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     Lucy Henrietta Vankirk was born on 14 August 1876 at Ithaca, Tompkins Co., New York.¹ She was the daughter of Eron Vankirk and Henrietta Purdy. Lucy Henrietta Vankirk married Arthur Vernon Parsons on 17 June 1922 at Alexandria, Alexandria Co., Virginia.
     Her married name was Parsons. Married in Christ Church, Alexandria, VA.

     William Kimmel Vankirk was the son of George H. Vankirk and Ray Kimmel.
     William Kimmel Vankirk was a Busdriver. Was a busdriver in Washington, DC.

     Tolthan Ann Vann married Marshall Lafayette Parks.¹
     Her married name was Parks.¹

     George Daniel VanSickle was born on 24 January 1910 at Wellington, Larimer Co., Colorado.¹ He was the son of George Washington VanSickle and Margaretta Helen Harn. George Daniel VanSickle died on 13 January 1990 at age 79.²
     Born premature due to wagon accident? An 8-lb baby. Doris Spilman believed he was in the military in Texas. He appeared on the census of April 1910 at Wellington, Larimer Co., Colorado; listed as 2 months old. His Social Security Number was 537-10-2180 in 1937 at Seattle, King Co., Washington. The Social Security SS-5 form listed George as born in Wellington, Colorado, Living in Seattle, Washington on 10 Aug 1937 and being unemployed.²

     George Washington VanSickle was born circa 1866 at Michigan; Info from 1910 Federal Census in Colorado. He married Margaretta Helen Harn, daughter of Calvin Davis Harn and Rachel Ruple (Rupel), on 6 February 1909 at Larimer Co., Colorado.¹
     George Washington VanSickle appeared on the census of April 1910 at Wellington, Larimer Co., Colorado; List as 44 years old and born in Michigan. Enumerated only with his 2 month old son.

     Hendric Vanwaganen was the son of Hendrick Vanwaganen and Annetje Hoogland.

     Hendrick Vanwaganen married Annetje Hoogland, daughter of Dirck Jansen Hoogland and Annetje Hansen Bergen, circa 1684.

     Carolyn Vassion married William Arnold Harn, son of Harry Harn and Florence Jenkins, on 3 November 1973.¹
     Her married name was Harn. SOURCE: Mildred Harn letter March 1995.

     Elizabeth Vaughn married William R. Mills.
     Her married name was Mills.

     Anna Velzke was born circa 1899. She was the daughter of August Frederich Michael Velzke and Hermina Caroline Magdalene Kuball. Anna Velzke married Robert Colvell.
     Her married name was Colvell. Rice Co. Families, Their History, Our Heritage, pg. 446.

     August Frederich Michael Velzke married Hermina Caroline Magdalene Kuball. August Frederich Michael Velzke was born on 23 December 1855 at Germany.¹ He was the son of Ludwig Velzke and Augusta Budtke. August Frederich Michael Velzke died on 9 November 1926 at Wells Twsp., Rice Co., Minnesota, at age 70.^2,1 He was buried on 12 November 1926 at Concordia Cemetery, North Morristown, Rice Co., Minnesota.^2,1
     August Frederich Michael Velzke was a farmer. He immigrated in 1891; Immigrated from Treblin, Pommern, Germany, in Spring of 1891.

     Delena Velzke was the daughter of Walter Velzke and Serena Meyer.

     Delmer Velzke was the son of Walter Velzke and Serena Meyer.

     Delores Velzke was the daughter of Walter Velzke and Serena Meyer.

     Donald Velzke was the son of Walter Velzke and Serena Meyer.

     Emma Velzke was born circa August 1897.¹ She was the daughter of August Frederich Michael Velzke and Hermina Caroline Magdalene Kuball. Emma Velzke married August Schmidt in 1919.¹
     Her married name was Schmidt. Emma Velzke lived in 1981 at Faribault, Rice Co., Minnesota. Rice Co. Families, Their History, Our History, pg. 446. August and Emma had five children.

     Erna Velzke was born on 25 January 1904.¹ She was the daughter of August Frederich Michael Velzke and Hermina Caroline Magdalene Kuball. Erna Velzke married Wesley Schreiber in 1924.¹ Erna Velzke died on 9 October 1997 at Minnesota at age 93.
     Her married name was Schreiber. She lived in 1981 at Faribault, Rice Co., Minnesota. Rice Co. Families, Their History, Our Heritage, 1981, pg 446. Appears that Erna and Wesley had two children. Her Social Security Number was 470-18-7294 issued in Minnesota, last residence was Faribault, Minnesota.

     Helena (Helen) Minnie Mathilda Velzke was born on 30 September 1900 at Morristown Twsp., Rice Co., Minnesota. She was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church, Morristown, Rice Co., Minnesota.³ She was the daughter of August Frederich Michael Velzke and Hermina Caroline Magdalene Kuball. Helena (Helen) Minnie Mathilda Velzke married John Peter McCarthy, son of Jeremiah McCarthy and Mary C. McGinnis, on 2 November 1922 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Faribault, Rice Co., Minnesota.³ Helena (Helen) Minnie Mathilda Velzke died on 23 December 1997 at Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon, at age 97.⁴ She was buried on 30 December 1997 at Maple Lawn Cemetery, Faribault, Rice Co., Minnesota.⁴
     Helena (Helen) Minnie Mathilda Velzke was a Housewife. Her married name was McCarthy. She lived circa August 1994 at Gresham, Multnomah Co., Oregon; living with her daugher Beatrice. Her Social Security Number was 477-24-0809, issued in Minnesota. She lived in October 1996 at Glendoveer Retirement Villa, Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon. Helen until Summer 1994, lived at 104 Main St., #504, Winona, MN. Helena (Helen) Minnie Mathilda Velzke was a Lutheran.

Helen was the ninth child in a family of eleven children. Because of the lack of beds for all the family, Helen and her sister Anna slept with their father and their sister Erna slept with their mother until Helen was about seven years old. Their Grandfather Kuball lived with them and also slept on the living room couch. Once a year the family would go to town to buy new clothes.
One year Helen remembers that her mother purchased a red sweater with a sailor collar and a coat with four or five capes on it and as long as her ankles. It was a very warm coat, but was so heavy she could hardly walk. Helen remembers some childhood experiences with her brothers and sisters. When she was about five or six years old, Helen, Erna and Wally were in the house with their grandfather while their mother and father were in the fields, and their other brothers were at school. They decided to clean all the cupboards out and surprise their mother. They could not find any old rags, so they used some old green window shades. Upon getting wet, the shades faded and all the cupboards ended up green on the inside. Their older sister, Martha, had to clean all the cupboards over again. When Helen was about seven or eight years old, she and Wally and about eight other neighbors and cousins were at a cousins house. There was an old wood stove outside in a canvas tent, used for cooking food for the pigs. The children put hay and wood in the stove, started the fire and put potatoes on the stove in an old kettle to cook. The stove became red hot, cooking the potatoes, but fortunately did not burn down the tent. The children enjoyed dogs and cats as pets on the farm. One time Helen, Erna and Wally were each given a puppy as a pet of their own. One day they took the puppies up an outside stairway to the loft in the chicken coop. Helen's dog accidentally fell from the second story to the ground. Helen rushed down, picked up the puppy and held it in her lap. The puppy proceeded to vomit all over Helen, and she did not care for dogs after that experience.
For recreation, the children would often walk for miles to friends homes to play. Helen was born with a handicap in the right leg and arm, but could keep up with her brothers and sisters equally well. The children attended a one room country school containing grades one through eight. Helen finished the eight grade. There was not enough money for books and clothes to send the children on to high school. When the family lived in Faribault, the children had a two and a half mile walk to school. When the weather was bad, the children remained at home. When the family lived in Morristown, they attended the public school a half a mile away in the winter. In the spring and fall when the weather was milder, they attended the Lutheran school a mile and a half away.
Helen's parents both attended school in Germany, and felt education was important, encouraging their children to attend. Helen remembers one time in school when she was about ten years old and was put on the "whisper" bench when the teacher thought she had been misbehaving. Feeling the punishment was unjustified, Helen began to cry. When she would not stop crying, the teacher slapped her hands with a strap. Helen was so upset, that she ran home at lunch time. Later, her father came to school and told the teacher that he could not spank his children again. Helen was very good at memorizing and could sing many songs from memory. She had difficulty learning in school. Her sister Anna would sit in a corner at home with her and help Helen memorize her lessons for school. She did not learn to well until she was 15 years old. The letters just did not make any sense to her. Today we would say Helen has a learning disability which she learned to overcome by herself.
When she was sixteen, Helen did light housework and was a cook at Severy School for two years. At the age of eighteen, she worked in a shoe factory and at the St. Paul Hotel in St. Paul, MN, as a maid. When she was 22, she married John McCarthy. Helen was always very active in church work. She attended St. Martin's Lutheran Church in Winona and was a member of the women's guild helping assemble the monthly newsletter, serve dinners and helping with the bazaars. She also belonged to the guild at the Sauer Memorial Home for the elderly where she helped with entertaining the residents, playing bingo with them and helped with the annual craft bazaar. She enjoyed traveling and visiting her children and grandchildren and relatives in various parts of the United States.
When she was seventy-one, Helen started to take painting lessons at Valley View Tower in Winona. She specialized in acrylics and oils. Helen painted many lovely pictures which she hung in her home as well as gave to family and friends. Helen lived in the home on Fourth Street until she sold it in October of 1979, and moved into an apartment at Winhaven Court on Main Street. When Helen turned 90 years old, her family and friends gathered to give her a special birthday celebration.
The above information was received from Ann Alice (KRANZ) KURTH on 04 Sep 1992.

On 01Oct1996, Helen McCarthy entered the Glendoveer Retirement Villa, in Portland, Oregon. According to a letter from Ann Kurth on 23Nov1996, Helen "...needs almost constant nursing care and had become extremely forgetful and confused".

     Henry C. Velzke Sr. was born on 20 March 1896 at North Morristown, Rice Co., Minnesota.¹ He was the son of August Frederich Michael Velzke and Hermina Caroline Magdalene Kuball. Henry C. Velzke Sr. married Anna Schwichtenberg on 30 October 1919.¹
     Henry and Anna had seven children.

     Hugo Velzke was the son of August Frederich Michael Velzke and Hermina Caroline Magdalene Kuball.
     Rice Co. Families, Their History, Our Heritage, 1981, og 446. Hugo married Margaret Krause.

     Ida Velzke was the daughter of August Frederich Michael Velzke and Hermina Caroline Magdalene Kuball. Ida Velzke died at Treblin, Germany.
     The cause of death was died as an infant. Rice Co Families, Their History,Our Heritage, 1981, pg 446.

     Lois Velzke was the daughter of Walter Velzke and Serena Meyer.

     Louise Velzke was the daughter of August Frederich Michael Velzke and Hermina Caroline Magdalene Kuball. Louise Velzke married Paul Borchert in 1903. Louise Velzke married Wesley Grey.
     Her married name was Borchert. Her married name was Grey. Rice Co. Families, Their History, Our Heritage, pg. 446. SOURCE: Olga BORCHERT McCARTHY. Believed to of had six children, including Gilbert.

     Ludwig Velzke was born at Germany. He married Augusta Budtke.

     Martha Velzke was the daughter of August Frederich Michael Velzke and Hermina Caroline Magdalene Kuball. Martha Velzke married Herman Krenz.
     Her married name was Krenz. Rice Co. Families, Their History, Our Heritage, 1981, pg 446. Martha and Herman both died when their children were small.

     Olga Velzke was born on 4 October 1905.¹ She was the daughter of August Frederich Michael Velzke and Hermina Caroline Magdalene Kuball. Olga Velzke died on 12 October 1905.¹

     Otto Velzke was the son of August Frederich Michael Velzke and Hermina Caroline Magdalene Kuball.
     The cause of death was died at age of 3 years old. Rice Co. Families, Their History, Our Heritage, 1981, pg 446.

     Shirley Velzke was the daughter of Walter Velzke and Serena Meyer.

     Walter Velzke was born on 10 June 1902.¹ He was the son of August Frederich Michael Velzke and Hermina Caroline Magdalene Kuball. Walter Velzke married Serena Meyer in 1920.¹ Walter Velzke married Anna Lindemmier.
     Rice Co. Families, Their History, Our Heritage, pg. 446.

     James Vencel was born at Bohemia. He married Katherine Nemec.