| 1883 |
Pearl
Olive Danforth, daughter of Albro and Eunice
(Short), is born on the 31st of January in
Oriska. The family had been living in Saratoga,
Winona, Minnesota. She later marries John Evans
Olson. |
| 1885 |
Families
of Andrew Danforth (wife Jennie Birge), William
and Peter Ferguson (father of Clarina and
Elizabeth), as well as individuals Frank H. and
Albro Danforth are listed in the Territorial Census. |
| 1886 |
Ruby Etta
Danforth, daughter of Albro and Eunice (Short),
is born on the 16th of February, possibly in
Valley City. She later marries K.F. Moffitt. |
| 1887 |
Frank H.
Danforth, son of William H. and Marianne (Morse),
patents 160 acres of land at Meridan 5, Twp 142N
Range 057W of section 12 on the 20th of December. |
| 1888 |
Harry
Martin Danforth, son of Albro and Eunice (Short),
is born on the 29th of March. He later marries
Daisy Rorabeck and lives in Canada. |
| 1890 |
On the 3rd
of November, Albro B. Danforth, son of William H.
and Marianne (Morse), patents 160 acres of land
at Meridian 5, Twp 143N, Range 057W of Section
24. |
| 1892 |
Everett
Dewitt Danforth, son of Albro and Eunice (Short),
is born on the 29th of October. He later marries
Mable Knappen and lives in Canada. |
| 1892 |
William
Francis Neagle, son of John and Ellen (Croty) who
was born in Chatsworth, Illinois, moves to Barnes
county. |
| 1899 |
On May
3rd, Willie A. Danforth, son of William H. and
Marianne (Morse), patents 160 acres of land near
Oriska at Meridian 5, Twp 143N, Range 057W of
Section 34. |
| 1900 |
Listed in
the Barnes County 1900 Census living in Oriska,
is Lula (Danforth), her husband Louis Burson, and
her son Charlie Powers from a previous marriage. |
| 1900 |
Baldwin
Township lists two Danforth households in the 1900 Census - young Willie
Danforth and wife Clarissa (Ferguson) along with
his mother Marianne (Morse); the second household
is that of Albro Danforth and his wife Eunice
(Short) along with their ten children. |
| 1904 |
William F.
Neagle marries Clara A. Danforth, the daughter of
Albro B. Danforth and his wife Eunice Matilda
Short on November 28th. |
| 1905 |
William
Henry Neagle, son of William and Clara, is born
in Luverne on the 12th of September. |
| 1908 |
Gladys
Neagle, daughter of William and Clara, is born in
Luverne on the 15th of November. |
| 1909 |
The family
of Robert Davidson and Pearl Edna (Johnson) move
from Roseau, Minnesota where Robert and his
brother Will had been operating a mill and later
where Robert had worked in a lumber camp - to
Barnes County, North Dakota where they begin
farming. |
| 1910 |
Four
families are listed in the 1910 Census living in Baldwin
Township: |
| 1910 |
Francis
Neagle, son of William and Clara, is born in
Luverne on 07 August. |
| 1910 |
Francis
Neagle, son of William and Clara, dies on the 3rd
of September. |
| 1910 |
Gladys
Neagle, daughter of William and Clara, dies on
the 2nd of October. |
| 1910 |
Sometime
between the fall and winter of 1910, Robert moved
his family to Barnes County, North Dakota |
| 1910 |
Vernon
William Davidson, the son of Robert and Pearl, is
born on 18 December in Baldwin township. He later
moves to Phoenix, Arizona. |
| 1911 |
William
Davidson, son of Robert and Pearl, is born on the
6th of January. He meets Christine Bassett while
stationed in Georgia, marries, and later removes
to Eugene, Oregon. |
| 1911 |
Ruth Ann
Neagle, daughter of William and Clara, is born in
Luverne on the 27th of July. |
| 1913 |
Helen
Neagle, daughter of William and Clara, marries
Lesley Erickson in Valley City on the 15 th of
March. |
| 1913 |
Wayne
Davidson, son of Robert and Pearl, is born on the
3rd of April and dies six weeks later. |
| 1913 |
Clara
Constance "Connie" Neagle, daughter of
William and Clara, is born in Luverne on the 3rd
of May. |
| 1914 |
Gertrude
Neagle, daughter of William and Clara, is born on
the 4th of November. |
| 1915 |
Roland
Davidson, son of Robert and Pearl is born on the
6th of March. He dies on Christmas day in 1964.
Never married. His twin, Russell, dies on April
3rd. |
| 1916 |
Margaret
Davidson, daughter of Robert and Pearl, is born
on the 7th of April. She later marries Ingvald
Lyngby in Hannaford and laer removed to Port
Orford, Oregon. She died on 30 June 1967. |
| 1917 |
Mildred
Irene Neagle, daughter of William and Clara, is
born on the 26th of October. |
| 1918 |
Ida
Larraine Davidson, daughter of Robert and Pearl,
is born on January 6th. She died on 07 October
1922. |
| 1920 |
Bernice
Davidson, daughter of Robert and Pearl, is born
on 01 October. She married Gordon Kiedrowski and
lived in Fargo, North Dakota. |
| 1925 |
William
Neagle, husband of Clara (Danforth) and father of
one son and four daughters, dies twenty four days
before his 55th birthday. (Census records,
however, locate him as age 3 in 1870 and age 12
in 1880) |
| 1929 |
About the
time the depression hit and their youngest
daughter was about nine years old, Robert
Davidson gave up farming and went into the meat
business in Luverne and Hannaford, as did his
sons Harold, Dick, Bill, and Butch (Roland). |
| 1933 |
In the
spring, Vernon Davidson rents a farm with a
lovely big house on it, plants his first crop and
begins raising cattle for his father and brothers
who had left ranching during the depression and
became butchers in a neighboring town. |
| 1934 |
On 31 May,
Vernon Davidson, son of Robert and Pearl
(Johnson) marries Connie Neagle, daughter of
William and Clara, in Valley City. |
| 1934 |
William
Neagle, son of William and Clara, marries
Josephine Mathistad in Valley City on the 19th of
September. |
| 1935 |
With two
years of drought, Vernon and Connie Davidson
auction everything off on the farm and Vernon and
one of the farmhands head out to Arizona in the
fall to work on the dams. Connie and her widowed
mother Clara (Danforth) follow by way of
Greyhound bus to Phoenix. |
| 1936 |
Mildred
Irene Neagle, daughter of William and Clara,
marries Leo H. Thomsen in Valley City on the 8th
of January. |
