Viola Adeline (Porter) Semerau (1890 - 1973)

Born 25 Jul 1890 in Lisbon, Ransom, North Dakota, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Carl Julius Semerau — married about 1924 in Kidder, North Dakota, United States

Died 10 Jan 1973 at age 82 in Ellendale, Dickey, North Dakota, United States

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Biography

Viola was born in 1890. She was the daughter of Russell Porter and Martha Burton. She passed away in 1973.

We have an account of intertwined families that made who we are today and a brief look into the lives on a few told memories of Viola Adeline Porter Semerau that includes many family members....as I was unable to scan because ink had smeared on the print I ended up tying it verbatim (Personal in Possession)

History Of My Grandparents by Viola Porter Semerau

Written by Viola Adeline Porter Semerau) [Typing here the way she wrote- verbatim, punctuation and spelling are exact of Viola -written possibly about 1925] (I will only be adding names in for initials with parenthesis--Lori Cook Jarvis --gr gr aunt Viola Adeline Porter Semerau

Attached to most all family members mentioned in her writings

Sources

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9VL-Z35 : accessed 6 October 2018), Viola Porter in household of Russell Porter, Townships 133-134-Ranges 55-58, Ransom, North Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 133, sheet 9A, family 136, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,231.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLGV-CK2 : accessed 6 October 2018), Viola Porter in household of Russel D Porter, Hansen, Ransom, North Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 166, sheet 10A, family 162, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1146; FHL microfilm 1,375,159.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3VM-F4Z : 19 May 2014), Viola Semerau, Jan 1973; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• Abt 1925: History Of My Grandparents by Viola Porter Semerau