Floreck, T.L.

H.E. married Madson, Teresa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Harry married Milton, G.I. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Albert Edward Milton was born on Decenber 16, 1880 to George Henry and Elizabeth Jane Forsyth Milton in Maywood Township, Benton County, Minnesota. Albert had 10 brothers and sisters and was raised on the family farm just north of Foley, Minnesota. When he was 15 years old, his father George died and Albert and his older brothers William and George worked their mothers farm to support the family. During the summer the brothers would work the farm and in the winter they worked in the "Big Woods" in the Mille Lacs Lake area. On October 12, 1907, Albert married Bertha Marie Eddy in St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota. To this union three children were born, Bruce, Myron and little sister Garnet.
In 1909, Albert, his wife Bertha and baby Bruce traveled by train to the state of Washington to work in the woods. Prior to Myrons birth in October 1910, the family returned to Minnesota to live. Life was not easy, and Albert worked out as a laborer on local farms in the Ronneby, Minnesota area to earn a living. In 1914, the family owned a small 36 acre farm in Section 2 of Maywood Township in Benton County. In the 1920 federal census the Bert Milton family was living in Ronneby and Bert was listed as a farm laborer.
In 1921 the family moved to the Mille Lacs Lake area and rented a small house in Section 18 of South Harbor Township where Albert continued to farm and worked out on the William Benzie farm. During the winter of 1924/25, Albert became very ill with a respiratory problem and traveled to Foley, Minnesota to doctor and stay with his mother Jennie Milton and his in-laws, Myron and
Clare Eddy. His conditioned worsened and on April 17, 1925 he died, leaving his young family "up in the woods" to fend for themselves. Bruce and Myron worked a small farm that their mother bought in Bradbury Township and worked out in the woods, cutting fire wood to sell to the local creamery and high school. (Bruce S. Milton Research)

Albert married Eddy, Bertha Marie on 12 Oct 1907 in St. Cloud, Stearns Co., Minnesota. Bertha (daughter of Eddy, Myron Jonathan and Fadden, Clara Alma) was born on 25 Apr 1889 in Big Lake Twp., Sherburne Co., Minnesota; was christened in in Shelton, Washington; died on 19 Apr 1952 in Shelton, Mason Co., Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Bertha Eddy was born at Bailey's Corner, Big Lake Twp., Sherburne Co., Minnesota on April 25, 1889. In 1896 the Eddy family moved to Sauk Rapids, Minnesota where Myron Eddy had accepted the job as a rural mail carrier in Benton County. In 1902 the family moved to Ronneby, Minnesota where they engaged in the hotel business. In 1905 the family moved to a farm north of Ronneby and engaged in farming for the next three years.
In October 12, 1907, Bertha married Albert Milton in St. Cloud, Minnesota. In 1909 Bertha, Albert and son Bruce traveled by train to the state of Washington where Albert worked in the woods. In 1910, the family returned to Ronneby where Albert worked as a farm laborer and Bertha was a housewife raising her two small boys. In the 1914 land survey plat map of Benton Co., it indicates that Albert Milton owned a 36 acre farm in section two of Maywood Township. In the 1920 Census, the Bert Milton Family was living in Ronneby and Bert's occupation was listed as a farm laborer.
In 1921 the family moved to the Mille Lacs Lake area where they resided on a small farm in South Harbor Township. In 1925, Bert died and Bertha was left with her three children, Bruce 16 years old, Myron 14 years old and little sister Garnet 6 years old. At this time Bertha bought and moved to a farm in Bradbury Township near Onamia, Minnesota where the boys did the farming and worked in the woods.
In 1932, not being able to keep up with the payments on the farm, Bertha sold the farm and she and Garnet moved to Foley, Minnesota to live at her parents home place. In the early 1940's, she moved to Sheldon, Washington where she lived with Garnet and Harry Floreck until she died on April 19, 1952. (Bruce S. Milton Research)