There is a Majer farm in Østre (Eastern) Toten, Norway. Here it is in the 1865 cencus: http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=arkivv erket/ft1865/f60528&variabel=0&postnr=6952&fulle=true&spraak=e (You may have to copy and paste the link to your browser) Birger Moksnes

Hi Folks, I've been watching the wonderful exchanges of information that have been posted recently. Thank you all for your attempts to help each other. After all, that's what this mail list is all about. :~) Unfortunately, some of the messages that you are attempting to send to each other are not reaching their target. If you watch carefully, you will see that many of the queries that are coming through to the mail list are actually messages that are being posted on the Barron Co. Message Board. These messages are being gatewayed to this mail list as a courtesy to you, in case someone comes along who has information to share or is seeking information that you have. The main thing to remember about this system is that not all people who post to the message board are subscribers to this mail list. So if you are only responding to the mail list, the person posting the query on the message board is not going to read what you've offered for help. EVERY gatewayed message coming to this list will start out with these words: 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/1201 Message Board Post: +++ PLEASE, when you see this, remember that you need to respond on the message board. It is very easy to do. Just click on the link within the message that you want to respond to, and it will take you directly to the message. Once there, click on the "Post Reply". When you do this, the person you are replying to will be notified that a response has been made. It's a great system and it does work! We just have to remember to follow these guidelines. Thank you again for all of the help you've been offering. You all are doing a wonderful job! -- Take Care, Nance (the snowbound listmom!) "I am only one, but I still am one. I can not do everything, but I can do something, and just because I can not do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do." Edward Everet Hale

In a message dated 3/15/2002 1:52:53 PM Pacific Standard Time, david.olsen@guidant.com writes: > I think his father's name was Jon/John and his mother's name was Karen. He > may have had two siblings by the names of Peter and Julius. Do you have any > more information about the Edward Myer you have listed here? > Yes this is the Ed Myer. John was my husbands great grandfather. I do have some information on the family, where they came from etc..... Ed Myer and his wife had one daughter named Ethel (this is what I have, perhaps therre were more children, as mom wrote this when she was not remembering as well as she had in the past0 The little girl died when she was 3. Ed, his wife and little girl are all buried in the Pine Grove Cemetary Cameron, Wisconsin. That information also came from my mom in law. There was another Ed Myers, son of Oscar Myers who was the son of Hans Myers. Ed had 3 children, and they lived in the Superior, WI area. This was in the 1950-70 time frame. Jacqueline

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/1201.2.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for your help! I honestly don't know if this is him or not. I don't know whom he eventually married. I have found out a little more information since my first post. I've been searching a couple census sites and have had a couple of responses to my posting. I think his father's name was Jon/John and his mother's name was Karen. He may have had two siblings by the names of Peter and Julius. Do you have any more information about the Edward Myer you have listed here? Thanks Again! David Olsen

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/1201.2 Message Board Post: Is this the Ed Myer you are looking for? Edward Myer 1879 - 1974 . +Sarah Holmstrom 1888 -

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MEYERS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZEC.2ACE/1201.1.1.1 Message Board Post: yes it is. I will scan the plat map & send it to you. Hold on.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HUBBARD Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZEC.2ACE/1199.1 Message Board Post: According to info I have.George Washington Hubbard was born 24 Dec.1846 at Ashtabula, Ohio, and he died 26 June 1933 at Cumberland, Wi. He seras a private in Co. D, 10 Wi Inf., CO E,21 WI Inf, CO E 3 WI Inf. during CW. His Wife, Mary Ianthe JULIAN d. 1947. married 14 Aug. 1847 at Columbia, Indiana.Children are: Eurve Alvin b.15 Feb. 1879,Dora Adeile B. 23 Aug. 1880, Lulu Rose B. 7Apr. 1883, Nettie May B 17 Mar. 1885, James B. 17 May 1887, Hartley Earl B. 3 Oct 1889, Alice Elizabeth B. 12 Mar. 1892. Hope this helps. Please contact me!!!!!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Meyers Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZEC.2ACE/1201.1 Message Board Post: In the 1914 Farmers directory and atlas of Barron Co. John Meyers with his wife Karen and Children: Julius, Edward & Peter. @ Rt.2 with 80 acres in sec.14

David, Do you know where in Norway he was from? I also have a Maier/Myer from Norway. He was born in E. Toten. He came to the US & farmed in Fillmore Co., Minnesota. I don't know if he lived anywhere else in the US before then or not. He went by the last name of Olsen/Olson for a short while too. I believe his father's name was Ole Olsen & his mother's name was Marie, but I'm not sure of those facts. I've never learned if my Haaken/Haakon Myer had any siblings or not. My Haakon was born April 30, 1852. When was yours born? If you don't know then maybe you could find the 1910 census records & see if he was still living on his family's farm. If he was you will have an "approximate" age/birth year for him. To me the name "Myer' is a farm name. If it is the same farm it was spelled "Majer" & was located in Øster Toten, Norway. Let me know. Cammie ----- Original Message ----- From: <david.olsen@guidant.com> To: <WIBARRON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 11:38 AM Subject: [WIBARRON] Edward Myer > 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/1201 > > Message Board Post: > > I am looking for information on a gentleman named Edward Myer. The things that I know for sure are few but they are these: > > 1. Around 1912 he lived on his family's farm. > 2. His family's farm was by Canton, Stanley Township, Barron County, WI, U.S.A. > 3. He immigrated to the U.S.A. from Norway. > > I do not know, unfortunately, how old he was back then but I'm pretty sure that the farm that he lived on was his father's farm. > > I would appreciate ANY little piece of information that I might receive, no matter how trivial it may seem, since that is all of the information that I have. > > Thank You, > > David > > > ============================== > 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. Surnames: Lent Myers Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZEC.2ACE/118.785.819.1 Message Board Post: Carol, I am just beginning my research on this side of my family. I really didn't think I would find anything on Lucinda Lent when I typed her name in to the Ancestry.com search. Lucinda was my gggrandmother. As you said she married John Benjamin Myers. Their son John David is my ggrandfather. There seem to be a great deal of John's in the Lent/Myers family to become confused with. Am I understanding you correctly that Lucinda's father was John D. and his father was John W.? I would love any other information you might have. I find it interesting much of this family lived near Barron, since I taught in Cumberland, WI for four years before I moved to Alaska. I never realized I was so close to my ancestors when I lived there. Thanks for information. Cindy

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/1201 Message Board Post: I am looking for information on a gentleman named Edward Myer. The things that I know for sure are few but they are these: 1. Around 1912 he lived on his family's farm. 2. His family's farm was by Canton, Stanley Township, Barron County, WI, U.S.A. 3. He immigrated to the U.S.A. from Norway. I do not know, unfortunately, how old he was back then but I'm pretty sure that the farm that he lived on was his father's farm. I would appreciate ANY little piece of information that I might receive, no matter how trivial it may seem, since that is all of the information that I have. Thank You, David

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 Walter C. Pease, pioneer physician, was one of the leading men of Cumberland, for many years, and his story is interwoven in the warp and woof of Barron County history. He was born in Loraine County, Ohio, June 27, 1837, son of Peter P. and Ruth H. (Crocker) Pease, and grandson of Phineas and Betsy (Lawrence) Pease, and of Walter and Hulda (Totman) Crocker. Peter P. Pease was a pioneer settler of Oberlin, Loraine County, Ohio, and was for many years until his death a member of the board of directors of Oberlin College. W. C. was the sixth of eleven children. He spent his early life in Oberlin, and there received his fundamental education. In 1850 he came to Dunnville, Wis., and started the study of medicine with his uncle, Dr. Walter Crocker, of that village. In 1861 he started practice as active resident physician there. In after life he often told with relish that his worldly possessions then consisted of a rude medical case with a few drugs, a present from his uncle, $1 in cash, an extra shirt, and a collar borrowed from his uncle, in addition to the clothing which he wore. In 1866 he went to Ann Arbor and took the full course of lectures in the medical department of the University of Michigan. Then he resumed his active practice in Menomonie. In 1872 he entered the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, Penn., and was graduated in March, 1873. Then once more he took up his work at Menomonie. From there he practiced in a wide territory, and thus early became familiar with Barron County. As early as 1862 he came into the county, and as logging camps were gradually established, he practiced in nearly all of them, making the trip in the summertime on horseback over Indian trails through dense forests and across dangerous fords, and in the winter time making the journey in a buggy over the lumber company's "tote" roads. Many stories are told of his adventures. In 1881 he located in Cumberland, then the northern terminus of the Northern Wisconsin Railroad. Here he at once became a leading citizen. When the city was incorporated in 1885 he sat on the council as representative from the third ward, and was on the committee which drew up the first set of city ordinances. In 1887 he served a year as mayor. For many years he served as city physician and health officer. In Masonic circles he was especially prominent and helped institute and install the lodges at Cumberland, Barron, Shell Lake and Clear Lake. He was postmaster at Cumberland from 1892 to 1896. After a long and useful life he died Dec. 6, 1900. Dr. Pease was married May 1, 1862, at Menomonie, to Margaret A. Evans, of Kenosha, Wis., and this union was blessed with seven children: May, Herbert A., Peter Lawrence and Grace Alice. Ruth, Clarence and Walter are dead. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 307-308.

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 Herbert A. Pease, commercial and artistic job printer of Cumberland, formerly Cumberland postmaster, and at various times connected with the journalistic profession in this region, is of pioneer stock, born in Menomonie, Wis., July 28, 1867, son of Dr. Walter C. and Margaret (Evans) Pease. Herbert A. received his early education in the graded and high schools of his native place. He was a sturdy boy of fourteen when he came to Cumberland with his parents in 1881. Here he became interested in printing. As a school boy he started playing about the "Advocate" office, and finally took up the work in earnest and learned the printer's trade there. In 1889 he went to Spooner, and established the Washburn County Register, which he conducted for two years. He came back and on April 22, 1891, with 0. K. Smith, established the Barron County Free Press. While editing this he was assistant postmaster to his father for a while, from 1892 to 1896. In 1892 he moved the Free Press to Amery, in Polk County, and conducted it until the next spring. In 1898 he went to Balsam Lake, Wis., and conducted the Ledger for two years. Then, his wife's health being poor, he went to Holbrook, Arizona, and took over the Argus. In 1904 he came back to Cumberland and was appointed assistant postmaster. Three years later, in 1907, he was appointed postmaster, and served with satisfaction to the patrons until 1915. Then he established his present printing office. He is a master of artistic printing, carries a good line of type, paper, and novelties, and enjoys a good business. Fraternally he is a member of the Knights of Pythias. Politically he adheres to the platform of the Republican party. Mr. Pease was married Sept. 27, 1888, to Etta Morris, who was born Sept. 29, 1868, the daughter of George and Margaret Morris, and died at Holbrook, Arizona, Sept. 1, 1900, leaving two daughters, Margaret and Maretta. Margaret was born in Spooner Sept. 5, 1889, and is the wife of Charles Norton, of this place. Maretta is the wife of A. P. Locke, of Elmira, N. Y. She was born Sept. 20, 1895. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 308.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PEASE, EVANS, MORRIS Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZEC.2ACE/1200 Message Board Post: **Posted for informational purposes only -- poster is not related to the subject of this biography. Herbert A. Pease, publisher of the "Free Press," Cumberland, Barron county, was born July 28, 1867, in Menomonie, and is a son of Dr. W. C.* And Margaret Evans Pease. He is the eldest of seven children, four of whom are living. His early life was spent in Menomonie, where he attended the high school. In 1889 Mr. Pease entered the newspaper business, and established the Washburn county "Register," at Spooner, which he conducted for two years, when he came to Cumberland, and, in partnership with O. K. Smith, established the Barron county "Free Press," April 23, 1891, which has been removed to Amery, Polk county, where it is now published. Mr. Pease married, in September, 1888, at Cumberland, Miss Etta, daughter of George and Margaret Morris. One child, Margaret, was born to them in 1889. Mr. Pease has always been a firm believer in the principles of the democratic party. --From the "Historical and Biographical Album of the Chippewa Valley, Wisconsin, 1891-92," page 891 * - The biography of Dr. W. C. Pease can be found here - <http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.barron&m=892>

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 Engel Sigebert Jacobson, general merchant of Almena, was born at Little Falls, Wis., Sept. 5, 1874, son of Theodore and Anna (Monstrud) Jacobson. He was reared on Section 28, Crystal Lake Township, this county, attended school in the neighborhood, and remained with his parents on the home farm until 1897. In that year he secured employment in a store at Cumberland. After eleven years' valuable experience as a clerk in Cumberland, he came to Almena, in 1918, and opened a general store. His success was assured from the start, and his business has gradually grown. He knows how to buy to advantage and he knows how to sell. His genial personality makes his store a popular headquarters for the people from the rural districts, and his sense of fair dealing has established for his goods a reputation of sterling worth. In 1913 to accommodate his rapidly growing business he erected a new brick store, 40 by 60 feet, one story in height, with basement, and here he has excellent opportunity for the adequate display of his full stock of goods. He carries a general line of merchandise, and also does a large business in hardware and farm implements and machinery. Aside from this he is a buyer and shipper of general farm and dairy products, and has an especially large business in potatoes--his potato warehouse, erected in 1915, being one of the best of its kind in the county. Fraternally he is a member of the A. F. & A. M., the K. of P., the M. W. A., the S. A. S. and several clubs, and he and his wife are both members of the Eastern Star. In public life, he has been a member of the local school board. For four years he was an alderman of the city of Cumberland. He and his wife are members of the Norwegian Lutheran Church. Mr. Jacobson was married at Baldwin, Wis., Sept. 1, 1899, to Mary Stena. Mr. and Mrs. Jacobson have two children: Edna M., born April 30, 1903, graduated in 1921 from the Cumberland High School. Pearl T., born July 17, 1909, is at home and attending school. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 379-380.

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 Theodore Jacobson, a settler of Crystal Lake Township, was born in Norway, and came to America in 1870, locating in Minnesota. For some years he divided his time between logging and farming. He came to Crystal Lake Township, this county, in 1876, and homesteaded a tract of land in Section 28. This was all covered with heavy hardwood timber. He built a log house and barn, and started doing some clearing. In the meantime, to earn a living for himself and family, he did railroad work, and also logged in the woods. In 1902, after having partially developed his farm, he sold out and went to Dallas, Ore., where he bought a fruit farm. He died there in 1904. Since his death his wife has made her home in Portland, Ore. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 379.

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 Edward Lindberg, Section 8, Almena Township, was born in Sweden, in 1864, the son of Jacob Lindberg and his wife. These good people died when he was but five years of age, and he early had to make his own way in life. In 1888 he came to the United States, and located at Tower, in St. Louis County, Minn., where he entered the employ of the Minnesota Iron Co., with which concern he was employed as a foreman for some twenty years. In 1901 he came to Barron County, and purchased 40 acres in Section 8, Almena Township, to which he later added a few more acres, making 57 in all. After securing the land he returned to Tower, and continued his employment there until 1909. Then he came back. Since then he has operated the farm. He has built up a nice set of buildings, has about 25 acres under the plow, and carries on general farming and dairying. He was married at Eveleth, Minn., in 1909, to Anna Severson, who was born in Norway. Mr. and Mrs. Lindberg have three children: Hjalmar N., Ellen M. and Ruth C., all at home. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 378.

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 Adam W. Klug, a well known farmer of Section 26, Almena Township, has been active in the affairs of this community for some years. He has been president of the Farmers' Shipping Association of Almena, and president of the Farmers' Produce Co. of Almena. He helped to organize the Midway Cheese Co. and was its first manager. He is a stockholder in the Almena Telephone Co. In public affairs likewise he has been prominent, and has served with satisfaction for some time as town supervisor. He was born in Austria, Dec. 24, 1881, the son of Adam and Mary Klug, also natives of that country. The father brought the family to America in 1891, and located in Minneapolis, Minn., where he worked in a cooper shop for four years. The mother died there in 1892. The father came to Barron County in 1895, and bought 110 acres in Sections 26 and 34. This land was then covered with stumps, brush and hard timber. He put up a log house, 20 by 30 feet, and started clearing up the farm. There he lived until his death in 1910. In the family there were six children: Andrew, of Canada; Barbara, the wife of A. P. Sifferle, of Minneapolis; Lena the wife of Joseph Broshofsky, of Almena; Adam W.; Margaret, wife of John Shaupshleger, of Almena, and Mary, the deceased wife of Joseph Nellis, of Blue Island, Ill. Adam W. was reared in Minneapolis, and graduated from the St. Elizabeth Parochial School there. He came to Barron County with his father in 1895, and helped his father get the place started. In 1899 he went back to Minneapolis, and entered the employ of the Blatz Brewing Co. In 1904 he engaged in business at Almena for four years. Since then he has devoted his time to carrying on the home farm. He put up a frame house, a barn, 34 by 108 feet, with full basement, and furnished with James equipment; a tile silo, a machine shed, 22 by 30 feet; a granary, 22 by 30 feet, and other buildings. The farm is well equipped with tools, implements and machinery. About 80 acres are under the plow. Mr. Klug successfully carries on general farming and dairying. He has a good herd of Holsteins headed by a full blooded sire. His swine are of the Poland China breed. Mr. Klug was married at St. Nicholas, Minn., on July 3, 1905, to Kate Theis, who was born at St. Nicholas, Minn., Aug. 1, 1885, the daughter of Adam and Kate Theis, natives respectively of Minnesota and of Baden, Germany. They farmed in Minnesota for many years, and are now in Pasadena, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. King have seven children: Joseph, John, William, Marie, Leo, Adam and Carl, all of whom are at home. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 378-379.

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 John Lindberg, Section 6, Almena Township, was born in Sweden, April 9, 1889, the son of Carl and Emma Lindberg, the latter of whom died in that country, and the former of whom came to this country and lives at Perley. John was reared in his native land. He came to America in 1907, and located at Eveleth, Minn., where he worked in the mines for three years. In 1910 he came to Barron County, and purchased 80 acres of land in Section 6, Almena Township, which was at that time all wild. He has put up a log house and barn, and cleared about 25 acres. He carries on general farming and dairying and is getting a good start. Mr. Lindberg was married in this township, in October, 1911, to Nettie L. Sands, who was born in Almena Township, Sept. 1, 1894, the daughter of David and Eliza Sands, he a native of Canada, and she of Chippewa Falls, Wis. They now live at Cable, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Lindberg have five children: Eliza, born Oct. 23, 1912; Florence, March 5, 1914; Frieda, Jan. 3, 1916; Hjalmer, Nov. 8, 1917, and Elmer, March 5, 1920, all at home. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 378.

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 Gust Lindberg, Section 6, Almena Township, was born in Sweden, on Aug. 28, 1887, the son of Carl and Emma Lindberg. He was reared in Sweden, and went to school there. In 1907 he came to the United States and located at Eveleth, in northern Minnesota, where he worked in the mines for eight years. In 1915 he came to Barron County, and bought 80 acres in Section 6. Almena Township. It was then all wild, with the exception that a little clearing had been made, and a log cabin erected. Mr. Lindberg has cleared 20 acres and has 10 acres under the plow. He has built a barn and made other improvements. Here he specializes in dairying and has a good herd. He is already making good strides along the road to success. Mr. Lindberg married in this township, Oct. 18, 1916, Grace Sands, who was born in Almena Township, Aug. 6, 1896, the daughter of David and Eliza Sands. They have two children: John E., born Oct. 6, 1917, and Emma Louise, born Aug. 16, 1919. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 378.