This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jbear1198 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.dane/5714.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Jim, This has to be the family. I found your Andrew in 1900 census in TX, and it says his dad was born in Norway and mom born in Wi. That matches the 1870 and 1880 census in Dane Co., Wi. They are also the only Thomas and Betsey/Betsy Johnson family listed in Wi during those census..... JOHNSON, Andrew, head, born Jun 1873 in Wi., married 6 years Julietta, wife, born Jun 1879, married 6 years, 2 kids born, 2 living. Roy T., son, born Mar 1896 in TX Cecil P., son, born Jan 1898 in TX Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Artesia, Eddy, New Mexico; Roll: T624_914; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 75; Image: 685. In addition to Andrew and Julietta (written Ella), Roy and Cecil, there is son Merrill, 9, born in TX, and dau Stella, 5, born in N.M. Cecil went back to TX for a while, because.... World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 about Cecil Pierce Johnson Name: Cecil Pierce Johnson City: Not Stated County: Castro State: Texas Birth Date: 27 Jan 1898 Race: White Roll: 1952401 DraftBoard: 0 Nearest rellie is Mrs. Etta Johnson, in Bakersfield, Calif. Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Bakersfield Ward 7, Kern, California; Roll: T625_100; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 92; Image: 444. JOHNSON, Andrew, head, 46, born in WI. Etta, wife, 40, born in TX Roy F., son, 23, born in TX Cecil P., son, 22, born in TX Merrill L., son, 18, born in TX Stella, dau, 15, born in TX Helen, dau, 7, born in Ca. 1930, Merrill is listed as a bank teller, divorced, still living in bakersfield, Kern co., Ca. California Death Index, 1940-1997 about Merrill Lallier Johnson Name: Merrill Lallier Johnson Social Security #: 553163369 Sex: MALE Birth Date: 2 Feb 1901 Birthplace: Texas Death Date: 20 Sep 1982 Death Place: Kern Mother's Maiden Name: Lallier California Death Index, 1940-1997 about Cecil Johnson Name: Cecil Johnson Social Security #: 525908254 Sex: MALE Birth Date: 27 Jan 1898 Birthplace: Texas Death Date: 10 Mar 1981 Death Place: Los Angeles Mother's Maiden Name: Lalliar This appears to be the daughter Helen California Death Index, 1940-1997 about Helen Katherine Hartman Name: Helen Katherine Hartman Social Security #: 556240437 Sex: FEMALE Birth Date: 11 Oct 1912 Birthplace: California Death Date: 21 Nov 1988 Death Place: Santa Cruz Mother's Maiden Name: Lallier Father's Surname: Johnson Have you gotten any of these death records or obits? I would suspect that you will find Andrew and Etta buried in Bakersfield with there kids..... 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: wardrop173 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.dane/5714.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: j bear Thanks for the informatio. This might be the family. I am trying to see if this family moved to Texas the the 1890's. I don't know if this is possible. Were there many Norwegians who left Wisconsin to go to Texas in the early 1890's. Jim 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: jbear1198 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.dane/5714.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Blooming Grove, Dane, Wisconsin; Roll: T9_1421; Family History Film: 1255421; Page: 220.3000; Enumeration District: 59; . JOHNSON, Thomas, 35, born in Norway Betsey, 35, wife John N., 13, son Niels, 10, son Andrew C., 8, son George, 6, son Moraih, 3, dau, Wife and kids all born in Wi. Do you have the 1870 info? Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Blooming Grove, Dane, Wisconsin; Roll: M593_1708; Page: 45; Image: 92. JOHNSON, Thomas, 37, born in Norway Betsy, 25, born in Wi. John, 3, born in Wi. Neddie, male, born in Aug 1869 in Wi. 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: wardrop173 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.dane/5714/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am looking for information on Thomas Johnson who would be about 47 years old, and born in Norway in 1880. He would have had a wife Betsey who was about 35 in 1880. He would had a son 8 years old named Andrew Johnson. Any information would be great. Jim 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: MrsKirsten Surnames: Davis from Wisc Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.dane/1661.1663/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Oops, my email is jfkcrsd@yahoo.com Christina Davis Kirsten mrskirsten 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: MrsKirsten Surnames: Davis from Wisconsin Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.dane/1661.1662/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello William Davis, How r u today? My name is Christina Davis Kirsten and after finding this message of your's I thought I would drop a line and say Hello. Your message also said something about a Davis from Dane County Wisconsin. Hurray, we have found eachother, I too am searching for anything about Davis' out of Wisconsin. It has been about 20 years that I have been searching for Grandpa Harry William Davis and his Family. I now have sources that back up my findings, unlike 20 years ago. I would like to add that William is a name that runs repeatedly in this brach of the Davis'. And that I had an Uncle Bill, my favorite Uncle, I miss him. Grandpa; Harry William Davis born Baldwin, St. Croix county, Wisconsin, June 20, 1890. Source; Montana Death Certificate, state file #67-2665, Address, 508 Williams Street, Miles City, MT. Also Standard Certificate of Birth(M.C.2332) for Harry Junior Davis born June 14, 1928 Miles City states that Harry William Davis(father) was born in Baldwin, Wisc. Florence L. Dickens(mother) was born in LeValle, Wisc. Certificate of Baptism For Harry William Davis starts; "This Certifies, That Harry William Davis of MADISON..., and ends with usages of the METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. W.Wisconsin Conference. Feb. 18, 1917. Signed by a Rulufe A. Chase." Did Grandpa get Baptised before he went into the war? So this paper tells me grandpa was from Madison, at some point in his life. I have found the Dickens connection, they are all from Dane and Sauk counties. Grandma Florence's sister's daughter lives in Stoughton. Vera was grandma's sister, Kiever I believe is the daughter's name, Doris, that's her first name. Ray and Doris Bless their hearts for sending Christmas cards every year, that is how I found out about Doris. And then I found her in the Dickens papers I have, that was a great moment too. My Dickens papers state that; Harry William Davis married Florence L. Dickens April 9, 1916. Papers do not say where, but my guess would be Dane or Sauk county. Paper says this couple had 8 children. The ones I know of are as follows; Elanor May Davis born and died Wisconsin, 1917. Leonard William Davis, born April 20, 1919 in Miles City, Custer County, Montana. Died about 1972 in Dayton, Ohio. Married a lady by the name of Opal who was from Texas and she and the kids settled in Priest Rapids, Idaho. A son by the name of Buster Davis I would like to connect with. Daniel E. Davis born April 13, 1921. Died in the Portland, Oregon area about 2002. Hazel H. Davis(Harriet Henrietta Davis Reule born May 13, 1926. Died January 1991 in Bismarck, N. Dakota. Harry Junior Davis born June 14, 1928, lives in Spokane, Washington. This is my father. Harry Junior Davis mother died in Spokane, Washington Nov. 1961. William John Davis born January 26, 1930. Died in Idaho. August Isreal Davis born August 8, 1932. William John Davis was a twin, not sure what happened to him? Twin may have moved to Califonia, there was a death in the family that Uncle Bill and my dad went to, without any of us kids, so us cousins talking about it YEARS later find out. Harry Junior says that the twin was buried next to the house, but that the body was never found.?. Anyway there are the names of the children I know of and by my count there are 8. The first whom died in Wisconsin, Leonard, Daniel, Hazel, Harry, William and TWIN, and August. I too am a TWIN with the same story that the TWIN died at birth. Another thing is Harry William Davis was "farmed out" as a child. He may have had two brothers, Fred Wilford Davis and a James Davis, possibly a sister too. Helen may be her name. There was a Helen Davis living with a KIRCHER Family in Miles City about 1900. Al and Bertha KIRCHER. Helen was living with this family because her mother had died. There is a KIRCHER School around the corner from the farm my dad grew up on just outside of Miles City. I wonder if this Helen is the sister, and if this KIRCHER school has a connection to the KIRCHER family Helen was with? I have other info, if you want more info let me know. Thank You, Christina (mrskirsten) Where did Lyman move FROM? New York? Mass? Have a Great Day 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.

Hi, I'm new to this list. I've been researching my great great great aunt Mary Hogan McCloskey Boyle. She and her husband Henry Boyle(aka Boyles) are buried in Sacred Heart Cemetery. They had lived in Sun Prairie. Where is Sacred Heart Cemetery located? Also if anyone is doing any research on Henry and Mary Boyle and her daughter Mary McCloskey and any of the other children and stepchildren in this family I would like to exchange information. Any help is greatly appreciated. Margo ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: innisfree19 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.dane/3135.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: There was a Sam San Filippo who owned a mortuary on University Ave., toward Middleton - next community west of Madison. He previously had a funeral home on University Ave in Madison, close to the UW Campus and just east of Park St., a major intersection of the campus. Just south of campus is an Italian neighborhood. The San Filippo family was not well-known to me, but Sam was a wonderful acquaintance who I met thru a friend. 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: VMatz5793 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.dane/5712.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: H, I haven't received your email at noon DST. Virgil 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: DMWKing Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.dane/5712.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: e-mail sent to the address listed 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: VMatz5793 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.dane/5712.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: You can get it from the Madison Public Library. Email me at vmatz@tds.net Virgil 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: VMatz5793 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.dane/5713.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: You can get the obit from the Madison Public Library. email me at vmatz@tds.net Virgil 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: jinman4 Surnames: HIMLE, GRAEE Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.dane/609.1441.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Jim, Thank you so much for the updates on your family line. I find that Susan (born Synneva) was born 1869 and died in 1920. Her husband, Samuel Kraiger, was born 1876 and died in 1943. They were married 4/27/1905 at the Hauge church in Deerfield. Both are buried at Riverside Cemetery in Stoughton, Wis. Here is what I have for the children of Erick & Ellen: All born in Deerfield, Wis. Anders, b. abt 1865..no further info. Albert, b 1867, d 1891. Single. Buried Hauge Cemetery, Deerfield. Synneva "Susan"...see above. Inga, b 1872, d 1960. Single. Buried Hauge Cemetery. Cordial G., b 1876, d 1926. Single. Buried Hauge. Edward Cornelius, b 1877...you have this. Martha Bertina, buried as Bertina M., b 1879, d 1942. Single. Buried Hauge. John Elias, b 1881, d. 1965. Single. Buried Hauge. Amanda I., b 1883, d 1884. Buried Hauge. Elmer Listo Himley, b 1885, d 1937. Single. Buried Hauge. I have a correction to make for a line of information I gave you in the last email: I wrote "Knut Nilso Sonve was born 1639 in Voss and died sometime between 1702-1705." This should have read "Knut Nilson Sonve was the son of Nils Knutson Sonve (b 1639 in Voss and died sometime between 1702-1705)". Nils Knutson Sonve was the son of Knut Arneson Sonve & Anna __?__. That's all I have on that branch. I have Eli Jonsdatter Graee's (aka Ellen, Mrs. Erick Anderson Himley) lineage if you want it. I worked on it a while today...if you want it I will send it directly to your email address instead of posting it here. Let me know. Thanks again for the info. 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: jinman4 Surnames: HIMLE, GRAEE Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.dane/609.1441.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Jim, Thank you so much for the updates on your family line. I find that Susan (born Synneva) was born 1869 and died in 1920. Her husband, Samuel Kraiger, was born 1876 and died in 1943. They were married 4/27/1905 at the Hauge church in Deerfield. Both are buried at Riverside Cemetery in Stoughton, Wis. Here is what I have for the children of Erick & Ellen: All born in Deerfield, Wis. Anders, b. abt 1865..no further info. Albert, b 1867, d 1891. Single. Buried Hauge Cemetery, Deerfield. Synneva "Susan"...see above. Inga, b 1872, d 1960. Single. Buried Hauge Cemetery. Cordial G., b 1876, d 1926. Single. Buried Hauge. Edward Cornelius, b 1877...you have this. Martha Bertina, buried as Bertina M., b 1879, d 1942. Single. Buried Hauge. John Elias, b 1881, d. 1965. Single. Buried Hauge. Amanda I., b 1883, d 1884. Buried Hauge. Elmer Listo Himley, b 1885, d 1937. Single. Buried Hauge. I have a correction to make for a line of information I gave you in the last email: I wrote "Knut Nilso Sonve was born 1639 in Voss and died sometime between 1702-1705." This should have read "Knut Nilson Sonve was the son of Nils Knutson Sonve (b 1639 in Voss and died sometime between 1702-1705)". Nils Knutson Sonve was the son of Knut Arneson Sonve & Anna __?__. That's all I have on that branch. I have Eli Jonsdatter Graee's (aka Ellen, Mrs. Erick Anderson Himley) lineage if you want it. I worked on it a while today...if you want it I will send it directly to your email address instead of posting it here. Let me know. Thanks again for the info. 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: himley Surnames: Himle, Himley Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.dane/609.1441.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: 5/30/07 Descendents of Erik Anderson Himley Of the nine (0r ten) children of Erick and Ellen, Edward and Susan were the only two to have children, one each. Several of the Himley brothers lived in Forest County, WI. Himley Lake in Forest County was named for one of them. My son and I camped and fished there when he was young and were living in Oak Park, IL. My grandfather, Edward Cornelius, was born in Dane County in 1877 and died in North Fond du Lac about 1950. Edward was a banker in Rice Lake, then, after a depression in the early twenties, became a station agent and telegrapher for the Soo Line. My father, one of the two grandchildren of Eric, Newman Edward Himley, was born in 1918 in Minneapolis and died here in Edgefield, SC in 1998. His father, Edward C., married Emma Benson when they were both middle aged. My father was their only child. He lived in Fond du Lac during is high school years. He was graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1945. He married my mother, Anne Durisoe Day, of Trenton and Edgefield, SC in 1945. They had met while he was a JAG officer in the Army stationed at Anniston, Alabama, and she a nurse for the federal reserve bank of Atlanta. I was born in 1946 in Augusta, GA. I have one sister, Katharine Mims Nelson, born in 1950. She has three children and lives in Carrolton, GA. She is a nurse, as was my mother. Her oldest son is named Erick Anderson Dunlap. My father practiced law in the Midwest until his retirement in 1980. He and my mother retired then to Edgefield. He passed away in 1998 and my mother in 2003. I was married to Margaret Ruth Huenemann of Glenn Ellen, Illinois, in 1968. We lived in Fairbanks, AK, while I was stationed in the Army, then, after graduating from the University of Illinois, in the Chicago area. We were divorced in 1978. I moved to Edgefield in the early 1980s as I had joint custody of our only child, Matthew Day Himley, born in 1974, and I wanted him to be near his grandparents. He was valedictorian of the class of 1992 of Strom Thurmond High School, here in Edgefield County and graduated from Northwestern in 1998. (Edgefield was Strom's hometown.) He is now a doctoral candidate in Geography at Syracuse University. I am a counselor and Special Education teacher in Augusta, GA. I retire from teaching tomorrow. Susan's only child was a daughter, Mildred. I think she lived in Dane County. I think she is now dead, but do not know when she died. She and her husband lived on a farm and had children, but I can recall little of her, and only met her once. I'm writing this from memory. I have records packed away. When I find them and compile what you and the others have sent me, I will send you a more finished version. Thank you again for your help. Jim James E. Himley jamesehimley@bellsouth.net Edgefield, SC 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: jinman4 Surnames: HIMLE, HIMLEY, GRAEE Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.dane/609.1441.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Erick Anderson Himley was born 5/24/1830 at bruk 4 on the Nedre Himle farm in Voss, Norway. He immigrated to the US in 1850. He went first to Chicago and in the fall of 1851 moved to section 26 in Deerfield township, Dane County, Wis. where he remained the rest of his life. He died 12/7/1900 and is buried at the Hauge Cemetery in Deerfield. Erick was married in 1865 to Eli Anfinsdatter Graee, also from Voss. Erick was the son of Anders Erickson Himle (b 1804) & his first wife, Synneva Rognaldsdatter Glimme (b 1808) Anders & Synneva were married at Voss in 1828. Synneva died sometime before 1853, as that is when Anders married his second wife, the widow Marta Aslaksdatter Himle. Anders Erickson Himle was the son of Erik Clauson Tesdal (1768-1846) and Åsa Andersdatter Himle. Åsa died in 1838 at age 70. Anders & Åsa had 3 children: Ingjerd (b 1794), Anders (above) and Claus (b 1799). Claus immigrated to the US, coming first to Dane county, and then moving around 1868 to MN. He had 8 children and all eventually ended up living in MN Erik Clauson Tesdal was the son of Claus Svendson Tesdal (b 1734) & Jorunn Eriksdatter Graee (b 1731). Claus Svendson Tesdal was the son of Svend Mikkelson Honve (b abt 1685, died 1735, & Anna Knutsdatter Finne, b abt 1695, died 1762. Svend & Anna were married at Voss in 1713. Svend was the son of Mikkel Honve who died in 1699. Anna Knutsdatter Finne was the daughter of Knut Nilson Sonve (1664-1739) & Margretha Clausdatter Miltzow (1672-1763. Knut Nilso Sonve was born 1639 in Voss and died sometime between 1702-1705. Margretha Clausdatter Miltzow was the daughter of Klas (just a different spelling) Henrikson Miltzow (1632-1692) and Inger Lauritzdatter Heiberg Mosafinn (b ?, died in 1700). Inger's lineage goes back through the Lydvo & Smør lines. If you do a search on the internet, I'm sure you will find more info. Klas Henrikson Miltzow was the son of Henrik Gjertson Miltzow (10/20/1599-11/19/1666) & Kristense Madsdatter (1595-1951). Henrik Gjertson Miltzow was the son of Gjert Klason Miltzow & Margrete Ivarsdatter Mork. Gjert Klason Miltzow was the son of Klas Henrikson Miltzow, born in Treptow, Pommerania, died 1595 in Bergen, Norway. Klas Henrikson Miltzow was the son of Henrik Miltzow, born about 1500 in Treptow, Pommerania, and Anna Hannemans, also born about 1500. There is the majority of your ancestry in a nutshell. Hime was a large farm comprised of Ovre Himle and Nedre Himle, with at least 6 bruks (sub farms) at Nedre Himle and at least 5 bruks at Ovre Himle. I would be interested in the descendants of Susan and Edward Himley if you would be willing to share that information. The information would be for the Koshkonong Prairie Historical Society. I probably could pull more information on this family if you are interested. If so, please contact me directly. Jinger Mandt Deerfield WI Jinman4@aol.com 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: DMWKing Surnames: Emmons Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.dane/5713/mb.ashx Message Board Post: obit cought for Esther Emmons 20 Sep 1998 Stoughton, Dane, Wisconsin, 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: DMWKing Surnames: Emmons Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.dane/5712/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Fadge Julie Harriet King Emmons died March 1974 in Stoughton, Dane, Wisconsin, I would like a copy of her obit please 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: derocher_1 Surnames: Himle-Himley Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.dane/609.1439.1.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: James Himley- Interesting post! I doubt that we are related, but I will tell you what I know of my family history. My GG grandfather was Anders Knutsen Himle, born in Norway 1820. I have learned from another researcher that the family farm was named "Himle" in the city of Voss. She told me that the 1901 postal guide (Norsk Stedsfortegnelse) shows a Himle farm in VOSS. A Norwegian told her that this farm is about 65 km from Bergen. ( I believe there is a photo online; I cld give you the citation if you want) I found a book at the Wisconsin Historical Society called "Norwegian Immigrants to the United Stats 1825-1843." Perhaps you can get it. It lists my GG grandfather as Anders, with patronymic of "Knutsen" and farm name of "Himle", city of Voss. I believe that Norwegian immigrants often took the name of their farm and used that as their last name. My GG grandfather Anders Himle had 6 children from two marriages. His son Ole Knutsen (Himle) was my GreatGrandfather. They moved to Grant county, Wisconsin in 1859. I saw a document from a local newspaper from 1899, stating that Oley Knutson changed his last name to "Himley" and from that point on he was known as "O.K. Himley." OK Himley and his wife had four sons: Nels Adolph, Gerhard, Ernest and Earl. Only two of them had children. Adolph had one son, who died in FLorida. Earl had one child, my mother, born in 1918 in Sparta, Wisconsin. Adolph's son was named Roland, don't know if there were children or not. Your son may indeed be the last of the line. Maribeth DeRocher Darlington, Wisconsin 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: himley Surnames: Himle Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.dane/609.1439.1.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My great grandfather was Erick Anderson Himle (spelled Hemle on his gravestone in Deerfield, Dane County, WI). He was born in 1930 in Norway and died in 1900. My grandfather, Edward Cornelius, was born in Dane County in 1877 and died in Fond du Lac about 1950. Of the nine children of Erick and Ellen, Edward and Susan were the only two to have children, one each. My father, one of the two, Newman Edward Himley, was born in 1918 in Minneapolis and died here in Edgefield, SC in 1998. My father told me that Erick Anderson was my great grandfather's original name, but he changed it so as not to be confused with another man of the same name. I have often wondered how he came to the name Hemle/Himle. In " Early Norwegian settlers on Koshkonong Prairie 1839-41", a man named ODD JOHANNESON HIMLE (Born: 15 Mar 1816; Died: 5 May 1893) is described as one of the earlier settlers in Dane County. There is also reference to a Himle farm in Voss, Norway. I have run across other Himleys but have no idea if my family is related. If not, my son, Matthew Himley, is the last of the line. James Edward Himley Edgefield, SC jamesehimley@bellsouth.net 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.