Dear Listers! To find the whereabouts and destiny of this Mary Johnson is probably one of the "toughest" tasks that remain in my County History project, but how do we go about to find her? One way is to check for example the 1900 census looking for Mar* born in Norway 1865 +- 2 years, emigrated 1885 +- 2 years, but this turns up numerous alternatives which need to be studied... Another way might be to find obituaries for all of her older siblings, hoping that at least ONE of these obituaries lists surviving siblings: * Hans J. URNESS, died at Colfax. Whitman Co., WA Jan. 15, 1926 * Martha (Mrs. Nels S) KINS (mother of the cowboy Nels Kins), resident of Mondovi, Buffalo Co., WI, died in Eau Claire, WI Mar. 19, 1904 * Nels J. KINS, died near Shell Lake, Washburn Co., WI Nov. 28, 1920 * Anna HAUGEN (HOGEN), used to live at Barronett near Shell Lake, Washburn Co., WI, but retired to Superior, Douglas Co., WI where she died May 13, 1930 * John J. HILL, died at Roseglen, McLean Co., ND June 15, 1923 * Chris J. HILL, died in Mondovi, Buffalo Co., WI May 30, 1946 Any chance some of these obituaries can be found? Thanks again for your wonderful assistance in this matter! Very sincerely yours, Lars E. Oyane ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Mar 4, 2015, at 1:24 PM, Lars E. Oyane via wrote: > Dear Listers! > > I have been working on this problem for years, but have never managed to come up with any adequate reply! > > Maria Johannesdotter Urness aka Hill aka Hogan aka Kins aka Johnson, daughter of "husmann" Johannes Monsson and wife Maria Hansdotter, livig on the Haugen place in Kinserdal valley, Urness farm in Hafslo parish, Luster Co., Norway, was born in Hafslo Aug. 26, 1865, but emigrated in 1885. > > Maria had four older brothers and two older sisters who all emigrated to the US between 1867 and 1882. They went by different last names, Urness, Kins, Hill and Hogan. They all "started out" in Buffalo Co., WI and lived there at the time Maria emigrated in 1885. > > The ONLY reference to Maria's destiny comes from a biography of one of her brothers which refers to "sister Mary Johnson lived near Chicago, IL". I SUPPOSE she must have married someone named JOHNSON, but I am unable to identify her in any census records in Illinois! > > Any suggestions that may solve this problem, would be very much appreciated! > > Very sincerely yours, > > Lars E. Oyane > > PS: This inquiry is being posted simultaneously on the NORWAY Rootsweb-list, NORWAY-HERITAGE-list and the Norwegian Digital Archives. Information of importance which shows up on any of the other lists, will be reposted here. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The most common way that I find aUS obit is thru the local library where the person died or lived most of their life. I find their website and contact them. -----Original Message----- From: norway-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:norway-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lars E. Oyane via Sent: Saturday, March 7, 2015 2:07 PM To: norway@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NOR] Mary Johnson, born Hafslo, Norway 1865 - lived "near Chicago" Dear Listers! To find the whereabouts and destiny of this Mary Johnson is probably one of the "toughest" tasks that remain in my County History project, but how do we go about to find her? One way is to check for example the 1900 census looking for Mar* born in Norway 1865 +- 2 years, emigrated 1885 +- 2 years, but this turns up numerous alternatives which need to be studied... Another way might be to find obituaries for all of her older siblings, hoping that at least ONE of these obituaries lists surviving siblings: * Hans J. URNESS, died at Colfax. Whitman Co., WA Jan. 15, 1926 * Martha (Mrs. Nels S) KINS (mother of the cowboy Nels Kins), resident of Mondovi, Buffalo Co., WI, died in Eau Claire, WI Mar. 19, 1904 * Nels J. KINS, died near Shell Lake, Washburn Co., WI Nov. 28, 1920 * Anna HAUGEN (HOGEN), used to live at Barronett near Shell Lake, Washburn Co., WI, but retired to Superior, Douglas Co., WI where she died May 13, 1930 * John J. HILL, died at Roseglen, McLean Co., ND June 15, 1923 * Chris J. HILL, died in Mondovi, Buffalo Co., WI May 30, 1946 Any chance some of these obituaries can be found? Thanks again for your wonderful assistance in this matter! Very sincerely yours, Lars E. Oyane ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Mar 4, 2015, at 1:24 PM, Lars E. Oyane via wrote: > Dear Listers! > > I have been working on this problem for years, but have never managed to come up with any adequate reply! > > Maria Johannesdotter Urness aka Hill aka Hogan aka Kins aka Johnson, daughter of "husmann" Johannes Monsson and wife Maria Hansdotter, livig on the Haugen place in Kinserdal valley, Urness farm in Hafslo parish, Luster Co., Norway, was born in Hafslo Aug. 26, 1865, but emigrated in 1885. > > Maria had four older brothers and two older sisters who all emigrated to the US between 1867 and 1882. They went by different last names, Urness, Kins, Hill and Hogan. They all "started out" in Buffalo Co., WI and lived there at the time Maria emigrated in 1885. > > The ONLY reference to Maria's destiny comes from a biography of one of her brothers which refers to "sister Mary Johnson lived near Chicago, IL". I SUPPOSE she must have married someone named JOHNSON, but I am unable to identify her in any census records in Illinois! > > Any suggestions that may solve this problem, would be very much appreciated! > > Very sincerely yours, > > Lars E. Oyane > > PS: This inquiry is being posted simultaneously on the NORWAY Rootsweb-list, NORWAY-HERITAGE-list and the Norwegian Digital Archives. Information of importance which shows up on any of the other lists, will be reposted here. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message