Household 631: Harold James Detwiller & Gertrude (Gertie) Evelyn Sansburn

Household Record 631

Res.1/Male/Husb} Detwiller, Harold James

Family History} Olson

Res.2/Fem./Wife} Sansburn, Gertrude (Gertie) Evelyn

HH Type} Historic household

Address/Location:
Name(s)}	Harold and Gertrude Detwiller
Optional}	Dunn County
Str./Apt.}	Dunn Town
City/etc.}	*Downsville, Wisconsin**

Household Dates:

Source} Exa 2 May 1940

Move-In} Cir 1936

Move-Out} Aft 1940

Source 1}	1568=1940 USA cen
Source 2}

Last Updated
by} Karen Hancock

Date Updated} 11 Mar 2014
Date Created} 8 Mar 2014

Notes: In 1936, Harold and Gertrude Detwiller, with their son Andrew, moved from Tyrol Twp., Griggs, North Dakota to Wisconsin. In the 1940 U.S. census, Harold, 36, Gertrude, 41, and Andrew, 12, were living in *Downsville, Dunn, Wisconsin. Harold was farming on his own account. Living with the family was Clarence Rudd, 24, a farm laborer.

At some point in time, the family moved to Menomonie, the capital of Dunn County,where where Harold worked for Farmers Union Oil Co, for many years, before retiring. Their son Andrew died of spinal cancer in 1943, at the age of fifteen. Gertrude died in 1949, and Harold in 1975. All are buried in the Froens Cemetery, Menomonie, Wisconsin.

*Downsville is an unincorporated census-designated place in the Town of Dunn, in Dunn County. The community was founded at a crossing of the Red Cedar River in 1855.

Total # of Residents} 3

Other Residents:

Household	His Last HH} 630	His Next HH} ___
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3rd Res.}

Detwiller, Andrew William (AndyBill)

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