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Posted by: Robbi Hoy (ID *****9791) Date: July 22, 2005 at 12:41:07
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I have my ggg grandfather's diaries that I am transcribing. They start in 1881 and have almost finished 1888.
Here is the index of names-LOOK CLOSE!!! He spelled many names phonetically!!

Ackley
Ackley, Agnes (married August 1, 1888)
Ada (William’s daughter, never married)
Adams (and Baum one of the Shurburn burglars)
Adams, Ben
Adison
Alber
Anna (William’s daughter…married William “Billy” Hay who is referred to in the diaries as “Billy”)
Ball, Mr.
Bankson, Lant ( this has to be a relative of William’s wife, Louisa, her maiden name was Bankson…so far have not been able to identify him)
Barber, Shirley
Barstow
Barns (“Barns girl”)
Baum (and Adams, one of the Shurburn burglars)
Becking, Mr. And Mrs.
Billy ( William Hay who married William’s daughter, Anna)
Bird, Ed
Blaisdell
Blanchard, Carry
Blanchard, Fred and wife
Blines, Frank
Blines, Nels
Bowdry, Charley (This is Charlie Boudrye who married Flora Huston, she is believed to have been the neice or step neice of William)
Brimmer (may be Bummer)
Brooks
Brown
Buck, Mr.
Bullard
Bullard, George (said killed by the cars)
Burdick
Burnham, Arthur (This may be Louisa’s Uncle)
Burton, Gream
Burton, Jim
Burton, Lenny
Cadwell, Mr.
Canright, Mr.
Carelton, E.
Carelton, Mell
Carelton, Mr. And wife
Carelton, Scot
Carlos/Cartos
Carlton, Mell
Caston, Jimmy
Caston or Castion, John
Chase, Cornell
Chaney, Bill
Chauncy (I believe this is Chauncy Jones who is living next to my grandfather in 1880 he was 40 and wife was Tina)
Clay
Clandening
Cole
Coltard
Coltin
Colton, Harmy (died October 26, 1885)
Constance and wife
Cook, Mr.
Cripps, Charlie
Cregles
Crothers
Cruden, M.C.
Cunningham
Cunningham, Dick
Currier
Currey
Cutter
Dale, Bert
Davis, Marvin
Day, Mrs. (died March 25, 1886)
Denny, Ian
Dewit
Dible, Billy
Dickinson
Dimhart
Dora
Dorethy, Mr.
Dorethy, Scot
Doyle
Doyle, Billy
Doyle, Garret (date of death May 7, 1936)
Doyle, Katie
Drietchman
Dustin
Dutchman
Ellis, George
Enoch
Eton
Featherstone
Fenner
Finner, Mrs.
Flenner
Firmen
Fletcher and wife
Flora (this may be William’s niece, Flora Huston Boudrye or Flora Groff- he mentions Flora a lot, this Flora is a school teacher)
Folet, Ann ( also spelled Follet)
Folet, Gessy
Foss, Al
Foss, Herman (William calls him “Herm”)
Foss, Mrs
Foster, Adelia
Foster, Doc
Foster, George
Fred
Freeman, Frank
Ganoe, Cora (died November 13, 1883 - 1880 census Blue Earth City, Faribault, Minnesota, age 17 father Marion Gano, mother Catherine, brother Rupert, and sister Effie)
Ganoe, Maud
Ganoe, Rupert (1880 census Blue Earth City, Faribault, Minnesota, age 15 father Marion Gano, mother Catherine, sister Cora, and sister Effie)
George (Williams son, no discovery of marriage yet)
Gilbert, Al
Gilmore, Mr.
Gleason
Goldsmith, Anna
Goldsmith, Ella
Goldsmith, Henry
Goldsmith, Ida
Gordin, Mary
Gorman, John
Grant, General
Grant, Girty
Gream
Groff, Bill (This must be William Groff who lived near my grandfather in 1880 age 36, wife Mary, daughters Flora and Emma they are also listed in the 1870 census William says he was born in Iowa, died Feb. 23, 1887)
Groff, Erma
Groff, Flora (born March 1869)
Groff, Mary ( born Oct 1849 Mary is married to Jesse Teeter in 1900 and daughter Flora is living with her and Jesse)
Groff, Mrs (this is Mary Groff)
Groff, Vera (died September, 25, 1886)
Hall, Bob (This must be Robert Hall found in the 1880 census…the household is Robert age 61 NY; Margarett wife age 49 NY; Kate age 28 CT; Robert age 26 CT; George age 23 WI; Lilly age 19 WI; Lula age 13 MN; Truman age 10 MN; Flos age 4 MN Pleasant Prairie, Martin County, Minnesota )
Hall, Carlos
Hall, George (found with father Robert in 1880 census)
Hall, Kate (found with father Robert in 1880 census)
Hall, Lola (did she marry George Jones?)
Hall, Lucy (In the 1870 census near William is a J.H Hall age 40 from New York with wife Lucy and children Albert, Edmond, and Amy)
Hall, Old Mr.
Hall, Truman (found with father Robert in 1880 census)
Hammond, Katie
Hanks
Harlow (in 1880 there is a Freeland Harlow 44; Jennie 32; Grace 3; and many other servants in this household in Fairmont MN0
Harlow, Fred
Hasenbach
Hausenbech
Hausenbach
Hattie
Hay, Billy
Headly
Heaoly
Hekley
Hemphill
Henry
Herman
Hide, Joe and wife
Hill, Albert (went to Kansas March 28, 1887)
Hill, Amy
Hill, Bill (n 1887 he writes “William Hill here from Dakota”)
Hill, Eddie
Hill, Fletcher
Hill, Flora
Hill, Listy(?)
Hill, Lucy
Hill, Rob
Hill, S.
Hill, Seta
Hill, Tyler(?)
Hill, Wash
Hill, Will
Hines
Hodgeman, Bill
Hoffman, Mrs. (died January 30, 1881)
Hoffman, William
Holcomb
Holmes
Hope, Will
Horr, Senator
Houseman, Fred
Huntly
Huston, John
Huston, Mrs.
Jano, Rupert
Jim
Jimmy
Johnson
Johnson, Frank
Jones, Chauncy (found Chancy Jones in 1880 census living next to my grandfather, wife Tina, Chauncy Jones died December 24, 1917-1910 census I see Chauncy Jones in Fairmont age 73 still with wife Christina. It says he had 4 children with 2 still living)
Jones, Frank
Jones, Fred
Jones, George (Lola Hall 22 April 1888, of East Chain, Minnesota)
Jones, Jo
Jones, Marion (In 1870 Marion is living with his grandmother, Ann Jones, he is 13 years old and born in Wisconsin, he lives close to William
Jones, Mrs.
Jones, Old Mrs.
Jones, Sam
Jones, Tina
Jones (2 Jones boys)
Karney, Miss
Keiler
Keeler
Keeler, Katie
Kindal, Gad
Lalburton
Lamberton
Lamphur
Lasby, Jim (died March 8, 1883)
Lawson (could be Lansen, Lanson, Lawsen )
Lawson, Clous
Lawson, Miss
Lawson, Mr.
Lawson, Mrs. P.
Lawson, Peter
Leat, Lucy
Leeler (this is prob Seeler)
Leet (there are 2 Leet’s in the 1880 census near my grandfather…Rudolph was one of them)
Leet, Ran or Ron
Leet, Susa
Leigh, Fred
Lessing
Lesta
Livingood
Livermore
Livermore, Charlie (had meat market)
Livermore, Frank
Loag, Nora
Logue, Nora
Lola and Lill (must be the Hall’s)
Lord, Arthur
Louisa (William’s wife, Louisa Bankson Cross)
Lounsberry (the Loonsberry’s are living in Fairmont in 1870)
Lowe
Lowe, Mrs.
Lowe, Tom
Lowensbury
Luna
McDonald
McKeny (could be McKay), Mils or Milo
McMacurden, James (see also McCruden and Cruden)
Main
Manter, Mr and son
Marston
Martin, Dick
Martin, Frank
Martin, Jule
Martin, Julie
Martin, Julya
Martin, Mrs.
Maston
Math???, Charlie
Matson, Ela
Matson, Leily
Matson, Mr. (This may be Arron Matson-William says he died May 11, 1888-and he calls him old, William was just ten years younger than Arron)
Maye, Old (could be Mage or Maze)
Michell
Millard
Miller, Herman
Miller, J (could have been Johnny or Jimmy)
Miller, Mike
Miller, Mrs. (from Jackson)
Miller, Vill
Milo (in 1870 there is a Milo Loaffingwek(?) living with William and his family who is 34 from New York, his wife Fleatha(?) born in Wisconsin is with him in 1880 there is a Milo Blowers who is living in Tenhassen with wife Susan and 2 children)
Miner
Mitchel
Mitchell, Bill
Mitchell, John (John is the son of Charles Mitchell in Pleasant Prairie, Martin County, Minnesota in the 1880 census, he is the brother to Mary and his mother is Bridget)
Mitchell, Mary (sister to John)
More, Mr.
Matt
Muffley, Edna
Murphy, Ann (In census 1880, near my grandfathers home, husband 20 years older named Michael) (died April 16, 1885)
Murphy, Ed
Murphy, Mary (from Huntley)
Murphy, Mell
Murphy, Pat
Murphy, Sarah (daughter of Ann and Michael Murphy in 1880 census)
Murry, Kate (also talks about Mrs. Murry who died March 7, 1883)
Myers, Minnie
Myers, sick baby
Nichols, Cora (Ralph Cross married here in 1886)
Nichols, George (Cora’s father)
Nichols, Nettie and her sister (this is Cora’s sisters Annetta and Charolette)
Nichols, Sarah Decker (Cora’s mother)
Nut Mr.
Nutter, Lon (I believe he is Alonzo Nutter who is living in Pleasant Prairie in 1880, there is also a George Nutt and a William living near by)
Nutter, Luke
Nutter, William
Obermyer
O’Conner
Older, Lil
Older, Nettie (sister to Seth listed in the 1880 census in Fairmont Minnesota)
Older, Seth (Seth is the son of Francis C Older in the 1880 census age 28…has siblings Jason, Dora, Elmer and Nettie)
Oliver
Page
Pain
Park, Frank
Parker
Patterson, Mrs. (from Jackson)
Peck, Bill
Peniger, Nettie
Petrie
Petrie, Ethel
Petrie, Ollie
Petrie, Mr.
Phillips, Mr. (from Wisconsin)
Pircey
Pitman
Pixley (This is George F. Pixley….The MN Historical Society says this…. His “160-acre farm, which he purchased in 1874; Pixley also built the country store on his farm in 1881, where the post office remained until 1894.”In 1870 he is living in Pleasant Prairie with daughter Emma –age 16 and he is listed as a Farmer age 32 born in Vermont, also is son George age 5 born in New York and daughter Rosa age 1 born in Minnesota)
Prentice, Orin
Provis
Provist
Ralph ( William’s son, married Cora Nichols)
Rice, Arvilly
Rice, Miss Canna
Robinson (could be Robison)
Rogers, Frank
Roids
Root, Mrs.
Rouse (In 1870 living near William is a Rouse age 43 from New York with wife Sarah)
Rouse, Bert
Rowley
Ruble
Rudolph
Sager
Schultz (this family lives very near the Cross family, in 1900 census there is listed Otto 48; Bertha 37; Ida 18; Albert 17; Frank 15; Emma 13; and Otto 10 also in another household is listed George 47; Sarah 32; John F 7.; Emma E. 4)
Schultz, Lena
Scott, George
Searl, Harry
Seeler
Seeler, Paul
Segar
Sessing
Sinclair
Shoopak
Slanegar
Smith, Charlie (from Blue Earth)
Smith, J.
Snow, Mr.
Spencer, John
Spicer
Stewart, Jed
Still, Henry
Stinchfield
Stow, Mr.
Style, Anna
Style, Fred (1900 Fairmont census Fred M Style age 44 born Wales born may 1856, wife Carrina, children William and Louisa)
Style, Harry
Style, Henry (Henry Albert Style died March 4, 1916-1900 Fairmont census born Jan 1862 in Ireland, wife Annie, children Glenne, Rosamund, Viola, Brenda)
Sweet
Tanner
Tanner, Jake
Tanner, John
Tanner, Mr.
Tanner, Mrs. (died July 1888)
Tatie, Mr.
Teeter (In 1900 Jesse Teeter is married to Mary Groff and has step daughter Flora Groff living there)
Teeter, George
Teeter, Lesty
Teeter, Mrs. (died February 7, 1885…called “Old Mrs. Teeter” there is another William mentions being sick in 1886 and died December 24, 1886)
Tess
Tine
Tine, Mary
Tinker, Harry
Tinker, Tom
Townsend, Mrs.
Traucler
Turner, Claude
Turner, Mr.
Turner (2 girls)
VanAlstine, Charlie
VanDyke, Mr.
Viesellman, William
Wagner
Waggoner
Wallace
Warner (2 boys)
Warner, Mr. (and family)
Weber, Caroline
Wesley
Weshlean, Mr.
Whirland
White, Mrs.
Whitey, Mrs. And girls
Whitney, Ann (and girls)
Whitney, Mrs.
Whiting, Shirm (also talks about the ‘Whiting girls’)
Whitney, Sherman (and “James to” is this a Whitney as well?) (He is listed in the 1880 census Rolling Green, Martin County, Minnesota as age 16, his father is Trup B. Whitney age 55)
Wickham, Charley
Wilkens
Wilkins, Dan and wife
Williams, Mrs.
Wilson, Jim
Wilson, John (of Tilot Grove)
Wilson, Mrs.
Wing, Mrs.
Winkins, Mrs
Woleston
Wolostan
Wright
Young, Bill
Young, Johny


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