary >Thanks............Roger Hughes (in Illinois) > >=============================================== > > Mary Bakeman [email protected] Ramsey MnGenWeb Coordintor http://www.parkbooks.com/MnGenWeb/ Park Genealogical Books http://www.parkbooks.com/

From : http://people.mnhs.org/dci/search.cfm DURFEE, HAZEL M. Date of Birth: 08/28/1895 Place of Birth: OUT OF STATE Mother Maiden Name: TINSMAN certid# 1986-MN-013608 Date of Death: 05/07/1986 County of Death: RAMSEY DURFEE, GEORGE H. Date of Birth: not indexed Place of Birth: not indexed Mother Maiden Name: not indexed certid# 1928-MN-022963 Date of Death: 12/30/1928 County of Death: HENNEPIN DURFEE, ESTHER M. Date of Birth: 11/02/1894 Place of Birth: OUT OF STATE Mother Maiden Name: BUCK certid# 1991-MN-024604 Date of Death: 09/15/1991 County of Death: RAMSEY From: Mary Bakeman <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Fwd: DURFEE FAMILY Can anyone help Kim? Please send responses to her directly as I'm not sure she is on our mailing list. Thanks! Mary List Mom >Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 10:57:19 EDT >Subject: RAMSEY COUNTY QUERY > >I am researching a brother and sister who died in Ramsey County. >Hazel Durfee born in Gaylord Michigan on August 28, 1895 and died in >Ramsey County in May of 1986 >George Dewey Durfee born in Gaylord, Michigan on March 28, 1898, married >Esther in 1922 in Detroit, Michigan and died in Ramsey County in December >of 1990 >Do either of these folks look familiar to anyone? >Thanks! >Kim DePew > [email protected] ~Claire Grant Sioux Falls SD Genealogy~ Practice of confusing the dead & irritating the living. --------------------------------- Yahoo! for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.

I forwarding this to the list from a general MN list, because Turpins settled in St. Paul very early in MN history. Lynda may not be on our list, so be sure to include her e-mail address in your reply. Check out Pigs Eye's Notepad at <http://www.lareau.org/pep.html> for compiled biographies of many of MN's early settlers. Mary List mom >From: "Lynda McRae" <[email protected]> >Old-To: <[email protected]> >Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 20:08:35 -0400 >Subject: [NDSDMN] Turpin query > >Hi folks! I am new to this list... >I am looking for any information on my ggggrandparents Michel Turpin and >Julie Malboeuf Beausoleil. They would have been born around 1810 and >married 1830. Their daughter, Henriette Turpin married Eustache Charlebois >Jan. 29th, 1861 at Notre Dame, Montreal. I am looking at Minnesota, as >there is a notation in the 1901 Canadian Census that my gggrandmother >Henriette Turpin was born April 1, 1843 probably in the USA. and >immigrated to Canada around 1850. I am looking at Minnesota as there are a >lot of Turpins. I am also investigating Michigan and New York state. Any >help would be so greatly appreciated!!! > >Lynda >Canada > "Lynda McRae" <[email protected]>

Can anyone help Kim? Please send responses to her directly as I'm not sure she is on our mailing list. Thanks! Mary List Mom >Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 10:57:19 EDT >Subject: RAMSEY COUNTY QUERY > >I am researching a brother and sister who died in Ramsey County. >Hazel Durfee born in Gaylord Michigan on August 28, 1895 and died in >Ramsey County in May of 1986 >George Dewey Durfee born in Gaylord, Michigan on March 28, 1898, married >Esther in 1922 in Detroit, Michigan and died in Ramsey County in December >of 1990 >Do either of these folks look familiar to anyone? >Thanks! >Kim DePew > [email protected]

Note her address below -- this request bounced! >I am looking for any and all information on Corinne Hartshorn who lived in >St. Paul Minn. >around 1941 with her mother Viola F. Hartshorn, step father Sam Green, >brothers, Marion >Roseby, Manuel Roseby and Andrew Hartshorn.They may have been living on the >West >Side. > >Thank You, >[email protected]

Can anyone help this Seattle, WA resident? Respond directly to him, as I'm not sure he's on our mailing list. Mary >From: [email protected] >Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 10:06:22 EDT >Subject: ramsey county death information > >Help! Is there any body that can do a death research, seeking the death >date of : >Julia (Sheehan) Sullivan, Born abt 1862 in Ireland, she was married to >Patrick J. Sullivan, I have found three death listings for her in Ramsey: >Aug 6, 1930 MN 1930-024672 >Feb 14, 1926 MN 1926-023344 >Mar 15, 1928 MN-1928-023734 >No other information was listed on these sites. I do not want to order all >three, when I don't know if any of these are the REAL Julia. >Your help is most appreciated. >Phil Mitchell [email protected]

Hello, Looking for further information on the family of Thomas EGAN and Anastasia Mulroney (information follows). Also looking for someone who will do an obit lookup for me for Thomas EGAN died 15 March 1925 Ramsey County Anastasia EGAN died 26 June 1939 Thanks for any assistance! Barb Thomas Bothell, WA Descendants of Thomas W Egan 1 Thomas W Egan 16 March 1925 Ramsey County, MN b: January 1860 in Minnesota d: 16 March 1925 in Ramsey County, MN .. +Anastasia "Anna" Mulroney 26 June 1939 Ramsey County, MN b: May 1865 in Minnesota d: 26 June 1939 in Ramsey County, MN ....... 2 Mary Amelda Egan b: June 1892 in Nebraska ....... 2 Anastasia B Egan b: February 1894 ....... 2 Joseph Arthur Egan ....... 2 Vincent John Egan ....... 2 Sarah Egan b: Abt. 1904 "Don't ever question the value of volunteers. Noah's Ark was built by volunteers; the Titanic was built by professionals."

Hi list: I am hoping someone on the list can help me in my research. I'm looking for information on my GGrandfather Otto Bierschenk. I found some info on his Naturalization which follows. Would it be possible for someone to look up this information for me and send me what it says. I am trying to find in Germany where the family came from. I have all the data from stateside but nothing overseas. Any help on this will be greatly appreciated. Bill Minnesota Naturalization Records Index, 1854-1957 Personal Information Name: Otto Bierschenk County: Ramsey Reel: 41 Code: 117 Volume: 8 Page: 202 -- _______________________________________________ NEW! Lycos Dating Search. The only place to search multiple dating sites at once. http://datingsearch.lycos.com

I would like help with a lookup for an obirutary for William Gladstone McDonald. he was born Aug. 22, 1890 to James and Mary Ina (Will) McDonald. He died in Ramsey County on June 19. 1923. Thank you for any help you can give me with this. Wilda Shelly