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.

Thursday, August 8, 2013

The 1921 Census enumeration of the Canadian population

Our 1921 census indicates, in addition of other details, that Walter and Emma Ebbert, their children Lucille (who was three years old) and Walter (who was a year old), and Earl Ebbert (the brother of Walter Sr.), who was twenty-seven years old), lived on 30-31-6-W3rd on June 21, 1921.  It also indicates Elmer came to Canada in 1910, that Walter came to Canada in 1911, and that his wife arrived here in 1917.

Monday, August 5, 2013

Autosomal DNA Testing

jgrHere’s a website that may be of interest to anyone considering the use of DNA testing to resolve genealogical issues.  Following the links provided by this article will provide a very useful explanation of various options and what might be provided as a result of that kind of research.

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Certification of the baptism of Elmer William George Ebbert (Ken and Marie Ebbert contributors)

I hope that all visiting this site appreciate that they can right-click on the images posted here, (or left-click, depending upon the configuration of each computer), in order to enlarge the image on a separate page, and make it more easily readable; or in order to easily download it to a desktop, or other computer, where it may be better analysed using Adobe Acrobat (or “whatever”).

Please know that I will be so very grateful of some visitor to this site, or other, has the language skills and the willingness to translate the documents recording the German language that are found here, and to post those translations.  I thank you, now, for doing that.

Obituary of Elmer William George Ebbert (Ken and Marie Ebbert contributors)