Please know that you can right-click on the images posted here, (or left-click, depending upon the configuration of each mouse), in order to enlarge the image on a separate page, and make it easier to read, or to easily download it to a desktop, or other computer, where it may be better analysed using Adobe Acrobat (or “whatever”).

And know that, at the moment, at least, this page is dedicated to Sherman Ebbert, or “BRICK WALL,” as I fondly call him. Sherman may have been born in 1867, in Illinois, and it is said that he married Laurenda Rosalind (Laura) Schuchard on September 29, 1891, at Zumbro, Wabasha, Minnesota, USA. If constructing this blog results in nothing in addition to our capturing of records registering his birth and that marriage, it will have served its purpose well.

“Sherman,” by the way, is occasionally spelled as one of five variations, namely Scherman, Schermann, Shearman, Shermann and Shermon. And we have found "Ebbert" to be spelled in a surprising number of ways.

Oh, well!

Sherman and Laura had four children who survived until adulthood. They were Walter George Edward Ebbert (1892-1954), Elmer William George Ebbert (1894-1975), Alice Ella Ebbert (1895-1940) and Earl Lewis Ebbert (1897-1969). Because of their connections to Saskatchewan, I have given this site the name that it has.

Many will be very grateful to the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of those people, or to others, for particulars concerning Sherman Ebbert, and that will be especially so if evidence is provided that will satisfy those of us who are truly concerned about ‘doing’ genealogy and family history properly, that being no small feat, given that genealogists generally apply much higher standards, concerning admissibility of evidence, than do the judges and legal beagles who frequent our courts of law.

Thanks for visiting this page, folks. I've provided a few finding aids on the margins of it, hoping that you'll enjoy using those should you decide to join us in our search. I'll be pleased if some of you will provide links to finding aids we might use with respect to Minnesota and Illinois genealogy.

Thanks for any contribution you may make to this page. Cheers! Do have a happy day!

Post Script: Sadly, Blogger does not provide an opportunity to present what is and will be posted in a reversed chronological order. But I do think that most who chose to study this site carefully will take the most from it by studying the oldest posting, first, and, step by step, working towards the most recent entry that may be found. I apologize for any inconvenience that doing so may cause for you.

Sunday, July 7, 2013

A message for Laura Maddison


Laura, your 3rd Great-Grandfather was Sherman Ebbert.  Ebbert family oral history, shared decades ago, had it that he deserted his wife and children when his kids were very young.  That he did might be why so very little is known about him, and why it is so very hard to find documents that reveal what became of him.  Who knows?  Anyway, Dorothy has asked me to help her solve the mystery, so to speak, so that’s what I’ve been trying to do during the past week, or so.  And that’s what I’ll try to do for as long as it takes.

My blog is an invitation to Ebbert family members, and to others, to share what they know about Sherman.  I hope some will respond, but whether they do, or not, it has occurred to me that you might want to capture some of your family’s history by periodically peeking at this page, to see ‘whatever.’

Enjoy!  Know that you’ll have to follow every link that I’ve provided to fully appreciate the evidence that is mentioned by my blog, and that the documents you will find invite careful scrutiny.

Love you much, Kiddo!

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