tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876403528262108896.post3041050631504275488..comments2023-10-30T04:02:31.649-05:00Comments on Ancestor Soup: Esmond, South DakotaKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10711776825293238093noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876403528262108896.post-33196536288626830092018-06-20T09:39:17.131-05:002018-06-20T09:39:17.131-05:00Twin brothers from Esmond, South Dakota reunited 7...Twin brothers from Esmond, South Dakota reunited 74 years after WWII death at Normandy: https://www.kgw.com/article/news/nation-world/twin-brothers-reunited-74-years-after-wwii-death-at-normandy/507-565802526?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=5b2a5df104d3011a43eb8cf2&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitterTom Flowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16486780191209945342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876403528262108896.post-36877786561541372392012-04-17T14:11:12.792-05:002012-04-17T14:11:12.792-05:00Thank you for your comment - driving through the t...Thank you for your comment - driving through the town, I could almost feel the sense of community that's still there. I hope to make it back for the next Homecoming Celebration!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711776825293238093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876403528262108896.post-62914199012419912452012-04-17T13:41:10.676-05:002012-04-17T13:41:10.676-05:00I grew up in Esmond, SD and continue to make Esmon...I grew up in Esmond, SD and continue to make Esmond home! It is a wonderful place. It was a very active community and the small group that still live in the area keep activies going year round. Bible School in the summer, Community Christmas Party in December and a Homecoming Celebration every two years.lorimwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07917122483924155054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876403528262108896.post-71226269135850774062011-11-02T18:30:07.786-05:002011-11-02T18:30:07.786-05:00I was born north of Esmond in 1938 in a farm house...I was born north of Esmond in 1938 in a farm house and during a blizzard. My father Henry Lorenz bought the farm East of town where the original school was moved to when the new one was built. I went to school in Esmond thru the 8th grade. I rememeber that Esmond made the TV show Hee Haw population 2, which happened to be my Uncle Hans and Leona Lorenz.<br /> Esmond was an active town when I was a kid. I always stop when I return to South Dakota, which is not as often since my parents have died but I still have cousins in the areaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876403528262108896.post-68720764243012198952011-07-01T09:21:41.857-05:002011-07-01T09:21:41.857-05:00I love this town! We make a yearly pilgrimage and...I love this town! We make a yearly pilgrimage and poke around. Those signs are everywhere! Someone obviously spent a lot of time getting each lot's history.<br />My aunt and uncle apparently used to go dancing here, probably as late as the 60s.<br />I encourage anyone in SD or vacationing here to have a look. It's worth the time.josdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04980127555609858893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876403528262108896.post-69779867036693633372010-12-31T19:38:06.712-06:002010-12-31T19:38:06.712-06:00My Sheets (Rawson/Gosper) were from Blackberry(now...My Sheets (Rawson/Gosper) were from Blackberry(now Elburn)and Batavia, Kingsbury Co., IL. My Stormont (Watt) great-grandparents were born and raised in Princeton, Gibson Co., IL and Xenia, Greene Co., OH. Both families arrived in Esmond/Iroquois, Dakota Territory in 1883 and left in 1902/3.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07974709766646421776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876403528262108896.post-27947821316850882362010-07-08T09:19:46.178-05:002010-07-08T09:19:46.178-05:00great postgreat postUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11496156893089238267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876403528262108896.post-20813369889831380112010-06-28T11:12:52.560-05:002010-06-28T11:12:52.560-05:00Where your Sheets family from Stark county, Illino...Where your Sheets family from Stark county, Illinois by chance??Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711776825293238093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876403528262108896.post-83413738234879843282010-06-28T11:08:12.472-05:002010-06-28T11:08:12.472-05:00My great grandfather David Sheets and brother Hora...My great grandfather David Sheets and brother Horace were founders of the Esmond Methodist Episcopal Church in 1885 after their arrival from Ill. in 1883. The Homecoming this year, yesterday, was their 125th anniversary. My Sheets grandparents met in the church social hall that is still active, also. I live in Calif. and Gramma had told the story of living in a sod house, the year of so much snow that they walked to school on the treetops, and her brother taking her to town on the railroad handcar. I am family historian and had to see Esmond and Iroquois, and did in 2003 & 2004. Marlin Clendening and family, who have kept the town alive, showed us the town and signs and where the Stormonts and Sheets had lived and farmed and taught school and married. I collected bricks and doorframes from the ruined Stormont farmhouse that I've used for decor! My gg gf and gm Sheets and Stormont and g g gm Gosper are all buried in Esmond and Iroquois, All the family left in 1902 for Pomona, Calif., where they bought orange ranches. What a change! I will always have a place in my heart for Esmond and the Clendenings. Be sure to read all the Laura I. Wilder's Little Town on the Prairie books that are about nearby DeSmet, and you'll know what pioneering in Esmond was like. Love this blog!Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07974709766646421776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876403528262108896.post-28294117187033320552010-03-20T12:55:28.408-05:002010-03-20T12:55:28.408-05:00I suppose the children all left for bigger better ...I suppose the children all left for bigger better employment, or was it the times of the region that it didn't work out for farming. I saw your picture of the main street and it seems like so many others one sees and it occurred to me how alike they can be, yet each so unique to us and those who have such ties. And that is wonderful.A rootdiggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02642330951208433671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876403528262108896.post-29676802334352685532010-02-03T14:03:27.214-06:002010-02-03T14:03:27.214-06:00What a great post! I live in NW Nebraska and since...What a great post! I live in NW Nebraska and since childhood days have many fond memories of South Dakota. We did and still do spend a lot of our summers in the Black Hills area. I am familiar, however, with much of South Dakota and have traveled to many of the old but now Ghost Town locations. This little town really sounds interesting! Makes me want to go now...Cheri Hopkins aka You Go Genealogy Girl #2https://www.blogger.com/profile/17792786622751019882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876403528262108896.post-13407758183670302762010-02-01T07:40:22.267-06:002010-02-01T07:40:22.267-06:00This makes me want to visit Esmond. What towns are...This makes me want to visit Esmond. What towns are nearby?<br /><br />Oh, please hurry and find a family member that links to mine. I have had such a time tracing my family. 'Course, my guess is that your family do not link to Mississippi or Maine, but I can hope, can't I?<br /><br /> ~ Yaya<br /><a href="http://yayashome.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Yaya's Changing World</a>Yaya' s Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10766073744832801633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876403528262108896.post-51640486552010173642010-01-31T11:23:22.150-06:002010-01-31T11:23:22.150-06:00Wonderful story of the town. Wouldn't that dan...Wonderful story of the town. Wouldn't that dance hall have been exciting to visit...on Saturday night!<br /><br />Keep these ancestor stories coming!<br /><br />Bill ;-)<br /><br />http://drbilltellsancestorstories.blogspot.com/<br />Author of "13 Ways to Tell Your Ancestor Stories"Dr. Bill (William L.) Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04857619677138020430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876403528262108896.post-7098295697966703272010-01-31T08:45:57.566-06:002010-01-31T08:45:57.566-06:00You're up early!!
I have the Lairs traced bac...You're up early!!<br /><br />I have the Lairs traced back to the immigrants Mathias Lehrer (1714-1787) and his wife Catharina Moyer (ca 1720 - ca 1803). Might we have a connection??Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711776825293238093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876403528262108896.post-58251833190981274952010-01-31T08:04:53.969-06:002010-01-31T08:04:53.969-06:00Another wonderful piece!!
OKKKK, how far back h...Another wonderful piece!! <br /><br />OKKKK, how far back have you traced the Lair clan??Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11754623831815018924noreply@blogger.com