Lars, By "court owner," it probably would not mean he owned a court of law, since that would imply corruption of the court system. I presume you're getting that from a census, and he would not likely admit to that. Since he later owned a gas station and a filling station (same thing), the "court" may well have been a motel. Sometimes these were called a "motor court." Doris On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 4:47 PM, Lars E. Oyane via <norway@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Dear Listers, > > Working on a certain Nitter family from the Elvetun farm in Hafslo parish, > Luster Co., Norway, I am having difficulties finding information about this > guy: > > Robert L. Nitter, born in Chicago, IL Aug. 24, 1915, died at Phoenix, AZ > Sep. 8, 1977. > > I understand Robert was a soldier in WW2, and after the war he was for > some time a court owner at Phoenix, AZ. He later owned and operated a > Texaco filling station in Phoenix, AZ, and in the 1960's he had a service > station at Scottsdale, AZ. > > By 1948 he was married to Marjory L.??, but they were divorced by 1956. > They had no children. > > Is it possible to find further details about Robert and Marjory, for > example thru newspaper items? > > Thanks a million in advance for your assistance in this matter! > > Very sincerely yours, > > Lars E. Oyane > > > > > Norwaylist Archiveshttp:// > archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=norway > > RESUBSCRIBE UNSUB > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/NOR/NORWAY.html > > guidelines http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~norway/guidelines.htm > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Wednesday, January 7, 1948 Chicago Auburn Parker NITTER WEDDING Mr. and Mrs. Lou Nitter, of Nitter’s Apparel Shop, flew out to Phoenix, Arizona, for the Christmas night wedding of their son, Bob to Miss Marjorie Shanks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Shanks of Portage, Wisconsin. It was a simple wedding -----Original Message----- From: Doris Waggoner via Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 8:13 PM To: Lars E. Oyane ; Norway List Subject: Re: [NOR] Robert L. Nitter (1915-1977) of Scottsdale and Phoenix, AZ - newspaper items? > > By 1948 he was married to Marjory L.??, but they were divorced by 1956. > They had no children.

Dear Greg, Doris, Thelma and other Listers! Thank you very much for your wonderful messages on this Nitter topic! I agree with you, Doris, we are probably talking about a motel, since 1948 would be to early for a trailer court. It is also kind of early for a motel, but still I think that'll do. I remember as a young lad going with my folks to Voss where a man had opened up one of Norway's very first motels in about 1960. He was a carpenter of trade and had spent years in the United States, where, as he said, motel business was the "big thing". He built about 20 motel units himself, and my parents were his very first guests! Now, that wedding announcement which Thelma found, is also wonderful, and I have identified his wife as: Marjory Lou Shanks, born in Portage, WI Feb. 18, 1925. She died under the name of: Marjy L. Anderson in or near Phoenix, AZ on Sep. 8, 2005, and according to ancestry.com, an obituary was published, maybe at Portage, WI as well as in AZ, but I am unable to bring it up on my computer. Can someone please help me? Thanks again so much for your great assistance in this matter! Very sincerely yours, Lars E. Oyane ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Mar 27, 2015, at 11:39 PM, Thelma Hartman via wrote: > > Wednesday, January 7, 1948 > Chicago Auburn Parker > > NITTER WEDDING Mr. and Mrs. Lou Nitter, of Nitter’s Apparel Shop, flew out > to Phoenix, Arizona, for the Christmas night wedding of their son, Bob to > Miss Marjorie Shanks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Shanks of Portage, > Wisconsin. It was a simple wedding > > -----Original Message----- > From: Doris Waggoner via > Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 8:13 PM > To: Lars E. Oyane ; Norway List > Subject: Re: [NOR] Robert L. Nitter (1915-1977) of Scottsdale and Phoenix, > AZ - newspaper items? > >> >> By 1948 he was married to Marjory L.??, but they were divorced by 1956. >> They had no children.