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2021 Big Pigeon Website Log
  • 26 Jun: Finished 50-person Post-Separation Deaths Roster Central appendix.
  • 12 Jun: Moved post-service WW II Dead Roster records from 16 lists in Roster Central to new webpage, Roster Central > Post Separation Deaths, and deleted Members Deaths > Post-Service Deaths.
  • 7 Jun: Reorganized the 11 area WW II Dead Roster lists into 16 lists in Roster Central.
  • 21 May: Deleted Roster Usage and Roster Background, moving content to WW II Dead & The Roster.
  • 5 May: Replaced WW II Dead > Roster Links and World Wars > WW II - Links by Home > Resources - WW II.
  • Apr: Checked Resources links.
  • Feb & Mar: Added 22 members to WW II Dead > The Roster that were found in Iowa Bonus Case Files for Beneficiaries​.
  • 26 Jan: Backed up and printed WW II Dead roster files and the Where They Lived and Where They Died files.
June-August 2021 WW II Area Dead Roster Additions: - (vet.) means died after separation from service
  • 21 Aug 2021: Muller, Harland Max, SN 37-478-022, US Army, Cass Co.
  • ​21 Aug 2021: Muller, Newton Bruce, SN 321-03-84, US Navy, Cass Co.
  • 20 Aug 2021: (vet.) Jobe, John Arthur, SN 154-62-79, US Navy, Cass Co.
  • 20 Aug 2021: Gaddis, Harold Wilson, SN 6-563-917, US Army, Pott. & Cass Cos.
  • 19 Aug 2021: Donahoe, Joseph Robert​, SN 6-553-362, USAAF, Cass Co.
  • 18 Aug 2021: O'Connell, John Francis, SN 20-706-814, US Army, Cass Co.​
  • 18 Aug 2021: (vet.) Cary, Harry Keith, SN 37-763-588, US Army, Pott. & Cass Cos.
  • 17 Aug 2021: (vet.) Philson, James Harold​, SN 37-035-976, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • 17 Aug 2021: Reynolds, Wayne Calbert, SN 564-07-41, US Navy, Cass Co.
  • 16 Aug 2021: Rasmussen, Clarence Frank, SN 321-561, USMC, Carroll Co. & Charleston Co., SC.
  • 14 Aug 2021:  Brown, Cecil LeRoy, SN 37-697-684, US Army, Cass Co.
  • 3 Aug 2021: Baier, Arnold Leroy, SN 37-684-308, US Army, Cass Co.
  • 2 Aug 2021: Kaiser, Bernard Richard, SN 603-02-37, US Navy, Cass Co.
  • 2 Aug '21: Lawton, Kenneth Burdette, SN O-738191, USAAF, Cass Co.
  • 1 Aug '21: Sampson, Lester Alan, SN 37-685-019, US Army, Polk Co.
  • 31 Jul '21: Mickelsen, Howard Keith​, SN 37-768-739, US Army, Shelby Co.
  • 31 Jul '21:  (vet.) Burkhalter, John Winfield, SN  37-447-802, US Army, Cass Co.
  • 30 Jul '21: Hopley, George Peter, SN O-526650, US Army, Cass Co.
  • 30 Jul '21: Hopley, Thomas, SN O-312195, US Navy, Cass Co.
  • 24 Jul '21: Reed, Lawrence Elmo, SN 37-194-285, USAAF, Cass Co.
  • 24 Jul '21: Wiseman, Russell Forest​, SN 20-706-850, US Army, Montgomery Co​​
  • 24 Jul '21: Carlson, Robert Andrew, SN 39-128-015, US Army, Montgomery Co.
  • 22 Jul '21: Braden, Grant Nathaniel, SN O-690177, USAAF, Montgomery Co.
  • 22 Jul '21: Braden, William Court, SN 37-465-735, US Army, Montgomery Co. & Adams Co., NE
  • 21 Jul '21: Braden, Clyde Edward, SN 37-656-928, US Army, Montgomery Co. & Adams Co., NE
  • 12 Jul '21: Halbert, Dean Warren, SN 20-706-778, Montgomery Co.
  • 1 Jul '21: (vet.) Marsh, Ben Adrian, SN 860-27-66, Montgomery Co.
  • 29 Jun '21: Cadwell, Newell Lewis, SN 37-194-793, USAAF, Montgomery & Marshall Cos.
  • 29 Jun '21: Kendle, Ross LaVar, SN 17-193-984, US Army, Audubon Co. & Morris Co., KS
  • 29 Jun '21: (vet.) Fagan, Burnett Cross, SN 37-260-687, US Army, Montgomery Co.
May - June 2021 WW II Area Dead Roster Additions: (most died after separation from service)
  • 25 Jun 2021: Combs, Richard Aaron, Mills Co.
  • 24 Jun 2021: Miner, Frank John, Pott. Co.
  • 24 Jun 2021: Spidell, George William, Fremont Co.
  • 23 Jun 2021: Fedor, James Joseph, Pott. Co.
  • 23 Jun 2021: Jacobsen, William Claus "Bill", Shelby Co.
  • 23 Jun 2021: Klinkefus, Harold Emerson, Shelby Co.
  • 22 Jun 2021: Blackwell, Kenneth Chester, Shelby Co.
  • 22 Jun 2021: Messinger, Jack, Mills Co.
  • 22 Jun 2021: Pitt, Sidney Bird, Pott. Co.
  • 21 Jun 2021: Parks, Ward Merritt, US Navy, Harrison Co.
  • 20 Jun 2001: Lovejoy, Harry Wayne, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • 18 Jun 2001: Joy, Gene Raymond, US Navy, Harrison Co.
  • 18 Jun 2001: Curran, Walter Francis, US Navy, Pott. Co.
  • 16 Jun 2001: Bird, John Henry Jr., US Army, Shelby Co.
  • 16 Jun 2021: Casson, John Raymond Jr., USAAF, Pott. Co.
  • 16 Jun 2021: Hanfeld, Leo Henry, US Army, Mills Co.
  • 16 Jun 2021: Bichel, Edward Henry, USAAF, Mills Co.
  • 14 Jun 2021: Barritt, Glen Hough, US Navy, Pott. Co.
  • 10 Jun 2021: Aylesworth, James Franklin, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • 6 Jun 2021: Donahoe, John "Jack", Plymouth Co.
  • 5 Jun 2021: Adams, David Jackson, Harrison Co.
  • 2 Jun 2021: Smith, Jack F., US Army, Mills Co.
  • 31 May 2021: From, Glen Ferdinand, USAAF, Pott. Co.
  • 30 May 2021: Thompson, Oral Ray, US Army, Pott. Co..
  • 30 May 2021: Brooks, Newell Harvey, US Naval Aviation, Pott. Co.
  • 29 May 2021: Desmond, Bernard Patrick, US Army, Cass Co.
  • 28 May 2021: Champlin, Harold Joy, ​US Army, Pott. Co.
  • 27 May 2021: Baxter, Robert Dale, Mills & Pott. Cos.
  • 19 May 2021: Gerdts, Luther Charles, Clinton & Shelby Cos.
  • 19 May 2021: Smith, Norman Franklin, O'Brien & Shelby Cos.
  • 11 May 2021: Fulk, Paul H., Page Co.
February & March 2021 Roster Additions:
  • 8 Mar 2021: Curnes, Alvin Hezekiah, Pott. Co. (d. after separation from service)
  • 7 Mar 2021: Aid, Alvin Eldred, Page & Taylor Cos.
  • 6 Mar 2021: Garrett, Elmer Earl "Bud", Fremont Co.
  • 6 Mar 2021: Moore, Devore Franklin, Harrison Co.
  • 5 Mar 2021: Gustafson, Carl Lynn, Emmet Co.
  • 2 Mar 2021: Windle, Fay Richard, Fremont Co.
  • 2 Mar 2021: Keuter, Ambrose J., Crawford Co.
  • 1 Mar 2021: Firebaugh,Gordon Dale, Audubon Co.
  • 28 Feb 2021: Rethmeier, William F. "Jack", Crawford Co.
  • 28 Feb 2021: Seitz, Charles Raymond Jr., Mills Co.
  • 28 Feb 2021: Eggers, Edward, Crawford Co.
  • 27 Feb 2021: Thomsen, Walter Peter Henry, Crawford Co.
  • 25 Feb 2021: Lesch, Joseph Ferdinand, Harrison Co.
  • 23 Feb 2021: Simpson, Harold Elwood, Montgomery Co.
  • 22 Feb 2021: Cargill, Lawrence Elroy, Fremont Co.
  • 21 Feb 2021: Andersen/Anderson, Harold Martin, Shelby Co.
  • 20 Feb 2021: Wright, David Frederick, Crawford Co.
  • 19 Feb 2021: Briggs, Orval Pershing, Montgomery Co.
  • 18 Feb 2021: Kitson, Donald Edgar, Audubon Co.
  • 17 Feb 2021: Holiday, Albert Henry, Harrison & Ringgold Cos.
  • 14 Feb 2021: Gallup, Eugene Maxwell, Harrison Co.
  • ​3 Feb 2021: Bray, Gordon Lee, Rt 1, Underwood, Pott. Co. (d. after separation from service)
January 2021 WW II Dead Additions:
  • 25 Jan '21: Harper, Paul Maurice of rural Malvern, Mills Co.
  • 25 Jan '21: Ring, Clinton Ross of rural Modale, Harrison Co.
  • 24 Jan '21: Hull, Edwin George of rural Dunlap, Monona & Harrison Cos.
  • 24 Jan '21: Grett, Gerald LaVern of Harlan, Shelby Co.
  • 23 Jan '21: McGee, Victor Howard of Kirkman, Shelby Co.
  • 23 Jan '21: Paulsen, Vernon Nels of Jacksonville & Harlan, Shelby Co.
  • 22 Jan '21: Findley, Everett Arthur of Hastings, Mills Co.
  • 22 Jan '21: Kidwell, Harold Eldin of Hastings, Mills Co.
  • 21 Jan '21: Benedict, George Junior or George Leslie of Hastings, Mills Co.
  • 19 Jan '21: Carley, Albert Boyd of Audubon & Shelby Cos.
  • 18 Jan '21: Brown, Bernard Christian of Audubon & Shelby Cos.
  • 17 Jan '21: Pedersen, Silas Clyde of Audubon & Shelby Cos.
  • 16 Jan '21: Jorgensen, Everett of Shelby Co.
  • 15 Jan '21: Jensen, Waldo Chris of Harlan, Shelby Co.
  • 11 Jan '21: Thoreson, Vernon Charles of River Sioux, Harrison Co.
  • 11 Jan '21: Pokett, John Frederick "Jack" of Dunlap, Harrison Co.
  • 11 Jan '21: Maule, Kenneth C. of Mondamin, Harrison Co.
  • 10 Jan '21: Hill, Jack William of Woodbine, Harrison Co.
  • 10 Jan '21: Rannells, Robert Vance of rural Dunlap, Harrison Co.
  • 4 Jan '21: Seeger LeRoy Ernest "Roy" of rural Glenwood, Mills Co.
  • 3 Jan '21: Winslow, Fred Lute John of Mills Co.
  • 1 Jan '21: Breeling, Clifford Oral of Little Sioux, Harrison Co.
November & December 2020 WW II Dead Additions:
  • 30 Dec '20: Lloyd Albert Vittitoe of Modale, Harrison Co.
  • 30 Dec '20: Jens Folmer Soe of Kimballton, Audubon Co.
  • 26 Dec '20: Wayne Ahrenkiel of Elk Horn, Shelby Co.
  • 26 Dec '20: Nis Nielsen of Harlan, Shelby Co.
  • 25 Dec '20: Jerry Floyd Ocean of Shelby Co.
  • 25 Dec '20: Albert Harold Kroman of Shelby Co.
  • 24 Dec '20: Arlo Edward Wright of Mills Co.
  • 21 Dec '20: Donald Norris Broman of Mills Co. & Los Angeles Co., CA.
  • 20 Dec '20: George Almon Crawford of Harrison Co.
  • ​20 Dec '20: Warren Floyd Stone of Mills Co.
  • 14 Dec '20: Arthur T. Frazier of rural Mills Co.
  • 13 Dec '20: Frank Raymond Bird of Glenwood, Mills Co.
  • 11 Dec '20: Earl Albert Dickinson of Modale, Harrison Co.
  • 3 Nov '20: Dr. Rudy Frank Mayr of Carroll, Carroll Co.

2020 Big Pigeon Website Log
  • 29 Dec '20: Moved most of WW II Dead > Their Homes > Other Counties into three new webpages, for Harrison, Mills and Shelby Counties.
  • Oct '20: Added five Harrison Co. men to the WW II Dead roster: George R. Spencer, Homer Max Guyett, Marion Duane Trowbridge, James Lowell Seeley, Charles William Peterson.
  • Oct '20:Integrated the Home and Pigeon Central webpages.
  • 24 Aug '20: Added The Air Dead report to WW II Dead > Using the Roster.
  • 12 Aug '20: World Wars > My WW II Project clarifies the relationship between bigpigeon's World War - related webareas.
  • 16 Jul '20: Redid WW II Dead - Outliers webpage.
  • 16 Jul '20: added Clayton Arthur Goltry, first veteran to die before Pearl Harbor, to WW II Dead roster.
  • 19 Jun '20: Finished filling WW II Dead > Their Homes webarea with data from WW II Dead > Roster Access webpages.
  • 23 May '20: Added Delbert Sherman Brazzle to WW II Dead roster.
  • 20 May '20: Added Chester Raymond Nelson, grandson of Swen Nelson, to WW II Dead roster.
  • 16 Apr '20: Added Where They Died > After Separation webpage to WW II Dead webarea.
  • 9 Apr '20: WW II Dead roster now is broken into eleven webpages: AB, C, DEF, GHI, JKL, M, NO, PQR, S, TUV, WXYZ, each containing about 20-50 records. Accessible both from WW II Dead and WW II Dead - Rosters webpages. (Return to WW II Dead - Rosters is not yet implemented.)
  • 4 Apr '20: Added new records to the WW II Dead roster creating Version 3; records are divided into nine webpages.
  • 15 Feb '20: Added Home > Resources > Search Engines webpage.
  • 6 Feb '20: Added Pigeon Central webpage and removed redundant links from major webpages.
  • Jan 2020: Prepared Version 3 additions to WW II Dead.
  • 30 Jan 2020: Moved LDS History from high-level to Pott. Co.
  • 30 Jan 2020: Moved WW II Dead from World Wars to high-level.
  • 30 Jan 2020: Changed Pigeon Central to Big Pigeon Management.

2019 Big Pigeon Website Log:
  • 27 Nov '19: Added WWII Dead - Non Pott. Co. webpage.
  • 25 Oct '19: Split WW II links webpage into WW II - Useful Links & WW II Dead - Useful Links.
  • 7 Oct '19: Finished Version 2 of the Pottawattamie County WW II Dead adding names from the Pott. Co. Veteran's Plaza - now 344 records.
  • 25 Aug '19: Now 307 records in Pott. Co. WW II Dead
  • 11 Aug '19: Finished ETO >  Rhineland Campaign.
  • 14 Jul '19: Finished reorganizing WW II - Germany > ETO.
  • 24 Jun '19: Added new high-level Pott. Co. webarea, incorporating Big Pigeon, Avoca, and More History. Added high-level webareas WW II - Japan and WW II - Germany.
  • 14 Feb '19: Reorganized high-level World War organization, adding two pages.
  • 16 Jan '19: Split Avoca, Iowa material into a separate webarea.
  • 8 Jan '19: Updated my World War II deaths list for Pottawattamie County; access from World Wars > World War II Death List webpage; now 191 records.

2018 Big Pigeon Website Log:
  • 7 Oct '18: Reorganized introductory elements of the Home webarea.
  • 30 Jul '18: In Local History page, installed Version 2 of Immigration to Boomer Township from Dronninglund Parish.
  • 17 Jul '18: Updated  Jens Christian Skaksen section of Immigration to Boomer Township from Dronninglund Parish report.
  • 16 Jul '18: Updated most Gold Star Avoca reports.
  • 26 May '18: Added to Gold Star Avoca individual reports for 20 Avoca-area servicepeople with WW II deaths.
  • 22 Apr '18: Added World War II History page to More History > American History and seeded with Operation Cartwheel map.
  • 12 Apr '18: Added Gold Star Avoca page to More History > Avoca & Vicinity.
  • 19 Mar '18: Changed Big Pigeon webpage name to Local History.
  • 17 Mar '18: Organized A House Divided subarea of Mormon History.
  • 27 Jan '18: Reorganized Kirsten Pedersen subarea of Mormon History. 
  • 14 Jan '18: Added Links to Mormon migration to Mormon History.
  • 10 Jan '18: Added Big Pigeon Surveys & Plats page to Big Pigeon > Big Pigeon Maps & Plats.

2017 Big Pigeon Website Log:
  • 29 Dec '17: Added plats of Boomer #9 school district.
  • 26 Dec '17: Added plats of Hazel Dell #3 school district to Big Pigeon Plats; added Beebeetown school photo to Big Pigeon Towns.
  • 23 Dec '17: Added remaining page headers.
  • 21 Dec '17: Cleaned up the Mormon History webarea.
  • 20 Dec '17: Began adding high-resolution farm plats of Big Pigeon vicinity neighborhoods to the Big Pigeon > Big Pigeon Plats webpage.
  • 18 Dec '17: Spilt the local history area into two subareas, Big Pigeon and More History.
  • 14 Dec '17: Portions of website access were very slow for past few days; seems ok today.
  • 14 Dec '17: Reorganized the LDS History webarea.
  • 26 Nov '17: Reorganized main menu (and sitemap) to Home, History by Region, St. Paul's History, LDS History, Family History, Resources.
  • 1 Nov '17: Added Resources > Printed Resources page and added links to Pottawattamie County historical locations and museums to Resources > Big Pigeon Links.
  • 29 Sep '17: Added Resources > PigeonCentral > Reunion Use page.
  • 29 Sep '17: Added St. Bridget Cemetery report to Big Pigeon Area.
  • 4 Sep '17: Revised The Family of Joseph Walsh with Appendix The Legacy of the Lafayette Escadrille accessed from Family History > Allied Families.
  • 3 Sep '17: Added St. Paul's Cemetery report and updated St. Paul's Burials report accessed from the St. Paul's page.
  • 1 Sep '17: Added brief biographical sketch of the Thomas Hansen and Christiane Jensdatter family to Local History > Big Pigeon Area.
  • 23 Aug '17: Updated Local History > Big Pigeon Area > Danes in the Big Pigeon Area and Resources > About Denmark pages.
  • 3 Aug '17: Added my list of St. Paul's burials accessed from the  St. Paul's page.
  • 20 Jul '17: Added Grange Cemetery and Hazel Dell Cemetery burial lists in Local History > Big Pigeon Area.
  • 19 Jul '17: Added the remaining chapters to my extended family history.
  • 15 Jul '17: Added 1884 Iowa Gazetteer entries for small towns in the Pigeon Creek area. See the Local History > Big Pigeon Area Towns page.
  • 8 Jul '17: Added a number of password-protected pages to hold my history projects management information. A directory of such pages is on the Resources > Pigeon Central page.
  • 18 Jun 2017: May 19 - Jun 18 statistics: Maximum daily page views 128; maximum daily visitors 28.
  • 18 Jun 2017:  Added thumbnail images to the main content pages. Click on these thumbnails to see an image related to the content of that website area.
  • 10 Jun '17: Added Weebly's search feature to the About the Big Pigeon Website page.
  • 5 Jun '17: Added new page headers. 
  •  28 May '17, Allied Families: Added a draft version of The Family of Joseph Walsh with appendix The Legacy of the Lafayette Escadrille.
  • 22-23 May '17: Reorganized site content to parallel Big Pigeon sitemap.
  • 21 May '17: Changed Big Pigeon password to match password of associated E-Mail.
  •  20 May '17: Linked new domain bigpigeon.us to existing site kirstenpedersen.weebly.com and began changes.  
  • 19 May '17: Rented domain bigpigeon.us for ten years for $100 through Weebly.

Kirsten Pedersen's Family Website Log:
  • early '17, Resources: Added Pottawattamie County Historical Resources.
  • 23 Mar '17, Resources: Added About Denmark, Finding Your American Ancestors, and Finding Your Danish Ancestors.
  • 31 Aug '16, Allied Families: Updated The Shatsky and Allied Families of Terre Haute, Indiana.
  • 30 Aug '16, Local History: Updated Pottawattamie County, Iowa - An Historical Overview.
  • 15 Jul '16, Local History: Added Reel's Cemetery in Boomer Township and North Germans in the Boomer Township Area.
  • 10 May '16, Family History: Added provenance files for contributions of family artifacts to the Christiansen, Larsen and Hansen areas.
  • 10 May '16, Local History: Added B-17 Stories.
  • 7 May '16, Local History:  Added links to Boomer and Hazel Dell Township Reports; added Boomer #8 report. 
  • 2 May '16, Local History: added links to the bulk of my local history reports. 

Initial Additions - As of 4 Apr ’16 when I began this log, the site contained the following:
From the Local History area:
  • My Pottawattamie County, Iowa Rural Schools report.
  • Hazel Dell School #3 in 1930-1934 - tribute to Ethel (Larson) Torneten.
From the St. Paul’s History area:
  • My St. Paul’s Boomer-Neola Brief History.
  • My St. Paul’s Boomer-Neola Early Families (biographical sketches of 43 extended families).
  • My St. Paul’s Boomer-Neola - World War II Veterans.​
From the Family History area:
Selected chapters of Robert Christiansen’s Family History - Christiansen, Rasmussen, Larsen and Hansen.
My Allied Families reports.

==> Big Pigeon Background Information
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Brief Site History:
  • In 2015, I developed the initial version of this site, accessed from kirstenpedersen.weebly.com, to gain experience with website construction and to explore the capabilities of the Weebly website builder.
  • Subsequently, I designed and wrote the Danish American Heritage Society's website, danishheritage.org, also using Weebly. (In April 2017 I turned danishheritage.org over to Jennifer Tørgensen of the University of Nebraska.)
  • In 2016, I began repurposing this site to serve as a repository for my historical work of the past twenty years.
  • In May 2017, I provided site access through the domain bigpigeon.us and reorganized site content.
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Caveats:
  • If you visited this website earlier, you may have recalled it as Kirsten Pedersen's Relatives or Maggie Larson's World. As of 20 May '17, it is Big Pigeon.
  • ​ I write using Microsoft Word.  Until recently my writings were devoid of photographs.  Thus most of what I have written is not very inviting to view.  In late 2018 I hope to begin adding some of the old family, neighborhood and church photos in my possession.