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Jessie Irene Maine was born on 24 August 1856 in Rice Co, Minnesota. She and Charles Albert Hooser were married on 24 December 1877 in Winnebago Twp., Faribault, Minnesota. She died on 1 August 1908, at age 51, in Stettler, Alberta, Canada. She was buried on 17 August 1908 in Stettler, Alberta, Canada.

The national origin of Jessie Irene Maine was Irish.

Willard "Bill" Alfred Hoosier was born on 12 September 1878 in Winnebago, Faribault Co, Minnesota. He and Fanny May Lemon were married on 15 March 1904 in Akeley, Hubbard Co, Minnesota. He died on 11 June 1960, at age 81, in Billings, Missoula Co, Montana. He was buried in Mountview Cemetery, Billings, Yellowstone Co, Montana.

Alias: /Bill/
Montana Death Index, 1989-98
NameFather Mother Death Date Age
Death County Residence Marital Status File Number
HOOSER , WILLARD A HOOSER11 06 1960 86 MISSOULA
MONTANA , MISSOULA WIDOWED 301
The following are excerpts from the booklet entitled Marking the 50th
Anniversary of the Founding of Hansboro, North Dakota, June 22, 1955.
Transcribed August, 2000 by: Mary Lindbo, mlindbo@gateway. net
A HALF CENTURY OF HANSBORO HISTORY - By F. L. Leftwich
It is fitting that as the village of Hansboro prepares to celebrate its
50th anniversary, we pause and review its history.
Hansboro derived its name from U. S. Sen. H. C. Hansborough of North
Dakota.The village came into being in the fall of 1905. When the
railroad arrived here, this was a well settled community. Some of the
pioneers of that time cameas early as 1883 and 1884.
Before the advent of the Great Northern branch line, the settlers traded
and transacted business at Rolla and Cartwright, Manitoba. Thomas L.
Lawson finished surveying the townsite for the Dakota Development Co.
August 30, 1905 and building started in the town, the first
lumber being hauled from Rolla.
F. H. Murdick and James Moylon built a hotel that year. Nelson and Paetow
also erected a hotel and started a much larger one, whichwas never
finished. The Hansboro State Bank started in the fall of 1905 in the
building now occupied by the Friends in Council library and the bank
building was the first on the townsite. Mr. Hannafin was cashier and in
July 1906, C. E. Blackorby and others purchased the bank and Mr.
Blackorby became cashier. The Bank of Hansboro, with B. L. Thomas in
charge, also was opened in 1906.
D. A. Blackburn opened a drugstore in the building later purchased by J.
B. Smith, who started a confectionery store. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have
resided here continuously since 1906. Other pioneer business places and
shops werethe R. L. Boise tin ship, Ed Lakeman's barber shop, Nels
Johnson's and ChrisOrton's meat markets and Jake Rabinovich's
restaurant. Besides these, Wm. Hooser and had a pool room, with the town
hall upstairs. J. R. Wills did some draying and later had the post office
with a store in connection. The pool roomwas later taken over by Frank
Grimes and about 1919 by E. L. Clattubuck.
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Towner County, ND, Hansboro Pioneer Newspaper published March 1, 1906 -
May 31 1906
March 9, 1906
The new pool hall and opera house beingerected the next door east of
this office by Mr. Hoosier of Egeland, is fastapproaching completion. It
is expected to be ready for use by the 17th of March.
March 23, 1906
Wm. Hooser spent Sunday visiting relatives in Egeland. A force of masons
have been at work this week putting on the plaster in the newpool hall
being built by Wm. Hooser. It is thought that everything will be finished
and the furniture installed ready for business by the first of the
month. The Badger Brass Band are to give a dance at Hooser's Opera House
in this city on Tuesday evening, April 3rd. A good time is promised.
March 30, 1906
The Badger Brass Band are to give a dance at Hooser's Opera House in this
city on Tuesday evening, April 3rd. A good time is promised.
Arthur Hooser andwife, of Egeland, were Hansboro visitors the first of
the week. Mr. Hooser came up to see how the work on the new pool hall was
progressing.
April 6, 1906
P. Olmstead and daughter, Eva, came up from Egeland on the "flyer"
Tuesday to be in attendance at the dance given that evening in Hooser's
hall by theBadger Band. Phan is the same jolly good fellow as of old and
stepped into our office to tell us to be sure and announce to t. Montana Death Index, 1989-98
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HOOSER , WILLARD A HOOSER , , 11 06 1960 86 MISSOULA MONTANA ,
MISSOULAWIDOWED 301
PORTER , CORA J HOOSER , WILLARD A LEMON , FANNY MAY 03 06 1997 90
YELLOWSTONE MONTANA , YELLOWSTONE WIDOWED 3806.

Fanny May Lemon was born on 9 January 1887 in Ponsford, Carsonville Twp., Becker Co., Minnesota. She and Willard "Bill" Alfred Hoosier were married on 15 March 1904 in Akeley, Hubbard Co, Minnesota. She died on 21 October 1986, at age 99, in Billings, Yellowstone Co, Montana. She was buried on 24 October 1986 in Mountview Cemetery, Billings, Yellowstone Co, Montana.

Montana Death Index, 1989-98
Name Father Mother Death Date Age Death County Residence Marital Status
File Number
HOOSER , FANNY M HOOSER , , 21 10 1986 99 YELLOWSTONE MONTANA ,
YELLOWSTONE WIDOWED 5405. Montana Death Index, 1989-98
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HOOSER , WILLARD A HOOSER , , 11 06 1960 86 MISSOULA MONTANA ,
MISSOULAWIDOWED 301
PORTER , CORA J HOOSER , WILLARD A LEMON , FANNY MAY 03 06 1997 90
YELLOWSTONE MONTANA , YELLOWSTONE WIDOWED 3806.

Harry Wilfred Hoosier was born on 5 November 1905 in Badoura Twp., Hubbard Co., Minnesota. He and Erna Rae Barnard Moylan were married on 14 March 1931 in Columbus, Montana. He died on 15 July 1995, at age 89, in Las Vegas, Clark Co, Nevada.

In my chat with Rick Porter in March 2001, he said that Harry introduced
Keno, a Chinese gambling game, to Los Vegas where he lived for many years
and wasknow as "the Keno King of Los Vegas".
HARRY HOOSER Request Information
SSN 516-18-6936 Residence: 89106 Las Vegas, Clark, NV
Born 5 Nov 1904 Last Benefit:
Died 17 Jul 1995 Issued: MT (Before 1951.)

Cora Jeanette Hoosier was born on 10 October 1906 in Hansboro, Towner Co, North Dakota. She and Alfred Ellet Porter were married on 19 November 1926. She died on 3 June 1997, at age 90, in Yellowstone, Yellowstone Co, Montana.

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PORTER , CORA J HOOSER , WILLARD A LEMON , FANNY MAY 03 06 1997 90
YELLOWSTONE MONTANA , YELLOWSTONE WIDOWED 3806
CORA PORTER Request Information
SSN 517-05-7378 Residence: 59101 Billings, Yellowstone, MT
Born 10 Oct1906 Last Benefit:
Died 3 Jun 1997 Issued: MT (Before 1951.)

Grace Madeline Hoosier was born on 25 April 1909 in Sandpoint, Idaho. She and Gordon Eels Howard Anderson were married on 12 March 1947 in Reno, Nevada. She died on 28 January 2002, at age 92, in Billings, Yellowstone Co, Montana.

Letter to James Oliver Hoosier from his second cousin Grace Anderson
Mrs. G. Anderson Billings MT.
815 N. 30th St.
July 20, 1994
Billings, MT. 59101-0943
Dear Jim,
I am Harry Hoosiers sister Grace. He hassent me a copy of your
letter of Jan. 6, 1994; also copy of the Hoosier Family Tree as compiled
by your Aunt Rose. Our dead brother Grant was very muchinto genealogy,
having married into the Mormon Faith. He did a lot of such work at the
Archives in Salt Lake City. But when he died Harry was the only one of
us who could get to where he had lived and try to straighten out his
affairs. Grants wife Ruth having died a couple of years before. Harry
justpacked up everything Ruth's sister had not taken when Ruth died.
Harry neverwent thru Grants things after he got them home to Las Vegas
so he doesn't know exactly where everything is. Harry has had nothing
but trouble for the last several months. First his house was vandalized
one night while he was atwork. His daughter came over to help him clean
up and he and she drove to her house stopping first for groceries to cook
supper. When they got to her place it was burned to the ground. She
lost everything but the old work clothes she had on, jeans and sneakers
and T-shirt. A month or so later early onemorning Harry was asleep when
his electric organ caught fire in his living room. Fortunately he had a
great granddaughter staying with him and she awokehim and got him out.
His living room was completely gutted and everything else in his hose
smoke damaged. The insurance company has been cleaning and packing up
everything in the house and Harry has been living in a motel. He has
bought a new house and sold the original but is still not mover. I am
telling you all this because I'm sure he has not had time to write to
you, butmaybe he called you about it. Anyway the reason for this letter
is to tell you a few things about our side of the Hoosier Family and to
assure you that we are definitely on the same branch of the tree. You
Grandfather Oliver Morton, whom we had never heard of, was a brother of
our father's father, CharlesS. who was married to Jessie Maine. So that
makes your father Harold and our father Willard full first cousins. So I
guess you and me are second cousins, would you say "once remover"? Wish
we had known about you when we had ourfirst and only family reunion in
1992. There were only 24 of us here so itwasn't a big one but we met
some nice Hoosiers we had never seen before. Myfather's youngest sister
named Pearl Eckert lived in Canada. I think BritishColumbia. She and
our mother always exchanged Christmas Cards. My dad andmother went to
see her one winter with Emma and Bill Aikens. I know they went by boat,
so it must have been on the coast and I think my mother said she had a
family of big boys and they were all fishermen. This trip was made
probably in the early 50's. I can't remember the name of the town and
none ofthe relatives could find them when we were planning the reunion.
Maybe you could find out something about them from there. Pearl isn't
listed on Roses'chart. Nor is my dads two youngest brothers, David
Lester and Charles Garland, nicknamed all his life "Boyd". I don't
suppose Harry has answered you questions about our family so I'll try and
give you a short history. Our father, Willard Alfred was born Sept. 12,
1878, the oldest son of Charles and Jessie Maine Hoosier. They spelled
it Hooser. He and out mother, Fanny Mae Lemonwere married March 15,
1904. She was 17 years and he 25. Harry was born inDec. of 1904. Cora
in Oct. 1906. I in April of 1909 and Grant in Nov. 1910. Our father
died in June of 1960. Our mother died in October 1986, a little over two
months before she would have been 1. No children.

Grant Lloyd Hoosier was born on 28 November 1910 in Conrad, Pondera Co, Montanta. He and Ruth Gordon Sanderson were married on 14 July 1946 in Billings, Yellowstone Co, Montana. He died on 14 January 1985, at age 74, in Borrego Springs, San Diego Co, California. He was buried on 22 January 1985 in Ramona, California.

Grant HOOSIER
Birth Date: 28 Nov 1910
Death Date: Jan 1985
Social Security Number: 517-07-4233
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Montana
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 92004
Localities: Borrego Springs, San Diego, California
SSDI Search Results
GRANT HOOSIER
SSN 517-07-4233 Residence: 92004 Borrego Springs, San Diego, CA
Born 28 Nov 1910 Last Benefit:
Died Jan 1985 Issued: MT (Before 1951.)

Alfred Ellet Porter was born in 1906. He and Cora Jeanette Hoosier were married on 19 November 1926. He died on 21 July 1967, at age ~61, in Billings, Yellowstone Co, Montana. He was buried in Mountview Cemetery, Billings, Montana.

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PORTER , ALFRED E PORTER , , 21 07 1967 61 YELLOWSTONE MONTANA ,
YELLOWSTONE MARRIED OR SEPARATED 3589.

Richard "Dick" Alfred Porter was born on 11 March 1928 in Billings, Yellowstone Co, Montana. He died on 2 March 2002, at age 73, in Horizon Hospice, Cooke City, Montana.

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The Hoosier Motel is owned and operated by Rick Porter, son of Cora
Hoosier Porter, a descendant of Jonathan David Hooser
As of the mid ninties Richard Porters son Rick owns and operates the bar
See Rick Porter files
Richard A. Porter obiturary from "The Billings Outpost" Sunday January 5,
2003
Richard A. Porter, 73, a longtime resident of Cooke City, died Saturday,
March 2, 2002, at Horizon Hospice Home after liver failure.
He wasborn on March 11, 1928, to Cora and Alfred E. Porter in Billings.
He attended Cooke City and Billings grade schools, Billings Senior High,
Eastern Montana College and Billings Business College.
He served in the Army during the Korean War, then married Marian Shammel
in Billings on March 7, 1954. He workedfor Reymer Machine Co., A&I
Distributing and Cardinal Service Stations until1966. He then returned
to Cooke City, where he built Hoosier’s Motel in conjunction with
Hoosier’s Bar & Cafe, which his grandparents had started in the 1930s. He
managed the business until the time of his death.
Survivors include his wife and a son, Rick Wayne of Cooke City. A second
son, Randall James,died in 1982.
No services were planned. Arrangements were by Cremation Society of
Montana.

Randall James Porter was born on 3 August 1964 in Billings, Yellowstone Co, Montana. He died on 29 July 1982, at age 17, in Cooke City, Montana. The remains of Randall James Porter were cremated in Ashes scattered in the Cooke City High Country (Daisy Pass.)

Alias: /Randy/
Died in a car accident in 1981
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PORTER , RANDALL J PORTER, , 22 07 1982 17 PARK MONTANA , PARK
SINGLE--NEVER MARRIED 3511.

Ruth Gordon Sanderson was born on 6 December 1911 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She and Grant Lloyd Hoosier were married on 14 July 1946 in Billings, Yellowstone Co, Montana. She died on 22 September 1983, at age 71, in Berrago Springs, San Diego Co, California. She was buried in Ramona, California.

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Surname GivenName Middle Name Sex Birth Date Death Date Birth Place
Death Place Social Security # Mother's Maiden Name Father's Surname
HOOSIER RUTH FEMALE 6 Dec1911 22 Sep 1983 UTAH SAN DIEGO
516102171 GORDON HELM
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RUTH HOOSIER Request Information
SSN 516-10-2171 Residence: 92004Borrego Springs, San Diego, CA
Born 6 Dec 1911 Last Benefit: 92004 BorregoSprings, San Diego, CA
Died Sep 1983 Issued: MT (Before 1951)
This would be a second marriage of Ruth to Grant.

Gordon Eels Howard Anderson was born on 15 May 1902 in Tacoma, Pierce Co, Washington. He and Grace Madeline Hoosier were married on 12 March 1947 in Reno, Nevada. He died on 26 January 1956, at age 53, in Billings, Yellowstone Co, Montana. He was buried in Mountview Cemetery, Billings, Montana.

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File Number
ANDERSON , GORDON E ANDERSON , , 24 01 1956 73 CUSTER MONTANA ,
CUSTERWIDOWED 39. No children.

Clayton Irving Hoosier was born on 22 September 1879 in Winnebago, Faribault Co, Minnesota. He and Mae were married. He died on 15 February 1927, at age 47, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Guy Clifford Hooser was born on 29 January 1903. He and Elizabeth "Betty" R. Allen were married. He died in April 1971, at age 68, in Glendale, Miwaukee Co, Wisconsin.

Cause of Death: Cancer
Guy HOOSER
Birth Date: 29 Jan 1903
Death Date: Apr 1971
Social Security Number: 389-07-3895
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Wisconsin
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 53212
Localities: Glendale, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Hazel Hoosier was born on 15 April 1900. She died on 15 April 1900, at age 0.

Emma Irene Hoosier was born on 6 October 1886 in Brown Co, South Dakota. She and William Malcolm Aikins were married on 2 June 1911 in Stettler, Alberta, Canada. She died on 30 May 1951, at age 64, in Tacoma, Pierce Co, Washington. She was buried in New Tacoma Cemetery, Tacoma, Washington.

Address: 5433 S. Tompson

Tacoma, Pierce County, WA


Emma and William lived in many places through out their lives. Emma was
the peacemaker andthe soft spoken woman who tried to keep Pop from
playing favorites with thegrandchildren, however after her passing, he
did just that. Sharon Wills remembers the sound her shoes made when she
walked at. Emma had less than an eighth grade education. She was a
gentile spoken woman and was loved by everyone. According to Lenny her
family may have been very poor and the china doll may have been the only
toy she may have gotten. I suspect that maybe the metal head doll was
here, it also could be Hazel's. Joy Davis file. From the files of Joy Smith
Emma and William lived in many places through outtheir lives. Emma was
the peacemaker and the soft spoken woman who tried tokeep Pop from
playing favorites with the grandchildren, however after her passing, he
did just that. Sharon Wills remembers the sound her shoes made whenshe
walked at. Emma had less than an eighth grade education. She was a
gentile spoken woman and was loved by everyone. According to Lenny her
family may have been very poor and the china doll may have been the only
toy she may have gotten. I suspect that maybe the metal head doll was
here, it also could be Hazel's.

William Malcolm Aikins was born on 27 August 1882 in Arrington, Atcheson Co, Kansas. He and Emma Irene Hoosier were married on 2 June 1911 in Stettler, Alberta, Canada. He died on 21 December 1970, at age 88, in Valley Terrace Rest Home, Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington. He was buried in New Tacoma Cemetery, Tacoma, Washington.

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Name Birth Date Ethnicity Birth Place City/County State
William Malcom Aikins 27 Aug1882 W Tacoma# 4 WA
William Aikins was a retired carpenter Social Security536-10-6759 A. He
built sets for Paramount sudios in Los Angeles, CA. He also built St.
Martins College in Lacey, WA., sometime before 1922. The pictures taken
of Hazel and Lenny with the dolls a Christmas were taken around 1920.
William also moved a lot in his life so one day Emma bought a piano
hoping sto stop the moving. It worked! It was so heavy to move they
stayed in Tacoma. Karla currently has this piano. (I call it the
Anchor). "Pop" had an 8th grade education. Lenny remembers as a father
he had a temper. As a grandfather he tended to play favorites, per
Sharon, he gave her skating lessons, Jessie a horse named Brandy and Max
received a car (1950 or 51 Pontiac).When Pop and Harry and Roy were
together they all would fight.....if one saidthe sun was yellow the
other would say that it was blue and the third wouldargue tht it was
green! sharon never felt it serious fighting...it was theirway of
communication! When he got to sick to stay alone he was moving nextdoor
to Lenny in Puyallup, that is the house I remember hin in! One day he
crashed his car and they took his keys away, he never drove again. When
I was young he had a small house in Puyallup, WA and he had the greatest
toys, ametal horse with a lasso and he jumped in circles swinging his
lasso and a small dog that had a ball on a string in his mouth it would
spin and look likeit was chasing the ball. Pop kept cookies at hand
every time we came over.Pop died when I was seven years old. I haven't
seen the dog since then andam unsure of where it is to this dy. He
belonged to a Carpenters Union and was part of a good fellowship club,
where upon the death of a member they sentin some money and supposedly
upon their death their family would receive a certain amount of money,
although at the time of Pop's death there was no money to give the
family.
Aikins, William W View Image Online should readAikins Willaim P wife
and two children on 1920 Washington Census
Age: 37 Year: 1920
Birthplace: Kansas Roll: T625_1937
Race: White Page: 5B
State:Washington ED: 334
County: Pierce Image: 373
Township: Tacoma
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Emma and William lived in many places through outtheir lives. Emma was
the peacemaker and the soft spoken woman who tried tokeep Pop from
playing favorites with the grandchildren, however after her passing, he
did just that. Sharon Wills remembers the sound her shoes made whenshe
walked at. Emma had less than an eighth grade education. She was a
gentile spoken woman and was loved by everyone. According to Lenny her
family may have been very poor and the china doll may have been the only
toy she may have gotten. I suspect that maybe the metal head doll was
here, it also could be Hazel's.

Hazel Viola Aikins was born on 15 May 1912 in Highland, San Bernidino Co, California. She and John Bryant Wills were married on 27 June 1938 in Tacoma, Washington. She died on 29 November 1976, at age 64, in Tacoma, Pierce Co, Washington. She was buried in New Tacoma Cemetery, Tacoma, Washington.

From the files of Joy Smith
Army Medical nurse for Madigan Hospital in Tacoma,Washington
Rode motorcycles with a group in Tacoma
My memories were of her searching river beds for pretty rocks and other
things. She took us camping every summer for a week. Sometimes Max and
Joann would come with "the tribe",she called them that, and we would
play with them. On Saturday afternoons she would come over and do her
laundry and sometimes get her hair permed by Sharon. She taught us how
to make the perfect marshmellow, draw things on fungus, and search for
aggot and other cool rocks! I was 13 when she died. I never really knew
about the dolls till after she died. Her dolls were the Amberg Victory
Doll, The large compo baby doll (wearing her baby clothers), the little
bisque doll and the small trunk filled with dool clothes, which she had
made as a girl.

Lenard Arnold Aikins was born on 15 November 1915 in Conrad, Teton Co, Montana. He and Virginia Lee Hatfield were married on 1 January 1937 in Elopement ? Tacoma, Washington.

From the files of Joy Smith
Lenny Aikins is a bit of a daredevil, skydives into the fair every year
and is also a carpenter, among other talents. Ifdeath proves to be the
price of pursuing life, then so be it. We will all die, and then all
will be meaningless again. If given the possibility, why nottake it?

John Bryant Wills was born on 6 October 1916 in Denton, Jefferson Davis Co, Hazelhurst, Georgia/Denton, Jeff Davis Co., GA. He and Hazel Viola Aikins were married on 27 June 1938 in Tacoma, Washington. He died in May 1999, at age 82, in Tacoma, Pierce Co, Washington. He was buried in New Tacoma Cemetery, Tacoma, Washington.

Fallie Mable Hoosier was born on 19 June 1892 in Big Stone City, Grant Co, South Dakota. She and Wilbur Lee I Sanders were married on 13 November 1911 in Park Rapids, Minnesota. She died on 1 February 1931, at age 38, in University Hospital, Burtrum, Minnesota.