Cottonwood County Minnesota Surnames List
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| Surname | Person researching | Township or other details |
|---|---|---|
| ALLEN | Carrie | |
| ANDERSON | Malcolm Swan | |
| ANDERSON/ANDERSEN,Harold E. | Stephanie Alexander< /A> | |
| ANDERSON/ANDERSEN,John | Stephanie Alexander< /A> | ANDERSEN/ANDERSON/OIEN/OYEN | sandyoc@runbox.com | Info between 1888-1909 |
| ANGUS | Allison Hall | Lakeside Township, Mountain Lake |
| ANTON | Donald Anton | |
| ARBES | Neerland@aol.com | |
| BACHMANN | Michael Schmidt | Rosehill now Westbrook |
| BADER | Barbara Metteer | |
| BARLOW,Josiah W. | Ruben Ayala | Windom area 1889 to (at least) 1939 |
| BAUER | Susan Knoss | |
| BEHRENDS | Jan | Mountain Lake area |
| BEHRENS | CathyJo | Cottonwood Co. |
| BELL/JACOBSON/JACOBSDATTER | Kirk & Cheryl Morschauser | born 1894 Windom |
| BELLOWS,Doug | Kelly Johannes | all we know - birth name - Doug Bellows |
| BEMIS | Clherms@cs.com | Amboy Twp |
| BENNETT | Amanda | Cottonwood Co. |
| BILLINGS,Grace Bernice | Jean Belcher | b. 16 Mar 1890 in Windom |
| BJORNSON,Henry Arthur | Grace Klitmoller | Cottonwood Co., on marriage cert., b. Walnut Grove? |
| BLEGEN,Karen | Stephanie Alexander< /A> | |
| BLIXSETH/BLIKSETH | cblixseth@aol.com | Cottonwood Co 1850 - 1950 |
| BOHAN | Deborah Bohan | Windom |
| BRADLEY | Sandy Dempsey | Lakeside Twp |
| BRAUN/BROWN,Jacob | Carol Fynan | |
| BRAUN/BROWN,Jacob | Connie Rasmussen | (b. 1838) m. Elizabeth Penner (b. 1845) in Mt. Lake area since mid 1870's |
| BREHMER | camlb13@aol.com | |
| BROWN | Fr. Alan Clark | Probate judge in Windom 1896-1911 |
| BROWN/CLARK/HUNTER | Fr. Alan Clark | Dale Twp, Windom 1870-1910 |
| BUCHHOLZ/BUCKHOLZ | Jim Cook | Windom 1937-1959 |
| BURGER | Kathryn Cullen | Delton Township |
| BURTON | Susan M. Gregory | Windom & Wilder areas |
| CARLSON/BLEGGE | Nancy Thaut | 1880-90's, then Taccoma, WA. Five chil. b. 1889-1895 |
| CHEADLE | Tim Zuel | |
| CHRISTOPHERSON | Ted Stillman | Storden |
| CLARK | Fr. Alan Clark | Dale Township Abt. 1880. Son-in-Law of Thomas S. Brown |
| CLAUSSEN | Mottly9@aol.com | |
| COFFIN,Jesse & OBERDICH,Amelia | Sheryl Mauldin | All Families |
| COOK | Karen | Emory/Miranda in Windom, Dewain/Sarah in Jeffers, John |
| CULLEN | Kathryn Cullen | Delton Township |
| CURLEY,Thomas | Anita Curley | In or near Mountain Lake |
| DAVIS | Dorothy Gransee | Germantown Twp. |
| DAYWITT(DEWITT),Barnet | Karen Applen | Windom |
| DEACH, Henry | Jean-Marie Arelt | Cottonwood County, MN in 1880 |
| DeVRIES | Sally | |
| DHABOLT/DHABALT/DABALT | Birdzu@aol.com | Sherburn/Jeffers |
| DICK | Amanda | Cottonwood Co. |
| DOLEN | M Saulque | 1840s - early 1900s |
| DUDLEY,Dr. Joseph | BarBoss711@aol.com | |
| EICHNER | Sharon Krause Nelson | Rosehill Township |
| ELNESS | Bill | Windom area |
| ESSIG | Jan Nickel | Building family trees on family. Will share info for those also working on this family |
| EPER | CathyJo | Cottonwood Co. |
| ERICKSON | Deborah Bohan | Windom |
| FAST | Dick Fast | Cottonwood Co. |
| FEEKEN,Henry Martin/HARTMAN,Minnie | Jeanette | From Grundy Co., IA to Mountain Lake area in 1906 |
| FELLER | Karyn Cooper | |
| FERCH | Barbara Metteer | |
| FINNEGAN/HENCKLES | Julie Schrader | |
| FITCH | Ester Burton | Moved from NY to MN 1850s |
| FLOSTRAND | Gareth Flostrand | Westbrook late 1890's - 1903 |
| FOSS | Laura Hamilton | Springfield, mid-late 1800's |
| FRATZKE | Lois Manthe | Fratzke - moved from southern MN - Pemberton, Janesville, Alma City, etc. |
| FREDRICK/FRIEDRICHS | Patrick F.Turner | |
| GAETZKE | Ross Gaetzke Walker | Windom, Mountain Lake |
| GALLOWAY | Roger D. Hunt | Carson Twp. |
| GARDNER/JONES | Earlene Bale | Bingham Lake area 1898 |
| GIESBRECHT | C.Dyck | Any info on John & Agnes (Bartel) Giesbrecht |
| GILBERTSON/GULBRANSON | Deb Knutson | |
| GILLING/GIELENZ | Paula | died in Mountain Lake, MN in 1942 |
| GOERTZEN/KROEKER/SIEMENS | Stephen L. Goertzen | Mountain Lake/Bingham Lake/Carson Twp. |
| GOOSEN | S Wadham | |
| GRALING,Henry | Richard Holbrook | Germantown Township |
| GRAMS | Karen Dahl | Westbrook/Storden/Jeffers/Walnut Grove Townships |
| GRAUMAN | Bob Kuehn | Storden, late 1800's |
| GRAVLEY/HAYES | Ron Gravley | Windom, early 1900s |
| GREENFIELD | Ester Burton | From NY, MI, WI, IA, to MN by 1870's, then to SD, died in WA |
| GREENMAN | Linda Shurtleff | Springfield |
| HALE | Jim N Val | Windom, early 1900s, also Elysian |
| HALL | Allison Hall | Lakeside Township, Mountain Lake |
| HALVORSON | Neerland@aol.com | |
| HAMPTON/SMUTZ | Kristin Carthey | Married/lived in Cottonwood Co. |
| HANISH | Andre Goldhammer | Jeffers area |
| HEDMAN | Ted Stillman | |
| HELGER | Ann Fountain | |
| HENKELS,Anton/JENTGEN,Marie | Beatrice Pluard | Holtz, Luxembourg to Southbrook Twp. 1872 |
| HERIGON, Thomas Herman & Catherine | Patricia Herigon | Cottonwood Co. |
| HIEBERT | Scott Sheppard | Mt Lake and Carson Twps. |
| HOEHNE | Jan Nickel | Building family trees on family. Will share info for those also working on this family |
| HOFF,Adolf | Beryl Hoff | born in Windom, Highwater Twp |
| HOFSLUND,Peter | Dore Antonello | born Per Nikolaison, Sogndal, Norway |
| HOWE | Darlene Goldhammer | Germantown Twp. |
| JANZEN | Justina Parker | Mountain Lake |
| JENNESS | Victoria Jenness | Windom |
| JENSEN | Neerland@aol.com | |
| JOHANNES | CathyJo | Cottonwood Co. |
| JONES | David Stielow | John E. Jones, Southbrook Twp. |
| JONES, John/Watkins/Thomas | Dorothy Gransee | Southbrook Twp. | JUHNKE | Barbara | Germantown Twp |
| JUNKER | Ray K | have some information - seeking this surname if your roots are from this area or Grundy County area of Iowa |
| KILBOURNE/KILBORN | Mike More | |
| KISSNER | Barbara Metteer | |
| KLASSEN | Justina Parker | Mountain Lake |
| KLEINOW | Ray Kleinow | Have some information into the 1600s - seeking this surname anywhere |
| KLINKHAMMER | Pat Cotter | have some information - seeking this surname anywhere |
| KOON | Karyn Cooper | |
| KNUDSON/KNUDSEN | Alexa Chase Jones | Mt. Lake area |
| KRAUSE | Sharon Krause Nelson | Germantown Township |
| KROEKER,Jacob & Anna | K. Marley | Mt. Lake 1897-1906, from Tiegerweide, Russia |
| KRUEGER | Karen Dahl | Westbrook/Storden/Jeffers/Walnut Grove Townships |
| KUEHL | Jim Leibfried | Southbrook Twp. 1920-1950 |
| LANGELY, Ernest or Harry | Elena Taggart Medo | Bingham Lake & Windom, 1890s |
| LAVICKY | Brandy Whipkey | |
| LEDER | Susan Knoss | |
| LEE, George (Family) | bblee | Mountian Lake area, 1860-1890 |
| LEIBFRIED | Jim Leibfried | Southbrook Twp. 1920-1950 |
| LEWIS, Gifford Cornell | Fox - Harris | b. Dawson Dec 28,1889 |
| LIND | Michael Schmidt | Storden Township |
| LOHRE | Deborah L. Knutson | Cottonwood Co. |
| LOHSE | Sharon Krause Nelson | Rosehill Township |
| MAHER | Susan M. Gregory | Windom & Wilder areas |
| McARTOR | Karen Dahl | Westbrook/Storden/Jeffers/Walnut Grove Townships |
| MCCARTNEY | Neerland@aol.com | |
| MEEK | Susan M. Gregory | Windom & Wilder areas |
| MEIER,Christian Henry | camlb13@aol.com | |
| MILFORD | Waynne Warren Gomel | Windom area |
| MONSON,Mons O. | Garry Brooks in Victoria, BC. Canada | His old cabin in a park in Windom? Any offspring or history? |
| MOON | Jim Carpenter | Mt. Lake area 1909-1915 |
| MORPHEW | Linda Wilson | Jeffers area 1867 |
| MOULTON | Alexa Chase Jones | Mt. Lake area |
| MULLER(MILLER)/RUPP | THEMISSLUCY@wmconnect.com | RUPP or MULLER(MILLER) or any connections between. |
| MYERS | Don Myers | Westbrook area |
| NELSEN/NIELSEN | Chris Skelly | Westbrook |
| NELSON, Lawrence & Olga | Tracy Nelson | Windom |
| NELSON | Karen Dahl | Westbrook/Storden/Jeffers/Walnut Grove Townships |
| NICKEL | Darlene Goldhammer | Germantown Township |
| NICKEL | Jan Nickel | Building family trees on family. Will share info for those also working on this family |
| NOBLE | Della Evans | 1900s Great Bend Twp. |
| NORDBY,Ben | Sheryl Mauldin | All Families |
| OBERDICH | Sheryl Mauldin | All Families |
| O'BOYLE, Thomas | Judy | Windom, d. 9 Jan 1943, b. St. Mary's cem. |
| OIEN/OYEN | sandy@cumberford.com or oyen@shaw.ca | Cottonwood Cty between 1888 to 1909 |
| OSTENSON, G./LOHRE, J.H. | Deborah L. Knutson | Highwater/Storden area |
| OVESON/OVERSON,Lars Edw./JENSEN,Aurelis | Wensden@aol.com | Married couple, Windom, before 1900 |
| PANKONIN | Darlene Goldhammer | Germantown Township |
| PEDERSON | Steve Schack | 700+ descendants of Peder P. Pederson, early settler Ann Township, and 1000+ allied names descended from settlers from Gudbransdalen, Norway |
| PEDERSON/PETERSON | Jim Pederson | Cottonwood Co. (Diff. family from above) |
| PELZL | Ann Fountain | |
| PENNER,Johann | Connie Rasmussen | (b.1795) m. Katharina Eitzen (b. 1816) in Mt. Lake area since mid 1870's |
| PETERS,Jacob H. | Michael Vincent | Mountain Lake area |
| PETERSON | Jim Cook | Windom 1936-1974 |
| PERKINS,Hattie J. | Dick Watt | Born 1867 in Windom |
| PRATT | Linda Shurtleff | Springfield |
| PUFAHL | Linda Wilson | Jeffers area 1867 |
| PUFHAL | Jim Peterson | Jeffers area |
| PUPHAL | Sheryl Mauldin | All Families |
| QUADE | Linda Wilson | Jeffers area 1867 |
| QUIRAM | Glenn Gohr | Jeffers and Windom area late 1800s & early 1900s |
| RANK | Susan M. Gregory | Windom & Wilder areas |
| RATZLAFF | Patricia Dissmeyer Goff | Ratzlaff Family Association - South Russia to Cottonwood Co. |
| REEDY | Bonni Evjen | Bingham Lake 1923/1941 |
| REESE,John Henry/BANKS,Julia Anne | dmreese | Married 1872 in MN. Lived on Farm near Windom a few years. |
| REIMER | IrishGalMN@aol.com | Mountain Lake |
| ROBERTS | David Stielow | Henry C. Roberts, Westbrook Twp. |
| ROSSING | Nancy Fifer | Windom area? |
| RUPP/MULLER(MILLER) | THEMISSLUCY@wmconnect.com | RUPP or MULLER(MILLER) or any connections between. |
| SAVAGE | Zoe Lappin | Delton Twp. |
| SAXHAUG | Susan M. Gregory | Cottonwood Co. |
| SCHAD | Jesse Clarke | |
| SCHAFFER,John/HAVLICEK,Thecla | Beatrice Pluard | Southbrook or Springfield Twp. 1880 |
| SCHMIDT | Michael Schmidt | Rosehill now Westbrook |
| SCHNOBRICH,Joseph/LANG,Anna | Arnold Schnobrich | |
| SCHUTT | Carrie | |
| SCHWIEGER | Anne Sheppard | Delton Twp |
| SCUDDER | gail knights | Cottonwood Co. |
| SELHAVER | Carrie | |
| SELL | Jolene (Sell) Kass | Westbrook |
| SELLAR/SELLER, Paul/Augusta | Sharon Kemila | ca. 1859? |
| SENST | Linda Wilson | Jeffers area 1867 |
| SHAW | Neerland@aol.com | |
| SHIPPY,George | Ruben Ayala | Windom area 1889 to (at least) 1939 |
| SIEMENS | Jean Hartman | Lamberton |
| SIEMENS | Laurie Werner Castillo | Mountain Lake Village |
| SIEMUND | Marilyn Luft. | Westbrook-Mountain Lake area |
| SINCLAIR | Lorn Sinclair | Windom area |
| SINNER/SENNER/HEINITZ | Janet Covairt nee Senner | Mountain Lake area 1900/1908 family moved to Lodi, California. |
| SMITH | Kaye Peloquin | Willard C. and Bertha Smith Family |
| SNOOK,Absolom | EJennings@aol.com | Windom area, 1920s |
| SOLTAU,Hans J. | Betty Vandevoort | Windom |
| SPERLING,Heinrich and Anna | Kathy Sperling | Cottonwood Co. 1880s on |
| SPERLING,Anna/EWERT | Kathy Sperling | Cottonwood Co. |
| SPERLING,Barbara/EWY,Jacob | Kathy Sperling | Cottonwood Co., 1883 on, d. MN |
| STEINHAUSER | Anne Sheppard | Delton Twp & Mt. Lake | STERN | Sharon Krause Nelson | Germantown Township |
| STEFFEN, Henry W. | Arlene Steffen | Mountain Lake 1910 |
| STORY, William | Dorothy Gransee | Amboy Twp. | STUBBS | Petra Rowell | "Russland" to Cottonwood Co. 1881 |
| SWEENEY | Linda Wilson | Jeffers area 1867 |
| SWEENEY | M Saulque | 1860s - early 1900s, Jeffers area |
| TAGGART, Samuel Otwell | Elena Taggart Medo | Bingham Lake & Windom, 1890s |
| TAGLEY/CHESTER | Jean Potvin | Windom |
| TEICHROEW | S Wadham | |
| THOMPSON,Jens & Johanna | Scott Thompson | settled in Rosendale Township in 1868 |
| THRAM | Susan Orr Parker | Germantown twp |
| TORDSEN | Susan M. Gregory | Windom & Wilder areas |
| TYLER,Dennis and Earl | Lorene | Where buried? Jeffers/Bingham Lake area? |
| UTECHT | Barbara Metteer | |
| VAN ORSDEL | Kipp Van Orsdel | Springfield Twp, abt 1904 |
| VOIT,Louis John & HAGER,Mary | Charley952@aol.com | Southbrook township |
| VOSHAGE | Jan | Mountain Lake area |
| WAMPLER | Martha W. Teten | Cottonwood Co. 1870 |
| WARNER,James H. | Jim Johnston | 1847-1921 apparently raised and farmed in the Bingham Lake /Windom area |
| WARREN | Waynne Warren Gomel | Windom area |
| WERNER | Barbara | Germantown Twp |
| WERNER | Jan Nickel | Building family trees on family. Will share info for those also working on this family |
| WHITEMAN | Ernest Whiteman | Windom and Cottonwood Co. area |
| WIEBE | Scott Sheppard | Mt Lake and Carson Twps. |
| WIEBE | Justina Parker | Mountain Lake |
| WIENS | Teresa | Schroeder Family (or just Schroeder)Mountain Lake 1924 and earlier |
| WILSON | Linda Wilson | Jeffers area 1867 |
| WINSLOW/FISHER | VVictoriaRay@cs.com | Wilder, 1873-1901 |
| WOLF,August | Curtis Pongracz | 1854?- 1933 |
| WOLNIEWICZ, Nicholas & Sophie | Patricia Herigon | Cottonwood Co. |
| ZUEL | Tim Zuel |
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