Randi
10-16-2007, 05:20 AM
Thought I’d share this with you all! It seems I have relatives in USA!
My uncle’s (father's brother) oldest son rang me recently, I have not seen him since I was 7 years old. His mother had died - I suppose he found some Christmas cards I sent to her.
Anyway, we had a long chat and he told me that my grandfather’s brothers had emigrated to USA at the turn of the Century. So he gave the information he had, and I started searching.
One of the brother’s went to Minnesota, and after 4 years, he moved on to Montana. There he started farming and had 7 children. One of these (John Sr.) went to College, and later worked for REA (Rural Electric Association). He had 4 sons.
One of them, John Jr. (son of John Sr.) sent an e-mail to an Archive in Denmark in 1997 to search for ancestors. This mail I got a copy of. He writes that he has three brothers, himself and one of them are working for US Air Force, and the other two work for civilian Airlines.
At some point, some of them must have moved to Walla Walla in Washington, where they had something to do with Walla Walla Community College. On that site, I found this:
“John and Judy Hofman will be saying good-bye to Emmanuel and Walla Walla May 16.
John has accepted the position of General Manager of Northern Electric Co op in Opheim Montana. Opheim is where John started his Rural Electric Co -op career.”
Northern Electric Cooperative, Inc.
P.O. Box 287
Opheim, Montana 59250-0287
Manager: Mr. John Hofman
President: Mr. Robert J. Fouhy
This Company don't seem to have an e-mail address, but I kept searching, and found this yesterday:
“John, Stacy, Tyler and Megan live at Mountain Home Air Force Base ID. John is a TSgt, Stacy works for a CPA firm in town.
Jim lives in Vancouver WA and drives across the River each day to Portland to work at Rosenbluth International Travel Agency,
Chris, Geri, Cody and Shane are at Beale Air Force Base in CA, Chris is a TSgt, Geri is in Child Development.
Kevin is in Richland WA which is part of the Tri-Cities, he works for Charter Communications(cable TV)as an installer.
Our parents, Ag & Marie Hofman and Marie Gandrud are living in Northeast Montana, Culbertson to be.
Both of us have two sisters each, Kathy and Dean Bjorge in Williston ND and Judy and Dick Jensen in Sidney MT, Nancy Sundvold in Culbertson MT and Debbie and Mike Nielsen in Billings MT.
Concerning the above... what is a CPA firm? And TSgt?
It would be interesting to get in touch (even if we have nothing in commom, other than family. ;)
Are any of you PTalkers living in those areas and know of the places? And have any of you searched for your ancestors? A lot of you must have relatives all over the world!
My uncle’s (father's brother) oldest son rang me recently, I have not seen him since I was 7 years old. His mother had died - I suppose he found some Christmas cards I sent to her.
Anyway, we had a long chat and he told me that my grandfather’s brothers had emigrated to USA at the turn of the Century. So he gave the information he had, and I started searching.
One of the brother’s went to Minnesota, and after 4 years, he moved on to Montana. There he started farming and had 7 children. One of these (John Sr.) went to College, and later worked for REA (Rural Electric Association). He had 4 sons.
One of them, John Jr. (son of John Sr.) sent an e-mail to an Archive in Denmark in 1997 to search for ancestors. This mail I got a copy of. He writes that he has three brothers, himself and one of them are working for US Air Force, and the other two work for civilian Airlines.
At some point, some of them must have moved to Walla Walla in Washington, where they had something to do with Walla Walla Community College. On that site, I found this:
“John and Judy Hofman will be saying good-bye to Emmanuel and Walla Walla May 16.
John has accepted the position of General Manager of Northern Electric Co op in Opheim Montana. Opheim is where John started his Rural Electric Co -op career.”
Northern Electric Cooperative, Inc.
P.O. Box 287
Opheim, Montana 59250-0287
Manager: Mr. John Hofman
President: Mr. Robert J. Fouhy
This Company don't seem to have an e-mail address, but I kept searching, and found this yesterday:
“John, Stacy, Tyler and Megan live at Mountain Home Air Force Base ID. John is a TSgt, Stacy works for a CPA firm in town.
Jim lives in Vancouver WA and drives across the River each day to Portland to work at Rosenbluth International Travel Agency,
Chris, Geri, Cody and Shane are at Beale Air Force Base in CA, Chris is a TSgt, Geri is in Child Development.
Kevin is in Richland WA which is part of the Tri-Cities, he works for Charter Communications(cable TV)as an installer.
Our parents, Ag & Marie Hofman and Marie Gandrud are living in Northeast Montana, Culbertson to be.
Both of us have two sisters each, Kathy and Dean Bjorge in Williston ND and Judy and Dick Jensen in Sidney MT, Nancy Sundvold in Culbertson MT and Debbie and Mike Nielsen in Billings MT.
Concerning the above... what is a CPA firm? And TSgt?
It would be interesting to get in touch (even if we have nothing in commom, other than family. ;)
Are any of you PTalkers living in those areas and know of the places? And have any of you searched for your ancestors? A lot of you must have relatives all over the world!