ARRIVAL IN MINNESOTA

 

 

Year of  Arrival

Family

Where did they Settle?

1855

Nelson

Blooming Grove Township,

Waseca County

1856

 

Knutson

Wisconsin - Blooming Grove Township,

Waseca County

1856

Finley

Richland Township,

Rice County

1857

Barden

Wilton / St. Marys Townships,

Waseca County

1857

O Rourke

Wilton / St. Marys Township,

Waseca County

1857

Kanne

Iosco Township,

Waseca County

1858

Culliton

Faribault

St. Marys Township, Waseca County (1860)

1858

Conway

Faribault 

St. Marys Township, Waseca County (1860)

early 186os

Evenson

Blooming Grove Township,

Waseca County

early 1860s

Dale

Blooming Grove Township,

Waseca County

1864

Bauer

North Morristown,

Rice County

1865

 

Kinn

Blooming Grove Township,

Waseca County

1866 (?)

 

Hagen

Blooming Grove Township,

Waseca County

1866

Sutter

Blooming Grove Township,

Waseca County

1867

 

Fretham

Blooming Grove Township,

Waseca County

1868

Lee

Blooming Grove Township,

Waseca County

1868

Meyer

Rice Lake,

Dodge County

1871

Lorenz

Deerfield Township,

Steele County

1872

 

Eliason

Deerfield Township,

Steele County

1875

 

Bjørnas

Deerfield Township,

Steele County

1893

Borchardt

Morristown, Rice County

 

 

Note:   On May 11, 1858, Minnesota became a state.  The heavy, dark line represents that date.

 

 

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