A history of Foster County

• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: North Dakota State Library
• Subjects: Canada; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Josephine; Lester; Maude; Ramona; Rose Hill; Theodore
• Online Access: http://cdm16921.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/ndsl-books/id/32861

Tanya is employed as a bookkeeper. Curtis is employed by the Soo Line Railroad. TTT — ai5 — William Wales William Wales was born on July 9, 1845 at Wexford, Ireland. His parents moved to Liverpool, England, when he was a small boy. He had a colorful career before he came to the Carrington and surrounding area in 1907. He had been apprenticed as a shipwright, served in the English army in Malta, Africa and India. In England he served as a prison guard and later as an overseer of a poor farm at Lancaster. While at Lancaster he married a London girl, Elenor Gibbs. They had one child, a son, Henry. When Mrs. Wales died the child was adopted by her sister. He never saw the child again. He came to Canada in 1892, taking a job as a woodsman in the Hudson Bay area, he was employed by a railroad company. In Carrington and later in Bordulac he worked as a carpenter and mechanic, also a grain buyer. He owned several houses in Bordulac. He died in March 1932. TTT Andrew Wentland Andrew Wentland was born in 1885 near Carrington. He attended business school in Minneapolis. He worked in a bank in Carrington until he became cashier at the Bordulac State Bank. He lived in North Dakota and Minnesota until 1944 when the family moved to Lodi. He had four children: Mrs. Harlan, Bettifae, C. A. and Dr. George. Hilda his first wife, died in 1955. Bertha, his second wife, died in 1972. Mr. Wentland died in July 1974. TTT John L Wolf John Wolf, born January 28, 1892, at Ramona, South Dakota, was the son of Henry and Rose Jacomet Wolf. He married at Ramona on October 24, 1916, Margaretta (Margaret) Rensch, the daughter of Joseph Anthony and Maria Amelia J. Derunga Rensch. The Wolfs came to Foster County in 1917 and purchased the farm on Section 17, Bordulac Township. They had 15 children: Elizabeth Ann, Lawrence J., Syril, Ruth Eileen, John, Casper who died April 15, 1946, Ceclia Marie, June Margaret, Rita and Richard (twins), Theresa Mary and Patricia Mary (twins), Jerome, Virginia Louise and Amelia Janice. John L Wolf died October 31, 1943 and his wife April 11, 1980; both are buried in the Carrington Cemetery. TTT -3- Charles and Ruth (Robinson) Zink Charles Zink, son of Wendelin and Theresa Lettner Zink, was born at Bordulac on December 19,1895. He farmed in Bordulac and Pingree area until he moved to Carrington in 1951. He was a well known horseman, having several horses. He was president of Dakota Riders Saddle Club and often rode in local parades. He was married October 28, 1922 to Ruth Robinson. They had two sons, Charles and Gerald. Mr. Zink died December 11, 1954. Mrs. Zink resides in Carrington. She prepared the school lunches for several years. TTT Eugene and Rachel (Gaffney) Zink Eugene Zink, son of Peter Zink Jr., was born in 1919. He married Rachel Gaffney. They have eight children: Mark, Cletus, Timothy, James, Paul, Rosemary, Teresa and Susan. Mr. Zink farmed near Bordulac and have made their home in Carrington for a number of years. He is a member of the Farm Home Administration and the County A.S.C.S. Committee. TTT Lawrence and Francella (VanHorn) Zink Lawrence Zink was born in 1903 to Gustav and Anna Lettner Zink, in Rose Hill Township. He married Francella VanHorn. They had nine children: Laverne, Gerald, Marilyn, Raymond, Lucille, Lester, Margie, Carole and Kathy. The family lived on a farm in Bordulac Township until retiring and moving to Fargo. Mrs. Zink died January 25,1982. TTT Wendelin and Theresa (Lettner) Zink Wendelin Zink, son of Peter and Anna Bohnert, was born in Germany, on October 20,1862. He came to Foster County in 1883 because his brother Peter was here. He homesteaded on Section 18 in Bordulac Township. In 1888 on March 22, he married Theresa Lettner. Theresa was born in Michigan on October 3,1869. The couple had twelve children: Anna, Mary, Emma, Katherine, Rose, Charles, Fred, Maude, Lenora, Josephine, Theodore and Alice. Mr. Zink first settled in the area when the nearest trading post was Jamestown. He served as County Commissioner for 8 years. He also was president of the Farmer's Elevator in Bordulac and a director of the Melville Bank. Mr. Zink died May 1, 1914. Mrs. Zink died February 2, 1956. They are buried at Carrington. TTT Gerald and Sylvia (Nohrenberg)Zink Gerald Zink, son of Charles and Ruth Robinson Zink, was born at Bordulac, attended schools in the area and high school at Pingree, N.D. He married Sylvia Nohrenberg at Pingree May 3, 1946. He farmed with his father until 1949. He was a Standard Oil agent at Bordulac until 1951 when he rented the Zink farm. He bought the farm in 1955 after his father's death. This farm was settled by his grandfather, Wendelin Zink in 1883. Gerald and Sylvia have six children: Patricia, (Mrs. Havery Nicolson), Roger, Ross, Deborah (Mrs. Tim Skadberg), Charles, and Christine (Mrs. Christopher Beach). ttt 12B Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.