john elmer gaare sr. b. 1897 d. 1969 he supposle was born in montevide, minnesota. trying to find out who his parents were brothers, sisters, grandparents anything. where ancestry came from. john e. garre sr. married ali or allie leaf in 1925. any information is welcome. debra

Are you still looking for parent information?
JOHN GAARE SR
born 13 Nov 1897
died Sep 1969
zipcode of last known residence 60165 (Stone Park, Cook County, IL) SSDI issued in Illinois

Still dont have any information on Martin Gaare parents. If you have anything any information is welcome. Thank You.

You did not mention Martin Gaare in your original post. Who is he? Do you have any dates on Martin?

I did some more digging on Martin Gaare and found this.
The online Minnesota Census
http://www.mncounty.com/Modules/Certificates/Marriage/Defaul...
CHIPPEWA county Minnesota
BooK C - PG 339 married 3/16/1897 GAARE, MARTIN A to GOLDNER, MARY A.

So Martin and Mary are probably parents to John E Gaare Sr.

http://people.mnhs.org/census/search.cfm?bhcp=1
1885 census for Rosewood township, CHIPPEWA county has Martin A Gaare at 15 yrs and born in Wisconsin. Same census/location has Ingeborg O Gaare at 54 yrs born in Norway.

http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/
Ingeborg picked up land on 6/30/1882 - NW quarter of section 8, Rosewood township, CHIPPEWA county, Minnesota. I attached satellite images of that property which is located straight north of Montevideo along hwy 29.
Which is why(1882) she shows up in 1885 census. But no Gaare on the 1895 census so John born in 1897 should be elsewhere. But they do not show up on any MN census for 1895 and 1905. It suggests that Ingeborg husband is not around when she picked up the land. And only one child. 12/13 yr old Martin must have grown up real fast when his mom picked up 160 acres.

The Gaare name is rare name. I swear I have seen it on a grave marker. Not showing up on a 1895 census implies the older sandstone markers which are beaten by weather and moss. I have it down in my black box. I will check death/birth/marriage index.

The puzzle is getting married in chippewa in 1897 but nothing shows up in 1895 census.

That online marriage index has Martin Gaare married to Mary Goldner (age 21) in Chippewa County MN. The marriage cert has Mary Goldner at the bottom of it. The other places on the marriage cert it looks like Mary Saldner. They marriage was done by minister Abel Anderson in Montevideo. Book C Page 339.

John E Gaare born Nov 13 1897 in Chippewa. Book A-144-37. I ran out of time at the courthouse. His parents must be Martin and Mary.

The 1885 census has Ingeborg Gaare and Martin Gaare in house #86. And it is just them. So I checked marriage book B and I think it is Ingeborg Gaare on pages 105 and 555. A judge married Ingeborg Gaare to Christian Sorby on Mar? 22 1886. And a judge married Ingeborg Gaare to Knut Wighals? on Dec 13 1892.

Death index from 1870 to 1940 did not show Ingeborg Gaare/Sorby/Wighals.

That leaves Martin Gaare born in Wisconsin and mom Ingeborg Gaare. I would track down John Gaare's obit if I were you.

Thank you so much for all the information you have sent. I never knew how confusing all this stuff can be. They have Mary last name spelled wrong. I have Martin Gaare wife as Mary Soldner. Do you think Goldner might be Soldner? Yo have been a big help I havent done this in awhile. I also have Leaf in our family Olf Leaf. His wife name Bertha or Betty. Really havent ever found out who her parents were what was her maiden name. If you can find that out it be very wonderful. Againg thank you for all the help. Have a great day. Deb

On the marriage cert, three times Martin Gaare's wife started with an S and then in the final statement on the marriage cert it started with a G.
I asked for marriage book C and ended up with book B so I decided to make the best out of it and that is where I found Ingeborg's two other marriages. At least it looked like Gaare.
Does Olf Leaf have anything to do with Chippewa County, Minnesota

I not sure but have John E Gaare SR. born in MN. I know he die 1968 or 1969 in IL. He has one brother name Melvin A Gaare Ihave him born in Wis. not sure if this is write. I have little information on some of this bits and pices. Anyway John Gaare SR and Mary and as far as I know her maden name was Soldner anyway they were married Grayslake IL Oct 1925. and suppose two witness Mae Leaf and Melvin Gaare. Like to know what ever happend to some of these people. I have information that Martin Gaare father real last name was Olsen have his dad as Bendix Olsen. Also have Ingeborg change her name once she was in the USA to Isabel Olsen. Iam not sure if she ever went by gaare or not. I never see the names Sorby or Wighals before. I try to keep all the information straight. but kind of hard sometimes. You are such a big help thanks. Have a great day. If you find anything els all any information is welcome.

I have Oluf Leaf & Betty 1920 census swif co MN with 2 of there daughters . 1910 have Oluf, Betty, Olivea, Mable. 1900 have Gunilla, Ole, Bertha, Ruth. Now I think Beartha is Betty. and maybe Oluf is not here yet in USA. I wonder Ole last name and Gunilla last name? Also have Jons Leaf. not sure but I though this was Oluf father. I have information that Betty last name might ben Lobbins but not sure. Still trying to conect the dots. Thanks