Today's transcription project comes in two pieces. We'll look closely at two newspaper articles that were written during the time of Raymond Emerson's death. Raymond was born on 03 November 1819 in Norway and died on 31 July 1904 in Minnesota.
If you recall, Raymond was born as Reinert Ommundsen, then shortly after leaving Norway and arriving in the U.S., he changed his name to Raymond Emerson. As you will read, these articles refer to his as Reinert Emerson; a bit of a hybrid between his birth name and his taken name. This possibly indicates that the family affectionately called him, Reinert.
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| IMAGE: Notice in the "Irving" column of R. Emerson's illness. From "The Willmar Tribune," 27 July 1904. [1] |
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The Willmar Tribune, Willmar, Minnesota
Wednesday, 27 July 1904
Page 11, column 2
IRVING
July 25.
... Reinert Emerson Sr., one of the old settlers, is very sick and at the present writing he is not expected to live.
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| IMAGE: Notice in the "Irving" column of R. Emerson's death. From "The Willmar Tribune," 03 August 1904. [2] |
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The Willmar Tribune, Willmar, Minnesota
Wednesday, 3 August 1904
Page 8, column 4
IRVING
Aug. 1.
... Last Sunday morning occurred the death of Rienert [sic] Emerson, an old soldier and one of the first settlers in this part of the country. Mr. Emerson was a Christian gentleman. Besides a large number of friends he leaves five grown up children to mourn his loss. The funeral takes place today from the North Mission church, after which the remains will be interred in the Mission church cemetery.
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Sources:
1.) "Irving, July 25. ... Reinert Emerson Sr," Willmar [Minnesota] Tribune, Wednesday, 27 July 1904, page 11, column 2, Chroniciling America (http:www//chronicilingamerica,loc,gov : accessed 09 June 2017), citing the National Endowment for the Humanities, Willmar Tribune (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, Image provided by: Minnesota Historical Society.
1.) "Irving, Aug.1. ... Last Sunday morning occurred the death of Rienert [sic] Emerson," Willmar [Minnesota] Tribune, Wednesday, 03 August 1904, page 8, column 4, Chroniciling America (http:www//chronicilingamerica,loc,gov : accessed 09 June 2017), citing the National Endowment for the Humanities, Willmar Tribune (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, Image provided by: Minnesota Historical Society.
I hope you enjoyed another bit of evidence about Raymond Emerson that we have uncovered. It is interesting to note, that I didn't have any luck looking for him in at article as "Raymond" Emerson in these articles his name was "Reinert" Emerson. So a researcher's question must be one and varied. In this case, I already had his death date, so I looked through local area newspapers near that date and found these.
I am curious why the second article, written after his death, doesn't mention he was survived by his wife. She was living at the time. Makes a person think about it a bit. It mentions that five of his children survive him, so in my mind it only gets the job half done.
The cemetery where Raymond was buried has changed its name. It is now known as the Evangelical Free Church Cemetery, Hawick, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. So please, if you plan to travel there, keep this change in mind.
Amanuensis Monday is a weekly blog theme that was started by John Newmark, the author of TransylvanianDutch blog. John defines Amanuensis as "A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another." I also appreciate the good work and format examples of San Diego genealogist Randy Seaver of the blog Genea-musings.Thanks guys.
Transcribing helps me to learn what a document contains. I have learned over time that I have a tendency to "skim" over an item; a bad trait for a researcher who needs to learn even the smallest details documented records contain. Transcribing helps me to slow down and "smell the flowers," and to capture all aspects of the paper in hand. It also gives me a better opportunity to share the document with you.
I hope your week has started off great. Thank you for stopping by today and I hope to see you next time. Until then, take care!
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