Deadwood Public Library, 435 Williams St, Deadwood, SD 57732 (605) 578-2821 can reproduce for you the full newspaper articles for a small fee and mail them to you.
I believe you can register for a free ancestry.com account that will allow you to post and search on the ancestry.com boards.
Go to the link below and set up an account by registering. You will not have access to all the ancestry.com paid for documents. Some of their documents are free. I do not believe there is any credit card information required to do this.
After you have a registered account you can then go to the links that I gave to earlier and to the post on that particular board and leave Shelley Irvine a message. Your post will be sent to her ancestry.com mailbox. I believe she has not logged into her ancestry.com account for about 6 months. This is not unusual.
I reviewed your image by the Grabill Photograph and View Company. This studio did not use this specific title on it's prints until the years of 1891 - 1892. Grabill was closing his business as his wife had been murdered back east.
Locke & McBride lease Grabill quarters. Locke & McBride, well known photographers, have leased the old Grabil photography gallery and will remodel, expecting to open for business in a few days. Locke and McBride. Grabill Photograph and View Company. Black Hills Daily Times, May 3, 1892, p.3, col.1.
Circuit court report February 14. 500 |a Summarization of article. Grand jury findings. Thomas, Charles M. Graves, L. R. Flynn, John. Moore, Joseph B. Sullivan, John J. Elder, W. S. Williams, Hiram. Hall, Jennie. Nelson, Irvin. Souder, Charles H. Grabill Photograph and View Company. Werthheimer, M. J. Laffey, John P. Black Hills Daily Times, Feb. 14, 1892, p.1, col.5.
Circuit court report February 12. Marriage license to E.O. Foss and Sarah Fosby; Samuel Fish vs. W.L. McLaughlin; judgment in case of Pioneer Publishing vs. Grabill Portrait. Foss, E. O. Fosby, Sarah. Fish, Samuel. McLaughlin, William L. Pioneer newspaper. Grabill Photograph and View Company. Black Hills Daily Times, Feb. 12, 1892, p.2, col.2.
Sasse takes over Grabill's. Formerly Grabill's, Sasse's Art Studio will re-open tomorrow by Joseph Sasse, who lately arrived from Europe. Grabill Photograph and View Company. Sasse Art Studio. Sasse, Joseph. Black Hills Daily Times, Dec. 6, 1891, p.2, col.3.
Photo gallery under attachment. Grabill Photograph and View company closed under attachment sued out by Coe and Edmonds, real estate agents. Grabill Photograph and View Company. Grabill, John H. C. Coe and Edmonds Real Estate. Black Hills Daily Times, Nov. 1, 1891, p.3, col.1.
Great info, thanks! Been unable figure out how to get in touch with Shelley Irvine - Ancestry.com won't let me send a message to her. Whether her account is no longer active or because I'm not a paid member I'm not sure. My email(s) are listed in my original post. If she sees this I hope she gets in touch.
1900 United States Federal Census about Matilda Hilton Name: Matilda Hilton Age: 39 Birth Date: Oct 1860 Birthplace: Finland Home in 1900: Lead City, Lawrence, South Dakota Race: White Gender: Female Immigration Year: 1875 Relation to Head of House: Sister in Law [Sister-in-law] Marital Status: Married Marriage Year: 1882 Years Married: 18 Father's Birthplace: Finland Mother's Birthplace: Finland Mother: number of living children: 1 Mother: How many children: 1 Occupation: View on Image
Household Members:
Jacob Lahti 38 Alma Lahti 28 Nanna Lahti 10 Eino Lahti 6 Lucy Lahti 3 Ida Helman 17 - child of Simon Hellman & Matilda Pajari Otto Hilton 48 Matilda Hilton 39
Burial Child:
Ida Sophia (Hellman) Lehto Note: Age: 100 Birth: Aug. 19, 1882 Death: Mar. 22, 1983 Burial: Bear Butte Cemetery Sturgis Meade County South Dakota, USA Plot: Section: 11 Lot: 107
1930 United States Federal Census about Ida Lehto Name: Ida Lehto Birth Year: abt 1883 Gender: Female Race: White Birthplace: South Dakota Marital Status: Divorced Relation to Head of House: Head Homemaker?: Yes Home in 1930: Township 7, Lawrence, South Dakota Dwelling Number: 11 Family Number: 11 Home Owned or Rented: Owned Radio Set: No Lives on Farm: Yes Age at First Marriage: 19 Attended School: No Able to Read and Write: Yes Father's Birthplace: Finland Mother's Birthplace: Finland Able to Speak English: Yes Occupation: Farmer Industry: General fArm Class of Worker: Working on own account Employment: Yes
Age Ida Lehto 47 Ruben Lehto 26 Hubert Grimsbo 23 Elnora Grimsbo 20 Betty C Grimsbo 1 [1 6/12] Helen Lehto 22
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1920 United States Federal Census about Ida Lehto Name: Ida Lehto Age: 37 Birth Year: abt 1883 Birthplace: South Dakota Home in 1920: Hathaway, Lawrence, South Dakota Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Wife Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Arvit Lehto Father's Birthplace: Finland Mother's Birthplace: Finland Able to Speak English: Yes Name Age Arvit Lehto 41 Ida Lehto 37 Reuben Lehto 15 Hazel Lehto 14 Helen Lehto 11 Elnora Lehto 10
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1910 United States Federal Census about Arvid Lahto Name: Arvid Lahto [David Lahto] Age in 1910: 31 Birth Year: abt 1879 Birthplace: Russia Home in 1910: School District 33, Meade, South Dakota Race: White Gender: Male Immigration Year: 1899 Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married use's Name: Ida Lahto Father's Birthplace: Russia Mother's Birthplace: Russia Name Age Arvid Lahto 31 Ida Lahto 27 Reuben Lahto 6 Hazel Lahto 4 (Marriage Hazel Elizabeth Lehto to Victor Clarence Linstrom 29 Oct 1925. Hazel Elizabeth Linstrom Birth: 1906 Death: 1982 Burial Bear Butte Cemetery) Helen Lahto 2 (Marriage Helen Lehto to William Fagar date unknown. Helen Lehto Fagar born 3 Mar 1908 death 22 Nov 2004 burial location unknown, possibly Denver CO) Eleanor Lahto 0 [11/12]
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Bear Butte Cemetery Sturgis Meade County South Dakota, USA
Lehto, Arvid b. 1879 d. Jul. 3, 1948 Bear Butte Cemetery Sturgis Meade County South Dakota, USA
Lehto, Ida Sophia b. Aug. 19, 1882 d. Mar. 22, 1983 Bear Butte Cemetery Sturgis Meade County South Dakota, USA
Lehto, Infant b. unknown d. Sep. 8, 1943 Bear Butte Cemetery Sturgis Meade County South Dakota, USA
Lehto, Infant b. unknown d. Jun. 1, 1913 Bear Butte Cemetery Sturgis Meade County South Dakota, USA
Lehto, Rueben Arvid b. Mar. 21, 1904 d. Apr. 10, 1994 Bear Butte Cemetery Sturgis Meade County South Dakota, USA
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Bear Butte Cemetery Simon Hellman Birth: unknown Death: Nov. 13, 1888 Burial: Bear Butte Cemetery Sturgis Meade County South Dakota, USA Plot: Section: 2 Lot: 12
Elsa M. Hilden - would need to contact cemetery to verify if Elsa M. Hilden is Elsa Matilda Pajari Hellman Hilden & buried under 2nd marriage surname of Hilden Birth: unknown Death: Apr. 7, 1926 undefined Burial: Bear Butte Cemetery Sturgis Meade County South Dakota, USA Plot: Section: 2 Lot: 170
Am looking for info on Matilda Bajari. Was born in Tervola Finland October 8, 1861, but raised in Norway. Do not know her parents' names -- only know her father's first wife died. WIth his first wife they had 15 children, and all but 3 or 4 died in infancy. With his second wife there were 12 children and all but 3 died in infancy.
Matilda and her stepmother came to America when Matilda was 14, so about 1875. They settled in Calumet, Michigan."
I don't know how your reply escaped me, but it did. I only found it this evening when a general search of the Bajari name on google led me back to Ancestry.com. I would really like any information you could share that could connect to my Matilda Bajari.
As I said in my original post, I don't know her parents' names. I don't even know how long she supposedly lived in Norway, why her family left Finland for Norway, and if she ever returned to Finland before going to America. I only know that she came to Calumet, Michigan and eventually married Simon Hellman. They had one daughter, Ida Sophia, who was born in Lead South Dakota (b 1882).
Looking for any information on Simon Hellman, born in Petavola Finland in 1851. After serving 10 years in (Finnish?) navy, came to America. Settled in Calumet,Michigan. While there, met Matilda Bajari (sometime after 1875). Thereafter, Simon moved to Black Hills, SD to work in Homestake Mine during goldrush (before 1882). About 1884 homesteaded just west of Bear Butte, SD.
Any help or possible leads would be appreciated!.
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Burials Calumet, Michigan - Possible Extended Family links: surname Bajari
Children: Elena Bajari (1880 - 1975)* Nanna Bajari (1882 - 1954) William Bajari (1884 - 1940)*
Burial: Lake View Cemetery Calumet Houghton County Michigan, USA Plot: Section 3 Lot 34
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Lehto
Re: Transcription of first name on 1930 Federal Census, Arvid Lehto 51, divorced husband of Ida Sophia Hellman
Given Name
"Arvid rather than Arnel
This is my great-grandfather, Arvid Lehto. The handwriting does look like Arnel, but I know for certain this is Arvid.
Submitted by Shelley_Irvine on 5/25/2005"
1930 United States Federal Census about Arvid Lehto Name: Arvid Lehto [User-submitted-comment] [Arnel Lehto] Birth Year: abt 1879 [abt 1873] Gender: Male Race: White Birthplace: Finland Marital Status: Divorced Relation to Head of House: Boarder Home in 1930: Whitewood, Lawrence, South Dakota Dwelling Number: 23 Family Number: 23 Age at First Marriage: 21 Attended School: No Able to Read and Write: Yes Father's Birthplace: Finland Mother's Birthplace: Finland Language Spoken: Finnish Immigration Year: 1899 Naturalization: Naturalized Able to Speak English: Yes Employment: No Name Age Evylin Sharon 32 Lillian Farrand 12 Lester Farrand 10 Charlotta Farrand 5 Arvid Lehto 51 [57] John J Serson 48 Henry Casavant 75
We have located three articles 1880 - 1885 concerning Simon Hellman & Simon Hillman, indicating a marriage in Lead and a tax sale in Spring Creek as for his residence.
In Deadwood Hillman, Simon Black Hills Daily Times Aug 06 1880, p.4 , col.5
Marriage, to Miss Pyari, at Lead Hellman, Simon Black Hills Daily Times Jan 31 1882, p.1 , col.4
Marriage, to Hellman, by Rev. Phifer Pyari, Matilda Black Hills Daily Times Jan 31 1882, p.1 , col.4
Delinquent tax sale. Lawrence County treasurer advertises delinquent tax for Spring Creek. Spring Creek. Hillman,, Simon. Black Hills Daily Times, Sept 5, 1885, p.3, col.2.
Burial in nearby Sturgis may possibly be your Simon Hellman
Simon Hellman Birth: unknown Death: Nov. 13, 1888 Burial: Bear Butte Cemetery Sturgis Meade County South Dakota, USA Plot: Section: 2 Lot: 12
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Articles with similar spellings of the name Hillman and Hellman:
Central City letter list January 3. Letters remaining in Central City post office for month of December. Lancaster, W. H. Stevens, Frank V. Stokes, James. Donahoe, Frank. Carls, Domenicko. Byers, William M. Fild, F. J. Hopes, Charley. Eckard, Charles. Yagson, E. A. Coroniell. Jonsen, Nels M. McNully, John. McKenna, F. J. Lewis, Frank W. Laremaster, Sebastian. Phiper, R. J. O'Donnell, Bernard. Flaon, T. Thomas, Lillie M. Schriber, Charley. Stammer, James. Wells, Luther M. Carl, Comenico. Baurdan, Joseph. Anderson, A. F. Hilman, Charles. Felion, Peter. Tavallo, Jioseppe. Raffato, Damenico. Laakkanca, Sepanias. Eddy, C. S. Mitchell, Edward. Miller, Edward. Miller, Charles A. Lahtmin, Salamon. Roath, Ellsworth. Perry, Manry. Olsson, Joseph. Petterson, Karl. Ockrman, Charles Mrs. Black Hills Daily Times, Jan. 3, 1891, p.2, col.4.
Delinquent tax sale. Uncle Sam, Perry; Greenwood; School District No. 57. Uncle Sam Mine. Perry. Anderson, Hans. Arno, Louis. Casey, Daniel. Connors, R. Carlson, Laura. Davis, Samuel. Gurlough, Daniel. Groff, J. Grand Pacific Mining Company. Goldberg, Carney. Gusthurst, P. Hilmen, Hendre. Harrington, J. T. Hillyard, Elijah. Jero, John. Krieder, S. D. Lewis, C. H. Lynch, George W. Moore, Walter. Mitchell, Hattie. Notley, O. S. Reiley, Turner. Reausaw, Davis. Rainwater and Kreider. Sandyck, Andrew. Silfen, Johnson. Stevens, Frank. Tierney Brothers. Uncle Sam Mining Company. Wilson, J. R. Yosker, August. Greenwood. Barnes, W. L. Chaffee, Palmer K. Chaffee, Kingsley. Collins, J. E. Chaffee, Dudley. Coole, Fred. Estes, H. P. Greenwood Mining Company. Henderson, F. M. Hart, J. W. Lambertson, G. W. McCaull, William. McDonald, Chester. Maddison, J. R. Moore, J. G. Philes, J. B. Roberts, John. Smith, M. C. Smith, Henry. Taylor, Benjamin. Twitchell Sawmill. Asbury, Albert. Fargo, Charles G. Febreans, George M. Gromsted, John. Haines, Moses. Hanson, G. Jones, Thomas. Keller, Frank. Keating, John. McLeod, John. Mahoney, John. Searight, L. E. Mrs. Stewart, Donald. Rainwater, Erastus M. Black Hills Daily Times, Oct. 14, 1890, p.4, col.1.
Wentworth register Feb. 25. Wentworth Hotel register. Bernard, G. H. Underwood, George. Beal, W. Philes, J. G. Jordan, J. Nourse, D. H. Hellman, J. W. Court, A. W. Hunter, D. O'Neil, P. Dunwoody, E. P. Wallace, P. O. Holmes, A. Black Hills Daily Times, Feb. 25, 1890, p.2, col.3.
Passenger lists Smith's hack. Arrivals and departures via Smith's hack. Helweg, Olaf. Curren, Gib. Lyneman, A. M. Chase, William S. Hillman, J. Bartlett, George E. Wheeler, A. M. Beatty, James. Warner, Maude. Black Hills Daily Times, Feb. 7, 1890, p.2, col.3.
Wentworth register Nov. 2. Wentworth Hotel register. Jno Mauss, Lead; R. Pugh, E.F. Watson, Whitewood; P.G. Peinmissee, Tilford; G. Underwood, W.E. Green, Sturgis; E.C. Hurd, J.W. Hellman, Hill City; W.H. Scott, Omaha; R.W. Stewart, A. Schraeder, Sundance. Mauss, John. Watson, E. F. Peinmissee, P. G. Underwood, G. Green, W. E. Hurd, E. C. Hellman, J. W. Scott, W. H. Stewart, R. W. Schraeder, A. Pugh, Robert. Black Hills Daily Times, Nov. 2, 1889, p.2, col.4.
Passenger lists May 26. Arrivals and departures via Northwestern and Smith's hack. Stagelines. Clark, A. D. Chandler, S. D. Lamb, L. Forrest, I. Mrs. Cooper, H. T. Cooper, H. T. Mrs. Pickett, B. Pittee, L. L. Beuter, A. Helman, P. T. Ball, Live. Garber, Samuel. O'Neal, Thomas. Ayres, M. B. Marble, W. W. Douglas, Georgie. McDonald, H. M. Barry, M. B. Hall, J. C. Edmonds, J. F. Godfrey, E. J. Cairnes, J. J. Haydon, Mrs. Black Hills Daily Times, May 26, 1888, p.4, col.2.
At the Wentworth. Wentworth: D.S. Philes, Greenwood; Lyman Lamb, Rapid; Thomas Harp of Iowa; James Ford, Butte county; F.T. Helman, Newman's Gap, Neb.; Stephen Breyer, Bald mountain miner; A.E. Teeter and M.G. Burns, Parsons mine. Philes, D. S. Lamb, Lyman. Harp, Thomas. Ford, James. Helman, F. T. Breyer, Stephen. Teeter, A. E. Burns, M. G. Black Hills Daily Times, May 26, 1888, p.4, col.3.
At the Wentworth. Wentworth: Harry Watkins, Rapid; T.T. Hillman, Newman Grove; Hy. Dotson and Judge Bradley, Spearfish; F.B. Smith with H.G. Stander, A.H. Smith, Thomas Tonn and Rev. Geo. Belsey. Watkins, Harry. Hillman, T. T. Dotson, Henry. Bradley, William W. Smith, F. B. Stander, H. G. Smith, A. H. Tonn, Thomas. Belsey, George. Black Hills Daily Times, July 2, 1887, p.4, col.4.
Passenger lists August 28. Arrivals and departures via Northwestern. Dunning, James. Stagelines. Lawrence, Jennie. White, Thomas H. Frank, M. Hillman, J. W. Fulton, Elmer. Johnson, A. Day, F. R. Wallace, Skinny. Lawrence, Sarah. White, Thomas H. Mrs. White, Thomas C. Roberts, J. H. Mrs. Lafabre, John. Lafabre, John Mrs. Polk, C. G. Christinsen, Mrs. Vanderpool, N. Chapin, J. B. Prentice, V. E. Salmon, W. D. Caple, A. B. Johnson, Bertha. Stewart, D. H. Rowe, P. T. Price, George. Kennedy, E. C. Pratt, William M. Cromby, J. M. Roth, W. W. Sample, William. Gilbert, John. Stringfellow, J. H. Keno, J. A. Tyrell, F. M. Rosenfield, S. H. Munter, A. J. Sheldon, W. A. Smith, Al. Reedy, Lawrence J. Black Hills Daily Times, Aug. 28, 1886, p.3, col.3.
Passenger lists Feb. 28. Departures via Northwestern; incoming passengers from Rapid. Stagelines. Star, J. O. Panthys, C. Swift, Joseph. Sidner, Annie. Christie, W. H. Walter, G. G. Masterson, John Mrs. Scott, H. C. Hammond, Isaac B. Brinkley, W. Richi, Grant. Hale, James A. Bayer, Crofit. Potter, B. D. Baum, E. M. Rowe, Frank. Moon, Miss. Hillman, Otto. Thompson, B. Thompson, B. Mrs. Rodebush, Mrs. Long, B. B. Robert, Thomas. Baliff, John. Whitehead, J. W. Briggs, Maggie. Moon, Mrs. Trebelhart, S. Reedy, Lawrence J. Black Hills Daily Times, Feb. 28, 1886, p.3, col.3.
Passenger lists August 26. Arrivals and departures via Northwestern. Stagelines. Thompson, S. A. Mason, Mrs. McLaughlin, A. Mill, M. Hitch****, E. C. Rue, J. Weidenfeld, Mrs. Dorman, F. Lee, Maude. Rowe, P. T. Hillman, J. W. Plummer, M. F. Hitch****, E. C. Mrs. Morris, A. N. Doyle, Mary. Barnett, J. T. Weidenfeld, Miss. Qumeno, John. Kong, Y. Julian, Julius. McBride, Thomas. Adamsky, Miss. Lead, Mary. Sample, William. Middleton, J. Rice, P. Williamson, Mrs. Beans, Matt. Black, John Mrs. Ramer, Carl. Eveleth, J. E. Wilcox, Bert. Wilcox, Bert Mrs. Fah, T. Elmore, J. E. Richards, William. Reedy, Lawrence J. Payne, Louis E. Black Hills Daily Times, Aug. 26, 1886, p.3, col.2.
Delinquent tax sale. Lawrence County treasurer advertises delinquent tax for Spring Creek. Spring Creek. Ashton, Stephen. Ashton, W. F. Bachand, M. Bachand, James. Baird, M. M. Burdick, N. H. Blandin, G. M. Cooper, John. Christie, James. Elliott, J. W. Frazer, Charles. Graham, James. Goltry, Martin. Greesly, C. P. Hawley, H. L. Howley, E. G. Hill, Thomas. Hillman,, Simon. Henderson, Lon. Herfer, Casper. Hanley, Jolin. Hanify, Arthur. Keech, A. D. Knowlton, Edwin. Keffeler, Jacob. Lynch, W. A. Lilleberg, M. Robinson, William. Resborg, Louis. Smith, W. R. Smalley, William. Sturman, C. Sherwin, Joseph. Smith, R. P. Smith, J. H. Stevens, R. Shoudy, J. Van Burger, A. Witham, Rose. Mitchell, T. O. McNeil, A. McNeil, John. Fraser, Charles. Knight, Andrew J. Black Hills Daily Times, Sept 5, 1885, p.3, col.2.
District court. District court cases. Church, William E. Dawson, Andrew R. Z. Carney, James. Bull, W. H. Matthews, George. Hellman, Myer. Goldberg, Jacob. Evarts, Jane. Great Eastern Mining Company. Evans, J. E. Uhlig, Otto. Law and order. Black Hills Daily Times, Jan. 9, 1885, p.3, col.4.
In Deadwood Helman, F.J. Black Hills Daily Times Apr 12 1883, p.3 , col.2
Calender for the present term of district court Hellman, N. Black Hills Daily Times Aug 02 1882, p.2 , col.4
Marriage, to Miss Pyari, at Lead Hellman, Simon Black Hills Daily Times Jan 31 1882, p.1 , col.4
In Deadwood Hillman, Simon Black Hills Daily Times Aug 06 1880, p.4 , col.5
Enjoyed the pleasure of the Happy Hours dance Helman, Mrs Black Hills Daily Pioneer Dec 21 1878, p.1 , col.3
To be an assistant at school if any new scholars Helman, Mrs Black Hills Daily Pioneer Dec 17 1878, p.4 , col.5
Sent representative here to take orders, not legal Hellman, B. Black Hills Daily Times Jun 15 1878, p.1 , col.4
Hellman, B. merchant tailor, Cheyenne in Dwd Hellman, B. Black Hills Daily Times Jun 11 1877, p.4 , col.3
We would very much like to see your family photo from Grabill as I would like to see what furniture and backdrop was used in the studio at the time the photograph was taken.
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I am doing genealogy work and have come across a photo of a couple made by the Grabill Portrait and View Co. in Deadwood. I am wondering if there is a Hellman / Hillman family in the area. My ancestors came to the U.S. from Finland in the mid 1800's. There is a record of three siblings: Simon, Saccarius (Zacharius), and Hannah in Michigan. Simon stayed here, but I've lost trace of the other siblings. The surname was Hellman when they came from Finland, however it was changed to Hillman by the Michigan branch of the family. I'm not sure of the others. I can't see how I can attach a copy of the photo here, but if you have an interest in seeing it I would be happy to email you a copy.
Thanks, Tod Poirier yoopercc@yahoo.com / tpoirier@nmu.edu
