Joseph Sorkness

  Research Notes:

1. 1910 and 1920 US Census, Fargo, ND
- with father Paul,

1930 US Census , Jamestown, Stutsman Co, ND

- household of Ben Orlady (Benjamin N Orlady), Merchant; father of Joseph's wife, Mary

- Joseph Sorkness, son-in-law, age 29 <1901>, born in ND; Surgeon, own practice
- Mary, age 28 <1902>, born in ND

1940 US Census , Jamestown, Stutsman Co, ND

- Joseph, age 40, 6 yrs of College, Doctor, own practice; worked 75 hours wk of Mar 24; 48 wks in 1939; rents home paying $60/mo (likey his mother-in-law's house); address 318 3rd Ave SE
- Mary, age 38, 4 yrs of College, housework
- Paul, son, age 10 <1930 > born in ND, grade 3
- Mary, daughter, age 2 <1938>
- also: Jessie B Orlady, age 66, wd, mother-in-law
- also: Martha Perodzinski [?], servant

- same house in 1 Apr 1935

3. Ancestry.com --- New York Passenger List, 1936

- family ship list, S S Manhatten, 8 Apr 1936, sailing from Hamburg and arriving Port of New York, 16 Apr 1936

4. Ancestry.com Public Member Tree 'Wolbert Family Tree owner wolbertfamily26' with last login first of Oct 2012 --- nothing about Josephine, but indicates she had 2 sons, Sidney Oliver and Joseph with Joseph's birthday as 13 Jan 1901; also gives birth and death dates


5. US SSDI

- birth and death dates for Joseph and his wife Mary
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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence - 1910, 15 Apr 1910, Fargo, Cass Co, North Dakota, United States. ⁴⁶⁶⁷

2. Residence - 1920, 1 Jan 1920, Fargo, Cass Co, North Dakota, United States. ⁴⁶⁶⁸

3. Residence - 1930, 1 Apr 1930, Jamestown, Stutsman Co, North Dakota, United States. ⁴⁶⁷¹

4. Residence - 1940, 1 Apr 1940, Jamestown, Stutsman Co, North Dakota, United States. ⁴⁶⁷⁷

Joseph married Mary Orlady on 30 Jun 1928 in North Dakota, United States ⁴⁶⁷¹.^,4672 (Mary Orlady was born on 16 Jan 1901 in Jamestown, Stutsman Co, North Dakota, United States ^4671,4673 and died on 17 Oct 1987 in Jamestown, Stutsman Co, North Dakota, United States ⁴⁶⁷⁸.)