Thanks for the response, Mebateman1. Sorry for taking so long in responding. Geneology has not been a priority in my life because of numerous other things, including being remarried, all sorts of National
Guard training, and expecting a baby in November.
So, in response to your post, I'm pasting some information that someone else posted for me a number of years ago. I hope that it helps. Here it is:
"Hello, my name is Connie
Tollefson and I am your biological fathers 1st cousin. Carl is the oldest of his brothers and sisters. Roy is next, then the twins Paul and Pauline, then there is Rose. The last time that I visited
South Dakota and saw Carl, he showed me a picture of you and told of the last visit that you had with him. Your father is a gentle person with a lot of love for people and thru out his life thing did not happen as well as they could have. He still lives in the same place as he did when he saw you last. I'm sure that he would like to hear from you and he will tell you about his family. However, if you do have a hard time contacting him, let me know and I will help you with it. He has a telephone. A few years back, he had to have an angeoplastic due cholesterol build up. By the way your grandfathers name was Marion, who was a younger brother to my father. In oldest to youngest is, George
Tedrow, Charles Wesley (my father),
Iva Jane, Marian Thomas, Elma Rose (went by Rose), and then
Homer Ernest. They are all gone now from, you guessed it, cholesteral build up. Your greatgrandfathers name was Wesley James
Truman or and your grandmothers name was Eldora Mae or May (
Maiden name
Meeker) was your greatgrandmothers name. By the way are you a minister of a church yet?"
I hope that this helps you. I know that a lot of people say that they have Native American blood in them, though it's not always the truth. For me, if there is documentation, that's great. If not, that's fine, too.
Also, something else I would like to know. Are there any Homesteaders in either of my families? My (deceased) biological mother is Cindy
Packard (Zeeb/Harra), and her mother (still alive) is Bernice
Harra. Some information that was given to me concerning my biological mother is:
"I was just browsing through genology, and read 2 very interesting messages,so glad you are wanting to know about your biolagal mothers family Ray, I can help you get a start, as you already know, your birth mother Cindy is my sister, she was born Feb. 2, 1957 in Hot
Springs,
South Dakota. Our parents are William Jacob
Zeeb born April 25, 1916 in
Scotland S.D. and Bernice Lavern (Haht)
Zeeb, born Dec. 25, 1926, in Paullina, IA. We have two more sisters,Twila and Kay. Our grandparents,Peter
Zeeb and Elizabetha (
Bender)
Zeeb were Germans born in Russia,Peter April 11, 1874,Died Sept. 24, 1922 and Elizabetha born May 13, 1874 died May 13, 1932. They and several of their 8 children,(John,Alexander, Martha,and Katherine), are all buried in the Cematary, in
Scotland, S.D.I am not sure if
Magdelena is buried in
Scotland or
Tyndall. S.D. The other 4 childdren, My dad William, is buried in Garberville, CA., Peter buried in Oroville, CA. and Henry buried in Paullina, IA. On your grandmothers side, she was born to Ernest Haht,and Elizabeth (Thomas) Haht. He passed away at the age of 69, in 1965, she passed away at the very young age of 32, in 1929.They were also
German. There were 6 children in her family, Delbert, Mildred, Melvin,(deceasd) Henry, and William (deceasd) The story goes that when Great grandfather Haht, he is your great-great grandfather, arrived in
America, he had only 10 cents in his pocket, he stopped IA. worked and saved some money, then took a wife, her name was Anna Warnke, they were married 51 years. They bought a farm close to Paullina, and raised 12 children, 2 of these children,
Emil (93) and Agnes (86) are still living."
I know that this is a lot of information. I hope that it's helpful from your research on either side of my family. If you want to respond to me in private, E-mail me at
rcunderwood@juno.com or
rcunderdog@yahoo.comAgain, thank you for your time and help.
Very Respectfully,
Ray C. Underwood
