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The Halvorsen/Beers Family History ofOtoe County, Nebraska Updated July 24, 2004
KeithHalvorsen [email protected]	I am researching the surnames BEERS, HALVORSEN, MARSH & SWENSEN, looking especially for information on sisters of Richard J. BEERS, b. 3/27/1844 in Rockford, Ill., d. 4/2/1926 in Syracuse, Neb. He was married to Rhoda MARSH,b.7/31/1848, d. 9/20/1937. I have been doing genealogy for almost 10 years, inspired by my Dad, Robert Halvorsen, and what started with less than fifty names and has now grown to over two thousand. It has sent me on a journey to various courthouses, cemeteries, Family History Centers and genealogy libraries in Nebraska, Illinois and Missouri, and many, many emails back and forth from friends as far away as Skien, Norway. I want to say thank you to the many people, both related and unrelated, who helped by providing data, photos, and personal recollections. I also want to thank my wife Diann, for her encouragement and support throughout the years.


Books
Story of Daniel Beers-A True Pioneer (view PDF)

Family Photos
Mary & Ella (Beers) Halvorsen (299 KB) Taken in Syracuse, Nebraska, approx. 1902 Daniel Beers (7 KB) Courtesy of Sarah M.Ufford Daniel Beers Memorial Window at Centennial Church (406 KB) Rockford, Illinois-photo taken in 2003 Mary Herrick (7 KB) Courtesy of Sarah M.Ufford Mary Beers Memorial Window at Centennial Church (404 KB) Rockford, Illinois-photo taken in 2003 Richard & Rhoda Beers Family Portrait, circa 1915 (28 KB) Photo courtesy of Ann Fields Federal Census for Clarno, WI 1860 (178 KB) From the Genealogy Library Census Microfilm records in Kansas City, MO., showing Daniel Beers living in Clarno, Wisconsin in 1860. It shows his youngest daughter, Olive, as being the only child being born in Wisconsin. She was two years old at the time, so the family must have been living in Wisconsin since around 1858. Carl & Ella (Beers) Halvorsen (37 KB) My Grandparents, taken in 1976 for their 60th wedding anniversary Brothers Averill, Russell, Leonard, & George Marsh (39 KB) Russell Marshwas Rhoda E. Beers father. Photo courtesy of Dick Marsh, Rockford, Illinois. John Dahl Halvorsen (5 KB) Father of Carl D. Halvorsen Sophia Halvorsen/Ellen Zetterman (8 KB) Sophia (Swensen) Halvorsen, wife of John D. Halvorsen. Ellen was John D. Halvorsen's sister. Graves of Daniel, Mary & James Beers (66 KB) Buried in Marsh Cemetery, Rockford, Illinois. Centennial Methodist Church, Rockford, Illinois. (61 KB) Five memorial windows honoring the five founders of the Methodist Church in Illinois, two of which were Daniel & Mary Beers. Photo taken in 2003.

Family Tree Maker Reports and Trees
InterneTree: Ancestor Tree of Keith R. Halvorsen Ancestor Tree of Keith R. Halvorsen (PDF Format) Genealogy Report: Descendants of Daniel Beers (View PDF) Genealogy Report: Descendants of Eliphalet Marsh (View PDF) Genealogy Report: Descendants of Sven Halvorsen (View PDF)