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<t>We think the John called John Sr. is our relative. Remember, the fashion at that time was to call the older person Sr. and the younger one with the same name Jr. even if they were not related. In fact, there could only be a couple of years difference in their ages, as in this case. (As also seeme...

<t>Answering your other message first - I forgot to mention the 18-year old John Matheson. We always thought he was the step-son of (Alexander, Angus, Katherine, John and Helen's oldest sister) Janet, and that her second husband was still another Alexander Matheson. Thus John would have been the wid...

<t>John Matheson of that party was the brother of my great-great grandfather Alexander. It is possible that the Alexander Matheson of that party was the brother of Christian Matheson, who married John and Alexander's brother Angus. It is not known for sure about that. Angus and Christian left lots o...

<t>That's interesting about Archie McDonald. I did not reply yesterday because I wanted to look through my messages from Chloe. When she used him for a source the citation says: NAC Selkirk Papers, Vol. 68. NAC = National Archives of Canada, maybe? I don't know if that will help you find the right m...

<t>Angus, born 1810 in Sutherlandshire, died 1898 in Hopkinton, Iowa. He was the son of Alexander and Ann Matheson. Alexander's mother was Jean (Polson), the "Widow Matheson". All came to the settlement in 1815, along with Alexander's sister Katherine and her husband Alexander Polson, their brother ...

<t>Another thought occurs to me, regarding the raft. I know there are forests in northern Minnesota, but I do not know that there were many trees along the upper Mississippi. Maybe there was not enough wood to build that many rafts. They had their Red River Carts, but I doubt they could have been ma...

<t>That was Huberta Livingstone, relative of Jerry Schmidt. I do not know if Huberta Matheson was named for Huberta Livingstone, or her name might have been inspired by the other Huberta. The Mathesons had moved away from Delaware County, Iowa, and I do not know how much contact they maintained with...

<t>I first saw your message you sent to Becky Teubner, researcher for Iowa on USGenweb and Rootsweb, about a year and a half ago when I started doing my research on my Livingston ancestors in earnest. I am glad to find you here because I sent a message to the e-mail address Becky gave me and it came...

<t>I found that once or twice, too. The census-takers had their instructions, but it's always nice to find one that bent the rules a little. It does help us now, so many years later. The census instructions were always to note the birth place as it was called at the time of the current census. So in...

<t>Thank you for this link. It's very interesting. Having lived in North Dakota until I was 12 and in Oregon since then, I'm interested in both the Little Big Horn and the Nez Perce. I don't have access to the BBC so may not have a chance to see the TV program that was the starting point for this co...