Brookings County, SD, Posted Queries for

Brookings County, SD

Posted Queries for April thru August 2000

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JOHNSON posted by Cliff Johnson on Wednesday, April 5, 2000: Looking for information about a Ludwig John JOHNSON born August 11, 1880 in Brookings, SD.

NELSON posted by James Van Caster on Sunday, April 16, 2000: Looking for information on Carl NELSON (born 1849 in Denmark, died Mar 29, 1928 in Elkton, SD), and his wife Anna (born 1851 in Denmark & died Feb 6, 1933 in Elkton). They lived in Elkton from 1889 until their deaths and are buried in Elkton. Carl also had a brother A.J. NELSON born in 1855 who died in Brookings on Aug 30, 1930, and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery. Would like to make contact with any living descendants or anyone having knowledge of these individuals.

BORTNESS, OLSGAARD, THOEN posted by Haavard Viko on Sunday, May 7, 2000: I would like to get into touch with descendants of: I: Helge BORTNESS 1847-1902 married to Oline OLSGAARD 1854-1898. Children: Clara Josefine b. 1880, Esten Casper b. 1882, John Helge b. 1884, Thilda Karoline b. 1886, Lily Mabel b. 1889, Julie Randine b. 1892, Hannah Oliva b. 1894, and Esther b.1895. II: Peder J. BORTNESS 1857-1929 married to Ingeliv Ella THOEN 1864-1911. Children: Martin Luther b. 1886, John Selmer b. 1890, Clarence Roland b. 1891, Carl Theodore b. 1892, Mabel Florence b. 1894, Arthur Rudolph b. 1895, Roy Benjamin b. 1898, Oliver Philip b. 1899, and Malvin Ernst b. 1901. I am a distant Norwegian relative, interested in genealogy, trying to identify some old photos, probably coming from this family branch in the USA.

JONS, MIEBERG, MULLER, MYBURG posted by Carol Peschke on Saturday, May 20, 2000: I'm looking for the family of Henry JONS, Sr. He was married to Anna MIEBERG (MYBURG) (b) 10-10-1852, (d) 07-07-1907. I believe that they settled in the Ward and Elkton area. Children: Annie; Rena; Metta; Emma; Maggie; William (b) 06-16-1878; and Henry Jr. William Jons was a resident of Elkton, Brookings County, South Dakota.

PIERCE posted by Michelle Allan on Sunday, June 18, 2000: I'm looking for any info on an Earl V. PIERCE. He was listed in his mother's obit as living in Brookings, S.D. in 1919. He was a Baptist Minister. And was later listed in his brother Elmer's 1928 obit as being from Minneapolis.

TRISLER posted by Odie Nickerson on Tuesday, June 20, 2000: In 1870 some Trislers appear in the census for Sioux Valley, Brookings Co. SD. There was a Curtis TRISLER who was in the confederate army who supposedly altered his name to join the US cavalry ending up with Custer. He was in some way related to Louis TRISLER of Fairfax, VA. If someone has info please reply.

BOOTH, LADD posted by Lydia Stofka on Friday, July 14, 2000: Any information on Elijah Sherman LADD (b. Schenectady NY 1844), wife Mary Ann BOOTH (b. Wallaceburg, Canada) and/or children Mary Frances, Horace, Amy, John, Sherman, Bessy Alice, Lemuel, Lowell, Elijah, and Mary Ann appear on Brookings 1880 census, children all born there 1881-1894.

KAMINSKI, KAMM, KLEEN posted by Kendall C. Mellem on Saturday, July 15, 2000: My grandfather, Bernhard Wilhelm KLEEN, b. January 31, 1887 in Logabirumerfeld, Ostfriesland, Germany, settled in or near Bruce, Brookings Co., SD about 1911. He married there Martha Eva KAMM (changed from KAMINSKI) and their young family moved to Minnesota sometime between 1927 and 1930. I'm wondering why he chose the Bruce area to settle in, specifically, whether any other family member had preceded him there. Was there a settlement of Germans from East Frisia (Ostfriesland) there?

GROEN, MEYER posted by Meyer on Tuesday, July 18, 2000: Seeking information re. the Marinus MEYER family of Volga, SD. I am one of his six children. He died in 1945. He was married to Fannie GROEN and farmed near Volga. He is buried in Volga hillside cemetery. Mother Fannie GROEN MEYER is buried in the same cemetery. She died in 1964.

WARE posted by Nancy Blomgren on Tuesday, August 22, 2000: Looking for information on the WARE family who lived near Volga, SD 1880-1920.

DAVIS, HOFFMAN, MYERS posted by Glen Myers on Tuesday, August 29, 2000: Looking for information on Libbie Leona DAVIS who was born between 1800 and 1900 in Bruce, Brookings County, SD, and her parents. Her Father was Fred DAVIS and her Mother was Anna HOFFMAN. She married N. S. Oscar MYERS. Her parents are rumored to have come from/gone back to Manitoba, Canada

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