I promised to document my itinerary for my research trip out to South Dakota. The details of the trip are not set in stone but there are a few places that I need to hit.
Thursday:
I plan to leave very early Thursday morning so I can attempt to get there and visit everything in one day. My first stop is in Willmar, Minnesota, where I try and acquire a birth certificate for my grandfather, Melvin Scheevel, and attempt to find a land record for when they lived in Kandiyohi County a few years. My next stop will be in Montevideo, Minnesota. There I have to visit the city offices to inquire about a cemetery plot location for Martha Johnson, my great-great-great grandmother. I know she is buried in the Sunset Memorial Cemetery in Montevideo but it's a cemetery of about 5000 people so I'd be there all day if not for a plot location.
From there I cross over the border into South Dakota and visit the town of Madison. Madison is the county seat of Lake County, South Dakota, which is the county my great-grandfather and grandfather lived during the late 1800s. Hopefully there I am able to find a birth certificate for my grandfather, Joseph Larson Sr., at the courthouse and possibly acquire a land record for where they lived. I do have a 1900 census record for the family which lists they are living in Summit Township of Lake County so that should narrow my search a bit. Also in Madison is the Dakota State University which holds a large collection of obituaries for Lake County. I have a few people I'd like to acquire obits for while I'm there. Just to the northeast of Madison are two cemeteries I want to visit. South Lake Campbell Cemetery is where Joseph Larson's father Jonas' first wife Ragnhild is buried and Prairie Queen Cemetery is where Jonas' second wife Bergitte's brother Gustav Gudmundson (my great granduncle) is buried. That'll be great if I can manage to stop at all those places in one day.
The next day I'd like to spend in Sioux Falls going to the zoo and a few other fun things. On the way home I want to visit the Oslo Lutheran Church Cemetery in Trent, South Dakota, to see if I can find the grave of my great-great-great grandfather, Ole Skadsem. I have the grave and lot numbers so it shouldn't be to hard to find. Have a few other places I may visit but that is the extent of my research trip.
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Monday, July 13, 2009
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Memorial Day
It is a week past Memorial Day but I was rather busy last weekend. I wanted to recognize two of my great-uncles who fought in the World Wars.
The first one is actually my half-great-uncle Edward Larson, who would have been the son of my great-grandfather Jonas with his first wife Ragnhild. Below is his draft card.
Some interesting information from this page is that he was born while the family is living in South Dakota. The family lived in South Dakota until just after 1900 when they moved to Wisconsin for a few years before moving back to Fillmore County, Minnesota. As listed Edward is living in Harmony, Minnesota.
This page gives an interesting physical description of Edward. Medium, stout, blue eyed, brown hair is a fairly accurate description of myself. Also the date puts things in context because in 1917 his father Jonas Larson was running the hardware store in the neighboring town of Mabel.
This is a page of the listings for all veterans from Minnesota who died during World War I. Midway down the third column you will see Edward J. Larson's name from Mabel. Edward is buried in Somme American Cemetery, Bony, France.
This is my great-uncle's, Floyd Eldon Scheevel, obituary from 2008. He was also a veteran but of World War II serving the in Army in the Pacific Theater. I remember my grandfather showing me old black and white photos of Floyd in his Army uniform. I only knew Floyd well after his time in the Army so my impression of him was just of a great man.
It's great to honor those veterans who died and returned from protecting our country. Hopefully someday we will not have any new wartime veterans.
The first one is actually my half-great-uncle Edward Larson, who would have been the son of my great-grandfather Jonas with his first wife Ragnhild. Below is his draft card.
Some interesting information from this page is that he was born while the family is living in South Dakota. The family lived in South Dakota until just after 1900 when they moved to Wisconsin for a few years before moving back to Fillmore County, Minnesota. As listed Edward is living in Harmony, Minnesota.
This page gives an interesting physical description of Edward. Medium, stout, blue eyed, brown hair is a fairly accurate description of myself. Also the date puts things in context because in 1917 his father Jonas Larson was running the hardware store in the neighboring town of Mabel.
This is a page of the listings for all veterans from Minnesota who died during World War I. Midway down the third column you will see Edward J. Larson's name from Mabel. Edward is buried in Somme American Cemetery, Bony, France.
This is my great-uncle's, Floyd Eldon Scheevel, obituary from 2008. He was also a veteran but of World War II serving the in Army in the Pacific Theater. I remember my grandfather showing me old black and white photos of Floyd in his Army uniform. I only knew Floyd well after his time in the Army so my impression of him was just of a great man.
It's great to honor those veterans who died and returned from protecting our country. Hopefully someday we will not have any new wartime veterans.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Goodbye Grandpa
The person who introduced me to genealogy passed away last week, May 18th, 2009. My grandpa Melvin Scheevel used to show me this red three ring binder which his brother Theodore put together chronicling our family lineage from Holland. Ever since then the exploration of my family tree has been my passionate hobby. He was my last living grandparent. I have posted the obituary from the local News-Record newspaper. Melvin will be greatly missed.
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