This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Longseth Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZEC.2ACE/1176.1 Message Board Post: Dear Jan; Here is a copy of the obituary that appeared in the Rice Lake Chronotype 15 Jan. 1997. Bette Longseth Bette Longseth, 71, of Chetek died Jan. 11 at Luther Hospital in Eau Claire. Funeral services were this Wednesday at Appleyard's Home For F unerals in Rice Lake. Spring interment will be in Lakeview Cemetery in Chetek. The former Bette Benz was born to Herbert and Carol Benz on July 13, 1925 in St. Paul. On Dec. 2, 1950 she married Donald Longseth in Pine City, Minn. The couple resided and worked at Barr's Mink Ranch in rural Cameron until moving to Ladysmith in 1953. In 1964 they moved to Bloomer, and in 1984 they moved to Chetek. Mrs. Longseth is survived by her husband, Donald; three daughters, Sharon Longseth of Albuquerque, N.M., Kathy Satter of Chippewa Falls, and Carin Hellman of Little Chute; two granddaughters, and a brother, William Benz of California. Hope this gives you the information you need. Wouldn't you have liked to come over here and look it up yourself? Just kidding. Let me know if we can be of more help. Sincerely, Mary Peterson

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/1173.1.1.3.2 Message Board Post: Thanks for your reply. I was looking for information on Eva Swant, daughter of Blanche Ester Gillett & Fred Swant. Luckily I have found help from some very nice people on here. Anything you may have to add would terrific!

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/1173.1.1.3.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for your replay. I was looking for information on Eva Swant, daughter of Blanche Ester Gillett & Fred Swant. Luckily I have found help from some very nice people on here. Anything you may have to add would terrific!

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/1176 Message Board Post: Would anyone be so kind to look for the obit of Bette Longseth that passes away in Chetek, WI on January 11th 1997? Bette born July 13th 1925. Any help would be appreciated. Regards Jan Habberstad - Trondheim-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/rw/ZEC.2ACE/207.209 Message Board Post: Yes, I know who you are talking about. In fact, I have a item that came from her. She was my great great aunt. Her brother Alec was my great grandfather. I would like to hear from you.

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/886.2 Message Board Post: I am a great great granddaughter of Anton Habenicht, and a great granddaughter of Alec Habenicht. Alec is the youngest child of Anton. Alec is a sister to Aunt Carrie. I would like to share information with you.

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/886.1 Message Board Post: Penny, please e-mail me at wkhulett@greenhills.net. I am also related to Aunt Carrie Habenicht Swartwout. I am a great great granddaughter of Anton Habenicht, and a great granddaughter of Alec Habenicht. I would like to share information with you. Thanks,

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Swant Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZEC.2ACE/1173.1.1.3 Message Board Post: Dear Vicki; What are you looking for in Swants? Sincerely, Mary Peterson

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dunneboil, Melotik, Wald Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZEC.2ACE/1156.3.2 Message Board Post: As per our discussion, Hello cousin! Just wanted people to know how they really can find their kin on this board. It's the greatest! Sallie Dunneboil Rodman

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dunneboil, Wald Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZEC.2ACE/1166.1 Message Board Post: Thanks so much for this. I have pasted it into my Gedcom file on Louis. Thanks again.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Melotik, Dunneboil, Wald Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZEC.2ACE/1156.3.1 Message Board Post: Well, my grandfather, Louis Dunneboil immigrated from Germany and I am in the process of speaking to people in the town he came from, trying to figure out who he belongs to. Louis immigrated in 1892 and married Anna Wald from Germany also. She was b. 1875, Louis in 1877. Her family was from Austria even though she was born in Germany. They had five children, Marie b. 1902, Veronica, b. 1906, Albert, (my father) b. 1909, Clarence b. 1913, and Joseph b. 1916. They all lived in Rice Lake where my grandfather was superintendent of the municipal water and electric company. Veronica married Louis Melotik, b. July 7, 1902. I have not traced his kin yet, maybe you can help me fill in some blanks. Anyway, Louis and Veronica had six sons, all of whom are still living. Louis died in 1966. They stayed in the state of Wisconsin. Hope they helps. Are we related that you know of?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Higgins, Melotik, Royt, Crowley, Hubmann, Fritsch Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZEC.2ACE/1156.3 Message Board Post: Hello Sally In doing a search on the name Melotik, I ran across your letters on the Dunneboils. I have no connection to the Dunneboils (that I know of) but I am doing research on the Melotik family. It is a fairly uncommon name and we have found that we are most likely related to all Melotiks. My great-grandfather was Frank Melotik. He and a few of his 15 brothers and sisters settled in Milwaukee in the late 1890's and early 1900's. I'm anxious to learn of your connection to them. Thanks Jim

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ASLIN, TUCKER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZEC.2ACE/1175.1.1 Message Board Post: Well, I just found another tidbit... 1910 Census for Wisconsin, Barron County, District 19 (Rice Lake city, wards 3 & 4), page 23 lists [on Phipps Ave] Dwelling number 43 as having two families: Fam #48: Tucker, Simon P., 75 yrs old, married for 55 yrs to [wife] Susan, 70? yrs old, having had 12 children, 8 of which were living (in 1910), living with [Son] Chester, 49, [grand-daughter] Susan, 14, and [grand-son] ? (can't read it very well). Fam #49: Ashlin, Henry, 29 yrs old, married for 5 yrs to [wife] Minerva, 32, having had 2 children, both of which were living (in 1910), living with [son] Raymond, 11, and [daughter] Vera, 2. Evidently, the info I had on her having a large family referred to her parents and siblings. Raymond was evidently from her former marriage, either to Leon, or her first husband (still need to coordinate the logistics on that). Vera was Henry and Minerva's child. Coincidently, the next dwelling lists a Tucker, Edward, age 31, married for 11 years to A?natie, age 30, 4 children: Arthur, 10; Iva, 8; Herald, 4; Vivian, 2. Simon P. Tucker was born in New York, as were his parents. Susan Tucker was born in Pennsylvania, as were her parents. Edward appears to be Minerva's brother, based on his proximity, his age, and the listings of his parents' birthplaces. Edward was working as a laborer in the cement trade, Henry was a carpenter, I think Chester worked in a saw mill. I'm working from an electronic image of the Census document, and of course the recorder had only average handwriting, so some of the record is not clear. Henry Joseph Ashlin was my wife's paternal great-grandfather. (Guess we got the connection, now, huh?) :^) How are you related to Minerva? Dave

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Aslin Tucker Harmon Harmony Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZEC.2ACE/1175.1 Message Board Post: Dave, Thanks for your reply. According to the 1880 census, my relative Minerva L. Tucker was born ca. 1877, dau. of Simon Peter Tucker and Susan Harmon(y). According to the marriage records on the Barron Co. USGenWeb site, Leon Aslin married a Minerva Tucker on 3 Apr 1896 (I matched up marriage dates using the site search engine). I had thought this could be my Minerva Tucker marrying at age 19. Now I'm not so sure. You say Minerva Tucker Aslin was already widowed with a large family in 1896. That may not be my Minerva Tucker. It would be interesting to know what the 1900 census says about Minerva Aslin's age and number of children. Jeff

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ASLIN, ASHLIN, TUCKER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZEC.2ACE/1175 Message Board Post: Jeff, I have SOME further info on Minerva TUCKER... Henry Joseph ASLIN/ASHLIN started a farm about 3-1/2 miles south of Lake Vermillion in Barron County on a 40-acre plot. Evidently, Leon took over the farm from Henry, farmed it for awhile and then married Minerva TUCKER. At the time of this marriage, Minerva was already a widow with a very large family. Circa 1906/1907, Leon was killed while driving a team of horses. In 1907, Henry married his brother's widow, Minerva TUCKER ASLIN. Henry and Minerva had one child, Vera May ASHLIN, on 27 May 1908. Minerva passed away on 26 Feb 1912. I'm still searching for more info on her. Please let me know if you come up with more evidence. I've seen listings of Simon and Susan; I don't know if there's a connection or not. It's the right area. I have access to a picture of Vera May, dau. of Minerva and Henry, from when she was about 7 yrs. old (1915). Let me know if you want to see it. Maybe there's a family resemblence that you can spot.

Dave, Do you have any information on Minerva Tucker who married Leon Aslin? I think I may be related to Minerva -- if she was daughter of Simon Peter Tucker and Susan Harmon(y). I am seeking to confirm her parentage and to know if Minerva and Leon had any descendants. Thank you. Jeff Birdsley ---------------------------------------- Dave wrote: I am looking for any further information on MAGLOIRE ASLIN (also found as MAYLAIRE, MAGLER; may also be listed as ASHLIN, ASSLIN, etc.) who came to Barron County, I believe in the Cumberland area (possibly near, or south of Lake Vermillion, by a place called "French Hill"), around 1889. He apparently came from Quebec (somewhere near Montreal), through the Lake Nebagamon area. He arrived in the Cumberland area with his wife, OLIVINE [PELAN?] (also found as OLIVIEN(E)) and children FREDERICK, JOSEPH, LEON, HENRY JOSEPH, CORA MARIA, and MARY ANNE. The girls later married to become CORA MARIA BUSS and MARY ANNE FLYNN. It would appear that I already have much information on this man, but much of it is hearsay, and has not led me to records of his birthplace, parents, or siblings. I would specifically like any information on where, exactly, his land may have been (or that owned by any of his sons) or anything else related to any of the people mentioned here.

Hi Listers.. An index to the biographies in the History of Barron County, 1922, and others previously submitted are available at the following: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/barron/bios.htm Ralph L. Johnson, an energetic and prosperous farmer owning 120 acres in Section 17, east, Maple Grove Township, was born in the township where he still lives, Aug. 6, 1892, son of Thor H. and Wilhelmina (Storm) Johnson. He attended the district school, took a two-years' course at the Chetek High School, and in 1910 was graduated from the Chippewa Valley Business College at Chippewa Falls. Then for a time he was employed by the Jenney, Semple & Hill Wholesale House in Minneapolis. He purchased his present place in 1912. Before this, in addition to attending school and working in Minneapolis for a while, he had operated the home farm for a while and a rented farm for some three years. He now successfully carries on general farming and dairying, having a good herd of Holsteins, with a full-blooded sire at the head, and a good drove of Duroc-Jersey swine. Fraternally, Mr. Johnson is a member of the Mystic Workers. He and his family attend the Free Mission Church. Mr. Johnson was married April 10, 1917, to Garda Olson, daughter of William and Alice (Gulickson) Olson, natives respectively of Wisconsin and Norway, the former of whom is dead, and the latter of whom lives in Stanley Township, this county. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have one child, Norma W., born July 1, 1918. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 179.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sowers Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZEC.2ACE/1144.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Dear Marilyn; Here is the death cert. info on Frank Sowers from the Barron County Court house. Frank E. Sowers death cert. Barron Co Vol 44 Pg 23 Frank born 23 Jan. 1903, died 30 Sept. 1975 at 2:38 p.m. at St. Joseph's Hospital Marshfield-Wood Co WI, male. white, 72, born Iowa, married-Catherine B. Barker, accountant/Business & Tax Consultant, resided 108 Monroe Ave. Rice Lake, military-no, parents Elwood Sowers and unknown Watts, informant was Catherine Sowers of 108 Monroe Rice Lake, cause of death was ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (6 hrs) - arterio sclerotic cardiovascular disease (yrs), burried Orchard Beach Cemetery Rice Lake 3 Oct. 1975 by Hyllengren Funeral Home of Rice Lake. If someone dies in another county but in the same state, many times a copy of the death cert. will be in the home county or both. Will keep looking for the obit. Sincerely, Mary Peterson

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: JENNESS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZEC.2ACE/1174 Message Board Post: I am seeking any family members to contact me in regards to this surname JENNESS. Seeking obit for Bessie Jenness d. 4-5-2001 last res. Rice Lake WI. Please contact me personally at Flowerchild417@aol.com Leona R Greene

Olaus H. Bjugstad, prosperous farmer of section 10, Barron Township, was born in Norway, Sept. 6, 1868, son of Hans and Geline (Hanson) Bjugstad, natives of Norway, who came to America in 1902 and lived with their sons in Barron County until their deaths, the father dying in 1908 and the mother, in 1904. Olaus H. received his education in Norway, and as a young man did farm labor and worked in a celluloid factory. He came to America in 1890 and settled in Barron Township, Barron County. In 1892 he purchased 40 acres in section 2, of this township, but the following year traded for 40 acres in section 10. He cleared a part of this and lived on it for three years. Then he bought 40 acres in the same section to which he later added 120, so that his farm now consists of a quarter section. He not only cleared and broke 120 acres of this farm, but also pulled stumps on 320 acres for his neighbors. On his excellent farm he built a 10-room, all-modern house, and a fine barn, 34 by 90 feet, as well as a number of other buildings. The barn is furnished with the Libby Barn equipment. Mr. Bjugstad successfully carries on general farming, and makes a specialty of a good herd of Holstein cattle, headed by full-blooded sires. He is a well-known man in the community, and has done good work as town supervisor and school director. He is a stockholder in the Barron Co-operative Creamery. His fraternal relations are with the Beavers. Mr. Bjugstad was married Oct. 18, 1890, to Mary Christianson, born in Norway, in December, 1870, daughter of Christian and Mattie (Stensrud), Christianson, natives of Norway, who both died in that country. Mr. and Mrs. Bjugstad have ten children. Carl H. was born Nov. 24, 1891, and is now farming in Barron Township. Gida M. was born Jan. 11, 1893, and is the wife of Alfred Fogrud, of North Dakota. Oscar was born Aug. 21, 1895. He was inducted into the United States service July 23, 1918, served with Co. L, 343rd Inf., 86th Division, was eleven months in France, returned to the United States July 27, 1919, and was discharged Aug. 1, 1919. Einar was born June 25, 1897; Edward, July 31, 1899; August, Aug. 14, 1901; Harold, Nov. 30, 1902; Nora C., March 4, 1905; Olaf, Feb. 26, 1903 (died April 4, 1903); and Olaf M., May 26, 1909 (died Sept. 20, 1909). The family faith is that of the Norwegian Lutheran Church. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 132-133.