2000 Queries
Traill County, North Dakota

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Brenda Ericsson Mon Jan 3 22:58:33 2000
I understand that Portland is in Traill Co. If not, please correct me. In a local store I found a beautiful wedding certificate for Carl NYJORDET and Oline EGGE, both of Portland ND. It is in Danish, I believe. They were married on 12 April "og Tolv." The certificate is for sale by this store, and I can give you the details if you contact me. It is something I would want if it were my family involved. Thanks, Brenda

Bernice Wed Feb 2 23:29:05 2000
I am looking for information on my Grandfather (Andrew B. Melhouse) (Anders Oleson Melhus) who was born in Aurland Sogn Norway in 185l, left the Parish there in 1870. Lived for a time in Minnesota and came to Traill County, ND , then later to McHenry County. Married my grandmother (his second wife) some time around 1901, 1902. Her name was Liv Melholden or Pederson or Knudsen. Shows up on different records. Does anyone have any information?

Barbara Sturdevant Sat Feb 5 10:16:27 2000
Seeking information on family of Loyal Bingham TURNELL who lived in Traill county during the 1890's. Among children of the family were Edna, Max, Clara Belle(Elsie), Clayton, Della (born Hillsboro, 1896), and Miles. Need to know the parentage of Loyal and where they had come from, if possible. It is possible that several children were buried in Traill Coounty; a set of still born twins, a daughter, and a son. Thank you

Ronald Hausmann Sun Feb 27 15:41:17 2000
I looking for information on Martin and Johanna HAUSMANN. They settled in Traill County in 1870. They were Pommeranian Lutherans. Their son, John HAUSMANN, lived and farmed near Hillsboro until his death in 1936. John HAUSMANN married Albertina SPIERING in 1879. I am also looking for information on the SPIERING family.

Holly Smith Mon Mar 6 20:22:36 2000
I am searching for my GGG-Grandparents. I recently received a Naturalization Paper from Traill County that "might" be my GGG-Grandfather. The paper didn't give me enough information to verify that it is him. I am looking for any information on the ENG surname....from Norway.
My GGG-Grandparents:
John (Johan) Antone ENG (Tailor by trade)
Gina ENG
Virginia "Gina" Margareth ENG (adopted daughter)
I would be very interested to correspond with anyone with the surname ENG or with ENG ancestors. Thanks a bunch!! Holly Smith

James Lura Mon Apr 3 21:21:11 2000
I am looking for information about Ole B [olson] LURA who is my GG Grandfather. I believe he homesteaded near Mayville in 1882. I am also interested in any other LURA family members that emigrated to this area.
Any information would be greatly appreciated Jim Lura

Jim Kellar Wed Apr 12 18:09:24 2000
Looking for further info on Bonde BOTTEN listed in 1900 census, living in Galesburg area. I would also like to visit cemetary where buried, Stordahl, but don't know where that is exactly. His wife Maria PEDERSON remarried after his death to Gilbert LARSON.

Russell Hanson Sun May 7 07:02:01 2000
I am looking for any information about the Hanson side of my family. Christian Hanson born about 1835 in Norway - married Oliver ? born about 1835 in Norway. Oldest son Henry born about 1857 in Norway, next oldest son Lewis J. Hanson born about 1862 in Norway. (my paternal great grandfather). Lewis married Martha C. Anderson, and had a son (my Grandfather) John, born April 13,1889 in Toronto, South Dakota. John eventually married Hattie Eissinger , I believe in Kidder County , N.D. In BLM and emigrant records , Christian Hanson is placed in Traiil county , North Dakota in the 1880s. BLM records have them owning land in section 5, Township 148 Range 49 Any help would be appreciated.- Russ Hanson

JACKIE LEE RANBY Wed May 24 19:49:31 2000
Looking for descendants of Eric Ericsen FLESCHE and Severine Pedersdatter LEE. Eric born 1862 Wisconsin, Severine born 1865 in Goodhue County, MN. They had 7 children, Roy, Leander, Edwin, Mabel, Diana, Harold, and Irene. I have a great deal of information about the FLESCHE family, but have not located these children and their descendants. They lived in Traill Co. ND but I do not know when they died or where they are buried. Eric's brother Peder FLESCHE and wife Thea are buried at St. John's Lutheran, Hatton, Traill Co. ND. Can anyone help?

Jane Krader Sun May 28 14:55:42 2000
I am looking for more information on my gggrandfather Sven KNUTSON who according to my grandfather was an innkeeper in Belmont ND. His son, Clarence M. KNUTSON might have been born there (1883). Can anyone help?

Bjarne Mon Jun 12 08:12:38 2000
HYLESTAD CHURCH - This Congregation was organized in 1889 in Triall Co. Church built in Stavanger Township in 1893. The Congregation was dissolved in 1952. I have never been able to locate the church-records for this congregation. Does anyone have information about what happen with the records.
Bjarne Jørmeland, Stavanger, Norway.

Eddy L. David Sat Jun 24 09:33:16 2000
I am researching family history for a Clifford David born around 1930, lived in Hillsboro. Any information appreciated.

T. James (Jim) Latimer Sat Jul 1 05:58:18 2000
Looking for any decendent of my great grandparents Charles H. RINTOUL and Jennet BULLOCH. My maternal grandparents was their son Robert Alexander RINTOUL and Ida Wilihimina HEROLD. Their three daughter were Mary and her husband Fred SMITH, Isabel and her husband George Thomas WORKMAN, and Adeline and her husband James BRAUMGARTNER.

Terry Sayre Sat Jul 22 20:07:50 2000
My great great great grandmother may have died and have been buried in Traill County. Her name was Marit OLSON/HALVERSON. Does anyone know of a resource, such as a cemetery survey book, that might have her listed?
Any help that you can give me would be appreciated!
Sincerely, Terry Sayre

Devonna Wed Aug 9 21:04:17 2000
I am searching for information on Andrew Adolph LIEN who died June 17, 1917 in Wales, Cavalier, ND. He spent several years in Mayville, Trail Co., where he worked at a local drug store. He married Emily Mae PATTERSON and they had 4 children. He later married Letitia MASTERS. Any information would be appreciated.

Tom Lanman Wed Aug 16 08:49:02 2000
Looking for death / burial information for Tinnia SCOTLAND. She was the 6th child of Peder T. and Anna SCOTLAND and born probably in Albert Lea, MN around 1879. She first shows up in the 1885 census for Nelson County, Dakota Terr. She is 6 yrs old in that enumeration. She is not listed with the SCOTLAND family in later censuses ...
1895 - Crookston, MN
1900, 1910, 1920 - Rugby, ND
The family story is that she died in Mayville, ND but I have not been able to verify this in civil or church records. Any information on her or other SCOTLAND records whould be helpful and appreciated.
Sincerely,
Tom Lanman, President - Minnesota Genealogical Society

Kevin Allen Thu Aug 24 20:50:20 2000
I'm looking for any information concerning the following family: Gail Mabel Ruth LARSON was born 30 Jan 1906 in Mayville, Traill Co., ND.. Her parents were Carl Ludvig LARSON and Irene Bertha AMES. She married Walter Clayton HAYFORD in Oct 1927, also in Mayville, Traill Co., ND.. Gail died 1 Aug 1987 (still in Mayville).
Any information concerning this woman .. and especially her father Carl, would be greatly appreciated.

Sarah Adams Mon Aug 28 19:41:14 2000
I would be interested in contact from people who are researching these surnames that came from Otterstadt, Rhineland-Pfalz, Germany and settled in the Reynolds area on both sides of the county line. The ACKERMANs, Flory and Schotthoefer settled on the Traill county side of Reynolds and ADAM on the Grand Forks county side of Reynolds. I am seeking descendants of Johannes (Johan) ADAM and Johanna SCHOTTHOEFER and their six children: Ferdinand and his wife Anna ACKERMAN, Jacob and his wife Catharina Hillenbrand, Joseph and his first wife,Frances Nuebauer, George and his wife Theresa Schaefer, Frances and her husband, Joseph SCHOTTHOEFER and Martin. Matthias FLORY and Frances SCHOTTHOEFER ACKERMAN and their eight children including Joseph ACKERMAN and his wife Anna Maria LEMMERICH. Henry LEMMERICH and his wife Johanna FLORY also came to his area is related to the above families. A total of 12 families came from Otterstadt and settled in the Reynolds area. Other families also included in this group from Otterstadt are ALLMARAS, WITZ, and BERTHOLD. The group came to Reynolds between 1880 and 1890 and many of the families in this group remained in the Reynolds area and others went on to Humboldt, SK, Canada, New Rockford, ND and St. Paul, MN. I am also interested in contact from others researching these names. The only family that is not in the original group from Otterstadt are the SCHUMACHERs, they are originally from Luxembourg and emigrated to Ozaukee County Wisconsin before coming to Traill and Grand Forks Counties about 1881. I am also interested in gaining more information on Barbara Erbach LEMMERICH, Joseph ACKERMAN's mother-in-law. She was alive as of the 1920 censsus for Buxton Township, Traill county, but I have been unable to locate a death date or burial place for her. She was 88 years old at the time of the census.

Shelley Nelson Thu Sep 7 12:23:24 2000
I am looking for information on my Great Great Grandparents who came to Clifford, Traill, ND about 1880: Ole Pederson MOE and his wife Sigrid Sigrich Eriksdotter MOE. Their son Oscar Cornelius MOE was born in Clifford 15 May 1887 and later moved to Hibbing, Minnesota. Ole Pederson MOE died in Clifford on 16 May 1897 and Sigrid MOE died in Clifford on 25 Feb 1909. I am trying to trace their roots back to Norway. Maybe a death certificate would have their parents names. Any info would be helpful. Thank You.

Joyce Lervold Paszly Tue Nov 7 19:03:55 2000
I am looking for information on my grandfather Peter LERVOLD, born in Ersfjord, Romsdal, Norway on May 3,1878. He married Louise FINNESETH in about 1904 in Buxton, Traill County. I believe she died in about 1916. I would love to have more info on the FINNESETH family. My father Thelmer Arthur LERVOLD and his twin John Alvin LERVOLD were born in Egeland, Towner County in 1911 and a sister Pearl was born in Calio, Cavalier County in 1915. I would appreciate any information on the LERVOLD family from Ersfjord Norway, and anything on the FINNESETH family.
Thank you so very much for any help.

D.Johns Thu Nov 9 14:09:43 2000
I am looking for information on by great grandparents, Dr. Thor C. CHRISTIANSON, his wife Endrea, children, Arne, Thor C, Volberg and Enar this is how the names appear on the Dakota Territory census for 1880. On the 1885 census, he is listed as Jens C. CHRISTENSEN, his wife Andrea along with the above listed children plus four more children. According to the 1880 census they lived in Belmont Township. I believe Jens froze to death in the 1880’s in a snowstorm, while on a medical call.

Pat Lindgren Tue Dec 26 15:10:41 2000
Searching for information about and descendants of C.J. MASTRUD, owner of a hardware store in Hatton, and his wife Christine (SKINDELIEN) MASTRUD. Would like info about what happened to the hardware store as well.