Morning folks: Are the late 1800's naturalization records for this county online somewhere? Thanks Nancy

I am pleased to announce that I have finally found the final resting place for John and Millie Cameron. In 1892 they moved to Delano, MN. and lived there for three years until John died. He is buried in St. Peters Cemetery in an "unmarked" grave. Millie and the four kids moved to Minneapolis in 1895. Millie died in 1897 and was sent to Delano for burial. She is buried in a different Cemetery than John. A wonderful man by the name of Mr. Rieland did the research for me. He read to me over the phone the obits for both John and Millie. John was Catholic, Millie was "Very active in the Methodist Church" Some great news has also come from this discovery. Also in Delano was Millie's sister Mary and her family. Her father Mr. Alexander H. Lyons lived there too (he was 89 at the time Millie was buried). As I was driving home from work tonight I also had another "Revelation". The mystery over the youngest child Elvie, I believe goes like this... Charles M. Perkins marries Lucinda (Lucy) Lyons in 1880 in Wadena Co.(Charles wife is listed as Lucy Perkins). They have a child Elvina Perkins. Lucy dies when she is 30 years old in 1884 (the birthdates match, the rest is assumption) The John and Millie Cameron family take and adopt little Elvie. (Elvie Perkins later marries Charles Cooper on her 20th birthday Aug. 20th 1901). Charles later remarries Anna Perkins and they have sons George and Charles N. Perkins. Mr. Rieland is going to send me all this documentation (I can hardly wait!) He is also going to help me place markers at the sites of Harrison and Stephan Lyons. They were both members of the 1st Minnesota Volunteers during the Civil War. They have heroic stories. Both men are in unmarked graves. Mr. Rieland is known as a "Missionary" for this cause. He has placed HUNDREDS of markers on the gravesites of people whom he finds in unmarked graves in Minnesota. I still have several mysteries to solve. I do not yet know where John J. Cameron was born and his parents names. I would love to find out what happened to John Cameron Jr. I am hopeful that I might find descendants from him and connect with lost Cameron family. Another mystery is a woman named Ida or Ada Cameron. She was living in the John Cameron household in Duluth in 1890-1. She also paid for three cemetery plots one of which is Millie's. I am so grateful for this breakthrough. I want to thank everyone for all their help and support. I am looking forward to the next brick wall and the next and the next.... Dean Cameron

I am looking for information about a company that was in Duluth in the 1950s. I am particularly interested in finding out when it was founded, when it disbanded and about an apparent merger and/or split and any biographic information on the company's president, James W. Berry. In 1950 the city directory lists the company: Berry-Gold Co Jas W Berry pres-treas Robert W Hazel sec retail road and mining equip 271 S 1st av Jas W (Mary A) pres-treas Berry-Gold Co h303 S 43d av E In 1959 the listing is: Berry Inc James W Berry pres Donald N Berry v-pres-treas Chas L Berry sec mining equip 303 S 1st av E Jas W (Mary A) pres Berry Inc r Oshkosh Wis Where do I go to find out about this company? Lin Wright East Wareham, MA

Looking for info on a information about a cousin, Robert Malcolm Brown, s/o George W. Brown and Effie ___. Robert was b. June or July 1982 possibly in Ely but the family moved to Duluth by 1894. George built sawmills and lost an arm in sawmill. Robert and his mother applied for Civil War pension in 1921. Do not know why Robert would have but I can understand that his mother would have a reason. Perhaps, Robert was just helping his mother. Other brothers and sister of Robert (ch of George by 1st marriage) were Charles Francis Brown, b. Nov 1867; Bertha Brown, b. May 1874 and m'2. ___ Anderson (res. Houghton co, MN); Maurice Brown, b. 1877; res. in Winton, MN. Sure would like to find descendants of this family. Many thanks, Margie Strang.

Hi List, I just wanted to let everyone know that I am still here! This list belongs to everyone...if you have a St. Louis Co. MN topic that you would like to have discussed please feel free to send a posting. If you are stuck in your research, I am sure that there are many of us who can give you some tips as to where to look. We have had some great and very informative discussions going, lets see if we start something again. The St. Louis Co. MNGenWeb site is having more and more visitors and information is being shared. If you have anything that is St. Louis Co., MN related please consider sharing the info with others, please send Deb (DRychlak@aol.com) or myself (SSolem8522@aol.com) an email, it doesn't matter what format it is in we will try our best to get it online. Also, several months ago I was approached by the Genealogy Forum Staff on AOL and ask to become a host in the genealogy chat rooms. I have done all of my training (both genealogy and AOL) and have become a full fledged host. If you are on AOL please stop by and say "hi", I host: Thursday - 7pm-9pm CST in Family Treehouse (general genealogy chat) Friday - 7pm-9pm CST in Family Treehouse (general genealogy chat) Sunday - 9pm-10pm CST in Root Cellar (MN/WI genealogy chat) Look for me as: Host GFS Shirley, if you need further info on the chats or would like to know what AOL has for genealogy, or how to find the chats please email me. thanks for listening, Shirley

Hi list, Hope everyone is doing great! I just updated the website and added (what I think) some very interesting new items. I would like to thank Ralph S. Carlson - QuangTri71@aol.com for submitting the 1899 Swedish Mission Church Choir photo, the 1943 Service Notes and John I. Carlson's obituary. I would also like to thank Janice C. Schultz - jschu9014@aol.com for submitting Anthony and Catherine Franze's pioneer story. I would also like to thank Bobbi Hoyt - BobbiHoyt@aol.com for submitting the Catholic Churches of St. Louis County MN information. There have been links submitted, queries, surnames and marriages. I have also added a section with old postcards. I also added names to the volunteer list and I am the proud owner of 2 Duluth (including Proctor, Cotton, Alborn and Kelsey) phonebooks 1949 and 1953 that I would be willing to do lookups in (please email me off the list). Enjoy! Shirley

Hello, I am new to the list and have brick wall. My grandfather Lester Lee was born in Duluth,Mn on December 17,1898. His parents were Martha Martin and Valentine Sample Lee. They both died when he was very young and he was raised by an Aunt who was a Schoolteacher. All I know about her was that she never married. I do not know her name. I found his parents name from his Social Security Application. His death Certificate only showed that he was from Mn. Any suggestions? I live in Alabama and it is very diffcult to get Mn records here Thank You Bill Lee

I think that I am close to making the connection to Elvina Perkins m. Charles Cooper in Duluth 20 Aug. 1901. I have always heard of Elvie being the "Aunt" to my Grandfather. When in fact I have learned that she was an "Adopted" daughter to John and Millie. I did a search in the Wadena birth index and sure enough, there is a child "Perkins" born 20 years to the day. 20 Aug 1881. It looks as though for some reason my Cameron's took in the young Perkins girl. They left Wadena in 1888, so she would have been a small girl at the time. She did not live in the household in 1885 according to the census, so she must have become a member of the family between 1885-1888. I am hoping that someday I can learn the story as to what happend to her parents. All for now, have a great night! Dean

With a title like that I must be confusing everyone! I just learned that the "Sister" to my ggrandfather (whom I was calling Elvie Cameron) was really Elvina Perkins who married Charles Cooper in Duluth on 20 Aug. 1901. I do not know the details of this fascinating story. I just knew her in my paperwork as Mrs. Elvie Cooper sister to Fred Cameron. I have a theory however, There was a Perkins family that lived in Wadena Co. by my Camerons in the late 1870's through 1888. I believe that something must have happened to that family and John J. Cameron and Millie Cameron took in the child. I do not make this analogy without some family history. Fred Cameron (John's son) took in an abandoned baby in ND. They found her in a snow bank and had to put her in a warm woodstove to bring her body temp. up. They named that baby "Alice" Cameron. She was later married to a Mr. Magee. I would like to think that I come from a long line of Good Samaritans! Well, enough rambling for now. If any name are familiar let me know, Thanks, Dean Cameron

Searching for ancestors and relatives to John Frederick Westman b 1867 in Östergötland, Sweden. Emigrated to Duluth,MN. Married to Augusta Holsten b.1874. Petra Engvall from Sweden petra.engvall@swipnet.se

Greetings St. Louis County Researchers -- Browsing for other things in my yet-to-be-organized mass of family memorabilia, I rediscovered the composite photo of the 1899 church choir that my grandfather, John Carlson, directed in Duluth. The church would be predecessor to the present-day First Covenant Church, (I think). The Covenant denomination was variously known as Svenska Missionsforbundet and the Swedish Mission Covenant. The congregation in Duluth, for a while, was affiliated with the Congregational denomination before switching to the developing Swedish Covenant (according to my father's recollection and an old church directory also somewhere in the family trove). I have made a JPG file of the whole array, as well as a JPG file for each of the individual, labeled photos used to make up the composite. Since the original photos used were quite small, resolution is only fair on the scanned photos, but each person's features are recognizable. Following is a text-only list of the names of the folks included in the composite. If you wish to get a copy of the full photo or of any of the individual photos, let me know. Grace & Peace -- Ralph S. Carlson ********************************************************************** Members of the 1899 Missionsförsamlingens Sångkör Choir of Swedish Mission Church, predecessor of First Covenant Church, Duluth, St. Louis county, Minnesota Anderson, Augusta Carleson, C. L. Carlson, Emma Carlson, John Engstrom, John P. Erikson, C. Erikson, Oscar Erikson, Sofi Falgren, Frida Fallquist, Gust Fredrikson, Victor Hammarstrom, Mary Hoveland, Inga Jernberg, Alfred Jernberg, Lina Johnson, A (Mrs.) Johnson, Andrew Johnson, Chas Johnson, Esther Johnson, Ida Johnson, Ida N. Johnson, John Johnson, Lina Johnson, Maria Johnson, Ruth Johnson, Thea Leafquist, W. Lindberg, Agnes Lindberg, Frida Lundberg, Annie Lundberg, Hulda Miller, Hilda Nelson, Alice Nelson, George Oberg, Emily Peterson, Lina Philstrom, Annie Schell, CH Strom, Oscar Sundeen, Rev. Ludvig Swedberg, A. E. Wilson, Axel

Sorry, I made a mistake when I entered this before. Grace died on January 17, 1931 and was born on October 6, 1888 to Peter Siler and Mary Frost in either Duluth, Monnesota or Superior, Wisconsin. If anyone has any info on this family, I would appreciate it. Thanks, Julia _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Well, here we go again, I just received new from the Cemetery in Duelm that Millie and John are not there. This just wouldn't be fun if this were the end of the story! We are checking some of the surrounding Cemeteries such as the one at St. Patrick's. I have come to the conclusion however, that after CAREFULLY studying the good Doctors bad handwriting on her death cert. that it could be Delno (Delano). He has one other word on the cert where his "O" is a very thin double line. It made it look like Delm. So....If there is someone who can help me find phone numbers and Cemeteries in Delano (I found three Catholic one's, Is that all of them?). Thanks to the researcher who suggested Delano to me a couple of days ago. Just a comical footnote: He spelled Disease "Disece" on the same cert. So much for medical school... Thanks, Dean

My grandmother, Grace Siler was born to Peter Siler and Mary Frost on January 17, 1931 in either Duluth, Minnesota or Superior, Wisconsin. They are my brick wall. Has anyone heard of this family? I looked on the map and wasn't sure if Duluth is in St. Louis county, or not. Is it? Thank you, Julia _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

I have a copy of "The Review of Reviews, October, 1894 page 360. In this book there are 4 pictures of the Railroad Heroes of the Hinckley Fire. Engineer BEST, Eastern Minnesota R.R. James ROOT, Engineer of Engine "69" St. Paul & Duluth R.R. John M'GOWAN Fireman of Engine "69" St. Paul & Duluth R. R. Thomas SULLIVAN Conductor of Train, St. Paul & Duluth R. R. I can scan these pictures if they are of interest to anyone. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

You should check with the MN Historical Society or one of the local county historical societies. Minnesota Historical Society 345 Kellog Blvd W. St. Paul, MN 55102 That would make it available to ALL! Mary On Tue, 9 Jan 2001 11:34:30 -0800 "Reed Schmidt" <reed1212@earthlink.net> writes: > I just found a book that has been in my possession for over thirty > years. I would like to give it to some organization or group that > might be able to use it. > It is a paper back book about 8"x10", the cover is blue and is gold > embossed with the title "The Twin Cities Minneapolis and St. Paul". > It was copyright in 1906 by The L.H. Nelson Co. of Portland Maine. > The book contains 47 pages of photos of buildings, parks, etc. of > Minneapolis and St. Paul. > If any one is interested you can E-mail me at reed1212@earthlink.net > Reed Schmidt > Lynnwood Washington > Researching: Ashler, Bigelow, Booth, Busch (Buschkowska) , Cain, Cooper, Rydberg (Johansson), LaFont, Learn, Miller, O'Dell, Rogers, Schilling, Waxlax, Wilson --------------------- visit http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lake/8093/Schilling.html http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lake/8093/Wilson.html http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lake/8093/index.html ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.