[NI1256]
Jerry was born Gerald Gene King and officially changed his name to Jerry Gerald Gene King. According to Jerry, the story goes that the first time Grandad Andrews came to see him, he asked Mattie, "What did you name the boy? Mattie told him, "Gerald Gene." Grandad thought a minute and said, "Oh bosh. I'm going to call him Jerry". So Jerry he became and that was all he was called. In about the spring of 1950, he was buying a car and did not want the car to be in the name of G. G. (at about that time, maybe a little earlier, he would nearly fight when someone called him Gerald Gene), so he asked his father if he could change his name to Jerry. He suggested that since his mother had named him Gerald Gene that maybe he should keep that name, but he had no objections to adding Jerry. He prefers Jerry G. G. King.
Jerry is an electrical engineer and resides in Amarillo, TX.
[NI1372]
Georg took the oath of allegiance to the American government during the Revolutionary War (signed in Rhinebeck, NY).
1800 census lists a George Risedalph living in Columbia County, NY. Georg was taxed in Dutchess County, NY (Rhinebeck) 1774-1778.
[NI1377] 1800 census lists Peter Risdorp living in Ulster County, NY.
[NI1389] Joined the Red Hook Luther Church May 6, 1741. Lourens Reysdorf was in Captain Abraham Van Aernam's company in 1767 for Poest's Creek to Tjerk's Creek (Report of State Historian). The house of Lawrence Rysdorp was noted on a map of Rensselaerwyck in 1767 in the vicinity of North Greenbush. The 1790 census lists Lawrence and his son John living in Rensselaerwick, Albany County (now Rensselaer County), New York. Lorentz was a British sympathizer and was held prisoner in Massachusetts for a while.
[NI1404]
1865-1969: When Frank's mother passed away, his father, Francis Edgar remarried to Mary Eva Davis. She did not want Frank and his sister to live with them, so they were sent to board with thier Uncle, Charles W. Reisdorph. They were servant/slave children in Uncle Charles home. Mary was eventually sent away and Frank was abandoned by the family. Both children eventually made their own way in life by working for farm families.
1880-1881: Nineteen year old Frank T. Reisdorph was living in Randolph, NY, working as a hired hand on various farms, including the farm of Rufus Deland, who was especially supportive of Frank. Frank was also attending school at that time. On 2 July 1882, Frank recorded in his diary, "President Garfield was assassinated at 9 o'clock this morning. He was shot while getting a railroad ticket at Baltimore.
It is rumor." Frank got his information via the local telegraph office.
1883: On March 3, Frank left Randolph, NY, on the 11:30 am train for Union City and Wattsburg. He travelled on to Cincinnate, St. Louis, and Kansas City. On March 9, he arrived in Sebetha, KS, and began working for Mr. B. Job for eighteen dollars a month. He worked there approximately one year.
1884: Frank left Sebetha, KS, in the spring and went by train to Ipswich, Dakota Territory. He homesteaded on 160 acres of the NW Quarter Section 13, Township 125 N Range 68 W 5th PM (less than two miles from the Finnicle homestead where Ida Mae Hill lived). After recording the homestead in
the Land Office, Frank went outside and threw his hat in the air in celebration. It was the first time he had ever owned anything.
1885: At age twentythree, Frank married the seventeen year old neighbor girl, Ida Mae Hill, at the County Seat of McPherson County, Leola, DT. For that occasion they rode in "high style" in a wagon with horses hitched to it. They lived in a sod house on the prairie. Their first child, Charles William, was born 30 Dec 1885.
1888: Frank and Ida Mae and their little family were just beginning to learn the ways of that new land when one of the most severe blizzards of all time struck, 12 January 1888. Frank became lost in the blizzard when trying to go from the house to the dugout barn on the side of the ravine about one hundred yards from the house. He survived the strorm. Elizabeth Mary was born 14 March 1888.
1890: A prairie fire, sparked by lightening or a train, swept across the unturned prairie. Frank plowed around the home to save it from the fire. Lovenah Ida was born 20 June 1890.
1892: Frank Edgar was born 13 Sept 1982. The children were born in the little prairie home. Neighbor women cam to help with the delivery.
1896: Twins were born 27 Sept 1896. Little did anyone expect that there was a second baby to be born after Rufus Deland arrived. Ida became more and more ill as the hours passed, and it became apparant that something must be terribly wrong. Charles, the eldest son (age eleven) was dispatched to go to Ipswich, 15 miles away. He rode the family pony, Daisy, a colt of one of the wild range horses. The doctor came by horse and buggy. He realized that there was another baby, and he delivered Mary Lucy.
1898: George Lyman was born 26 November 1898. He was a "blue baby" and lived only twenty-eight days. He was buried in an unmarked grave near the prairie home.
1900: Arthur Thompson was born 12 Jan 1900. Soon afterwards, the census taker for the 1900 census came through the area. When he inquired the name of the baby, he was informed that the baby hadn't been named yet. The census taker suggested that he be named Arthur. Since the census taker had named his own son Arthur, he thought it was a good name. Frank and Ida agreed, and they named the new baby Arthur Thompson, after his father and the census taker's son.
1902: Frank and Ida decided to leave their little home on the prairie where their eight children had been born, and they moved eastward to Brown County. Brown County had been developed earlier, and the land had been worked and was more productive. The prairie was not quite "the what and where" they wanted for their children. They wanted less harsh environs and wanted a school and church nearby. They rented a farm one mile east of Houghton, SD.
1903: Ida Mae, the ninth child was born on the new farm.
1906: Some of the older children were reaching early adulthood and were able to enter into the farming operation fully. Frank was able to buy his own farm west of Houghton.
1910: Frank, Ida, and family moved into Houghton, SD, to their final final family home. They had a kitchen, living room, dining room and a small master bedroom downstairs. The four boys used the back bedroom upstairs. The girls used the front bedroom because it had a small closet over the stairway. Frank operated a harness shop and general store on Main St, in Houghton.
1928: Frank Thompson Reisdorph retired from his general store business, the year Ida Mae passed on. He was sixty nine years old.
[NI1497] Never married.
[NI1684] She was born Yoe Hye Mee in Korea. When adopted, she was named Amy Hye Mee Sloman.
[NI1703]
1998 Breeders' Cup Limited
"I grew up on a farm and knew early in life I'd never be happy unless I was working around horses," he said. A rodeo veteran, Nafzger went to the national rodeo finals three times (1963, 1964, and 1965). In 1963, he was third in the world in bull riding. "I had quite a bit of success on the tour during the late 1960s," he said. "It was quite a grind. I traveled about 80,000 miles a year and worked about 10 months a year, day and night. I loved the rodeo, but it just gets to a point where you can't do it anymore. Just like a jockey can only ride so long before he must stop. I grew up around livestock, so it was a natural instinct to be around horses. When I left rodeo riding, I wanted my next career to continue to be an asset as I grew older, not something I would have to stop doing because of age." ... Obtained trainer's license in 1968, the year that he and Wanda were married in Wyoming. Wanda grew up on a sheep ranch in South Dakota and was a school teacher when she met Carl ... First stakes winner was Speedy Karen at Santa Fe Downs in 1971. In 1972, he worked with Tom Bell in Southern California. Nafzger credits Tartan Farms president and Hall of Famer John Nerud for assisting him in a big way. (Tartan bred Unbridled.) "John Nerud did three things for me. He put good horses in my barn; he gave me confidence to stick to my theories; and he kept owners off my back until I could prove that I could train horses." ... Nafzger has trained more than 50 stakes winners, including Home At Last. Nafzger sent out Home At Last and
Unbridled to run one-two in the rich Super Derby in 1990.
[NI1711] Member of the Jehovah's Witnesses church.
[NI1717] Daniel and Katherin came to America in 1889.