Paul Bartlett Van Buren Genealogy
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Walter Robert Calvin Whitbeck
M, #178, b. 19 March 1816, d. 19 January 1862
| Pedigree Link |
Family: Rebecca Atwater (b. 1820, d. 1852)
| Daughter | Ann Whitbeck+ (b. circa 1843) |
| Daughter | Rachel Whitbeck+ (b. December 1844, d. 16 December 1926) |
| Son | Arlow Whitbeck (b. circa 1846) |
| Daughter | Betsy Jane Whitbeck (b. circa 1851, d. after 1883) |
Biography
Walter was born on 19 March 1816 in Greene County, New York. According to the 1880 Iowa census, both parents of Rachel [Whitbeck] Dykins were born in New York.1,2,3 He married Rebecca Atwater on 9 April 1842.2 He married Sarah (Sally) Atwater in 1857. When Rebecca Atwater Whitbeck died, her husband Walter Whitbeck married her older sister Sarah Atwater.
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name: Walter R. Whitbeck
Gender: Male
Birth Place: NY
Birth Year: 1817
Spouse Name: Sally Ann Atwater
Spouse Birth Place: NY
Spouse Birth Year: 1820
Marriage Year: 1857
When Walter died, Sarah moved back to Illinois and remarried. [per Chuck Taylor]
.2 Walter died on 19 January 1862, in Douglass (now Auburn), Fayette County, Iowa, at age 45. According to his gravestone, he died at age 45 years, 10 months.3 He was buried in Boale Cemetery, Fayette County, Iowa.3
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name: Walter R. Whitbeck
Gender: Male
Birth Place: NY
Birth Year: 1817
Spouse Name: Sally Ann Atwater
Spouse Birth Place: NY
Spouse Birth Year: 1820
Marriage Year: 1857
When Walter died, Sarah moved back to Illinois and remarried. [per Chuck Taylor]
.2 Walter died on 19 January 1862, in Douglass (now Auburn), Fayette County, Iowa, at age 45. According to his gravestone, he died at age 45 years, 10 months.3 He was buried in Boale Cemetery, Fayette County, Iowa.3
His wife, Rebecca, died in 1852 at age ~32, leaving him a widower.
Walter Robert Calvin Whitbeck and Sarah (Sally) Whitbeck appeared on the census of 1860 in Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa. ========================. FamilySearch Family Tree
Walter Robin Calvin Whitbeck
Gender: Male
Birth: Mar 19 1816, New York, United States
Marriage: Spouse: Rebecca Atwate, Apr 9 1842, DuPage, Illinois, United States
Marriage: Spouse: Sarah Ann Atwater, Circa 1857
Residence: 1850. York, Du Page, Illinois, United States
Residence: 1850, York,DuPage,IL
Residence: 1860, Auburn, Fayette, Iowa, United States
Death: Jan 19 1862, Fayette, Iowa, United States
Burial: Jan 21 1862, Boale Cemetery, Fayette, Iowa Territory, United States
Parents: Walter Whitbeck
Unknown Whitbeck (born Vantwilliger)
Spouses: Rebecca Whitbeck (born Atwater)
Sarah Ann Whitbeck (born Atwater)
Children: Ann Rebecca Irving (born Whitbeck)
Rachel Dykins (born Whitbeck)
Arlo George Whitbeck
Betsey Jane Whitbeck
NEW INFOMary Whitbeck
NEW INFOCharles William Whitbeck
Hettie R. Whitbeck
NEW INFOElla Witbeck
Siblings: NEW INFORebecca Whitbeck.4
| Last Edited | 15 November 2022 |
Citations
- [S698] 1860 U.S. Census, Auburn Township, Fayette County, Iowa, www.ancestry.com.
- [S892] U.S. & International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, online www.ancestry.com. Hereinafter cited as U.S. & International Marriage Records, 1560-1900.
- [S908] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, Walter Robert Calvin Whitbeck, Boale Cemetery, Fayette County, Iowa. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
- [S141] FamilySearch Family Tree, online www.familysearch.org. Hereinafter cited as FamilySearch Family Tree.
Carle Lenker
M, #179, b. 9 June 1894, d. May 1970
| Pedigree Link |
Family: Madeline (Etta?) Flint (b. 1900, d. 1994)
| Son | William Fred Lenker+ (b. 22 March 1923, d. 20 March 1990) |
Biography
Carle was born on 9 June 1894.1,2 He married Madeline (Etta?) Flint.
Carle Lenker died in May 1970 at age 75.1,2 He was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota.2
Carle Lenker died in May 1970 at age 75.1,2 He was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota.2
According to the Social Security Death Index, Carle's last residence was in Winner, Tripp County, South Dakota.1
| Last Edited | 17 January 2013 |
Citations
Madeline (Etta?) Flint
F, #180, b. 1900, d. 1994
| Pedigree Link |
Family: Carle Lenker (b. 9 June 1894, d. May 1970)
| Son | William Fred Lenker+ (b. 22 March 1923, d. 20 March 1990) |
Biography
Madeline (Etta?) Flint was born in 1900.1 She married Carle Lenker.
Madeline (Etta?) Flint died in 1994 at age ~94.1 She was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota.1
Madeline (Etta?) Flint died in 1994 at age ~94.1 She was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota.1
Madeline was born on 7 July 1895.2 According to the Social Security Death Index, Madeline's last residence was in Winner, Tripp County, South Dakota.
Madeline (Etta?) Flint died in November 1977 at age ~77.2
Madeline (Etta?) Flint died in November 1977 at age ~77.2
| Last Edited | 17 January 2013 |
Citations
James William Regan
M, #182, b. 20 February 1974, d. 21 March 1995
Parents
| Father | George William Regan |
| Mother | Judith Carmen Pulcher |
| Pedigree Link |
Biography
James was born on 20 February 1974 in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota. James died on 21 March 1995, in Clarkson Hospital, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, at age 21. His body was interred on 24 March 1995 at in Woodlawn Cemetery, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota.
The Thursday, 23 March 1995, edition of the Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, Argus Leader carried the following obituary:
JAMES REGAN
James William Regan, 21, formerly of Sioux Falls, died Tuesday, March 21, 1995, at Clarkson Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska, after a brief illness.
Mr. Regan was born February 20, 1974, in Sioux Falls. He grew up in Sioux Falls, and attended Robert Frost Elementary and Patrick Henry Junior High and graduated from Lincoln High School in 1992. He was currently a student at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.
He was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. He had played in Hilltop Softball, Bantam baseball, and was on the Sioux Falls 12-year-old Bantam All Star Team. He participated in youth bowling, YMCA Indian Guides, Gra-Y Junior and Senior YMCA programs. He was also a member of the American Legion Post No. 15 baseball team and won the state championship in 1992. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church Youth Group.
He is survived by his parents, George and Judy Regan of Sioux Falls,; one brother, Edward of Peoria, Illinois; one sister, Carol Christensen of Houston, Texas; his grandparents: Lawrence and Karna Pulcher of Storden, Minnesota, and Darlene Regan of Madison [SD]; and special friend, Stacey Stanner of Papillon, Nebraska.
Memorial services will begin at 3:30 p.m. Friday at the First Presbyterian Church in Sioux Falls with committal services at 2 p.m. Friday at Woodlawn Cemetery.
Visitation will begin at 3 p.m. today at Miller Funeral Home in Sioux Falls, with the family present from 7 to 8 p.m.
The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of donations to the First Presbyterian Church youth work trips, the American Legion Post No. 15 baseball and the YMCA.
JAMES REGAN
James William Regan, 21, formerly of Sioux Falls, died Tuesday, March 21, 1995, at Clarkson Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska, after a brief illness.
Mr. Regan was born February 20, 1974, in Sioux Falls. He grew up in Sioux Falls, and attended Robert Frost Elementary and Patrick Henry Junior High and graduated from Lincoln High School in 1992. He was currently a student at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.
He was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. He had played in Hilltop Softball, Bantam baseball, and was on the Sioux Falls 12-year-old Bantam All Star Team. He participated in youth bowling, YMCA Indian Guides, Gra-Y Junior and Senior YMCA programs. He was also a member of the American Legion Post No. 15 baseball team and won the state championship in 1992. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church Youth Group.
He is survived by his parents, George and Judy Regan of Sioux Falls,; one brother, Edward of Peoria, Illinois; one sister, Carol Christensen of Houston, Texas; his grandparents: Lawrence and Karna Pulcher of Storden, Minnesota, and Darlene Regan of Madison [SD]; and special friend, Stacey Stanner of Papillon, Nebraska.
Memorial services will begin at 3:30 p.m. Friday at the First Presbyterian Church in Sioux Falls with committal services at 2 p.m. Friday at Woodlawn Cemetery.
Visitation will begin at 3 p.m. today at Miller Funeral Home in Sioux Falls, with the family present from 7 to 8 p.m.
The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of donations to the First Presbyterian Church youth work trips, the American Legion Post No. 15 baseball and the YMCA.
| Last Edited | 17 July 2011 |
Margaret Ethel Bartlett
F, #183, b. 13 September 1905, d. 19 March 1987
Parents
| Father | Clarence Emery Bartlett (b. 23 January 1881, d. 4 September 1956) |
| Mother | Ethel Margie Shepard (b. 7 March 1881, d. 21 August 1962) |
| Pedigree Link |
1924 Margaret Ethel Bartlett
Biography
Margaret was born on 13 September 1905 in Minneota, Lyon County, Minnesota.1 She died of injuries in an auto accident on 19 March 1987 in Anaheim Memorial Hospital, Anaheim, Orange County, California, at age 81.2 She was buried on 25 March 1987 in Graceland Cemetery, Madison, Lake County, South Dakota, in Block 14, Lot 2, Grave 6.3
Margaret Ethel Bartlett moved with Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Bartlett from Minneota, Lyon County, Minnesota, to to Hancock, MN, where they operated the Hotel Columbia.
Margaret Ethel Bartlett is a direct descendant of Pilgrim passenger(s) John Howland & Elizabeth Tilley on the Mayflower. She moved with Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Bartlett from Hancock, Stevens County, Minnesota, to to Tracy, MN, where they operated the Exchange Hotel and sold real estate. Their third daughter Marian was born there in 1917. From about 1907 to 1918, the Bartlett family lived in Tracy, Lyon County, Minnesota. Margaret Ethel Bartlett appeared on the census of 1910 in the household of Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Bartlett in Third Street North, Tracy, Lyon County, Minnesota, which lists Clarence Bartlett, 29; his wife Ethel, also 29; and their daughters Mae, 7, and Margaret, 4. Clarence's father, James Spellman Bartlett, 62, is living with the family. James is listed as being born in New York, and his father [Elisha W. Bartlett] as being born in Massachusetts, and his mother [Margaret Corcoran] as "Irish-English".
Household Members in 1910 Census
Name Age Relationship
Clarence E Bartlett 29 Head
Ethel S Bartlett 29 Wife
Mary [sic, Mae] S Bartlett 7 Daughter
Margaret E Bartlett 4 Daughter
James S Bartlett 62 Father
They lived in a two-story house on a corner at 301 3rd Street, Tracy, Minnesota. They were in the real estate business and also managed the Exchange Hotel, located at 144 4th Street, but the hotel building no longer exists. Clarence and Ethel Bartlett's third daughter, Marian Eleanor Bartlett, was born in Tracy on 1 June 1917.4 Margaret Ethel Bartlett moved with Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Bartlett from Tracy, Lyon County, Minnesota, to to Browns Valley, MN, where they operated the Pacific Hotel circa 1918. Margaret Ethel Bartlett moved with Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Bartlett from Browns Valley, Traverse County, Minnesota, to to Dell Rapids, SD, where Clarence's older sister Cora lived with her husband Sam Carroll and son Glenn circa 1918. Margaret Ethel Bartlett appeared on the census of 1920 in the household of Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Bartlett in Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, which lists Clarence E. Bartlett, 38, a real estate agent with his own business; his wife Ethel M. Bartlett, 38; and their three daughters, Mae B., 16, Margaret E., 14, and Marian E., 2 1/2. They were living in a rented house on Fremont Street, which may now be Fifth Street. Clarence Bartlett was the census taker.
Household Members in 1920 Census
Name Age Relationship
Clarence E Bartlett 38 Head
Ethel M Bartlett 38 Wife
Mae B Bartlett 16 Daughter
Margaret E Bartlett 14 Daughter
Marian E Bartlett 2 Daughter.5 Margaret Ethel Bartlett moved with Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Bartlett from Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, to Madison, SD, circa 1922. Clarence and Ethel Bartlett returned to Madison, Lake County, South Dakota, which would prove to be their final move. They were back to where they had first met and been married in 1901. Clarence and Ethel lived the rest of their lives at 422 Northwest Third Street. Clarence continued in the real estate business and acquired several farms in Lake and Miner Counties. Ethel loved her Entre Nous club and was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (as a direct descendant of Captain John Shepard). Clarence was a member of the Elks Lodge and a pheasant hunter. They were active members of the Presbyterian Church. Margaret Ethel Bartlett was graduated in 1924 in Madison High School, Madison, Lake County, South Dakota. She was graduated in 1926 in Eastern Normal School (now Dakota State University), Madison, Lake County, South Dakota, with an Advanced Diploma. She later received a B.S. in Education.
Margaret Ethel Bartlett appeared on the census of 1930 in a lodger with a family at107 Third Street, Proctor, Saint Louis County, Minnesota,
Household Members in 1930 Census
Name Age Relationship
Robert M Wombache 69 Head
Louise Wombacher 69 Wife
Elmer Wombacher 4 Son
Margaret Wombacher 24 Daughter
Mayme Kirby 38 Niece
Margaret Bartlett 25 Lodger
Berdeen Hjelmanland 24 Lodger.6 She was a primary school teacher in 1930.6
Margaret Ethel Bartlett appeared on the census of 1940 in a lodger with a family at 25 East Third Street, Proctor, Saint Louis County, Minnesota,
Household Members in 1940 Census
Name Age Relationship
William C Reinke' 44 Head
Licona Reinke 41 Wife
Le Vone Reinke 19 Daughter
Vera Mae Reinke 18 Daughter
William Reinke Jr. 15 Son ("Billy")
Ewald Reinke 46 Brother
Margaret Bartlett 34 Lodger.7 She was a public grade school teacher in 1940.7 She lived between 1961 and 1987 in Anaheim, Orange County, California.
Margaret, who never married, taught school at Flandreau, South Dakota, Proctor and St. Cloud, Minnesota, and Anaheim, California, for some 45 years. She was proud of having taught about 1,000 children how read.
The Wednesday, 25 March 1987, edition of the Dell Rapids (Minnehaha County, South Dakota) Tribune carried the following obituary:
Margaret E. Bartlett, 81, died March 19, 1987, in Anaheim, California, where she had resided since 1961. Miss Bartlett had been hospitalized for about eight weeks following an automobile accident.
Margaret Ethel Bartlett was born on September 13, 1905, in Minneota, Minnesota, to Clarence and Ethel Bartlett. She attended school in Tracy, Minnesota, and Dell Rapids, and graduated from high school in Madison, South Dakota.
Miss Bartlett graduated from Dakota State College (then known as Eastern Normal School) in Madison and taught school in Flandreau [SD], Proctor, Minnesota, and St. Cloud, Minnesota. In 1961, she and her late mother moved to Anaheim, California, where she continued to teach until her retirement. Miss Bartlett was very proud that she had taught over a thousand of children to read in her more than 45 years of teaching the first grade. She received many honors for her teaching ability and enriched the lives of the many young children to whom she devoted her life.
Miss Bartlett was preceded in death by her parents, who were longtime Madison residents, and a sister, Mrs. E.P. (Mae) Van Buren of Dell Rapids. She is survived by a sister, Mrs. R.T. (Marian) Parsons of Anaheim, three nephews, James Parsons of Santa Barbara, California, Ken Parsons, of Camarillo, California, and Paul Van Buren of Los Altos, California, as well as five great nephews and nieces.
Burial will be at the Madison cemetery. The Hallenbeck-Ellsworth Funeral Home in Madison will be in charge of the arrangements.
Margaret Ethel Bartlett is a direct descendant of Pilgrim passenger(s) John Howland & Elizabeth Tilley on the Mayflower. She moved with Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Bartlett from Hancock, Stevens County, Minnesota, to to Tracy, MN, where they operated the Exchange Hotel and sold real estate. Their third daughter Marian was born there in 1917. From about 1907 to 1918, the Bartlett family lived in Tracy, Lyon County, Minnesota. Margaret Ethel Bartlett appeared on the census of 1910 in the household of Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Bartlett in Third Street North, Tracy, Lyon County, Minnesota, which lists Clarence Bartlett, 29; his wife Ethel, also 29; and their daughters Mae, 7, and Margaret, 4. Clarence's father, James Spellman Bartlett, 62, is living with the family. James is listed as being born in New York, and his father [Elisha W. Bartlett] as being born in Massachusetts, and his mother [Margaret Corcoran] as "Irish-English".
Household Members in 1910 Census
Name Age Relationship
Clarence E Bartlett 29 Head
Ethel S Bartlett 29 Wife
Mary [sic, Mae] S Bartlett 7 Daughter
Margaret E Bartlett 4 Daughter
James S Bartlett 62 Father
They lived in a two-story house on a corner at 301 3rd Street, Tracy, Minnesota. They were in the real estate business and also managed the Exchange Hotel, located at 144 4th Street, but the hotel building no longer exists. Clarence and Ethel Bartlett's third daughter, Marian Eleanor Bartlett, was born in Tracy on 1 June 1917.4 Margaret Ethel Bartlett moved with Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Bartlett from Tracy, Lyon County, Minnesota, to to Browns Valley, MN, where they operated the Pacific Hotel circa 1918. Margaret Ethel Bartlett moved with Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Bartlett from Browns Valley, Traverse County, Minnesota, to to Dell Rapids, SD, where Clarence's older sister Cora lived with her husband Sam Carroll and son Glenn circa 1918. Margaret Ethel Bartlett appeared on the census of 1920 in the household of Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Bartlett in Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, which lists Clarence E. Bartlett, 38, a real estate agent with his own business; his wife Ethel M. Bartlett, 38; and their three daughters, Mae B., 16, Margaret E., 14, and Marian E., 2 1/2. They were living in a rented house on Fremont Street, which may now be Fifth Street. Clarence Bartlett was the census taker.
Household Members in 1920 Census
Name Age Relationship
Clarence E Bartlett 38 Head
Ethel M Bartlett 38 Wife
Mae B Bartlett 16 Daughter
Margaret E Bartlett 14 Daughter
Marian E Bartlett 2 Daughter.5 Margaret Ethel Bartlett moved with Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Bartlett from Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, to Madison, SD, circa 1922. Clarence and Ethel Bartlett returned to Madison, Lake County, South Dakota, which would prove to be their final move. They were back to where they had first met and been married in 1901. Clarence and Ethel lived the rest of their lives at 422 Northwest Third Street. Clarence continued in the real estate business and acquired several farms in Lake and Miner Counties. Ethel loved her Entre Nous club and was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (as a direct descendant of Captain John Shepard). Clarence was a member of the Elks Lodge and a pheasant hunter. They were active members of the Presbyterian Church. Margaret Ethel Bartlett was graduated in 1924 in Madison High School, Madison, Lake County, South Dakota. She was graduated in 1926 in Eastern Normal School (now Dakota State University), Madison, Lake County, South Dakota, with an Advanced Diploma. She later received a B.S. in Education.
Margaret Ethel Bartlett appeared on the census of 1930 in a lodger with a family at107 Third Street, Proctor, Saint Louis County, Minnesota,
Household Members in 1930 Census
Name Age Relationship
Robert M Wombache 69 Head
Louise Wombacher 69 Wife
Elmer Wombacher 4 Son
Margaret Wombacher 24 Daughter
Mayme Kirby 38 Niece
Margaret Bartlett 25 Lodger
Berdeen Hjelmanland 24 Lodger.6 She was a primary school teacher in 1930.6
Margaret Ethel Bartlett appeared on the census of 1940 in a lodger with a family at 25 East Third Street, Proctor, Saint Louis County, Minnesota,
Household Members in 1940 Census
Name Age Relationship
William C Reinke' 44 Head
Licona Reinke 41 Wife
Le Vone Reinke 19 Daughter
Vera Mae Reinke 18 Daughter
William Reinke Jr. 15 Son ("Billy")
Ewald Reinke 46 Brother
Margaret Bartlett 34 Lodger.7 She was a public grade school teacher in 1940.7 She lived between 1961 and 1987 in Anaheim, Orange County, California.
Margaret, who never married, taught school at Flandreau, South Dakota, Proctor and St. Cloud, Minnesota, and Anaheim, California, for some 45 years. She was proud of having taught about 1,000 children how read.
The Wednesday, 25 March 1987, edition of the Dell Rapids (Minnehaha County, South Dakota) Tribune carried the following obituary:
Margaret E. Bartlett, 81, died March 19, 1987, in Anaheim, California, where she had resided since 1961. Miss Bartlett had been hospitalized for about eight weeks following an automobile accident.
Margaret Ethel Bartlett was born on September 13, 1905, in Minneota, Minnesota, to Clarence and Ethel Bartlett. She attended school in Tracy, Minnesota, and Dell Rapids, and graduated from high school in Madison, South Dakota.
Miss Bartlett graduated from Dakota State College (then known as Eastern Normal School) in Madison and taught school in Flandreau [SD], Proctor, Minnesota, and St. Cloud, Minnesota. In 1961, she and her late mother moved to Anaheim, California, where she continued to teach until her retirement. Miss Bartlett was very proud that she had taught over a thousand of children to read in her more than 45 years of teaching the first grade. She received many honors for her teaching ability and enriched the lives of the many young children to whom she devoted her life.
Miss Bartlett was preceded in death by her parents, who were longtime Madison residents, and a sister, Mrs. E.P. (Mae) Van Buren of Dell Rapids. She is survived by a sister, Mrs. R.T. (Marian) Parsons of Anaheim, three nephews, James Parsons of Santa Barbara, California, Ken Parsons, of Camarillo, California, and Paul Van Buren of Los Altos, California, as well as five great nephews and nieces.
Burial will be at the Madison cemetery. The Hallenbeck-Ellsworth Funeral Home in Madison will be in charge of the arrangements.
| Last Edited | 20 January 2026 |
Citations
- [S1058] Minnesota Births and Christenings Index, 1840-1980, online www.ancestry.com, Minnesota Births and Christenings Index, 1840-1980
Name: Margaret Ethel Bartlett
Birth Date: 13 Sep 1905
Birth Place: Minneota, Lyon, Minnesota
Gender: Female
Race: White
Father's Name: Clarence E. Bartlett
Father's Age: 25
Father's Birth Place: Lima/Wisconsin
Mother's name: Ethel M. Shepard
Mother's Age: 25
Mother's Birth Place: Lake Co., Dakota Territory
FHL Film Number: 1255859
. Hereinafter cited as Minnesota Births and Christenings Index, 1840-1980. - [S366] California Death Index, 1940-97, online www.ancestry.com, California Death Index, 1940-1997
Name: Margaret Ethel Bartlett
Social Security #: 550-68-3843
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 13 Sep 1905
Birth Place: Minnesota
Death Date: 19 Mar 1987
Death Place: Orange
Mother's Maiden Name: Shephard. - [S451] Cemetery Gravestone viewed by Paul B. Van Buren.
- [S704] 1910 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Clarence E Bartlett
Age in 1910: 29
Birth Year: abt 1881
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Home in 1910: Tracy Ward 2, Lyon, Minnesota
Street: Third Street North
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Ethel S Bartlett
Father's Name: James S Bartlett
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: Wisconsin
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Agent
Industry: Real Estate
Employer, Employee or Other: Own Account
Home Owned or Rented: Own
Home Free or Mortgaged: Mortgaged
Farm or House: House
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Years Married: 8
Household Members Age Relationship
Clarence E Bartlett 29 Head
Ethel S Bartlett 29 Wife
Mary [sic, Mae] S Bartlett 7 Daughter
Margaret E Bartlett 4 Daughter
James S Bartlett 62 Father. - [S149] 1920 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Clarence E Bartlett
Age: 38
Birth Year: abt 1882
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Home in 1920: Dell Rapids, Minnehaha, South Dakota
Street: Fremont
Residence Date: 1920
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Ethel M Bartlett
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: Wisconsin
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Agent
Industry: Real Estate
Employment Field: Own Account
Home Owned or Rented: Rented
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members in 1920 Census
Name Age Relationship
Clarence E Bartlett 38 Head
Ethel M Bartlett 38 Wife
Mae B Bartlett 16 Daughter
Margaret E Bartlett 14 Daughter
Marian E Bartlett 2 Daughter. - [S702] 1930 U.S. Census, online www.ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Margaret Bartlett
Birth Year: abt 1905
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age in 1930: 25
Birthplace: Minnesota
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Lodger
Home in 1930: Proctor, St Louis, Minnesota, USA
Street Address: Third Street
House Number: 107
Dwelling Number: 125
Family Number: 127
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: New York [sic, Wisconsin]
Mother's Birthplace: Minnesota [sic, Dakota Territory]
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Teacher
Industry: Primary
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker
Employment: Yes
Household Members
Name Age Relationship
Robert M Wombache 69 Head
Louise Wombacher 69 Wife
Elmer Wombacher 4 Son
Margaret Wombacher 24 Daughter
Mayme Kirby 38 Niece
Margaret Bartlett 25 Lodger
Berdeen Hjelmanland 24 Lodger. Hereinafter cited as 1930 U.S. Census. - [S1051] 1940 U.S. Census (Ancestry), online www.ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Margaret Bartlett
Age: 34
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1906
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Minnesota
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Lodger
Home in 1940: Proctor, St Louis, Minnesota
Street: East Third Street
House Number: 25
Inferred Residence in 1935: Proctor, St Louis, Minnesota
Residence in 1935: Proctor
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Sheet Number: 2A
Occupation: Grade Teacher
Industry: Public School
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: College, 3rd year
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 35
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in Government work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 36
Income: 1300
Income Other Sources: No
Household Members
Name Age Relationship
William C Reinke' 44 Head
Licona Reinke 41 Wife
Le Vone Reinke 19 Daughter
Vera Mae Reinke 18 Daughter
William Reinke Jr. 15 Son
Ewald Reinke 46 Brother
Margaret Bartlett 34 Lodger. Hereinafter cited as 1940 U.S. Census (Ancestry.)
Marian Eleanor Bartlett
F, #184, b. 1 June 1917, d. 12 December 2008
Parents
| Father | Clarence Emery Bartlett (b. 23 January 1881, d. 4 September 1956) |
| Mother | Ethel Margie Shepard (b. 7 March 1881, d. 21 August 1962) |
| Pedigree Link |
Family: Rodney Thomas Parsons (b. 17 September 1918, d. 12 February 1981)
| Son | James Bartlett Parsons+ |
| Son | Kenneth Rodney Parsons+ |
1935 Marian Bartlett [Parsons]
Biography
Marian was born on 1 June 1917 in Tracy, Lyon County, Minnesota.1 She married Rodney Thomas Parsons, son of Roy Arvin Parsons and Doris Killen, on 5 June 1942 in home of Myrtle Shepard Lee, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, The Saturday, 6 June 1942, Madison (Lake County, South Dakota) Daily Leader carried the following story (page 3, column 4):
BARTLETT-PARSONS WEDDING AT VERMILLION YESTERDAY
The spacious home of Mrs. Andrew E. Lee at Vermillion [SD] formed a beautiful setting for the marriage at noon yesterday [5 June 1942] of Miss Marian Eleanor Bartlett, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Bartlett of [Madison], to Lt. Rodney Thomas Parsons, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Parsons of Redfield [SD].
Rev. B.A. Davis, pastor of the Methodist church in Vermillion, read the service of the church in the presence of members of the two families and a few outside friends from Vermillion. Mrs. P.R. Burkland played soft music both before and during the ceremony.
Members of the bridal party came down the stairs in front of the fireplace which was banked with white peonies and lighted with white tapers. The bride was lovely in a street costume of light beige silk with a soft wool jacket and navy blue accessories. Her corsage was made of sweetheart roses and lilies of the valley. Her attendant was her sister, Miss Margaret Bartlett, who wore a black ensemble with white accents and also had a corsage of roses and sweet peas.
The groom wore his dress uniform of a lieutenant in the infantry parachute corps. He was attended by Claude Ebert of Huron, a fraternity [Delta Tau Delta] brother. Little Vera Jane Church was the ring bearer. The bride was given in marriage by her father.
For her daughter's wedding, Mrs. Bartlett wore a navy blue ensemble with white accessories and a corsage of roses. Mrs. Parsons, the groom's mother, wore a light print silk and also had a corsage of roses. Mrs. Lee, aunt of the bride, wore a costume of dull blue silk and a picture hat and she, too, had a corsage of rosebuds.
The Lee home on the bluff overlooking the [Missouri] river at Vermillion where the bride had lived during part of her college life, was massed with flowers for the wedding.
Following the ceremony, a wedding dinner was served at the Nelson tea room. The table was decorated with spring flowers and centered with a big wedding cake topped with a miniature bride and groom. This the bride cut for the guests, using the groom's sword as a knife.
Immediately afterward, the couple left for Columbus, Georgia, where they will make their home. They traveled by car. For traveling, the bride wore a smart blue and white seersucker suit with blue accessories.
Besides members of the two families, guests included Mrs. Marshall McCusick [wife of the Dean of the University of South Dakota law school], Mrs. Joseph Church, and Mrs. R.P. Burkland.
The bride graduated from Madison high school and Eastern Normal [now Dakota State University], completing her college work at the University of South Dakota where she was a member of Alpha Phi sorority and house president. She was active in Prentice Players and Playcrafters and majored in English and dramatics. She has taught in the high schools at Pierpont, Lennox and Flandreau since graduating from the university and last year taught commercial work and journalism in the Flandreau high school.
Lt. Parsons was graduated from Redfield high school and the University of South Dakota. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity, president of Dakotans and the interfraternity council and a football letterman while in college. He was a member of the R.O.T.C. at the University and took advanced military training at Ft. Snelling and Ft. Benning, Georgia, as a first lieutenant of parachute infantry troops and is doing instructing there.2
Marian Eleanor Bartlett died on 12 December 2008 in 632 North Janss Way, Anaheim, Orange County, California, at age 91. She was buried on 18 December 2008 in Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside County, California.
BARTLETT-PARSONS WEDDING AT VERMILLION YESTERDAY
The spacious home of Mrs. Andrew E. Lee at Vermillion [SD] formed a beautiful setting for the marriage at noon yesterday [5 June 1942] of Miss Marian Eleanor Bartlett, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Bartlett of [Madison], to Lt. Rodney Thomas Parsons, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Parsons of Redfield [SD].
Rev. B.A. Davis, pastor of the Methodist church in Vermillion, read the service of the church in the presence of members of the two families and a few outside friends from Vermillion. Mrs. P.R. Burkland played soft music both before and during the ceremony.
Members of the bridal party came down the stairs in front of the fireplace which was banked with white peonies and lighted with white tapers. The bride was lovely in a street costume of light beige silk with a soft wool jacket and navy blue accessories. Her corsage was made of sweetheart roses and lilies of the valley. Her attendant was her sister, Miss Margaret Bartlett, who wore a black ensemble with white accents and also had a corsage of roses and sweet peas.
The groom wore his dress uniform of a lieutenant in the infantry parachute corps. He was attended by Claude Ebert of Huron, a fraternity [Delta Tau Delta] brother. Little Vera Jane Church was the ring bearer. The bride was given in marriage by her father.
For her daughter's wedding, Mrs. Bartlett wore a navy blue ensemble with white accessories and a corsage of roses. Mrs. Parsons, the groom's mother, wore a light print silk and also had a corsage of roses. Mrs. Lee, aunt of the bride, wore a costume of dull blue silk and a picture hat and she, too, had a corsage of rosebuds.
The Lee home on the bluff overlooking the [Missouri] river at Vermillion where the bride had lived during part of her college life, was massed with flowers for the wedding.
Following the ceremony, a wedding dinner was served at the Nelson tea room. The table was decorated with spring flowers and centered with a big wedding cake topped with a miniature bride and groom. This the bride cut for the guests, using the groom's sword as a knife.
Immediately afterward, the couple left for Columbus, Georgia, where they will make their home. They traveled by car. For traveling, the bride wore a smart blue and white seersucker suit with blue accessories.
Besides members of the two families, guests included Mrs. Marshall McCusick [wife of the Dean of the University of South Dakota law school], Mrs. Joseph Church, and Mrs. R.P. Burkland.
The bride graduated from Madison high school and Eastern Normal [now Dakota State University], completing her college work at the University of South Dakota where she was a member of Alpha Phi sorority and house president. She was active in Prentice Players and Playcrafters and majored in English and dramatics. She has taught in the high schools at Pierpont, Lennox and Flandreau since graduating from the university and last year taught commercial work and journalism in the Flandreau high school.
Lt. Parsons was graduated from Redfield high school and the University of South Dakota. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity, president of Dakotans and the interfraternity council and a football letterman while in college. He was a member of the R.O.T.C. at the University and took advanced military training at Ft. Snelling and Ft. Benning, Georgia, as a first lieutenant of parachute infantry troops and is doing instructing there.2
Marian Eleanor Bartlett died on 12 December 2008 in 632 North Janss Way, Anaheim, Orange County, California, at age 91. She was buried on 18 December 2008 in Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside County, California.
Marian Eleanor Bartlett moved with Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Bartlett from Tracy, Lyon County, Minnesota, to to Browns Valley, MN, where they operated the Pacific Hotel circa 1918.
Marian Eleanor Bartlett is a direct descendant of Pilgrim passenger(s) John Howland & Elizabeth Tilley on the Mayflower. She moved with Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Bartlett from Browns Valley, Traverse County, Minnesota, to to Dell Rapids, SD, where Clarence's older sister Cora lived with her husband Sam Carroll and son Glenn circa 1918. Marian Eleanor Bartlett appeared on the census of 1920 in the household of Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Bartlett in Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, which lists Clarence E. Bartlett, 38, a real estate agent with his own business; his wife Ethel M. Bartlett, 38; and their three daughters, Mae B., 16, Margaret E., 14, and Marian E., 2 1/2. They were living in a rented house on Fremont Street, which may now be Fifth Street. Clarence Bartlett was the census taker.
Household Members in 1920 Census
Name Age Relationship
Clarence E Bartlett 38 Head
Ethel M Bartlett 38 Wife
Mae B Bartlett 16 Daughter
Margaret E Bartlett 14 Daughter
Marian E Bartlett 2 Daughter.3 Marian Eleanor Bartlett moved with Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Bartlett from Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, to Madison, SD, circa 1922. Clarence and Ethel Bartlett returned to Madison, Lake County, South Dakota, which would prove to be their final move. They were back to where they had first met and been married in 1901. Clarence and Ethel lived the rest of their lives at 422 Northwest Third Street. Clarence continued in the real estate business and acquired several farms in Lake and Miner Counties. Ethel loved her Entre Nous club and was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (as a direct descendant of Captain John Shepard). Clarence was a member of the Elks Lodge and a pheasant hunter. They were active members of the Presbyterian Church. Marian Eleanor Bartlett appeared on the census of 1930 in the household of Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Bartlett in Madison, Lake County, South Dakota, which lists Clarence E. Bartlett, age 49, born in Wisconsin, in the real estate and insurance business, his wife Ethel M. Bartlett, age 49, born in South Dakota [actually, Dakota Territory], and their daughters Mae S. Bartlett, age 27, a public shool teacher, and Marion [sic, Marian] E. Bartlett, age 12. Their sister Margaret Bartlett is found in the 1930 Census in Proctor (suburb of Duluth), Minnesota, where she was teaching school.
Household Members in 1930 Census
Name Age Relationship
Clarence E Bartlett 49 Head
Ethel M Bartlett 49 Wife
Mae S Bartlett 27 Daughter
Marion E Bartlett 12 Daughter.4 Marian Eleanor Bartlett was graduation-college on 24 May 1935 in Madison High School, Madison, Lake County, South Dakota. She was graduated on 5 June 1939 in University of South Dakota, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota,where she was a member of Alpha Phi sorority. She was
A teacher like her sisters, Marian taught at Pierpont, Lennox and Flandreau, South Dakota. on June 5, 1942, in Vermillion at the home of her great aunt Myrtle Shepard Lee.
The 16 December 2008 issue of the Madison [Lake County, South Dakota] Daily Leader carried the following obituary:
Marion Eleanor Bartlett Parsons died on Dec. 12, 2008, at her home in Anaheim, Calif.
Burial will be Thursday morning at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, Calif.
The Hilgenfeld Mortuary, 120 E. Broadway, Anaheim, Calif., is in charge of arrangements.
Marian Bartlett was born on June 1, 1917, in Tracy, Minn., to Clarence Emory and Ethel Shephard Bartlett. The family moved to Madison when she was four. She attended school in Madison. Following high school, she attended Eastern Normal School and graduated with a degree in teaching from the University of South Dakota in Vermillion. She taught business and drama. She married Rodney Thomas Parsons in 1941 and they went to Fort Benning and Fort Bragg, Ga., where he was an Army officer. In 1943, he joined the fighting forces in Europe as a part of the 101st Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles" and served until 1945, when he returned to South Dakota. They moved to Anaheim, Calif., in 1948. She taught high school business classes for 15 years. Her husband died in 1981.
She was very active on many boards and in many organizations.
Survivors include two sons Jim (Yvonne) of Santa Barbara, Calif., and Ken (Chella) Parsons of Temecula; three grandchildren; and a nephew.
MARIAN PARSONS OBITUARY
Parsons, Marian Eleanor Bartlett, a significant figure in many of Anaheim's community based philanthropic organizations, died peacefully at her home on Janss Way on December 12. She was 91 years young. Born on June 1, 1917, in Tracy, Minnesota, the daughter of Clarence Emory [sic, Emery] and Ethel Shephard [sic, Shepard] Bartlett. The family moved to Madison, South Dakota, when she was just 4 years old. Marian grew up with her sisters, Margaret Bartlett and Mae Bartlett Van Buren during the depression that shaped her and her family and friends lives and became a part of what Tom Brokaw, another South Dakotan, called "The Greatest Generation".
She was preceded in death by her husband of 40 years, Rodney Thomas Parsons of Redfield, South Dakota. Both Marian and her husband Rod were graduates of the University of South Dakota in Vermillion. During World War II, Rod was a Major in the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles." Because of his war injuries, the doctors suggested they move to a better climate and in 1948 they moved to Anaheim.
For fifteen years in the late 60's and 70's, Marian was a teacher at Marywood Catholic High School where she taught business classes. After her husband Rod's death in 1981, Marian immersed herself in the Anaheim charities and clubs that became so meaningful to her in her later years and which brought her lifelong friends whom she cherished to the day she died. She was on the boards of the Assistance League of Anaheim. Anaheim Memorial Hospital Guardian Angels, Ebell Club of Anaheim, Orange County Performing Arts Center Arturo Toscanini Chapter, the Pacific Symphony Harp Guild and the PEO Anaheim Chapter BP, among others. She served as President of the Assistance League of Anaheim from 1986-1987 and President of the Anaheim Memorial Hospital Guardian Angels from 1996-1999.
Marian was also a direct descendant of Josiah Bartlett, a signer of the Declaration of Independence [sic] and as such was a member of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Marian took great comfort in her faith and she and her sons attended the First Presbyterian Church of Anaheim, where she served as a Deacon and was in later years a member of the Elizabeth Circle.
Marian Parsons is survived by her beloved sons, Jim and Ken and their families, Ken Parsons of Temecula, who is with the U.S. Department of Agriculture; his wife, Chella and their two sons, Patrick, a senior at Sonoma State University, and Kyle, a senior at Temecula High School, and James Parsons of Santa Barbara, a business consultant; his wife, Yvonne and daughter, Chloe, a recent graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara, and her nephew, Paul B. Van Buren of Los Altos.
Viewing will be held at Hilgenfeld Mortuary at 120 E. Broadway, Anaheim, from 4-6 p.m. on Wednesday, December 17. Graveside service will be held at Riverside National Cemetery at 10;45 a.m. on Thursday, December 18. Hilgenfeld Mortuary
Published in Orange County Register on Dec. 17, 2008.
Marian Eleanor Bartlett is a direct descendant of Pilgrim passenger(s) John Howland & Elizabeth Tilley on the Mayflower. She moved with Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Bartlett from Browns Valley, Traverse County, Minnesota, to to Dell Rapids, SD, where Clarence's older sister Cora lived with her husband Sam Carroll and son Glenn circa 1918. Marian Eleanor Bartlett appeared on the census of 1920 in the household of Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Bartlett in Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, which lists Clarence E. Bartlett, 38, a real estate agent with his own business; his wife Ethel M. Bartlett, 38; and their three daughters, Mae B., 16, Margaret E., 14, and Marian E., 2 1/2. They were living in a rented house on Fremont Street, which may now be Fifth Street. Clarence Bartlett was the census taker.
Household Members in 1920 Census
Name Age Relationship
Clarence E Bartlett 38 Head
Ethel M Bartlett 38 Wife
Mae B Bartlett 16 Daughter
Margaret E Bartlett 14 Daughter
Marian E Bartlett 2 Daughter.3 Marian Eleanor Bartlett moved with Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Bartlett from Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, to Madison, SD, circa 1922. Clarence and Ethel Bartlett returned to Madison, Lake County, South Dakota, which would prove to be their final move. They were back to where they had first met and been married in 1901. Clarence and Ethel lived the rest of their lives at 422 Northwest Third Street. Clarence continued in the real estate business and acquired several farms in Lake and Miner Counties. Ethel loved her Entre Nous club and was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (as a direct descendant of Captain John Shepard). Clarence was a member of the Elks Lodge and a pheasant hunter. They were active members of the Presbyterian Church. Marian Eleanor Bartlett appeared on the census of 1930 in the household of Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Bartlett in Madison, Lake County, South Dakota, which lists Clarence E. Bartlett, age 49, born in Wisconsin, in the real estate and insurance business, his wife Ethel M. Bartlett, age 49, born in South Dakota [actually, Dakota Territory], and their daughters Mae S. Bartlett, age 27, a public shool teacher, and Marion [sic, Marian] E. Bartlett, age 12. Their sister Margaret Bartlett is found in the 1930 Census in Proctor (suburb of Duluth), Minnesota, where she was teaching school.
Household Members in 1930 Census
Name Age Relationship
Clarence E Bartlett 49 Head
Ethel M Bartlett 49 Wife
Mae S Bartlett 27 Daughter
Marion E Bartlett 12 Daughter.4 Marian Eleanor Bartlett was graduation-college on 24 May 1935 in Madison High School, Madison, Lake County, South Dakota. She was graduated on 5 June 1939 in University of South Dakota, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota,where she was a member of Alpha Phi sorority. She was
A teacher like her sisters, Marian taught at Pierpont, Lennox and Flandreau, South Dakota. on June 5, 1942, in Vermillion at the home of her great aunt Myrtle Shepard Lee.
The 16 December 2008 issue of the Madison [Lake County, South Dakota] Daily Leader carried the following obituary:
Marion Eleanor Bartlett Parsons died on Dec. 12, 2008, at her home in Anaheim, Calif.
Burial will be Thursday morning at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, Calif.
The Hilgenfeld Mortuary, 120 E. Broadway, Anaheim, Calif., is in charge of arrangements.
Marian Bartlett was born on June 1, 1917, in Tracy, Minn., to Clarence Emory and Ethel Shephard Bartlett. The family moved to Madison when she was four. She attended school in Madison. Following high school, she attended Eastern Normal School and graduated with a degree in teaching from the University of South Dakota in Vermillion. She taught business and drama. She married Rodney Thomas Parsons in 1941 and they went to Fort Benning and Fort Bragg, Ga., where he was an Army officer. In 1943, he joined the fighting forces in Europe as a part of the 101st Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles" and served until 1945, when he returned to South Dakota. They moved to Anaheim, Calif., in 1948. She taught high school business classes for 15 years. Her husband died in 1981.
She was very active on many boards and in many organizations.
Survivors include two sons Jim (Yvonne) of Santa Barbara, Calif., and Ken (Chella) Parsons of Temecula; three grandchildren; and a nephew.
MARIAN PARSONS OBITUARY
Parsons, Marian Eleanor Bartlett, a significant figure in many of Anaheim's community based philanthropic organizations, died peacefully at her home on Janss Way on December 12. She was 91 years young. Born on June 1, 1917, in Tracy, Minnesota, the daughter of Clarence Emory [sic, Emery] and Ethel Shephard [sic, Shepard] Bartlett. The family moved to Madison, South Dakota, when she was just 4 years old. Marian grew up with her sisters, Margaret Bartlett and Mae Bartlett Van Buren during the depression that shaped her and her family and friends lives and became a part of what Tom Brokaw, another South Dakotan, called "The Greatest Generation".
She was preceded in death by her husband of 40 years, Rodney Thomas Parsons of Redfield, South Dakota. Both Marian and her husband Rod were graduates of the University of South Dakota in Vermillion. During World War II, Rod was a Major in the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles." Because of his war injuries, the doctors suggested they move to a better climate and in 1948 they moved to Anaheim.
For fifteen years in the late 60's and 70's, Marian was a teacher at Marywood Catholic High School where she taught business classes. After her husband Rod's death in 1981, Marian immersed herself in the Anaheim charities and clubs that became so meaningful to her in her later years and which brought her lifelong friends whom she cherished to the day she died. She was on the boards of the Assistance League of Anaheim. Anaheim Memorial Hospital Guardian Angels, Ebell Club of Anaheim, Orange County Performing Arts Center Arturo Toscanini Chapter, the Pacific Symphony Harp Guild and the PEO Anaheim Chapter BP, among others. She served as President of the Assistance League of Anaheim from 1986-1987 and President of the Anaheim Memorial Hospital Guardian Angels from 1996-1999.
Marian was also a direct descendant of Josiah Bartlett, a signer of the Declaration of Independence [sic] and as such was a member of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Marian took great comfort in her faith and she and her sons attended the First Presbyterian Church of Anaheim, where she served as a Deacon and was in later years a member of the Elizabeth Circle.
Marian Parsons is survived by her beloved sons, Jim and Ken and their families, Ken Parsons of Temecula, who is with the U.S. Department of Agriculture; his wife, Chella and their two sons, Patrick, a senior at Sonoma State University, and Kyle, a senior at Temecula High School, and James Parsons of Santa Barbara, a business consultant; his wife, Yvonne and daughter, Chloe, a recent graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara, and her nephew, Paul B. Van Buren of Los Altos.
Viewing will be held at Hilgenfeld Mortuary at 120 E. Broadway, Anaheim, from 4-6 p.m. on Wednesday, December 17. Graveside service will be held at Riverside National Cemetery at 10;45 a.m. on Thursday, December 18. Hilgenfeld Mortuary
Published in Orange County Register on Dec. 17, 2008.
| Last Edited | 20 January 2026 |
Citations
- [S1210] Minnesota , Birth Index, 1900-1934, online www.ancestery.com, Minnesota, Birth Index, 1900-1934
Name: Marian Elinor [sic] Bartlett
Birth Date: 1 Jun 1917
Birth Place: Lyon, Minnesota, USA
Father's Surname: Bartlett
Mother's Maiden Name: Shepard
Certificate Number: 1917-16852
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Web: Minnesota, Birth Index, 1900-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
Original data: Minnesota Birth Certificates Index. Minnesota Historical Society. http://people.mnhs.org/bci/: accessed 18 Nov 2014. Hereinafter cited as Minnesota, Birth Index, 1900-1934. - [S803] South Dakota Marriages, 1905-2013, online www.ancestry.com, South Dakota, Marriages, 1905-2013
Name: Marian Bartlett
Gender: Female
Age: 25
Birth Year: abt 1917
Residence Post Office: Madison
Residence Place: Lake
Marriage Date: 5 Jun 1942
Marriage Place: Clay, South Dakota, USA
Certificate: 222581
Registration Number: 4008
Spouse: Rodney Parsons
Source Information: Ancestry.com. South Dakota, Marriages, 1905-2013 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data: South Dakota Department of Health. South Dakota Marriage Index, 1905-1914, 1950-2013 and South Dakota Marriage Certificates, 1905-1949. Pierre, SD, USA: South Dakota Department of Health. Hereinafter cited as South Dakota Marriages, 1905- 2013. - [S149] 1920 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Clarence E Bartlett
Age: 38
Birth Year: abt 1882
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Home in 1920: Dell Rapids, Minnehaha, South Dakota
Street: Fremont
Residence Date: 1920
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Ethel M Bartlett
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: Wisconsin
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Agent
Industry: Real Estate
Employment Field: Own Account
Home Owned or Rented: Rented
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members in 1920 Census
Name Age Relationship
Clarence E Bartlett 38 Head
Ethel M Bartlett 38 Wife
Mae B Bartlett 16 Daughter
Margaret E Bartlett 14 Daughter
Marian E Bartlett 2 Daughter. - [S702] 1930 U.S. Census, online www.ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Clarence E Bartlett
Birth Year: abt 1881
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age in 1930: 49
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1930: Madison, Lake, South Dakota, USA
Street Address: 3th Av
Ward of City: Second
Block: 3F 43-32
House Number: 422
Dwelling Number: 158
Family Number: 188
Home Owned or Rented: Owned
Home Value: 3000
Radio Set: Yes
Lives on Farm: No
Age at First Marriage: 20
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: Wisconsin
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Solicitor
Industry: Real Estate and Insurance Co
Class of Worker: Working on own account
Employment: Yes
Household Members
Name Age Relationship
Clarence E Bartlett 49 Head
Ethel M Bartlett 49 Wife
Mae S Bartlett 27 Daughter
Marion E Bartlett 12 Daughter. Hereinafter cited as 1930 U.S. Census.
Rodney Thomas Parsons1
M, #185, b. 17 September 1918, d. 12 February 1981
Parents
| Father | Roy Arvin Parsons (b. 17 November 1891, d. 26 March 1962) |
| Mother | Doris Killen (b. 3 October 1892, d. 28 July 1959) |
| Pedigree Link |
Family: Marian Eleanor Bartlett (b. 1 June 1917, d. 12 December 2008)
| Son | James Bartlett Parsons+ |
| Son | Kenneth Rodney Parsons+ |
Biography
Rodney was born on 17 September 1918 in Redfield, Spink County, South Dakota.2,1 He married Marian Eleanor Bartlett, daughter of Clarence Emery Bartlett and Ethel Margie Shepard, on 5 June 1942 in home of Myrtle Shepard Lee, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, The Saturday, 6 June 1942, Madison (Lake County, South Dakota) Daily Leader carried the following story (page 3, column 4):
BARTLETT-PARSONS WEDDING AT VERMILLION YESTERDAY
The spacious home of Mrs. Andrew E. Lee at Vermillion [SD] formed a beautiful setting for the marriage at noon yesterday [5 June 1942] of Miss Marian Eleanor Bartlett, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Bartlett of [Madison], to Lt. Rodney Thomas Parsons, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Parsons of Redfield [SD].
Rev. B.A. Davis, pastor of the Methodist church in Vermillion, read the service of the church in the presence of members of the two families and a few outside friends from Vermillion. Mrs. P.R. Burkland played soft music both before and during the ceremony.
Members of the bridal party came down the stairs in front of the fireplace which was banked with white peonies and lighted with white tapers. The bride was lovely in a street costume of light beige silk with a soft wool jacket and navy blue accessories. Her corsage was made of sweetheart roses and lilies of the valley. Her attendant was her sister, Miss Margaret Bartlett, who wore a black ensemble with white accents and also had a corsage of roses and sweet peas.
The groom wore his dress uniform of a lieutenant in the infantry parachute corps. He was attended by Claude Ebert of Huron, a fraternity [Delta Tau Delta] brother. Little Vera Jane Church was the ring bearer. The bride was given in marriage by her father.
For her daughter's wedding, Mrs. Bartlett wore a navy blue ensemble with white accessories and a corsage of roses. Mrs. Parsons, the groom's mother, wore a light print silk and also had a corsage of roses. Mrs. Lee, aunt of the bride, wore a costume of dull blue silk and a picture hat and she, too, had a corsage of rosebuds.
The Lee home on the bluff overlooking the [Missouri] river at Vermillion where the bride had lived during part of her college life, was massed with flowers for the wedding.
Following the ceremony, a wedding dinner was served at the Nelson tea room. The table was decorated with spring flowers and centered with a big wedding cake topped with a miniature bride and groom. This the bride cut for the guests, using the groom's sword as a knife.
Immediately afterward, the couple left for Columbus, Georgia, where they will make their home. They traveled by car. For traveling, the bride wore a smart blue and white seersucker suit with blue accessories.
Besides members of the two families, guests included Mrs. Marshall McCusick [wife of the Dean of the University of South Dakota law school], Mrs. Joseph Church, and Mrs. R.P. Burkland.
The bride graduated from Madison high school and Eastern Normal [now Dakota State University], completing her college work at the University of South Dakota where she was a member of Alpha Phi sorority and house president. She was active in Prentice Players and Playcrafters and majored in English and dramatics. She has taught in the high schools at Pierpont, Lennox and Flandreau since graduating from the university and last year taught commercial work and journalism in the Flandreau high school.
Lt. Parsons was graduated from Redfield high school and the University of South Dakota. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity, president of Dakotans and the interfraternity council and a football letterman while in college. He was a member of the R.O.T.C. at the University and took advanced military training at Ft. Snelling and Ft. Benning, Georgia, as a first lieutenant of parachute infantry troops and is doing instructing there.3
Rodney died on 12 February 1981, in Anaheim, Orange County, California, at age 62.2,1 He was buried on 17 February 1981 in Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside County, California, in Section 2 Site 1734
. U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
Name: Rodney Thomas Parsons
Service Info.: MAJOR, US ARMY, WORLD WAR II
Birth Date: 1 Jan 1918
Death Date: 1 Jan 1981 [sic, actually 12 Feb 1981]
Service Start Date: 5 Jul 1940
Interment Date: 17 Feb 1981
Cemetery: Riverside National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 22495 Van Buren Boulevard Riverside, CA 92518
Buried At: Section 2 Site 1734.4,5
BARTLETT-PARSONS WEDDING AT VERMILLION YESTERDAY
The spacious home of Mrs. Andrew E. Lee at Vermillion [SD] formed a beautiful setting for the marriage at noon yesterday [5 June 1942] of Miss Marian Eleanor Bartlett, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Bartlett of [Madison], to Lt. Rodney Thomas Parsons, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Parsons of Redfield [SD].
Rev. B.A. Davis, pastor of the Methodist church in Vermillion, read the service of the church in the presence of members of the two families and a few outside friends from Vermillion. Mrs. P.R. Burkland played soft music both before and during the ceremony.
Members of the bridal party came down the stairs in front of the fireplace which was banked with white peonies and lighted with white tapers. The bride was lovely in a street costume of light beige silk with a soft wool jacket and navy blue accessories. Her corsage was made of sweetheart roses and lilies of the valley. Her attendant was her sister, Miss Margaret Bartlett, who wore a black ensemble with white accents and also had a corsage of roses and sweet peas.
The groom wore his dress uniform of a lieutenant in the infantry parachute corps. He was attended by Claude Ebert of Huron, a fraternity [Delta Tau Delta] brother. Little Vera Jane Church was the ring bearer. The bride was given in marriage by her father.
For her daughter's wedding, Mrs. Bartlett wore a navy blue ensemble with white accessories and a corsage of roses. Mrs. Parsons, the groom's mother, wore a light print silk and also had a corsage of roses. Mrs. Lee, aunt of the bride, wore a costume of dull blue silk and a picture hat and she, too, had a corsage of rosebuds.
The Lee home on the bluff overlooking the [Missouri] river at Vermillion where the bride had lived during part of her college life, was massed with flowers for the wedding.
Following the ceremony, a wedding dinner was served at the Nelson tea room. The table was decorated with spring flowers and centered with a big wedding cake topped with a miniature bride and groom. This the bride cut for the guests, using the groom's sword as a knife.
Immediately afterward, the couple left for Columbus, Georgia, where they will make their home. They traveled by car. For traveling, the bride wore a smart blue and white seersucker suit with blue accessories.
Besides members of the two families, guests included Mrs. Marshall McCusick [wife of the Dean of the University of South Dakota law school], Mrs. Joseph Church, and Mrs. R.P. Burkland.
The bride graduated from Madison high school and Eastern Normal [now Dakota State University], completing her college work at the University of South Dakota where she was a member of Alpha Phi sorority and house president. She was active in Prentice Players and Playcrafters and majored in English and dramatics. She has taught in the high schools at Pierpont, Lennox and Flandreau since graduating from the university and last year taught commercial work and journalism in the Flandreau high school.
Lt. Parsons was graduated from Redfield high school and the University of South Dakota. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity, president of Dakotans and the interfraternity council and a football letterman while in college. He was a member of the R.O.T.C. at the University and took advanced military training at Ft. Snelling and Ft. Benning, Georgia, as a first lieutenant of parachute infantry troops and is doing instructing there.3
Rodney died on 12 February 1981, in Anaheim, Orange County, California, at age 62.2,1 He was buried on 17 February 1981 in Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside County, California, in Section 2 Site 1734
. U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
Name: Rodney Thomas Parsons
Service Info.: MAJOR, US ARMY, WORLD WAR II
Birth Date: 1 Jan 1918
Death Date: 1 Jan 1981 [sic, actually 12 Feb 1981]
Service Start Date: 5 Jul 1940
Interment Date: 17 Feb 1981
Cemetery: Riverside National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 22495 Van Buren Boulevard Riverside, CA 92518
Buried At: Section 2 Site 1734.4,5
Rodney Thomas Parsons appeared on the census of 1920 in the household of Roy Arvin Parsons and Doris Parsons in Redfield, Spink County, South Dakota, which lists Roy A. Parsons 28, born in South Dakota, father born in Sweden, mother born in Wisconsin; his wife Doris, 29, born in Minnesota, father born in Ireland, mother born in Wisconsin; and their son Rodney T., 1, born in South Dakota.6 Rodney Thomas Parsons appeared on the census of 1930 in the household of Roy Arvin Parsons and Doris Parsons in Redfield, Spink County, South Dakota, which lists Roy Parsons,38, born in South Dakota; father born in Sweden, mother born in Wisconsin; his wife Doris, 39, born in Minnesota, father born in Germany, mother born in Minnesota; and their son Rodney, 11, born in South Dakota. At the time of their marriage, Roy was 23 and Doris was 24 (in about 1915).7 Rodney Thomas Parsons was graduated circa 1936 in Redfield High School, Redfield, Spink County, South Dakota. He was graduated circa 1940 in University of South Dakota, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota.
He was in World War II. Rod, a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne Screaming Eagles, saw heavy action in World War II, including jumping behind enemy lines at D-Day. He eventually attained the rank of Major. Unfortunately, he was badly wounded by shrapnel during the Battle of the Bulge. After a lengthy recuperation, Rod returned to Madison. However, doctors advised him that because of his war wounds his health would no longer tolerate the South Dakota winters, so he and Marian moved to Anaheim, California, in the late 1940s.8 His Social Security Number was 710-14-8735, issued before 1951 in South Dakota.2,1
He was in World War II. Rod, a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne Screaming Eagles, saw heavy action in World War II, including jumping behind enemy lines at D-Day. He eventually attained the rank of Major. Unfortunately, he was badly wounded by shrapnel during the Battle of the Bulge. After a lengthy recuperation, Rod returned to Madison. However, doctors advised him that because of his war wounds his health would no longer tolerate the South Dakota winters, so he and Marian moved to Anaheim, California, in the late 1940s.8 His Social Security Number was 710-14-8735, issued before 1951 in South Dakota.2,1
| Last Edited | 20 March 2022 |
Citations
- [S366] California Death Index, 1940-97, online www.ancestry.com.
- [S189] Social Security Death Index.
- [S803] South Dakota Marriages, 1905-2013, online www.ancestry.com, South Dakota, Marriages, 1905-2013
Name: Marian Bartlett
Gender: Female
Age: 25
Birth Year: abt 1917
Residence Post Office: Madison
Residence Place: Lake
Marriage Date: 5 Jun 1942
Marriage Place: Clay, South Dakota, USA
Certificate: 222581
Registration Number: 4008
Spouse: Rodney Parsons
Source Information: Ancestry.com. South Dakota, Marriages, 1905-2013 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data: South Dakota Department of Health. South Dakota Marriage Index, 1905-1914, 1950-2013 and South Dakota Marriage Certificates, 1905-1949. Pierre, SD, USA: South Dakota Department of Health. Hereinafter cited as South Dakota Marriages, 1905- 2013. - [S451] Cemetery Gravestone viewed by Paul B. Van Buren.
- [S835] U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca. 1775-2006, online www.ancestry.com, Rodney Thomas Parsons. Hereinafter cited as U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca. 1775-2006.
- [S149] 1920 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, Roy A. Parsons [mis-indexed as Ray Parrons] household, Redfield, Spink County, South Dakota.
- [S702] 1930 U.S. Census, online www.ancestry.com, Roy Parsons household, Redfield, Spink County, South Dakota. Hereinafter cited as 1930 U.S. Census.
- [S835] U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca. 1775-2006, online www.ancestry.com.
Adam Emile Van Buren
M, #188, b. 1 November 1851, d. 28 May 1904
Parents
| Father | Philip von Buren (b. 19 April 1819, d. 27 August 1891) |
| Mother | Kathrina Scherrer (b. 21 November 1824, d. 2 July 1865) |
| Pedigree Link |
Family: Ane Marie Poulsen (b. 28 April 1866, d. 5 July 1943)
| Son | Philip Martin Van Buren+ (b. 4 July 1896, d. 6 December 1982) |
| Son | Ervin Paul Van Buren+ (b. 23 September 1897, d. 10 July 1968) |
| Daughter | Ana Katherine Van Buren I (b. 20 October 1899, d. 1 June 1902) |
| Daughter | Sada Margrethe Van Buren+ (b. 10 December 1901, d. 29 January 1933) |
| Daughter | Anna Katherine Van Buren II (b. 27 December 1903, d. 2 June 1905) |
Biography
Adam Emile Van Buren was born on 1 November 1851 in Seewen, Canton Solothurn, Switzerland. Note: His birth year is sometimes given incorrectly as 1852.1,2
Adam Emile Van Buren married Maggie Patten on 11 June 1891 in Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota. They had no children.3,4
Adam Emile Van Buren married Ane Marie Poulsen, daughter of Poul Sorensen and Inger Marie Christendatter, on 21 August 1895 in Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota, Their marriage license gives Adam E. Van Buren's age as 42 (suggesting that he may have believed that he was born in 1852, rather than 1851) and Anna M. Paulson's age as 29. They were married by a Folsom Dow, Justice of the Peace. Adam had met Ane Paulson who was living next door and working "like a man". Adam was helping her learn English at night. One night he told her that she was working too hard and that if she married him she would have her own home and not have to work like a man. She accepted his offer.1,5
Adam Emile Van Buren died on 28 May 1904 in Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota, at age 52.1
Adam Emile Van Buren was buried on 30 May 1904 in Riverside Cemetery (S. Center St.), Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota. There is a tall badly weathered concrete grave marker with the name A.E. Van Buren and the following five flat gravestones:
Mother - Anna Van Buren 1866 - 1943
Sada Van Buren Rosholt 1901 - 1933
Baby Anna Van Buren Dec. 27, 1903 - June 2, 1905
Father - A.E. Van Buren 1904
Anna K. Van Buren Oct. 20, 1899 - June 1, 1902.6,7,8
Adam Emile Van Buren married Maggie Patten on 11 June 1891 in Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota. They had no children.3,4
Adam Emile Van Buren married Ane Marie Poulsen, daughter of Poul Sorensen and Inger Marie Christendatter, on 21 August 1895 in Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota, Their marriage license gives Adam E. Van Buren's age as 42 (suggesting that he may have believed that he was born in 1852, rather than 1851) and Anna M. Paulson's age as 29. They were married by a Folsom Dow, Justice of the Peace. Adam had met Ane Paulson who was living next door and working "like a man". Adam was helping her learn English at night. One night he told her that she was working too hard and that if she married him she would have her own home and not have to work like a man. She accepted his offer.1,5
Adam Emile Van Buren died on 28 May 1904 in Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota, at age 52.1
Adam Emile Van Buren was buried on 30 May 1904 in Riverside Cemetery (S. Center St.), Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota. There is a tall badly weathered concrete grave marker with the name A.E. Van Buren and the following five flat gravestones:
Mother - Anna Van Buren 1866 - 1943
Sada Van Buren Rosholt 1901 - 1933
Baby Anna Van Buren Dec. 27, 1903 - June 2, 1905
Father - A.E. Van Buren 1904
Anna K. Van Buren Oct. 20, 1899 - June 1, 1902.6,7,8
Adam Emile Van Buren was christened on 4 November 1851 in Seewen, Canton Solothurn, Switzerland.2 His baptism name was Emilian Von Buren II.2
Emilian Von Buren II and Adolf Von Buren emigrated on 20 November 1871 from Switzerland to the United States Family tradition: When the Von Buren sons' mother Kathrina Scherrer died in Switzerland, their father[Philip von Buren] married again to her older sister Elisabeth who was a widow. The second wife did not want the boys around, so they were placed in a "home" or school for boys. There were four sons. Two of them, Emil and Theo decided to come to the USA and did so in 1871 as very young boys. There is a picture taken of them, either in Switzerland before they left, or just as they arrived in the USA. According to Germans to America - Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports, Volume 26, October 1871 - April 1872 (page 140), Adolf von Boren [sic], age 25, and Emil von Boren [sic], age 20, both listed as "mechanics", sailed on the ship Palmyra from Liverpool and arrived in Boston on 20 November 1871 (LDS Film No. 419,976). Both are listed as being from an "unknown" village in Germany.
Boston Passenger Lists, 1820-1943
Name: Adolf Von Boren
Arrival Date: 20 Nov 1871
Age: 25 Years
Estimated birth year: abt 1846
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Ship Name: Palmyra
Port of Arrival: Boston, Massachusetts
Microfilm Roll Number:M277_82
Name: Emil Von Boren
Arrival Date: 20 Nov 1871
Age: 20 Years
Estimated birth year: abt 1851
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Ship Name: Palmyra
Port of Arrival: Boston, Massachusetts
Microfilm Roll Number: M277_82
That entry is confirmed by the Palmyra's Passenger List obtained from the National Archives, which also adds that the brothers traveled across the Atlantic Ocean in steerage.
When the "von Buren" brothers arrived in America in 1871, they apparently sometimes changed their last names to "Van Buren" (perhaps because Martin Van Buren had left the U.S. Presidency only 30 years earlier in 1841, and therefore the name Van Buren may have sounded more "American"). Emilian also changed his first name to "Adam Emile". He also named his first born son Phillip (after his father) Martin (after the President?) Van Buren.9,10,11
NOTE: I have not yet found him in the 1880 census. Nor apparently was he naturalized in what is now North Dakota. Need to continue checking the 1880 census.
So where was Adam Emile Van Buren between 1871 and 1886 when he and his brother Theordore (who had emigrated from Switzerland in 1884) are found in Dulurh, Minnesota?
I have a vague recollection that my father once told me that his father had homesteaded in the Lemmon, South Dakota, area, but sold out just before a lottery selected his farm as the townsite. But based on when the town of Lemmon was founded, this does not appear to be correct. And the land records do not go back that far.
According to family tradition, Adam Emile Van Buren and his brother Theodore Van Buren apparently lived together for a time in Wahpeton, North Dakota, but their paint store evidently did not produce enough income to support them both, so sometime before 1895 Theodore moved to California with his wife Anna who he had married in Minneapolis in 1890.
Adam Emile Van Buren lived in 1886 in Minnesota Home, 205 5th Avenue South, Duluth, Saint Louis County, Minnesota.12 He and Theodore (Theo) Van Buren II were a painter employed by Henry Haskins, located at the southeast corner of First Street and First Avenue in Duluth, Minnesota between 1886 and 1887 in Duluth, Saint Louis County, Minnesota.13,14 Adam Emile Van Buren lived in 1888 in Germania House, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas.15
His wife, Maggie, died on 5 September 1891 of consumption in Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota, at age 30, leaving him a widower. Jill Van Buren: I remember Josie [Van Buren] telling me that they were only married a few months when he took her to the doctor thinking she was pregnant. The doctor told him that she had "Galloping Consumption" (Tuberculous), to take her home and be good to her because he would not have her long. She died only months after they were married..16
From a 3 December 1891 edition of the Wahepton [ND] Times: A.E. Van Buren, painter, having purchased Piefer's quarters, is doing a rushing business. Does handsome signs. By a deed dated 24 July 1893, Adam E. Van Buren purchased real property in Wahpeton from M.T. Rich (after whom Richland County is named) for $400. By a deed dated 18 May 1894, Adam E. Van Buren purchased real property in Wahpeton from W.G. Crocker for $575. By a deed dated 28 June 1894, A. E. Van Buren purchased real property in Wahpeton from M.T. Rich (after whom Richland County is named) for $75. He and Ane Marie Poulsen lived in 1897 in 215 South Second Street, Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota.17 By a deed dated 27 June 1899, Adam E. and Anna Van Buren sold real property in Wahpeton to Anna's brother-in-law Niels P. Simonsen.
Adam Emile Van Buren and Ane Marie Van Buren appeared on the census of 1900 in Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota, which lists Adam E. Van Buren, age 48 (born November 1852 [sic; actually 1851] in Switzerland), wife Ane M., age 34 (born April 1866 in Denmark), son Philip M. age 3 (born July 1896 in North Dakota), son Ervin P., age 2 (born September 1897 in North Dakota) and daughter Anna C., age 7 months (born October 1899 in North Dakota). Adam Van Buren is listed as being born in Switzerland, his father as being born in Holland and his mother as being born in France. However, we now know that both of his parents were actually born in Switzerland. According to the 1900 census, Adam immigrated to the United States from Switzerland in 1870 [actually, 1871], and Ane immigrated from Denmark in 1893. Adam's occupation is given as a [house] painter.
Household Members in 1900 US Census:
Adam Van Buren 47
Ane M Van Buren 34
Phillip M Van Buren 3
Erving [sic, Ervin] P Van Buren 2
Anna C Van Buren 7/12.18
The Thursday, 2 June 1904, issue of the Wahpeton [Richland County, North Dakota] Globe carried the following obituary on page 5, column 3:
Adam Van Buren, one of the old settlers of Wahpeton, died Saturday evening [28 May 1904] after a short illness. Mr. Van Buren was about sixty years of age [sic, actually 52] and leaves a widow and several [sic, actually 4] young children. The funeral was held Monday [30 May 1904].
The Friday, 3 June 1904 edition of the Wahpeton Times carried a very similar obituary:
Adam Van Buren, one of the oldest residents of this city, died suddenly at his home on Second Street, Saturday evening [28 May 1904]. Funeral Services were held over the remains, Monday [30 May 1904]. Deceased leaves a widow [Anna Paulson Van Buren] and three [actually four] little children to mourn his untimely death.8
Expenses from a Wahpeton, ND, newspaper:
Dr. Kaufmann, inq'st Adam VanBuren $31.40
Annie VanBuren, wit. ditto $ 1.10
Peter Simonson, wit. ditto $ 1.10
Mrs. L. Dorn , wit. ditto $ 1.10
J. Paulson, wit. dirro $ 1.1o.
Emilian Von Buren II and Adolf Von Buren emigrated on 20 November 1871 from Switzerland to the United States Family tradition: When the Von Buren sons' mother Kathrina Scherrer died in Switzerland, their father[Philip von Buren] married again to her older sister Elisabeth who was a widow. The second wife did not want the boys around, so they were placed in a "home" or school for boys. There were four sons. Two of them, Emil and Theo decided to come to the USA and did so in 1871 as very young boys. There is a picture taken of them, either in Switzerland before they left, or just as they arrived in the USA. According to Germans to America - Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports, Volume 26, October 1871 - April 1872 (page 140), Adolf von Boren [sic], age 25, and Emil von Boren [sic], age 20, both listed as "mechanics", sailed on the ship Palmyra from Liverpool and arrived in Boston on 20 November 1871 (LDS Film No. 419,976). Both are listed as being from an "unknown" village in Germany.
Boston Passenger Lists, 1820-1943
Name: Adolf Von Boren
Arrival Date: 20 Nov 1871
Age: 25 Years
Estimated birth year: abt 1846
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Ship Name: Palmyra
Port of Arrival: Boston, Massachusetts
Microfilm Roll Number:M277_82
Name: Emil Von Boren
Arrival Date: 20 Nov 1871
Age: 20 Years
Estimated birth year: abt 1851
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Ship Name: Palmyra
Port of Arrival: Boston, Massachusetts
Microfilm Roll Number: M277_82
That entry is confirmed by the Palmyra's Passenger List obtained from the National Archives, which also adds that the brothers traveled across the Atlantic Ocean in steerage.
When the "von Buren" brothers arrived in America in 1871, they apparently sometimes changed their last names to "Van Buren" (perhaps because Martin Van Buren had left the U.S. Presidency only 30 years earlier in 1841, and therefore the name Van Buren may have sounded more "American"). Emilian also changed his first name to "Adam Emile". He also named his first born son Phillip (after his father) Martin (after the President?) Van Buren.9,10,11
NOTE: I have not yet found him in the 1880 census. Nor apparently was he naturalized in what is now North Dakota. Need to continue checking the 1880 census.
So where was Adam Emile Van Buren between 1871 and 1886 when he and his brother Theordore (who had emigrated from Switzerland in 1884) are found in Dulurh, Minnesota?
I have a vague recollection that my father once told me that his father had homesteaded in the Lemmon, South Dakota, area, but sold out just before a lottery selected his farm as the townsite. But based on when the town of Lemmon was founded, this does not appear to be correct. And the land records do not go back that far.
According to family tradition, Adam Emile Van Buren and his brother Theodore Van Buren apparently lived together for a time in Wahpeton, North Dakota, but their paint store evidently did not produce enough income to support them both, so sometime before 1895 Theodore moved to California with his wife Anna who he had married in Minneapolis in 1890.
Adam Emile Van Buren lived in 1886 in Minnesota Home, 205 5th Avenue South, Duluth, Saint Louis County, Minnesota.12 He and Theodore (Theo) Van Buren II were a painter employed by Henry Haskins, located at the southeast corner of First Street and First Avenue in Duluth, Minnesota between 1886 and 1887 in Duluth, Saint Louis County, Minnesota.13,14 Adam Emile Van Buren lived in 1888 in Germania House, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas.15
His wife, Maggie, died on 5 September 1891 of consumption in Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota, at age 30, leaving him a widower. Jill Van Buren: I remember Josie [Van Buren] telling me that they were only married a few months when he took her to the doctor thinking she was pregnant. The doctor told him that she had "Galloping Consumption" (Tuberculous), to take her home and be good to her because he would not have her long. She died only months after they were married..16
From a 3 December 1891 edition of the Wahepton [ND] Times: A.E. Van Buren, painter, having purchased Piefer's quarters, is doing a rushing business. Does handsome signs. By a deed dated 24 July 1893, Adam E. Van Buren purchased real property in Wahpeton from M.T. Rich (after whom Richland County is named) for $400. By a deed dated 18 May 1894, Adam E. Van Buren purchased real property in Wahpeton from W.G. Crocker for $575. By a deed dated 28 June 1894, A. E. Van Buren purchased real property in Wahpeton from M.T. Rich (after whom Richland County is named) for $75. He and Ane Marie Poulsen lived in 1897 in 215 South Second Street, Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota.17 By a deed dated 27 June 1899, Adam E. and Anna Van Buren sold real property in Wahpeton to Anna's brother-in-law Niels P. Simonsen.
Adam Emile Van Buren and Ane Marie Van Buren appeared on the census of 1900 in Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota, which lists Adam E. Van Buren, age 48 (born November 1852 [sic; actually 1851] in Switzerland), wife Ane M., age 34 (born April 1866 in Denmark), son Philip M. age 3 (born July 1896 in North Dakota), son Ervin P., age 2 (born September 1897 in North Dakota) and daughter Anna C., age 7 months (born October 1899 in North Dakota). Adam Van Buren is listed as being born in Switzerland, his father as being born in Holland and his mother as being born in France. However, we now know that both of his parents were actually born in Switzerland. According to the 1900 census, Adam immigrated to the United States from Switzerland in 1870 [actually, 1871], and Ane immigrated from Denmark in 1893. Adam's occupation is given as a [house] painter.
Household Members in 1900 US Census:
Adam Van Buren 47
Ane M Van Buren 34
Phillip M Van Buren 3
Erving [sic, Ervin] P Van Buren 2
Anna C Van Buren 7/12.18
The Thursday, 2 June 1904, issue of the Wahpeton [Richland County, North Dakota] Globe carried the following obituary on page 5, column 3:
Adam Van Buren, one of the old settlers of Wahpeton, died Saturday evening [28 May 1904] after a short illness. Mr. Van Buren was about sixty years of age [sic, actually 52] and leaves a widow and several [sic, actually 4] young children. The funeral was held Monday [30 May 1904].
The Friday, 3 June 1904 edition of the Wahpeton Times carried a very similar obituary:
Adam Van Buren, one of the oldest residents of this city, died suddenly at his home on Second Street, Saturday evening [28 May 1904]. Funeral Services were held over the remains, Monday [30 May 1904]. Deceased leaves a widow [Anna Paulson Van Buren] and three [actually four] little children to mourn his untimely death.8
Expenses from a Wahpeton, ND, newspaper:
Dr. Kaufmann, inq'st Adam VanBuren $31.40
Annie VanBuren, wit. ditto $ 1.10
Peter Simonson, wit. ditto $ 1.10
Mrs. L. Dorn , wit. ditto $ 1.10
J. Paulson, wit. dirro $ 1.1o.
| Last Edited | 25 November 2025 |
Citations
- [S167] Adam E. & Anna (Paulson) Van Buren Family Bible, Bibelen [The Bible in Danish] (Copenhagen, Denmark: 1891); Paul B. Van Buren, Los Altos, California. Hereinafter cited as Van Buren Family Bible.
- [S1584] Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996 (Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996), online www.FamilySearch.org, Christening • Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996
Name: Emilian Vonbüren
Event Type: Baptism
Event Date: 4 Nov 1851
Event Place: Helvetia
Birth Date: 1 Nov 1851
Father's Name: Philip Vonbüren
Mother's Name: Kathrina Scherrer
Cite This Record: "Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6F8X-B1DM : 11 May 2022), Philip Vonbüren in entry for Emilian Vonbüren, 1851. Hereinafter cited as Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996. - [S1307] North Dakota, Marriage Records, 1877-1929, online www.ancestry.com, North Dakota, Marriage Records, 1877-1929
Name: Adam Van Buren
Age: 37
Birth Year: abt 1854
Marriage Date: 11 Jun 1891
Marriage Place: Wahpeton, Richland, North Dakota, USA
Spouse: Maggie Patten
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Name: Maggie Patten
Age: 30
Birth Year: abt 1861
Marriage Date: 11 Jun 1891
Marriage Place: Wahpeton, Richland, North Dakota, USA
Spouse: Adam Van Buren
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Source Citation: County: Richland
Source Information: Ancestry.com. North Dakota, Marriage Records, 1877-1929 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
Original data: State Historical Society of North Dakota and State Archives. Bismarck, North Dakota. Hereinafter cited as North Dakota, Marriage Records, 1877-1929. - [S1414] North Dakota, Select County Marriage Records, 1872-2017, online www.ancestry.com, Name: Maggie Patten
Gender: Female
Marriage Age: 30
Birth Year: abt 1861
Marriage Date: 11 Jun 1891
Marriage Place: Wahpeton, Richland, North Dakota, USA
Filing Place: North Dakota, USA
Spouse: Adam Van Buren. Hereinafter cited as North Dakota, Select County Marriage Records, 1872-2017. - [S1307] North Dakota, Marriage Records, 1877-1929, online www.ancestry.com, North Dakota, Marriage Records, 1877-1929
Name: Adam E Van Buren
Age: 42
Birth Year: abt 1853
Marriage Date: 21 Aug 1895
Marriage Place: Wahpeton, Richland, North Dakota, USA
Spouse: Anna A [sic] Paulson
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Name: Miss Anna A [sic] Paulson
Age: 29
Birth Year: abt 1866
Marriage Date: 21 Aug 1895
Marriage Place: Wahpeton, Richland, North Dakota, USA
Spouse: Adam E Van Buren
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Source Citation: County: Richland
Source Information: Ancestry.com. North Dakota, Marriage Records, 1877-1929 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
Original data: State Historical Society of North Dakota and State Archives. Bismarck, North Dakota. - [S451] Cemetery Gravestone viewed by Paul B. Van Buren.
- [S627] Fargo Genealogical Society, compiler, Richland County, North Dakota, Cemeteries (Fargo, North Dakota: Fargo Genealogical Society, 1975), page 103. Hereinafter cited as Richland County, ND, Cemeteries.
- [S1060] Adam Van Buren Obituary, Wahpeton Globe, Wahpeton, North Dakota, 2 June 1904, page 5, column 1. Hereinafter cited as Adam Van Buren Obituary.
- [S764] Boston Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1943, online www.ancestry.com, Boston Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1943
Name: Emil Von Boren [sic]
Arrival Date: 20 Nov 1871
Age: 20
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1851
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Ship Name: Palmyra
Port of Arrival: Boston, Massachusetts
. Hereinafter cited as Boston Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1943. - [S1083] Ira A. Glazier and P. William Filby Germans to America - Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports, Volume 37, December 1880 - April 1881 (unknown publisher address: unknown publisher), page 140. Hereinafter cited as Germans to America - Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports.
- [S1309] Massachusetts, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1963, online www.ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1963
Name: Adolf Von Boren
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Birth Date: abt 1846
Departure Place: Liverpool, England
Arrival Date: 20 Nov 1871
Arrival Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Ship: Palmyra
Source Citation: The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, 1820-1891; Record Group Title: Records of the U.S. Customs Service; Record Group Number: 36; Series Number: M277; NARA Roll Number: 082
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1963 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006.
Original data: Boston, Massachusetts. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, 1891-1943. Micropublication T843. RG085. 454 rolls. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Boston, Massachusetts. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, 1820-1891. Micropublication M277. RG036. 115 rolls. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1963. - [S1152] Duluth, Minnesota, City Directory, 1886-1887 (Published on the Internet by Ancestry.com: R.L. Polk & Co., page 360), Van Buren, Adam, painter, Henry Haskins, boards, Minnesota Home. Hereinafter cited as Duluth, Minnesota, City Directory, 1886-1887.
- [S1152] Duluth, Minnesota, City Directory, 1886-1887.
- [S1154] Duluth, Minnesota, City Directory, 1887-1888 (Published on the Internet by Ancestry.com: Duluth Evening Herald). Hereinafter cited as Duluth, Minnesota, City Directory, 1887-1888.
- [S1155] Wichita, Kansas, City Directory, 1888 (unknown publisher address: Published on the Internet by Ancestry.com, page 446), Van Buren, Adam E., painter, boards, Germania House. Hereinafter cited as Wichita, Kansas, City Directory, 1888.
- [S647] Date from gravestone. Hereinafter cited as Date from gravestone..
- [S580] Ervin Paul Van Buren, State of North Dakota, Certificate of Birth No. 97-022176 (8 February 1933 [Delayed Registration]), Hereinafter cited as Birth Certificate - Ervin Paul Van Buren.
- [S703] 1900 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Adam Van Buren
Age: 47
Birth Date: Nov 1852 [sic, 1851]
Birthplace: Switzerland
Home in 1900: Wahpeton, Richland, North Dakota
Race: White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1870 [sic, 1871]
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Ane M Van Buren
Marriage Year: 1896 [sic, 1895]
Years married: 4
Father's Birthplace: Holland [sic, Switzerland]
Mother's Birthplace: France [sic, Switzerland]
Occupation: Painter & decorator
Household Members:
Adam Van Buren 47
Ane M Van Buren 34
Phillip M Van Buren 3
Erving [sic, Ervin] P Van Buren 2
Anna C Van Buren 7/12.
Ane Marie Poulsen
F, #189, b. 28 April 1866, d. 5 July 1943
Parents
| Father | Poul Sorensen (b. 13 October 1833, d. 1 September 1906) |
| Mother | Inger Marie Christendatter (b. 23 March 1837, d. 5 July 1906) |
| Pedigree Link |
Family: Adam Emile Van Buren (b. 1 November 1851, d. 28 May 1904)
| Son | Philip Martin Van Buren+ (b. 4 July 1896, d. 6 December 1982) |
| Son | Ervin Paul Van Buren+ (b. 23 September 1897, d. 10 July 1968) |
| Daughter | Ana Katherine Van Buren I (b. 20 October 1899, d. 1 June 1902) |
| Daughter | Sada Margrethe Van Buren+ (b. 10 December 1901, d. 29 January 1933) |
| Daughter | Anna Katherine Van Buren II (b. 27 December 1903, d. 2 June 1905) |
Biography
Ane was born on 28 April 1866 in Hov, Sennels (Parish), Hillerslev (District), Thisted (County), Denmark.1,2,3,4 She married Adam Emile Van Buren on 21 August 1895 in Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota.1,5
Ane Marie Van Buren married Anton O. Hanson, son of Ole A. Hanson and Bertha Abrehamson, on 11 August 1926 in Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota.
Ane Marie Poulsen died from cancer on 5 July 1943 in Saint Francis Hospital, Breckenridge, Wilkin County, Minnesota, at age 77.6,7
Ane Marie Poulsen was buried on 8 July 1943 in Riverside Cemetery (S. Center St.), Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota. She is buried beside her husband Adam Emile Van Buren who died in 1904, her two daughters both named Anna who died in 1902 and 1905, and her daughter Sada who died in 1933.8,9
Ane Marie Van Buren married Anton O. Hanson, son of Ole A. Hanson and Bertha Abrehamson, on 11 August 1926 in Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota.
Ane Marie Poulsen died from cancer on 5 July 1943 in Saint Francis Hospital, Breckenridge, Wilkin County, Minnesota, at age 77.6,7
Ane Marie Poulsen was buried on 8 July 1943 in Riverside Cemetery (S. Center St.), Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota. She is buried beside her husband Adam Emile Van Buren who died in 1904, her two daughters both named Anna who died in 1902 and 1905, and her daughter Sada who died in 1933.8,9
Ane Marie Poulsen was also known as Anna Paulson in the United States. She was christened on 10 May 1866 in Sennels (Parish), Hillerslev (District), Thisted (County), Denmark.10,4 She appeared on the census of 1 February 1870 in the household of Poul Sorensen and Inger Marie Christendatter in Hov, Sennels (Parish), Hillerslev (District), Thisted (County), Denmark,
Household in 1870 DK Census:
# Name Gender Birth Marital status
22. Sorensen, Poul M 1833 Married
23. Christensen, Inger Marie F 1837 Married
24. Poulsen, Maren F 1859 Single
25. Poulsen, Soren Christian M 1850 Single
1. Poulsen, Christen M 1862 Single
2. Poulsen, Ane Marie F 1866 Single
3. Poulsen, Sidsel Marie F 1868 Single.11,12
Ane Marie Poulsen appeared on the census of 1 February 1880 in the household of Poul Sorensen and Inger Marie Christendatter in Sennels (Parish), Hillerslev (District), Thisted (County), Denmark,
Household in 1880 DK Census
# Name (Corrected) Gender Birth Relation
1. Sørensen, Poul M 1834 Head
2. Kristensen, Inger Marie F 1838 Housewife
3. Poulsen, Ane Marie F 1867 Child
4. Poulsen, Sidsel Marie F 1869 Child
5. Poulsen, Anton M 1872 Child
6. Poulsen, Otto M 1873 Child
7. Poulsen, Dorthea Marie F 1874 Child
8. Poulsen, Nikoline F 1877 Child
9. Poulsen, Elvine Kirstine F 1878 Child
10. Poulsen, Duseninus M 1880 Child
There is a notation for the children: Deres børn nyde fattig i understøttelse = Their children enjoy poor support.13,14 Ane Marie Poulsen was confirmed on 4 April 1880 in Sennels (Parish), Hillerslev (District), Thisted (County), Denmark.15
Ane Marie Poulsen emigrated in 1893 from Denmark to the United States. We have the following Data from DDD Emigration Database about her emigration from Denmark. Apparently she had reservations on two earlier ships (Amerika and Island) before finally sailing on the Thingvalla. According to the Danish Passenger Lists (Film No. 898614), she first booked passage on 5 July and 1 August 1893, but cancelled both reservations. She finally sailed on the Thingvalla, leaving Copenhagen on 12 September 1893, and arriving at Ellis Island, New York City, on 29 September 1893 [FHL Film No. 1,027,720]. The Thingvalla was built by Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1874 for the Danish flag Thingvalla line for Copenhagen to New York service. It was 2,524 gross tons, 301 feet long, 37 feet wide, with a compound engine, single screw. It had a service speed of 10 knots and carried 1,000 passengers (50 first class, 50 second class and 900 third class (steerage)). The Thingvalla was transferred to Scandinavian American Line in 1898 for further Copenhagen to New York service. In 1900, it was sold to Norwegian owners. The Thingvalla was stranded and later scrapped in 1903. [www.ellisislandrecords.org]
Name: Povlsen, Ane Marie
Occupation: Jomfru [Maid]
Age: 27
Destination: Wahpeton, N. Dak.
Contract no.: 270000
Registration date: 7/15/1893
Birth place: ?
Last res. parish: Thisted
Last res. county: Thisted
Last residence: Thisted
Destination country: USA
Destination city: Wahpeton
Destination state: North Dakota
Name of ship: Amerika
Remarks: ANM: Annulleret [Cancelled].
ID code: D9396P0208
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Name: Povlsen, Ane Marie
Occupation: Mejerske [Dairymaid]
Age: 27
Destination: Wahpeton, N. Dak.
Contract no.: 282000
Registration date: 8/1/1893
Birth place: ?
Last res. parish: Thisted
Last res. county: Thisted
Last residence: Thisted
Destination country: USA
Destination city: Wahpeton
Destination state: North Dakota
Name of ship: Island
Remarks: ANM: Annulleret [Cancelled].
ID code: D9396P0216
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Name: Povlsen, Ane Marie
Occupation: Jomfru [Maid]
Age: 27
Destination: Wahpeton, N. Dak.
Contract no.: 330000
Registration date: 9/12/1893
Birth place: ?
Last res. parish: Thisted
Last res. county: Thisted
Last residence: Thisted
Destination country: USA
Destination city: Wahpeton
Destination state: North Dakota
Name of ship: Thingvalla
ID code: D9396P0510
On the Customs List of Passengers for the voyage [National Achieves Microfilm Publications], she is listed as Ane Marie Poulsen, age 27, occupation dressmaker, traveling in steerage with one piece of baggage, destination Wahpeton, North Dakota, and "intending protracted sojourn" there. She apparently arrived in Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota, presumably by train, on 4 October 1893.
She lived with her brother Soren "Chris" Paulson who had come to Wahpeton from Denmark in about 1880 and who was a blacksmith. She had to get water from the well of neighbor, Adam Emile Van Buren, who had immigrated from Switzerland and who was a widower. One day, he apparently said to her that she should be working for herself, rather than for her brother, and asked her to marry him.16
She and Adam Emile Van Buren lived in 1897 in 215 South Second Street, Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota.17 We have a photo, probably taken in late 1897 or early 1898, showing Adam and Anna Van Buren and their first two children, Phillip Martin Van Buren (born 4 July 1896) and Ervin Paul Van Buren (born 23 September 1897). On the back of the photo Anna Paulson Van Buren wrote (in Danish):
Dear little sister Tine [Katrine Poulsen Salmonsen], in Worcester, Massachusetts],
Here you can see my little family. Phillip has fine curly hair, but he had been sweating so much that day, and I was so stupid that I brushed the hair in the living room. I should have left him alone. It would have looked better, and his little jacket doesn't look straight down in front. But we are always so busy looking our best in a portrait, when we have the time. But the most important is that we are happy and in good health.
Your sister with her whole family, goodbye dear.
The initial years in Wahpeton were very eventful for Anna:
4 October 1893: She arrived in Wahpeton from Denmark.
21 August 1895: She married Adam Emile Van Buren.
4 July 1896: Son Phillip Martin Van Buren was born.
23 September 1897: Son Ervin Paul Van Buren was born.
20 October 1899: Daughter Ana I was born.
10 December 1901: Daughter Sada was born.
Then tragedy began to strike the Van Buren family:
1 June 1902: Daughter Ana I died.
27 December 1903: Daughter Ana II was born.
28 May 1904: Husband Adam Emile Van Buren died.
2 June 1905: Daughter Ana II died.
5 July 1906: Mother Inger Marie Sorensen died in Denmark.
1 September 1906: Father Poul Sorensen died in Denmark..
Ane Marie Van Buren and Adam Emile Van Buren appeared on the census of 1900 in Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota, which lists Adam E. Van Buren, age 48 (born November 1852 [sic; actually 1851] in Switzerland), wife Ane M., age 34 (born April 1866 in Denmark), son Philip M. age 3 (born July 1896 in North Dakota), son Ervin P., age 2 (born September 1897 in North Dakota) and daughter Anna C., age 7 months (born October 1899 in North Dakota). Adam Van Buren is listed as being born in Switzerland, his father as being born in Holland and his mother as being born in France. However, we now know that both of his parents were actually born in Switzerland. According to the 1900 census, Adam immigrated to the United States from Switzerland in 1870 [actually, 1871], and Ane immigrated from Denmark in 1893. Adam's occupation is given as a [house] painter.
Household Members in 1900 US Census:
Adam Van Buren 47
Ane M Van Buren 34
Phillip M Van Buren 3
Erving [sic, Ervin] P Van Buren 2
Anna C Van Buren 7/12.18
Her husband, Adam, died on 28 May 1904 in Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota, at age 52, leaving her a widow.1 She was a witness at Alfred Christian Larsen and Else Marie Thomsen's wedding 28 October 1905 in home of Anna Paulson Van Buren, Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota.19
Ane Marie Van Buren appeared on the census of 1910 in 215 South Second Street, Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota, which lists Anna Van Buren, 43, born in Denmark, a widow; her children (all born in North Dakota, their father born in Switzerland and their mother in Denmark) Phillip, 13, Edwin [sic, actually Ervin], 12, and Sada, 8; her brother Anton Paulson, 41, born in Denmark; her nephew Thomas Thompson [sic, actually Thomsen], 28, born in Denmark; and three boarders, Frank Sanborn, 18, John Olson 35, and Chastine Olson, 46. They lived at 215 South Second Street.
Household Members in 1910 US Census:
(Name) Age Relationship
Anna Van Buren 43 Head
Phillip M Van Buren 13 Son
Edwin [Ervin] Van Buren 12 Son
Sada Van Buren 8 Daughter
Anton Paulson 41 Brother
Thomas Thompson 28 Nephew
Frank Sanborn 18 Boarder
John Olson 35 Border
Christine Olson 46 Boarder.20 She was the landlady of a rooming house in 1910.21 She lived in 1912 in 215 South Second Street, Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota.22
Ane Marie Van Buren appeared on the census of 1915 in Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota, Also living in the household were her widowed brother Dusenius Paulson, his young daughter Henrieta [Pearl] and four lodgers.
Household Members in 1915 ND State Census:
Anna Vanburen
Phillip Vanburen
Edwin [Ervin] Vanburen
Sadie [Sada] Vanburen
Dasimus [Dusenius] Paulson
Henrietta Paulson.23
Ane Marie Poulsen moved from Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota, to Minneapolis where her son Ervin had enrolled at the University of Minnesota circa 1915. She lived in 1916 in 3813 Chicago Ave, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, Her son Ervin served as a Marine in WWI from 4 May 1917 to 26 February 1919.24 She lived in 1918 in 1900 3rd Ave South, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.25 She lived in 1919 in 1820 Clinton Ave, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.26
Ane Marie Van Buren appeared on the census of 1920 in 1820 Clinton Ave, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, which lists Anna M. Van Buren, 53, and her children, Ervin P. Van Buren, 22, and Sada M. Van Buren, 18. Ervin was attending the University of Minnesota Law School.
Household Members in 1920 US Census:
(Name) Age Relationship
Anna M Van Buren 53 Head
Ewin P Van Buren 22 Son
Sada M Van Buren 18 Daughter.27 She lived in 1920 in 1820 Clinton Ave, Apt. 1, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.28 She lived in 1921 in 1820 Clinton Ave, Apt. 1, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.29
Ane Marie Poulsen moved from Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, to Wahpeton, ND, after her son Ervin graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1923. She lived between 1926 and 1943 in 504 South First Street, Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota.
Ane Marie Hanson and Anton O. Hanson appeared on the census of 1930 in 504 South First Street, Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota, Their first names are incorrectly listed as "Anthon" and "Anne" in the 1930 census. Anton married first at age 21 (which would have been in about 1877), and Anna married first at age 29 (in 1895 to Adam E. Van Buren). Anton came to the USA in 1872, and Ane in 1893. His occupation is listed as retired.
Household Members in 1930 US Census:
(Name) Age Relationship
Anthon Hanson 73 Head
Anna Hanson 63 Wife.30
Her husband, Anton, died on 27 March 1933 in Saint Francis Hospital, Breckenridge, Wilkin County, Minnesota, at age 76, leaving her a widow.31,32,33,8
She lived in 1935 in 504 South First Street, Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota.
Ane Marie Poulsen appeared on the census of 1940 in 504 First St. So., Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota,
Household Members in 1940 US Census:
(Name) Age Relationship
Anna Hanson 73 Head.34
The Tuesday, 6 July 1943, edition of the Richland County Farmer-Globe (Wahpeton, North Dakota) carried the following obituary on page 1, column 3:
Mrs. A.O. Hanson Dies On Monday
Mrs. A.O. Hanson [Anna Paulson Van Buren Hanson], pioneer Wahpeton woman, died at St. Francis hospital [in Breckenridge, Minnesota] Monday morning [5 July 1943]. She had been in the hospital for the past six months. Funeral services have been tentatively set for 2 p.m. Thursday afternoon [8 July 1943] from Bethel Lutheran church. Mrs. Hanson's son, Ervin Van Buren, Dell Rapids, S.Dak., had been there with his mother, leaving just before her death. Another son, Phillip Van Buren, Fergus Falls, was here. A step-daughter, Mrs. W. [Walter] L. Divet was with Mrs. Hanson when she passed away. A niece, Miss Belinda Paulson, Minneapolis, is expected here for the funeral.
Household in 1870 DK Census:
# Name Gender Birth Marital status
22. Sorensen, Poul M 1833 Married
23. Christensen, Inger Marie F 1837 Married
24. Poulsen, Maren F 1859 Single
25. Poulsen, Soren Christian M 1850 Single
1. Poulsen, Christen M 1862 Single
2. Poulsen, Ane Marie F 1866 Single
3. Poulsen, Sidsel Marie F 1868 Single.11,12
Ane Marie Poulsen appeared on the census of 1 February 1880 in the household of Poul Sorensen and Inger Marie Christendatter in Sennels (Parish), Hillerslev (District), Thisted (County), Denmark,
Household in 1880 DK Census
# Name (Corrected) Gender Birth Relation
1. Sørensen, Poul M 1834 Head
2. Kristensen, Inger Marie F 1838 Housewife
3. Poulsen, Ane Marie F 1867 Child
4. Poulsen, Sidsel Marie F 1869 Child
5. Poulsen, Anton M 1872 Child
6. Poulsen, Otto M 1873 Child
7. Poulsen, Dorthea Marie F 1874 Child
8. Poulsen, Nikoline F 1877 Child
9. Poulsen, Elvine Kirstine F 1878 Child
10. Poulsen, Duseninus M 1880 Child
There is a notation for the children: Deres børn nyde fattig i understøttelse = Their children enjoy poor support.13,14 Ane Marie Poulsen was confirmed on 4 April 1880 in Sennels (Parish), Hillerslev (District), Thisted (County), Denmark.15
Ane Marie Poulsen emigrated in 1893 from Denmark to the United States. We have the following Data from DDD Emigration Database about her emigration from Denmark. Apparently she had reservations on two earlier ships (Amerika and Island) before finally sailing on the Thingvalla. According to the Danish Passenger Lists (Film No. 898614), she first booked passage on 5 July and 1 August 1893, but cancelled both reservations. She finally sailed on the Thingvalla, leaving Copenhagen on 12 September 1893, and arriving at Ellis Island, New York City, on 29 September 1893 [FHL Film No. 1,027,720]. The Thingvalla was built by Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1874 for the Danish flag Thingvalla line for Copenhagen to New York service. It was 2,524 gross tons, 301 feet long, 37 feet wide, with a compound engine, single screw. It had a service speed of 10 knots and carried 1,000 passengers (50 first class, 50 second class and 900 third class (steerage)). The Thingvalla was transferred to Scandinavian American Line in 1898 for further Copenhagen to New York service. In 1900, it was sold to Norwegian owners. The Thingvalla was stranded and later scrapped in 1903. [www.ellisislandrecords.org]
Name: Povlsen, Ane Marie
Occupation: Jomfru [Maid]
Age: 27
Destination: Wahpeton, N. Dak.
Contract no.: 270000
Registration date: 7/15/1893
Birth place: ?
Last res. parish: Thisted
Last res. county: Thisted
Last residence: Thisted
Destination country: USA
Destination city: Wahpeton
Destination state: North Dakota
Name of ship: Amerika
Remarks: ANM: Annulleret [Cancelled].
ID code: D9396P0208
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Name: Povlsen, Ane Marie
Occupation: Mejerske [Dairymaid]
Age: 27
Destination: Wahpeton, N. Dak.
Contract no.: 282000
Registration date: 8/1/1893
Birth place: ?
Last res. parish: Thisted
Last res. county: Thisted
Last residence: Thisted
Destination country: USA
Destination city: Wahpeton
Destination state: North Dakota
Name of ship: Island
Remarks: ANM: Annulleret [Cancelled].
ID code: D9396P0216
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Name: Povlsen, Ane Marie
Occupation: Jomfru [Maid]
Age: 27
Destination: Wahpeton, N. Dak.
Contract no.: 330000
Registration date: 9/12/1893
Birth place: ?
Last res. parish: Thisted
Last res. county: Thisted
Last residence: Thisted
Destination country: USA
Destination city: Wahpeton
Destination state: North Dakota
Name of ship: Thingvalla
ID code: D9396P0510
On the Customs List of Passengers for the voyage [National Achieves Microfilm Publications], she is listed as Ane Marie Poulsen, age 27, occupation dressmaker, traveling in steerage with one piece of baggage, destination Wahpeton, North Dakota, and "intending protracted sojourn" there. She apparently arrived in Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota, presumably by train, on 4 October 1893.
She lived with her brother Soren "Chris" Paulson who had come to Wahpeton from Denmark in about 1880 and who was a blacksmith. She had to get water from the well of neighbor, Adam Emile Van Buren, who had immigrated from Switzerland and who was a widower. One day, he apparently said to her that she should be working for herself, rather than for her brother, and asked her to marry him.16
She and Adam Emile Van Buren lived in 1897 in 215 South Second Street, Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota.17 We have a photo, probably taken in late 1897 or early 1898, showing Adam and Anna Van Buren and their first two children, Phillip Martin Van Buren (born 4 July 1896) and Ervin Paul Van Buren (born 23 September 1897). On the back of the photo Anna Paulson Van Buren wrote (in Danish):
Dear little sister Tine [Katrine Poulsen Salmonsen], in Worcester, Massachusetts],
Here you can see my little family. Phillip has fine curly hair, but he had been sweating so much that day, and I was so stupid that I brushed the hair in the living room. I should have left him alone. It would have looked better, and his little jacket doesn't look straight down in front. But we are always so busy looking our best in a portrait, when we have the time. But the most important is that we are happy and in good health.
Your sister with her whole family, goodbye dear.
The initial years in Wahpeton were very eventful for Anna:
4 October 1893: She arrived in Wahpeton from Denmark.
21 August 1895: She married Adam Emile Van Buren.
4 July 1896: Son Phillip Martin Van Buren was born.
23 September 1897: Son Ervin Paul Van Buren was born.
20 October 1899: Daughter Ana I was born.
10 December 1901: Daughter Sada was born.
Then tragedy began to strike the Van Buren family:
1 June 1902: Daughter Ana I died.
27 December 1903: Daughter Ana II was born.
28 May 1904: Husband Adam Emile Van Buren died.
2 June 1905: Daughter Ana II died.
5 July 1906: Mother Inger Marie Sorensen died in Denmark.
1 September 1906: Father Poul Sorensen died in Denmark..
Ane Marie Van Buren and Adam Emile Van Buren appeared on the census of 1900 in Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota, which lists Adam E. Van Buren, age 48 (born November 1852 [sic; actually 1851] in Switzerland), wife Ane M., age 34 (born April 1866 in Denmark), son Philip M. age 3 (born July 1896 in North Dakota), son Ervin P., age 2 (born September 1897 in North Dakota) and daughter Anna C., age 7 months (born October 1899 in North Dakota). Adam Van Buren is listed as being born in Switzerland, his father as being born in Holland and his mother as being born in France. However, we now know that both of his parents were actually born in Switzerland. According to the 1900 census, Adam immigrated to the United States from Switzerland in 1870 [actually, 1871], and Ane immigrated from Denmark in 1893. Adam's occupation is given as a [house] painter.
Household Members in 1900 US Census:
Adam Van Buren 47
Ane M Van Buren 34
Phillip M Van Buren 3
Erving [sic, Ervin] P Van Buren 2
Anna C Van Buren 7/12.18
Her husband, Adam, died on 28 May 1904 in Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota, at age 52, leaving her a widow.1 She was a witness at Alfred Christian Larsen and Else Marie Thomsen's wedding 28 October 1905 in home of Anna Paulson Van Buren, Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota.19
Ane Marie Van Buren appeared on the census of 1910 in 215 South Second Street, Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota, which lists Anna Van Buren, 43, born in Denmark, a widow; her children (all born in North Dakota, their father born in Switzerland and their mother in Denmark) Phillip, 13, Edwin [sic, actually Ervin], 12, and Sada, 8; her brother Anton Paulson, 41, born in Denmark; her nephew Thomas Thompson [sic, actually Thomsen], 28, born in Denmark; and three boarders, Frank Sanborn, 18, John Olson 35, and Chastine Olson, 46. They lived at 215 South Second Street.
Household Members in 1910 US Census:
(Name) Age Relationship
Anna Van Buren 43 Head
Phillip M Van Buren 13 Son
Edwin [Ervin] Van Buren 12 Son
Sada Van Buren 8 Daughter
Anton Paulson 41 Brother
Thomas Thompson 28 Nephew
Frank Sanborn 18 Boarder
John Olson 35 Border
Christine Olson 46 Boarder.20 She was the landlady of a rooming house in 1910.21 She lived in 1912 in 215 South Second Street, Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota.22
Ane Marie Van Buren appeared on the census of 1915 in Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota, Also living in the household were her widowed brother Dusenius Paulson, his young daughter Henrieta [Pearl] and four lodgers.
Household Members in 1915 ND State Census:
Anna Vanburen
Phillip Vanburen
Edwin [Ervin] Vanburen
Sadie [Sada] Vanburen
Dasimus [Dusenius] Paulson
Henrietta Paulson.23
Ane Marie Poulsen moved from Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota, to Minneapolis where her son Ervin had enrolled at the University of Minnesota circa 1915. She lived in 1916 in 3813 Chicago Ave, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, Her son Ervin served as a Marine in WWI from 4 May 1917 to 26 February 1919.24 She lived in 1918 in 1900 3rd Ave South, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.25 She lived in 1919 in 1820 Clinton Ave, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.26
Ane Marie Van Buren appeared on the census of 1920 in 1820 Clinton Ave, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, which lists Anna M. Van Buren, 53, and her children, Ervin P. Van Buren, 22, and Sada M. Van Buren, 18. Ervin was attending the University of Minnesota Law School.
Household Members in 1920 US Census:
(Name) Age Relationship
Anna M Van Buren 53 Head
Ewin P Van Buren 22 Son
Sada M Van Buren 18 Daughter.27 She lived in 1920 in 1820 Clinton Ave, Apt. 1, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.28 She lived in 1921 in 1820 Clinton Ave, Apt. 1, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.29
Ane Marie Poulsen moved from Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, to Wahpeton, ND, after her son Ervin graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1923. She lived between 1926 and 1943 in 504 South First Street, Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota.
Ane Marie Hanson and Anton O. Hanson appeared on the census of 1930 in 504 South First Street, Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota, Their first names are incorrectly listed as "Anthon" and "Anne" in the 1930 census. Anton married first at age 21 (which would have been in about 1877), and Anna married first at age 29 (in 1895 to Adam E. Van Buren). Anton came to the USA in 1872, and Ane in 1893. His occupation is listed as retired.
Household Members in 1930 US Census:
(Name) Age Relationship
Anthon Hanson 73 Head
Anna Hanson 63 Wife.30
Her husband, Anton, died on 27 March 1933 in Saint Francis Hospital, Breckenridge, Wilkin County, Minnesota, at age 76, leaving her a widow.31,32,33,8
She lived in 1935 in 504 South First Street, Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota.
Ane Marie Poulsen appeared on the census of 1940 in 504 First St. So., Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota,
Household Members in 1940 US Census:
(Name) Age Relationship
Anna Hanson 73 Head.34
The Tuesday, 6 July 1943, edition of the Richland County Farmer-Globe (Wahpeton, North Dakota) carried the following obituary on page 1, column 3:
Mrs. A.O. Hanson Dies On Monday
Mrs. A.O. Hanson [Anna Paulson Van Buren Hanson], pioneer Wahpeton woman, died at St. Francis hospital [in Breckenridge, Minnesota] Monday morning [5 July 1943]. She had been in the hospital for the past six months. Funeral services have been tentatively set for 2 p.m. Thursday afternoon [8 July 1943] from Bethel Lutheran church. Mrs. Hanson's son, Ervin Van Buren, Dell Rapids, S.Dak., had been there with his mother, leaving just before her death. Another son, Phillip Van Buren, Fergus Falls, was here. A step-daughter, Mrs. W. [Walter] L. Divet was with Mrs. Hanson when she passed away. A niece, Miss Belinda Paulson, Minneapolis, is expected here for the funeral.
| Last Edited | 3 November 2024 |
Citations
- [S167] Adam E. & Anna (Paulson) Van Buren Family Bible, Bibelen [The Bible in Danish] (Copenhagen, Denmark: 1891); Paul B. Van Buren, Los Altos, California. Hereinafter cited as Van Buren Family Bible.
- [S1411] Denmark Church Records, 1576-1919 - My Heritage, online myheritage.com, Denmark Church Records, 1576-1919
Name: Ane Marie Poulsen
Record type: Birth/Baptism
Gender: Female
Birth/Baptism: Apr 28 1866
Sennels, Thisted, Denmark
Father: Poul Sørensen Pugdahl
Mother: Inger Marie Christensen
Book
Country Denmark Volume Date:: 1857-1877 Record type: Birth/Baptism
County Thisted Book 5
Parish Sennels Page 49. Hereinafter cited as Denmark Church Records, 1576-1919 - My Heritage. - [S1433] Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941 - FamilySearch, online www.familysearch.org, Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941
Name: Ane Marie Poulsen
Event Type: Christening, 10 May 1866
Event Place: Sennels, Thisted, Denmark
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 28 Apr 1866
Father's Name: Poul Sørensen Pugdahl
Mother's Name: Inger Marie Christensen
Volume: 5
Volume Note: 1857 - 1877
Page Number Reference: 49. Hereinafter cited as Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941 - FamilySearch. - [S1318] Denmark Baptisms, 1618-1923 - Family Search, online www.familysearch.org, Denmark Baptisms, 1618-1923
Name: Ane Marie
Event Type: Christening
Event Date: 10 May 1866
Event Place: Sennels, Thisted, Denmark
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 28 Apr 1866
Father's Name: Poul Sørensen Pugdahl (Corrected)
Mother's Name: Inger Marie Christensen
Mother's Age: 29. Hereinafter cited as Denmark Baptisms, 1618-1923. - [S1307] North Dakota, Marriage Records, 1877-1929, online www.ancestry.com, North Dakota, Marriage Records, 1877-1929
Name: Adam E Van Buren
Age: 42
Birth Year: abt 1853
Marriage Date: 21 Aug 1895
Marriage Place: Wahpeton, Richland, North Dakota, USA
Spouse: Anna A [sic] Paulson
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Name: Miss Anna A [sic] Paulson
Age: 29
Birth Year: abt 1866
Marriage Date: 21 Aug 1895
Marriage Place: Wahpeton, Richland, North Dakota, USA
Spouse: Adam E Van Buren
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Source Citation: County: Richland
Source Information: Ancestry.com. North Dakota, Marriage Records, 1877-1929 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
Original data: State Historical Society of North Dakota and State Archives. Bismarck, North Dakota. Hereinafter cited as North Dakota, Marriage Records, 1877-1929. - [S168] Minnesota Death Certificates, Minnesota Historical Society, online http://people.mnhs.org/dci/, Cert. ID# 1943-MN-017009 - Anna Marie Hanson. Hereinafter cited as Minnesota Death Certificates.
- [S692] Funeral Bulletin for unknown subject . Hereinafter cited as Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002 Funeral Bulletin, State File Number: 017009.
- [S451] Cemetery Gravestone viewed by Paul B. Van Buren.
- [S627] Fargo Genealogical Society, compiler, Richland County, North Dakota, Cemeteries (Fargo, North Dakota: Fargo Genealogical Society, 1975), page 103. Hereinafter cited as Richland County, ND, Cemeteries.
- [S1433] Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941 - FamilySearch, online www.familysearch.org, Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941
Name: Ane Marie Poulsen
Event Type: Christening, 10 May 1866
Event Place: Sennels, Thisted, Denmark
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 28 Apr 1866
Father's Name: Poul Sørensen Pugdahl
Mother's Name: Inger Mari Christensen
Volume: 5
Volume Note: 1857 - 1877
Page Number Reference: 49. - [S1429] 1870 Denmark Census, online www.myheritage.com, 1870 Denmark Census
Name: Poul Sorensen
Gender: Male
Birth: Circa 1834
Residence: Feb 1 1870
Sennels, Hillerslev, Thisted, Denmark
Age: 36
Marital status: Married
Household:
# Name Gender Birth Marital status
22. Sorensen, Poul M 1833 Married
23. Christensen, Inger Marie F 1837 Married
24. Poulsen, Maren F 1859 Single
25. Poulsen, Soren Christian M 1850 Single
1. Poulsen, Christen M 1862 Single
2. Poulsen, Ane Marie F 1866 Single
3. Poulsen, Sidsel Marie F 1868 Single. Hereinafter cited as 1870 Denmark Census. - [S1437] Danish Family Search, online www.danishfamilysearch.com, Census Year: 1870
Name: Poul Sørensen
Gender Male
Age 36
County Thisted
Hundred Hillerslev
Parish Sennels
Placename Hou
Born date 1834
Born Place Sennels
House Role Husfader
Marital Status Married
Household
Rec. no. Name Sex Age Born Year Marital Status Information
182 Poul Sørensen Male 36 1834 Married Husfader Indsidder. dagleier (Renter, day laborer)
183 Inger Maria Christensen Female 32 1838 Married Hans kone
184 Maren Poulsen Female 10 1860 Single Deres barn
185 Søren Christian Poulsen Male 19 1851 Single Deres barn
186 Christen Poulsen Male 7 1863 Single Deres barn
187 Ane Maria Poulsen Female 3 1867 Single Deres barn
188 Zidsel Maria Poulsen Female 1 1869 Single Deres barn
Source: https://www.danishfamilysearch.com/cid14840658. Hereinafter cited as Danish Family Search. - [S1366] 1880 Denmark Census, online www.myheritage.com, 1880 Denmark Census - Sennels
Name Poul Sørensen
Gender Male
Birth Circa 1834
Residence Feb 1 1880
Sennels, Hillerslev, Thisted, Denmark
Age 46
Marital status Married
Wife Inger Marie Kristensen
Household
# Name (Corrected) Gender Birth Relation
1. Sørensen, Poul M 1834 Head
2. Kristensen, Inger Marie F 1838 Housewife
3. Poulsen, Ane Marie F 1867 Child
4. Poulsen, Sidsel Marie F 1869 Child
5. Poulsen, Anton M 1872 Child
6. Poulsen, Otto M 1873 Child
7. Poulsen, Dorthea Marie F 1874 Child
8. Poulsen, Nikoline F 1877 Child
9. Poulsen, Elvine Kirstine F 1878 Child
10. Poulsen, Duseninus M 1880 Child. Hereinafter cited as 1880 Denmark Census. - [S1437] Danish Family Search, online www.danishfamilysearch.com, Census Year: 1880
Name: Poul Sørensen
Gender Male
Age 46
County Thisted
Hundred Hillerslev
Parish Sennels
Placename Hou By, Sennels S. Hillerslev H. Thisted A.
Born date 1834
Born Place Sennels Sogn
House Role Husfader, Murer og dagleier, nyder Fattigunderstøttelse (mason and day labourer, enjoys Poor Support)
Marital Status Married
Business Murer og dagleier, nyder Fattigunderstøttelse (mason and day labourer, enjoys Poor Support)
Household
Rec. no. Name Sex Age Born Year Marital Status Information
637 Poul Sørensen Male 46 1834 Married Husfader, Murer og dagleier, nyder Fattigunderstøttelse (Mason and day laborer, enjoying Poor Support )
638 Inger Maria Kristensen Female 42 1838 Married hans Kone, nyder Fattigunderstøttelse (enjoys Poor Support)
639 Ane Maria Poulsen Female 13 1867 Single Vores Barn, nyder Fattigunderstøttelse
640 Sidsel Maria Poulsen Female 11 1869 Single Vores Barn, nyder Fattigunderstøttelse
641 Anthon Poulsen Male 8 1872 Single Vores Barn, nyder Fattigunderstøttelse
642 Otto Poulsen Male 7 1873 Single Vores Barn, nyder Fattigunderstøttelse
643 Dorthea Maria Poulsen Female 6 1874 Single Vores Barn, nyder Fattigunderstøttelse
644 Nikoline Poulsen Female 3 1877 Single Vores Barn, nyder Fattigunderstøttelse
645 Elvine Kristine Poulsen Female 2 1878 Single Vores Barn, nyder Fattigunderstøttelse
646 Dusinius Poulsen Male 0 1880 Single Vores Barn, nyder Fattigunderstøttelse
Soure: https://www.danishfamilysearch.com/cid10926861. - [S1433] Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941 - FamilySearch, online www.familysearch.org, Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941
Name: Ane Marie Poulsen
Event Type: Confirmation
Event Date: 4 Apr 1880
Event Place: Sennels, Thisted, Denmark
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 28 Apr 1866
Christening Date: 10 May 1866
Father's Name: Poul Sørensen Pugdal
Mother's Name: Inger Marie Kristensen
Volume: 1
Volume Note: 1878 - 1891
Page Number Reference: 124. - [S1399] New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957, online www.ancestry.com, New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957
Name: Ane Marie Poulsen
Arrival Date: 29 Sep 1893
Birth Date: abt 1866
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Ethnicity/ Nationality: Danish
Port of Departure: Copenhagen
Port of Arrival: New York, New York , USA
Ship Name: Thingvalla. Hereinafter cited as New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957. - [S580] Ervin Paul Van Buren, State of North Dakota, Certificate of Birth No. 97-022176 (8 February 1933 [Delayed Registration]), Hereinafter cited as Birth Certificate - Ervin Paul Van Buren.
- [S703] 1900 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Adam Van Buren
Age: 47
Birth Date: Nov 1852 [sic, 1851]
Birthplace: Switzerland
Home in 1900: Wahpeton, Richland, North Dakota
Race: White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1870 [sic, 1871]
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Ane M Van Buren
Marriage Year: 1896 [sic, 1895]
Years married: 4
Father's Birthplace: Holland [sic, Switzerland]
Mother's Birthplace: France [sic, Switzerland]
Occupation: Painter & decorator
Household Members:
Adam Van Buren 47
Ane M Van Buren 34
Phillip M Van Buren 3
Erving [sic, Ervin] P Van Buren 2
Anna C Van Buren 7/12. - [S1242] Larsen-Thomsen Wedding, Wahpeton Times, Wahpeton, ND, 2 November 1905. Hereinafter cited as Larsen-Thomsen Wedding.
- [S691] Anna Van Buren Household, 1910 U.S. Census, Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota, www.ancestry.com Series T623, Roll 1139, Part 1, page 289A, 1910 United States Federal Census
Name Anna Van Buren
Age in 1910 43
Birth Date 1867
Birthplace Denmark
Home in 1910 Wahpeton Ward 3, Richland, North Dakota, USA
Sheet Number 11a
Street Iowa Avenue
Race White
Gender Female
Immigration Year 1893
Relation to Head of House Head
Marital Status Widowed
Father's Birthplace Denmark
Mother's Birthplace Denmark
Native Tongue English
Attended School Yes
Able to read Yes
Able to Write Yes
Enumeration District Number 0191
Enumerated Year 1910
Household Members in 1910 US Census:
(Name) Age Relationship
Anna Van Buren 43 Head
Phillip M Van Buren 13 Son
Edwin [Ervin] Van Buren 12 Son
Sada Van Buren 8 Daughter
Anton Paulson 41 Brother
Thomas Thompson 28 Nephew
Frank Sanborn 18 Boarder
John Olson 35 Border
Christine Olson 46 Boarder. - [S691] 1910 U.S. Census, Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota, unknown repository address.
- [S734] Ley's Wahpeton [ND] & Breckenridge [MN] City Directory (Saint Cloud, MN: John H. Ley, 1912-13). Hereinafter cited as Wahpeton, ND, City Directory.
- [S1463] 1915 North Dakota State Census, online www.ancestry.com, 1915 North Dakota State Census
Name Anna Van Buren
County Richland
Town/City Wahpeton
State/Territory North Dakota, USA
Census Date 1915
Gender Female
Line 8
Family Number 65
Household Members in 1915 ND State Census:
Anna Vanburen
Phillip Vanburen
Edwin [Ervin] Vanburen
Sadie [Sada] Vanburen
Dasimus [Dusenius] Paulson
Henrietta Paulson. Hereinafter cited as 1915 North Dakota State Census. - [S1070] U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989, online www.ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Name: Anna M Vanburen
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1916
Street Address: 3M3 Chicago av
Residence Place: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Publication Title: Minneapolis, Minnesota, City Directory, 1916
Page 2158: Van Buren, Anna M. (wid Adam E.)
Van Buren, Ervin, bellboy, Vendome Hotel
3813 Chicago av. Hereinafter cited as U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989. - [S1070] U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989, online www.ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Name: Anna M Vanburen
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1918
Residence Place: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Widow of: Adam E Vanburen
Publication Title: Minneapolis, Minnesota, City Directory, 1918
Page 1771: Van Buren, Anna (widow of Adam E.)
Van Buren, Irvin [sic] P.
1900 3d av S. - [S1070] U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989, online www.ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Name: Anna M Vanburen
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1919
Street Address:
1820 Clinton av
Residence Place: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Widow of: Adam E Vanburen
Publication Title: Minneapolis, Minnesota, City Directory, 1919
Page 1827: Van Buren, Anna M. (widow of Adam E.)
Van Buren, Ervin P, student
1820 Clinton av. - [S149] 1920 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census
Name Anna M Van Buren
Age 53
Birth Year abt 1867
Birthplace Denmark
Home in 1920 Minneapolis Ward 5, Hennepin, Minnesota
House Number 1820
Residence Date 1920
Race White
Gender Female
Immigration Year 1893
Relation to Head of House Head
Marital Status Widowed
Father's Birthplace Denmark
Mother's Birthplace Denmark
Native Tongue Danish
Able to Speak English Yes
Occupation None
Home Owned or Rented Rented
Naturalization Status Naturalized
Able to read Yes
Able to Write Yes
Household Members in 1920 US Census:
(Name) Age Relationship
Anna M Van Buren 53 Head
Ewin P Van Buren 22 Son
Sada M Van Buren 18 Daughter. - [S1070] U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989, online www.ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Name: Anna M Vanburen
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1920
Street Address: 1820 Clinton av
Residence Place: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Widow of: Adam E Vanburen
Publication Title: Minneapolis, Minnesota, City Directory, 1920
Page 2026: Van buren, Anna M. (wid. Adam E.)
Van Buren, Ervin P., student
Van Buren, Sada M., teacher
Apt. 1, 1820 Clinton av. - [S1070] U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989, online www.ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Name: Anna M Vanburen
Gender: Female
Residence Year: 1921
Street Address: 1820 Clinton av
Residence Place: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Widow of: Adam E Vanburen
Publication Title: Minneapolis, Minnesota, City Directory, 1921
Page 2026: Van buren, Anna M. (wid. Adam E.)
Van Buren, Ervin P., student
Van Buren, Sada M., teacher
Apt. 1, 1820 Clinton av. - [S702] 1930 U.S. Census, online www.ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census
Name Anthon Hanson
Birth Year abt 1857
Gender Male
Race White
Age in 1930 73
Birthplace Norway
Marital Status Married
Relation to Head of House Head
Home in 1930 Wahpeton, Richland, North Dakota, USA
Street Address First Street
Ward of City 1st
House Number 504
Dwelling Number 325
Family Number 233
Home Owned or Rented Owned
Home Value 3500
Radio Set Yes
Lives on Farm No
Age at First Marriage 21
Attended School No
Able to Read and Write Yes
Father's Birthplace Norway
Mother's Birthplace Norway
Language Spoken Norwegian
Immigration Year 1872
Naturalization Naturalized
Able to Speak English Yes
Occupation Retiree
Household Members in 1930 US Census:
(Name) Age Relationship
Anthon Hanson 73 Head
Anna Hanson 63 Wife. Hereinafter cited as 1930 U.S. Census. - [S552] North Dakota, Richland County, City of Wahpeton - Funeral Home Index, online ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nd/richland/funeral/wh-gh.txt. Hereinafter cited as North Dakota, Richland County, City of Wahpeton - Funeral Home Index.
- [S692] Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002 Funeral Bulletin, Name: Anton O. Hanson
Death Date: 27 Mar 1933
Death County: Wilkin
State File Number: 016318
Certificate Number: 016318
Certificate Year: 1933
Record Number: 640538
State File Number: 016318. - [S715] Anton O. Hanson, State of Minnesota Certificate of Death, No. 16318, (12 April 1933), email address, Los Altos, Santa Clara County, California. Hereinafter cited as Anton O. Hanson Death Certificate.
- [S1051] 1940 U.S. Census (Ancestry), online www.ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census
Name Anna Hanson
Respondent Yes
Age 73
Estimated Birth Year abt 1867
Gender Female
Race White
Birthplace Denmark
Marital Status Widowed
Relation to Head of House Head
Home in 1940 Wahpeton, Richland, North Dakota
Street First Street So
House Number 504
Farm No
Residence in 1935 Wahpeton
Citizenship Having first papers
Sheet Number 10A
Number of Household in Order of Visitation 183
House Owned or Rented Owned
Value of Home 3500
Attended School or College No
Highest Grade Completed Elementary school, 5th grade
Weeks Worked in 1939 0
Income 0
Income Other Sources Yes
Household Members in 1940 US Census:
(Name) Age Relationship
Anna Hanson 73 Head. Hereinafter cited as 1940 U.S. Census (Ancestry.)
Joseph Strang
M, #190
| Pedigree Link |
Family: Elizabeth Murray
| Daughter | Mary Strang+ (b. 1838, d. 3 February 1918) |
Biography
Joseph was born on in Canada.1 He married Elizabeth Murray. Joseph died on.
| Last Edited | 24 June 2006 |
Citations
- [S704] 1910 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, Charles C. Dykins household, West Union, Fayette County, Iowa.
Elizabeth Murray
F, #191
| Pedigree Link |
Family: Joseph Strang
| Daughter | Mary Strang+ (b. 1838, d. 3 February 1918) |
Biography
Elizabeth was born on in Canada.1 She married Joseph Strang.
| Last Edited | 24 June 2006 |
Citations
- [S704] 1910 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, Charles C. Dykins household, West Union, Fayette County, Iowa.
Ella M. Stanton
F, #192, b. 1849, d. 15 August 1902
| Pedigree Link |
Family: Elbert August Ainsworth, M.D., (b. 19 July 1849, d. 31 August 1916)
| Daughter | Fannie [or Fanny] L. Ainsworth+ (b. circa 1879, d. 30 October 1955) |
Biography
Ella was born on 1849.1 She married Elbert August Ainsworth, M.D., on 6 April 1876.1 Ella died on 15 August 1902, at age ~53.1
| Last Edited | 23 November 2016 |
Citations
- [S609] Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books (172 Volumes), Volume 117, page 31. Hereinafter cited as DAR Lineage Books (172 Volumes).
Jennie Bell Lee
F, #195, b. 24 August 1873, d. 9 April 1874
Parents
| Father | Andrew Ericson Lee (b. 18 March 1847, d. 19 March 1934) |
| Mother | Annie M. Chappell (b. 30 April 1851, d. 17 May 1918) |
| Pedigree Link |
Biography
Jennie was born on 24 August 1873 in Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota.1 Jennie died on 9 April 1874, in Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, at age 0.1 She was buried in Bluff View Cemetery, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota.1
| Last Edited | 29 September 2009 |
Citations
- [S451] Cemetery Gravestone viewed by Paul B. Van Buren.
Jessamine Lee
F, #196, b. May 1875
Parents
| Father | Andrew Ericson Lee (b. 18 March 1847, d. 19 March 1934) |
| Mother | Annie M. Chappell (b. 30 April 1851, d. 17 May 1918) |
| Pedigree Link |
Biography
Jessamine Lee was born in May 1875 in Vermillion, Clay County, Dakota Territory, apparently shortly after the death of her younger infant sister Jennie Bell Lee in 1874.1
Jessamine Lee married Marion L. Fox, son of John J. Fox, on 7 June 1900 in Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, when she would have been about 25 years old. The marriage took place during her father Andrew E. Lee's second term as governor of South Dakota [1897-1901] The Thursday, 14 June 1900, issue of the Vermillion (Clay County, South Dakota) Plain Talk contained the following article (on page 5):
WEDDING BELLS
Married: At the Baptist church, Vermillion, South Dakota, June 7, 1900,
Marion L. Fox, of Sioux Falls, to Miss Jessamine Lee, of Vermillion,
Rev. Craig L. Thomas officiating
The marriage of Jessamine, the fair and accomplished daughter of Gov. and Mrs. Lee, to Marion L. Fox of Sioux Falls was one of the most brilliant events in the fashionable history of Vermillion and South Dakota. The popularity of the bride and groom, the high position and the great esteem of the father of the bride, the large acquaintance they all have made during their years of residence in South Dakota, gave the affair more than local importance.
If the brightness of the day is a criterion of wedded life, happy indeed will be Mr. and Mrs. Fox. If the number of loving friends can be proportioned by those who were able to and did attend the ceremony at the Baptist church last Thursday [7 June 1900], pleasant will be their journey, and if the union proves as entirely successful as did the wedding day, great things may be expected.
The Baptist church, newly frescoed and carpeted, was resplendent with flower and verdant leaf, by Mrs. Maynard tastefully arranged in huge banks along the wall and around the altar.
Long before the hour set the church began to fill with the invited guests, and when Mrs. Lathrop at the pipe organ began playing, fully 200 people occupied seats and gazed with rapt attention at the elaborate decorations.
At 1 o'clock, Mrs. Lee, mother of the bride, and Miss Pinkum, a friend from abroad, were shown seats, and a moment afterward the door of an anteroom opened and the wedding party marched up the broad aisle to the music of Mendelsshon's masterpiece. The four ushers, dressed in conventional black, led the way, followed by Miss Kathryn Prentis [presumably the daughter of Gov. Lee's business partner], bridesmaid. Miss Prentis wore a gown of pink silk crepe, made over taffeta, trimmed with cream insertion and liberty silk waist made with yoke of embroidered muslin and fissue of liberty silk with long ends.
Following, on the arm of her father, came the bride, radiantly beautiful in a gown of ivory satin with trimmings of Duchese point; the long bridal veil was fastened to her hair with jessamine flowers and a diamond pin, a gift of the groom.
As the party neared the altar, the minister, accompanied by the groom and best man, Mr. E. N. Staples of Sioux Falls, advanced from another door, meeting the bride and her retinue in from of the flower-laden pulpit.
The music ceased, and the minister, in a voice clear and distinct, recited the beautiful marriage service, pronounced the couple husband and wife, and asked God's blessing upon the union. The organ again took up the merry note, the party re-formed, bride and groom, bride's father and mother, best man and bride's maid, ushers and minister, again marched down the spacious aisle, into the anteroom and the ceremony was over.
At the home of the bride after the ceremony a reception was held for the immediate friends. The time was spent in congratulating the happy couple on the step they had taken and in partaking of viands prepared and served by loving friends. Misses Jolley and Lathrop presided over ice cream and coffee, Mary Lathrop, MIss Newton and May Jolley served in the dinning room, and Miss Brdgman and Laura Lathrop served at the bride's table.
Mr. and Mrs. Fox left on the 4 o'clock train for the wedding trip. Their journey took them to Chicago, along Lake Michigan, up the St. Lawrence river, through New York and other eastern states. They will be gone about three weeks, returning to Vermillion for the summer. In the fall they will reside in Sioux Falls.
Never were young people more happily mated. Mr. Fox, a young man of brilliant [. . . missing line . . ] promising future, a writer of merit and an author of note, with sufficient means and large and fashionable acquaintance, is joined in marriage to Miss Lee, one of South Dakota's fairest daughters, a lady with a fine education, many accomplishments, a natural and well trained literary and musical instinct, supplemented by a good family and strengthened by a wholesome supply of common sense and fellow-feeling making her at once a companion and helpmate. As we look at the sky of their wedding future, not one cloud can we discern to cast even a shadow on their usefulness, happiness or prosperity.
Jessamine Lee and Marion L. Fox were divorced on 20 February 1906 in Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, when she would have been about 31 years old. She filed for divorce alleging non-support. The judge was E. G. Smith. [South Dakota Department of Public Health, Division of Public Statistics].
Jessamine Lee married Marion L. Fox, son of John J. Fox, on 7 June 1900 in Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, when she would have been about 25 years old. The marriage took place during her father Andrew E. Lee's second term as governor of South Dakota [1897-1901] The Thursday, 14 June 1900, issue of the Vermillion (Clay County, South Dakota) Plain Talk contained the following article (on page 5):
WEDDING BELLS
Married: At the Baptist church, Vermillion, South Dakota, June 7, 1900,
Marion L. Fox, of Sioux Falls, to Miss Jessamine Lee, of Vermillion,
Rev. Craig L. Thomas officiating
The marriage of Jessamine, the fair and accomplished daughter of Gov. and Mrs. Lee, to Marion L. Fox of Sioux Falls was one of the most brilliant events in the fashionable history of Vermillion and South Dakota. The popularity of the bride and groom, the high position and the great esteem of the father of the bride, the large acquaintance they all have made during their years of residence in South Dakota, gave the affair more than local importance.
If the brightness of the day is a criterion of wedded life, happy indeed will be Mr. and Mrs. Fox. If the number of loving friends can be proportioned by those who were able to and did attend the ceremony at the Baptist church last Thursday [7 June 1900], pleasant will be their journey, and if the union proves as entirely successful as did the wedding day, great things may be expected.
The Baptist church, newly frescoed and carpeted, was resplendent with flower and verdant leaf, by Mrs. Maynard tastefully arranged in huge banks along the wall and around the altar.
Long before the hour set the church began to fill with the invited guests, and when Mrs. Lathrop at the pipe organ began playing, fully 200 people occupied seats and gazed with rapt attention at the elaborate decorations.
At 1 o'clock, Mrs. Lee, mother of the bride, and Miss Pinkum, a friend from abroad, were shown seats, and a moment afterward the door of an anteroom opened and the wedding party marched up the broad aisle to the music of Mendelsshon's masterpiece. The four ushers, dressed in conventional black, led the way, followed by Miss Kathryn Prentis [presumably the daughter of Gov. Lee's business partner], bridesmaid. Miss Prentis wore a gown of pink silk crepe, made over taffeta, trimmed with cream insertion and liberty silk waist made with yoke of embroidered muslin and fissue of liberty silk with long ends.
Following, on the arm of her father, came the bride, radiantly beautiful in a gown of ivory satin with trimmings of Duchese point; the long bridal veil was fastened to her hair with jessamine flowers and a diamond pin, a gift of the groom.
As the party neared the altar, the minister, accompanied by the groom and best man, Mr. E. N. Staples of Sioux Falls, advanced from another door, meeting the bride and her retinue in from of the flower-laden pulpit.
The music ceased, and the minister, in a voice clear and distinct, recited the beautiful marriage service, pronounced the couple husband and wife, and asked God's blessing upon the union. The organ again took up the merry note, the party re-formed, bride and groom, bride's father and mother, best man and bride's maid, ushers and minister, again marched down the spacious aisle, into the anteroom and the ceremony was over.
At the home of the bride after the ceremony a reception was held for the immediate friends. The time was spent in congratulating the happy couple on the step they had taken and in partaking of viands prepared and served by loving friends. Misses Jolley and Lathrop presided over ice cream and coffee, Mary Lathrop, MIss Newton and May Jolley served in the dinning room, and Miss Brdgman and Laura Lathrop served at the bride's table.
Mr. and Mrs. Fox left on the 4 o'clock train for the wedding trip. Their journey took them to Chicago, along Lake Michigan, up the St. Lawrence river, through New York and other eastern states. They will be gone about three weeks, returning to Vermillion for the summer. In the fall they will reside in Sioux Falls.
Never were young people more happily mated. Mr. Fox, a young man of brilliant [. . . missing line . . ] promising future, a writer of merit and an author of note, with sufficient means and large and fashionable acquaintance, is joined in marriage to Miss Lee, one of South Dakota's fairest daughters, a lady with a fine education, many accomplishments, a natural and well trained literary and musical instinct, supplemented by a good family and strengthened by a wholesome supply of common sense and fellow-feeling making her at once a companion and helpmate. As we look at the sky of their wedding future, not one cloud can we discern to cast even a shadow on their usefulness, happiness or prosperity.
Jessamine Lee and Marion L. Fox were divorced on 20 February 1906 in Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, when she would have been about 31 years old. She filed for divorce alleging non-support. The judge was E. G. Smith. [South Dakota Department of Public Health, Division of Public Statistics].
Jessamine Lee appeared on the census of 1880 in the household of Andrew Ericson Lee and Annie M. Lee in Vermillion, Clay County, Dakota Territory, which lists Andrew E. Lee, 33, born in Norway, both of his parents also born in Norway; his wife Annie M., 28, born in Rhode Island, both of her parents also born in Rhode Island; and their daughter, Jessie [Jessamine], 5, born in Dakota Territory.2
Jessamine Lee was graduated in 1899 in University of Wisconsin, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, with a B.L. degree in English, and where she was apparently a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority [USD Coyote yearbook]. Her father Andrew E. Lee had previously lived for a time in Madison, Wisconsin, where the University is located, so he may still have had family in that area of Wisconsin.
She appeared on the census of 1900 in the household of Andrew Ericson Lee and Annie M. Lee in Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, which lists Andrew E. Lee, 53, born March 1847 in Norway; his wife Anna [sic, actually Annie], 49, born April 1851 in Rhode Island; their daughter Jessamine Lee, 25, born May 1875 in South Dakota [actually, Dakota Territory]; and a servant Rena Gunderson, 20, born July 1879 in Norway. Andrew and Annie had been married for 29 years, and Annie had given birth to two children, one of whom (Jessamine) was living.1
Jessamine Fox and Marion L. Fox appeared on the census of 11 June 1900 in 205 Spring Avenue, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, which lists Marion . Fox, 35, born October 1865 in North Carolina, both parents also born in North Carolina; and his wife Jessamine Fox, 21, born May 1879 [sic, actually 1875] in South Dakota, born parents born in Norway [sic, her mother was born in Rhode Island]. They were roomers in the Richard Woods household.3
She was a member of the DAR; her Ancestor Number is 50130. MRS. JESSAMINE LEE FOX. 50130 Born in Vermilion, S. Dakota. Descendant of Frederick Chappell. Daughter of Andrew E. Lee and Annie Chappell, his wife. Granddaughter of Henry Northrup Chappell and Martha Ann Nichols, his wife. See No. 50127 (her mother, Mrs. Annie Chappell Lee). Source: Lineage Book, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Volume 51, page 61, 1904, Martha L. Moody, Historian General, Washington, DC, Press of Judd & Detweiler, Inc., 1919
Jessamine Lee and her mother Annie Chappell Lee were founders of the Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution [22 February 2002 e-mail from Professor John Hageman of the USD Law School]. In 1909 she was South Dakota's State Regent of the DAR. Her Revolutionary War ancestor was.4
Jessamine Lee lived in 1905 in Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, The Wisconsin Alumni Magazine, Volume 6, Number 4 (Jan. 1905), Alumni, pp. 161-164: Mrs. Jessamine Lee Fox, '99, lives at Vermillion, S. D.. but this may have been just her parents' address.
Jessamine Lee appeared on the census of 1905 in South Dakota.5 She appeared on the census of 1910 in the household of Andrew Ericson Lee and Annie M. Lee in 58 Prospect Street, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, which lists Andrew E. Lee, 63, born in Norway; his wife Annie M. Lee, 58, born in Rhode Island; their daughter Jessamine Lee Fox, 34, born in South Dakota [actually, Dakota Territory], who was divorced; and Alice E. Nims. 24, a servant. Andrew and Annie had been married for 39 years, and Annie had given birth to two children, one of whom (Jessamine) was living.6
Jessamine Lee was graduated in 1913 in University of South Dakota's College of Law, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, She graduated from the University of South Dakota School of Law 1913, when she would have been about 38 years old. Although in 1913 South Dakota had the "diploma privilege" for graduates of the USD Law School, Jessamine Lee Fox was not admitted to the State Bar of South Dakota until 19 June 1919. [22 February 2002 e-mail from Professor John Hageman of the USD Law School].
Jessamine Lee appeared on the census of 1915 in South Dakota.7
The Association of Collegiate Alumnae (which later became the AAUW) at the University of South Dakota was founded on April 26, 1917. Jessamine Lee Fox was elected President.
She appeared on the census of 1920 in the household of Andrew Ericson Lee in 224 Court Street, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, which lists Andrew E. Lee, 73, born in Norway, both parents born in Norway; and his daughter Jessamine Lee, 45, born in South Dakota, her father born in Norway and her mother born in Rhode Island.8 In 1924, the University of Wisconsin alumni magazine was looking for her address. She may have lived in 1934 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois,
Her father's 1934 obituary indicates that Jessamine Lee Fox was then living in Chicago, but affidavits in his probate file state that her address was unknown.
We do not know when or where Jessamine died. I have search the 1930 and 1940 U.S. Censuses for a "Jessamine" without success.
Jessamine Lee was graduated in 1899 in University of Wisconsin, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, with a B.L. degree in English, and where she was apparently a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority [USD Coyote yearbook]. Her father Andrew E. Lee had previously lived for a time in Madison, Wisconsin, where the University is located, so he may still have had family in that area of Wisconsin.
She appeared on the census of 1900 in the household of Andrew Ericson Lee and Annie M. Lee in Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, which lists Andrew E. Lee, 53, born March 1847 in Norway; his wife Anna [sic, actually Annie], 49, born April 1851 in Rhode Island; their daughter Jessamine Lee, 25, born May 1875 in South Dakota [actually, Dakota Territory]; and a servant Rena Gunderson, 20, born July 1879 in Norway. Andrew and Annie had been married for 29 years, and Annie had given birth to two children, one of whom (Jessamine) was living.1
Jessamine Fox and Marion L. Fox appeared on the census of 11 June 1900 in 205 Spring Avenue, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, which lists Marion . Fox, 35, born October 1865 in North Carolina, both parents also born in North Carolina; and his wife Jessamine Fox, 21, born May 1879 [sic, actually 1875] in South Dakota, born parents born in Norway [sic, her mother was born in Rhode Island]. They were roomers in the Richard Woods household.3
She was a member of the DAR; her Ancestor Number is 50130. MRS. JESSAMINE LEE FOX. 50130 Born in Vermilion, S. Dakota. Descendant of Frederick Chappell. Daughter of Andrew E. Lee and Annie Chappell, his wife. Granddaughter of Henry Northrup Chappell and Martha Ann Nichols, his wife. See No. 50127 (her mother, Mrs. Annie Chappell Lee). Source: Lineage Book, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Volume 51, page 61, 1904, Martha L. Moody, Historian General, Washington, DC, Press of Judd & Detweiler, Inc., 1919
Jessamine Lee and her mother Annie Chappell Lee were founders of the Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution [22 February 2002 e-mail from Professor John Hageman of the USD Law School]. In 1909 she was South Dakota's State Regent of the DAR. Her Revolutionary War ancestor was.4
Jessamine Lee lived in 1905 in Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, The Wisconsin Alumni Magazine, Volume 6, Number 4 (Jan. 1905), Alumni, pp. 161-164: Mrs. Jessamine Lee Fox, '99, lives at Vermillion, S. D.. but this may have been just her parents' address.
Jessamine Lee appeared on the census of 1905 in South Dakota.5 She appeared on the census of 1910 in the household of Andrew Ericson Lee and Annie M. Lee in 58 Prospect Street, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, which lists Andrew E. Lee, 63, born in Norway; his wife Annie M. Lee, 58, born in Rhode Island; their daughter Jessamine Lee Fox, 34, born in South Dakota [actually, Dakota Territory], who was divorced; and Alice E. Nims. 24, a servant. Andrew and Annie had been married for 39 years, and Annie had given birth to two children, one of whom (Jessamine) was living.6
Jessamine Lee was graduated in 1913 in University of South Dakota's College of Law, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, She graduated from the University of South Dakota School of Law 1913, when she would have been about 38 years old. Although in 1913 South Dakota had the "diploma privilege" for graduates of the USD Law School, Jessamine Lee Fox was not admitted to the State Bar of South Dakota until 19 June 1919. [22 February 2002 e-mail from Professor John Hageman of the USD Law School].
Jessamine Lee appeared on the census of 1915 in South Dakota.7
The Association of Collegiate Alumnae (which later became the AAUW) at the University of South Dakota was founded on April 26, 1917. Jessamine Lee Fox was elected President.
She appeared on the census of 1920 in the household of Andrew Ericson Lee in 224 Court Street, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, which lists Andrew E. Lee, 73, born in Norway, both parents born in Norway; and his daughter Jessamine Lee, 45, born in South Dakota, her father born in Norway and her mother born in Rhode Island.8 In 1924, the University of Wisconsin alumni magazine was looking for her address. She may have lived in 1934 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois,
Her father's 1934 obituary indicates that Jessamine Lee Fox was then living in Chicago, but affidavits in his probate file state that her address was unknown.
We do not know when or where Jessamine died. I have search the 1930 and 1940 U.S. Censuses for a "Jessamine" without success.
| Last Edited | 4 January 2024 |
Citations
- [S703] 1900 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, Andrew E. Lee household, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota.
- [S6] 1880 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, Andrew E. Lee household, Vermillion, Clay County, Dakota Territory.
- [S703] 1900 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, Richard Woods household, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota.
- [S882] DAR Lineage - Jessamine Lee Fox (DAR Lineage Books, Volume 51, page 60 [1904]), Jessamine Lee Fox - DAR No. 50130. Hereinafter cited as DAR Lineage - Jessamine Lee Fox.
- [S1492] 1905 South Dakota State Census, online www.ancestry.com, South Dakota, U.S., State Census, 1905
Name Jesamine S Fox
Age 30
Birth Date 1875
Birth Place South Dakota
Residence Place South Dakota, United States
Father's Birthplace Norway
FHL Film Number 2281520
Ancestry.com. South Dakota, U.S., State Census, 1905 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Hereinafter cited as 1905 South Dakota State Census. - [S704] 1910 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, Andrew E. Lee household, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota.
- [S1627] 1915 South Dakota State Census, online www.ancestry.com, South Dakota, U.S., State Census, 1915
Name Jessamine Fox
Age 40
Birth Year 1875
Gender Female
Race White
Birth Place South Dakota
Nationality Norwegian American
Marital Status Divorced
Marriage Year 1900
Arrival Year in State 1875
Arrival State South Dakota
Arrival Country USA
Religion Baptist
Father's Birth Place Norway
Mother's Birth Place Rhode Island
FHL Film Number 2283338
Sheet Number 484
Residence in 1915 South Dakota, United States
Ancestry.com. South Dakota, U.S., State Census, 1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Hereinafter cited as 1915 South Dakota State Census. - [S149] 1920 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, Andrew E. Lee household, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota.
Andrew Ericson Lee
M, #199, b. 18 March 1847, d. 19 March 1934
Parents
| Father | Erich Andersen |
| Mother | Augusta Johannesdatter |
| Pedigree Link |
Family: Annie M. Chappell (b. 30 April 1851, d. 17 May 1918)
| Daughter | Jennie Bell Lee (b. 24 August 1873, d. 9 April 1874) |
| Daughter | Jessamine Lee (b. May 1875) |
Biography
Andrew was born on 18 March 1847 in Haus (Parish), Hordaland (District), Norway.1,2 He married Annie M. Chappell in December 1872.3
Andrew Ericson Lee married Myrtle Sophia Shepard, daughter of Luther David Shepard and Margaret Jane Dykins, on 1 June 1920 in 607 South Maple, Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota. former Madison.
Andrew Ericson Lee died on 19 March 1934 in at his home at 224 Court Street, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, at age 87. The cause of death was listed as "softening of the brain due to arteriosclerosis.".4 He was buried on 22 March 1934 in Bluff View Cemetery, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota.
Andrew Ericson Lee married Myrtle Sophia Shepard, daughter of Luther David Shepard and Margaret Jane Dykins, on 1 June 1920 in 607 South Maple, Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota. former Madison.
Andrew Ericson Lee died on 19 March 1934 in at his home at 224 Court Street, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, at age 87. The cause of death was listed as "softening of the brain due to arteriosclerosis.".4 He was buried on 22 March 1934 in Bluff View Cemetery, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota.
Andrew Ericson Lee was baptized on 4 April 1847 in Indre Arna (Village), Haus (Parish), Hordaland (District), Norway. ].5
Andrew Ericson Lee emigrated circa 1851 from Norway.6,7 He lived between 1867 and 1934 in Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota.
Andrew Ericson Lee appeared on the census of 1870 in Vermillion, Clay County, Dakota Territory, which lists Andrew E. Lee, 23, born in Norway; and his business partner Charles E. Prentiss [sic], 22, born in Wisconsin.8
Andrew Ericson Lee and Annie M. Lee appeared on the census of 1880 in Vermillion, Clay County, Dakota Territory, which lists Andrew E. Lee, 33, born in Norway, both of his parents also born in Norway; his wife Annie M., 28, born in Rhode Island, both of her parents also born in Rhode Island; and their daughter, Jessie [Jessamine], 5, born in Dakota Territory.9 He was Governor of South Dakota between 1897 and 1901.
Andrew Ericson Lee and Annie M. Lee appeared on the census of 1900 in Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, which lists Andrew E. Lee, 53, born March 1847 in Norway; his wife Anna [sic, actually Annie], 49, born April 1851 in Rhode Island; their daughter Jessamine Lee, 25, born May 1875 in South Dakota [actually, Dakota Territory]; and a servant Rena Gunderson, 20, born July 1879 in Norway. Andrew and Annie had been married for 29 years, and Annie had given birth to two children, one of whom (Jessamine) was living.10 He was the Governor of South Dakota in 1900.10
Andrew E. Lee Biography
This biography appears on page 901 in "History of South Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. I (1904):
ANDREW E. LEE, born in Norway in 1847, came to America in 1850, locating at Madison, Wisconsin. Came to Vermillion, South Dakota, in 1869, where he has since engaged in mercantile business, farming and stock growing. Elected governor upon Populist ticket, 1896; reelected, 1898. One of the state's wealthiest men.
From the Sioux Falls Argus Leader (16 October 2011): By working with Democrats, Populists succeeded in getting James Kyle to the U.S. Senate and Freeman Knowles to the House of Representatives during the 1890s. Meanwhile, Andrew Lee won two terms as governor, and Lee supported passage of the initiative and referendum, giving voters a direct say in government and making South Dakota the first state in the nation with such mechanisms for direct democracy.
Andrew Ericson Lee and Annie M. Lee appeared on the census of 1910 in 58 Prospect Street, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, which lists Andrew E. Lee, 63, born in Norway; his wife Annie M. Lee, 58, born in Rhode Island; their daughter Jessamine Lee Fox, 34, born in South Dakota [actually, Dakota Territory], who was divorced; and Alice E. Nims. 24, a servant. Andrew and Annie had been married for 39 years, and Annie had given birth to two children, one of whom (Jessamine) was living.7 He was a merchant in a department emporium in 1910.7
HON. ANDREW E. LEE.
Ex-Governor Andrew E. Lee was born near Bergen, Norway, in 1847 and emigrated to America with his parents in 1851, the family settling in Dane county, Wisconsin. He was educated in the common schools and hater took a course in the high schools of Fort Atkinson and Waterloo, Wisconsin. At an early age Mr. Lee engaged as a clerk in the mercantile business at McGregor, Iowa, where he served successfully for five years, after which he was engaged in the same capacity at Madison, Wisconsin, for three years. Severing his connection with the Madison house, he emigrated to Dakota territory and settled at Vermillion, where in 1869 he formed a partnership with Charles E. Prentis, with whom he has been engaged in mercantile and farming operations ever since. The firm has been largely successful in its dealings, owning large tracts of land in Clay, Charles Mix and other South Dakota counties, and being extensively engaged in stock feeding and fine stock breeding. They also own and operate a ranch of sixteen thousand acres in Nebraska. Mr. Lee was always an active participant in local county politics, but his political career may be said to have begun in the year 1892, when he became owner of stock in a waterworks company which was organized to furnish the people of Vermillion with water. A disagreement arose between the citizens of the town and the waterworks company on the terms of the contract which it was proposed to enter into with the company. The contract was of such a character that Mr. Lee opposed the company, notwithstanding the fact that he was interested financially in it. He took up the battle in favor of the citizens of the town as against the encroachments of the water company and became a member of the city council. The contention between the waterworks company and the citizens continued and he later became mayor of the town and was twice elected to that position on the issue raised between the taxpayers and the water corporation. The splendid fighting ability and the sterling integrity which he displayed in that contest attracted the attention of the populist leaders of the state and they sought him out as an available candidate for the governorship. For some months he was strongly pressed to accept the nomination but declined to receive it. However, at the convention held at Huron in July, 1896, the feeling was so strongly in his favor and the pressure so great that he finally yielded and became the candidate of the party, being elected in the fall of 1896. He served his two years successfully and in spite of the most bitter opposition from the Republican party leaders, and especially the railroad interests of the state, which he had antagonized by his strenuous efforts to secure an increase in the taxation of railroad property, he was reelected over K. G. Phillips, his Republican opponent, by a majority of three hundred and seventy votes, whereas the rest of the populist ticket was defeated by majorities ranging from three thousand to six thousand five hundred. Mr. Lee was married in 1872 in Vermillion to Miss Annie M. Chappell, who was born in Kingston, Rhode Island. They have a daughter, Jasemine, who is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and of the law school of the University of South Dakota.
Source: This biography of Andrew E. Lee appears on pages 965-966 in "History of Dakota Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, OCRed and edited by Maurice Krueger, mkrueger@iw.net. This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the SDGENWEB Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://usgwarchives.org/sd/sdfiles.htm.
Andrew Ericson Lee and Annie M. Lee appeared on the census of 1915 in South Dakota.11
His wife, Annie, died on 17 May 1918 in Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, at age 67, leaving him a widower.
Andrew Ericson Lee appeared on the census of 1920 in 224 Court Street, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, which lists Andrew E. Lee, 73, born in Norway, both parents born in Norway; and his daughter Jessamine Lee, 45, born in South Dakota, her father born in Norway and her mother born in Rhode Island.12 He was a retired merchant in 1920.13 Andrew E. Lee had been a widower for about two years when he married Myrtle Sohpia Shepard in Watertown, South Dakota, on 1 June 1920. They were married for almost 14 years before Governor Lee died.
Andrew Ericson Lee and Myrtle Sophia Lee appeared on the census of 1930 in 224 Court Street, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, which list A.E. Lee, 83, born in Norway, both of his parents also born in Norway, first married at age 24 (in about 1872, apparently to Annie Chappell), came to USA in 1851; his wife Anna [sic, actually Myrtle], 54, born in South Dakota [sic, actually Iowa], her father born in New York and her mother born in Illinois; first married at age 44 (in about 1920); and a live-in maid. Their house was valued at $15,000.14
The March 22, 1934, edition of the Vermillion [Clay County, South Dakota] Plaintalk carried the following obituary for Andrew E. Lee on page 1:
ANDREW E. LEE LOSES FINAL
STRUGGLE AGAINST ODDS OF
EIGHTY-SEVEN YEARS MONDAY
Pioneer Resident and Merchant
of Vermillion Known Throughout
the State
Andrew E. Lee is dead.
Throughout the state of South Dakota the name of this illustrious son of Vermillion will bring back memories of a fighting heart in the breast of a man who could not comprehend defeat.
Eighty-seven years had piled tremendous odds on that fighting heart and Monday afternoon [19 March 1934] it stopped beating.
The passing of Andrew E. Lee was not unexpected. For more than three weeks he had been confined to his sick bed with all the activity of his 87 years staging a desperate effort to break down his final resistance.
For three weeks this valiant pioneer staged a lone battle against an overpowering force. Andrew E. Lee's passing typified the man that was so endeared to the hearts of the people of this commonwealth and to the neighbors and friends who knew him in his "home town."
He was never a man to admit defeat and his bitter effort to overcome the heavy burden of his years only serves to exemplify Andrew E. Lee as he truly was.
Born the son of immigrant parents, he was never known to avoid an issue regardless what the odds. It has been said of Andrew Lee that he had never learned the meaning of the word fear and he carried the well wishes of hundreds whenever he accepted an issue.
When but four years old [in about 1851] he came to the United States with his parents who settled in Dane county, Wisconsin. It was there he received his common school education. When but a youth he went to McGregor, Iowa, to work in a mercantile store and there developed his first ambition.
From Iowa he went back to Wisconsin and worked again in the mercantile business in Madison [Wisconsin]. When but 20 years old [in about 1867] this Norwegian lad packed his few belongs and came west into South Dakota [then Dakota Territory]. Almost immediately he formed a business partnership with Charles E. Prentis.
When Andrew E. Lee and Charles E. Prentis first stocked their small store with merchandise, Vermillion hardly could be called a city. It was little better than a small outpost on the banks of the Missouri river which afforded a convenient stopping place on the trail from Sioux City [Iowa] to Yankton [South Dakota].
That was back in 1867 when Lee and Prentis first went into business. Years later, these two pioneer merchants found themselves servicing the entire commonwealth of South Dakota. Their business grew until at one time they had by far the largest volume of business in the entire state.
They increased their holdings in land and merchandise and grew up with the newly formed state.
Although hundreds of South Dakotans will point to Andrew E. Lee as the first democratic governor of the state and also the third man in the history of the commonwealth to hold that office, there are few who realize the true civic spirit of the man.
He first stepped into political prominence in 1892. Ever alert for business opportunities, he obtained a partnership in the company which served the city of Vermillion with its water supply.
Arguments arose between the consumers of the water and the company and despite the fact that he had heavy financial interests in the company, Andrew Lee sought to reason with other members of the firm and when he failed to bring about a conciliation, stepped out into the open on the side of the people and battled against his own company.
It is significant that Lee won his first fight against himself and from that date until his death displayed utter disregard for his opponent and sought only the end that would lead to the most good for the people.
After he had "defeated himself" on the water works proposal, he was called to serve on the [Vermillion] city council. Later he was elected to serve as mayor of Vermillion and held that office up until the time of his election as governor of South Dakota [in 1896].
It is significant to point out that as a partner in one of the largest business enterprises in South Dakota, this valiant pioneer still had time to consider the interests of his city and to give freely of his time and money to improve the well being of his home city.
Lee's work in Vermillion as a civic leader could hardly escape notice throughout the state and in 1896 he was called to attend the meeting of a newly formed political party.
When he finally was persuaded to attend the caucus of the party which was composed of populists, so-called people's party and democrats, he had no interest other than that of a delegate and was lax to accept the nomination of the party to run for governor.
Incidents related elsewhere in this paper will explain his final decision to accept the nomination of the party.
In the election [of 1896] Andrew E. Lee was elected governor of the state, defeating the republican rival, A.O. Ringsrud, by a scant majority. When he stepped into the gubernatorial chair at Pierre, he was facing heavy odds, occasioned by republican supporters in both the house and senate.
From the start, Andrew Lee carried into the governor's position the fundamental principles of business. It was because of his keen interest taken in the affairs of the people against large corporations and political collusions that Governor Lee became the focal point for many bitter attacks.
His principal fight during his first term as governor [1897-99] was against the railroads which sought enormous state concessions against the welfare of the people.
Despite the imposing efforts of the railroads, Governor Lee carried on his official duties with precision and force that characterized all his previous actions.
In 1898 Mr. Lee again was nominated for governor. This time, however, he had no qualms about accepting the nomination. The efforts of republicans to defeat his plans of the previous two years had aroused his fighting instinct and he stepped out in the campaign of 1898 determined to go back to Pierre as governor.
Lee did go back to Pierre as governor, but he went back alone. He was the only member of the fusion party of populists and democrats to be elected. His majority was but a scant several hundred votes and despite all his efforts during the next two years [1899-1901], he was unable to gain the wholehearted support of an adverse legislature.
Undaunted, however, this pioneer business man of Vermillion demanded that business be the focal point of all legislative and executive acts and as a result when he left the governorship in 1901, the state was free of debt. It was the first and only time since, that South Dakota has been free of public debt.
In 1908 he again sough the governorship, but was defeated by Robert S. Vessey. Lee ran on a straight democratic ticket in 1908 and lost by a slight majority to the republican nominee.
In 1924 he sought the position of presidential elector on the LaFollette ticket, but was against defeated, bringing to an end his political career.
Despite active antagonism to his policies during his two terms as governor [1897-1901], Governor Lee carried out his ideals and principles to the end, often overcoming terrific legislative odds to gain his point.
A quarter of a century elapsed before the state of South Dakota saw another democratic governor, the election of W.J. Bulow in 1926.
After his brilliant political career, he settled down to private life in Vermillion, overseeing the work on his vast land holdings and cattle interests in this part of the state and in Nebraska. The partnership between Lee & Prentis was liquidated in 1921 and from that date until his death he was content to take a less active interest in his affairs.
He was first married to Annie M. Chappell, of Vermillion, in 1872. By this first marriage he had one daughter [sic; actually two daughters, as Jennie Bell Lee died in infancy], Mrs. Jessamine Lee Fox, who now makes her home in Chicago.
In 1920 he married Myrtle Sheppard [sic; should be Shepard], who remained constantly by his side until his death. She survives him in addition to two sisters.
His twin sister, Mrs. Betty Severson, of Mapleton, Minnesota, and sister Mrs. Carrie Burgess, 94, of Vermillion, both outlived their illustrious brother.
Elmer, Edward and Albert Severson, of Mapleton, Minnesota, sons of Mr. Lee's sister, Betty, arrived in Vermillion Wednesday to attend the funeral.
The Political Graveyard: Lee, Andrew Ericson (1847-1934) -- also known as Andrew E. Lee -- of Vermillion, Clay County, S.Dak. Brother-in-law of Lyman Burgess and Hans Gunderson; uncle of Carl Gunderson. Born near Bergen, Norway, March 18, 1847. Progressive. Governor of South Dakota, 1897-1901; defeated, 1908; candidate for Presidential Elector for South Dakota, 1924. Died March 19, 1934. Interment at Bluff View Cemetery, Vermillion, S.Dak.
Additional Information.
Subject: World Connect Family Tree - Shepard/Lee
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000
From: Gail Hellauer
I did a search on Jessamine Lee and found her in your database.
Her father, Andrew Lee, married Myrtle Shepard who ties in with your line. Andrew Lee is a half-brother of a great great grandmother of mine, Isabel Johnson. Various cousin-researchers and I have been searching the Lee-Johnson family and Isabel's husband's line (Gunderson). In our research, we uncovered an undated typed letter that Burl Litzleman (also in your index) wrote a letter to a Mrs. Loraine Hawkinson that referenced a Lee family Bible. She did not indicate how she had access to this Bible. I had the impression that it may have been in her possession; do you, by any chance, know what happened to the Bible? If not, is there anyone in your family that might know? Since Mrs. Litzleman mentioned quite a few names and dates of Andrew Lee's family, it would be most helpful if we could locate it.
Looking forward to hearing from you, and keeping my fingers crossed!!!
*****
Subject: World Connect Family Tree-Shepard/Lee
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000
From: Gail Hellauer
Andrew E. Lee was the son of Eric Anderson and Augusta Johannesdatter; the family farm near Bergen, Norway, was called Li. As you probably know, many Norwegians used the farm name as their surname when they came to America. I think it was more common to use the regular surname, but in the Andrew's family, they must have told people the name was Li, whereupon it was written by the officials as Lee. Andrew used his father's name for his middle name; thus, he was Andrew Ericson Lee which, of course, would have been what he would have been called had he still lived in Norway at the Li farm.
I had also been told that your aunt was Lee's secretary - was this in fact true? If so, do you know what year she went to work for him or how they met?
Andrew E. Lee had a twin sister, but she never seems to be mentioned in any of the articles that I read about him. I think that there were 12 children born to his mother. One interesting aside is that she had one set of twins (my great great grandmother being one of them) from her first marriage, and the other set of twins (Andrew and Betsey) by her second husband. And, at least into the 1970s, there had never been another set of twins in the family. Because of this, and the fact that both of his mother's husbands came from the same farm area in Norway, and both were Andersons, I've often thought the first husband might have been a brother of the second husband. Someday I'll have to try to hunt down those birth records if they're available.
From the South Dakota Trail of Governors website (https://www.trailofgovernors.com/governor-andrew-e-lee/):
Governor Andrew E. Lee
3rd Governor of South Dakota
Years in office: 1897 – 1901
Birth: March 18, 1847, Bergen, Norway
Death: March 19, 1934, Vermillion, South Dakota
Andrew E. Lee was born in Bergen, Norway in 1847 and came to American with his family when he was four, settling on a farm in Dane County, Wisconsin. Lee came to Dakota Territory in 1867 and formed a mercantile partnership with Charles Prentis in Vermillion in 1869. The business operated for over forty years and made Lee one of South Dakota’s wealthiest citizens. In 1872, Lee married Annie Chappell and they had one daughter, Jessamine.
Lee served on the Vermillion city council and as mayor of Vermillion. In 1896, Lee was nominated for governor by a “fusion” ticket supported by Populists, Democrats, and a faction of pro-silver Republicans led by U.S. Senator Richard F. Pettigrew. Lee was elected governor by 319 votes, the closest margin for governor in state history, and was reelected on the Fusion ticket in 1898 by 370 votes, the second-closest margin.
Governor Lee struggled to enact much of his populist agenda, as the Populists and Democrats struggled to translate a successful election alliance into an effective governing coalition. Despite that, Lee had some successes. He strongly backed the creation of the initiative and referendum process, which voters adopted, making South Dakota the first state to do so. He created an agency to regulate and examine insurance companies, and made the State Railroad Commission, the precursor to today’s Public Utilities Commission, elected rather than appointed offices. Lee also authorized construction of Northern Normal School in Aberdeen, the School for the Blind in Gary, and a state hospital in Redfield.
During the Spanish-American War in 1898, Governor Lee contributed from his personal fortune to outfit the South Dakota National Guard unit that was mobilized and deployed to the Philippines, but he became a critic of the war when the troops remained overseas once the conflict ended.
After two terms as governor, Lee ran unsuccessfully for U.S. House in 1900. He was the Democratic nominee for governor in 1908, losing to Robert S. Vessey, and also received the votes of Democratic legislators for U.S. Senate in 1907 and 1909.
Lee retired to Vermillion and, following the death of his wife Annie, he married Myrtle Shepard in 1920. He died in Vermillion in 1934, one day after turning 87, and was buried in Vermillion. Lee’s nephew, Carl Gunderson, followed him to the governor’s chair, and the Lee Medical Building, home of the USD Sanford School of Medicine in Vermillion, is named in his honor.
Lee was honored by the Trail of Governors in 2022. The life-size bronze statue by sculptors Lee Leuning and Sherri Treeby is placed in Pierre’s downtown business district near the intersection of Pierre Street and Missouri Avenue. The statue evokes Lee’s career as a merchant and his role in securing the state treasury following its theft, as Lee leans on two bank strongboxes, a revolver in his waist pocket.
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Andrew E. Lee (1847-1934) was a significant political figure in South Dakota's early statehood. Born in Bergen, Norway, Lee immigrated to the United States with his family, settling in Wisconsin. He later moved to Vermillion, South Dakota, where he became a successful businessman. Lee's political career began with his involvement in the Populist Party, which was gaining momentum in the late 19th century due to widespread agrarian discontent. In 1896, Lee was elected as the third Governor of South Dakota, serving from 1897 to 1901. His election was notable as he was the first and only Populist governor of the state, reflecting the era's political shifts and the influence of populism. During his tenure, Lee advocated for progressive reforms, including railroad regulation and tax reform, aiming to address the economic challenges faced by farmers and working-class citizens. Lee's governorship marked a period of political transition in South Dakota, highlighting the impact of populist ideals on state politics. His legacy is remembered for his efforts to champion the rights of ordinary citizens against powerful corporate interests.
Andrew Ericson Lee emigrated circa 1851 from Norway.6,7 He lived between 1867 and 1934 in Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota.
Andrew Ericson Lee appeared on the census of 1870 in Vermillion, Clay County, Dakota Territory, which lists Andrew E. Lee, 23, born in Norway; and his business partner Charles E. Prentiss [sic], 22, born in Wisconsin.8
Andrew Ericson Lee and Annie M. Lee appeared on the census of 1880 in Vermillion, Clay County, Dakota Territory, which lists Andrew E. Lee, 33, born in Norway, both of his parents also born in Norway; his wife Annie M., 28, born in Rhode Island, both of her parents also born in Rhode Island; and their daughter, Jessie [Jessamine], 5, born in Dakota Territory.9 He was Governor of South Dakota between 1897 and 1901.
Andrew Ericson Lee and Annie M. Lee appeared on the census of 1900 in Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, which lists Andrew E. Lee, 53, born March 1847 in Norway; his wife Anna [sic, actually Annie], 49, born April 1851 in Rhode Island; their daughter Jessamine Lee, 25, born May 1875 in South Dakota [actually, Dakota Territory]; and a servant Rena Gunderson, 20, born July 1879 in Norway. Andrew and Annie had been married for 29 years, and Annie had given birth to two children, one of whom (Jessamine) was living.10 He was the Governor of South Dakota in 1900.10
Andrew E. Lee Biography
This biography appears on page 901 in "History of South Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. I (1904):
ANDREW E. LEE, born in Norway in 1847, came to America in 1850, locating at Madison, Wisconsin. Came to Vermillion, South Dakota, in 1869, where he has since engaged in mercantile business, farming and stock growing. Elected governor upon Populist ticket, 1896; reelected, 1898. One of the state's wealthiest men.
From the Sioux Falls Argus Leader (16 October 2011): By working with Democrats, Populists succeeded in getting James Kyle to the U.S. Senate and Freeman Knowles to the House of Representatives during the 1890s. Meanwhile, Andrew Lee won two terms as governor, and Lee supported passage of the initiative and referendum, giving voters a direct say in government and making South Dakota the first state in the nation with such mechanisms for direct democracy.
Andrew Ericson Lee and Annie M. Lee appeared on the census of 1910 in 58 Prospect Street, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, which lists Andrew E. Lee, 63, born in Norway; his wife Annie M. Lee, 58, born in Rhode Island; their daughter Jessamine Lee Fox, 34, born in South Dakota [actually, Dakota Territory], who was divorced; and Alice E. Nims. 24, a servant. Andrew and Annie had been married for 39 years, and Annie had given birth to two children, one of whom (Jessamine) was living.7 He was a merchant in a department emporium in 1910.7
HON. ANDREW E. LEE.
Ex-Governor Andrew E. Lee was born near Bergen, Norway, in 1847 and emigrated to America with his parents in 1851, the family settling in Dane county, Wisconsin. He was educated in the common schools and hater took a course in the high schools of Fort Atkinson and Waterloo, Wisconsin. At an early age Mr. Lee engaged as a clerk in the mercantile business at McGregor, Iowa, where he served successfully for five years, after which he was engaged in the same capacity at Madison, Wisconsin, for three years. Severing his connection with the Madison house, he emigrated to Dakota territory and settled at Vermillion, where in 1869 he formed a partnership with Charles E. Prentis, with whom he has been engaged in mercantile and farming operations ever since. The firm has been largely successful in its dealings, owning large tracts of land in Clay, Charles Mix and other South Dakota counties, and being extensively engaged in stock feeding and fine stock breeding. They also own and operate a ranch of sixteen thousand acres in Nebraska. Mr. Lee was always an active participant in local county politics, but his political career may be said to have begun in the year 1892, when he became owner of stock in a waterworks company which was organized to furnish the people of Vermillion with water. A disagreement arose between the citizens of the town and the waterworks company on the terms of the contract which it was proposed to enter into with the company. The contract was of such a character that Mr. Lee opposed the company, notwithstanding the fact that he was interested financially in it. He took up the battle in favor of the citizens of the town as against the encroachments of the water company and became a member of the city council. The contention between the waterworks company and the citizens continued and he later became mayor of the town and was twice elected to that position on the issue raised between the taxpayers and the water corporation. The splendid fighting ability and the sterling integrity which he displayed in that contest attracted the attention of the populist leaders of the state and they sought him out as an available candidate for the governorship. For some months he was strongly pressed to accept the nomination but declined to receive it. However, at the convention held at Huron in July, 1896, the feeling was so strongly in his favor and the pressure so great that he finally yielded and became the candidate of the party, being elected in the fall of 1896. He served his two years successfully and in spite of the most bitter opposition from the Republican party leaders, and especially the railroad interests of the state, which he had antagonized by his strenuous efforts to secure an increase in the taxation of railroad property, he was reelected over K. G. Phillips, his Republican opponent, by a majority of three hundred and seventy votes, whereas the rest of the populist ticket was defeated by majorities ranging from three thousand to six thousand five hundred. Mr. Lee was married in 1872 in Vermillion to Miss Annie M. Chappell, who was born in Kingston, Rhode Island. They have a daughter, Jasemine, who is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and of the law school of the University of South Dakota.
Source: This biography of Andrew E. Lee appears on pages 965-966 in "History of Dakota Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, OCRed and edited by Maurice Krueger, mkrueger@iw.net. This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the SDGENWEB Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://usgwarchives.org/sd/sdfiles.htm.
Andrew Ericson Lee and Annie M. Lee appeared on the census of 1915 in South Dakota.11
His wife, Annie, died on 17 May 1918 in Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, at age 67, leaving him a widower.
Andrew Ericson Lee appeared on the census of 1920 in 224 Court Street, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, which lists Andrew E. Lee, 73, born in Norway, both parents born in Norway; and his daughter Jessamine Lee, 45, born in South Dakota, her father born in Norway and her mother born in Rhode Island.12 He was a retired merchant in 1920.13 Andrew E. Lee had been a widower for about two years when he married Myrtle Sohpia Shepard in Watertown, South Dakota, on 1 June 1920. They were married for almost 14 years before Governor Lee died.
Andrew Ericson Lee and Myrtle Sophia Lee appeared on the census of 1930 in 224 Court Street, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, which list A.E. Lee, 83, born in Norway, both of his parents also born in Norway, first married at age 24 (in about 1872, apparently to Annie Chappell), came to USA in 1851; his wife Anna [sic, actually Myrtle], 54, born in South Dakota [sic, actually Iowa], her father born in New York and her mother born in Illinois; first married at age 44 (in about 1920); and a live-in maid. Their house was valued at $15,000.14
The March 22, 1934, edition of the Vermillion [Clay County, South Dakota] Plaintalk carried the following obituary for Andrew E. Lee on page 1:
ANDREW E. LEE LOSES FINAL
STRUGGLE AGAINST ODDS OF
EIGHTY-SEVEN YEARS MONDAY
Pioneer Resident and Merchant
of Vermillion Known Throughout
the State
Andrew E. Lee is dead.
Throughout the state of South Dakota the name of this illustrious son of Vermillion will bring back memories of a fighting heart in the breast of a man who could not comprehend defeat.
Eighty-seven years had piled tremendous odds on that fighting heart and Monday afternoon [19 March 1934] it stopped beating.
The passing of Andrew E. Lee was not unexpected. For more than three weeks he had been confined to his sick bed with all the activity of his 87 years staging a desperate effort to break down his final resistance.
For three weeks this valiant pioneer staged a lone battle against an overpowering force. Andrew E. Lee's passing typified the man that was so endeared to the hearts of the people of this commonwealth and to the neighbors and friends who knew him in his "home town."
He was never a man to admit defeat and his bitter effort to overcome the heavy burden of his years only serves to exemplify Andrew E. Lee as he truly was.
Born the son of immigrant parents, he was never known to avoid an issue regardless what the odds. It has been said of Andrew Lee that he had never learned the meaning of the word fear and he carried the well wishes of hundreds whenever he accepted an issue.
When but four years old [in about 1851] he came to the United States with his parents who settled in Dane county, Wisconsin. It was there he received his common school education. When but a youth he went to McGregor, Iowa, to work in a mercantile store and there developed his first ambition.
From Iowa he went back to Wisconsin and worked again in the mercantile business in Madison [Wisconsin]. When but 20 years old [in about 1867] this Norwegian lad packed his few belongs and came west into South Dakota [then Dakota Territory]. Almost immediately he formed a business partnership with Charles E. Prentis.
When Andrew E. Lee and Charles E. Prentis first stocked their small store with merchandise, Vermillion hardly could be called a city. It was little better than a small outpost on the banks of the Missouri river which afforded a convenient stopping place on the trail from Sioux City [Iowa] to Yankton [South Dakota].
That was back in 1867 when Lee and Prentis first went into business. Years later, these two pioneer merchants found themselves servicing the entire commonwealth of South Dakota. Their business grew until at one time they had by far the largest volume of business in the entire state.
They increased their holdings in land and merchandise and grew up with the newly formed state.
Although hundreds of South Dakotans will point to Andrew E. Lee as the first democratic governor of the state and also the third man in the history of the commonwealth to hold that office, there are few who realize the true civic spirit of the man.
He first stepped into political prominence in 1892. Ever alert for business opportunities, he obtained a partnership in the company which served the city of Vermillion with its water supply.
Arguments arose between the consumers of the water and the company and despite the fact that he had heavy financial interests in the company, Andrew Lee sought to reason with other members of the firm and when he failed to bring about a conciliation, stepped out into the open on the side of the people and battled against his own company.
It is significant that Lee won his first fight against himself and from that date until his death displayed utter disregard for his opponent and sought only the end that would lead to the most good for the people.
After he had "defeated himself" on the water works proposal, he was called to serve on the [Vermillion] city council. Later he was elected to serve as mayor of Vermillion and held that office up until the time of his election as governor of South Dakota [in 1896].
It is significant to point out that as a partner in one of the largest business enterprises in South Dakota, this valiant pioneer still had time to consider the interests of his city and to give freely of his time and money to improve the well being of his home city.
Lee's work in Vermillion as a civic leader could hardly escape notice throughout the state and in 1896 he was called to attend the meeting of a newly formed political party.
When he finally was persuaded to attend the caucus of the party which was composed of populists, so-called people's party and democrats, he had no interest other than that of a delegate and was lax to accept the nomination of the party to run for governor.
Incidents related elsewhere in this paper will explain his final decision to accept the nomination of the party.
In the election [of 1896] Andrew E. Lee was elected governor of the state, defeating the republican rival, A.O. Ringsrud, by a scant majority. When he stepped into the gubernatorial chair at Pierre, he was facing heavy odds, occasioned by republican supporters in both the house and senate.
From the start, Andrew Lee carried into the governor's position the fundamental principles of business. It was because of his keen interest taken in the affairs of the people against large corporations and political collusions that Governor Lee became the focal point for many bitter attacks.
His principal fight during his first term as governor [1897-99] was against the railroads which sought enormous state concessions against the welfare of the people.
Despite the imposing efforts of the railroads, Governor Lee carried on his official duties with precision and force that characterized all his previous actions.
In 1898 Mr. Lee again was nominated for governor. This time, however, he had no qualms about accepting the nomination. The efforts of republicans to defeat his plans of the previous two years had aroused his fighting instinct and he stepped out in the campaign of 1898 determined to go back to Pierre as governor.
Lee did go back to Pierre as governor, but he went back alone. He was the only member of the fusion party of populists and democrats to be elected. His majority was but a scant several hundred votes and despite all his efforts during the next two years [1899-1901], he was unable to gain the wholehearted support of an adverse legislature.
Undaunted, however, this pioneer business man of Vermillion demanded that business be the focal point of all legislative and executive acts and as a result when he left the governorship in 1901, the state was free of debt. It was the first and only time since, that South Dakota has been free of public debt.
In 1908 he again sough the governorship, but was defeated by Robert S. Vessey. Lee ran on a straight democratic ticket in 1908 and lost by a slight majority to the republican nominee.
In 1924 he sought the position of presidential elector on the LaFollette ticket, but was against defeated, bringing to an end his political career.
Despite active antagonism to his policies during his two terms as governor [1897-1901], Governor Lee carried out his ideals and principles to the end, often overcoming terrific legislative odds to gain his point.
A quarter of a century elapsed before the state of South Dakota saw another democratic governor, the election of W.J. Bulow in 1926.
After his brilliant political career, he settled down to private life in Vermillion, overseeing the work on his vast land holdings and cattle interests in this part of the state and in Nebraska. The partnership between Lee & Prentis was liquidated in 1921 and from that date until his death he was content to take a less active interest in his affairs.
He was first married to Annie M. Chappell, of Vermillion, in 1872. By this first marriage he had one daughter [sic; actually two daughters, as Jennie Bell Lee died in infancy], Mrs. Jessamine Lee Fox, who now makes her home in Chicago.
In 1920 he married Myrtle Sheppard [sic; should be Shepard], who remained constantly by his side until his death. She survives him in addition to two sisters.
His twin sister, Mrs. Betty Severson, of Mapleton, Minnesota, and sister Mrs. Carrie Burgess, 94, of Vermillion, both outlived their illustrious brother.
Elmer, Edward and Albert Severson, of Mapleton, Minnesota, sons of Mr. Lee's sister, Betty, arrived in Vermillion Wednesday to attend the funeral.
The Political Graveyard: Lee, Andrew Ericson (1847-1934) -- also known as Andrew E. Lee -- of Vermillion, Clay County, S.Dak. Brother-in-law of Lyman Burgess and Hans Gunderson; uncle of Carl Gunderson. Born near Bergen, Norway, March 18, 1847. Progressive. Governor of South Dakota, 1897-1901; defeated, 1908; candidate for Presidential Elector for South Dakota, 1924. Died March 19, 1934. Interment at Bluff View Cemetery, Vermillion, S.Dak.
Additional Information.
Subject: World Connect Family Tree - Shepard/Lee
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000
From: Gail Hellauer
I did a search on Jessamine Lee and found her in your database.
Her father, Andrew Lee, married Myrtle Shepard who ties in with your line. Andrew Lee is a half-brother of a great great grandmother of mine, Isabel Johnson. Various cousin-researchers and I have been searching the Lee-Johnson family and Isabel's husband's line (Gunderson). In our research, we uncovered an undated typed letter that Burl Litzleman (also in your index) wrote a letter to a Mrs. Loraine Hawkinson that referenced a Lee family Bible. She did not indicate how she had access to this Bible. I had the impression that it may have been in her possession; do you, by any chance, know what happened to the Bible? If not, is there anyone in your family that might know? Since Mrs. Litzleman mentioned quite a few names and dates of Andrew Lee's family, it would be most helpful if we could locate it.
Looking forward to hearing from you, and keeping my fingers crossed!!!
*****
Subject: World Connect Family Tree-Shepard/Lee
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000
From: Gail Hellauer
Andrew E. Lee was the son of Eric Anderson and Augusta Johannesdatter; the family farm near Bergen, Norway, was called Li. As you probably know, many Norwegians used the farm name as their surname when they came to America. I think it was more common to use the regular surname, but in the Andrew's family, they must have told people the name was Li, whereupon it was written by the officials as Lee. Andrew used his father's name for his middle name; thus, he was Andrew Ericson Lee which, of course, would have been what he would have been called had he still lived in Norway at the Li farm.
I had also been told that your aunt was Lee's secretary - was this in fact true? If so, do you know what year she went to work for him or how they met?
Andrew E. Lee had a twin sister, but she never seems to be mentioned in any of the articles that I read about him. I think that there were 12 children born to his mother. One interesting aside is that she had one set of twins (my great great grandmother being one of them) from her first marriage, and the other set of twins (Andrew and Betsey) by her second husband. And, at least into the 1970s, there had never been another set of twins in the family. Because of this, and the fact that both of his mother's husbands came from the same farm area in Norway, and both were Andersons, I've often thought the first husband might have been a brother of the second husband. Someday I'll have to try to hunt down those birth records if they're available.
From the South Dakota Trail of Governors website (https://www.trailofgovernors.com/governor-andrew-e-lee/):
Governor Andrew E. Lee
3rd Governor of South Dakota
Years in office: 1897 – 1901
Birth: March 18, 1847, Bergen, Norway
Death: March 19, 1934, Vermillion, South Dakota
Andrew E. Lee was born in Bergen, Norway in 1847 and came to American with his family when he was four, settling on a farm in Dane County, Wisconsin. Lee came to Dakota Territory in 1867 and formed a mercantile partnership with Charles Prentis in Vermillion in 1869. The business operated for over forty years and made Lee one of South Dakota’s wealthiest citizens. In 1872, Lee married Annie Chappell and they had one daughter, Jessamine.
Lee served on the Vermillion city council and as mayor of Vermillion. In 1896, Lee was nominated for governor by a “fusion” ticket supported by Populists, Democrats, and a faction of pro-silver Republicans led by U.S. Senator Richard F. Pettigrew. Lee was elected governor by 319 votes, the closest margin for governor in state history, and was reelected on the Fusion ticket in 1898 by 370 votes, the second-closest margin.
Governor Lee struggled to enact much of his populist agenda, as the Populists and Democrats struggled to translate a successful election alliance into an effective governing coalition. Despite that, Lee had some successes. He strongly backed the creation of the initiative and referendum process, which voters adopted, making South Dakota the first state to do so. He created an agency to regulate and examine insurance companies, and made the State Railroad Commission, the precursor to today’s Public Utilities Commission, elected rather than appointed offices. Lee also authorized construction of Northern Normal School in Aberdeen, the School for the Blind in Gary, and a state hospital in Redfield.
During the Spanish-American War in 1898, Governor Lee contributed from his personal fortune to outfit the South Dakota National Guard unit that was mobilized and deployed to the Philippines, but he became a critic of the war when the troops remained overseas once the conflict ended.
After two terms as governor, Lee ran unsuccessfully for U.S. House in 1900. He was the Democratic nominee for governor in 1908, losing to Robert S. Vessey, and also received the votes of Democratic legislators for U.S. Senate in 1907 and 1909.
Lee retired to Vermillion and, following the death of his wife Annie, he married Myrtle Shepard in 1920. He died in Vermillion in 1934, one day after turning 87, and was buried in Vermillion. Lee’s nephew, Carl Gunderson, followed him to the governor’s chair, and the Lee Medical Building, home of the USD Sanford School of Medicine in Vermillion, is named in his honor.
Lee was honored by the Trail of Governors in 2022. The life-size bronze statue by sculptors Lee Leuning and Sherri Treeby is placed in Pierre’s downtown business district near the intersection of Pierre Street and Missouri Avenue. The statue evokes Lee’s career as a merchant and his role in securing the state treasury following its theft, as Lee leans on two bank strongboxes, a revolver in his waist pocket.
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Andrew E. Lee (1847-1934) was a significant political figure in South Dakota's early statehood. Born in Bergen, Norway, Lee immigrated to the United States with his family, settling in Wisconsin. He later moved to Vermillion, South Dakota, where he became a successful businessman. Lee's political career began with his involvement in the Populist Party, which was gaining momentum in the late 19th century due to widespread agrarian discontent. In 1896, Lee was elected as the third Governor of South Dakota, serving from 1897 to 1901. His election was notable as he was the first and only Populist governor of the state, reflecting the era's political shifts and the influence of populism. During his tenure, Lee advocated for progressive reforms, including railroad regulation and tax reform, aiming to address the economic challenges faced by farmers and working-class citizens. Lee's governorship marked a period of political transition in South Dakota, highlighting the impact of populist ideals on state politics. His legacy is remembered for his efforts to champion the rights of ordinary citizens against powerful corporate interests.
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Citations
- [S451] Cemetery Gravestone viewed by Paul B. Van Buren.
- [S1632] Norway Church Books, 1815-1930, online www.familysearch.org, Norway Church Books, 1815-1930
Name Anders
Birth Date 18 Mar
Father's Name Erich Andersen
Father's Sex Male
Mother's Name Agothe Johannesdatter
Mother's Sex Female
Mother's Residence Place Lie
Event Type Baptism
Event Date 4 Apr 1847
Event Place Indre Arna, Haus, Hordaland, Norge
Source Call Number SAB/A-75601/H/Haa
Source Description Church book from Haus parish 1838-1847 (1250P)
Entry Number 64
Line Number 1070
Page Number 134
Cite This Record: "Norway Church Books, 1815-1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68Q4-6CND : Mon Oct 30 22:03:07 UTC 2023), Entry for Anders and Erich Andersen, 4 Apr 1847. Hereinafter cited as Norway Church Books, 1815-1930. - [S192] Obituary of Mrs. Andew E. Lee, Vermillion [Clay County, South Dakota] Plain Talk, unknown location, 23 May 1918, Page 1, Obituary of Mrs. Andrew E. Lee. Hereinafter cited as Vermillion [Clay County, South Dakota] Plaintalk.
- [S195] Andrew E. Lee, Death Certificate, No. 154371, Clerk of Courts, Clay County Courthouse, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota, 57069. Hereinafter cited as Andrew E. Lee Death Certificate.
- [S1631] Norway Baptisms, 1634-1927, online www.familysearch.org, Norway Baptisms, 1634-1927
Name Anders
Sex Male
Father's Name Erich Andersen
Father's Sex Male
Mother's Name Agothe Johannesdr
Mother's Sex Female
Event Type Christening
Event Date 4 Apr 1847
Event Place Haus, Hordaland, Norway
Cite This Record: "Norway Baptisms, 1634-1927", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NC5M-C2R : 23 June 2020), Anders, 1847. Hereinafter cited as Norway Baptisms, 1634-1927. - [S702] 1930 U.S. Census, online www.ancestry.com, Andrew E. Lee househoild, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota. Hereinafter cited as 1930 U.S. Census.
- [S704] 1910 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, Andrew E. Lee household, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota.
- [S8] 1870 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, Andrew E. Lee household, Vermillion, Clay County, Dakota Territory.
- [S6] 1880 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, Andrew E. Lee household, Vermillion, Clay County, Dakota Territory.
- [S703] 1900 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, Andrew E. Lee household, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota.
- [S1627] 1915 South Dakota State Census, online www.ancestry.com, South Dakota State Census, 1915
Name Andrew E Lee
Sex Male
Age 68 years
Birth Date 1847
Birth Year (Estimated) 1847
Birthplace Norway
Marital Status Married
Race W
Religion Presbyterian
Years in State 46
Naturalized Yes
Father's Birthplace Norway
Mother's Birthplace Norway
Marriage Date 1873
Event Date 1915
Event Place South Dakota, United States
Sheet Number 482
Cite This Record: "South Dakota State Census, 1915", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMH6-BPK : Tue Oct 03 16:25:10 UTC 2023), Entry for Andrew E Lee and , 1915. Hereinafter cited as 1915 South Dakota State Census. - [S149] 1920 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, Andrew E. Lee household, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota.
- [S149] 1920 U.S. Census, www.ancestry.com, South Dakota, Clay County, Vermillion (Andrew E. Lee household.)
- [S702] 1930 U.S. Census, online www.ancestry.com, Andrew E. Lee household, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota.