Robert Lee GORDON was born around 1890 in Michigan (records vary, but Detroit, Wayne, MI seems to be most common). He married Ada Juanita HOUSE (b: 1899 Winnebego, Illinois) around 1915 in Clinton, Montana. They moved to Spokane WA around 1920. She died in 1929. The children (8) went to orphanges and foster homes. Robert was last seen in Spokane in 1934....don't know where he went after that. Ada was born to James Alfred HOUSE and Della GOODWIN. James was the son of William Price HOUSE and Hannah MESSICK. Sometime after 1900, Hannah and her children (incl. James & wife Della) moved to Missoula, MT. Any connections or information on this family? Pete Hanson

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Michelson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/INB.2ACE/1425 Message Board Post: Looking for descendants of Frances Gluvna Michelson. Living in Missoula as of 1980. Parents were Joseph Gluvna and Marie Gluvna Lenhardt. Siblings were Dorothy and Thomas.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/INB.2ACE/1308.2 Message Board Post: HI THERE...I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE WILL GET THIS SINCE IT IS SO FAR AWAY FROM THE POSTING DATE, BUT,...I AM THE GRANDSON OF CARRIE KOESTNER(KELLY). I AM WRITING FROM CALIFORNIA AND MY FATHER , ERNIE KOESTNER LIVES IN SPOKANE WA. I'VE MET MY GREAT UNCLE TOMMY KELLY FROM ST. IGNITIAUS MT. MANY TIMES AND AM IN COMMUNICATION WITH HIS WIFE THELMA IN CARSON CA... I WOULD ENJOY TALKING TO OTHER PARTS OF OUR FAMILY IF ANYBODY READS THIS.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/INB.2ACE/1424.1 Message Board Post: According to the book "Names on the Face of Montana: The Story of Montana's Place Names," by Roberta Carkeek Cheney, published by Mountain Press Publishing Company, copyright 1983, Revised 1984, Seventh Printing, June 2000: "KNOBS [Fallon County] was named for a topographical feature repeatedly found in this area. A post office opened in 1913 with Hannah Green as postmaster. Later, while Barney Heyings was postmaster, he ran a grocery store and meeting place that was as near to being a town as Knobs ever became." --------------- Below is a link to the MTGenWeb Fallon County Rootsweb site which offers many resources for research: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mtfallon/_fll.html Good luck!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rehders Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/INB.2ACE/439.485.1 Message Board Post: can you tell me anything about the last name Rehders? My father was Johann Rehders. email me at [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/INB.2ACE/1424 Message Board Post: I have an old record of a relative living in Knobs, Montana in 1920. Does anyone know which county this is, so I can do a Census look-up for this relative? I am told that the town no longer is there or it has been re-named?

In the 1920 MT census there was the following: > http://www.geocities.com/bavila7758/1920MT.html > 1920 MALLOCK CHARLES F Missoula County MT Bonner  162-11 > Charles F. Mallock Head MW 71 M  CAN CAN CAN    Lumberman > Carrie C.        Wife  FW  45 M    IA US US     > Aurelia       Dau  FW  (rest was blank) name crossed out on census image I think that Charles F. Mallock/h belongs in my family tree. I cannot find him in the 1930 US census, but can find Carrie C. Mallock, widow, in Los Angeles in 1930. Assuming that Charles F. Malloch died in Montana between 1920 and 1930, does anyone have a death date or obituary for him? Would love to know the names of parents that were given on his death record. Norma Nepean. Ontario, Canada

In 1895 a wee local news column in the St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Courier reported that > Mrs Fred BEAN from Missoula, Montana who visited her sister Miss Annie KNIGHT > in Milltown in 1895 (see NB Newspapers Vital Stats, vol. 97--# 1876) Can Fred BEAN and his wife (Mary?) be located in the Montana 1900 and later census returns?? What was his occupation? Norma Nepena, Ontario

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wilhelm, Story, Willhelm Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/INB.2ACE/159.37.1 Message Board Post: Hello June - It has been several years since you posted your email concerning your friend, Joyce Wilhelm Story. May I ask if you two ever connected? If so, I would be interested in discussing with you the WILHELM line in either Montana or Texas. I am looking for descendants of William Welcome WIL(L)HELM, born 1843 in Tennessee, moved to Franklin Co., Arkansas by 1850 and served in an Arkansas infantry unit during the Civil War. He later married and moved to Texas. Sometime after 1883 he left his family in Texas and dropped out of sight. In 1940, a relative of mine met a 97-year old Wilhelm in a Montana hospital--shortly before he died. He was visited by two daughters. Her notes do not reflect which hospital or town in Montana--hence my search of all things WILHELM. I would appreciate your help in asking your friend's family if their lines connect. I will look for an obit for your Mary / Percy Wilhelm, and continue census and city directory searches for my Wilhelms and your friend's Wilhelms. Welk Willhelm is my "dead-end" and I enjoy the hunt! Sandy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: QUIMBY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/INB.2ACE/1423.1 Message Board Post: I was unable to identify the specific Gardner family you are seeking in the 1920 or 1930 census indexes for the U.S. However, I did find the Quimby's in Washington state: 1930 U.S. Federal Census; Washington; Spokane County; Spokane; Roll #: T626_2517; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 82; Image: 1025. QUIMBY, Edward B.; head of household; male; white; 69 years of age; married; first married at 24 years of age; born in Wisconsin; both parents born in Wisconsin; occupation: passenger train engineer--railroad. QUIMBY, Nellie; wife; female; white; 63 years of age; married; first married at 18 years of age; born in Minnesota; father born in Boston; mother born in Vermont; occupation: none listed. WASHINGTON DEATH INDEX 1940-1996: QUIMBY, Nellie Died: 19 Sep 1947 at 81 years of age Place: Spokane, Washington Cert. #: 1471 I was unable to find a death record for Edward Quimby. Hope this info helps.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gardner and Quimby Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/INB.2ACE/1423 Message Board Post: Looking for information on Hugh Gardner. He was born in 1908. His father was William M. Gardner and his mother was Lucille Belle Hood. It is said they where not married at the time of Hugh's birth. William was married at the time or had been married when Hugh was born. Also looking for information on Edward and Nellie Quimby. They lived in Missoula around 1909. Edward worked for the railroad. One of their sons is Fred Quimby who use to produce Tom and Jerry Cartoons. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Connie

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/INB.2ACE/1298.1 Message Board Post: Hi, I have a Ronald McDougall in Missoula Montana around the same time as Mary, do you think there is a connection. Lynn

My great aunt Minerva Brown, aged 25, left Leeds Co., Upper Canada with her brother Abner and came to Missoula. A year later, Abner moved on to Washington State. Family oral history says he was a book salesman. Minerva stayed in Missoula and later married Theo Loveland a rancher and miller. It has been a mystery why this young woman would have come all the way to Montana where there were no known friends or relatives. She obviously had to earn a living and I am hoping someone on the list can tell me what sort of jobs were available there that would entice her to come so far from home. Since her brother was a book salesman - at least after he came to Montana - I am wondering if there was a publishing industry there. Any comments welcome. Marjorie.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/INB.2ACE/1096.1 Message Board Post: Hi Donna, This is Rosita Gustafson-Engel, Lennart's youngest daughter. I was researching our family history. I was wondering who you are, Do we know you? Please email me @ [email protected] Any information about my father would be helpful. Thank you, Rosita Gustafson-Engel, formerly "Ducosin"

Hello Joyce. I don't have any Messersmith's in my lineage but was just answering a call for help and will forward this to the list . Thanks, Carolee Hi Carolee, This is what I could find. Some may repeat what you had come up with. Unfortunately right now I do not have any Messersmith in my database. I would suggest you try posting on the Ravalli County board for the cemetery information and see if someone comes forward over there. I live about 7 hours away from there. Hope this helps some. Good luck. Joyce. World War I Registration Cards 1917-1918: Name: Claud Messersmith Residence: Corvallis, Ravalli County, Montana Age: 40 years DOB: January 19, 1878 Occupation: laborer on farm Employer: J.L. Humble, Jr. Nearest Relative: Ivy Messersmith, Corvallis, Ravalli County, Montana Description: Medium height; medium weight; grey eyes, brown hair. /s/ September 12, 1918 -------------------------------------- 1920 U.S. Federal Census; Montana; Ravalli County; Precinct #: 9; Roll #: T625_975; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 183; Image: 0115. MESSERSMITH, Claude; head of household; male; white; 42 years of age; married; born in Iowa; father born in Indiana; mother born in Tennessee; occupation: laborer--farm. MESSERSMITH, Iva; wife; female; white; 30 years of age; married; born in Montana; both parents born in Missouri; occupation: none listed. MESSERSMITH, Lee; son; male; white; 11 years of age; single; born in Montana. MESSERSMITH, Lloyd; son; male; white; 9 years of age; single; born in Montana. MESSERSMITH, Lester; son; male; white; 8 years of age; single; born in Montana --------------------------------- 1930 U.S. Federal Census; Montana; Ravalli County; City of Corvallis; Roll #: T626_1260; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 9; Image: 1045. MESSERSMITH, Claude; head of household; male; white; 52 years of age; married; first married at 26 years of age; born in Iowa; both parents born in Indiana; occupation: farmer--general farm. MESSERSMITH, Ivy M.; wife; female; white; 42 years of age; married; first married at 16 years of age; born in Montana; both parents born in Missouri; occupation: none listed. MESSERSMITH, Lee; son; male; white; 21 years of age; single; born in Montana; occupation: laborer--farm. MESSERSMITH, Lloyd; son; male; white; 20 years of age; single; born in Montana; occupation: laborer--garage. MESSERSMITH, Lester; son; male; white; 18 years of age; single; born in Montana; occupation: laborer--farm. Montana Death Index 1907-1953: MESSERSMITH, Iva C. Died: 24 Sep 1947 at 58 years of age Index #: Rav 3260 Montana Death Index 1954-2002: MESSERSMITH, Claude Died: 15 July 1957 at *50 years of age *County of Death: Deer Lodge *County of Residence: Rosebud *Marital Status: Single--Never Married File #: 198 NOTE: *All of these items are incorrect. The state changed the way it numerically coded counties of death, residence and marital status sometime after about 1962, and thus the computer is unable to accurately read the data from 1954 to 1962 (as I was informed by the Montana Dept. of Vital Stats a few years ago when I first noticed this problem with the index available from Ancestry.com). Montana Death Index 1954-2002 and/or Social Security Death Index & California Death Index 1940-1997: MESSERSMITH, Lester S. Born: 31 Dec 1911 Died: 22 Jun 1986 at 74 years of age County(s) of Death & Residence: Ravalli County Marital Status: Married SS#: 517-09-4277 (issued in Montana) MESSERSMITH, L.L. (per SSDI--could this be Lee?) Born: 05 Sep 1911 Died: 26 Nov 2000 Place: Green, Clay County, Kansas SS#: 516-01-0397 (issued in Montana) MESSERSMITH, David Lloyd (per CA Death Index) Born: 11 Jul 1910 Died: 20 May 1986 at 75 years of age Place: Sacramento, CA SS#: 516-01-0704 (issued in Montana MESSERSMITH, Mary V. (Lester's wife) Born: 04 Mar 1916 Died: 10 May 1991 Place: Corvallis, Ravalli County, Montana SS#: 516-16-3091 --------------------------------------

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cason Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/INB.2ACE/1422 Message Board Post: Tom Cason was a teamster in Missoula County who was convicted of sedition in 1918 and released from Deer Lodge prison in 1920. I'm seeking information on what happened to him after his release. Thanks.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Burans Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/INB.2ACE/1421 Message Board Post: Thomas Burans was a 62-year-old laborer in Missoula County when he was convicted of sedition in 1918. He was released from Deer Lodge prison in June 1919, but returned in November for a parole violation. He could not read or write. I'd like to find out what if and where he ever settled down after this run-in with the law. Thanks.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: dragstedt Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/INB.2ACE/358.1 Message Board Post: Ida Marie Dragstedt was my great grandmother, married to Gustav Fredell They were from Anaconda and Missoula. I know she had siblings and I think cousins that all came to the US.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Walker, Jordan, krystek, Ford, Kornegay and Marks Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/INB.2ACE/1222.1 Message Board Post: Are you related to anyone mentioned in Cimmie Walker's obituary which you posted May 24, 2000? These happen to also be names I am researching. Please respond asap.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/INB.2ACE/1420 Message Board Post: Looking for info on William Taggart who was born in the mid 1850s in Westmoreland PA and moved to Missoula in 1893. Wife was Mary McRae. Children Mabel, Ernest, Hugh and Kathryn. Worked for RailRoad and moved to Powell later on. He died 5-22-43