Grandpa's brother Sebastian was 10 when the family arrived here from Germany in March, 1883. He was old enough to help with chores and farm work, and probably goofed around with his brothers there, too. In about 1892, some new neighbors moved to Buckman by the name of ROOS
(the Dutch and Swiss German word for 'rose'....(also de Roos): habitational name for someone living at a house distinguished by the sign of a rose. OR metonymic occupational name for someone who grew roses, from roos ‘rose’...OR perhaps, someone with a ruddy complexion).
The 1895 Minnesota census shows Henry & Louisa Roos and a daughter named Mary, 13, the oldest of six kids.
Sebastian was 8 years older than Mary. They were married in Buckman October 10th, 1898.
They farmed all their lives--first in Buckman, then Farmville, Virginia, and then in Leaf River, Wadena County, Mn, before moving to New Munich, Stearns County in about 1918.
Mary (Roos) Janson died on Christmas day, 1947 in Stearns county, and we really NEED a picture of her and Sebastian!
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