Matt was born on his parent's farm in central Minnesota, Stearns County. He was the youngest of his mother's 16 children. She died when he was three months old. His father died four years later when he was four years old.
Upon his father's death, he and his many siblings split up, some moved north to stay with Jaeger relatives near Pierz, Minnesota and four, including himself, stayed close to home raised by foster families. Matt grew up in the home of an older farm couple Andrew & Sneja Nett. He lived near St. Martin in close proximity to brothers John & Tony and to adult half brother Michael Gully. Nett relatives to his Nett billet parents farmed on the northside of the Jaeger home farm.
June 1900 US Federal Census recorded Matt, at age 23 years old, living and working in Belford Township, Richland County, North Dakota located outside of the town of Lidgerwood in the southeast corner of the state. His job title was "hired man". Four of his brothers had settled in the Lidgerwood area.
On January 26, 1904, over the state line in Day County, SD he married Gertude Rassier. He was 27 years old and she 23 years old. Their marriage became the third time a Jaeger brother married a Rassier sister. The Rassier family had previously farmed and lived near the Jaeger's in central Minnesota before relocating to new land in northeast South Dakota. Matt's brother John Jaeger married Margaretha Rassier in '92 and brother Tony Jaeger married Mary Catherine Rassier in '98.
After marriage, Matt and Gertie set up housekeeping back in North Dakota. He returned to his job as farm laborer near Lidgerwood and of course enjoyed having his four brothers, John & Tony Jaeger and half brothers Joe and Richard Gully, farming nearby.
Three years later, in 1907, brother Tony and his family left the area in a covered wagon for new land near Mahnomen, Minnesota, 140 miles distance. Their departure freed up their rented farm for new tenants and Matt and Gertie and their two girls moved there. The farm was located in Dexter Township adjacent to Richard Gully's farm, four miles northwest of town. They lived on the farm for six years.
Sometime after 1907, Matt survived a serious case of small pox. He was gravely ill and was quarantined in town for an extended period. His nurses were Gertie and sister-in-law Emma Gully. He recovered with some scarring.
In 1913, three years after son John Valentine's birth, Matt left North Dakota alone for Mahnomen. According to oral family history, avoiding ND prohibition officers, he fled to Minnesota. (North Dakota had been a dry state since statehood). Gertrude and the children followed likewise finding lodging with family near Mahnomen. Matt, however, continued traveling north and "escaped" alone to Canada.
In Mahnomen, Gertie had another sister, Anna Schoenborn and her family in addition to her sister Mary Catherine "Kate" Mrs Tony Jaeger and her family and her aged parents also eventually arrived in the area from their home in northeast South Dakota, .
After considerable time passed, a few years, Matt got word to Gertie to join him in Canada. She and the children made the 570 mile trip north. Their three children Lizzie, Irene and John V. Jaeger, were still under the age of fifteen.
In the Tuxford area of Saskatchewan near Moose Jaw, Matt may have acquainted himself with his "long lost brother" Leonard Jaeger who was farming some miles west near Scotsguard. Although Leonard was his closest sibling in age, they had been separated as small children following their dad's death in 1881. He and Matt were strangers to each other.
After a gap of nine years, Matt and Gertie began having children again. While in Tuxford and later living several miles north in the Paradise Hill area, Leonard, Cecelia, Alice and Mathew were born. Elizabeth and Irene grew to womanhood, married locally and raised their families near Saint Walburg, SK. John later relocated west, married and lived his life in Fort St. John, BC.
At some point after 1930, the family migrated to the West Coast of Canada, to Vancouver, where Matt continued to work into his seventies. He died at age 78 years old at Coquitlam, BC and is buried with Gertie in Vancouver. She outlived him by almost 16 years dying after her 90th birthday in 1971. She spent her last years staying with Alice in Portland, Oregon.
This author's maternal grandfather, Matthew Gully of Lidgerwood, ND, was named for his uncle Matthew Jaeger. written by great nephew Gregory Dorr
Upon his father's death, he and his many siblings split up, some moved north to stay with Jaeger relatives near Pierz, Minnesota and four, including himself, stayed close to home raised by foster families. Matt grew up in the home of an older farm couple Andrew & Sneja Nett. He lived near St. Martin in close proximity to brothers John & Tony and to adult half brother Michael Gully. Nett relatives to his Nett billet parents farmed on the northside of the Jaeger home farm.
June 1900 US Federal Census recorded Matt, at age 23 years old, living and working in Belford Township, Richland County, North Dakota located outside of the town of Lidgerwood in the southeast corner of the state. His job title was "hired man". Four of his brothers had settled in the Lidgerwood area.
On January 26, 1904, over the state line in Day County, SD he married Gertude Rassier. He was 27 years old and she 23 years old. Their marriage became the third time a Jaeger brother married a Rassier sister. The Rassier family had previously farmed and lived near the Jaeger's in central Minnesota before relocating to new land in northeast South Dakota. Matt's brother John Jaeger married Margaretha Rassier in '92 and brother Tony Jaeger married Mary Catherine Rassier in '98.
After marriage, Matt and Gertie set up housekeeping back in North Dakota. He returned to his job as farm laborer near Lidgerwood and of course enjoyed having his four brothers, John & Tony Jaeger and half brothers Joe and Richard Gully, farming nearby.
Three years later, in 1907, brother Tony and his family left the area in a covered wagon for new land near Mahnomen, Minnesota, 140 miles distance. Their departure freed up their rented farm for new tenants and Matt and Gertie and their two girls moved there. The farm was located in Dexter Township adjacent to Richard Gully's farm, four miles northwest of town. They lived on the farm for six years.
Sometime after 1907, Matt survived a serious case of small pox. He was gravely ill and was quarantined in town for an extended period. His nurses were Gertie and sister-in-law Emma Gully. He recovered with some scarring.
In 1913, three years after son John Valentine's birth, Matt left North Dakota alone for Mahnomen. According to oral family history, avoiding ND prohibition officers, he fled to Minnesota. (North Dakota had been a dry state since statehood). Gertrude and the children followed likewise finding lodging with family near Mahnomen. Matt, however, continued traveling north and "escaped" alone to Canada.
In Mahnomen, Gertie had another sister, Anna Schoenborn and her family in addition to her sister Mary Catherine "Kate" Mrs Tony Jaeger and her family and her aged parents also eventually arrived in the area from their home in northeast South Dakota, .
After considerable time passed, a few years, Matt got word to Gertie to join him in Canada. She and the children made the 570 mile trip north. Their three children Lizzie, Irene and John V. Jaeger, were still under the age of fifteen.
In the Tuxford area of Saskatchewan near Moose Jaw, Matt may have acquainted himself with his "long lost brother" Leonard Jaeger who was farming some miles west near Scotsguard. Although Leonard was his closest sibling in age, they had been separated as small children following their dad's death in 1881. He and Matt were strangers to each other.
After a gap of nine years, Matt and Gertie began having children again. While in Tuxford and later living several miles north in the Paradise Hill area, Leonard, Cecelia, Alice and Mathew were born. Elizabeth and Irene grew to womanhood, married locally and raised their families near Saint Walburg, SK. John later relocated west, married and lived his life in Fort St. John, BC.
At some point after 1930, the family migrated to the West Coast of Canada, to Vancouver, where Matt continued to work into his seventies. He died at age 78 years old at Coquitlam, BC and is buried with Gertie in Vancouver. She outlived him by almost 16 years dying after her 90th birthday in 1971. She spent her last years staying with Alice in Portland, Oregon.
This author's maternal grandfather, Matthew Gully of Lidgerwood, ND, was named for his uncle Matthew Jaeger. written by great nephew Gregory Dorr
Matt was born on his parent's farm in central Minnesota, Stearns County. He was the youngest of his mother's 16 children. She died when he was three months old. His father died four years later when he was four years old.
Upon his father's death, he and his many siblings split up, some moved north to stay with Jaeger relatives near Pierz, Minnesota and four, including himself, stayed close to home raised by foster families. Matt grew up in the home of an older farm couple Andrew & Sneja Nett. He lived near St. Martin in close proximity to brothers John & Tony and to adult half brother Michael Gully. Nett relatives to his Nett billet parents farmed on the northside of the Jaeger home farm.
June 1900 US Federal Census recorded Matt, at age 23 years old, living and working in Belford Township, Richland County, North Dakota located outside of the town of Lidgerwood in the southeast corner of the state. His job title was "hired man". Four of his brothers had settled in the Lidgerwood area.
On January 26, 1904, over the state line in Day County, SD he married Gertude Rassier. He was 27 years old and she 23 years old. Their marriage became the third time a Jaeger brother married a Rassier sister. The Rassier family had previously farmed and lived near the Jaeger's in central Minnesota before relocating to new land in northeast South Dakota. Matt's brother John Jaeger married Margaretha Rassier in '92 and brother Tony Jaeger married Mary Catherine Rassier in '98.
After marriage, Matt and Gertie set up housekeeping back in North Dakota. He returned to his job as farm laborer near Lidgerwood and of course enjoyed having his four brothers, John & Tony Jaeger and half brothers Joe and Richard Gully, farming nearby.
Three years later, in 1907, brother Tony and his family left the area in a covered wagon for new land near Mahnomen, Minnesota, 140 miles distance. Their departure freed up their rented farm for new tenants and Matt and Gertie and their two girls moved there. The farm was located in Dexter Township adjacent to Richard Gully's farm, four miles northwest of town. They lived on the farm for six years.
Sometime after 1907, Matt survived a serious case of small pox. He was gravely ill and was quarantined in town for an extended period. His nurses were Gertie and sister-in-law Emma Gully. He recovered with some scarring.
In 1913, three years after son John Valentine's birth, Matt left North Dakota alone for Mahnomen. According to oral family history, avoiding ND prohibition officers, he fled to Minnesota. (North Dakota had been a dry state since statehood). Gertrude and the children followed likewise finding lodging with family near Mahnomen. Matt, however, continued traveling north and "escaped" alone to Canada.
In Mahnomen, Gertie had another sister, Anna Schoenborn and her family in addition to her sister Mary Catherine "Kate" Mrs Tony Jaeger and her family and her aged parents also eventually arrived in the area from their home in northeast South Dakota, .
After considerable time passed, a few years, Matt got word to Gertie to join him in Canada. She and the children made the 570 mile trip north. Their three children Lizzie, Irene and John V. Jaeger, were still under the age of fifteen.
In the Tuxford area of Saskatchewan near Moose Jaw, Matt may have acquainted himself with his "long lost brother" Leonard Jaeger who was farming some miles west near Scotsguard. Although Leonard was his closest sibling in age, they had been separated as small children following their dad's death in 1881. He and Matt were strangers to each other.
After a gap of nine years, Matt and Gertie began having children again. While in Tuxford and later living several miles north in the Paradise Hill area, Leonard, Cecelia, Alice and Mathew were born. Elizabeth and Irene grew to womanhood, married locally and raised their families near Saint Walburg, SK. John later relocated west, married and lived his life in Fort St. John, BC.
At some point after 1930, the family migrated to the West Coast of Canada, to Vancouver, where Matt continued to work into his seventies. He died at age 78 years old at Coquitlam, BC and is buried with Gertie in Vancouver. She outlived him by almost 16 years dying after her 90th birthday in 1971. She spent her last years staying with Alice in Portland, Oregon.
This author's maternal grandfather, Matthew Gully of Lidgerwood, ND, was named for his uncle Matthew Jaeger. written by great nephew Gregory Dorr
Upon his father's death, he and his many siblings split up, some moved north to stay with Jaeger relatives near Pierz, Minnesota and four, including himself, stayed close to home raised by foster families. Matt grew up in the home of an older farm couple Andrew & Sneja Nett. He lived near St. Martin in close proximity to brothers John & Tony and to adult half brother Michael Gully. Nett relatives to his Nett billet parents farmed on the northside of the Jaeger home farm.
June 1900 US Federal Census recorded Matt, at age 23 years old, living and working in Belford Township, Richland County, North Dakota located outside of the town of Lidgerwood in the southeast corner of the state. His job title was "hired man". Four of his brothers had settled in the Lidgerwood area.
On January 26, 1904, over the state line in Day County, SD he married Gertude Rassier. He was 27 years old and she 23 years old. Their marriage became the third time a Jaeger brother married a Rassier sister. The Rassier family had previously farmed and lived near the Jaeger's in central Minnesota before relocating to new land in northeast South Dakota. Matt's brother John Jaeger married Margaretha Rassier in '92 and brother Tony Jaeger married Mary Catherine Rassier in '98.
After marriage, Matt and Gertie set up housekeeping back in North Dakota. He returned to his job as farm laborer near Lidgerwood and of course enjoyed having his four brothers, John & Tony Jaeger and half brothers Joe and Richard Gully, farming nearby.
Three years later, in 1907, brother Tony and his family left the area in a covered wagon for new land near Mahnomen, Minnesota, 140 miles distance. Their departure freed up their rented farm for new tenants and Matt and Gertie and their two girls moved there. The farm was located in Dexter Township adjacent to Richard Gully's farm, four miles northwest of town. They lived on the farm for six years.
Sometime after 1907, Matt survived a serious case of small pox. He was gravely ill and was quarantined in town for an extended period. His nurses were Gertie and sister-in-law Emma Gully. He recovered with some scarring.
In 1913, three years after son John Valentine's birth, Matt left North Dakota alone for Mahnomen. According to oral family history, avoiding ND prohibition officers, he fled to Minnesota. (North Dakota had been a dry state since statehood). Gertrude and the children followed likewise finding lodging with family near Mahnomen. Matt, however, continued traveling north and "escaped" alone to Canada.
In Mahnomen, Gertie had another sister, Anna Schoenborn and her family in addition to her sister Mary Catherine "Kate" Mrs Tony Jaeger and her family and her aged parents also eventually arrived in the area from their home in northeast South Dakota, .
After considerable time passed, a few years, Matt got word to Gertie to join him in Canada. She and the children made the 570 mile trip north. Their three children Lizzie, Irene and John V. Jaeger, were still under the age of fifteen.
In the Tuxford area of Saskatchewan near Moose Jaw, Matt may have acquainted himself with his "long lost brother" Leonard Jaeger who was farming some miles west near Scotsguard. Although Leonard was his closest sibling in age, they had been separated as small children following their dad's death in 1881. He and Matt were strangers to each other.
After a gap of nine years, Matt and Gertie began having children again. While in Tuxford and later living several miles north in the Paradise Hill area, Leonard, Cecelia, Alice and Mathew were born. Elizabeth and Irene grew to womanhood, married locally and raised their families near Saint Walburg, SK. John later relocated west, married and lived his life in Fort St. John, BC.
At some point after 1930, the family migrated to the West Coast of Canada, to Vancouver, where Matt continued to work into his seventies. He died at age 78 years old at Coquitlam, BC and is buried with Gertie in Vancouver. She outlived him by almost 16 years dying after her 90th birthday in 1971. She spent her last years staying with Alice in Portland, Oregon.
This author's maternal grandfather, Matthew Gully of Lidgerwood, ND, was named for his uncle Matthew Jaeger. written by great nephew Gregory Dorr
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