This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Johnson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0gB.2ACI/307 Message Board Post: Looking for the gravesite for Herbjoun (Herbert) Johnson & his wife, Oslong (Olive) Johnson. Could possibly be in the Buffalo area. Herbjoun died in 1891 and Oslong died after 1900. Thanks

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/0gB.2ACI/306.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for your suggestions! I'll follow up on them. I appreciate your help!

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/0gB.2ACI/306.1 Message Board Post: I live in Sioux Falls but do not know if the prisoner records are available in South Dakota. The address is: SD State Penitentary, 1600 North Drive, Sioux Falls, SD 57104. The name of McGill is not familiar to me but we do have a good share of Irish people in this community. Many are from Montrose, SD which is about 35 miles West of Sioux Falls on I-90. There are two McGill's in the phone book. Gregory on Pam Road and Pam on W Pine Meadow Place. Look in Switchboard.com for the particulars. I just sent out a few letters to people who I thought might be related to me and got a reply from one of them who is related to me. Write and ask them.

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/0gB.2ACI/306 Message Board Post: I'm searching for any info. on Oran McGill born 1891 Tn. who was shown as a prisoner in the 1920 Minnehaha Co., S.D. census. I don't know when or where he died. Any info. would be greatly appreciated!! Does anyone know where I can obtain records from this prison for that time frame?

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/0gB.2ACI/305.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Marilyn, thank you for your suggestion. I do believe I did that and could not find a Jesse Smith listed. Thank you so much, I truly appreciate your efforts. That Smith name becomes a brickwall at times and my head is extremely black & blue from it - lol. Lorna

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/0gB.2ACI/305.1.1.1 Message Board Post: You could try USGenWeb > SD > Yankton County to try to find where Jesse is buried. I did a quick search through the state search engine and didn't find him, but perhaps you could find him by going through the files of each cemetery.

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/0gB.2ACI/305.1.1 Message Board Post: Marilyn, Thank you so much for your prompt response. I already had the census which you cited for 1880 in NE. I have not checked Bismarck, ND since I really wasn't sure what I was looking for. I knew that Jesse was born there and, as you indicated, official records from 1884/1885 for births, deaths, marriages etc are almost impossible to find. I'm also aware that Jesse married Maud Holden in Yankton Sept 5, 1905 and died May 6, 1906 in Yankton. However, here again, I have no info as to where he is buried. As for church records, I have no knowledge as to whether Hardin and Rose belonged to a church or not. Henry E (bn 1875) married Jennie Daisy Grant (these are my grandparents) in Armour, SD. I have no problem with this information. The only comment I ever heard my grandfather make about his father, Hardin, was that Henry was 10 years old when his father died. If we asked a question, they changed the subject. John W. (bn 1880) never married and moved in 1913 to Canada with his mother, (my ggrandmother), half-brother Bud and half-sister Beatta. I'm having a difficult time finding any info for Kate Smith (bn 1878). She would have been 22 at the time of the 1900 census. According to my grandfather Henry's obit, she was listed only as his sister "Kate" and was living in Willmar, MN - no last name was ever given. However, I have a "McDaniel" cousin in Willmar who diligently searched MN records and could find nothing. I have located Dolly Smith (bn 1882), although there are some questions on Dolly also. My mother, now deceased, told me that there were never discussions relative the Smith family background. It was a "taboo" subject. I have determined where Hardin was born and who his parents were. Well, enough of my rambling. Again, thank you for your prompt response. Lorna

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/0gB.2ACI/305.1 Message Board Post: I don't have an obituary, but the FamilySearch database of the 1880 Census, Amboy, Webster, NE, has SMITH, Harden, 34, railroad, IL IN IN wf. Rosane, 23, MN IL IL Henry, 5, Dakota; dau. Cata, 2, KS; & Wm., 3 mos., NE. His working for the railroad helps explain the various locations. There is a land patent for Hardin SMITH in Union Co., [S]D, 1877, Twp. 90 - 50, Sec. 13 SW. I have Sioux Valley Geneal. Society's "Grave Records of Minnehaha Co. Cemeteries," and there's no record of Hardin SMITH there. Have you checked in Bismarck, ND, where Jesse James SMITH was supposedly born in 1884? There would probably not be a death certificate for a person who died in South Dakota before 1905. Do you know what church they attended? There might be a church record.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0gB.2ACI/305 Message Board Post: Can anyone help with an obit/cemetery info on Hardin E.(Evert) Smith who died 11/29/1885 in Dell Rapids, Minnehaha Cty, SD? This is all the information I have on his death. Any info would be greatly appreciated. I am his great-grandaughter.

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/0gB.2ACI/304.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Post everywhere. :-) Post on the county site and on the surname sites. RootsWeb and GenForum seem to be the two main forums, and each has both kinds of sites.

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/0gB.2ACI/304.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I would love to share information as this has been so much fun for me. Where is the best place to post this infor for others to find.

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/0gB.2ACI/304.1.1.1 Message Board Post: You're welcome! Could you post some of the information indicating the place in Norway so that others will know where to search? The patronymics make it very difficult to find families.

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/0gB.2ACI/304.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you Marilyn! This is the family that I am searching for. You also surprised me with the fact that brother Loren was in SD. You are right about the letters! I do have all the information from Norway. John had a family tree that was made in Norway by one of his family members. I have used that and manage to go back farther to 1580. Thank you for your help!

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/0gB.2ACI/304.1 Message Board Post: The family is on the FamilySearch database of the 1880 Census, Twp. 104, Minnehaha, Dakota: WILLIAMSON, John, 32; wf. Anna, 45; ch. John, 17; Julia, 11; Wm., 2; brother Loren, 35; all b. Norway except Wm., 2, Dakota. He's on the SD Births database, Wilhelm, b. 6 Apr. 1878, Minnehaha Co., s/o John H. WILLIAMSON & Inga Anna ROLLSON. BLM site shows that John H. WILLIAMSON patented in Twp. 104 - 50, in 1884, Sec. 35, & in 1887, Sec. 25. Grave Records of Minnehaha Co., by the Sioux Valley Geneal. Society, West Nidaros Cem., Crooks, Lyons Twp., Sec. 26, WILLIAMSON: Johannes Hendrick (15 July 1847 - 3 July 1933) Inger A. (9 Jan. 1835 - 30 Apr. 1914) John Oien (19 Oct. 1860 - 4 Apr. 1942) Josefine H. (20 Apr. 1906 - 25 Apr. 1906) Julia Berthine (26 Sep. 1868 - 2 Feb. 1951) Wilhelm (6 Apr. 1878 - 3 Dec. 1933) Ida (26 May 1876 - 16 Feb. 1956) Waldemar O. (12 May 1900 - 31 Dec. 1961). These were of Dell Rapids, Minnehaha Co., SD, in 1930, WILLIAMSON: Wilhelm, 1878 Ida, 1876 Walmero, 1901 [Waldemar] Joseph H. 1909 John H., b. ca. 1848 Julia, 1869 (dau.) John, 1861 (son?) Ralph & Robert, 1914. ____ The letters might be R. F. D. (Rural Free Delivery = Rural Route). Do the letters indicate a place of residence in Norway? You might find the family on Digitalarkivet (online). --not my family

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: williams, williamson, alness, Bergstrom Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0gB.2ACI/304 Message Board Post: Looking for family to John H Williamson, Born 1847,Norway. Married to Inger Anne Rolson, from Norway. John, Julia, William Children. Immigrated in 1868. I know he settled in Batlic SD. as I have letters. The farm was registered as Tordenskjold. Looks like there are letters B.F.D.1 Not sure if that is regerstration number. Looking for any information on this family that I can find. I have no death dates. Just a card sent to them in Norweigen. I have pictures of some of the family.

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/0gB.2ACI/301.1.1.3 Message Board Post: Sorry, the Sluiter you mentioed would not be our family. This family is of a French or Canadian line.

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/0gB.2ACI/301.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Donald's message: On 13 Apr. 1854, the first emigrants from Meraker, Nord-Trondelag, Norway, was led by Nils Ivarsen Evjen Fossmoe. They left Stjordals Bay on the "Maria Sophie," and at Hull, England, boarded a larger ship bound for Quebec. From there they went to McFarland, Dane Co.,WI. Nils I. E. Fos(s)moe m. Susanna Jonasdatter Nessan in 1834 in Meraker. Grave Records of Minnehaha Co., SD, West Pioneer Nidaros Cem., Baltic, Sverdrup Twp., Sec. 20 NELSON, Nels (1812 - 1886) NELSON, Iver (1935 {sic} - 1915) NELSON, Mali (Feb. 1833 - 22 Oct. 1882) AASEN, Andrew J. (1858 - 1934) Bergette (1866 - 1945) Betsine, d. 1877, 8 mos, 5 d. Edwin N. (7 Sep. 1889 - Sep. 1966) Gustav M. (1879 - 1883) John (1843 - 1914) John J. (1818 - 1904) John O. (8 Je. 1873 - 25 Jan. 1946) Joseph C., b & d. 1878 Joseph I. (20 July 1882 - 31 Oct. 1923) Joseph K, d. 1889. Kjerstin, b & d. 1872 Kjerstin O. (1816 - 1900) Marit (24 Je. 1884 - 29 Mar. 1960) Marit P. (1837 - 1919) Ole J. (1847 - 1901) Oscar (12 Oct. 1897 - Apr. 1970) Pearl M. (25 F 1918 - 14 Oct. 1918) Peter I. (1875 - 1876) Sievert J. (1853 - 1890) Sievert J., d. 1880, 7 mos, 5 days Selmer O. (26 Oct. 1906 - 10 Apr. 1960) Sigvald J. (1906 - 1936) Susanna (1860 - 1948) [She was on the Minnehaha Co. Census, 1930.] West Nidaros Cem., Crooks, Lyons Twp., Sec. 26: NELSON, Nels I. (1863 - 1938) AASAN, Hannah O. (1864 - 1959) John J. (1859 - 1943) Olaf I. (1897 - 1955) E. Nidaros Cem., Garretson, Sverdrup Twp., Sec. 15 AASAN, Anne J. (27 Jan. 1821 - 3 Je. 1905) AASEN, Ingebor O. [RISVOLD] (24 Je. 1826 - 3 F 1919) Dell Rapids Cem., Dell Rapids Twp., Section 4. AASEN, Julius (21 Mar. 1891 - 4 Sep. 1971) Lloyd F. (1926 - 1956). Brandon Cem., Brandon, Brandon T., Section 33 NELSON, Johannes (1849 - 1928). Minnehaha Co. Cem., Sioux Falls, Mapleton Twp., Sec. 27. NELSON, Mary, d. 1889, & Nels, d. 1903. ________ Please help us sort the families. Did Sievert AASEN (1853 - 1890) & Susan [NELSON/NILSON] (1860 - 1948) have Joseph AASEN (20 July 1882 - 31 Oct. 1923)? Did Joseph AASEN m. Marit [OLSDTR. ASPAAS] (24 Je. 1884 - 29 Mar. 1960)? Are these the brothers Iver, Nels, & John NELSON? Iver NELSON (1835 - 1915) & Mali [PETTERSDTR. FLAAEN] (Feb. 1833 - 22 Oct. 1882) John, aged 41 in 1880 on the census / (1843 - 1914)? Nels, 32 in 1880 / d. 1903? Perhaps the FamilySearch database of the 1880 Census will help. Twp. 102, Minnehaha Co.: NELSON, Iver, 44; wf. Mali, 40 {?}; they & parents b. Norway. Ch. b. MN: Anne, 21; Peter, 13; Iver, 9; & Maria, 9; Ch. b. Dakota, Joseph, 4; & Gerda, 10 mos. [ Nels, 17, sister, b. MN?] NELSON, Nels, 32; Marit L., 30, they & p. b. Nor.; ch. b. Dakota, Nels, 7; Gerda S., 3; & Ludvig, 3 mos. NELSON, John, 41; wf. Maria, 34; they & p. b. Nor.; dau. Solina M., 14, b. MN; ch. b. Dakota: Anne M., 12; Sophia M., 8; Ida M., 2; Minnie P., 7 mos. There was a Sivert AASEN, 26, b. Norway, of Sioux Falls in 1880, married, but no wife was listed with him. Can anyone sort out the right families?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Nelson, Aspaas, Ivarsen, Nessan and more then I can possibly name Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0gB.2ACI/301.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Hello, The Mr. Sluiter you refer to, that had the auction barn North of Sioux Falls on Hwy 77, just before you get to Midway Corner, was married to my cousin Joann. His name is Jack and he passed away November 07, 2000. Shortly afterwards, Joann moved in with her mother, Inez Tidemann, who is now near 100 years old. Joann passed away February 29, 2004 in Sioux Falls. Inez had married Leonard Tidemann. Inez is the daughter of Joseph Ingemund Aasen and Marit (Mary) Oldsdaughter Aspaas. Aspaas is also related to me. My great grandmother is Marit (Mary) Larsdatter Aspaas and married Nels Nelson (see below). Joseph Aasen's parents are; Sivert (Sievert) Aasen and Susanna (Susan) Nelson (aka: Nilson). Susanna's parents are Iver Evjen (Nilson) Nelson and Mali Pettersdatter Flaaum (Molly Mollie Flaaen). Iver is the oldest brother to Jonas (John) Nelson and Nels Nelson. Nels Nelson is my great grandfather. Jonas (John) Nelson was the first to settle the Mapleton Township in Mi! nnehaha County. His best friend was John Thompson. My great great grandfather is Nils Ivarsen Evjen Fossmoe who married Susanna Jonasdatter Nessan in Meråker, Nørd-Trødelag, Norway. They were the very first who emigrated to America from Meråker in 1854. Nils was the organizer and leader of this first group. I attended the 150 Year Jubilee in Meråker in the fall of 2004. A time I will never forget.

Would anyone be so kind as to do two obituary lookups, scan and e-mail them to me? I am looking for a newspaper obituary for Milton Buell Matthes, who died 18 July 1981 in Sioux Falls, SD. Also one for Maura Kramer, who passed away 1 November 1977 in Sioux Falls. Thank you very much. Marge

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0gB.2ACI/303 Message Board Post: Bernard "Barney" Boos Location: Sioux Falls, SD Funeral Home: Barnett-Lewis Sioux Falls - Bernard "Barney" Anthony Joseph Boos died on August 29, 2005 at Avera Prince of Peace in Sioux Falls. He was 96 years of age. Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 31, with Scripture Vigil at 7:30 p.m., followed by a rosary, at the Barnett-Lewis Funeral Home. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 1, at St. Joseph Cathedral, with burial to follow at Fulda, Minnesota. Barney was born on August 22, 1909 at home on the family farm in Fulda, Minnesota to Peter and Bertha (Vollmer) Boos. He was one of 13 children. His mother died when Barney was seven years old. Although the family struggled without their mother, Barney believed his mother was a saint and her intercessions kept him out of trouble many times. Barney enjoyed all athletics and tolerated schooling. He graduated from Fulda High School. Barney moved to Sioux Falls and enrolled at Augustana College with little to no money but a lot of determination. Barney worked several jobs, including yardman at a steel company, assistant hog buyer, gas station manager, and lifeguard. The Augustana Registrar agreed to enroll Barney, thinking he would either drop out or fail within the first quarter. Barney was up to the challenge and enlisted a friend to tutor him at the start and his brother Bart to run the gas station when he was in school. Barney excelled at all college athletics he participated in, football, basketball, baseball, boxing, and wrestling. He gained the respect of many people for his "wholesome and genuine spirit" and graduated from Augustana in 1938 with a BA in History. Barney was Recreation Director for the City of Sioux Falls and about to become an FBI agent when Pearl Harbor was attacked. He immediately changed his plans and enlisted in the United States Marines. Although he enlisted as a Private, he was promoted to Lieutenant on the battlefield. Barney fought in many battles of the South Pacific, Guadalcanal, Tulagi, Gavutu, Tarawa, Saipan, and Tinian. On Tulagi, the commander of the Japanese forces surrendered to Lt. Boos. One of the men under Barney's command at Tarawa wrote to Barney's father, " . . . I will say from the bottom of my heart if I have to go back again and fight he is the only one I would want to follow into battle . . . he was cool as a piece of ice . . ." Barney received two Commendations from the United States Navy. The first concerned his entering caves occupied by the enemy on Tanambago, while subject to heavy fire, and silencing the enemy fire "by courageous and decisive action" three times. He received a bullet hole through his helmet one of those times. The second Commendation concerned his voluntarily retracing 150 yards over dangerous reef and enemy machine gun fire on Tarawa to rescue two wounded soldiers. Although he was ordered to not go after the soldiers, he said, "If I was out there, I would want someone to help me, so I took off." Barney was known to say, "It took a war to get me married." Barney met Madeline Bolger, a Navy nurse from Brooklyn, New York, when he was stationed at Camp LeJeune, North Carolina. Although Miss Bolger declined his offer to meet him at the bar, he accepted her offer to meet him after Mass the following morning. They corresponded during the remainder of the War and were married as soon as he returned home on December 4, 1945. Barney returned, with his bride, to Sioux Falls after the war. The only job he could find initially was as a railroad switchman during blizzards, but he was glad to have the work. When the first of his seven children was born, it was said his chest could be seen a block away from where he stood, and he felt the same for all seven! He also made it known to his children that in choosing his wife he had chosen the best possible mother. Barney served as Minnehaha County Sheriff from 1948 to 1952 and from 1962 to 1970, United States Marshal from 1953 to 1961, South Dakota State Representative for Minnehaha County in 1953, and, after retiring from law enforcement to become a real estate agent, he retired to his home and became "the hired man for no pay." Barney lived comfortably at home for many years until he suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyzed in 1994. His wife cared for him at home until 2002 when they both moved to Prince of Peace. Barney is survived by his wife, Madeline; his brother, Bart Boos of Rapid City; his seven children, Barbara (Gale) Thomassen of Sioux Falls, Bernard "Tony" Boos, Jr. of Minneapolis, John (Dee) Boos of Sioux Falls, George Boos of Milbank, Kathleen (Steve) Satterlee of Spearfish, Paul J. Boos of New York City, and Joan Boos (Douglas) Schueller of Pierre; and many nephews, nieces, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Published on August 31, 2005.