Karen Marie Laustsen børn før ægteskab:

• Ane Kirstine Johannesen blev født den 30. juni 1859 og hjemmedøbt af gårdejer Lottrup den 5. juli 1859. Dåben blev publiceret den 18. september 1859. Moderen var Karen Marie Lauritzen, 22 år, og udlagte barnefader var ungkarl Johannes Sørensen af Kjæmstrup i Heiring. Fadderne var indsidder Søren Nielsens kone af Heiring og pigen Else Marie Lauritzen af Glenstrup, husmand Anders Christensen af Heiring, husmand Christen Sørensen af Kjæmstrup og ungkarl Christen Laursen af Glenstrup [Klejtrup Sogn, kirkebog for 1853 - 1873 side 23 opslag 18]
  Ane Kirstine Johannesen døde den 2. februar 1861, og hun blev begravet den 10. februar 1861. Hun blev 1 ½ år gammel, og hun døde af en børnesygdom [Klejtrup Sogn, kirkebog for 1853 - 1873 side 132 opslag 78]
• Ane Kirstine Jensen blev født den 8. april 1868 og døbt den 21. maj 1868. Moderen var ugifte fruentimmer Karen Marie Lauritsen, 30 år, på Heiring Hede, og den udlagte barnefader var ungkarl Søren Christian Jensen på Randers Mark. Fadderne var gårdmand Anders Andersens hustru Birthe og pige Mette Marie Andersen, begge af Heiring. Christen Madsen, Christen Larsen og Peder Christensen, alle af Heiring [Klejtrup Sogn, kirkebog for 1853 - 1873 side 28 opslag 23]

Ungkarl Niels Christian Mikkelsen af Hvornum, 33 år, og pigen Karen Marie Lauritsen af Tjærby, 33 år, blev viet den 16. april 1870. Forloverne var gårdmændene Jens Vinter og Chr. S Kjeldsen af Tjærby [Randers Amt, Støvring Herred, Gimming Sogn, kirkebog for 1833 - 1882 side 20 opslag 20]

Niels Christian Mikkelsen og Karen Marie Laustsen's børn var:

• Mette Marie Mikkelsen blev født den 27. august 1871 og hjemmedøbt den 3. september 1871. Dåben blev publiceret den 22. oktober 1871 i Kirken. Forældrene var husmand Niels Christian Mikkelsen af Brøndum Hede og hustru Karen Marie Laursen, 33 år. Fadderne var pige Else Marie Laursen af Vestrup, pige Dorte Kirstine Sørensen af Nørremølle, husmand Jens Andersen af Brøndum, husmand Niels Byrrielsen (?) og tjenestekarl Christen Laursen af Gimming. Rejste til Amerika i 1874 [Hvornum Sogn, kirkebog for 1861 - 1877 side 53 opslag 44]
• Jens Mikael Laurids Mikkelsen blev født den 11. juni 1873 og døbt den 22. juni 1873. Fadderne var pige Else Marie Laursen, pige Maren Jensen, husmand Jens Andersen Sparre, ungkarl Peder Kristian Hansen samt faderen, alle af Brøndum. Rejst til Amerika i maj 1874 [Randers Amt, Onsild Herred, Hvornum Sogn, kirkebog for 1861 - 1877 side 21 opslag 22]
• Signe Mikkelsen blev født den 16. juni 1876 i Pelican Lake, Grant County, Minnesota
• Carl Louis Mikkelsen blev født den 20. februar 1878 i Pelican Lake, Grant County, Minnesota
• Clara M. Mikkelsen blev født den 14. juli 1880 i Pelican Lake, Grant County, Minnesota [Grant County Courthouse, Treasurer's office Book A page 2 line 1]

Den 29. april 1874 viste familien billet til St. Paul i Minnesota. Deres sidste opholdssogn var Hvornum Sogn i Randers Amt. Familien bestod af:

• Niels Christian Mikkelsen, 37 år
• Karen Marie Mikkelsen, 36 år
• Ane Christine Mikkelsen, 3 år (6 år?)
• Mette Marie Mikkelsen, 2 år
• Jens Michael Mikkelsen, ½ år

Ved folketællingen den 1. juni 1880 boede familien i Pelican Lake, Grant County, Minnesota:
Niels Meckelson, 43 år, farmer, født i Danmark af danske forældre (Niels Christian, født 1837)
Maria Meckelson, 42 år, hustru, holder hus, født i Danmark af danske forældre (Karen Marie, født 1837)
Christine Meckelson, 12 år, datter, i skole, født i Danmark af danske forældre (Ane Kirstine, født 1868)
Maria Meckelson, 8 år, datter, hjemme, født i Danmark af danske forældre (Mette Marie, født 1871)
Sina Meckelson, 5 år, datter, hjemme, født i Minnesota af danske forældre
Jens M. L. Meckelson, 2 år, søn, hjemme, født i Minnesota af danske forældre (opkaldt efter sønnen, som døde)

Nils Mikkelsen døde den 18. marts 1882 i en alder af 44 år 10 måneder og 29 dage. Han døde af lungefeber, og hans forældre var Mikkel og Mette Mikkelsen [Grant County Courthouse, Treasurer's Office Book A page 1 line 26]

Ved folketællingen i 1900 boede Karen Marie Lauritsen i Pelican Lake, Grant County, Minnesota:
Karne Mikkelsen, husmoder, født september 1837, 62 år, enke, 1 barn som levede? født i Danmark af danske forældre, indvandrede i 1874 for 26 år siden, landmand, ejer en gældfri gård
Carl Mikkelson, søn, født i februar 1878 for 22 år siden, ugift, født i Minnesota af danske forældre

Mindeord - Obituary

Mrs. Karen Mikkelson died at Akeley, Minnesota on September 15th 1918. She was brought to Ashby, her old home town, for burial on Tuesday, September 17th 1918. Funeral services were held at the Lutheran Church.
Mrs. Mikkelson was born in Denmark on September 22. 1837. She came to America with her husband and three children in 1874, settling in Grant County, Minnesota.
Three more children were born in Town of Pelican Lake. Five of the six children are still living: Mrs. E. A. Bemis, of Sumner, Washington, Mrs. A. F. Katzenberger and Mrs. Mattie Peterson, of Akeley, Minnesota., Mrs. Lena Katzenberger, of Minneapolis, and Charles Mickelson of Ashby.
Mrs. Mikkelson was left a widow 36 years ago. For the last 12 years she made her home with Mrs. Peterson at Akeley

Begravelse - Funeral

Karen Marie Mikkelson's funeral was held on September 17th 1918. Karen Marie was a strong devout pioneer women, who spent a number og years in these parts; a widow for 36 years, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Peterson, in Akeley, on the 15th. Death resulted from an apoplectic stroke which occurred about a year ago. She reared five children and had reached the ripe old age of 81 years
Kilde: Ashby Post den 20. september 1918

1. Ane Kirstine Jensen og hendes familie

Ved folketællingen i 1900 boede familien i Pelican Lake, Grant County:
Frank Ketzenberger, husfader, født august 1855, 44 år, gift i 16 år, født i Illinois af en tysk fader og en moder fra Virginia, breakmaker?
Anna Ketzenberger, hustru, født 18. april 1869, 31 år, gift i 16 år, et levende barn, født i Danmark af danske forældre, indvandrede i 1872, har boet 28 år i US
Josephine Ketzenberger, datter, 9 år, født i Minnesota, går i skole

Ved Minnesotas folketælling i 1905 boede familien i Akeley, Hubbard County:
Adam F. Katzenberger, 49 år, boet 28 år 10 måneder i denne stat, 1 år 8 måneder i dette distrikt, arbejder
Anna C. Katzenberger, 37 år, boet 31 år i denne stat, 1 år 8 måneder i dette distrikt
Mattie J. Katzenberger, 14 år

Ved folketællingen i 1910 boede familien i Akeley, Hubbard County, Minnesota:
Adam F. Katzenberger, husfader, 54 år, gift i 26 år, "Scaler in Lumber Company"
Anna C. Katzenberger, hustru, 42 år, gift i 26 år, et levende barn, født i Danmark af danske forældre
Josephine Katzenberger, datter, 19 år, født i Minnesota

Ved folketællingen i 1920 boede familien i White Oak, Hubbard County:
Adam F. Katzenberger, husfader, 64 år, gift, pensioneret landmand
Anna C. Katzenberger, hustru, 51 år, gift

En Josephine M. Katzenberger døde den 22. februar 1945 i Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Adam Frank Katzenberger blev født den 30. august 1855, og han døde den 28. februar 1923 i Akeley Hubbard County [Minnesota Death Index]

Anna C. Katzenberger blev født den 8. april 1868, og hun døde den 23. november 1936 i Akeley Hubbard County

2. Mette Marie Mikkelsen og hendes familie

Ved folketællingen for Minnesota i juni 1895 var Peter J. Peterson tjenestekarl? hos Andrew E. Katzenberger i Kintire, Redwood County:
Peter J. Peterson, 28 år, født i Minnesota, 8 måneder i dette distrikt, landmand

A double wedding was solemnized by Justice of Peace Hauge, at his office, on Saturday 7th, 1895. The contracting parties were John M. Katzenberger of Redwood County and Sina Mickelson of Pelican Lake, and Peter J. Peterson and Mattie Mickelson, both of Pelican Lake [Grant County Herald den 12. december 1895]

Ved folketællingen i 1900 boede familien i Ann, Cottonwood County, Minnesota:
Peter J. Peterson, husfader, født i august 1871, 28 år, gift i 4 år, født i Minnesota af norske forældre, landmand
Mattie Petersen, hustru, født i august 1871, 28 år, gift i 4 år, født i Danmark af danske forældre, indvandrede i 1874
John C. Peterson, søn, født i april 1897, 3 år
Clara M. Peterson, datter, født i december 1899, 5 måneder

Ved Minnesotas folketælling lørdag den 3. juni 1905 boede familien i Akeley, Hubbard County:
Peter J. Peterson, 33 år, 1 år og 2 måneder i dette distrikt, slagter
Mattie M. Peterson, 33 år, 1 år og 2 måneder i dette distrikt
Johnnie C. Peterson, 8 år
Clara M. Peterson, 5 år

Ved folketællingen i 1930 boede Mette Marie Mikkelsen i Sumner, Pierce County, Washington:
Mattie Peterson, husmoder, ejer sit eget hus til $1.000, enke, 58 år, født i Danmark af danske forældre, "table lady" (servitrice?)

Mattien Peterson døde den 9. maj 1936 i Sumner, Pierce, Washington. Hun blev 64 år gammel

4. Signe Mikkelsen og hendes familie

Ved folketællingen for Minnesota i juni 1895 boede John M. Katzenberger i Kintire, Redwood County:
Andrew E. Katzenberger, 74 år, født i Tyskland, boet 49 år i denne stat, boet 3 år i distriktet, landmand
Mary Katzenberger, 64 år, født i Virginia, holder hus
John M. Katzenberger, 24 år, født i Iowa, boet 20 år i denne stat, 3 år i distriktet, landmand
Charles Katzenberger, 21 år, født i Iowa, boet 20 år i denne stat, 3 år i distriktet, landmand

A double wedding was solemnized by Justice of Peace Hauge, at his office, on Saturday 7th, 1895. The contracting parties were John M. Katzenberger of Redwood County and Sina Mickelson of Pelican Lake, and Peter J. Peterson and Mattie Mickelson, both of Pelican Lake [Grant County Herald den 12. december 1895]

Ved folketællingen i 1920 boede Frank Carmack i Meeker, King County, Washington på West Pacific Highway. Han var 39 år, ugift, født i Kentucky, maskinist i en garage.
Han boede sammen med broderen Richard H. Carmack, 44 år, gift, født i Kentucky, helbreder kvæg

Ved folketællingen i 1930 boede familien i Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Californien:
Frank C. Carmack, husfader, husets værdi var $4.500, 49 år, 27 år ved første vielse, født i Kentucky
Sena Carmack, hustru, 54 år, 32 år ved første vielse, født i Minnesota af danske forældre

Sena Carmack (Sena Mickelson) blev født den 16. juni 1876 i Minnesota, og hun døde den 9. april 1941 i Los Angeles

Mourns Loss of His Sister

Charles Mickelson has received the sad news of the death of his sister, Mrs. Frank C. Carmack, of Altadena, California. She died suddenly of a heart attack April 9. 1941. She was formerly known here as Sena Mickelson and was born in Pelican Lake township June 16, 1876, and would have been 65 years old this year. She went to school in Ashby and later lived in various parts of Minnesota and Dakota where she operated hotels and rooming houses. About 14 years ago she moved to California.
Mrs. Carmack leaves to mourn her death, two daughters Mrs. Cortes Jennings of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, and Mrs. Peter Gratzer of Altadenia, California. The later made her home with her. She also leaves one sister, Mrs. R. A. Bemis of Sumner, Washington, and one brother, Chas. Mickelson of Ashby.
Mr. Mickelson is terrible grieved as he spent three winters with her in her sunny California home three years ago. That she was close to the hearts of many is shown by the following quotation from a letter from Major Earl L. Mickelson of Camp Wallace, Texas, to his father, Chas. Mickelson:
This morning I got a telegram saying that aunt Sena had passed away. You have no idea how sorry I am that I never got to see her again. As you very well know, she was my favorite Aunt. No one could be any better Aunt to anyone than she was to me. Well, we shall see her later [Grant County Herald 1941]

5. Carl Mikkelsen og hans familie

We learn that Chas. Mickelson, of Ashby, was married on Wednesday of last week at Fergus Falls to Miss Helen Torgrimson, of Eagle Lake. The groom is a prosperous farmer and one of the most popular young men at Ashby [Elbow Lake Tribune, den 30. november 1899]

Ved Minnesotas folketællingen den 5. juni 1905 boede Carl Mikkelsen med familie i Pelican Lake:
Charley Mickelson, 26 år, født i Minnesota af danske forældre, landmand
Ellen Mickelson, 21 år, født i Minnesota af norske forældre
Earle Mickelson, 4 år 9 måneder
Karen Mickelson, 67 år, født i Danmark, boet i distriktet i 30 år 5 måneder

Ved folketællingen i 1910 boede familien i Pelican Lake, Grant County:
Charlie Mickelson, husfader, 34 år, gift i 8 år, indfødselsret i 1881, gårdmand
Helen Mickelson, hustru, 26 år, gift i 8 år
Earl Mickelson, søn, 9 år
Raymond Mickelson, søn, 3 år

Ved folketællingen i 1920 boede familien i Pelican Lake Grant County:
Charlie Mickelson, husfader, ejede en gård, 41 år, gift, født i Minnesota af danske forældre, landmand
Hellen Mickelson, hustru, 36 år, gift, født i Minnesota af norske forældre
Earl L. Mickelson, søn, 19 år
Raymond A. Mickelson, søn, 12 år

Ved folketællingen i 1930 boede familien i Pelican Lake:
Chas Mickelson, husfader, 52 år, gift, da han var 22 år, gårdmand
Helen Mickelson, hustru, 46 år, gift i en alder af 16 år,
Raymond Mickelson, søn, 23 år, gift i en alder af 20 år, arbejder ved landbruget
Blanche Mickelson, svigerdatter, 25 år, gift i en alder af 22 år, født i South Dakota, faderen var fra Wisconsin, og moderen var fra South Dakota, tjenestepige i en privat familie
Ronald Mickelson, grandson, 2 år 6 måneder
Joyce Mickelson, ganddaughter, 8 måneder

Charley Mickelson, født den 20. februar 1878, døde den 27. marts 1955 i Otter Tail County [Minnesota Death Index]

Charlie Mickelson Passes Away Sunday

Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Pelican Lake Lutheran Church for Charlie Mickelson, who passed away Sunday, March 27th, 1955, at The Lake Region Hospital.
Mr. Mickelson was born February 20th, 1878 in Pelican Lake Township. He went to school in District 7 and except for about a year's absence when the family lived in the West, Mr. Mickelson lived his entire life in Pelican Lake Township. He was a life-long member of the Pelican Lake Church. On November 22nd, 1899 he married Helen Torgrimson of Fergus Falls.
Surviving are his wife, two sons, 11 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Ray Bemis og Sumner, Washington.
Mr. Mickelson farmed most of his life and for a few years was employed as a mechanic. fishing and hunting were his chief hobbies [Grant County Herald, den 31. marts 1955]

Helen Mickelson, 84 år, døde den 25. januar 1969 i Yellowstone, Montana

5.a Earl Lewis Mickelson og hans familie

Draft Registration Card til Den første Verdenskrig:
Earl Lewis Mickelsen, Ashby, født den 12. september 1900, landmand, arbejder for sin fader Charlie Mickelson, som var hans nærmeste slægtning, blå øjne og brunt hår. Udstedt den 12. september 1918

Mr. and Mrs. Charley Mikkelson returned from St. Paul Sunday where they attended the wedding of their son Earl Mikkelson to Miss Dorothy Lockwood at the home of the bride's parents. Dr. Samuel Fletcher Kerfoot, president of Hemline University performed the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Mikkelson left for Madison, Wisconsin, the same evening where Mr. Mikkelson is instructor of mathematics in the college of engineering at the state university [Grant County Herald, den 10. juni 1926]

Dorothy Mickelson spillede violin i Universitets Orkestret i 1928 [Badger Yearbook]

Ved folketællingen i 1930 boede familien i Silver City, Grant County, New Mexico:
Earl Mickelson, husfader, huslejen var $45 om måneden, 30 år, gift dan han var 26 år, professor, underviser, veteran fra Den første Verdenskrig
Dorothy Mickelson, hustru, 27 år, gift da hun var 23 år
Janet Mickelson, datter, 2 år 2 måneder, født i Wisconsin af forældre fra Minnesota

Ashby Man made Major - Earl Mickelson is Now At Silver City New Mexico

Earl Mickelson of Ashby has been promoted to the rank of major in the United States Army, it was learned here recently. Mr. Mickelson is stationed at Silver City, New Mexico.
After graduating from the Ashby High School, Mickelson served during the (First) World War at Fort Snelling. He was stationed at that post when Armistice was signed. Later he attended the Universities of Minnesota, Washington, Chicago and Wisconsin. At the University of Minnesota he obtained his three academic degrees, B.A., M. S., and Ph.D. From 1923 to 1926 he was instructor at Hamline University, St. Paul.
While teaching in the New Mexico State Teachers college at Silver City in 1933, Major Mickelson was called into service as a reserve officer, and has been eminently successful in his supervision of CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) Camps.
Charles Mickelson, father of the major, returned recently to Ashby after an extended visit to the South and West. He spent three weeks with his son at Silver City. From there he went to Altadena, California, where he spent two month with his sister, Mrs. F. C. Carmack, and niece, Mrs. Pete Gratzer. He left there the first part of February for Portland, Oregon, where he spent some time with a cousin, J. C. Larsen, whom he had not seen for 32 years. At Sumner, Washington, he visited two of his sisters, Mrs. Peterson and Mrs. Ray Peterson (Bemis!). From there he went to Wenatchee, Washington, where he was the guest of his brother-in-law, Oscar Torgrimson [Grant County Herald, den 19. marts 1936]

Ashby Colonel had long army career - Colonel Mickelson receiving award

Retired Friday after thirty years in the U.S. Army was Colonel E. L. Mickelson, Intelligence Officer, G-2, Headquarters Fifth Army in Chicago
Colonel Mickelson is the son of Mrs. Helen Mickelson of Ashby, Minnesota and the late Charles Mickelson. He has two daughters.
In recognition of his "long faithful and honorable service in the Regular Army" and "on behalf of the Department of the Army" Colonel Mickelson was awarded a certificate of achievement by Major General P. D. Ginder, Fifth Army commander.
Colonel Mickelson will retire to his home in Silver City, New Mexico.
A veteran of two World Wars, Colonel Mickelson was commissioned in the Regular Army in 1946 in the first postwar integration program. During World War he commanded the 119th Anti-aircraft Gun Battalion with the 1st and 3rd Armies, campaigning in Northern Europe. At the end of World War II he assumed command of the 217th AAA Gun Battalion, and in the fall of 1945 became member of General Board U.S. Forces, European Theater, headed by General George Patton.
In 1946 Colonel Mickelson was assigned to the 1st. Infantry Division and commanded the 3rd Field Artillery Battalion. He returned to the United States in June 1947.
Highlight of his Army career was his assignment as Army Military Attaché in Moscow from October of 1952 to October 1954.
Colonel Mickelson has been assigned to fifth Army since his return from Russia. His awards and decorations include: The Bronze Star Medal, French Croix de Querre, and Commendation Ribbon [Afskrift af avisudklip, tilsendt af Grant County Historical Museum]

Earl Mickelson, født den 12. september 1900, døde i oktober 1979. Han sidste opholdssted var Silver City, Grant County, New Mexico [Social Security Death Index]
Earl Lewis Mickelson, født den 12. september 1900, døde den 30. oktober 1979, og han blev begravet i Ft. Bayard National Cemetery, New Mexico. Militærtjenesten begyndte den 11. oktober 1918. Han deltog i Den første Verdenskrig, Den anden Verdenskrig og Korea Krigen [U.S. Veteran Gravesites]

Dorothy L. Mickelson, født den 12. marts 1903, døde den 12. marts 1995. Hendes sidste opholdssted var Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan. Hun blev begravet i sin mands gravsted [Social Security Death Index og U.S. Veteran Gravesites]

5.b Raymond A. Mickelson og hans familie

Former Resident of Ashby Dies in Washington

Funeral services were held last tuesday at Puyallup, Washington for Raymond Mickelson, 57, former Ashby resident.
Mr. Mickelson died August 15th at a Puyallup Hospital following a heart attack. He had been hospitalized two days. Mrs. Mickelson was in Ashby caring for his mother, Mrs. Helen Mickelson, when she received word of his death.
Raymond Mickelson, son of Mr. and Mrs Charles Mickelson, Ashby, was born March 29th, 1907. He was baptized and confirmed in the Pelican Lake Lutheran Church.
After his marriage to Blanch Searles, they lived on a farm west of Ashby until mowing to Washington 20 years ago. He was employed in the real estate business there.
He is survived by his widow, Helen Mickelson in Ashby, and four sons: 1) Ronald in Kimball, Nebraska 2 & 3) Sidney and James in Puyallup, Washington, 4) Vernon in Chicago, and five daughters: 1) Mrs. Dick (Joyce) Wickham in Hammondsville, Ohio 2) Mrs. Lee (Elaine) Campell, 3) Mrs. Clifford (Doris) Alexander and 4) Mrs. John Alexander in Puyallup, and 5) Mrs. Harold (Verna) Bordick in Chicago, and a brother, Earl, currently in Europa. He was preceded in death by his father [Grant County Herald, den 27. august 1964]

Mrs. Mickelson Rites Held at Sumner, Washington

Funeral services were held last Tuesday at a Sumner funeral home for Mrs. Raymond (Blanche) Mickelson, 65, a former Ashby area resident. Mrs. Mickelson died February 20th following a year's illness.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Searles, she was born August 20th 1904 at Flandreau, South Dakota. The family moved to the Ashby community in 1912 and she was graduated from high school there.
She taught school and clerked in a store until her marriage to Raymond A. Mickelson in April 1926. They farmed near Ashby until mowing to Puyallup, Washington in 1943. They had lived there since. Her husband preceded her in death in August 1964.
Surviving are nine children: 1) Ronald in Kent, Washington, 2) Sidney, 3) James, 4) Mrs. Lee (Elaine) Campbell, 5) Mrs. Clifford (Doris) Alexander, and 6) Mrs. John (Ruth) Alexander in Puyallup, 7) Vernon in California 8) Mrs. Richard (Joyce) Wickham in Irondale, Ohio, and 9) Harold (Verna) Burdick in Chicago [Grant County Herald, den 5. marts 1970]

6. Clara M. Mikkelsen og hendes familie

Bryllup - Hymeneal

On Tuesday afternoon (24. oktober 1899) at the Presbyterian parsonage in this village, Ray. A. Bemis was united in marriage to Miss Clara M. Mikkelson. The contracting parties both reside at Ashby. The groom is a young man whose future success is assured. The bride is one of the most popular young ladies in the vicinity of Ashby. Mr. Bemis will engage in the butcher business at Barrett about the first of the month, and the newly wedded couple will go to housekeeping in rooms over the barber shop in that village [Elbow Lake Tribune, den 26. oktober 1899]

Ved Minnesotas folketælling i 1905 boede familien i Akeley, Hubbard County:
Raymond A. Bemis, 28 år, født i Minnesota af forældre fra Wisconsin, boet i denne landsby i 2 år 1 måned, slagter
Clara M. Bemis, 24 år, født i Minnesota af danske forældre, boet i denne landsby i 2 år 1 måned
Harvey R. Bemis, 4 år
Irene M. Bemis, 2 år

Ved folketællingen i 1910 boede familien i Akeley Hubbard County:
Ramond A. Bemis, husfader, 34 år, gift i 10 år, født i Minnesota af forældre fra New York, manager in Seed Store
Clara M. Bemis, hustru, 30 år, gift i 10 år, 2 børn, som begge levede
Harvey R. Bemis, søn, 9 år
Irene M. Bemis, datter, 7 år

Ved folketællingen i 1920 boede familien i Sumner, Pierce County, Washington:
Raymond A. Bemis, husfader, 43 år, gift, født i Minnesota af forældre fra Michigan, maskinist i en gærfabrik?
Clara M. Bemis, hustru, 38 år, gift
Hary R. Bemis, søn, 19 år, ugift, stenografer i en bank
Irene Bemis, datter, 17 år

Ved folketællingen i 1930 boede familien i Sumner, Pierce County, Washington:
Roy A. Bemis, husfader, har radio, bor på en gård, 54 år, detail handlende i isenkram
Clara M. Bemis, hustru, 50 år
Harvey R. Bemis, søn, 29 år, kasserer i en bank

Raymond Arthur Bemis døde den 4. november 1947 i Tacoma, Washington. Han blev 71 år gammel. Forældrene var Clark Bemis og Mary M. Beden [Washington Digital Archives]

Clara Marie Bemis døde den 9. juli 1959 i staten Washington. Hun blev 78 år gammel [Washington Digital Archives]

Grant County

The first permanent white settler was Henry T. Sanford, who first came to Grant County as a soldier stationed at Fort Pomme de Terre. He homesteaded on land adjacent to what later became Elbow Lake in 1868. Other early settlers also started coming in 1868, with more and more people coming in the early 1870s. The majority of these early settlers were Scandinavian, others were German and English. Many of these settlers had first settled in Wisconsin, southeastern Minnesota, or Iowa before coming to western Minnesota in search of new opportunities or more land on which to raise their growing families. The eastern portion of Grant County was settled earliest because of the availability of wood and of water from the numerous lakes. The area around Herman was also settled early on because it was the first area to get railroad access. Early houses were simple log cabins, sod houses, or dugouts. Source: Grant County Historical Museum

Pelican Lake Township blev delt op i kvadrater på 640 acres (cirka 260 ha) eller 1,61 km x 1,61 km på hver led.
Niels Mikkelsen ejede 3/4 af sådan et kvadrat, mærket med M, i 1900