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Permalink Reply by Eliz on February 17, 2011 at 7:39am

Colette,

is this the fellow?

Name: Otto Sprockhoff
Home in 1930: Binghampton, Barnes, North Dakota
Age: 59
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1871
Birthplace: Germany
Relation to Head of House: Head
Mother's Name: Augustine Sprockhoff
Spouse's Name: Caroline Sprockhoff
Race: White 
Household Members: Name Age
Otto Sprockhoff 59
Caroline Sprockhoff 56
Ernest Sprockhoff 23
Helen A B Sprockhoff 21
Martha Sprockhoff 17
Augustine Sprockhoff 98
Oscar M Schoettlin 36
Alma Schoettlin 26
Allen Schoettlin 1 8/12

Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Binghampton, Barnes, North Dakota; Roll: 1731; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 5; Image: 521.0.

Source Information:
Ancestry.com 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.

Permalink Reply by Eliz on February 17, 2011 at 7:44am

1900:
Name: Otto Sprockhoff
Spouse: Carrie Sprockhoff
Birth: Feb 1871 - Germany
Birth: Minnesota
1910
Name: Otto Sprockhoff
Spouse: Carrie Sprockhoff
Birth: 1871 - Germany
Arrival: 1885
Residence: 1910 - Binghampton, Barnes, North Dakota
1920
: Otto Sprockhoff
Spouse: Caroline Sprockhoff
Birth: abt 1872 - Germany
Arrival: 1885
Residence: 1920 - Binghampton, Barnes, North Dakota

Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Binghampton, Barnes, North Dakota; Roll: T623_1226; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 3.

Source Information:
Ancestry.com 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

Just what are we looking for Colett? besides burial site?

Permalink Reply by Eliz on February 17, 2011 at 7:51am

SPROCKHOFF, OTTO
Age: 11
Sex: M (U = unknown)
Occupation: CH
Literacy: U (Y = read and write, N = no, U = unknown)
Country of Origin: GERMANY
Last Residence: HAMBURG
Destination: USA
Transit: Staying in the USA
Travel: Steerage
Ship Name: WYOMING
Departure Port: LIVERPOOL & QUEENSTOWN
Arrival Port: New York
Arrival Date: 30 April 1885

Filename: CIR0603.GRM.Y5097

Permalink Reply by Eliz on February 17, 2011 at 8:08am

Lucca – Now a Memory

Permalink Reply by Colette on February 17, 2011 at 2:24pm

I had this....In the school picture Jane Portiss is my grandmothers sister-in-law.  Jane married her brother Walt Bantel. 

My greatgrandparents are buried in the lucca cemetery and now the Sprockhoffs.  Their sister Caroline and Bernard Reck and family went to St. Paul so still trying to find their burial spots and obits.  Not in the Pioneer Press...  :)

Permalink Reply by Colette on February 17, 2011 at 2:18pm

I don't know how you find all of this so quickly...I scan through the search at Ancestry and get 32,612 possibles.. :( It's very frustrating!

Permalink Reply by Colette on February 17, 2011 at 2:16pm

Besides burial sights I want to try to find obituaries so I can locate a living grandchild for this family who may have photos or information/documentation.  I found a grandson for Carolines sister Catherine and he has been incrediable!!!!

Permalink Reply by Colette on February 17, 2011 at 2:14pm

Yes it is...... :)

Permalink Reply by Eliz on February 17, 2011 at 8:14am

Its very possible his body was returned to Luccas Cemetery:

Ransom County, City of Enderlin, 1964 - 1990 Funeral Home Index
These data compiled and Published by the Red River Valley Genealogy Society
(RRVGS). This index scanned and reformatted by Garnett J, Zsedeny with permission.
For clarification on any part of this work contact the RRVGS
at Box 9284, Fargo, North Dakota 58106-9284, Ph:(701)239-4129, email: RRVGS@cs.com.
Additional information for individual records may be obtained by sending an SASE plus
$2.00 per name.

http://files.usgwarchives.org/nd/ransom/funeral/enderlin.txt

******************
SPROCKHOFF        ARTHUR AUGUST       16
SPROCKHOFF        AUGUST              15
SPROCKHOFF        ERNEST F.           14
SPROCKHOFF        GUSTINA             15
SPROCKHOFF        OTTO                14
SPROCKHOFF        SOPHIE              14
Index to "Rural and Village Cemeteries of Barnes County, ND" 2002--G. L. Barron
Surnames O-S

http://files.usgwarchives.net/nd/barnes/cemetery/badx-os.txt

Permalink Reply by Colette on February 17, 2011 at 2:12pm

YEAH!!!!! Lucca is Barnes County, Enderlin would either be the Enderlin City Cemetery or the Pontiac Cemetery....

Thank you so much, I will make some calls and see what I can find.  Thank you, thank you thank you!!!!!

Permalink Reply by Eliz on February 17, 2011 at 3:10pm

Your more than welcome Colette, I know I have days with Ancestry where I want to beat the computer with a stick..I can't say I have a trick, I actually use several.. mostly I try to work backwards from the first Census I find them in..works sometimes, others pffft, like butting your head against a giant brick..

I do hope the calls reveal some answers.. the funeral home index is cheap enough like $2 so hopefully since they have the old records and will send copies.. I say go for it...in the meantime will try and dig out some more.

Glad I could help. :)

ps when we are looking for our own we so often get to focoused on one name and date,, unfortunately you need to be dispassonate about dates and sometimes places...i.e. 1900 ?? is born 1872, then next census says he's born 1874... that throws a lot of people off.. you have to be of a mind that ok census are just a guidepost, mostly I look for the kids if they have any.. you would be amazed how many times that works out.because 1900 he's David ?? 1910 he uses John his middle name.. it's like following a trail of bread crumbs and the birds beat you to a few..lol

Permalink Reply by Colette on February 17, 2011 at 3:23pm

LOL....ok I feel a little better.  I feel like I follow a whole flock.  The name date thing really does throw me off.  I'm still not sure why they bothered to name their children!

You are terrific and I will tell JustM you need a raise :)

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