Dear Kathy and other Listers! Thank you very much, Kathy, for your additional research on the Schuster family. This family has been rather "frustrating" to research, so many children and so widely "spread out". And still there are details I just cannot find! I am so happy Pete has finally been located, and in fact your transcript of the 1885 census partly explains why he never communicated much with his family; it said that he, at the age of 20, "cannot write"! By the way, his sister Jessie, who was with him in 1910, was married at Meeker, Rio Blanco Co., CO on May 16, 1910 to a man named Val DuVal Park from Montrose Co., CO and then moved to Delta Co., CO! Another brother George H. Schuster, born in NE July of 1886, ended up at the Nebraska State Hospital at Hastings, Adams Co., NE where his WW1 draft was signed by his Doctor on his behalf in 1918, but a death date seems hard to locate... The MAIN problem now remains, however, after the discovery of Pete, the destiny of MIKE Schuster. I can hardly think he wouldn't show up in any newspaper articles if it's true the story I was told about him. The biggest problem may, however, be to figure out exactly WHERE he went...!? Thanks again for your wonderful assistance with this family problem of mine! Very sincerely yours, Lars E. Oyane PS: I notice the online family trees use the maiden name OWENS for Ingeborg "Emily" Schuster. Their name was Oyane or actually Oiene, as it was spelt back then, but it was "Americanized" to Owens! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Mar 21, 2015, at 11:13 PM, Kathy Hines wrote: > I had a hard time finding this bunch in the Houston census records for the state of Minnesota. It sounded like they would be there in 1875, because that’s where John Michael was born. Then Lars thinks they moved about 1877 to Creighton, Knox Co., NE. > > Finally found them in 1875 > Minnesota, Territorial and State Census for Thedore Shuyston: > > 69 Thedore Shuyston, 43, b. W. Prussia > Emma, 31, b. Norway > J.P., 10, b. Minn. > C. Albert, 8, b. Minn. > Christian, 7, b. Minn. > A. Christina, 4, b. Minn. > Mary E., 1, b. Minn. > > Home in 1880: Creighton, Knox, Nebraska > Theodore Shuster 46, Prussia > Emma Shuster 35, Norway > Peter Shuster 14, MN > Charles A. Shuster 13, MN > Christ Shuster 11, MN > Christina Shuster 8, MN > Mary E. Shuster 6, MN > Michael Shuster 4, MN > Etilda Shuster 1, NE > > > 1885 Residence: Creighton, Knox, Nebraska > Theo Shuster, 52, Prussia, Farmer > Annie Shuster, 42, Norway > Peter Shuster, 20, MN, cannot write > Albert Shuster, 18, MN, works out > Christian Shuster, 16, MN, attended school > Christine Shuster, 14, MN, attended school > Mary Shuster, 10, MN, attended school > Matilda Shuster, 6, NE, attended school > Michael Shuster, 8, NE, attended school > Mabel Shuster, 4, NE > Minnie Shuster, 2, NE > > There’s three people with this Shuster family tree on ancestry.com. They all give Ingeborg Pedersdotter Oyane’s name as IngerAuna "Emma” Owens. None of the three have anything for Michael’s whereabouts after the 1880 census. I’m stumped after 1885 as well. > > Well, that’s not quite true. One tree has this Michael mixed up with another one in Tintah, Traverse, Minnesota, USA. > > Kathy > > >> On Mar 21, 2015, at 9:56 PM, Kathy Hines <khines1@qwest.net> wrote: >> >> Easy peasy. Pete Scheuster is living in Pieceance Precicnt No 3, Rio Blanco county, Colorado in 1910. He is 44 and his 22 year old sister, Jessie, is living with him. Just a little trick spelling there. >> >> Kathy >> >> >>> On Mar 21, 2015, at 9:44 PM, Lars E. Oyane <lars.e.oyane@sdsl.no> wrote: >>> >>> Dear Mark, Kathy and other Listers! >>> >>> Thank you so very much for your great assistance looking for these "long lost" relatives of mine, and it is quite clear you, Kathy, have located Pete Schuster in Colorado. >>> >>> From the newspaper clippings that you sent me I take it he died at Rifle, Garfield Co., CO Feb. 14, 1915, but he had apparently been living both in Rio Blanco and Pitkin Cos., CO as well. Strange he never communicated with his family! >>> >>> By the way, I am still unable to find Pete mentioned in any census records! >>> >>> Now, as far as Mike Schuster is concerned, he will probably be harder to locate, or how is it with reporting that kind of "horse dealing" events in the old "Wild West"? I was told it happened in Montana that he was "lynched", but I guess it may have been in Wyoming or even elsewhere in the West? >>> >>> Thanks again for your wonderful assistance tracing these "elusive" emigrant families! >>> >>> Very sincerely yours, >>> >>> Lars E. Oyane >>> >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> >>> On Mar 21, 2015, at 6:20 PM, Kathy Hines via wrote: >>> >>>> There you go! Not sure if this link will work for you or not, but here it is: >>>> http://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=STP/1915/02/24/2/Ar00205.xml&CollName=STP_Arc&DOCID=67617&PageLabelPrint=2&skin=Colorado&AW=1426978962453&AppName=2&sPublication=TRR&sScopeID=All&sSorting=Score%2cdesc&sQuery=Shuster%3CAND%3EPeter&rEntityType=&sSearchInAll=true&ViewMode=GIF&FontSize=l2 <http://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=STP/1915/02/24/2/Ar00205.xml&CollName=STP_Arc&DOCID=67617&PageLabelPrint=2&skin=Colorado&AW=1426978962453&AppName=2&sPublication=TRR&sScopeID=All&sSorting=Score,desc&sQuery=Shuster%3CAND%3EPeter&rEntityType=&sSearchInAll=true&ViewMode=GIF&FontSize=l2> >>>> >>>> Steamboat Pilot (Steamboat Springs, Routt County) >>>> Wednesday, February 24, 1915 >>>> Page: 2 >>>> >>>> NORTHWEST COLORADO >>>> The Rifle papers announce the death of J.P. Shuster at that place Sunday week. Cancer of the stomach was the cause of death. Peter Shuster was an old-time settler in the Piceance country. He was 49 years of age. >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Mar 17, 2015, at 9:21 PM, Mark Erickson via <norway@rootsweb.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> In regards to the February of 1915 "mysterious” death in Rifle, Colorado, I haven’t been able to see anything yet, but there's a great online selection of historic newspapers for Colorado here: >>>>> coloradohistoricnewspapers.org >>>>> I use Safari for a browser, but it’s no longer supported. Maybe someone else can find something? >>>>> -Mark >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On Mar 16, 2015, at 6:32 PM, Lars E. Oyane via <norway@rootsweb.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Dear Listers! >>>>>> >>>>>> For more than 30 years I have tried to find out what happened to my own cousin Ingeborg Oyane "Owens" Schuster (1844-1904)'s two sons, Pete (1865) and Mike (1876) after I heard this story about them when visiting Creighton, NE in 1982. Maybe now with so many NEWSPAPERS online is it possible to find additional information? >>>>>> >>>>>> Ingeborg Pedersdotter Oyane - Americanized to Owens - was born in Luster Co., Norway Aiug. 4, 1844 and emigrated with her parents in 1860 to Crawford Co., WI. She married a Prussian Theodore Schuster - sometimes spelt Shuster - at Lansing, IA July 6, 1864, and they farmed for a number of years in the Minnesota Slough in Houston Co., MN removing about 1977 to Creighton, Knox Co., NE. Ingeborg "Emily" Schuster died at Bloomfield, NE Aug. 12, 1904, while her husband Theodore Schuster had died at Creighton, NE Mar. 20, 1904. >>>>>> >>>>>> Among their 12 children were also these two sons: >>>>>> >>>>>> * John Peter aka Pete Schuster (or Shuster), born in Houston Co., MN Oct. 9, 1865, left home in the late 1880's and wasn't heard from for years until someone came to visit one of his brothers in Creighton, NE in the spring of 1915. As the story goes, Pete had been a miner at Rifle, Garfield Co., CO where he died under "mysterious" circumstances in February of 1915, and the visitor brought with him a few belongings of Pete's! >>>>>> >>>>>> * John Michael aka Mike Schuster (or Shuster), born in Houston Co., MN July 6, 1876, is said to have left home in the 1890's to seek his "fortune" in Montana. Now, as the story goes about him, he got involved with some horse business in Montana and was accused for having stolen these horses, upon which he was "lynched". Noone seems to know when this happened, but it must have been in the late 1890's or very early 1900's! >>>>>> >>>>>> The source of this information was a grandson of their brother Christopher's, who had heard the stories from his father or possibly grandfather (Christopher Schuster died in 1942). I question myself whether he may have "mixed up" the two brothers, but if so, I am convinced there has to be some records about these events, at least in local newspapers? I have found no trace of these guys in the census records! >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks a million for any suggestions in regard to tracing cousins Pete and Mike! >>>>>> >>>>>> Very sincerely yours, >>>>>> >>>>>> Lars E. Oyane

This sounds like your Mike Shuster. In 1915 he’s in Wyoming employed by the Wyoming Coal Company. Christmas Eve he has an accident. Annual Report of the State Coal Mine Inspectors of Wyoming Report of Non-Fatal Accidents in District No. 1 from October 1, 1915, to September 30, 1916. http://tinyurl.com/ptohht9 Dec. 24, 1915; Mike Shuster, occupation miner; cause of accident, fall of coal; character of injuries, bruised shoulder; employed by Wyoming Coal Company.

The book says that the Wyoming Coal Company’s mine is located in Rock Springs. Wyoming has online newspapers for this time period and city. http://newspapers.wyo.gov

Dear Mark and other Listers! Thank you very much, Mark, for your latest message in regard to Mike Shuster! I am unable to reed all of the page describing him, but I found him in the WW1 draft records as well as in census records from 1910 and 1920. It appears he had a brother Joe Shuster, and they were born in AUSTRIA. And this Mike was employed by Wyoming Coal Company! The age is close, but unless you have information about him identifying him as being born in MN to Prussian father and Norwegian mother, I am afraid this has to be a different Mike...? Thanks again for your great assistance in this matter! Very sincerely yours, Lars E. Oyane ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Mar 23, 2015, at 10:05 AM, Mark Erickson via wrote: > This sounds like your Mike Shuster. In 1915 he’s in Wyoming employed by the Wyoming Coal Company. Christmas Eve he has an accident. > > Annual Report of the State Coal Mine Inspectors of Wyoming > Report of Non-Fatal Accidents in District No. 1 from October 1, 1915, to September 30, 1916. > > http://tinyurl.com/ptohht9 > > Dec. 24, 1915; Mike Shuster, occupation miner; cause of accident, fall of coal; character of injuries, bruised shoulder; employed by Wyoming Coal Company. > Norwaylist Archiveshttp://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=norway >