John Thomas + ___ Schløsser | (Bavaria?) Schlosser had been a Dietz (3 daughters) | Dietz around Devil's Lake (1 is Lawrence Welk's mother) | |_______________________________________ | Balthazar Thomas + Margaret Shell (Shaul) | (1872-1958) | Shells came to Winnipeg then to Devil's Lake | | | ________|_____________________________________________________ | | | | Barbara (b1897) Baby (mother & baby died in childbirth) | Married | Bob? | Merrill | Son: Robert | | + Margaregha Kraft (Married 1900) | (1875-1935) |_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | Sebastian(Sig) Anna Lukas(Gus) Christina(Christie) Carolina(Carrie) Benedict(Ben) Baby Martin(Fat) Eva Margaret(Muggs) (1901-1978) (1902-1962) (1904-1983) (1907-2000) (1909-1988) (1910-1992) (1914-1986) (1916-1996) (1917-1997) -Gus -Christine| -Colleen | -Martin Michael | | Married Married Married Married | Married | Married Married Married Married Alma Joe Inga Walter | Larry | Eileen Mae Rosanna Ira Arnold Klemetsrud Buckley Miller | Klamen | Grimsley Daniels Butters Paradise 1923 | (1904-1973)| (1921-1998) (1918-1983( (1913-1995) (1912-1977) (1899-1988) | | (in USA) (in Devil's Lake) Children Children Children Children Children Children Children Children Children Shirley-24 (None) Donald(Bud) Lynn Jeanette-35? Bernadine(Tootsie)-45 Virginia(Chio)-35? Ronnie-35? David Patricia-27 Bobbie Colleen-49 (others?) Byron David-35 Kathleen-51 Robert James-38 Benedict-52 Joyce Marie(37-40) Barbara-54 James-56 Michael(Mickey)-58 Marjorie-60 William-61 Mary Carol-64 NOTE FROM DAVE (to Jim): I have a communication from Carrie from some time ago that gives the following information: Balthazar - Naturalized on April 19, 1923 (did not include Barb and Sig - they were overage) - Naturalization Certificate 1971987, District Court, County of Ramsey, Devil's Lake They migrated from Siban Russia on the vessel Victoria - October 15, 1907 Arrived in Canada, then by rail (Canadian Pacific) to Winnipeg on November 5, 1907 Entered the US through Necha, ND and then to Devil's Lake Balthazar was born in Elias, Russia on October 10, 1874 There are relatives all through the area of Necha and Winnipeg. (NOTE: Update some items on 11 January 2005) (Initial Information from Jim's Geneology and Ann's School Project - Family Tree) (Online in this form on 15 January 2005) (Update some death dates from Social Security Records - 7 Dec 2011)