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/ZEC.2ACE/1177.2.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Here are a few dates that I have on Gunhild and Martin Severson. Gunhild Bjornson b. December 8, 1860 in Kviteseid, Norway d. 1932 in Barron WI Martin Severson b. 1857 d. 1945 Their children were: Sam Severson--Maurice and Gladys Albert Severson Bertha Severson Tweit--Bernice and Albert Anna Severson Anderson--Elmer and Lawrence My grandmother was Dora Bjornson Haugen. Do any of these names sound familiar to you? Janis

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/ZEC.2ACE/1177.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I just received a reply on one of the postings for Gunhild's family. It was on the Bjournson' name. It was posted on Norway list yesterday. I replied and will send you any info I receive. Heidi

Hi Janis, I guess I could have gone into a little more detail with my reply. My husbands fathers family,Christianson, is who I have been researching mostly at this time. This does include the Severson side. Elmer Christianson, my husbands grandfather, was married to Carrie Severson. I do not ayt this time have any info on Carries side. I would love to have any you would be willing to share. I too would share with you anything that I may have that might help you. Let me know. Looking forward to hearing from you. Thanks, Heidi Christianson jjnelson@milwpc.com wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Bjornson, Severson, Anderson, Tweit > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZEC.2ACE/1177.2.1 > > Message Board Post: > > My grandmother's sister, Gunhild, was married to Martin Severson. Her maiden name was Bjornson. I have been looking for the names of her family as I know very little about them. Do you think we are talking about the same family? I would be happy to share what I know about the Bjornson family. > Janis > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Yes, I believe we are as my husbands grandmother was Carrie Severson Christianson, Martin and Gunhild's daughter.Carrie was married to Elmer Christianson. Heidi jjnelson@milwpc.com wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Bjornson, Severson, Anderson, Tweit > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZEC.2ACE/1177.2.1 > > Message Board Post: > > My grandmother's sister, Gunhild, was married to Martin Severson. Her maiden name was Bjornson. I have been looking for the names of her family as I know very little about them. Do you think we are talking about the same family? I would be happy to share what I know about the Bjornson family. > Janis > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

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/ZEC.2ACE/297.330.1 Message Board Post: Do you have Albert or John ? Sandy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bjornson, Severson, Anderson, Tweit Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZEC.2ACE/1177.2.1 Message Board Post: My grandmother's sister, Gunhild, was married to Martin Severson. Her maiden name was Bjornson. I have been looking for the names of her family as I know very little about them. Do you think we are talking about the same family? I would be happy to share what I know about the Bjornson family. Janis

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/ZEC.2ACE/998.1 Message Board Post: Bonjour, j'aimerais savoir si vous faite partie de cette famille car Louise Robarge est la fille de Louis Roberge et Madeleine Denoncourt, ses gens font partie de mon arbre généalogique peut-être pourrions-nous échanger des renseignements J'attend de vos nouvelles Nicole

Hi Listers.. An index to the biographies in the History of Barron County, 1922, and those previously submitted are available at the following: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/barron/bios.htm Transcribed by Peg Lamkin, brinwood@chibardun.net. Edited and submitted by Victor Gulickson. Simon Christeson, formerly a hotel keeper in Barron, but who for a number of years has been engaged in agriculture, is well known in Barron, a part of his land lying near the city, which he formerly served as alderman. He was born in Gulbrandalen, Norway, March 22, 1855, son of Christian and Marie Christeson. The father dying when Simon was a child, the latter accompanied his mother to America in 1868, the family including the mother and four children, namely, Anna, Christian, Simon and Andrew. The daughter, Anna, is now deceased. Christian and Andrew are deceased. Mrs. Marie Christeson had scarcely been settled in the strange land to which she had come to make a new home--not more than three months--when she was called away by death, her son, Simon, being then about thirteen. The latter had attended common school in Norway, but only during a part of the winter, as he was early obliged to help support himself. After his mother's death he went to work on the farm of Henry Van Buren in Waukesha County for five dollars a month and his keep, and remained with him for about two years, or until the fall of 1870. Soon after that he found employment in lumbering under John Quaderer, working for Knapp, Stout & Co., as team driver, hauling logs and supplies, and he continued in that occupation under the same boss for about ten years, or until the time of his marriage, which event took place Dec. 25, 1882, his bride being Mattie Moffet, daughter of Laurin and Eliza Moffet of Dallas, Barron County, Wis. She was born in Necedah, Juneau County, Wis., July 2, 1862. Her father, who was a farmer, was of Scotch ancestry, but was born in New York State. He died in Barron, Wis., March 17, 1895. His wife, who was of French origin, survived him nearly nine years, passing away Jan. 5, 1904. Their children were Emily, William, Laurin, Amelia, Alvert and Mattie. The first four mentioned are now deceased. Alvert is a resident of Cloquet, Minn. Mr. and Mrs. Simon Christeson operated the old Quaderer House and also the new Quaderer House, which Mr. Christeson helped to build. Mr. Christeson also built a nice residence at the corner of La Salle and Eleventh streets. After giving up the hotel he became a farmer, in which occupation he has since continued, owning a farm of 160 acres a mile and a quarter from Barron, and 109 acres of timber land in Arland Township. His operations have been successful and he is recognized as a prosperous and substantial citizen. Politically he is a Republican with independent tendencies, and for nine years served as alderman of Barron. He and his wife are affiliated religiously with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. and Mrs. Christeson have been the parents of seven children: Raymond A., born July 4, 1885; Florence M., Oct. 15, 1887; Maude A., Nov. 29, 1890; Clifford L., April 22, 1892; Howard L., Aug. 12, 1895; Lester S., Aug. 18, 1899, and Russell E., Aug. 12, 1902, who died Oct. 26, 1906. Raymond A., who graduated from the Barron High School, is now a farmer. Florence M., also a graduate of the high school, is a bookkeeper residing at home. Maude A. is the wife of Francis G. McGrath, a railroad freight conductor, and has two children, Annis Arleen and Marion Moreen, twins, born Sept. 26, 1914. Clifford L., a graduate of the Barron High School, is a structural steel worker and at present is residing at home. He served in the World War, enlisting in July, 1917, in the aviation corps, and training in Texas camps. In March, 1918, he crossed to France, where he remained until October, 1919. He was with the Army of Occupation in Germany, serving as a mechanic with the rank of sergeant. Howard L., also a high school graduate, and now a farmer, in the early period of the war, as participated in by this country, was drafted into the United States' service July 23, 1918, and sent to Camp Grant, Illinois. He crossed to France in August, 1918, returning home in September, 1919. He was in the Army of Occupation and while in Germany served in the Medical Corps. Lester S., the youngest surviving son, is engaged in farming and resides at home. The family are affiliated religiously with the Methodist Episcopal Church. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 104-105.

Hi Listers.. An index to the biographies in the History of Barron County, 1922, and those previously submitted are available at the following: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/barron/bios.htm Transcribed by Peg Lamkin, brinwood@chibardun.net. Edited and submitted by Victor Gulickson. Levi H. Giddings, jeweler and optometrist, and one of the leading business men of Barron city, was born in Leavett Township, Oceana County, Mich., March 11, 1873, son of Henry and Mary and (Spafford) Giddings. The parents were American born. The father, Henry Giddings, settled in Oceana County, Michigan, when it was a wilderness, his land being far away from a road, and the nearest railway station being 18 miles distant. He died in the spring of 1879, being survived many years by his wife, who passed away on the home farm in 1907. Levi H. was their only child. He acquired a common school education and remained at home with his mother until arriving at the age of sixteen, when he began industrial life. After working for a short time in Michigan, he went to Vermont to live with a grandfather and an uncle on his mother's side, and during his first winter there he attended school. In that state he remained about four years, or until 1893, when he visited the World's Fair at Chicago. After his visit he spent a short time at his old home in Oceana County, Michigan. In the fall of 1893 he went to LaPorte, Ind. where he attended the Hutchins school of technical watch-making and studied optical work, under Dr. Meyer. In March, 1906, he came to Wisconsin and took a position with T. J. Thompson, a jeweler of Barron. A month later Mr. Thompson sent him to Bruce, Rusk County, to take charge of his branch store there. After remaining in Mr. Thompson's employ for four years, he bought the latter's interest in the Bruce store, of which he was subsequently the proprietor until 1918. In that year Mr. Giddings moved his stock to Barron and formed a partnership with his former employer, Mr. Thompson, under the style of Thompson & Giddings. This association was continued until the spring of 1920 when Mr. Giddings bought Mr. Thompson's interest in the Barron store, which he has since operated alone. He has added to the business and optical department with a complete outfit and a fine and well appointed room for his fitting and grinding. His stock of jewelry is of a general character and is well selected, and he enjoys a lucrative trade. Mr. Giddings is a member of the Masonic Blue Lodge, No. 316, at Bruce, and Lodge No. 38, I. O. O. F., of Barron, and has passed through the chairs of both lodges. Politically he is a Republican with independent tendencies. Mr. Giddings was first married Nov. 8, 1896, to Emma Anderson, of Oceana County, Mich., who died Jan. 21, 1910, leaving one child, Leo, born Oct. 8, 1898. On June 25, 1914, Mr. Giddings married Lottie A. Nye, who was born in Nora, Wis., Dec. 16, 1882. Two children are the fruit of this union: Allen Nye, born Oct. 10, 1916, and Jesse Hill, born Nov. 15, 1917. Mr. Giddings owns a good residence on LaSalle street, Barron. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 103.

Hi Listers.. An index to the biographies in the History of Barron County, 1922, and those previously submitted are available at the following: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/barron/bios.htm Transcribed by Peg Lamkin, brinwood@chibardun.net. Edited and submitted by Victor Gulickson. Herbert H. Denison, proprietor of a well patronized photographic studio in Barron, is a man who has attained success by hard work in the face of early discouragements and is well known and respected throughout this section. He was born in Bergen Township, Vernon County, Wisconsin, Oct. 21, 1874, son of Henry J. and Mary E. (Allen) Denison. The parents were American born, the father being a native of Ohio and the mother of Vermont. The former, Henry J. Denison, came West with his parents when nine years old and was reared and educated in Vernon County. He was married to Mary E. Allen in February, 1872. They are still living on a fruit farm in that county where they are well known and esteemed, Mr. Denison having for many years taken a prominent part in various movements for the benefit of the community in which he lives. He has long been a strong advocate of prohibition, though usually voting the Republican ticket. He and his wife have had twelve children: Herbert H., of Barron; Effa, now deceased; Francis, of Stoddard, Wis.; Leroy, of Chester, S.D.; Lois M., now Mrs. Lloyd Thompson of Prairie Farm, Barron County; Casson M., of Victory, Wis.; Nellie May, now Mrs. Lee Campbell, of Viroqua, Wis.; Harmon, of Viroqua; Venora, wife of Benjamin Bostrom, of La Crosse, Wis.; Vivian (twin brother of Venora), now deceased; Talmadge T., of La Crosse, and Fay, now Mrs. William Bender, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Herbert H. Denison acquired his education in the common school. At the age of 14 he left home and began working out as a farm hand, and occasionally at other occupations. In 1895 he took up the study of photography, which, with the exception of a few months, he has followed ever since. During the spring and summer of 1899, in company with Alvin Post, he traveled through Minnesota engaged in photographic work. Reaching Barron, Wis., in the fall with less than a dollar in his pocket he was obliged to seek some other occupation for a while and during the following winter chopped cord wood. With the money thus earned and a portable outfit, he went first to Prairie Farm, then to Dallas, this county, where he started a gallery. But at first business was slow, his partner left him to accept a salaried position elsewhere, and Mr. Denison, though no longer having to share profits, found it difficult to make a living. For a year or more to eke out his income he wrote business cards and advertising matter with the pen. In 1904 he married and started business in Barron, where he has since had a progressive and successful career. He has been a close student of his profession and has brought his work up to a high standard of photographic art. For a number of years he has been a member of the National Photographic Association. As a citizen of Barron he has identified himself closely with local interests and has done his part in advancing the welfare of the community. He owns a good residence on Franklin street and is numbered among the substantial residents of the place. Mr. Denison was married June 21, 1904, to Mabel Brown, daughter of George W. and Sarah (Peebles) Brown, of Dallas Township, this county, in which township her parents were early settlers. They have had two children: Erman H., born Aug. 21, 1906, who died Oct. 26, 1908, and Dorothy, born Aug. 22, 1909. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 102-103.

Hi Listers.. An index to the biographies in the History of Barron County, 1922, and those previously submitted are available at the following: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/barron/bios.htm Transcribed by Peg Lamkin, brinwood@chibardun.net. Edited and submitted by Victor Gulickson. John W. Soderberg, one of the leading citizens of Barron, where for 21 years he has been engaged in the practice of law, having also held important offices, was born in Filipstad, Sweden, May 28, 1873, son of Carl J. and Mary (Bobek) Soderberg. The father was a shoemaker by trade, but the limited opportunities he had in his native land induced him in 1881 to emigrate to the United States. For about a year after his arrival he and his family resided in Chicago, but in 1882 he settled in Somerset, St. Croix County, Wis., where he followed his trade in a shop of his own. After remaining there until about 1897, he retired and took up his residence in Barron. Born in 1833, he died in 1908, at the age of about 74 years. His wife, Mary, who was born March 14, 1841, is still living in Barron. They were the parents of three children, all born in Sweden: Gustav, born March 31, 1863, who died in January, 1913; Minnie, born in October, 1865, who is now Mrs. Bart Finnemore of Barron, and John W. of Barron. John W. Soderberg was eight years old when he accompanied his parents to America. He had attended school in Sweden and at the age of eight years, just before leaving his native land, had passed the grades and was in high school. One of the studies he had taken up at that early age was physics. In Chicago he attended English school, and before leaving that city had passed the fifth grade. He next entered school at St. Croix, taking the full course, and also high school work by special instruction. In addition to this he studied bookkeeping and stenography and later began the study of law. In 1899 he was admitted to the bar, but subsequently took a short course in law at the University of Wisconsin. In the fall of 1899 Mr. Soderberg opened an office in Barron where he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession. For eight successive terms, from January, 1903, to January, 1911, he served the county as district attorney, after which he became municipal judge of Barron, serving six years, from Jan. 1, 1911. In 1917 he again became district attorney and continued in that office until the close of 1918. After that he was out of politics until the fall of 1920 when he was re-nominated without opposition for district attorney. Mr. Soderberg was one of the founders of the Barron public library and is now president of the library board. He is a member of the Masonic Blue Lodge, No., 220, in which he has passed all the chairs, and also of Birch Camp, No. 1268, in which he has likewise passed all the chairs. Mr. Soderberg was married Nov. 17, 1896, to Mary Nelson, daughter of Nels and Hannah Johnson of Arland Township, Barron County, where her parents operated a farm. She was born in Sweden Sept. 25, 1878, and accompanied them to America at the age of fifteen years. Both her parents are now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Soderberg have six children, who were born as follows: Clarence E., Aug. 12, 1897; Lillian M., Feb. 2, 1900; Edna M., Jan. 1, 1902; Charles E., Nov. 26, 1903; J. Edwin, Nov. 3, 1908, and Evelyn C., Sept. 12, 1915. Clarence E. was graduated from the Barron High School at the age of 16 and in the fall entered Ripon College, where three years later he was graduated in the academic course with the B. A. degree. In 1917 he entered the law department of the University of Wisconsin and was graduated therefrom in 1921. A few months prior to the armistice between the contending armies he enlisted in the United States service and was sent to Camp Grant, Ill, and thence to Darlington, Wis., where he did clerical work on the local draft board until his discharge. Lillian M. was graduated from the Barron High School in 1917, after which she spent one year in Ripon College and then entered the University of Wisconsin, from which she graduated in 1921 in the department of commerce. Edna M., after graduating from the Barron High School in 1919, entered the University of Wisconsin in the fall of 1920. Charles E. graduated from the Barron High School in 1921. J. Edwin and Evelyn C. are still attending school in Barron. Mr. Soderberg owns a good modern residence on La Salle street, Barron. He aids in the support of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which his wife is a member. His long residence in Barron and his professional activities have identified him closely with the progress and development of the city and county, and he and his family have a high social standing. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 101-102.

Hi Listers.. An index to the biographies in the History of Barron County, 1922, and those previously submitted are available at the following: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/barron/bios.htm Transcribed by Peg Lamkin, brinwood@chibardun.net. Edited and submitted by Victor Gulickson. Robert Reed, proprietor of a restaurant at Barron, was born in Maple Grove Township, this county, Aug. 25, 1877, son of Jesse and Celia (Sumpter) Reed, natives of Indiana. He attended school in Barron and Pierce Counties, and remained with his parents until 1897, when he started work in a factory at Spring Valley, Wis. In 1905 he came to Barron, and after working in a sawmill for one year, worked in the dyeing and finishing department of the Barron woolen mills for ten years. Then for three years he was on the Barron police force, proving a most efficient officer. He started a restaurant in 1919. His place is a popular one, and Mr. Reed has proven himself an able manager. He knows how to handle the public, he serves the best of food, and his place is a model of its kind. Mr. Reed is ably assisted by his wife. He is a well known fraternity man and belongs to the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Equitable Fraternal Union. At the present time, Mr. Reed is serving efficiently as chief of the Barron city fire department. Mr. Reed was married Oct. 28, 1903, to Emma Holman, who was born May 18, 1882, daughter of John and Mary (McLean) Holman, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this volume. Mr. and Mrs. Reed have two children: Ethel M., born Nov. 9, 1904, and Isla M., born June 14, 1907. The family faith is that of the Episcopalian Church. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 100.

Hi Listers.. An index to the biographies in the History of Barron County, 1922, and those previously submitted are available at the following: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/barron/bios.htm Transcribed by Peg Lamkin, brinwood@chibardun.net. Edited and submitted by Victor Gulickson. Jesse Reed, retired, now living in Barron, and an early settler in the county, was born in Indiana and there married Celia (Sumpter) Reed, also a native of that state. They came to Pierce County, Wisconsin in 1866, and took a homestead of 80 acres. In 1876 they came to Barron county and secured a homestead of 40 acres in Maple Grove Township. They cleared most of the land, erected log buildings, later replaced these with more modern structures, and here farmed until 1890. Then they returned to Pierce County and purchased 40 acres. Later Mr. Reed took his father's homestead and lived there until 1905, when he sold out and moved to Barron, where he still resides. Mr. and Mrs. Reed had three children, Irvin (deceased), George and Robert. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 100.

Hi Listers.. An index to the biographies in the History of Barron County, 1922, and those previously submitted are available at the following: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/barron/bios.htm Transcribed by Peg Lamkin, brinwood@chibardun.net. Edited and submitted by Victor Gulickson. Benjamin S. Kipp, veteran of the Civil War, was born in Oswego County, New York, Aug. 18, 1845, son of Reuben and Jane (Stockman) Kipp, the former a native of New York State, and the latter of England. Their children were Esther, Susan, Emma, Ephriam, Lucy, Harriett, Louisa, Peter, Amanda, Benjamin S., Ellen and Ann. Of this large family, the subject of this sketch is the only one living. Benjamin S. was brought to Janesville, Wis., as an infant and to Baraboo, Sauk County, when a youth, and there he was reared and educated. He enlisted in the Civil War late in 1863, and served nearly two years as a private in Company A, 19th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. He was at the front all this period and saw active service in front of Petersburg and at Richmond. While in the army, although not yet of age, he cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln. Upon his discharge in 1865, he took up his residence at Baraboo, Wis. In 1870 he came to Barron County and homesteaded 160 acres of wild land in Dallas Township. His first home was a small log structure with a "shake" roof, and he started in with some crude furniture, a cow, a yoke of steers, some tools and 50 pounds of flour. By hard work he developed a good farm and added 80 acres to the original tract, making an excellent place of 240 acres, of which 100 acres are under the plow and the remainder in pasture and timberland. The log house was replaced by a frame structure in 1895 and other buildings have been erected as necessity has required. As the years passed, Mr. Kipp achieved success and acquired a competency. In 1909 he retired and purchased a pleasant home on Fifth street in Barron City, still retaining possession of the farm. While living in the township Mr. Kipp served for some time as a member of the school board of his district. His financial interests include stock in the Dallas & Prairie Farm Telephone Co. He has always maintained his interest in patriotic affairs; was a charter member of William Pitt Post, G. A. R., at Dallas, and is now a member of the Martin Watson Post, No. 172, G. A. R., at Barron. He and his family worship at the Methodist Church. Mr. Kipp was married Nov. 26, 1868, to Helen Pitts, daughter of William and Ann (Fisher) Pitts, of Sauk County, Wisconsin, where she was born Aug. 12, 1849. This union has been blessed with seven children: Belle, born March 8, 1870, is the wife of Milton Rogers, of Baraboo, Wis. Reuben, born Aug. 8, 1872, is dead. Clarence J., born July 1, 1874, is living at Barron, Wis. Ralph, born March 13, 1877, is a farmer in Dallas Township, this county. Susan J., born June 8, 1880, is the wife of Edward Golmar, of Baraboo, Wis. Alfred E., born Feb. 16, 1885, lives at home. Mark was born Oct. 26, 1887. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 100-101.

Hi Listers.. An index to the biographies in the History of Barron County, 1922, and those previously submitted are available at the following: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/barron/bios.htm Transcribed by Peg Lamkin, brinwood@chibardun.net. Edited and submitted by Victor Gulickson. Nels O. Tvedt, president of the A. B. Leaf Tobacco Co., Barron, was born in Stavanger, Norway, March 15, 1861, son of Ole O. and Kari (Nettland) Tvedt. He came to America in 1880 and found his way at once to Dane county, Wis., where for five years he was engaged in the packing and sizing of tobacco. Then he went to the Pacific coast. After pressing hay the first summer, he entered the employ of the Blakely Mill Co., and worked for a year and a half in their sawmills and logging camp between Tacoma and Seattle. In the fall of 1887 he returned to Wisconsin, and worked in the factory of the Fuller & Johnson Co., at Madison. Subsequently he again entered the tobacco business, growing tobacco in the summer, and working as a sizer and packer in warehouses in the fall and winter. In the spring of 1895 he came to Barron County to occupy a piece of wild land which he had purchased the previous year in section 17, Barron Township. He housed his family in an old lumber camp, while he erected a house, a structure of hewed logs, 14 by 24 feet, sided and plastered, with a frame addition 12 by 14 feet for a kitchen. By hard work and close application he developed this farm, erected better buildings, and purchased stock and equipment. To the original tract he added by purchase, until the place consists of 245 acres, of which 165 are under the plow and the balance in cleared pasture land. Mr. Tvedt retired from farm work in 1920, and took up his residence in Barron City, where he owns a comfortable home. The firm of the A. B. Leaf Tobacco Co., is owned by him and the Anderson Brothers of Menomonie, Wis. The company has a large warehouse here and does a good business. Mr. Tvedt is a substantial citizen, served the town of Barron in various capacities, including that of supervisor, and has always stood for everything that is just and right. He is a member of the Barron Congregation of the Norwegian Lutheran Church and has occupied a number of official positions therein. Mr. Tvedt was married Nov. 29, 1887, to Rachael Stensland, daughter of Thor and Julia Stensland, of Madison, who brought her from Norway to America when she was one year of age and settled on a farm in Dane County, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Tvedt have ten children. Clara is the wife of Earl Butler, who is manager of a lumber company in North Dakota. Theodore is on the home farm. Helen is the wife of L. R. Smith, who is in the garage business in Chetek, this county. Henry is on the home farm. Ruth is the wife of Elmer Tuft, who is in the garage business at Chetek, with his brother-in-law, L. R. Smith. Gertrude, Esther and Norma are at home. Dorothy is dead.

Hi Listers.. An index to the biographies in the History of Barron County, 1922, and those previously submitted are available at the following: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/barron/bios.htm Transcribed by Peg Lamkin, brinwood@chibardun.net. Edited and submitted by Victor Gulickson. Charles D. Blassingham, who for the last twelve years has efficiently performed the duties of register of deeds for Barron County, was born in Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind., Feb. 7, 1867, son of Thomas A. and Comfort A. Blassingham, his parents being farmers. When he was 14 years old the family came west to Barron County, Wis., settling on a farm in Maple Grove Township. After attending common school to the age of 18, he began learning the miller's trade with J. W. Taylor of Barron, and having mastered it, he subsequently operated Mr. Taylor's flour mill until 1906, in which year he moved to Rice Lake, where for two years he was manager of a similar mill. In 1908 he was elected to his present position as register of deeds, taking office on the first Monday in January, 1909, and through successive re-elections, he has since continued to serve. Politically, he has always been a Republican. As a public official he has proved efficient and accommodating and has gained a wide popularity. Mr. Blassingham was married Sept. 13, 1895, to Anna E. Kottke, who was born in Sheridan township, Dunn County, Wis., April 13, 1872, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Kottke. He and his wife are the parents of a son, Loyd F., born March 8, 1900, who, after a limited attendance at the high school, entered the School of Electrical Engineering at Milwaukee, from which he was graduated, receiving a Bachelor of Science Degree. Mr. Blassingham and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Barron and take an active part in its work, both religious and social. Mr. Blassingham is a member of several fraternal orders, including Camp No. 1268, M. W. A.; Barron Lodge, No. 33, I. O. O. F., and the grand lodge of the same order; and McKinley Lodge, No. 172, K. P., of Barron. He has passed through the chairs in the two first mentioned lodges, and is the district grand master deputy of the I. O. O. F. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 108-109.

Hi Listers.. An index to the biographies in the History of Barron County, 1922, and those previously submitted are available at the following: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/barron/bios.htm Transcribed by Peg Lamkin, brinwood@chibardun.net. Edited and submitted by Victor Gulickson. Leo Giddings, Mr. Giddings' son by his first wife, was graduated from the Barron High School, and subsequently entered the University of Wisconsin, taking the engineering course, in which he continued until in his second year. On April 22, 1917, he enlisted at Ladysmith, Wis., in the United States' service, becoming a private in Troop K. He was sent to Camp Douglas, Wis., and from there to Camp McArthur at Waco, Texas, where he was transferred to the 121st Field Artillery, 32nd Division. In the spring of 1918 he crossed to France and soon found himself in action at the front. He took part in the fighting in the Haute Alsace sector, June 9 to July 22; the Aisne-Marne offensive, Aug. 1 to Aug. 6; the Fismes sector, Aug. 7 to Aug. 22; the Oise-Arnae offensive, Aug. 28 to Sept. 6; the Avecourt sector, Sept. 22 to Sept. 25, and the Meuse-Argonne offensive, Sept. 26, to Nov. 2, 1918. He remained in France until the late spring of 1919, returning to the United States in May, and being honorably discharged at Camp Grant May 16. Though he had passed through such a long and severe ordeal, and taken part in some of the fiercest fighting, he escaped without even a scratch. He is now a student in the State University at Madison, Wis. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 103-104.

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/ZEC.2ACE/1202.1.1 Message Board Post: Hello Nadyne, Do you know if there are any records left after the fire?? Jim

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/ZEC.2ACE/1202.1 Message Board Post: Dear Jim: I believe the First German Protestant Lutheran Church in your query is the one that was located at the corner of South Main and East Sawyer Streets in Rice Lake, WI. My German grandparents were members of this church. >From the "The First Fifty Years, Rice Lake, Wisconsin", it states: FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH: organized 1887; church Main & Sawyer 1909; burned 1928; rebuilt 1929; Pastors: Rev. John Freund 1887-1909; --; Rev. Walter Motzkus 1924; Rev. W. F. Beitz 1925-28. In perhaps the early 1950s, the church built in 1929 was sold, moved, and a new church was constructed around the corner at 15 East Sawyer Street, Rice Lake, WI 54868. The present pastor is Rev. Jerry Bernecker. This church is Missouri Synod Lutheran, and is known as First Lutheran Church. Cameron, WI is a town about 7 miles south of Rice Lake, and it is possible that the two churches might have shared a pastor in the early days. The present Missouri Synod Lutheran Church in Cameron is St. John's Lutheran Church, 1115 Main St., Cameron, WI 54822; Rev. James Vanek, Pastor. Best of luck in your research. Nadyne Reiten

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pekrul Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZEC.2ACE/1202 Message Board Post: I have a baptismal certificate for my grand father that states he was baptized at the First German Protestant Lutheran Church of Rice Lake on 20 Oct. 1901. Is this church still in existence and what is the name today? The pastor looks like he was from Cameron. The last name may start with a "F". I also have copy of the birth certificate for my grand fathers brother which states he was baptized on 20 Oct. 1901, at the Ev. Lutheran Church, Cameron, Wis. Are these the same churches. Thanks; Jim Pekrul