Found this in my back yard

[boojagirl]

I decided to look around my back yard a little before it got dark and I found this, I live in Princeton Minnesota so I am not sure how it got in my yard, I am gona look up the name after I post this and get back from the store. I believe Dalbo is a few miles from here.

 

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[boojagirl]

it is flat and thin if you turn it sideways and is about as long and wide as your pinky finger. I checked and Dalbo is actually 11 miles from Princeton.

 

[ivan salis]

dog tag from off a pets collar ? lets you know its "owner" so they can be returned safely ---

 

[LadyDigger]

Check out these links:

http://www.wikipatents.com/3833945.html

http://xrint.com/patents/us/3833945

Social Security Death Index
about Nahum W. Moody
Name: Nahum W. Moody
SSN: 469-10-8930
Last Residence: 55371 Princeton, Mille Lacs, Minnesota, United States of America
Born: 4 Feb 1909
Died: 12 Nov 1994
State (Year) SSN issued: Minnesota (Before 1951 )

Nahum Wilmot Moody
Born: 4 Feb 1909
Spencer Brook, Isanti, Minnesota, USA
Died: 12 Nov 1994
[city], Sherburne, Minnesota, USA

Son of: Nahum John Moody (B: 15 June 1877, Maine - D: 22 Jan 1955, Isanti, MN) and Edna Estella Wheeler (B: 4 May 1885, Minnesota - D: 2 Jan 1962, Mille Lacs, MN)

Just some tidbit I found...
Annmarie

 

[ivan salis]

the inventor of a better hospital bed ---interesting stuff history is --- Ivan

 

[Cruisin]

No zip code could mean that it was pre-1964. I have no idea if they put zips on dog collar tags. It doesn't quite look like a dog tag, though. I wonder what it was off of.

 

[boojagirl]

Thanks for the info, it sounds right, I looked but couldn't find anything, 1994 (when he died) was 13 years ago, I have lived here for 4 years, my cousin Heidi who I got the house from lived here for 4 years and my other cousin Craig who Heidi bought the house from lived here for 4 years that is 12 years that I know who lived here, I should ask Craig who he got the house from. So what is the thing a tag off a hospital bed or something? I figured it must be old cause I don't think they have RR and box numbers anymore, I know my parents had to change the numbers on their address cause the post office changed something.

 

[boojagirl]

That is cool that that is what it is, I still am gona try to find out who he was, like I said I only know who owned my home back to about 1995 it would be cool to find out who lived here before.

 

[boojagirl]

my dad actually bought the house, I live here and pay him rent, he has all the papers and dos'nt see the point of getting them for me to look at so I am gona have to do my own research as to the history of the house.

 

[boojagirl]

I looked up the name Moody in the phone book, there were 5 that live here in Princeton, the first one I called I talked to a lady named Ruth who said the name on the tag Nahum Moody was her husbands cousin, I told her where I live and she asked me if the house I live in is a blue 2 story house and I told her it was and she said she thinks this is where he lived after he moved from Dalbo, she asked me for my name and phone number incase she finds out anything else, when I told her my name she asked if I knew a Clifford and I told her that he is my dad, it turns out my parents sold her grandson some land to build a house on and that he is my parents neighbor, small world huh? She also said he was really into trapping which explains the tag.

 

[Tricia]

Friend of mine works with a Moody and will ask if they have family in your area.

Odds are the listed gentleman who passed away liked trapping and perhaps something was caught in your back yard. Or else processed there.

Interesting post. It's like a straight view into someone's life in the past.

 

[EDDE]

wow, big props on the research 8)
few phone calls and the puzzle all comes together
MEGA KUDOS

 

[MiddenMonster]

I decided to look around my back yard a little before it got dark and I found this, I live in Princeton Minnesota so I am not sure how it got in my yard, I am gona look up the name after I post this and get back from the store. I believe Dalbo is a few miles from here.

Never underestimate the value of a Google search, either. Here's the obituary for his wife, which might also explain how it got in your yard:

http://www.unioneagle.com/2004/october/21HazelI.Moody.html
Obituary Posted 10/21/04
Hazel I. Moody

Hazel I. Moody of Princeton died Oct. 16, 2004, at Princeton Elim Home at the age of 91.
She was born March 19, 1913, in Northwood, Iowa, the daughter of Maurice and Louise (Hagen) Westrum. The family moved to Santiago Township (rural Princeton) when she was a young child. She attended country school there. She married Harris Christianson in Orrock (Sherburne County) and they made their home there. Harris died Jan. 23, 1961, and in 1963 Hazel moved to Princeton where she worked as a waitress at Sanborn's Cafe.
She married Nahum Moody June 19, 1966, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Santiago. They lived in Dalbo until the late 1980s when they moved to Princeton. Nahum died Nov. 12, 1994. Hazel moved into the Elim Home in December 2001.
She is survived by son Orville, Longmont, Colo., five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by brother Damond.
The funeral was Oct. 20 at Bethany Lutheran Church, Princeton, with the Rev. Robert Lawson officiating.
Casketbearers were Ron Westrum, Dan Westrum, Bernard Christianson, Reuben Christianson, Russell Wicktor and Gerald Wicktor. Burial was in the cemetery of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, rural Princeton.

 

[boojagirl]

Thanks for the info, the elim home is across the street from me, I moved in here about a year before she died.

 

[MiddenMonster]

Thanks for the info, the elim home is across the street from me, I moved in here about a year before she died.

Wow, that's interesting! Did you know her, by any chance? Just speculating here, but I would guess that tag might have been in a box of her possessions when she moved in, or was brought to her by her son and a grandchild may have been playing with it when her son was visiting her at the Elim Home. I'm guessing that's a retirement/nursing home.

 

[boojagirl]

yes it is a nursing/retirement home, I did'nt know her directly but I may have met her without realizing it, sometimes my girls and I bring our cats over to visit with the residents.

 

[MiddenMonster]

yes it is a nursing/retirement home, I did'nt know her directly but I may have met her without realizing it, sometimes my girls and I bring our cats over to visit with the residents.

Yeah, I've hear a lot about those nursing home cats on the news lately. Your cat isn't named Oscar, is it?