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| Surname | Person researching | Township or other details |
|---|---|---|
| ABBOTT | Harlan Compton | Watonwan Co. |
| ADKINS | Sharon Stillings | Madelia Twp. |
| ADKINS | Steven C. Wehling | Watonwan Co. |
| ALEXANDER | Cheryl Davis | Antrim Twp. |
| ALEXANDER,Robert | Gary Alexander, Wausau, WI | B. 1842, Westfield, WI, d. 1878, Antrim Township |
| ALTER | Darlene Baltus | Kimble Corner in Martin County |
| AMMERMAN | Merton Franklin | St. James area |
| ANDERSON | Dee Kleinow | Adrian & Nelson Twps |
| ANDERSON | Clare Larsen | |
| ARCHERD | Julie Keech Wychor | Madelia area |
| ASH | Carolann | Watonwan Co. |
| ATKINS | Steven C. Wehling | Watonwan Co. |
| ATZENHOEFER | [email protected] | Died in Watonwan Co.in 1982 |
| BABCOCK | Merton Franklin | St. James area |
| BAERWALD | James Benzel | Madelia |
| BAHNSEN | Fred O'Malley | Ormsby and St. James Twps |
| BARNES/BROWN/VOGE/WAAGE | Michael Brown | Madelia |
| BECKIUS | Sharon Beckius | |
| BEON/BION,Louis and Jacob | Patti Flynn Heimsness | Watonwan Co. |
| BENZEL | James Benzel | Madelia |
| BERCHERD/BIRCHARD/BURCHARD | Terry Salo | Fieldon Township 1867 - 1883/1893 |
| BERGQUIST | Marjorie Bergquist | St. James |
| BETTS | Michael Brown | Madelia |
| BLOM | Darlene Baltus | St. James, Trimont, Sherburn |
| BOEHM, John Mathias | Jamie & Colleen | b. 25Feb1831, Berching Germany. Farmed by Madelia, then New Auburn, Sibley Cty |
| BOEN | Judy Klee | St. James |
| BOHAN/RUSSELL | Thomas Bohan | |
| BRADLEY | Pat Dominie | 1860s |
| BREITER | Darlene Baltus | Madelia |
| BRENDEN | Sharon Beckius | |
| BROZINSKI | Philip & Janean McKay | Watonwan Co. Pioneer |
| BRUA | Judy Klee | St. James |
| BRUNNER | Scott Brunner | |
| BRYNGELSON | Dee Kleinow | Odin & Butterfield Twps |
| BUNDY | Steven C. Wehling | Watonwan Co. |
| BUNDLIE | Jason Layman | |
| BUSBY | Breck Wilson | b. Nadelia btw 1907 and 1911 |
| BUTZNER | Dick Allan | St. James City/St. James twp. |
| CAMBRONNES/NELSON | Patricia Donaldson | East Sveadahl |
| CARLSON | Dee Kleinow | Adrian & Nelson Twps |
| CARTWRIGHT | Carol | Watonwan Co. |
| CASE | David Stielow | |
| CASSEM | Judith Cassem | |
| CASWELL | Harlan Compton | Madelia buried in Antrim Cemetery |
| CLARK | Kathy Smith | Watonwan County |
| CLOW | Sharyn Herian | Antrim & Madelia |
| COLEBANK | Jo C. Hunt | Watonwan County |
| CONKLIN | Beverly Cantrill | Watonwan County |
| CORRIGAN | Steven C. Wehling | Watonwan County |
| COTTRELL | Linda Shurtleff | Watonwan County |
| CRISTMAN | Carole Pehoushek | Madelia Township |
| DANIELS | Carol | Watonwan Co. |
| DAVISON | Mary Weaver | Antrim Twp 1860-1915 |
| DEARTH | Sharon Beckius | |
| DELLING | Jean Cunningham | Watonwan Co., Madelia area |
| DEMPSEY | Carol Wolf | Lived by Madelia 1867-1922 |
| DEWAR | Cheryl Davis | Antrim Twp. |
| DIBBLE | Carol | Watonwan Co. |
| DICKENS,Arthur | [email protected] | Born 1879, Wellsville NY, died in Watonwan Co.? |
| DIETEMAN/DIETEMANN | Muriel Katzenmeyer | |
| DODGE,George Washington | Pat Dominie | in Madelia 1868 |
| DOLEZAL | Sue Horak | Watonwan Co. |
| DOLL | Virginia Mattern | Madelia Twp. |
| DONLEY | Mike | Watonwan Co. |
| DORNQUIST(DORNQUAST/DORNQWAST/DORNQUEST), Frieda | E. Skorski | Watonwan Co. 1900 |
| DUFFY | [email protected] | Watonwan Co. |
| EINEN | Carolann | Watonwan Co. |
| ENGEL | Rich & Wendy Meyer | South Branch Township |
| ETTER/REYNOLDS | Judy Reynolds | |
| FABER | Elsa Vorwerk | Madelia area, 1850s-early 1860s |
| FANNING | Robert Fanning | Watonwan Co. |
| FANNING | Steven C. Wehling | Watonwan Co. |
| FARNSWORTH/ESTES/STONE | Mary Carr | Madelia area |
| FELIX | Dee Kermode | Madelia area? |
| FERMENICH,Leo Frederick | Royleen (Fermenick) Newman | Watonwan County |
| FINCH, Francis | E Finch Zinner | (1861-1943), Butterfield Twp. |
| FRISBEY, Henry Loton/MEVICH, Katherine | Fawn Bowden, Riverside, IA | Lived in Madelia |
| FLOGSTAD | Kendrick Harmon | St. James area |
| FORSYTH | Sue Eddy | |
| FREDRICK/FRIEDRICHS | Patrick F.Turner | In Watonwan County |
| FREEMAN | Cornelia Warner | St. James, brothers Silas, Ed, Marion 1960's |
| FROEHLING | Rich & Wendy Meyer | Rosendale Township |
| FULLER | Beverly Cantrill | Watonwan County |
| GALL | Clare Larsen | |
| GARRETT | Sharon Beckius | |
| GARRIOT | Sharon Beckius | |
| GASINK, Gradus/HERRLIE, Eliz. | DAVID H. HAUSE | |
| GLEASON | Steve | Watonwan Co. |
| GREN | Dee Kleinow | Adrian & Nelson Twps |
| GROSSKOPP | Carol D. Seibold | St. James area. Are in 1900 Census |
| HAGEN | Grant Hagen | Trimont, Ormsby area |
| HALVORSON | Garth Ulrich, Box 28, Spalding, SK, SOK 4CO | |
| HAMMAR/HAMMER | Michael Hammar | Watonwan County |
| HANDLIR | Sue Horak | Watonwan Co. |
| HAWKINSON, Olaf | James McDonald | St. James area; Farmer |
| HECKMAN | Rich & Wendy Meyer | South Branch Township |
| HENDERSON | Judy Klee | Long Lake area |
| HERNIMAN, John (& Harriet) | [email protected] or [email protected] Mary & Jim Henry | b. 23Sep1875, St. James |
| HEITLER | Muriel Katzenmeyer | |
| HELWIG | Judy Klee | St. James |
| HICKLE | Eugene Joseph Veigel | |
| HOFFMAN | Kendrick Harmon | St. James area |
| HOFFMAN | Elizabeth Gomoli | Watonwan County |
| HOLDAHL, Bendix | Shirley Holdahl | Died in St. James 1917 |
| HOPPE,Rudolph and Amalia | Linda Meichsner | lived in Watonwan County. Rudy born abt 1840. |
| HOPPE/WOHLRABE | Carolyn Schenck | Antrim Township |
| HORAK/HORACEK | Sue Horak | Watonwan Co. |
| HORGAN | Garth Ulrich, Box 28, Spalding, SK, SOK 4CO | |
| HOTCHKISS | steveareeno324@ yahoo.com | Watonwan Co. |
| HOVDET | Judy Klee | St. James |
| HUDSON | Steven C. Wehling | Watonwan Co. |
| HUFFMAN, Ethel Mae | Donna Scheerer | Mountain Lake |
| HUSPEK | Sue Horak | Watonwan Co. |
| JENSEN | Kristina Currie | Watonwan Co. |
| JOBLINSKI/JOBLINSKE | Janice Joblinski | Watonwan Co. |
| JOHNSON | Dee Kleinow | Adrian & Nelson Twps |
| JOHNSON | Judy Klee | Long Lake & St. James |
| JONES | v | Watonwan Co. |
| JOSE | Dee Yeager | Madelia |
| JUKULEN | Marris Marie Rooney (Wick) | Godahl area. Mother: Grace Ruby Jukulen, Wick, Bergum. |
| KARAU | Kathy (Karau) Hertzog | 1870, Antrim Twp? |
| KEECH | Julie Keech Wychor | Madelia area |
| KEENAN | Kay | St. James |
| KENYON | Marilyn Kenyon | Madelia township |
| KEOGAN | Jennifer | Mostly Medalia, Antrim area |
| KILMER | Brian Gaber | Garden City |
| KILMER | Harlan Compton | Watonwan Co. |
| KINTZI | Marjorie Bergquist | Butterfield |
| KLOCO | Fred O'Malley | Ormsby and St. James Twps |
| KNICKREHM | Arnie Krause | St. James area |
| KOZAK | Sue Horak | Watonwan Co. |
| KRAUS/KRAUSS/KRAUSE | Arnie Krause | St. James area |
| KRIESER | Muriel Katzenmeyer | |
| LAMBERT | Beverly Cantrill | Watonwan County |
| LANGE | Arnie Krause | St. James area |
| LARKIN | Carol Wolf | Lived by Madelia |
| LASSAS | Barb Thomas | |
| LARSEN | Clare Larsen | |
| LARSON | Eddie Larson | Odin area |
| LARSON | Kay McArthur | Watonwan County |
| LARSON | Tor Graven | |
| LARSON,Gottfried/Gotfrid | Ingemar Lanevi | m. Anna (Ostlund) Larson. Lived/died St. James, MN. Immigrant from southern Sweden. |
| LAW, Archibald | Helen Melquist | Madelia area |
| LEE | Walter Lee | Watonwan Co./St. James area/Long Lake Congregation |
| LERVAAG, WILHELM/WILLIAM | Phil | b. 1868, d. August 17, 1905, resident of Madelia |
| LEWELLEN | Pat McCord | b. 1880 found in Watonwan Co. |
| LEWELLEN | Laura Stene | b. lived in Watonwan County. |
| LINDQUIST | Judy Klee | St. James |
| LORENZ | Charles F Zea | |
| LUDTKE | Mark Ludtke | Antrim Twp 1900 |
| LUNZ | Kathy Smith | Watonwan County |
| LUNDE,Marie Engebretsdatter | Terry | Buried Long Lake Cemetery, Odin, MN |
| LYON | Lynn DuChene | Rosendale Twp/St. James area 1880 |
| LYONS | Carol Wolf | From Clyman, WI |
| MADSON | Bruce Madson | Feildon, Madelia, Butterfield |
| MARTIN, Charles Oliver and Dorcas | Joan Hadyen | In Antrim Township in 1880 |
| MATHIAS | Marlene Niemeier | South Branch Twp |
| McALLEN | Carol Wolf | Lived by Madelia |
| MCCABE | Darlene Baltus | Madelia |
| MCDONOUGH, Bridget | Phil Schultz | St James/Butterfield. |
| McMULLEN | Janice Keech | Rosendale Twp. |
| MEIER | ___Brehmer, St. James /A> | Christian Henry Meier |
| MELLEN | Julie Horbach /A> | Watonwan Co. area |
| MERRITT | Sue Eddy | |
| METCALF | Beverly Cantrill | Watonwan County |
| MILLER/MULLER/MUELLER | Debbie Martinez | Used all 3 names, resided in St. James |
| MOLTZAU | Marilyn Deloach Elliott, Duluth MN | lived in Odin Mn in 1916 |
| MORK,John/Kari | Wendell R. Mork, Calgary, Alberta, Canada | John buried St. James 1901, Kari - 1919 |
| MURPHY | Sharon Stillings | > |
| NAU/MAU, Hawkin? | Marilynn Lake | > |
| NELSON | Dee Kleinow | Adrian & Nelson Twps |
| NELSON | Mike & Heidi Wichelman | Early -mid 1900s. Butterfield area/St. Olaf church |
| NEWELL (Richard) | Elaine Varland | Madelia area, ca. 1880 - 1923 |
| NEWMAN | Barbara Dudley | Watonwan County |
| NIBBE | Darlene Baltus | St. James, South Branch |
| NICKOLAUSEN(NICOLARSEN?) | Margie Romani | Odin Twp |
| NICHOLSON | Sharon Stillings | Madelia Twp. |
| NICHOLSON | Dee Kermode | Madelia area? |
| NIEMEIER | Rich & Wendy Meyer | South Branch Township |
| NIEMEIER | Marlene Niemeier | South Branch Twp |
| NIEMEIER, Mary Mathias | Shelley Y. Hayes | South Branch Twp |
| NOTHDURFT | Fred O'Malley | Ormsby and St. James Twps |
| OFFERDAL/OFFERDAHL | Letha A. Chunn | Watonwan County |
| OGLE | Dennis/Debbie Neal | Watonwan County |
| OLSEN | Judy Klee | St. James |
| OLSON | Judy Klee | Ormsby, St. James |
| OLSON/LAINGEN | Wendy Hiatt | Alfred Olson m. Kari (Carrie) Laingen 1901. |
| OPSAL | Geraldine Opsal | Watonwan County |
| OTSEA/AASE, Ole and Anund | Sheri Jones | Godahl/St. James |
| OSBORNE | Steven C. Wehling | Watonwan County |
| PALMESON, Gulbrand | Ray E. Holmberg | Killed April 1863 by Long Lake, Watonwan County |
| PETERSON | Judy Klee | St. James | PETTIS | Julie Horbach /A> | Watonwan Co. area |
| PFEIL | Philip & Janean McKay | Watonwan Co. Pioneer |
| PICKETT | Carol Anderson | Daniel & Harriet, in 1870 Riverdale census |
| PUFAHL | Sharon Buethner | Antrim Twp |
| PUTNAM, Asaph/FRISBEY, Amanda | Fawn Bowden, Riverside, IA | Lived in Madelia |
| QUICK | Rich & Wendy Meyer | Rosendale Township |
| QUINDEL | Lexi Westphal | South Branch twp |
| RAY | Michael Brown | Madelia |
| REDMOND | Matt English | St James area |
| REGAN, Cecelia | Phil Schultz | Butterfield. |
| REYNOLDS | Judy Reynolds | Watonwan Co. |
| RINGHEIM | Keith Ringham | In 1930 Census Watonwan Co. |
| RINGLE | [email protected] | Watonwan Co. |
| ROBERTS | David Stielow /A> | nbsp; |
| ROLSTAD | Kendrick Harmon | St. James area |
| ROONEY | Marris Rooney | Madelia area |
| ROONEY | Carol Wolf | Lived by Madelia |
| RUBERG, Anders/wife Maria | Darryl Ruberg | arrived in St James 1869. Sons born St James; Soloman 1872, Otto 1874, Adolph 1876, Edward 1878 and Arndt 1880 |
| RUDD | Garth Ulrich, Box 28, Spalding, SK, SOK 4CO | |
| SALZMAN | Elizabeth Gomoli | Watonwan County |
| SANDS | Darlene Baltus | St. James |
| SANDBERG | Margie Romani | Odin Twp |
| SCHAPER,Conrad | Kay McArthur | m. 1st Elisabeth, 2nd Augusta. St. James and Adrian townships |
| SCHAPER | Elizabeth Gomoli | Watonwan County |
| SCHARBACH, Henry | [email protected] | Madelia area |
| SCHERER | Steven C. Wehling | Watonwan Co. |
| SCHOTZKO | Eugene Joseph Veigel | |
| SCHUMACHER,Marguerite | Patti Flynn Heimsness | Watonwan Co. |
| SCHWINGLER | Sharon Stillings | |
| SCOTT | Cheryl Davis | Madelia |
| SCRIBNER | Mary Weaver | South Branch Twp 1860-1915 |
| SCUDDER | Gail Knights | |
| SEGAR/LEONARD | Dawn | Madelia |
| SELLER | Philip & Janean McKay | Watonwan Co. Pioneer |
| SETSVOLD | Garth Ulrich, Box 28, Spalding, SK, SOK 4CO | |
| SEYMOUR | Carolann | Watonwan Co. |
| SHELLUM | Bernie Shellum | |
| SHERWOOD/McDANIEL | Carolyn Scott | |
| SIMPSON | Kathy Smith | Watonwan County |
| SKINNER/BLUNT/MIX | Sherri Zucker | Watonwan County |
| SKIVERS | Sharon Beckius | |
| SLATTERY | Joanne Johnsrud | Madelia |
| SONNESYN,John K./FUHR, Anna Sophia | Dawn Ford | Daughter b. Alice Janette 1907, lived in St. James |
| SPRAGUE | Steven C. Wehling | Watonwan Co. |
| STAHN | Philip & Janean McKay | Watonwan Co. Pioneer |
| STOLZE | [email protected] | St. James area |
| SWANKE/MEYER | [email protected] | Edward Henry Schwanke and Augusta Meyer, m. Lewisville 12Dec1901 |
| TEIGUM | Torgeir (Thor) Teigum, Ravn�sveien 29h, N-1254 Oslo, NORWAY | Madelia area |
| THOMPSON | Scott Thompson | Rosendale Twp 1868, Jens and Johanna |
| THOMPSON | Dee Kermode | Watonwan Co. |
| THURSTON | Dee Kermode | Watonwan Co. |
| TIELL | Scott Brunner | |
| TORSEN | Marc Hansen | Watonwan Co., Long Lake Norwegian settlement |
| TRAVIS | Liz Hazer-Prohaska | Watonwan County |
| TOLLERSON | Barbara Rochford | Madelia area |
| TROWBRIDGE | Margaret (Trowbridge) Beveridge | Madelia/St. James area |
| ULEBERG | Håkon Jensen | Madelia area |
| VANDENBERGH, William | Kirk Vandenberg | Born 1838 Germany, d. 3Mar1903 Rosendale Twp, Bur. Mt. Hope Cem. |
| VAN SLYKE | Beverly Cantrill | Watonwan County |
| VETTAL | Garth Ulrich, Box 28, Spalding, SK, SOK 4CO | |
| VEIGEL | Eugene Joseph Veigel | |
| VERNON | Carol Anderson | Daniel & Harriet, in 1870 Riverdale census |
| VOIGTMANN,Gustav and Dina (Thiele?) | Carol Salucka | |
| VORWERK | Elsa Vorwerk | Madelia area, esp. 1850s-60s |
| WADSWORTH, | M Wetzel | parents of Marcus and Hiram, Fieldon Twp 1870-1880. Any descendants |
| WADSWORTH | Steven C. Wehling | Watonwan Co. |
| WALLEM | Mike & Heidi Wichelman | Early -mid 1900s. Butterfield area/St. Olaf church |
| WEGNER | Sharon Buethner | Antrim Twp |
| WESTMAN | Janice Joblinski | Watonwan Co. |
| WETHAL | Garth Ulrich, Box 28, Spalding, SK, SOK 4CO | |
| WIBORG | Jim Wiborg | Watonwan Co. |
| WIEDERHOF | Philip & Janean McKay | Watonwan Co. Pioneer |
| WILKENING | Glen Kajewski | St. James area |
| WILLOCK, Jesse | George Willock | Madelia |
| WINDEN | Charidy Bell | Madelia area |
| WOLF | Darlene Baltus | LaSalle |
| WOLNER | Garth Ulrich, Box 28, Spalding, SK, SOK 4CO | |
| WOODARD | Judy Klee | St. James |
| WOOLE/OBERDICK | Jennifer | Lewisville marshall 1888 - 1893? |
| ZARN | Maggie McQuillan, St. Paul, Minn. | St. James, ca. 1897 |
| ZEA | Charles F. Zea | Watonwan County |
| ZENDER | Clare Larsen | |
| ZENK | Kathy (Karau) Hertzog | 1870, Antrim Twp? |
| ZIMMERMAN | Steve C. Wehling | Watonwan Co. |
| ZINKE | Philip & Janean McKay | Watonwan Co. Pioneer |
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