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/189 Message Board Post: Looking for the addresses (or directions) to the following cemeteries: St. Joseph's Catholic, Humboldt, Wellington Twp. St. Paul's Lutheran, Humboldt (or maybe Garretson?) Zion Lutheran, (Hartford??) And also if any of these cemeteries have an office I could write to, to find the location a particular plot. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. E-mail me at [email protected] Thanks, Glenn

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wendt, Courtney Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0gB.2ACI/188 Message Board Post: Looking for any info on the surnames Wendt and Courtney in the Minnehaha county. (birth info, death info, cemetery info...etc.) Please e-mail me at: [email protected] Thanks, Glenn

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/170.2.1 Message Board Post: If you or anyone else knows, send information on Sverdrup Township to me - [email protected] The Georg Sverdrup Society wants to gather this information to see if the township was named after him or his pastor/father/politician in Norway.

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/170.1.1.2.1.3 Message Board Post: Both Norway and US

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: TORGUSON, GOETTSCH, KLINGER, SINGLETON, JUNG, GUERRERO, VERMANDER, EATON, SALGUEIRO Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0gB.2ACI/187 Message Board Post: Elizabeth A. Torguson Elizabeth Annette (Betty) Torguson died Feb. 15, 2004, at Sierra Health Care Convalescent Hospital in Davis. She was 86. Torguson was born Aug. 16, 1917, to John and Letha Goettsch of Inavale, Neb. She spent her early childhood on a homestead near Wall, S.D., and also lived in Michigan and Minnesota before her family settled in Sioux Falls, S.D., where she graduated from high school. Torguson married Donald Torguson in 1939 and they made their home in Sioux Falls until 1948, when Don Torguson accepted a position as an insurance company office manager in Aberdeen, S.D. While there, Betty Torguson was employed as a secretary for the Department of Veterans' Affairs and also did secretarial work for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The Torguson family moved to Davis in 1960, when Betty Torguson accepted a secretary position with the UC Davis Department of Vegetable Crops, where she worked until her retirement in 1982. In retirement, Betty enjoyed reading, gardening, watching Larry Bird and the Boston Celtics on television and spending time with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She hosted many memorable family gatherings, relatives said. "Betty will be lovingly remembered by her family and friends as an extremely generous, kind, cheerful and considerate person," relatives said. "She always had a smile for everyone and will be dearly missed by all." Torguson is survived by her five children, Eric Torguson (Sandra) of Sacramento; Terry Klinger of Davis; Donna Singleton (Donald) of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Bruce Torguson of Carson City, Nev.; and Brian Torguson of Davis. She is also survived by 10 grandchildren, Scott Torguson of Philadelphia; Mark Torguson of Sacramento; Kim Jung (Michael) of Inver Grove Heights, Minn.; Kristi, Jay and Joel Klinger of Davis; Kelly Guerrero (David) of Davis; Taran Singleton of Maplewood, N.J.; Daniel Singleton (Karin Vermander) of Columbus, Ohio; and Shelby Torguson of Portland, Ore.; and by seven great-grandchildren. Torguson was preceded in death by her parents, husband Don in 1979, sister Helen Eaton, infant grandson Mark Klinger and granddaughter Renee Torguson Salgueiro. In accordance with Torguson's wishes, no funeral will be held. A memorial service for family and friends is planned for 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 10, 2004, at Davis Cemetery. All who wish to pay their respects are welcome to attend. (Obituary from the "The Davis Enterprise," Monday, March 1, 2004, (Yolo County, California). Submitted with the permission of the "The Davis Enterprise," 315 G Street, Davis, CA 95616, <http://www.davisenterprise.com/>. Please note: I am not related to the family listed above, and I do not have any further information on this family.)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Thompson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0gB.2ACI/91.3.1 Message Board Post: If you want, I will get pictures of these in the spring. I go through there all the time. My mother's family is the original homesteaders of Sverdrup.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Nelson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0gB.2ACI/170.1.1.3.1.2 Message Board Post: Birth Information for REUBEN LEE NELSON (State File Number: 788259) File Date: 06/20/1962 Sex: Male Birth Date: 12/09/1893 City/County: MINNEHAHA Mother's Name: ANDREA HAROLDSON Father's Name: ANDREW NELSON http://www.state.sd.us/applications/PH14Over100BirthRec/index.asp

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Thompson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0gB.2ACI/170.2 Message Board Post: To answer your original question: Sverdrup was located about 5 miles north of Renner. If you look on a South Dakota Map, from Sioux Falls, you will run into Renner. Keep going north until you see Midway. At Midway (which is just a gas station), take a left. There is a bridge on that road. That was the center of Sverdrup Township and about 1/2 a mile north of what was the original John Thompson homestead. I am a direct descendent of his, so if you need info, let me know. Brad

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: stove, white Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0gB.2ACI/186 Message Board Post: I am searching for possible descendents of Hans and his wife Edith. They were living av Siux Falls. Hans was born in Miner 1888 and died 1959. Buried at Graceland Cemetary, Howard SD. Hans was a WW1 veteran and was gassed during the war. This probably hurt his voice: The Miner County Pioneer December 15, 1922 Page 5 Mr. and Mrs. Hans Stove left Monday evening for Minneapolis where Mr. Stove will take vocational training. Of course, the Pioneer goes with them. Any information will be of interest.

Hi list. Didn`t got much answers on my Roy Nelson query ,so trying again with a obit question. I would appreciate if someone could try to find an obit for Roy Nelson ,born in South Dakota 6 Oct 1903 ,and died in Havana ,Sargent County ,North Dakota 9 Nov 1995. He lived 1930 and 1973 and 1980 in Sioux Falls ,SD ,so his obit may be in a Sioux Falls newspaper. Erik in Norway

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CRONN/ DELL Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0gB.2ACI/185 Message Board Post: I need help locating the descendents of Louis Cronn and his wife Elsa to verify that I have the correct family line. They are enumerated in the 1930 census with children Edna, Robert, Ruth and Margaretha. Also in the household is Elsa's brother Edwin Dell age 33. An obituary from 1959 states that Elsa died in April 1954 and that her father[William Dell] went to a rest home in Sioux Falls where he died 7 June 1959. Thank you

Hello Erik, My name is Donald Nelson and I live in Laurel, Montana, which is a small town 15 miles west of Billings. I don't know if Roy N. Nelson is a relative or not, but I will check into it. Where in Norway are you located? My ancestors left Meråker, Nord-Trodelag on April 13, 1854, immigrating to a location near Madison in Dane County, Wisconsin. After sailing from Bergen, Norway, they came first to England, then on to Quebec, Canada, and from there through the Great Lakes to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. From Milwaukee, they proceeded by railroad to their final destination. In the spring of 1856, they moved further west, to Wanamingo township, Goodhue County, Minnesota. The first of my ancestors to leave Minnesota was my great great uncle Jonas, who ventured to the Dakota Territory in the spring of 1866, with his wife, one child and his best friend John Thompson, who had just gotten married. My great great uncle Jonas (who went by John in America), was the very first person to file for a homestead in the Dakota Territory. He built a log cabin on his homestead, as did his friend John Thompson on his own homestead land. Then in the spring of 1867, they both went back to Wanamingo, Goodhue County, Minnesota, to move the remaining relatives and friends to where they had established homesteads in Minnehaha County, Dakota Territory. Their homestead locations were located near the present day locations of Renner and Baltic, just north of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. My great great grandfather, Nils Ivarsen (Iverson in America) and his wife Susanna had four children, Iver, Jonas (John), Anna and Nels. The children adopted the surname of Nelson, except I have found Iver going also by Nilson. In official records I have also found my great great grandfather Nils Ivarsen (Iverson), as well as with Iver, Jonas and Nels, going by the surnames of Evjen and Fosmoe, which are farms names back in Meråker. Nels is my great grandfather and the last born of the four children, all of which were born in Meråker. I can't find any information on Anna, but the three boys had quite a few children between them and those children had even more children, all living in the vicinities of Renner, Baltic and the Sioux Falls area. Just this last spring I finally located living relatives in Sioux Falls and drove over to meet them in August last year. We had a get-together and I was able to meet many more of my relatives, relatives I had no idea existed. I have since learned that there are many many more relatives living in South Dakota and with a great many different last names. I have also found living relatives in Norway, living in and near Meråker and one I write to on occasion lives in Hell, not far from Meråker. His name is Ragnar Olsen and is related to me on the Aspaas side of the family. Aspaas is the maiden name of my great grandmother Marit, who went by Mary. She too was born in Meråker and immigrated to America with her parents and siblings. There is to be a 150 year celebration in Meråker this fall, to celebrate the first who had left Meråker for America. My great great grandfather Nils Ivarsen (Iverson) was the organizer and leader of that very first group. I want so very bad to go to Meråker, to experience the celebration, but I haven't a way of getting the money to go. I am disabled, due to a drunk driver nearly killing my son and I in the fall of 1996 and the Social Security disability money I get barely allows me to get by. As a result, once my bills are paid, I'm unable to save any kind of money for much of anything. I can only imagine how many of my relatives will be at the gathering and of how much information I could gather on my ancestors. Sometimes I could cry, just in thinking of how much I will miss by not going there. But, that's just the way life is! Sincerely, Donald Nelson -------------------------------------------------- Subj: [SDMinnehaha] Roy Nelson descendants? Date: 2/20/04 1:31:25 PM Mountain Standard Time From: [email protected] (Erik Hov) To: [email protected] Hi list. Wonder if anyone in Sioux Falls knew Roy N. Nelson?? He was born in South Dakota (Hartford?) in 1903 ,and died regarding to the SSDI in Havana ,Sargent County ,North Dakota in 1995. In both 1930 ,1973 and 1980 he lived in Sioux Falls ,SD. I`m related to him a bit distant. I would be really interested in hearing from anyone who knows something about him or his possible family. I only know that in 1930 he was still unmarried and at his father Lars Nelson`s farm. Really hope someone can help me trace this Roy. Hope to hear from someone. Erik in Norway.

Hi list. Wonder if anyone in Sioux Falls knew Roy N. Nelson?? He was born in South Dakota (Hartford?) in 1903 ,and died regarding to the SSDI in Havana ,Sargent County ,North Dakota in 1995. In both 1930 ,1973 and 1980 he lived in Sioux Falls ,SD. I`m related to him a bit distant. I would be really interested in hearing from anyone who knows something about him or his possible family. I only know that in 1930 he was still unmarried and at his father Lars Nelson`s farm. Really hope someone can help me trace this Roy. Hope to hear from someone. Erik in Norway.

Hi list. I`m searching for living descendants of Louisa and Charles Larson. Louisa was born in Norway 1879 ,and came with her family to America in 1883. Concerning to the 1920 census she was married to Charles Larson ,b. abt 1882 in Denmark. He is called L. Larson in 1930. They had the following 3 children: daughter ,LaVerne ,b. ca 1911 in MN son ,Raymond ,b. 1912 in SD , daughter ,Ailee ,b. ca 1916 in SD. This family lived in Sioux City ,SD in 1930. Louisa Larson was still living in Sioux Falls ,SD in 1944. I`m very interested in finding living descendants of this family ,so really hope someopne can help me out. Hope to hear from someone. Erik in Norway

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/an/0gB.2ACI/184 Message Board Post: I found two photos of Johnson's in some photos I received from my 84 year old father. They are of the Emil Johnson family that lived in Valley Springs Township. I have located them in the 1910, 1920 and 1930 census. Emil F Johnson was born in SD 1885, his wife was Inger O. __?__, children Lily A, Arthur C, Louise Rhoda and Herbert. One photo is of Emil's house and car with Emil, Herbert, Arthur and Louise. The other is a baby photo of Louise Rhoda Johnson. Any information about this family would be appreciated. It is a mystery if they are related or just old family friends. Don't you just love a mystery? I'll keep digging.

The Nebraska State Genealogical Society Conference April 30 & May 1 will be in Omaha this year at the Ramada on 72nd. (You might want to think about coming in a day early to do library research as an idea as well. The library is no longer open on Sundays because of budget cuts.) Dr. George Schweitzer is the keynote speaker for five of the talks and he does them as a historical reenactment, very knowledgeable, very entertaining, very funny at times as well. His topics: English Genealogical Research, Tracing Ancestors Back Across the Atlantic, North-South Colonial Migration Routes, Cherokee Genealogical Research (because we keep getting requests for those wanting Native American help and Cherokee is probably the most prevalent request), and Rivers to Trails to Roads to Canals to Trains. We also have a presentation on preservation of our family heirlooms from the Stuhr Museum, and from Jeff Kappeler from the Nebraska Humanities group is doing a presentation on what our ancestors would have brought with them as they immigrated. People who attended the conference last year will get flyers, as will all the Nebraska genealogy societies, western Iowa, and some of the SD, MO & KS societies that aren't very far away. For any out there that weren't in Hastings last year for Cindi Howells, you can email [email protected] and ask for a flyer(s) to be sent. They'll be going out in the next couple days...so contact her right away if you want a conference flyer. You don't need to be a member of the Nebraska State Genealogical Society to attend the conference, but it is a bit cheaper if you are. Karen

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/183 Message Board Post: Looking for info on Charles E and Myrtle E Pratt.,Parents of Howard Woodwarth Pratt b. 04/29/1900 Garretson,Minnehaha,SD. He was given to an children's home with parent's separation as the reason given in 1903.Any help would be appreciated...Thanks.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Beauchamp, Bassett, Holthouser and Brown Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0gB.2ACI/182 Message Board Post: Need information on the family of Richard E. and Lela Kenyon Holthouser Richard E. died, 1945 Souix Falls, SD, born LaRue Co., KY. Their children are: Phyllis, Gail, and Scott. Any help on this family is appreciated. Thanks for help in advance George Brown

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/181.1.1 Message Board Post: Since they are at the library, you could probably do an interlibrary loan through your public library.

Does anyone know if the library has an index to articles so we can request look ups? ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 4:35 PM Subject: [SDMinnehaha] Re: Argus Leader Archives > 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/181.1 > > Message Board Post: > > I know that the city library in Sioux Falls has them on microfilm. > > Jim > > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >