Modified Register for Elias Christian Jorandby

The Jorandby Family of Fish Lake, Necedah Township, Juneau County

First Generation

1. Elias Christian Jorandby was born¹ on 5 Aug 1862 in Strongs Prairie Twp, Adams, Wisconsin. He died on 26 Apr 1933 in Necedah Twp, Juneau, Wisconsin. He was buried² in the West Cemetery, Arkdale, Adams, Wisconsin.

"If you borrow an ax, return it sharper than it was when you borrowed it."

Elias's father Christopher Andersen Jorandby was born on 22 Apr 1824 on the Jøranbyhuset

farm near Hedalen, Sør-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway. He emigrated from Christiana (Oslo)

on 27 Jun 1851 on the brig Incognito, and arrived in New York on 30 Aug 1851. During
the eight week passage, he met Karen Ingebretsdatter Bjørneby, who was emigrating with

her family from Hedmark. Christopher was #17 on the Incognito manifest, while Karen

and her family were just a few lines above him. After a brief stopover in the Norwegian

colony near Black Earth in Vermont Twp, Dane Co, Christopher and Karen moved to Strongs

Prairie Twp, Adams Co, and were married on 4 Oct 1855 at the Roche-a-Cree Norwegian

Lutheran Church. Elias was the fourth of ten children of Christopher and Karen.

Elias's dates of birth and christening dates cannot be confirmed from original church

records, because the records were lost when the Roche-a-Cree log church, built in 1853,

burned in 1866. According to the church records which do still exist, Elias was confirmed

on 27 Jun 1880. The Ministerialbog for Roche a Cree n.e.l. Menighed i Adams Co. Wisc

1867-1892 is at Trinity Lutheran Church in Arkdale. His confirmation record lists a birth

date of 5 Aug 1863, and a baptismal date of 9 Nov 1863. It should be 1862, and is so

listed in the 1900 US Federal census of Necedah Township.

Elias's middle name Christian may honor his mother's older brother Christian Bjorneby, who

died of disease in February 1862, while training with the Union Army at Camp Randall,

Madison.

In the 1880s, Elias and his brother Peder, encouraged by their father C. A. Jorandby,

purchased and homesteaded 240 acres of Sec. 22, Twp 18N, Range 4E, in Juneau County, on

the west bank of the Wisconsin River. This is the Fish Lake homestead. It was at the

western terminus of the so-called 1870s "Norwegian Ferry" across the Wisconsin River

operated by Isaac Olson. [see Lawrence Onsager's discussion of this ferry on p. 15 of

his "Introduction" to his Juneau County, Wisconsin Bygdebok: A Genealogy of the Norwegian
Settlers, 1850-1950.]

Peder purchased Lots 6 and 7 in 1886 when he was 17. In 1888, they filed homestead claims

on most of the rest of Sec 22. Elias and Peder built a house on the top of the bluff,

marked on the 1898 plat map of Necedah Township, and occupied it in order to comply with

the residency requirements of the Homestead Act of 1862. Peder died of TB in 1892. At

some time after 1892, Elias moved the house to where it has been ever since. Elias

received his Homestead Patent in 1897, which would indicate that he had filed a claim in

1892, about the time his brother died.

Several weddings, baptisms, and a funeral or two have taken place in the front room of the

Fish Lake house. Elias kept his homemade desk in that front room.

About the same time that Elias and Peder disassembled and moved the two-story house off

the bluff in 1892, Elias's younger sister Rosanna (b. 1864) married Martin Slohahn (an

emigrant from Norway), and set up housekeeping in a near west side Scandinavian

neighborhood in Chicago. At about the same time that Elias's older sister Julia married

Ole Shetney in Strongs Prairie, Elias's mother Karen moved in with him at the Fish Lake

homestead in Juneau County, there being no other children in her home in Adams County.

The family of Olaf Johnson, a Swedish immigrant, lived in the same Chicago neighborhood

with the Slorahns. On one of his trips to Chicago, perhaps after the 1893 Columbian

Exposition, Elias must have met a young Olga Johnson, Olaf's daughter, while he was

visiting his sister Rosanna and his brother-in-law Martin Slorahn, and, so the story

goes, vowed to marry her when she came of age. He did, in 1908, and carried her to the

Fish Lake homestead to set up housekeeping and to start a family.

Elias was, in many ways, a Renaissance man: he was a farmer who grew crops to feed his

dairy cattle, his horses, his pigs, and his chickens, housed in a barn he himself built,

which still stands; he of course established vegetable and fruit gardens; he planted white

pine trees as a windbreak; he grew sorghum, and processed it in his home-made sorghum

press, as well as growing wheat and oats and timothy for the horses; from the frozen lake

in the winter, he harvested and stored the ice under sawdust in his (again) home-made ice-

house; he harvested fish from the lake; he was a phrenologist; he was an avid student and

reader, and kept abreast of current world events; he was an experimental photographer,

subscribing to periodicals so that he could perfect his art; he was a motorist, buying a

1911 Black automobile; he experimented with steam engines and gas engines to cut lumber and

firewood and thresh grain; he established a picnic grounds at Fish Lake where people could

relax; he operated a launch and took visitors on excursions on the lake; he was a farrier,

having built a shop from logs in which he created iron tools and fixtures and horseshoes

at his home-made forge; he was a woodworker who built his own treadle lathe; and he was a

wonderful husband and father and midwife who assisted his wife Olga when she delivered

their four children at home. At one point, he was a Justice of the Peace in Necedah

Township [see below].

Elias died of heart disease in 1933, and was buried with many other Jorandbys in the West

Cemetery a mile west of Arkdale,Wisconsin.

Some records:

In the 1870 US Federal census, when he was 8, Elias is listed with his parents and his

brothers and sisters:

Christopher Jorandby Strongs Prairie, Adams, WI abt 1824 Norway

Karen Jorandby Strongs Prairie, Adams, WI abt 1829 Norway

Matta Jorandby Strongs Prairie, Adams, WI abt 1857 Wisconsin

Elias Jorandby Strongs Prairie, Adams, WI abt 1862 Wisconsin

Rosanna Jorandby Strongs Prairie, Adams, WI abt 1864 Wisconsin

Peter Jorandby Strongs Prairie, Adams, WI abt 1864 Wisconsin

Olivia Jorandby Strongs Prairie, Adams, WI abt 1867 Wisconsin

In the 1880 US Federal census, he is again listed with his parents and his brothers and

sisters:

C.A. JORANDBY Strongs Prairie, Adams, WI <1824> NORWAY Head

Caroline JORANDBY Strongs Prairie, Adams, WI <1832> NORWAY Wife

Juliana JORANDBY Strongs Prairie, Adams, WI <1858> Wisc Daughter

Ellias JORANDBY Strongs Prairie, Adams, WI <1863> Wisc Son

Rosanna JORANDBY Strongs Prairie, Adams, WI <1865> Wisc Daughter

Olia JORANDBY Strongs Prairie, Adams, WI <1868> Wisc Daughter

Peter JORANDBY Strongs Prairie, Adams, WI <1871> Wisc Son

Gideon JORANDBY Strongs Prairie, Adams, WI <1874> Wisc Son

Wisconsin Land Records

Name: ELIAS C JORANDBY

Land Office: WAUSAU

Document Number: 3661

Total Acres: 153.27

Signature: Yes

Issue Date: October 05, 1897

Statutory Reference: 12 Stat. 392

Act or Treaty: May 20, 1862

Entry Classification: Homestead Entry Original

Land Description:

NENW 4TH PM - 1831 MINNESOTA/WISCONSIN T18N R4E Sec 22

W½NW 4TH PM - 1831 MINNESOTA/WISCONSIN T18N R4E Sec 22

Lot 5 4TH PM - 1831 MINNESOTA/WISCONSIN T18N R4E Sec 22

Source Information:

United States, Bureau of Land Management.Wisconsin Land Records [database on-line]. Provo,

UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 1997.Original data: United States, Bureau of Land Management.

Wisconsin Pre-1908 Homestead and CashEntry Patent and Cadastral Survey Plat Index.

General Land Office Automated Records Project.

1895 Wisconsin State Census lists the household as follows: Eli Jorandly 2 males,

1 female, 2 USA, 1 Scandinavia. These three would be Elias, his younger brother Gideon,

and their mother Karen.

Family #126 on sheet 6B, lines 85-86, 1900 census of Necedah Twp, enum 18-19 Jun 1900:

Jorandby, Elias C Head M Aug 1862 37 S Wis Norway Norway Farmer owns farm

----- Karen Mother F Aug 1830 69 Wd Norway Norway Norway 1853 [1851] 47

From http://sites.rootsweb.com/~wijuneau/NecElec1909.html:

ELECTION A QUIET AFFAIR; Bad Weather Keeps Many Farmers From the Polls

Necedah Republican, April 8, 1909

Election day in Necedah was quiet for two reasons, there being norivalry for the

various offices with the exception ofchairman and the torrents of rain kept many farmers

from the polls. The total number of votes cast for chairmanwere 269, of which Donaghue

received 151; Bulger, 118. The town ticket as elected is as follows:

For Supervisors - J. H. Donaghue, Chairman; D. C. Martin, S. H. Rose

For Town Clerk - G. A. Harriman

For Town Treasurer - W. S. Roberts

For Assessor - Andrew Johnson

For Justices of the Peace - W. D. Niles, E. C. Jorandby

For Constables - Lute Williams, Guy Wheelihan

The vote for State Superintendent of Schools resulted in giving Chas. P.Cary 72,

Walter C. Hewitt 14, J. T. Hooper 11, L.W. Wood 15. Mattie McMillan received 117votes

for County Superintendent, she having noopposition.

The Necedah town vote for County Judge gave M. L. Bunnell 90, J. T.Dithmar 51, John

Morris 23, John Barnes and James O'Neillwere unopposed for supreme justice and circuit

judge respectively.

Family #116 on sheet 7A, 1910 census of Necedah Twp, enum 28 Apr 1910:

Jorandby, Elias C Head M 47 M1 2 Wis Norway Norway Farmer owns farm

-------- Olga Wife F 21 M1 2 1 1 Ill Sweden Sweden none

-------- Clarence Son M 9m S Wis Wis Ill

-------- Carrie Mother F 78 Wd 10 4 Norway Norway Norway 1851

Family #82 on sheet 5A, 1920 census of Necedah Twp, enum 14-15 Jun 1920

Jorandby, E. C. Head M 57 Wis Norway Norway Farmer Genrl Farm

-------- Olga Wife F 31 Ill Sweden Sweden none

Clarence Son M 10 Wis Wis Ill none

Oliver Son M 8 Wis Wis Ill none

Jeanette Dau F 5 Wis Wis Ill none

Elsie Dau F 9m Wis Wis Ill none

In the 1930 US Federal census, Elias is listed with his wife Olga and three of their four

children (Clarence had gone to Chicago to seek work, and was living at 3945 Erie St. with

Hannah [Slorahn] Johnson, Helen Johnson,and George Johnson.):

1930 census for Necedah Twp, Juneau,Wisconsin, families #57, 58 & 59, enum 8 Apr 1930

Szuzudlo, Joseph O Head 48 M 34 Poland Poland Poland 1911 PA Farmer

-------- Caroline Wife 38 M 24 Poland Poland Poland 1916 PA

-------- Leo Son 16 Wisconsin Poland Poland

-------- Joseph Son 15 Wisconsin Poland Poland

-------- Sophia Dau 13 Wisconsin Poland Poland

-------- Theodore Son 12 Wisconsin Poland Poland

-------- Mary Dau 10 Wisconsin Poland Poland

Jorandby, Elias C O Head 67 M 21 Wisconsin Norway Norway Farmer

-------- Olga J Wife 40 M 18 Illinois Sweden Sweden

-------- Oliver J Son 18 Wisconsin Wisconsin Illinois

-------- Jeanette K Dau 15 Wisconsin Wisconsin Illinois

-------- Elsie O Dau 11 Wisconsin Wisconsin Illinois

Duske, Justus J O Head 58 M 43 Illinois Germany Germany Farmer

----- Bertha Wife 53 M 38 Norway Norway Norway

----- Mildred M Dau 10 Illinois Illinois Norway

Here is a transcription of E. C. Jorandby's will:

THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

Of E. C. Jorandby of the _____ of Necedah in the County of Juneau and State of Wisconsin,

made and published the Twentysecond day ofJanuary in the year of our Lord One Thousand

Nine Hundred Nineteen

IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN

I, Elias C Jorandby of the _____ of Necedah in the County of Juneau and State of

Wisconsin of the age of fifty six years and being of sound mind and memory, do hereby make,

publish and declare this my LAST WILL ANDTESTAMENT in manner following, that is to say:

FIRST--It is my will that my funeral expenses and all my just debts be fully paid.

SECOND--I give and [what follows is in his own handwriting] Bequeath to My Dear beloved

Wife Oga J. Jorandby and Children All my Real and personal estate, exept as herin after

provided, If she should remarry and her husband insist on handling the property than it

shal be Probated and two thirds (2/3) set aside for the Children, to be devided equaley

amoung tham,

My brother Gideon died and left som property, he was a singel man and gave all his

posasions to me and our Mother. I cared for tham both as long as thay lived, and paid for

Doctors and Funerals I has also paid a satisfactory shar to Brother Andrew and Sister

Julia. Sister Rosana's husband Martin Slorahn Recieved practicaly all of the C. A.

Jorandby estate (our Parental estate) therfor intierly to much non of us others ever did

nor do we expect to get a singel doller from him nether shal he have another doller from

me or mine.

A lagniappe:

USGS Geographic Names Information System Feature Detail Report:

Feature ID: 1564993

Name: Fish Lake

Class: Bay

Citation: Represents a feature name collected during Phase I GNIS

data compilation (1976-1981), primarily from existing

U.S. Geological Survey 1:24,000-scale topographic maps;

various edition dates.

Elevation(ft/m): 879/268

Coordinates (One point per USGS topographicmap containing the feature, NAD83)

Latitude(DEC) Longitude(DEC) Latitude(DMS) Longitude(DMS) Map Name

44.0208004 -90.0081841 440115N 0900029W Necedah

Elias married Olga Juliana Johnson daughter of Olaf Johnson and Juliana Johanson on 24 Jun 1908 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Olga was born on 4 Nov 1889 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. She died on 3 Sep 1968 in Tomah, Monroe, Wisconsin. She was buried on 6 Sep 1968 in the West Cemetery, Arkdale, Adams, Wisconsin.

They had the following children:

+ 2 M i. Clarence Eliot Jorandby was born on 27 Jul 1909. He died on 5 Feb 2000.

+ 3 M ii. Oliver Andrew Jorandby was born on 6 Jul 1911. He died on 14 May 2000.

4 F iii. Jeanette Kate Jorandby was born on 30 Nov 1914 in Necedah Twp, Juneau, Wisconsin. She died on 30 Sep 2004 in Tomah, Monroe, Wisconsin. She was buried in Oct 2004 in West Cemetery, Arkdale, Adams, Wisconsin.

U.S. Social Security Death Index

Jeanette LUNDEEN

Birth Date: 30 Nov 1914

Death Date: 30 Sep 2004

Social Security Number: 354-40-8878

State Where Number Was Issued: Illinois

Death Residence Localities ZIP 54646 Necedah, Juneau, Wisconsin

Jeanette married Russell Emanuel Lundeen on 11 Dec 1952 at Fish Lake in Necedah Twp, Juneau, Wisconsin. Russell was born on 20 Mar 1906 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. He died on 12 Jul 1979 in Necedah Twp, Juneau, Wisconsin.

Listed in 1930 census as living at 7948 80th St., Chicago, 24 yrs old, step-

son of John Johnson, both parents born in Sweden, working as bricklayer.

U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 938-1946

Name: Russell E Lundeen

Birth Year: 1906

Race: White, citizen

Nativity State or Country: Illinois

State: Wisconsin

County or City: Juneau

Enlistment Date: 20 Apr 1942

Enlistment State: Wisconsin

Enlistment City: Madison

Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA

Grade: Private

Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other

emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or

otherwise according to law

Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)

Source: CivilLife

Education: Grammar school

Marital Status: Single, without dependents

Height: 67

Weight: 149

Russell ("Bud") Lundeen was a decorated combat engineer in WWII, participating in the Normandy landings, the Battle of the Bulge, and other actions.

U.S. Social Security Death Index

Russell LUNDEEN Birth Date: 22 Mar 1906

Death Date: Jul 1979

Social Security Number: 395-09-7826

State Where Number Was Issued: Wisconsin

Death Residence ZIP 54646 Necedah, Juneau,

Wisconsin

+ 5 F iv. Elsie Olive Jorandby was born on 27 Mar 1919.

Second Generation

2. Clarence Eliot Jorandby (Elias Christian) was born on 27 Jul 1909 at Fish Lake in Necedah Twp, Juneau, Wisconsin. He died on 5 Feb 2000 in Mauston, Juneau, Wisconsin. He was buried in the West Cemetery, Arkdale, Adams, Wisconsin.

U.S. Social Security Death Index

Clarence JORANDBY Birth Date: 22 Jul 1909

Death Date: 5 Feb 2000

Social Security Number: 345-10-9007

State Where Number Was Issued: Illinois

Death Residence Localities ZIP 53948 Mauston, Juneau, Wisconsin

Clarence married Pearl Louise Adeline Olson daughter of Lewis Peter Olson and Mary Glarvigan on 20 Nov 1937 in Arkdale, Adams, Wisconsin. Pearl was born^3,4 on 9 Mar 1911 in Arkdale, Adams, Wisconsin. She died on 29 Nov 1994 in Mauston, Juneau, Wisconsin. She was buried on 2 Dec 1994 in the West Cemetery, Arkdale, Adams, Wisconsin.

1920 United States Federal Census Record

Name: Pearl Olson

Home in 1920: Strongs Prairie, Adams, Wisconsin

Age: 8 years

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1912

BirthPlace: Wisconsin

Relation to Head of House: Daughter

Father's name: Louis

Father's Birth Place: Wisconsin

Mother's name: Marry

Mother's Birth Place: Wisconsin

Household Members:

Name Age

Louis Olson 37

Marry Olson 37

Anna Olson 10

Pearl Olson 8

Wildred Olson 6

Irien Olson 3

Arnold Olson 1

Social Security Death Index Record

Name: Pearl L. Jorandby

SSN: 356-56-9759

Last Residence: 53948 Mauston, Juneau, Wisconsin

Born: 9 Mar 1911

Died: 27 Nov 1994

State (Year) SSN issued: Illinois (1973 )

Clarence and Pearl had the following child:

+ 6 M i. Eugene Clarence Jorandby was born on 23 Jun 1938.

3. Oliver Andrew Jorandby (Elias Christian) was born^5,6,7 on 6 Jul 1911 at Fish Lake in Necedah Twp, Juneau, Wisconsin. He died⁸ on 14 May 2000 in Tomah, Monroe, Wisconsin. He was buried⁹ on 17 May 2000 in West Cemetery, Arkdale, Adams, Wisconsin.

U.S. Social Security Death Index

Oliver JORANDBY Birth Date: 6 Jul 1911

Death Date: 14 May 2000

Social Security Number: 396-12-9538

State Where Number Was Issued: Wisconsin

Death Residence Localities ZIP 54646 Necedah, Juneau, Wisconsin

Oliver married Mildred Ruth Duske daughter of Justus J Duske and Bertha on 8 Aug 1939 in Necedah Village, Juneau, Wisconsin. Mildred was born^10,11 on 14 Jul 1919 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois.

1900 census for 1612 N Fairfield Ave (West Town, 15th Ward), Chicago, Cook, Illinois,

family #340, enum 12 Jun 1900

Duske, Justus J Head Jul 1870 29 M 6 Illinois Germany New York Machinist

----- Emily Wife Aug 1870 29 M 6 England England England 1872 28

----- George J Son Apr 1895 5 Illinois Illinois England

----- Emily A Dau Jan 1897 3 Illinois Illinois England

----- Grace Dau Dec 1898 1 Illinois Illinois England

Clarke, George Fa-in-law Feb 1835 65 England England England 1872 28 Laborer

Duske, Eliza Mother Aug 1833 66 New YorkGermany Germany

----- Frank S Brother Mar 1878 22 Illinois Germany New York Cabinet maker

----- Martha Sister Dec 1872 27 Illinois Germany New York

1920 census for 4416 Kilbourne Ave (near Montrose), Ward 27, Chicago, Cook, Illinois,

family #91, enum 6 Jan 1920:

Duske, Justus J R Head 47 Illinois Germany New York Foreman Factory

----- Baralint Wife 42 1888 Na Norway Norway Norway none

----- George Son 24 Illinois Illinois Norway Bookkeeper Office

----- Emily Dau 21 Illinois Illinois Norway Typist Office

----- Grace Dau 21 Illinois Illinois Norway Typist Office

----- Virginia Dau 19 Illinois Illinois Norway Typist Mail order

house

----- Mildred Dau 6/12 Illinois Illinois Norway none

1930 census for Necedah Twp, Juneau,Wisconsin, families #57, 58 & 59, enum 8 Apr 1930

Duske, Justus J O Head 58 M 43 Illinois Germany Germany Farmer

----- Bertha Wife 53 M38 Norway Norway Norway

----- Mildred M Dau 10 Illinois Illinois Norway

Oliver and Mildred had the following children:

+ 7 M i. Robert James Jorandby was born on 2 Jun 1940.

+ 8 F ii. Sandra Elaine Jorandby was born on 16 Mar 1947.

5. Elsie Olive Jorandby (Elias Christian) was born on 27 Mar 1919 at Fish Lake in Necedah Twp, Juneau, Wisconsin.

The perils of ancestry.com databases based on guessed transcriptions of census records:

1920 United States Federal Census

Name: Elsie Yoramby

[Elsie Gramby]

Home in 1920: Necedah, Juneau, Wisconsin

Age: 9 months

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1919

BirthPlace: Wisconsin

Relation to Head ofHouse: Daughter

Father's name: E L

Father's Birth Place: Wisconsin

Mother's name: Olga

Mother's Birth Place: Illinois

Marital status: Single

Race: White

Sex: Female

Image: 667

Household Members:

Name Age

E L Yoramby 57

Olga Yoramby 31

Clarence Yoramby 10

Oliver Yoramby 8

Jannette Yoramby 5

Elsie Yoramby 9/12

1930 United States Federal Census Record

Name: Elcie O Jerandley

Home in 1930: Necedah, Juneau, Wisconsin

Age: 11

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1919

Relation to Head of House: Daughter

Father's Name: Elias C

Mother's Name: Olga J

Occupation:

Education:

Military Service:

Rent Home Value:

Age at First Marriage:

Parents' Birthplace:

Household Members:

Name Age

Elias C Jerandley 67

Olga J Jerandley 40

Oliver A Jerandley 18

Junetta K Jerandley 15

Elcie O Jerandley 11

Elsie married Walter Bittner son of Conrad Bittner and Agnes Dyba on 1 Feb 1941 at Fish Lake, Necedah Twp, Juneau, Wisconsin. Walter was born on 31 May 1909 in Mariánské Hory, Ostrava, Moravia. He was christened on 10 Jun 1909 in Mariánské Hory, Ostrava, Moravia. He died on 24 Apr 1971 in Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois. He was buried on 27 Apr 1971 in Chapel Hill Cemetery, Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois.

Walter emigrated¹² in 1916 from Rotterdam to New York, on the SS Rotterdam. He was counted in a census in 1930 in Necedah Twp, Juneau, Wisconsin. He was employed as a Soil Conservation Service agent, USDA in 1946/1971 in Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois.

A history of Ostrava, with photos, is at

<http://www.eostrava.cz/view.php?cisloclanku=2003070504#zidHistory>

Information for tourists is at

<http://www.eostrava.cz/view.php?cisloclanku=2003070601>

Here is a transcription of Walter's birth and christening certificate, dated 27 Jun 1946,

signed by P. Bucek:

Cislo: 1922 CESKOSLOVENSKÁ REPUBLIKA

Zeme: MORAVA Diecése: OLOMOUC

Polit. okres: MOR. OSTRAVA Dekanství: MOR. OSTRAVA

Soud. okres: MOR. OSTRAVA Fara: MOR. OSTRAVA - MAR. HORY

Rodní a krestní list

. . . zdejši rodní a krestní knihy, svazekVII list 37, . . .

úredné, že v Moravské Ostrave -Mariánských Horách,

dne prvniho cervna tisíc devet setdevet 1 VI 1909

se narodil a dne i rok 10 VI 1909

dle rímsko-katolického obradu pokrten bylsyn:

(krestní a rodné jméno) Ladislav Bittnar

Otec: Bittnar Konrád, hornik v Mar. Horách, syn Ondreje

Bittnara z Otic u Opavy a jeho manželky Barbary

Rím. katol.

Matka: Anežka, dcera Josefa Dyba z Dobratic a jeho manželky

Apolonie. Rím. katol.

Kmotri: Vrona Jan, havír v Mar. Horách, a Zofie jeho manželka

Krtil: Alois Srosík, kooperátor

Porodní asistentka: Marie Kolutová v Mar.Horách

Potvrzuje vlastnorucní podpisem a úred nímrazitketn:

Rím. katol. farní úrad v Mor. Ostrave - Mar. Horách,

dne 24 cervne 1946 [signed] P. Bucek.

[Translation: Ladislav Bittnar was born on 1 Jun 1909 and christened on 10 Jun 1909. His

father was Konrad Bittnar, a miner in Marianske Hory, son of Ondrej Bittnar from Otice

near Opava, and his wife Barbara. They were Roman Catholic. Ladislav's mother was Anezka

Dyba, daughter of Josef Dyba from Dobratice, and his wife Apolonie. They were Roman

Catholic. Sponsors were Jan Vrona, a coal miner in Marianske Hory, and his wife Zophie.

(The 1 Jun 1909 birthdate is wrong -- it should be 31 May 1909 -- so says my mother Elsie

Bittner, reporting a conversation with Anges.)]

LIST OR MANIFEST OF ALIEN PASSENGERS FORTHE UNITED STATES

IMMIGRATION OFFICER AT PORT OF ARRIVAL

ALL ALIENS in whatsoever class they travel, MUST be fully

listed and the master or commanding officer of each vessel

carrying such passengers must upon arrival deliver lists

thereof to the immigration officer. This (white) sheet is

for the listing of STEERAGE PASSENGERS ONLY.

S.S. Rotterdam sailing from Rotterdam, Febr. 23rd, 1916

Arriving at Port of New York, March 6th, 1916

No. on List: 14

Name in Full: Bittner, Wladislaw

Age: 7

Sex: m

Married or Single: s

Calling or Occupation: none

Able to read & write: no no

Nationality: Austria

Race or People: Bohemian

Last Permanent Residence: Kamezalin, Austria

The name and complete address (Grand)mother: Maria Debar

of nearest relative or friend Kameralni Lihotska, [now Komorní Lhotka, Czech Rep.]

in country whence alien came: Ober Schlos, Austria

Final destination: London Mills, Ills.

(Ellisville, Ills.)

Whether having a ticket to

such final destination: yes

By who was passage paid? Father

Whether possesssing $50 no

In US before? No

Name and complete address Konrad Bittner (father)

of relative or friend: London Mills, Fulton Co., Ills.

Whether a polygamist: no

Whether an anarchist: no

Mental & physical health: good

Deformed or crippled: no

Height: -- --

Complextion: fair

Color of hair & eyes: blond grey

Marks of identification: none

Place of birth: Dobratice, Austria

His 1920 census record at ancestry.com:

Name: Eddie Bettiner

Home in 1920: Young Hickory, Fulton, Illinois

Age: 10 years

Estimated birth year: abt 1910

Birthplace: Austria

Relation to Head of House: Son

Father's name: Kondna

Father's Birth Place: Austria

Mother's name: Agnest

Mother's Birth Place: Austria

Marital Status: Single

Race: White

Sex: Male

Year of Immigration: 1916

Able to read: Yes

Able to Write: Yes

Image: 1030

Neighbors: View others on page

Household Members:

Name Age

Kondna Bettiner 46 [Konrad Bittner]

Agnest Bettiner 36 [Agnes Bittner]

Tony Bettiner 18 [Tony Bittner]

Francis Bettiner 13 [Frances Bittner]

Eddie Bettiner 10 [Walter Bittner]

Anna Bettiner 6/12 [Anne Bittner]

Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place:Young Hickory, Fulton, Illinois; Roll: T625_369;

Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 109;Image: 1030.

The Bittners farmed the W 1/2 of the SE 1/4 of Sec 28 in Necedah Township.
Walter's 1930 census record at ancestry.com:

Name: Walter Bittner

Home in 1930: Necedah, Juneau, Wisconsin

Age: 21

Estimated birth year: abt 1909

Relation to Head of House: Son

Father's name: Conrad

Mother's name: Agnes

Occupation:

Education:

Military Service:

Rent/home value:

Age at first marriage:

Parents' birthplace:

Household Members:

Conrad Bittner 55

Agnes Bittner 47

Walter Bittner 21

Annie Bittner 11

Jack Bittner 8

Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place:Necedah, Juneau, Wisconsin; Roll: 2577; Page:

2B; Enumeration District: 19; Image:230.0.

Walter and Elsie had the following children:

+ 9 F i. Jane Edith Bittner was born on 19 May 1943.

10 M ii. James Warren Bittner was born on 15 Mar 1945.

+ 11 F iii. Nancy Lois Bittner was born on 14 Nov 1946.

Appendix A - Sources

1. 1870 US Federal Census. Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003. Original data: United States. Ninth Census of the United States,1870. Washington, D.C. National Archives and Records Administration. M593, RG29,1,761 rolls. Minnesota. Minnesota Census Schedules for 1870. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. T132, RG29, 13 rolls.

2. Gordon and Mary Lee Klaus, West Arkdale Cemetery Transcriptions, sites.rootsweb.com.

3. 1920 US Federal Census. Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com,Inc., 2005. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 on roll 323 (Chicago City.Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1920. T625, 2,076 rolls.

4. US Social Security Death Index, www.familysearch.org.

5. US Social Security Death Index.

6. 1920 US Federal Census.

7. 1930 US Federal Census. Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com,Inc., 2002. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.

8. US Social Security Death Index.

9. Gordon and Mary Lee Klaus, West Arkdale Cemetery Transcriptions.

10. 1920 US Federal Census.

11. 1930 US Federal Census.

12. Ellis Island Passenger Arrivals, www.ellisisland.org. My saved Ellis Island file is at http://www.ellisisland.org/EIFile/index.asp?MID=14886531200020577664&order_num=1450569161&ORDER_ID=1500229237&.

Contributed by Jame Bittner ([email protected])