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From: "Kory L. Meyerink, AG" <>
Subject: Re: [APG] Help reading census please...
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 02:15:03 -0600
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Kate,

As creative and "out of the box" thinking as Rollie has offered, it seems
clear that Ellsworth was indeed born in Iowa. Not only does the 1880 census
show that he, and an older brother were born in Iowa, but his 1910, 1920 and
1930 census records (all in Minnesota) all confirm his Iowa birth, as does
the 1905 Minnesota state census.

>From the Minnesota death index, it appears that he died in Itasca County on
4 July 1944, so a copy of his death certificate might solve the question for
you. If it does not include a specific birth town, it may include a Social
Security number, from which you should be able to get his precise birth
place on his SS5 form.

As to a place in Iowa, Belleview is a possibility, but does not fit really
well with the writing, as the second letter clearly seems to be an 'a.' You
might want to consider Balfour (Mills Co.).

Good luck!

Kory Meyerink, AG
ProGenealogists.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Rollie Littlewood" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: [APG] Help reading census please...


> At 07:08 PM on 7/1/2008 Kate Foote wrote:
> >...I am viewing the Minnesota Territorial and State Censuses,
> 1849-1905 > 1895 > Becker > Toad Lake - on Ancestry.com.
>
> http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=1058&iid=MNV290_49-0128&fn=Ellsworth&ln=Luckinbill&st=r&ssrc=&pid=965827
>
> >Under family number 18 is Ellsworth Lukinbill age 20. Can anyone
> make out
> the place of birth for him? It appears to be somewhere in Iowa (which
> doesn't fit with this family's migration pattern - but may be an area of
> further research.)...
>
> The writing seems relatively clear. If I had nothing to prejudice my
> thoughts, I would read it as Ballona, Iowa. But you don't like that
> answer! I can't find any name anywhere near "Ballona" in Iowa. You
> don't feel that Iowa fits into the family history that you know of. So
> let's think a little "outside the box," and assume for a minute that
> the enumerator made a large error in his recording. Perhaps "ballona"
> is right, or close to it, but "Iowa" is completely wrong. There is a
> Bellona in Yates County, New York, which is fairly near where the
> person who appears to be Ellsworth's father was born. You may want to
> check the 1875 New York state census to see if the parents were living
> in Yates County that year.
>
>
> Rollie
>
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