We are looking for information and photos for School District 35, 36, and 37. These rural school districts will soon be featured in one of our upcoming quarterly newsletters. Can you help?
Did you know that the Sherman County Historical Society will be celebrating its fiftieth anniversary in 2027?
We are planning to have a recipe book/history of our organization available for purchase at that time. Do you have recipes you could share? Handwritten recipes from your grandparents or great grandparents are being sought as well as any of your favorites.
We will consider all!
Besides the book, do you have any other suggestions? We have been discussing ideas at our monthly meetings, but we will take suggestions for another couple months. Contact information is at the end of this article.
As we come out of this bitter cold spell, take a moment to remember what our ancestors endured. What did they have for heat and lights? Did they have running water?
Were they concerned about freezing water pipes? Would their animals have had shelter?
Did they have a telephone or radio? What were their roads like?
How long would they have waited for their roads to be cleared?
Andrew M. Bandur was born October 1882 in Platte County, Nebraska, the second child and first son of Anton “Andrew” and Maryanna Micek Bandur. Anton and Maryanna had six children, two sons and four daughters.
The 1910 Census shows that Andrew, then age twenty-seven, was living in Loup Township, Sherman County, was single and working as a farm laborer. Five years later he listed Rockville as his address when he applied for a United States Patent.
His patent application tells how to secure chain links together, especially weak links, and how to strengthen the adjoining link. It took just over a year for Patent Number 1,202,773 to be granted.
According to the 1920 census, Andrew was living at Kansas City, Missouri, and working as a steel tank welder.
Ten years later, the census records indicate he was still a welder, but was living in Nance County, Nebraska. The 1940 census reported that he was living in Nance County, but as a farm laborer. He died at a Grand Island hospital on October 14, 1948, where he had been receiving medical treatment for only two days. It’s presumed that he was buried at St. Francis Cemetery, Ashton, with other family members. Can someone provide us with more information and perhaps a photo of Andrew Bandur?
The Museum is now open by arrangement with one of the volunteers listed below.
Members will resume their Sunday afternoon schedule next Memorial Day weekend. The Research Center (and Hanshew Barbershop) is open Wednesday afternoons from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m., weather permitting.
To become a member of the Sherman County Historical Society, call Donna Trompke at (308) 750-3325, or contact Kathy Spotanski, Mark Nabity, RoseAnn Kowalski, Elsie Kieborz, or Patti Kowalski for a membership application. The historical society’s mailing address is P.O. Box 362, Loup City, Nebraska 68853; its Facebook page is Sherman County NE Historical Society. The website is www.shermancountyhistoricalsociety. com.
