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From: mary stickney <>
Subject: my brick wall
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 11:07:02 -0600


My name is Mary Rogness-Stickney

I am looking for information on my father who died when I was 2 years
old. He went by Robert Roy Rogness, born 02/15/1927 somewhere
died 11/22/1963 Iowa City Iowa.

He applied for a Social Security Card in 1954 in Rugby North Dakota.

On his Social Security Card application it says:
He was born Big Rapids Michigan
Father: Robert John Rogness
Mother: Alice McKinzie
birth date: 02/15/1927

On his and my Mothers marriage certificate it says:
He was born Goldstone Montana
Father: Gulleck Sven Rogness
Mother: Rose Swenson
birth date: 02/15/1927

I have also just found out that, my father and my grandfather were in a
bar together. After my father left , a man came up to my grandfather and
told him that he knew my father when he lived in California and had 4
kids.

He drove an American Red Ball Moving Van.
My uncle had gone with my father on several occasions in the moving
truck. My father was always looking for places with Western Union.

Also everyone states they though he looked older than he claimed to be.
But that could be from the Brain tumor he had.

He named my brother Robert John Rogness. So I think the Social Security
card info is correct. I can't prove it though.

I have never found a birth certificate in Montana, Michigan, North
Dakota. Nor found any of these names on the Social Security Death
index, 1920
Montana Census, phone listing, Familysearch.org, Rootsweb, ancestry.com
, kindred connection...... ect

I have snail mailed 262 Rogness's listed at www.anywho.com. I got a few
answers , but no relatives.

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