Individual Notes

Note for: Alfred Jakob, 29 AUG 1874 - 20 JUN 1950 Index

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Both he and his second wife are buried at old soldiers home in Hot Springs, SD. Immigrated to America in 1884. He would have been 9 years old at that time.
The 1900 US Census places Alfred in Yankton, still living with his parents and siblings. He would have been 25 at that time.
He must have met his wife Carrie in the area and married.

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Note for: Magdalena Bitz, 1 NOV 1894 - 8 OCT 1981 Index

Burial:
Place: Cody, WY

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Note for: Rochus Bitz, 1855 - 29 NOV 1905 Index

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Emigrated to United States in 1893.

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Note for: Anna Marie Doll, 15 AUG 1861 - 31 DEC 1942 Index

Burial:
     Place:   Eagle Butte, SD

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     Also known as 'Big Fat Grandma'.

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Note for: William Hanken, - 5 DEC 1953 Index

Burial:
     Place:   Edgemont, SD

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     Had a heart attack on the way to Sunday church.

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Note for: Margaret Thiel, 10 MAR 1893 - 1 JUL 1967 Index

Alias: /Maggie/

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Billy Rose - As a little girl she had rheumatic fever, might have scared her heart.

She was an excellent sewer and made extra money sewing. She loved gardening. As a young farm wife she helped milked cows even when pregnant. She loved to make wine and would make wine out of rhubarb, choke cherries and dandelions. The kids picked dandelions for her. :-)

Margaret had no middle name. The family was poor, during the depression the govt. supplied packages of food. Land was barren, a strong memory of Billy Rose was lots of grasshoppers eating the crops and thistles blowing across the ground. Big balls of tumble weeds, just rolled across the barren land. This was a very vivid and sad time for the family. Depression era.

Mom and Dad owned a car, they purchased from a soldier going off to war. They called it the "Klunk"...LOL. It was a 4 door, brown in color. They also had a couple of old model A's and T's growing up. The kids always rode in it, "hanging" out the rumble seat, stacked in the car anyway they would fit.

All of fathers brothers lived near the farm in Mooreton and helped each other, especially during threshing. They shared a thresher, it was a big deal to see it coming to our farm. It was an exciting time to see because it was "our" turn to gather the wheat.

Bev. comments - Grandma loved to dance and play the accordion. The only child born in a hospital was William Jr. and he was always called Jr. Nobody called him William.

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Note for: Lucille Breuer, 19 JUL - 24 MAR 2000 Index

Burial:
Place: Albert Lea, MN

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Note for: Lamoine Breuer, 17 APR 1914 - Index

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Born at home on farm on section 19 Ibsen Township Mooreton, ND

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Note for: Clarence Breuer, 22 MAY 1925 - 7 NOV 1994 Index

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Veterna of WWII

Served in Germany.

In 2006 they lived in Pewaukee, WI.

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Note for: Isabelle Breuer, 24 NOV 1927 - Index

Alias: Billy /Rose/

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Billy Rose, was closest in age to the boys. Lucille picked out Billy Roses name, Isabelle, but she was never called Isabelle, it was always Billy Rose.

For fun, the brothers and sisters used to go and catch (snare) gophers and the boys would try to drown them by pouring water in the holes. They would run every where. It took a long time to catch a gopher, but was lots of fun. Billy would laugh as she told this story......

Billy Rose was in a serious car accident as a young lady (about 23 yrs old). She was on the way to Sheyenne, ND. The accident was at Carrington ND. Billy Rose was thrown from the vehicle and through the roof of the car. She was riding in the middle of the front seat. She hit her head and it caused her to have some sleep disorders. She was hospitalized at the time in Carrington, until she was well enough to go home.

She went to High School in Whapaten, then went to college for a year at Whapaten at the State School of Science to study secretarial skills. She wishes she would have stayed in college, she enjoyed school. After he first year she was offered a job in Fargo ND as a secretary at North Western equipment, a large farm equipment dealer there. She worked there for 5 yrs. and met Lester at a dance in Fargo.

She also worked as the secretary for the City Manager in Albert Lea in the 1960's.

Lester purchased the plane while married to Billy Rose.

Married four times, she had three children. She divorced Jack 1962.

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Note for: William Breuer Jr., 24 DEC 1930 - Index

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They relocated to Wasilla Alaska then to the Western US, then relocated back to Wasilla Ak.

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Note for: Donald E. Byrne, 15 AUG 1925 - 11 MAY 2006 Index

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After I was born, we lived in Aberdeen for another year, then my mother and dad were divorced, and my mother and I moved to Deadwood to live with Grandma Mack in her apartment on Lee Street.

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Note for: Brian Scott Gross, 10 SEP 1954 - Index

Baptism:
     Place:   Robert Mack - Godfather, Marlene Farwell - Godmother

Education:
     Date:   DEC 1976
     Place:   Bachelors Science Mechanical Engineering - South Dakota School Mines & Technology

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     Blonde hair since birth, with blue eyes.