OTTER TAIL COUNTY: JUVENILE COURT:

An Inventory of Its Case Files at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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	Creator:	Otter Tail County (Minn.). Juvenile Court.
	Title:	Case Files.
	Dates:	1917-circa 1936 (bulk 1917-1928).
	Language:	Materials in English.
	Abstract:	Case files numbers 1-206, 1917-1928, all relating to dependent children.
	Quantity:	3.0 cubic feet (3 boxes).
	Location:	See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

The files may include such supporting documents (dating to circa 1936) as petitions for guardianship and for county aid to mother of dependent children, bi-monthly reports of guardian, summons, correspondence, orders appointing guardian, petitions for increase in allowance, investigations of widow's pension, payment records and clerk's receipts for welfare payments. Some families have more than one case number.

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ARRANGEMENT

Arranged numerically by case file number.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Otter Tail County (Minn.). Juvenile Court. Case Files. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 2013-22

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 007626345

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Names listed are of the dependent children.


Location
105.G.14.8F		Case File No. 1, Engebretson, Ernest, Myrtle, Elwood.


		Case File No. 2, Saffel, Irma Iona, Eunice Anna, Clifford Charles, Ruby Marie.


		Case File No. 3, Cady, James E., Raymond H., Vern N., Antonette L.


		Case File No. 4, Button, Luverne Anne May, Princellyn.


		Case File No. 5, Farney, Kenneth Leroy, Walter Wilgus, Dennis Vernon, Russell Milo.


		Case File No. 6, Malmstron, Alice, William, Ina.


		Case File No. 7, Haugen, Alice, Hatty, Otto.


		Case File No. 8, Arvo, Edwin, Aili, Ida, Martha.


		Case File No. 9, Gudding, Margaret, Johnnie, Oscar.


		Case File No. 10, Lee, Mildred Doris, Howard Russel.


		Case File No. 11, Patrick, Iva, Grace, Raymond.


		Case File No. 12, Siewert, Edith, Walter, Rudolph.


		Case File No. 13, Hartmann, Adaline, George.


		Case File No. 14, Engel, Leone Irene.


		Case File No. 15, Hendershot, Lela, Lola, Nellie, Claude, Ada, Glenn.


		Case File No. 16, Blatchly, Martha A.


		Case File No. 17, Simonson, John V., Ruth A.


		Case File No. 18, Farr, Alta, Floyd, Ruby.


		Case File No. 19, Cooley, Lawrence I., Gladys A., Edgar G., Opal, Arville A.


		Case File No. 20, Thompson, George, Nettie, Alice, Clarence, Louis.; Besness, Esther; Sampson, Edward.
			Mother is Emma Johnson.


		Case File No. 21, Thurnau, Delma, Vernon.


		Case File No. 22, Powell, Hazel, Hester, Clifford, Albert, Dorothy, Samuel.


		Case File No. 23, Kyto, Eino Arthur, Martha.


		Case File No. 24, Utz, Louisa, Minnie.


		Case File No. 25, Belberg, Grace, Lillian, Byron.


		Case File No. 26, Dombeck, John.


		Case File No. 27, Wait, Amherst D., Asenath C., Lloyd L., Louise A.


		Case File No. 28, Veazie, Ernest, Clifford, Helen.


		Case File No. 29, DeSmidt, Earl Stanley, Vernon Bruchard, Myrtle Viola, Violet Evelyn, Warren Alexander.


		Case File No. 30, Worden, Norman Clemens, Doris Evelyn, Wallace Kenneth, Harlen Bernard.


		Case File No. 31, Hazen, Harold S., Ruth K.


		Case File No. 32, White, Drexel G., Francis B.


		Case File No. 33, Coakley, Morris Henry, Paul Wesley.


		Case File No. 34, Maunumaki, Walfrid, John, Waino, Viola, Martha.


		Case File No. 35, Post, Cleo Harvey St. John, Luvera Pauline.


		Case File No. 36, Biersdorff, Sherrod Dudley, Clara Elaine.
			Mother is Cecelia Strissel.


		Case File No. 37, Ponath, Helmount August; Van Dyke, Henry Herman, Florence Linda Lena.


		Case File No. 38, Polom, Andrew, Regina, Frank, Alexander, Joseph.


		Case File No. 39, Engen, Arthur Edwin, Bernie Norman, Lillie Pauline, Ethel Berdine, Clifford Ray.


		Case File No. 40, Hoffman, Frances, Stella, Clementine, John.


		Case File No. 41, Kangas, Edna, Flora, Rudolph.


		Case File No. 42, Johnson, Clifford Oscar, Carl Robert, Alfred William, Violet, Verna Elvira.


		Case File No. 43, Brustad, Eleanor.


		Case File No. 44, Nettestad, Dorothy, Helen.


		Case File No. 45, Thompson, Clarence, Louis; Besness, Esther.
			Grandmother is Nicoline N. Kjone.


		Case File No. 46, Rablin, Lee, Leona.


		Case File No. 47, Lewis, Susie, Melty.


		Case File No. 48, Hinze, Dorothy Elaine, et. al.


		Case File No. 49, McCallum, Vernon.


		Case File No. 50, Donahe, Maria, Mabel, Merrils, Robert, Bernard, Jessie, Leslie.


		Case File No. 51, Olson, Inga, Winnifred, Jeanette, Dorothy.


		Case File No. 52, Mattson, Annie, Abraham, Joseph, Viola, Walter, Mildred.


		Case File No. 53, Bollingmo, Ella, Thea, Elmer, Arthur.


		Case File No. 54, Magnuson, Donald, Kermit, Laurel, Helmer, Vera.


		Case File No. 55, Weinrich, Delores, Vernon, Willmer, Kermit, Florence.


		Case File No. 56, Weiss, Ella, Herbert, Clifford, Gladys, Hellet, August.


		Case File No. 57, Maki, Eino, Antti, Edward; Thompson, Hilja.


		Case File No. 58, Young, Grace, Lottie, Raymond.


		Case File No. 59, Brooks, Irma Lenora, Stanley Dave.


		Case File No. 60, Hinze, Ada, Dorothy, Leonard.


		Case File No. 61, Davidson, Sidney, Agnes, Floretta, Alice.


		Case File No. 62, Larson, Lilly.


		Case File No. 63, Poynter, Harley Floyd, Mary Alice, Frances Marie.


Location
105.G.14.9B		Case File No. 64, Davis, Holly, Harold, Arthur.


		Case File No. 65, Rousu, Ernest, Edwin, Edna, Wilfred.


		Case File No. 66, Johnson, Evelyn, Laurel, Helen, Clinton, Violet, Gladys.


		Case File No. 67, Pernu, Randolph, Carmen.


		Case File No. 68, Swenson, Helen, Perry, Clarice, Thelma.


		Case File No. 69, Ward, Florence.


		Case File No. 70, Matson, Charles, Wilma, Ina, Helen, Anna.


		Case File No. 71, Olson, Leonard, Gladys, June, Lois, Lawrence.


		Case File No. 72, Lindula, Harvey, Arvid, Everett, Lila.


		Case File No. 73, Bistram, Edna, Leo.


		Case File No. 74, Maki, Eino, Hilja, Andrew, Edward.


		Case File No. 75, Starkson, Belinda, Clifford.


		Case File No. 76, Keleher, Meredith.


		Case File No. 77, Kilde, Samuel, Einer, Bennie.


		Case File No. 78, Hagen, Louise S., Helen M, Ernest M., Nels Edwin.


		Case File No. 79, Schmit, Marcella, James, Dorothy.


		Case File No. 80, Miller, Verlie May, Alvera, Ernestine, Ernest Frankllin.


		Case File No. 81, Lillis, Edward Joseph, Andrew, John Ernest, William, Jack.


		Case File No. 82, Wohlert, Alfred, O., Emma, Rosalie, Louise, Herman, Clarence.


		Case File No. 83, Abbott, Amanda, Lawrence, William, Viola.


		Case File No. 84, Niemi, Leo, Harold.


		Case File No. 85, Mattson.
			Unnamed dependents.


		Case File No. 86, Nevala, Sarah.


		Case File No. 87, Kelly, George.


		Case File No. 88, Crowell, Clifford E., Lulu A., Hiram R., Carrie S., Gordon, Denver M.


		Case File No. 89, Nelson, Ervin, Harry, Viola, Evelyn.


		Case File No. 90, Motley, Emily, Bertha, Mabel, Oscar.


		Case File No. 91, Nyhus, Myrtle, Clifford, Naomi, Bert, Olga.


		Case File No. 92, Olson, Gladys.


		Case File No. 93, Colby, Frances.


		Case File No. 94, Mattson, Wilma Dagmar, Hilma Sofia, Segna Julia, Mamie Esther, Sadie Elvera, Hilda Martha.


		Case File No. 95, Strehlow, Dorothy; Schuelke, John.


		Case File No. 96, Hanninen, Alma Ellenora, William Edward, Mildred Esther, Vivian Lillian, Helen Mary, Irene Beverley.


		Case File No. 97, Wagner, Cora, Zora, Frank.


		Case File No. 98, Patrick, Iva, Grace, Raymond.


		Case File No. 99, Uhlenkott, Eva May, Arthur William.


		Case File No. 100, Pearson, Maxine; Diffin, George Donald.


		Case File No. 101, Lee, William, Victor, Lila.


		Case File No. 102, Fithen, Lucile, Dorothy.


		Case File No. 103, Teters, David, Kenneth.


		Case File No. 104, Green, Paige.


		Case File No. 105, Hilden, Elmer, Bertha, Edna, Clifford, Jarl.


		Case File No. 106, Cody, Ruby, Nellie.


		Case File No. 107, Estenson, Orvil, Orman, Wallace.


		Case File No. 108, Wessel, Gilbert, Gwendolin.


		Case File No. 109, Reed, Orpha.


		Case File No. 110, Erickson, Dorothy, Earnest, Lillian, William.


		Case File No. 111, Willie, Mary, Delbert.


		Case File No. 112, Hardenberg, Elsie, Frida, Louis.


		Case File No. 113, Pryor, Benjimen, Jurgen, Isabel, Frederick, Theodore, Robert.


		Case File No. 114, Wiirret, Saime, Lempe, Ida, Oswald, Ethel, Arthur, Mamie.


		Case File No. 115, Jensen, Oddweig, Gundborg, Lovisa.


		Case File No. 116, Svedback, Charles Clifford, August William, Oscar Enock.


		Case File No. 117, Gaylord, Warren, Stanley, Dora, Shirley.


		Case File No. 118, Selander, Carl, Evilin.


		Case File No. 119, Hedlund, La Vern, Eunice, Evelyn.


		Case File No. 120, Ziegler, Melvin, Archie.


		Case File No. 121, Dickinson, Stanley Earl, Lyle Burton.


		Case File No. 122, Gaylord, Shirley M., Dora M., Stanley J., Warren L.
			Grandmother is Eliza Davis.


		Case File No. 123, Marheine, Pauline, Margarite.


		Case File No. 124, Mark, Walter, Ilmari, Jalmer (Puska), Hilga (Puska), Edwin, Ellen, Aune, Henry.


		Case File No. 125, Eifert, Bertha, Felix, Leonard.


		Case File No. 126, Austin, Myrtle Gladys.


		Case File No. 127, Johnson, Lloyd, Arley.


		Case File No. 128, Lyhus, Mildred, Orville, Arlene.


		Case File No. 129, Sagahorn, Harold, Rudolph, Allen, Mildren, Warren.


		Case File No. 130, Esteb, Harold, Elda.


		Case File No. 131, Reed, Alvin Orlo.
			Grandmother is Lena Reed.


		Case File No. 132, Pesola, Edward, Anna, Rose, Jack, Else.


		Case File No. 133, Marsh.
			Seven dependent children not named.


		Case File No. 134, Townley, Zelda.


Location
105.G.14.10F		No. 135, Strelau, Norman.


		Case File No. 136, Johnson, John Arthur, Shirley Milisa, Evelyn, Elmer Earnest, Lulu Virginia,


		Case File No. 137, Johnson, Laurel Eugene, Lloyd Homer.


		Case File No. 138, Davidson, Robert F., Bertha, Gerald.


		Case File No. 139, Nockleby, Raymond, Nellie, Aldine.


		Case File No. 140, Baas, Violet, Eino, Maria, Veino


		Case File No. 141, Brown, Blanche.


		Case File No. 142, Schmidt, Harold, Arnold, Lorraine.


		Case File No. 143, Starkson, Belinda, Almer.


		Case File No. 144, Pesola, Edward.


		Case File No. 145, Dalstrom, Nathalia, Donna Esther.


		Case File No. 146, Kupfer, Joseph C., Sylvester A., William E, Marie, Robert, Gertrude P., Helen, Leo, Leona.


		Case File No. 147, Ellstrom, Alvira, Alfred, Joseph.


		Case File No. 148, Estenson, Orman, Wallace.


		Case File No. 149, Cody, Ruby, Nettie.
			Mother is Isabella Webskowski.


		Case File No. 150, Knutson, Marvin Julius, Kenneth Leroy, Eleanor Josephine, Evelyn Signe, Willis Arnold.


		Case File No. 151, Nelson, Ralph, Lucy, Raymond, Marjory, Erva, Genevieve, Joyce.


		Case File No. 152, Davidson, Gerald, Bertha, Robert, Ervin.


		Case File No. 153, Warberg, Evelyn Gilma, Glen Irvin.


		Case File No. 154, Jacobson, Kaisa.


		Case File No. 155, Koep, Barbara, Daniel, Marian, Genevieve, Frank Benedict.


		Case File No. 156, Stroot, Leo, Evelyn, Eugene.


		Case File No. 157, Jacobson, Ernest, Lilly, Theodor, LaVerne.


		Case File No. 158, Hoffmann, Reynold Charles, Lillian Heloise, Bernhardt Peter.


		Case File No. 159, Dilley, Clara, Laura, Lawrence, Fredie.


		Case File No. 160, Rovelstad, Allen E., Donald S.


		Case File No. 161, Kantrude, Torger, Carl, Juel, Harold, Clarice.


		Case File No. 162, Dixon, Albert, Maurice.


		Case File No. 163, Marsh, Beatrice Beth.


		Case File No. 164, Jacobson, Ernest, Lilly, Theodor, LaVerne.


		Case File No. 165, Sherman, Vernon.


		Case File No. 166, Westerhausen, Peter, Walter, Victor, Frances.


		Case File No. 167, Johnson, Isabel Lorraine, Amy Jean.


		Case File No. 168, Melius, Ruth, Burton, Milton, Charlotte.
			Grandmother is Nettie Melius.


		Case File No. 169, Rasmussen, Marion, Rhoda, Dorothy, Walter, Virginia, Georgia.


		Case File No. 170, Kahilainen, Anna.


		Case File No. 171, Kerlin, Walter, Marie, Martha, Richard.
			Grandmother is Johanna Kerlin.


		Case File No. 172, Peterson, Lyla Marian, Ethel Corinne, Clifford Odin.


		Case File No. 173, Marweg, DuWayne.


		Case File No. 174, Lenz, Tillie, Erhard, Edna.


		Case File No. 175, Pederson, Mabel, Palmer, Esther, Walter, Sanford, Maynard.


		Case File No. 176, Hanous, Edwin, Alfred.


		Case File No. 177, Peterson, Lyle, Irene, Marion, Gertrude.


		Case File No. 178, Bernard, Fred Ernest, Hazel Sophia.


		Case File No. 179, Smith, Roy L., Floyd, Charles, Larry.


		Case File No. 180, Nelson, Nevoline, Jenettle, Adelaide, Lorraine, Dorand, Holace.


		Case File No. 181, Hyrynkangas, Russel (Niemela), Irene (Niemela), Wilbert, Roy, Helen, Edwin. 2 folders.


		Case File No. 182, Erickson, Ruth M., Helen M.


		Case File No. 183, James, Thomas Jorgen, Christ E., Orvil Fred.


		Case File No. 184, Metcalf, Louise, Marie.


		Case File No. 185, Boeder, Mary, Bertha, Lena, Elsie.


		Case File No. 186, Johnson, Carold,


		Case File No. 187, Kimber, Floyd, Walter, Lola, Ruby.


		Case File No. 188, Amundson, Arnold.


		Case File No. 189, King, Mary Adeline, George Samuel.


		Case File No. 190, Johnson, LeRoy, Morris, Myrtle, Gordon.


		Case File No. 191, Weik, Gilmor, Arline.


		Case File No. 192, Tikkanen, Hilma, Ellen, Tyyni.


		Case File No. 193, Wagner, Mary Gervaise, Richard John, Robert Thomas.


		Case File No. 194, Lugg, Arthur Barnes, Adeline Jane, Edna Elaine, Jeanette Frida, Raymond Eugene.


		Case File No. 195, Frazee, Wilfred K. Jr., Winifred.


		Case File No. 196, Nordquist, Irvin Joseph, Florence Elizabeth, Eugene Elmore.


		Case File No. 197, Geiser, Hildegard, Raymond, Helen, Bernard, Esther.


		Case File No. 198, Zaske.
			Two unnamed dependents.


		Case File No. 199, Personius, Sarah, Vesta, Maxine, Emmett.


		Case File No. 200, Pipping, Wilma Selina, Niilo Uljas.


		Case File No. 201, Petersen, Lyle, Irene, Marion, Gertrude.


		Case File No. 202, Cole, Margaret, Melvin.


		Case File No. 203, Cummings, Harriett, Joy, Murray, Earl, James.


		Case File No. 204, Baker, Elizabeth Mae, Doris Katherine, Winona Gale.


		Case File No. 205, Kalmi, Evert Elias, Harold Edwin.


		Case File No. 206, Cox, Lawrence Theodore, Jr.

CATALOG 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:: Child support -- Minnesota -- Otter Tail County.; Child welfare -- Minnesota -- Otter Tail County.; Guardian and ward -- Minnesota -- Otter Tail County.; Mothers' pensions -- Minnesota -- Otter Tail County.

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OTTER TAIL COUNTY: JUVENILE COURT:

OVERVIEW

SCOPE AND CONTENTS

ARRANGEMENT

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

CATALOG HEADINGS