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Beatrice Olive Rhodes

Female 1918 - 1978  (59 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Beatrice Olive Rhodes was born on 31 Dec 1918 in Barron WI., Barron County 16-433 (daughter of Edward Isaac Rhodes and Sophie Trena Opsahl); died on 6 Sep 1978.

    Notes:

    buried Pine Grove Cem- Cameron, WI

    Beatrice married Henry Pauly in 1930. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Donald Pauly

    Beatrice married Fred Friday on 16 Nov 1935. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Joan Friday
    2. Jack Friday

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Edward Isaac Rhodes was born on 24 Feb 1881 in Argos, Marshall County, Indiana (son of Benjamin Franklin Rhodes and Susan Marah Countryman); died on 20 Apr 1943 in Boyceville, WI.

    Notes:

    He was a Christened Dunkard

    buried: Tiffany Cem, Boyceville, Wi

    Places of Residence Argus, IN, Hillsdale, Wi, Boyceville, Wi

    Occ: Farmer

    Ione Jordan says Edwards middle names is Isiac

    Some how I got Sohpie and Edward in here twice

    Edward married Sophie Trena Opsahl on 23 Aug 1903 in Barron County, Town Of Maple Grove, Wisconsin 22-72. Sophie (daughter of Peder Jenson Opsahl and Marie Berta Gorder) was born on 8 Sep 1886; died on 7 Aug 1971. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Sophie Trena Opsahl was born on 8 Sep 1886 (daughter of Peder Jenson Opsahl and Marie Berta Gorder); died on 7 Aug 1971.

    Notes:

    Christened Norweigan Lutheran

    buried Tiffany Cem, Boyceville, Wi

    Sophie and Ed had 10 children- Lived in Barron and Dunn Co's WI

    As Wriiten by Leone
    Sophie Trena Opsahl-my Grandmother-Family History

    Sophie was born Sept 8, 1886 near Cashton, Portland twsp, Monroe County, WI. She was the seventh ot eight daughters born to Peder and Maria Opsahl.

    On the 14 th day of Nov 1886 she recieved Christian Baptism at the North Coon Prairie Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church, By Rev. H. Halverson, pastor of the church Westby, WI.

    Sophie was confirmed Nov 4th 1900 according to the Rite of Confirmation specified by the Norw Lutheran Church of America.

    Sophie was married August 23rd, 1903 in town of Maple Grove, Barron County, WI to Edward I Rhodes at the home of his parents Benjamin and Susan Rhodes by J Frank Hall, Moinister of the German Baptist Bretheren Church, Hillsdale, Barron, CO. WI

    Ten children were born to this union, my mother being the oldest. Her sibligs are list in family tree. My mother Gladys Ethel Rhodes, just like her mom was the best mom in the world and Sophie was the most wonderful Grandmother anyone could eve r want. We always knew Grandma Sophie came from a good family. Wanting to know more about her family we traveled ti Norske Country at Cashton, Westby, and Viroqua, WI the summer of 1955, Ione and I along witha Cousin Dolores Hanson Grant and a n Aunt Lorraine Rhodes, decided it was time to find out more about our great grand parents Peder and Maria Opsahl.-so here is hte story about our ancesters.

    Birth info in Family pages. Both Peder and Maria knew each other in Norway, but htey both married and had children in Norway.

    First Peder, He was married to Ingaberg Jenson, they had four children. Ingaberg died in Norway. Peder along with his three children came to America in 1870 or 1871. They landed at Quebec Canada after a six week ocean trip. From Quebec they wen t to Sparta, WI, Then to Hazens Corner by wagon train. They resided on the old Martin Moen farm.

    Maria at the age of twenty yrs, married Ole Haakenson in Norway in 1868. Three yrs later he passed away leaving her with two sons Albert J and (Ole) Helmer. We believe Albert's last name was Surliegh (Sorle-American) she must have been married b efore Haakenson. Leaving the younger son in Norway with a brother E. H. Gorder at Oslo, Norway. Maria's bbrother was a palace guard-master Sergent, Ole Helmer stayed in Norway. Marie and her oldest son Albert came to America, arriving in Cashton , WI in Dec 1872. In 1874 she married Peder Opsahl and settled on a farm two miles west of Cashton, where they resided until Peders death in 1891. Grandma Sophie's father Peder J. OPsahl surcummed to throat Cancer. Grandma always talked aboyut h er beloved father. (Sophie was five yrs old). Eight daughters were born to Peder and Maria.

    Ole (Helmer) joined his mother and brother at Peder Opsahl's home at the age of twelve yrs, coming from Oslo, Norway, there obtaining his citizenship. Albert and Helmer took the last name of OPsahl their step-fathers, Peder was a fine respecte d person. Waht a large household of Peder's three Anton Julia, and Gina+ 2 + 8. Uncle Vick Rhodes said they call her Mary.

    After Peder's death in 1893 she married Hans Hanson, residing on a farm north of Cashton. This is where Grandma grew up. Gladys Olspn a grand daughter pronounced her nam,e Ma-Ri-A. Great grandma died Feb 2, 1935. Her husband Hans died the same y r Dec 1st, Buried at Moen Cem
    All of Grandma's sister were baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church.

    Children:
    1. Gladys Ethel Rhodes was born on 24 Jan 1904 in Barron WI., Barron County, F 472; died on 24 Jan 1988 in Menomonie, WI.
    2. Victor Glen Rhodes was born on 13 Sep 1905 in Maple Grove, Barron County, WI; died on 2 Apr 1993.
    3. Manford Stanley Rhodes was born on 8 Nov 1907 in Barron WI, Barron Co . 1-34; died on 15 Dec 1972 in Menomonie, WI.
    4. Myrtle Lola Rhodes was born on 25 Nov 1909 in Barron WI, Barron Co . 3-155; died on 28 Oct 1982 in La Crosse Stout University 8- 505.
    5. Charles Rhodes was born on 2 Apr 1912 in Barron WI., Barron County, 7-356; died on 8 Mar 1980.
    6. Bertha Marie (Tootie) Rhodes was born on 19 Aug 1914 in Barron WI. Barron County 11-159; died on 18 Oct 1982.
    7. Irvin ( Ervin) Justin Rhodes was born on 9 Apr 1917 in Barron WI., Barron County, 14-502; died on 9 Jan 1997.
    8. 1. Beatrice Olive Rhodes was born on 31 Dec 1918 in Barron WI., Barron County 16-433; died on 6 Sep 1978.
    9. Lawrence Darrell Rhodes was born on 4 May 1922 in Barron WI., Barron County, 20-434; died on 10 Sep 1999.
    10. Edward Dale Rhodes


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Benjamin Franklin RhodesBenjamin Franklin Rhodes was born on 11 May 1852 in Thorntown, Boone County, IN (son of Joseph Hector Rhodes and Sarah Kite); died on 6 Mar 1916 in Barron, Barron County, WI.

    Notes:

    As a young man he was a circus acrobat according to his grandson
    Harold Rhodes.

    Benjamin married Susan Marah Countryman on 16 Aug 1877 in Argos, Marshall County, IN. Susan (daughter of Margaret Elizabeth Gerard) was born on 25 Apr 1860 in Tippecanoe, Marshall County, IN; died on 20 Apr 1917 in Barron, Barron County, WI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Susan Marah Countryman was born on 25 Apr 1860 in Tippecanoe, Marshall County, IN (daughter of Margaret Elizabeth Gerard); died on 20 Apr 1917 in Barron, Barron County, WI.

    Notes:

    MOTHER: DEATH: Barron County WI, Death certificate #370 of Susan Marah Countryman, shows mother as Margaret Gerrard.

    Children:
    1. Rolla M. Rhodes was born on 4 Jun 1878 in Argos, Marshall County, IN; died on 2 Dec 1939.
    2. Florence Ethal Rhodes was born on 1 Nov 1879 in Argos, Marshall County, IN; died on 19 May 1963 in Barron County, WI.
    3. 2. Edward Isaac Rhodes was born on 24 Feb 1881 in Argos, Marshall County, Indiana; died on 20 Apr 1943 in Boyceville, WI.
    4. Daisy Dale Rhodes was born on 13 Jan 1883 in Argos, Marshall County, IN; died on 31 Oct 1924.
    5. Clarence Rhodes was born on 13 Nov 1883 in Argos, Marshall County, IN; died on 1 Oct 1940 in Etna Green, Kosciusko County, IN; was buried in Etna Green, Kosciusko County, IN.
    6. Lydia Winifred Rhodes was born on 13 Nov 1886 in Argos, Marshall County, IN; died on 21 May 1967.
    7. Benjamin Rhodes was born on 27 May 1888 in Argos, Marshall County, IN; died on 2 Oct 1901.
    8. Merley Rhodes was born on 7 Dec 1893 in Argos, Marshall County, IN; died on 25 Jan 1894 in Argos, Marshall County, IN.
    9. Verna Marie Rhodes was born on 22 Feb 1895 in Argos, Marshall County, IN; died on 9 Sep 1965.
    10. Earl Francis Rhodes was born on 15 Sep 1901 in Hillsdale, Barron County, IN; died on 30 Apr 1974; was buried in Nappanee, Elkhart County, IN.

  3. 6.  Peder Jenson Opsahl was born on 1 Dec 1840 in Toten-Oppland County-Norway; died on 20 Jul 1891 in Westby, Vernon, County, WI.

    Peder married Marie Berta Gorder in 1874 in Cashton, Vernon, County WI. Marie was born on 7 Mar 1848 in Eastern Toten, Oppland County, Norway; died on 2 Feb 1935 in Cashton Monroe County, WI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Marie Berta Gorder was born on 7 Mar 1848 in Eastern Toten, Oppland County, Norway; died on 2 Feb 1935 in Cashton Monroe County, WI.

    Notes:

    Berta's last name with Noweigian Spelling is Gaarder, She immigratedto America in 1872

    Buried in Moen Cem Immanuel Lutheren

    Gladys Olson said MariA Emphisis on A

    Her name is also known as Bertha Maria

    Children:
    1. 3. Sophie Trena Opsahl was born on 8 Sep 1886; died on 7 Aug 1971.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Joseph Hector Rhodes was born on 11 May 1810 in Urbana, Champaign County, OH (son of William Rhodes and Susannah); died on 18 Oct 1861 in Argos, Marshall County, IN; was buried in Argos, Marshall County, IN.

    Notes:

    Joseph and Sarah (Kite) Rhodes family moved from Urbana in Champaign County Ohio to Hamilton County IN, in about 1835, along with Sarah's father Michael Kite. In the following year they relocated to Boone County near the village of Thornto .it out of the eleven known children of Joseph and Sarah were born there. On March 5, 1852 Joseph H. (Rodes) purchased a farm in Marshall County, IN, for $1,100.00 (Marshall County Deed Book H, page. 509). November of that year he bough t swamp land from the state of Indiana at a $1.25 per acre. In present day Walnut Twp. of Marshall County, IN, Joseph laid out the village of Fremont, on Nov. 6 1856. He named it in honor of Col. John C. Fremont who was voted that day as th e Republican candidate for President. Joseph laid the village of Fremont out along side the community of Sidney. The following year Joseph opened a small grocery store. In 1859 Joseph, along with seventeen others voted to join the two communi ties of Fremont and Sidney into the town of Argos. :Plymouth Pilot-News, Plymouth, Marshall County IN, Nov. 9, 1979 (from the Marshall County Historical Soc., Plymouth IN); Twentieth Century History of Marshall County, Indiana, McDonald, VOL. 1 , page. 119, 120); History of Indiana, Special Edition for Marshall County, Vol. II, Brant, Fuller & County, 1890, page. 65, 66; History of Marshall County, Indiana, 1836 to 1880, by Daniel McDonald, 1881, page. 145, 146; The Story of Marshall C ounty, page. 44. To this day plat maps of Argos bear the name of Joseph Rhodes. Birth and death date from, Marshall County, Ind., Cemeteries Vol. 2, by Wendel C. and Jean C. Tombaugh, page. 120.

    Joseph married Sarah Kite on 25 Sep 1831 in Urbana, Champaign County, OH. Sarah (daughter of Michael Kite and Catherine Dofflemyer) was born in 1811 in Rockingham County, VA; died on 3 Dec 1874 in Argos, Marshall County, IN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Sarah Kite was born in 1811 in Rockingham County, VA (daughter of Michael Kite and Catherine Dofflemyer); died on 3 Dec 1874 in Argos, Marshall County, IN.

    Notes:

    After the death of Joseph, Sarah worked as a housekeeper. She also sold off lots in the town of Argos, which were left to her by late husbands estate. The last land record found on Sarah (Kite) Rhodes was
    on 17 Nov 1873, when she sold land in the town of Argos (recorded in Deed Book 8 pg. 395 in the Marshall County Courthouse at Pymouth IN).
    Her remaning property was later seized by the county sheriff and sold for deliquent taxes.
    OBITUARY: from a news paper, The Bourbon Mirror, (Bourbon, Marshall County IN) Dec. 10 1874 "From Argos ---- Died of brain fever, on 3d inst., the widow of Joseph Rhoads. She was a consistent member of the Chistian church, and leaves a large circle of relatives and friend to mourn her loss".: From a news paper, the Marshall County Repubican, (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) Dec. 10 1874 "Argos Items ---- Died, on 3d inst., Mrs Rhodes, aged 63 years"

    Children:
    1. Lemuel Rhodes was born on 7 Aug 1833 in Urbana, Champaign County, OH; died on 9 Oct 1910 in Plymouth, Marshall County, IN.
    2. Jason D. Rhodes was born on 3 May 1834 in Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio; died on 7 Jul 1909 in Kokomo, Howard County;Indiana.
    3. Mary Rhodes was born on 6 Mar 1837 in Hamilton County, IN; died on 25 Aug 1907 in Argos, Marshall County, IN.
    4. Elizabeth Rhodes was born about 1839 in Thorntown, Boone County, IN; died on 24 May 1904 in Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, IN.
    5. George Washington Rhodes was born about 1842 in Thorntown, Boone County, IN; died on 7 Mar 1885 in Argos, Marshall County, IN.
    6. Joseph R. Rhodes was born on 15 May 1844 in Thorntown, Boone County, IN; died on 15 Apr 1906 in Tippecanoe, Marshall County, IN; was buried on 17 Apr 1906 in Jacoby Cemetary, Center Twp., Marshall County, IN.
    7. Michael Rhodes was born on 10 Apr 1846 in Thorntown, Boone County, IN; died on 28 Aug 1907 in Tippecanoe, Marshall County, IN; was buried in Aug 1907 in Chetek, Barron County, WI.
    8. William Rhodes was born on 25 Dec 1850 in Thorntown, Boone County, IN; died on 19 Sep 1928 in Tippecanoe, Marshall County, IN.
    9. 4. Benjamin Franklin Rhodes was born on 11 May 1852 in Thorntown, Boone County, IN; died on 6 Mar 1916 in Barron, Barron County, WI.
    10. Susan Rhodes was born about 2 Dec 1853 in Marshall County, IN; died on 27 Nov 1906 in Fort Wayne, Allen County, IN.
    11. Isaac Rhodes was born on 1 Feb 1855 in Marshall County, IN; died on 17 Nov 1921 in Greensberg, Decter County, IN.

  3. 11.  Margaret Elizabeth Gerard was born in Dec 1839 in Decatur County, IN (daughter of Barnabas Gerrard and Elizabeth "Betsy" Foley); died on 7 Aug 1909 in Etna Green, Kosciusko County, IN.

    Notes:

    PARENTS: CENSUS: Oct. 1850, Marshall County, IN, d. 15/1, r. 160, p.
    493, Barnabas Gerard.

    Death recored in: Kosciusk Book 11 1908-1913 Guardians Reports Page 123

    Children:
    1. 5. Susan Marah Countryman was born on 25 Apr 1860 in Tippecanoe, Marshall County, IN; died on 20 Apr 1917 in Barron, Barron County, WI.
    2. Rose B. Countryman was born in 1863 in Marshall Co, IN.

  4. Children:
    1. Johann Georg Stammler
    2. E. H Gorder Gorder
    3. Johann Philipp Stammler
    4. 7. Marie Berta Gorder was born on 7 Mar 1848 in Eastern Toten, Oppland County, Norway; died on 2 Feb 1935 in Cashton Monroe County, WI.


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