KING AND VAN BUSKIRK FAMILY PAPERS:

An Inventory of Their Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

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Creator: Olson, Carrie Alice King, compiler.
Title:King and Van Buskirk family papers.
Dates:1862-2017 (bulk 1862-1925).
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Predominantly family letters, as well as genealogical information, land records, and newspaper clippings regarding the intertwined King and Van Buskirk families, who were homesteaders in Nobles, Cottonwood, and Murray counties of southwest Minnesota. The collection was compiled by Carrie Alice King Olson and is largely comprised of letters sent to her and her parents, William Clancy King and Lillian Van Buskirk. Letters are also included from the extended and descendant members of the Olson, Lindquist, Johnson, Peter, and Brandon families.
Quantity:1.10 cubic feet (1 box and 1 oversize folder in 1 partial box).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

Expand/CollapseBIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

William C. King (1857-1924) and his sister were born to parents James King and Ellen Clancy. Ellen remarried Fred Lindquist following the death of James King in 1859. In 1871, the blended King and Lindquist family relocated to Belfast Township in Murray County, Minnesota. In the mid 1870s, William C. King homesteaded on a property located near the Des Moines River in Belfast Township, near Dundee, Minnesota.

Lilian Van Buskirk (1862-1904) and her five siblings were born to parents Angelette Case and John Orville Van Buskirk. The Van Buskirk family settled on a farm in Cottonwood County, Southbrook Township, Minnesota in the early 1870s, but later moved to Havensville, Kansas.

Lillian Van Buskirk returned to Minnesota with her marriage to William C. King. They were married on February 8, 1882, and they settled on William King's established homestead. Together they had three children: Carrie Alice (1883-1976), Gertrude (Gertie) May, and a son who died a few months after birth in 1901.

Carrie Alice King married Henry Olson on October 25, 1904. The couple had four children: Twylah, Gleva, Yerle, and Clancy, and settled in Cottonwood County, Minnesota. Her sister Gertrude May King married Bill Brandon at an unknown date and they had five children together: Bonnie, John, Britt, Duane, and Marie.


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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. King and Van Buskirk Family Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 17,932

Processing Information:

Processed by: Leif Kopietz, September 2024.

Catalog ID number: 9989865640004294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

LocationBox
152.K.19.14F1Letters to Lillian Van Buskirk/King and to William King family, 1882-1889.
Letters sent to Lillian from sister Lucy Peter Van Buskirk, April 11, 1877 and June 2, 1877.
Letters sent to Lillian from sister Lucy, mother Angelette, father John O., and brothers J.W. Van Buskirk and Eugene H. Van Buskirk, 1890-1895.
Letters sent to Lillian from E.H. Van Buskirk, Angelette, Dollie, Lucy, J.W., 1896-1904.
Letters sent to William C. King and family, undated, 1882, 1891-1892, 1898-1899.
Letters to William C. King from Angelette, Walter, Rosa, undated.
Letters to William C. King from Laura, Walter, nephew Elmer, and nieces Bert and Lou, 1900-1901, 1911-1912, 1920, 1923-1924.
Letters to Carrie King/Olson, undated, approximately 1890, 1895-1897, 1900.
Letters to Carrie, undated, 1901-1902, 1904-1907, 1909, 1914-1915. 2 folders.
Letters to Carrie and Henry Olson, 1892. 1897, 1901, 1905, 1922-1926.
Letters to Gertie King/Brandon, undated, 1900-1901, 1904-1905.
Courting letters between Lillian Van Buskirk and William C. King, 1878-1882.
Letters to Lillian and Lucy, 1871-1872, 1882, 1889, 1892, 1897.
Letters surrounding Lucy and Herman Potter in a desperate time of their lives, 1891-1892.
Letters from Fred Lindquist and letters surrounding Lindquist trial over homestead farm, 1902-1904.
Letters written by Carrie Olson and notes by Carrie King Olson, 1882, 1891-1892, 1894, 1898.
Letters compiled by Carrie King Olson, 1882, 1891-1892, 1894, 1898.
Letters compiled by Carrie King Olson and letters from Laura Lindquist (half-sister of William C. King), 1890-1892.
Miscellaneous letters, 1878, 1899, approximately 1900.
Small box of letters compiled by Carrie King Olson, undated, 1880, 1885, 1887, 1890, 1892, 1898-1899, 1901.
Miscellaneous letters, 1904, 1917.
Homestead documents, William C. King, 1876, 1885.
World War II newspaper clippings - Cloyce Brandon, 1943, 1945, 2016.
Fred Lindquist trial articles, approximately 1905.
Receipt envelope, William C. King, Dundee, Minnesota, 1882-1902, 1923-1924.
Miscellaneous clippings, print material, notes, manuals, 1902, 1920s, 1960.
Letters from relatives and friends serving in the military, 1900, 1917-1918, 1941, 1944-1945, 1953, 1966-1967, 1990-1991. 2 folders.
Includes letters from family and friends serving in the military during the Spanish American War (1900), World War I (1917-1918), World War II (1941, 1944-1945), the Korean War (1953), the Vietnam War (1966-1967), and the Gulf War (1990-1991).
Civil War letter, transcription, and John Orville Van Buskirk biographical information, November 23, 1862 and 2017.
Collection and family information, 2017.
Includes detailed descriptions of letters, a family tree, and detailed genealogical information written by Pam Olson Fadlovich, the granddaughter of Carrie Alice King Olson. The descriptions correspond with a handwritten index inserted in the front of letter files throughout the collection.
Envelopes with no letters, undated, 1880s-1905.
Receipts bills, bank notes, correspondence related to delinquencies, District No. 54 bills, cancelled checks, 1880s-1900s, 1942.
LocationBox
142.G.2.1B-12The Havensville Torchlight, Souvenir Edition, No. 35, June 21, 1900.

Expand/CollapseCATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Minnesota -- Murray County.
Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Minnesota -- Nobles County.
Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Minnesota -- Cottonwood County.
Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Personal narratives.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives.
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Personal narratives.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives.
Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Personal narratives.
Persons:
King family.
Van Buskirk family.
Lindquist family.
Olson family.
Brandon family.
Johnson family.
Peter family.
King, William Clancy, author.
Van Buskirk, John William, author.
Van Buskirk King, Lillian, author.
Olson, Henry, author.
Johnson, Helen Martha, author.
Johnson, Bertha Mary, author.
Olson, Peter, author.
Case, Angelette, author.
Van Buskirk, John Orville, author.
Van Buskirk, Lucy Eugenia, author.
Van Buskirk, John William, author.
Van Buskirk, Lawrence, author.
Van Buskirk, Eugene, author.
Fadlovich, Pam Olson, author.
Places:
Dundee (Minn.) -- Social life and customs.
Worthington (Minn.) -- Social life and customs.
Havensville (Kan.) -- Social life and customs.
Document Types:
Genealogies.
Family histories.
Photographs.

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