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Author: hhhmarie
Surnames: Hurth
Classification: queries
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My father was born in Sauk Rapids, Minnesota 06/27/1895 and has always said that he was placed in an orphanage until adopted in about 1897. St.Cloud orphanage has no record of a child by that name and I wonder if anyone knows if Sauk Rapids had a
Marie,
Keep checking in the Benton and Stearns Co. area(s). There are many avenues of research, like through the Benton County Historical Society, and others. Our Grandparents lived and had children in Sauk Rapids during the year range you mention. Send the name in question, and his adopted name to the Benton County Historical Society. Also check the Minnesota Historical Society, and the Iron Range Research Center, both of which are located in MN. Also check with the the County Seat in Foley Minnesota f
I looked up HURTH on Heritage and it seems to be interchanged with Kurth. In
the 1880 census there was a family of them in Sterns Co. at Lake Henry. It
consisted of Ernst 44; Wilemine 38; Charley 9;Elizabeth 11; Henry 19; Mona 2;
Sichia 6; William 15.
There was also a Hurth family in the same place in 1910: Emile age 25,
parents born in Germany.
Carol
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