Subject: Stady, ND Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 22:56:17 -0600 From: parrill@rmisp.com (Stan and Marge Parrill)

Greetings from Wyoming. I am looking for information about my ggrandfather George Hanson. He was the first owner of the Stady, ND general store and one of Stady's first settlers. I am also looking for information about his wife Anna Landa Hanson. She was the sister of Alice M. Stady the founder of the town of Stady. Thank you in advance for your help!! Marge Parrill

Note: Stady, North Dakota was located SE of Fortuna and NE of Hanks and West of US 85 In Divide County. In 1939 Stady had a post office with 10 boxes and 12 customers on a star route.

Location was Latitude 48.43.14N and Longitude 103.42.20 W. Information found athttp://-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html

Received July 31, 1998

I'm looking for the family of Henry Lockett (Sharbono) he changed his name because of some trouble with the law when he wa young. Henry was born in 1860 in New York.. He died July 17, 1838 in Gooseneck Township, Divide Co. ND. he had sons George, Jesse, Alfred, and daughter Myrtly who married a Meyers. I'd love to find his obit. and any members of the family. Thanks! Sue Sharbono SusieQ4040@aol.com

Received August 3, 1998

Looking for info on any Slyngstad families in Divide county in the early 1900-1920 time period. Names include INGA SLYNGSTAD, LENA SLYNGSTAD, M. SLYNGSTAD all in Divide county in 1915 according to plat maps. Descendants please contact me! Thanks! rockester@uswest.net

Subject: Looking for Sutherland from Fortuna <TrudyJean@aol.com>

Received Aug 24, 1998

Hello all. Just trying to find William A. Sutherland (Senior and Junior) who farmed outside Fortuna from 1912 until ? ? William Sr died in 1914 in Ambrose and William Jr. was last heard of in 1918. Is there a way to find out when or if the farm was sold - or was it abandoned? Any help is appreciated. Thanks......... trudyjean@aol.com

Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 09:28:59 EDT From: MWithey@aol.com

I am looking for information about an Agnes DeWITT that was the publisher of the Ambrose Tribune in 1916.

Thanks Matthew Withey MWithey@aol.com

Subject: 1920-1925 Stady, North Dakota, Divide Co

Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 15:13:03 EST

From: MartJ01@aol.com

I am trying to locate a list of the people who lived in Stady, ND between 1920 and 1925. I believe I have some relatives in that area. Can you help me find a listing of the people who lived in the community and surrounding farms? Also, I would be interested in what I might glean from the towns newspaper which was published for only a short while. Let me know what my next steps should be. Thank you!

From:  KTodd11722@aol.com

MY NAME IS LESA DEWITT--MY GRANDFATHER IS WILBERT OWEN DEWITT--HE WAS
BORN IN FORTUNA, ND ON MAY 14, 1918--HIS FATHER WAS MARTIN DEWITT, HIS MOTHER
LILLIAN [LILY] RUGGLES--I AM LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THEM
IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION PLEASE E-MAIL ME AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS:
KTODD11722@AOL.COM

 Date:  Thu, 24 Jun 1999 07:36:41 -0600
 From "Bryan & Barb DeWitt" <bbdewitt@btigate.com>

My name is Bryan J. DeWitt i was looking for info on my great great
grandpa Bernard DeWitt. i thought about doing a familiy tree but i
am having trouble getting started on it. i have been to bernards
grave in the cemetery south of fortuna and noticed the township
was named after him in divide county. any help in the right direction
would help. thanks Bryan.

 Date: 15 Nov 1999
 From:  Craftydm@aol.com
 Subject:  Orlin Monte JONES

  My father James M. Jones, was born in Crosby, ND,   July 30, 1916.
  His  parents were Orlin Monte Jones and May Louise Gunning Jones.
  Orlin's father  was also James M. Jones.  It is my understanding that
  Orlin owned and  operated a hardware store in Crosby, somewhere between
  1900 and 1918.  My  grandparents were married in 1909, however I do not
  know if it was there or  in Washington, DC, the home of my grandmother.  He is
  listed in the Gunning  family bible as having come from Crosby.  Orlin also
  was a member of Co. "I"  ND Volunteers, and served in the Philippines.  I have a
  letter written by him  to his mother, dated Aug.1898, that had been reprinted
  in a newspaper.  The  editor's note at the beginning of the letter, stated
  that Orlin was "an  Olmsted County boy", and had been attending "the Red
  River university". I can only assume that when he enlisted he was living in
  Minnesota.  I also  believe, that my grandparents brought their family to
  Washington, DC about  1918.

  I will be most happy for you to include any of this info on your Divide
  Co. page and would be most grateful if you have any info to share with me.

  Dawn-Moree Jones Dugan
  Welcome, MD

From: "TJ Smith" <tosmith@prodigy.net> Save Address Block Sender
 To: <rchillportal@hotmail.com> Save Address
 Subject: Fortuna's first hardware store
 Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 11:37:47 -0800

Hi all, I have been told that my grandfather Lars E. Robertson had the first hardware store in Fortuna.  I would like some verification of this if it is possible.  I do have papers that show he purchased land in Divide Co. in 1919.  I am interested in knowing whether he did indeed have a hardware store there, when he sold his land and anything that maybe connected to him.  He was married to Rachel Boe at the time.

From:  "Gary A. Chapman" <chapman@proaxis.com>:
Story and obit for Anne Johnston
 Date:     Sat, 22 Apr 2000 14:34:50 -0700

I found no mention on your web site of anyone doing lookups, but.....  I'm
looking for two stories in the local paper, the first concerns my
great,great aunt Anne Chapman Johnston's 100th birthday in 1925, the second
her death in 1926. I do not know her birthdate, but do know that her birthday was
early in the year because her niece Martha Chapman Tyndall died in
Crosby on 2/21/25 and a copy of her obit in a Minn. paper had just the
start of a story mentioning an article in your paper about Anne
Johnston's 100th birthday. I only know that she died in 1926, no better
date. I believe a small inter-related group of Johnstons, Chapmans, and
Tyndalls went to ND from Minnesota in the late 1800s. My line went south
from MN and then west to OR. I'd be glad to pay for copying and postage
if someone could do some browsing in 1925 and 1926 microfilms. Please
advise.

From:   "Vit Ving" <vit_ving@hotmail.com>

 Subject:  Henrietta Gray/Robert Rait m. Wilimina Morrison
 Date:   Sun, 9 Jul 2000

I am looking for info on Henritta McKay Gray. McKay, I have been told was a middle name and not a maiden name.  She was my gg-grandmother.  My grandmother told me that she was born in Scotland, emmigrated to Canada and then on to Kermit, ND.  I don't know when she located in Kermit.  I was told that she died in the 1950's.  She might have worked as a domestic.  Her husband supposedly died in Glasgow, Scotland.

Also, I am looking for any info on George Rait who died in 1994.  His parents were Robert Rait and Wilimina Morrison.  George was somehow related to Henrietta Gray, but I don't know how.  George was born in Kermit and later lived in Crosby at the time of his death.
Please e-mail vit_ving@hotmail.com   Thank You.

From:   "TELE2" <frendall@c2i.net>
 Subject: Hans M Rendall
 Date:     10 July 2000

 Hi from Fritz Rendall in Norway

My grandfather Hans M Rendall have bye farms in Elhorn area and this are
stay on the Certificate Hans M Rendall from Skermo.
N twest Quarter, township 165N and Range 102W 5th meridian,
North Dakota containig 160 acres and in Section 10.

My granmother told me this many years ago but we do not have the papers
in Norway so we have US office send this one to us. He lives USA
for to going to Norway and schud take a wife back agen to USA but the first
wars comes so he dont comes back agen. I am very interesting in this area
and how are the owners of this farms to day.  I am woodcarver in Norway and I
am 50 years now so schud be nice to comes to USA and take a loock of this
area and my bee someone can help us whit all this questiongs, and my be I
can do somthing for the people there whit my profecional carving and
housedisigner in Norway.

my page are
http://home.c2i.net/frendall
Thank you all and nice to understand this all times.
Fritz Rendall

 From:    EarlAbrahamson <abraham@magpage.com> Save Address - Block Sender

 Subject: Descendants of Cornelius H. Larson
 Date:    Sun, 13 Aug 2000 14:19:21 -0400
 

 I am trying to locate descendants of Cornelius H. Larson who came to
 Divide County prior to 1911 from Fillmore County, MN. His mother, Sila,
 was my ggrandmother and he would have been one of the children from her
 second marriage to Lars Larson. He appears in the BLM as a land owner.
 Please respond to Earl Abrahamson at e-mail earl@magpage.com
 Thanks in advance for any help.

Oct 17 2000

I am looking for information on Cora (Packard) McNair, born in Frankville, Iowa to lafayette and
Amelia Packard in 1873.  She and her family lived in Kirmit, ND around 1912 where she took care of her aging father who died in 1912 and was buried back in Iowa.  She later moved to the Seattle area with two sons.   Her Husband Herbert D. McNair
may have died in Kermit.

Thanks for any help you can give.

Doug Packard  
dc-pack@att.net

Received Nov 7, 2000

I am looking for descendents of Thomas and James Barrett.  They were living in Crosby, ND in the early 1900s.  From the SSDI it appears that Thomas died in Noonan on December 15, 1968.  A least these two children of Thomas Barrett and Mary Waddick Barrett of St. Wendell, Minnesota ended up in Divide County.  Any leads or contacts with descendents would be appreciated.

Cathryn Worden
c.worden@worldnet.att.net

 Received Nov 12, 2000
Cathryn Worden
c.worden@worldnet.att.net
I am looking for any information on descendents of Thomas and Mary (Waddick) Barrett of St. Wendell, MN.  At least two of their children, Thomas and James had moved to the Crosby, ND area.  James may have died in 1913.  Thomas was still alive in 1954 and living in Crosby.  Another brother, Andrew, may also have lived in the Crosby/Noonan area but died in California in 1964.  Any help or leads would be greatly appreciated.

From:   IslandFriend4u@aol.com
post Queiries vänligen/ Post inquiry please
date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001
Hallå,
Bara provar till finna några Lundgren förfäder fortfarande i Crosby N.D
Sondotter av Julius Herman Lundgren
Julius född i Sverige Jul 12 1889
Två bröder trodde född i Crosby ca. 1890-1905.
Anländer på skepp i Bostonvals
Om någon av du fortfarande där skulle älska du till kontakta mig.
Olga, Herman,John allt Lungren förfäder.
ulius enlisted WW1 i Cosby men, allt militär uppgifter bränt i skjuta i
Michigan
avdankad där.

tack,
Peaska
Translation:
Hello,
Just trying to find any Lundgren ancestors still in Crosby N.D.
Granddaughter of Julius Herman Lundgren.
Julius born in Sweden Jul 12 1889.
Two brothers believed born in Crosby approx. 1890-1905.
Arrive on ship in Boston
If any of you still there would love you to contact me.
Olga, Herman,John all Lungren ancestors.
Julius enlisted WW1(army) in Cosby but, all military records burned in fire
in Michigan discharged there.
Thank you,
Peaska
   Reply

 From:   Cathy Crawford <ccrawford@mwusd.k12.ca.us>
 Date:    Wed, 7 Mar 2001

Hi,

I researching family in Divide County, North Dakota. My
great-grandmother, Esther Hill Hazelwood, lived in Crosby some time in the very early
1900s. She may have worked for, or been friends with, a Bloomer family and a
Brewster family. Esther was from the Boisevain, Manitoba area. She may
have had two children with her, Rose and William Hazelwood. They later moved
to Minot, ND.

Esther had a brother, Ellis Hill, who according to BLM records had land
in nearby Daniels County, Montana.

I am very eager to find out more about these missing years in my family's history.

Thanks for your time,
Cathy Crawford
Santa Rosa, California
 

From:  "dmerriweather" <dmerriweather@qwest.net
 Subject:        Divide County SALSBERY/NELSON
 Date:     Thu, 14 Jun 2001
 
Looking for information on family of SALSBERY,Claude and NELSON, Matilda(Tillie) and their ancestors. Lived in Noonan, Stady and maybe Colfax. Moved to Montana sometime during the late depression.

Children:1)Clair Kenneth Salsbery m. Lila Lubbers. 2)Dorothy Pearl Salsbery m. John Godfrey 3)Naida Leone Salsbery m. Harold L.Sweeney 4)Louis Bert Salsbery m. Mary Alilunus 5) Doris M. Salsbery m. Don Price 6)Betty Joan Salsbery m.Harvey Dionne.

Any related stories or "cousins" greatly appreciated.

From :   
Cristieand3@aol.com 
  

Subject :   
Matz Ancestors In Crosby City 
  
Date :   
Sun, 2 Sep 2001
 

Well I finally got some really great information on my Matz ancestors from
Crosby. I now know that my grandfather Luke Matz lived and died in the
Blooming Prairie township and is buried at the Crosby Catholic Cemetary-maybe
St. Patricks now. I have his obit and the newspaper article of his mysterious
death, which was murder according to the family and ruled "No Foul Play' by
the coroner.  The paper said his fathers name was Frank but I still do not
know the mothers name. It also said that Frank and his wife bought land In
Blooming Prairie in 1912 and moved there but I can't find any BLM records for
them. I also found most of my maternal Feeney ancestors as well. Dating back
to my Great Great Grandfather that came over from Ireland. His name was John
Dominick Feeney, Crosby's last Cival War Veteran to die in 1928. I also have
his siblings name. All of the Obit's I have say they were all buried in
Crosby Catholic. I would like to get pictures of their gravestones if you
know of a volunteer that woulf be interested in doing this for me. I have
wrote for the Registry Records from St. Patricks also. I would like to say A
VERY VERY BIG THANK YOU TO DORENE FROM DIVIDE COUNTY LIBRARY FOR FINDING ALL
THIS INFORAMTION FOR ME AND MY SIBLNGS. WITHOUT HER I WOULD HAVE BEEN STILL
HITTING A BRICKWALL. YOU ARE THE GREATEST DORENE!!!!!!! AND A THANK YOU TO
THIS SITE FOR PUTTING ME IN TOUCH WITH HER!!! I also have a few other obits
that may be needed by some of the other Divide County Researchers. They are:
KELLER, DILLAGE, EVENSON, ESPELAND, WRIGHT, JOHNSON, JONES, CHRISTENSEN,
BUXTON, FEENEY, ALL FROM 1923 - LIEN, OLSEN, TUFTEN, HEIDE, JEFFRIES,
HAMMOND, FRENCH, ANDERSON, TAYLOR, BERG, BREVIG, FEENEY,CORNELIUS OR CORNELIA
ALL FROM 1928 -   PAULUS, WELFORD, FEENEY, KOPPANG, NELSON, JUNO, MOE,
WALLGREEN, NELSON, ALL FROM 1937 - HIGGINS, HAUG, JOHNSON, THOMPSON, WATT,
SIMONSON, FEENEY, W.H. WARE EDITOR OF THE CROSBY REVIEW, HAUGDAHL, KINGSTAD,
HANSON, REV. AARTHUN, PARSLEY, ALL FROM 1943 OR 25 YEARS EARLIER - zIELLS,
BRIEN, MATZ, KJOS,PEDERSON, STEENSON, ZIMMERMAN, KRANTZ, JOHNSON, BENDIXSON,
MARKESETH, STREHMEL, LINDBLOOM, ALL FROM 1949 - sTOKKE, HUSO, BERG, RICE,
FORDAHL, SMITHBERG, MATZ, SEIBERLING, ALL FROM 1955 - YAHN, MOSS, JOHNSON,
BOWMAN, R. JOHNSON, H. JOHNSON, FEENEY, ALL FROM 1956. Thats all of them but
as you know you can get alot from Obit's. I wrote you these so that I could
give something back to the others out there that would like to find their
roots. Thanks for all the help. I'm still seeking and hoping to find more.

Sincerely,

Cristie Carter 

From :  "Cheryl Stewart" <cherylsdomain@hotmail.com> 
Subject:  John Oscar Carlson
Date 3 Jan 2002   

Hi,

I'm looking for information on John Oscar Carlson.  He was born on Feb 11, 1882.  He was married to Amelia Milbeck on Jan. 27, 1909.  A daughter was born to them on Nov 18, 1909 in Noonan.  They left the area before 1915.  I was told that John went by the name of Oskar, and that he had a large farm that he sold before he moved to Valparaiso, IN.  In Indiana, they had a son John who is my grandfather.  I would like any information that you might have on John and Amelia.  I know that Amelia did most of her shopping in Canada because it was closer, so I believe they must have lived close to the border.

April  21 2002

Am seeking any descendants or any info. on the family of William and Sarah (Van Pelt) Hunter.  According to the obit of Sarah's mother in 1922, Sarah lived at Nooman, ND.
 
Thank you.
 
Email or snailmail accepted:
Linda (Van Pelt) Fulmer
2223 Stringtown Rd.
Covington, IN  47932
neana@localline.com

Posted 9-17-03

We are looking for information on our Grandparents, Gustav and
Bertha (Johnson) Finnesgard.  They lived in Divide County.  We know
that our Mother Beatrice Orlin Elinor Finnesgard was born there in 1917
along with 2 other sisters and one brother, we believe was named Alvin
Finnesgard, born in 19l5. 

We have information on the Finnesgard
side but have no knowledge on the Johnsons.  We would like to find
our lost relatives on our Grandmother's side.  We also are aware that our
grandfather Gustav Finnesgard disappeared around 1920. He
delivered oil for Standard Oil Company. 

Anyone with information as to the
rest of the siblings from Gustav and Bertha or about our Grandparents,
please contact Kay Parmelee at
mkparmelee@webtv.net or

Richard Voxland at
dvrascal1@msn.com

 

"Larry Voigts" <teachret5@hotmail.com>   Posted 2-25-03


My wife's grandmother(Isabelle Halvorson) had a sister Lena Saterlie who moved with her husband Henry to Crosby, ND in 1915 from Watson, Minnesota. This past summer my wife and I on our way to Glacier Park stopped in Crosby to view their grave on the Lutheran cemetary. A gentleman in the service station in Crosby said he remembered Henry and thought he had a daughter living in Wisconsin but did not know her name. If you or anyone knows anything about this daughter or her descendents I would appreciate hearing the information. Thank you.

Posted  5-8-03

"Kevin Todd" <kevint@connect-oregon.net>

Bernard DeWitt of Divide County, ND 1890?

I am seeking information on Bernard DeWitt of DeWitt Township
in Divid County, ND. I understand that Bernard is buried in a
cemetary just outside the town of Fortuna. Any help would
be appreciated and I would be happy to work with other researchers of this line.
 
Thanks
Lesa DeWitt-Todd
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
       
 Descendents of Amund Svendsen
 
23 Jun 2003 08:29:26 EDT

My great uncle, Amund Svendsen (1887), had two boys:  Alfred and
Selmer.  They were born in the "teens" of the century.  The family
homesteaded near Writing Rock, Divide Co, North Dakota.
I am looking for  any information.

Thank you, Sharon Ennaro  SGardengoddess@aol.com
_________________________________________________________________________________________

<bennettward@comcast.net> 
 :   
Tappon/Tappen family of Divide, ND 
  
Sat, 8 Nov 2003 
  
Paul William (Wilhelm?) Tappon born June 10, 1893 in Cumberland, Barron, WI moved to Divide County, North Dakota.  He was a woodworker at a carriage shop.  He married Jeannette L Robinson  (b. July 25, 1900) on December 30, 1919 in Divide Co.
 
Who were her parents?  Where was she born?
When did Paul Tappon arrive in Divide?
Who were their children - so far I have found Rhoda born abt. 1920 in North Dakota  (was she born in Stady?)
                                                                Margery Alice born March 30, 1922 in Stady
                                                                Kenneth William born Jan 29, 1923 in Stady
                                                                Wayne L. "Wagner" born Nov 15, 1924 in Montana
 
Any information on these children or others would be wonderful.

__________________________________________________________________________________________

Received Jan 22 2004
 
Kathryn.Nelson@colorado.edu

I am trying to find information about my
great-grandfather Christ Holm Nelson (b. 12-11-1872; d. 10-18-1964) and his wife,Trena Maria Nelson (Pedersen) (b. 2-28-1874; d. 6-5-1942). They lived in the Daneville part of Divide County.

Additionally, I would also appreciate any information on George Herbert Nelson (b.3-14-1914; d. 5-13-1987).

I have birthdays, date of death and marriage
dates (although nothing official like a birth certificate, or marriage license or anything like that)
I am looking for additional information like stories of their lives,pictures of the places they lived, confirmation and baptism dates, just anything.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
diana williams <dandwilli@localaccess.com>
Sent :  Monday, May 3, 2004 11:49 PM
To :  <rchillportal@hotmail.com>
Subject :  Crosby City, Fillmore Twp. Divide Co. Lookup

According to 1930 Census Robert W. Simmons lived in Crosby City with his wife Carrie V. and two children Donald W. b. 1916 in North Dakota and Beatrice L. b. 1918 in North Dakota.  Mr. Simmons was the proprietor of a movie theater.
 
1. Would like to know if daughter married and to whom and where they might live.
2. Did son Donald W. stay in North Dakota?
3. When did the family move to Spokane, WA?
4. Are the Simmons buried in Crosby?  Robert (the father) was b. Aug 1888 and died Oct 1966. Carrie (his wife) was b. abt 1891 in North Dakota.
 
I would be interested in any information available and most grateful.  Thank you for your help.  Diana Williams, WA State
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Posted 7-12-04

about 20 years ago my aunt gave me some notes she had
about her and my father's grandmother, Carrie Everson.  Apparently there was some sort of history of Divide County that has the following references.

Do you have any
Idea what the reference is and if/where it would be available?

Bill Everson
-----------------------------
Page 127- Noonan City
The city of Noonan's location on the homestead of a widow,
Mrs Carrie Everson's 5 children who were living on the claim at the time the railroadfunished the roadbed for its
tracks in 1907.

p138 A few young folks did go either to Minot or Williston
to get married.
Arthur Wells (Joe's??? uncle) + Hannah Everson got married.
Hannah's mother, Mrs Carrie Everson was the one that filed on
the townsite of Noonan.  Her shack was the first house in Noonan it is now part of Fred Heuer's house.  The building was J. J. Gatts ??? store which also was the P.O. 
One of the next ones was the hotel built by Henry Nelson
and Arthur Wells which boasted of the first phonograph - the Everson
brothers pool hall bought by Alex Begin??? and owned by him till it burned.
---------------------------------------------
Will ?rosse? I??s brother + Joe's younger ??? = Arthur
Wells ???
--------------------------------------------------
I don't know the name of Carrie's husband, who apparently
died before her.  Their children were:
Cornelius who married Gladys ??
Albert E, who married Anna
Charlie, who married Lois
John E who married Mary
Anton E who married Olive
Hannah who married Arthur Wells, moved to New Mex and
worked as a forest ranger,  They had a daughter, Eva who lived in Billings, Mont

I believe Carrie was the daughter of Christ Olson of
Noonan, ND

Based on some additional searching and records in Polk County,
MN I think
Carrie's name might be Kari and her husband John.

Bill Everson             eversonw@ieee.org
_________________________________________________________________________________________________

Sent :  Saturday, October 2, 2004 10:02 PM

Subject :  Louis & Bertina Torgerson Anderson & family


Looking for information on Louis Anderson and his wife Bertina/Berthina Torgerson Anderson.  Louis was buried in Ambrose between 1920 and before 1930.  Bertina is a widow by the 1930 census.  They had the following children:

Cora b. abt. 1914, Alfred b. abt. 1915, Kermit W. b. 6 Dec. 1916, Violet b. abt. 1919 and Louise b. abt. 1921.

I beleive the family lived in the Ambrose area for more than 20 years. Their all dead now.  I'd be interested in any information on these folks.  Violet and Louise married Yorio brothers, perhaps there in Ambrose, and moved to Seattle.  "Kermie" or Walter moved to Oregon.  Cora moved to Montana, where Bertina died at her home.  I don't know whether she married or not.  Bertina is buried in Montana as well.

I'd appreciate any help.

C Bodette
Wisconsin  carlab51@hotmail.com
______________________________________________________________________________________________

 <PWJUPITER6@aol.com>
Sent :  Sunday, October 24, 2004 12:39 PM
To :  rchillportal@hotmail.com
Subject :  Genealogy Info on Wagner family in Stady, Divide County, North Dakota

Hi! I am looking for information on my Father, Valentine George Wagner, who was born January 28, 1911, in Stady North Dakota.
His parents were John Herbert Matthew Wagner and Adelia "Daisy" Quehl/Wagner.  I know that they were farming in that area, and have found their names listed in the BLM records.  I would like to find a birth certificate for my father. They were Catholic, so I would also like to know if there was a Catholic Church in or near Stady, North Dakota to find a baptismal record. From the BLM records, I also found my grandfather's brother listed: Frank J. Wagner...any information on him would also be appreciated.  Send info to: Priscilla Wagner @ e-mail: pwjupiter6@aol.com  Thank You
 

Note:  Stady, North Dakota was located SE of Fortuna and NE of Hanks and West of US 85 In Divide County. In 1939 Stady had a post office with 10 boxes and 12 customers on a star route.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
Posted April 10, 2005

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Posted 10-12-05
From :  Richard Bruce Larson    rlarson2@cpinternet.com
Subject :  Norby
 
I am helping a Norwegian who is searching for her relatives.
 
They are:
1. Amund Norby, born 1878 in Norway. In 1910 he was living in Ambrose Twp., Divide Co.
2. His mother Gunhild, 70 years old in 1904 when she arrived in Divide Co.
3. His brother Bjorn, 40 years old in 1904 when he arrived in Divide Co.
 
Thanks 
Richard Larson
Minnreapolis, MN

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Posted 10-12-05
jerry   roundup@hawaii.rr.com

Subject :  Divide co
 
Interested if there is mention of Rude families in Divide co., Histories
name sometime spelled Rud - family of interest Olaf & Lina Rude of Gooseneck twp
Lina was dau. of Karen Gunderson and sister to Gunarius Gunderson of Gooseneck Twp.
Interested if there is mention of Karen and a reference to her burial place (obit.)
some of this family migrated north to Canada..
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sharon and Ken <stutt99@hotmail.com>
Tuesday, June 27, 2006 9:17 PM

Subject :     Re: Looking for Peter & Alice Jensen
   
I am looking for any information on a Peter & Alice E. Jensen. They lived in Ambrose, North Dakota. He is listed as a barber and owning his own shop in the 1920 and 1930 US Census.  We believe his wife was a Alice E. Tutt, who is my husband's great  Aunt.  Her brother's obituary, of March 1940, states that she was living in Ambrose. We believe she was born in December 1888 in either Illinois or Iowa.
 
I would appreciate any information on this couple and if there was any children.

Sharon Tutt
121 Forest Springs Drive
Stuarts Draft, VA 24477
 _____________________________________________________________________________________
Tulla Froyen <wildweave@mac.com>
Tuesday, June 6, 2006 9:44 PM
Subject :     Divide county
   
I am working on my family history and some of my family lived in  Divide county, mostly Smoky Butte township, I believe.  The names  were Pete and Bessie Foss, Ingerinus Lobeck and his family, and  Kari /  Carrie Peterson / Petterson.

I am also interested in the beginnings of the Non-partisan league and  its activities in Divide county before 1920 or so and what part any  of the above names may have played in it.
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Posted 8-20-07

 

 I am trying to find any information on the family of Olaf A. Rude (1882- 28 Apr.1944) and his wife Lona (1881-?)  They were born in Minnesota and moved to Divide County around 1913.  They had six children, Levern, Leroy, Doris, Vera, Paul and Dennis.  Their approx. birth dates are 1904-1925.  There may have been other children.  Other Rude relations lived in the Mentor, ND area.  Sometimes the name is spelled Rud or Ruud.

Any help in finding this family wil be greatly appreciated.

Robert L. Evensen
24 Meacham Road
Cambridge, MA 02140
revensen@comcast.net