Courtland Reuben Gailfus

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-75766

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COURTLAND R. GAILFUS, state's attorney and United States commissioner at Rolla, has won for himself an enviable position among the business and professional men of North Dakota. He stands in the front ranks of the Rolette county bar and is well known throughout the state.

Mr. Gailfus is a native of Ontario, Canada, born October 28. 1866. He was the youngest of the three children born to B. and Elizabeth (Winkler) Gailfus. When he was a small boy he lost his father by death, and his mother removed to Manitoba in 1879, and in the spring of 1885 the family settled in Towner county, Dakota. As soon as our subject reached the age of maturity he began to take up government land. He secured three claims, a pre-emption, a tree claim and a homestead claim. He made his residence upon his homestead in 1890 and about this time began teaching school, having secured a fair education by private study. He taught during the summers and attended the university at Grand Forks during the winter months. He later entered the University of Minnesota and took up the study of the law. In 1893 he went to Chicago and took a course in the Kent College of Law, at the same time working in the office of W. B. Keef. He graduated with the class of from that institution and was admitted to the Illinois bar June 26, 1895. In the autumn of that year he came to Rolla and engaged in wheat buying. He was admitted to the bar of North Dakota October 7, 1895, and began the practice of his profession. He was elected state's attorney that same fall and still holds that office. On July 2, 1897, he was appointed United States commissioner at Rolla, which office he also holds at the present time. He entered the legal field against competition experienced and well established, but made his way rapidly to the front and has maintained his position. He is also part owner of fourteen hundred and forty acres of land in Towner and Rolette counties, his partner being Guido Widmeyer. This vast acreage is devoted exclusively to wheat raising.

Mr. Gailfus was married, in 1896, to Miss Ella May Paupst, and to this union three children have been born, named in the order of their birth as follows : Lorna, Manila and one infant unnamed. Mr. Gailfus is a Republican in his political faith and has taken an active part in the public affairs of his county and state. He is a member in good standing of the A. O. U. W. and the M. W. A. He is a worthy citizen and valued member of the community.

Source: Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota, Publ. 1900. Transcribed by Dena Whitesell

Courtland married Ella May Paupst 26 Feb 1896, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. Ella was born 29 Jul 1869, Lunenburg, Stormont Co., Ontario; died 3 Aug 1945, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA; was buried , Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, San Mateo, San Mateo, California, United States. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-74932
• Residence: 1858, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1861, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Residence: 1861, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada

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Blasius is reported to have been born in Steinmauern, Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, documentation needed.

Blaisus married Elizabeth Winkler 27 Apr 1858, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of George Jakob Winkler and Regina Dorothea Schneider) was born CALC 9 Apr 1840, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Oct 1911; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Gailfus
• Name: Elizabeth Wideman
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-74215P
• Residence: 1858, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1900, , Towner Co., North Dakota
• Residence: 1901, Picton, Towner, North Dakota
• Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-76678

Thaddeus — Barbara. Barbara was born Abt 1800, of, Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Barbara Gailfus
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Barbara's last name has been reported as Haas, documentation needed.

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• Name: Jacob Winkler
• Eby ID Number: 00129-8034.2
• Immigration: 1 Sep 1834, New York City, New York, USA.
• Occupation: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Weaver
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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Immigration:
Arrived on the ship Yazoo, also on ship was Mathias Hauk.

George — Regina Dorothea Schneider. Regina was born 20 Oct 1797, , Germany; died 28 Jan 1877; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Regina Dorothea Winkler
• Eby ID Number: 00129-8034.3
• Residence: 1851, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran