Amanda Ruby Rusten

  Research Notes:

1. Ancestry.com Public Member Tree 'dahl-portz owner dj1953' with last login on 29 Sep 2014
- copies of marriage licence; obits;


2. Amanda Obit: Published: The Daily Inter Lake
28 Apr 1971 Kalispell, Flathead, Montana

- born at Badger, Polk Co, MN;
- lived in MN in 1912;
- moved to Claresholl, Alta [Claresholm] in 1912 with family - her mother had died in 1902; her father **
- then to Columbia Falls, MT IN 1916
- 10 Mar 1925 married to John Brunner and they farmed SW of Columbia Falls
- survived by 2 sons, Lawrence and John R of Columbia Falls; 3 daughters, Ruby (Mrs James Steyee) of Devon [abt 20 kms east of Shelby; 2014 likely a ghost town or only a small rural community - google shows a Devon Lutheran Church, but only shows a few old buildings not used], Birdena (Mrs Preston Kimbrough) and Alice (Mrs Conrad Nelson) both of Columbia Falls


** Peel's Prairie Provinces - newspapers

Claresholm Review, 26 Apr 1911 and 5 Feb 1914; "report card" - Manda Rusten, grade 4


3. John Brunner Obit: Published: Kalispell Daily Inter Lake
22 Sep 1970 Kalispell, Flathead, Montana

- born at Columbia Falls, MT
- survived by wife Amanda Rusten, sons Lawrence and John R of Columbia Falls, daughters Ruby Steylee of Devon, MT, Birdena Kimbrough and Mrs Alice Kelsey


4. US Canada Border Crossing, May 1910 Port of Emerson, MB

- R A Rusten, age 39, farmer going to Alberta
- Mrs Rusten, age 23, wife (2nd wife, Nettie)
- Manda Rusten, age 11, daughter
- Norman Rusten, age 1 (second page poor copy);


5. Census Data

- 1900 - Badger Twp, Polk Co - with parents
- 1905 - Badger Twp, Polk Co - with father in the household of her grandfather, Anders Rusten
- 1910 - US Census 15 Apr 1910 - she is recorded as a boarder with the head of household of Thora Sorum (ancestry index), female age 31 and recorded as married (but no husband is recorded), and brother, Martin Berg, age 24, single, born in emigrated 1910 working as farm labor; Richard is recorded in Beatrice Twp, Chouteau Co, Montana and is recorded as married, Farm - own farm; his new wife, Nettie and son Norman are with Nettie's parents in Woodside Twp, Polk Co



1911 Canada Alberta, District MacLeod; sub-district 26; Claresholm

- page 13, line 19 - Amanda Ruston, age 12 born Mar 1899 in USA; servant; emigrated in 1900 ??? [ they came in 1910 ] in home of ???? - ancestry has it indexed as Jean Parr - but copy (on ancestry and Lib Canada) very poor quality and very difficult to read the head of household and Amanda's relation to head of household - almost looks like "domestic ..."

but - no Richard or Nettie or Norman indexed for Claresholm or for MacLeod District

1916 Canada Alberta, District MacLeod; sub-district 39, Twp 11, Range 28 - likely east of Claresholm
as of 1 June 1916

- A .... a (could be Amanda) Rusten, age 17, born in USA ; servant/housekeeper in Leith (maybe Keith) Maxwell and his wife Mary born in US but of Scotish Nationality

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Migration - 1910, May 1910, Alberta, Canada. ¹¹¹⁸ R A Rusten and his 2nd wife and daughter Manda crossing into Canada at Emerson, MB with designation of Alta (Alberta)

2. Residence - 1940, 1 Apr 1940, Kalispell, Flathead Co, Minnesota, United States. ¹¹¹⁹

Amanda married John Brunner on 10 Mar 1926 in Kalispell, Flathead Co, Minnesota, United States.¹¹¹⁵ (John Brunner was born on 29 Sep 1893 in Columbia Falls, Flathead Co, Montana, United States,¹¹¹⁵ died on 20 Sep 1970 in Whitefish, Flathead Co, Montana, United States ¹¹¹⁵ and was buried in Conrad Memorial Cemetery, Kalispell, Flathead Co, Montana, United States.)