| Summary: | 30, 1925, at Moorhead, Minn. In Jan. of 1943 they moved to Marion where he worked as a County Maintainer Man. Upon retiring they moved to LaMoure, North Dakota where she still resides. He was in a Rest Home in Ellendale for a year and a half before he passed away in 1973. They had five children: Aria married Dick Triepke. He passed away April 1965. They had two children: Larry, who is married to Eileen Moore and lives in Cheshire, Conn., and Vicki, who is married to Jim Robideau and lives in Grand Forks, N. Dak. They have two children, Danny and Denise. Marlis, married to Howard Willey and lives in Missoula, Montana. They have two children, Janice and Mike. Mavis, married to Ken Worsham and lives in Orange, Texas. They have three children, Karen, Kathy and David. Darlene is married to Donald Swiontek and lives at Berlin, North Dakota. They have three children, Allen, Dale, and Brent. Diane is married to Stanley Wendt and lives in Fargo, North Dakota. They have three children, Steven, Linda and Krista. ELLIOTT, JOHN AND MATILDA John Elliott was born June 19, 1861 in Longford County, Ireland. In 1878 he left his home country for the United States. He spent some time in Rosemount, Minn., before coming to N. Dak., and in October 1881 he filed on a homestead and tree claim in twsp. 138R61 (farm home of Harry Gusaas now). On Nov. 11, 1882 he married Matilda Ennis at Rosemount and brought his bride to his Barnes County homestead where he broke more sod. He used oxen to do most all of his breaking as he had no horses until 1885. They had three children: William born 1883, Elizabeth born 1885 and passed away 1907. The youngest in the Elliott family was Mary Ann born 1887. She lived on the homestead until 1954 when she and her husband Elbert Whitney moved to Ypsilanti. In the beginning their mail came to Sanborn (no free delivery for many years later). Later a post office was established at Ypsilanti, then their address became Piano. The post office was in a country store just a mile from the Elliott homestead, owned and run by Geo Williams. The first school house in the district was built in the fall of 1883. It was Dist. 66 and was called the Williams school for years. It was summer of 1885 before school was held there, the term was 4 months and the teachers salary was $30 a month. Mrs. Elliott passed away in 1900. John Elliott passed away in Sept. 1940. William Elliott passed away Mar. 10, 1939. Mary Elliott Whitney passed away Jan. 15, 1965. ELSNER, LOUIS AND DORA Louis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Pius Eisner, was born in Pocahontas, Iowa and came to this community in 1915 with his parents. He married Dora Elizabeth Jensen of Jamestown, N.D., in Valley City, N.D., January 4, 1933. The first year of their marriage they farmed the farm now occupied by the John Matts. For the next 37 years they lived on the same farm where their son, Loren, now lives. They purchased this farm from the Johnston Land Company. They are the parents of 4 sons. Paul, born in Jamestown, Sept. 1933, married Margaret Knudsen, daughter of Nels and Anna Knudsen. They live in Spokane, Wash. Paul is a mobile home salesman and has 2 sons, David and Jay, at home. Gerald was bom May 1935, married Donna Erickson of Litchville and has 4 children, Terri, Randy, Rhonda, and Jolene at home. Gerald is a postman at Fargo, N. Dak. Bernard was born May 1937, married Edna Kauk of Jamestown, N.D., and has 2 sons, Wade and Jeffery, at home. Bernard works for Western Electric of Valley City, N.D. Loren was born July 1, 1946, married Caroline J. Kautzman of Jamestown and has 2 sons, Loren Scott and Jared, at home. Loren and his family live on the family farm north of Marion. ELSNER, PIUS Mr. and Mrs. Pius Eisner were born in Saxony, Germany. They came to the U.S. in 1902 and settled on a farm near Fonda, Iowa. To this union six children were born. Olga (Mrs. Richard Jongewaard), Arno, Otto, Louis, Martha (Mrs. Young), and Fritz. In 1915 the family came to Greenland Township where Mr. Eisner bought a farm. The children attended Greenland Consolidated School of which Mr. Eisner was a member of the School Board for several years. He also served on the Farmer's Telephone Board. Mr. Eisner was a butcher by trade, and worked for farmers as a side line during the winter months. The family lived on this farm until the death of Mr. Eisner in March 1936. A son. Otto, preceded him in death. Mrs. Eisner then made her home in Marion until her death in 1958. ERDMANN, WILLIAM AND AUGUSTA Mr. and Mrs. Erdmann moved from Winona, Minn., to Davenport, N.D., in the late 1870's. Then in 1878 William Erdmann and John Bruschwein, Sr. walked from Davenport to the Griswold area where they looked over the wild prairie and staked homestead claims. They farmed both places for several years and in 1883 packed their belongings and moved their families to their Griswold homesteads, using oxen and wagons for transportation. They encountered many Indians along the way, most of them as curious of them as they were of the Indians. The Erdmanns built a sod house on their claim, usually known as the Art Haseleu farm. For several years the Erdmanns, Bruschweins, Boelters, Kohns, and Haseleus took turns going to Lisbon and Valley City for their mail and supplies. William sold the farm after Augusta died and made his home with his daughter's family, the Max Henkers. Later it was known as the Klug farm, today it is owned by the Erdmanns great-grandson, Melvin Knudsen. Their daughter, Martha (Mrs. Max Henker), was bom March 15, 1876 at Hart, Winona County, Minn. Their daughter, Emma, lived in Minn. Their other children emigrated to Canada. ESPERUM, OLE AND OLINE Ole Esperum was born in Sondre Land, Norway on May 29, 1870. His parents were Michael and Olave Esperum. He was married in November of 1893 in Norway to Oline Bjornstad, who was born on July 30, 1869. Her parents were Lars and Ragnhild "Bjorndalen" Bjornstad. They left Norway with their three children on June 10, 1904 by boat and landed in Boston. From there they came by train to LaMoure, N.D., where relatives came and got 78 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.
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