This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: amiller1810 Surnames: vaughn Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.southdakota.counties.turner/120.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Have you come across the name Leonard Elvin Vaughn in your searches? He is my husband's father, but not seen since about 1980. We believe he was born in Ohio in 1943. We recently learned he probably passed in Tennessee in 1988. Please let us know if you have any information on him. Thanks, Annette Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ckjensen_1 Surnames: Jensen Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.southdakota.counties.turner/415.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Can't tell if this is The Maren Jensen I am looking for. Hoping for her obituary to tell me more about her family ie parents and siblings Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rogjensen Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.southdakota.counties.turner/415.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Christen and Maren Jensen (Skeen) by Lorraine Jensen Weare (Granddaughter) My grandparents were born near the town of Hjorr- ing in Jutland, Denmark; Christen Jensen on May 6, 1842 and Maren Jensen on February 14, 1847. They were married July 19, 1871. In Denmark my grand- father operated the "Skeen" flour mill, which was a mill driven by a waterwheel. It was located at Mugdal, five miles inland from the northern shores of Denmark that lie along the Skagerrak. (In Dakota Territory my grand- father would add "Skeen" after his name so people would know which Christen J ensen he was, as Scandinavian names often are very similar or even identical.) In the spring of 1874 they sailed for America- Christen (age 32), Maren (age 27) and their son, Louis New York to Yankton, Dakota Territory via Chicago and Sioux City. The last part of the trip was very slow because the railroad company, pushed by a con- struction deadline, had not bothered to prepare a road- bed. The rails had been laid on prairie sod in many places, and often the passengers would get off, walking alongside the train as it moved West, picking wildflowers as they walked. Christen and Maren Jensen homesteaded in Swan Lake Township, Turner County, Dakota Territory, two miles north and one mile east of what is now the town of Viborg. Their first home was a dugout in the side of a hill, about a hundred feet from Turkey Ridge Creek. This dugout was covered with poles and hay. They lived here until their home was built. (This building- enlarged and modernized -was moved to Viborg by later owners and is still in use today.) They had nine children, of which eight survived: Louis, Juel, Carl, Magnus, Jennie, Minnie, Otto and Nels. >From my mother, Minnie Jensen, and my Uncle Louis' written reminiscences, I learned a little of what life was like for my grandparents. Uncle Louis writes: "My first clear remembrance of homestead life was of my father walking to Yankton and bringing home a 50 Ib. sack of flour and other groceries on his back; of my father and other neighbors driving with ox teams ot the Jim River for firewood. I can remember twisting long tough slough grass for hours at a time, into tight, heavy bunches that would serve as fuel for the kit- chen stove. I can remember my mother first shearing the sheep, then washing and carding the wool, and later spinning it into yarn and then knitting our underclothing and socks. Gardens furnished the vegetables and prairie chickens, ducks and fish helped make up the family meals. When we started raising wheat, we took it to the mill and waited for it to be ground into flour." >From my mother I learned that my grandfather's great interest was with machinery, and mother gave me a picture of acorn cutter and knotter that he in- vented. He also invented a twine knotter for the binder-but that story is told in the Dowm Memory Lane section. He also devised a gadget for twisting the finer grade of hay into rope (for hemp and manilla were too expensive for the pioneer setters to buy) for use in thatching slough hay to many of the early shacks. He also made a mechanism for boring artesian wells and was the first to make artesian wells in this part of the country. Christen Jensen died in 1914 at age 72 and is buried in Rosehill Cemetery in Viborg. Grandma Maren lived to be 99 years of age, and won many blue ribbons at the Turner Country Fair when she was in her mid-90's for her hooked and crocheted rugs and knitted scarves and mittens, which she knitted from wool she carded and spun herself on the spinning wheel they brought over in 1874. At 95 she received the National Needlecraft prize for her outstanding exhibit at the Turner County Fair. Maren Jensen died in 1946 (99 years, 1 month, 1 day) and was probably the last of her group of Danish pioneers that came to this area. She is buried beside Christen in Rosehill Cemetery in Viborg. Hope this helps you...roger jensen formerly of Viborg SD Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ckjensen_1 Surnames: Jensen, Jorgensdatter Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.southdakota.counties.turner/415/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Maren Jensen (maiden may appear Jorgensdatter) Born Feb 14 1847 Denmark died March 15 1946 South Dakota married Christian Jensen July 1871 Parents Jorgen and Else or Eliza Jensen Sibilings Jens Peter Jensen of Wisconsin, Severin Jensen of Minnesota Last known address Viborg South Dakota - from brother's Jens obituary dated June 1944 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MarilynRoth58 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.southdakota.counties.turner/32.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: FamilySearch: James Buryl IRELAND (183_?, CT - 25 Nov. 1897, Centerville, Turner Co., SD) m. 29 Je. 1854, Benton, Columbia Co., PA, Rhoda Anne HARTS[H]O[R]N (5 Dec. 1829, CT - 5 Dec. 1904, Sioux City, Woodbury, IA), bu. Centerville. Centerville is in southeastern Turner Co., close to Lincoln and Clay Counties. Rhoda's line has been traced far back. Use Google. Children: Mary Sabina (21 July 1855? PA - _, Elk City, Becham, OK). Oscar (1856/7? - 28 Dec. 1945, Elk Point, Union, SD) Julia Anne (28 Feb. 1858 - 28 Apr. 1944, Magna, Salt Lake, UT) Elisha Sarah, b. ca. 1862*, m. 19 May 1881, Charles PRINSLOW (28 Sep. 1853, Brandenburg, Prussia - 30 July 1933, Costa Mesa, Orange, CA) s/o Martin PRINSLOW & Wilhelmina FREDRICKS. Sarah's age can be estimated assuming her children were born when she was aged ca. 20 - 40. Nina Myra Elvira. FamilySearch database of the 1880 Census, Eldorado, Fond du Lac, WI: PRINCELOW, Martin, 57, Prussia _ Pr; wf. Wilhelmina, 54, she & parents b. Prussia; son August, 18, b. Prussia; son Frank, 9, b. WI. SD Births online. Charles Prinslow & Sarah Ireland had in Lincoln Co., SD: Mabel, b. 4 Apr. 1882 Elmer, 26 Aug. 1883 Lewis, 11 July 1886 Frank, 15 Dec. 1889 Minnie, 19 May 1891 Charles (22 Mar. 1893 - Oct. 1972) lr. Marion Co., OR, per SSDI. [Do you have his obituary?] Alice, 26 Mar. 1896 Clarence (24 Dec. 1902 - 19 Oct. 1992, last res. San Luis Obispo, SLO, CA, per SSDI, online). Lincoln Co. Atlas, undated but mentioning the war effort, has Clarence & Gretchen in Brooklyn Twp. [96 - 51, Sec. 20]. Charles PRINSLOW had land patents in Lincoln Co., SD, 1884 & 1892, Twp. 96 - 51, 29 & 32. James B. IRELAND patented in Turner Co., Twp. 96 - 52, Sec. 25 NW (BLM - GLO, online). --not my family Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: eidelynn81 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.southdakota.counties.turner/32.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: John- this makes us... very distant cousins! Minnie Prinslow would have been my great-great-aunt! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: eidelynn81 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.southdakota.counties.turner/32.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm sure there is a relation! The Prinslow family started out in Wisconsin (Fond du Lac) and I know of several people named Cornelius so it probably goes back. If you can locate one more generation back- we can probably figure out where the two branches connect! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: KERRBEAR43 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.southdakota.counties.turner/32.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: PRINSLOW - MY GRANDMOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME WAS PRINSLOW; FIRST NAME GERALDINE. SHE DIED WHEN I WAS TWELVE - MAYBE 1975? I KNOW SHE HAD A BROTHER NAMED CORNELIUS PRINSLOW AND THEY BOTH LIVED IN WISCONSIN. I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT MY DAD'S GRANDPARENTS' NAMES WERE ON THAT SIDE.....ALL I KNOW IS THAT HIS MOM - GERALDINE - MARRIED DELBERT HENSKE IN WISCONSIN, PROBABLY IN THE 1920'S. ANY RELATION? KERRI Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: KERRBEAR43 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.southdakota.counties.turner/32.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: PRINSLOW - MY GRANDMOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME WAS PRINSLOW; FIRST NAME GERALDINE. SHE DIED WHEN I WAS TWELVE - MAYBE 1975? I KNOW SHE HAD A BROTHER NAMED CORNELIUS PRINSLOW AND THEY BOTH LIVED IN WISCONSIN. I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT MY DAD'S GRANDPARENTS' NAMES WERE ON THAT SIDE.....ALL I KNOW IS THAT HIS MOM - GERALDINE - MARRIED DELBERT HENSKE IN WISCONSIN, PROBABLY IN THE 1920'S. ANY RELATION? KERRI Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rj204545 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.southdakota.counties.turner/414.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Did you obtain the information that you were seeking? I think I find this cemetery on a Turner County map. Ron Johnson Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.southdakota.counties.turner/414/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have a copy of a deed, dated August 29, 1891. It is for the North East quarter Section (8) Eight. Township Ninty nine (99) Range Fifty four. Except three acres heretofore deed in the North West corner of said land for a burial ground. Is this still a cemetery and what is it called?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brimmer/Smith Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.southdakota.counties.turner/413/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I was wondering if anyone could look up an obituary for me... Margaret Brimmer born 1847 and died January 1921 in Centerville, Turner County, South Dakota or her husband William Henry Smith who died March 7, 1929 in Centerville also. I am also interest in any information or contacting anyone who is researching this family.

Seeking death and burial records on my gr great grandmother: Sarah Swan, mother of Alfred Swan and grandmother of John Anthony Swan, all living in Hurley Township, Turner county, South Dakota, in 1880. Sarah Swan was born in Cambridgeshire, England about 1801, migrated to Dodge County, Wisconsin, and later moved with her son to Turner County, South Dakota. I believe she died there in the 1880's. Claudia

The 1930 Census shows Byron B. Husband, aged 23, as an inmate in Yankton State Hospital. His mother Lucile B. Husband was an inmate also (though she lived to her 98th year, dying in Marion, TurnerCounty in 1974). Mailing from England, I do not know whether there may be records available, detailing these 2 patients. Can anybody enlighten me; or, better, find out why they were there! Cheers. Ron Kerrison.

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/BhB.2ACI/232 Message Board Post: I am interested in descendants of Daniel Gallagher, born in Glanworth, Cork, in the 1820's. Daniel came to NY, then came to Boston and married Bridget O'Keefe. Their daughter Bridget married a Withee; Mary Elizabeth m. Joseph Ringley; Margaret m. William Buchanan; Johanna m. Stephen Fowler; John Henry m. Mary Theresa Lynch. When Bridget died, Daniel left Wisconsin (had been living near his brother Edmond) and moved to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He died in Parker, SD, in 1899.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Turner,Burton, Dorsey Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BhB.2ACI/231 Message Board Post: looking for any information on Thomas E. Turner born 1867 in Georgia. lived in Arkansas, married Palmer Sarrah Burton "Pally" children Lillie G., William F., Thomas L.all born in Arkansas. ( Lillie married John Hunt Dorsey)

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/BhB.2ACI/230 Message Board Post: Hi all, A gentleman is looking for an obituary on Ingaborg Kirkeby. She would be his great aunt. Thanks, Margit in Minnesota Social Security Death Index Name: Ingaborg Kirkeby SSN: 504-60-7151 Last Residence: 57043 Marion, Turner, South Dakota, United States of America Born: 19 Apr 1883 Died: 15 Oct 1971 State (Year) SSN issued: South Dakota (1965 )

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jensen Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BhB.2ACI/229.1 Message Board Post: Lori, I have a copy of this book. It took me several months to track this copy down and buy it from someone in Vermillion. I live just north of Ft. Worth in Keller, TX. I do not want to sell my copy, but would let you look at it--since we live so close together. I realize you have copies of your families pages. I am going to So. Dak next month. Anything I can do for you on that trip? I will keep my eye out for a copy for you for sure. Email me.....Linda Z.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jensen, Christensen Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BhB.2ACI/229 Message Board Post: I am interested in buying a copy of the Viborg Centennial Book. My great-grandparents were Andrew and Inger Marie (Christensen) Jensen. They came to Daneville, Turner County, in 1882/1883. They operated a general store in Viborg around 1898. Mr. Lester Lauritzen of the Daneville Heritage Society was kind enough to Xerox pages 429/430 of the book and send it to me a few years ago which shows a family picture of Andrew and Inger and their children (one of whom is my grandmother, Eleonora), but I would really love to have a hard copy of the book. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Lori Scherr Fort Worth, Texas

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