This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Nilson (Nelson), Yokes Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gFC.2ACI/1248.7.1 Message Board Post: It looks like my Norwegian born G'father Anton Nilson was in the Asylum in Menonomie, WI, in late 1800's and/or the early 1900's. He may have been registered with the surname Yokes. Can you help me find the names of patients during those years, and the death records and cemetery where they were buried? There was a Norwegian speaking Fredrick Yokes (age 51) registered there in the 1900 census and committed by his "German" father. Fredrick Yokes (German) did not have a son by this name, it is suspected that Anton Nilson, the inmate, was committed under the assumed name of Yokes. In those days women could not have their husbands committed, so Fred may have claimed Anton Nilson to be his son and had him committed. Anton's wife Bertha and Fredrick Yokes did marriy. Is it possible that the cemetery has been destroyed by Dunn County? Walter Nelson

The where abouts of the records for the Dunn County Asylum, have been in question for a long time. IF there are any left at all, they are probably somewhere in the Archives of the Wisconsin State Historical Society in Madison. I was told that those remaining, were stored in farm buildings on site, and were eventually destroyed by mice. . . The Potters Field, located behind the Poor Farm, a short distance from the Asylum, has been in declining condition for many years. It is on property owned/used by the Dunn Co Highway Department and is fenced in their storage area. I have a list of 20 people, listed as buried at the Potters Field there. None are Yokes or Nelson/Nilson. The years of death dates are for 1928-1941 only. I don't know who did this list. Identifying markers were non-existent, or poorly done, so didn't last for very long. Joan From: <stubcnw@cs.com> To: <WIDUNN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2002 11:06 PM Subject: [DUNN] Re: POORHOUSE OR ASSYLUM, CENTRAL WI 1800'S This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Nilson (Nelson), Yokes Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gFC.2ACI/1248.7.1 Message Board Post: It looks like my Norwegian born G'father Anton Nilson was in the Asylum in Menonomie, WI, in late 1800's and/or the early 1900's. He may have been registered with the surname Yokes. Can you help me find the names of patients during those years, and the death records and cemetery where they were buried? There was a Norwegian speaking Fredrick Yokes (age 51) registered there in the 1900 census and committed by his "German" father. Fredrick Yokes (German) did not have a son by this name, it is suspected that Anton Nilson, the inmate, was committed under the assumed name of Yokes. In those days women could not have their husbands committed, so Fred may have claimed Anton Nilson to be his son and had him committed. Anton's wife Bertha and Fredrick Yokes did marriy. Is it possible that the cemetery has been destroyed by Dunn County? Walter Nelson ==== WIDUNN Mailing List ==== Contribute your data to our marriage page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~widunn/marriages.htm