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JACOB AND ROSINA DAIS
Jacob, who was born May 1, 1888, was but a babe in arms when in April of the
following year, his parents, George and Christina Dais, left Gluckstal, Russia
for the long journey to America. With stopovers along the way, it took them a
month to come to South Dakota.
During that spring, George had a chance to claim 160 acres of land from the
government. He built a house and a barn of sod under one roof, with a partition
separating them.
Front row, left to right: Mrs. Otto (Ida) Ogren, Rosina and Jacob
Dais and Mrs. Israel (Mary) Haeger. Back row: Gideon, Ben, Esra and
Emil Dais.
Jacob's father worked hard on the homestead land, first with hand plows, a team
of oxen and finally with horses.
In 1906, George bought a double-shared, Case plow which had a seat on it. Jacob
was the first one to use that big plow. A team of five horses pulled it, and it
was a wonderful improvement to be able to sit on the plow instead of walking
along behind, guiding a plow.
Rosina Dais, the daughter of Christoph and Rosina Dais arrived with her parents
in 1905. Rosina, born April 17, 1889, was 15 years old and said that she had
little memory of the trip from Russia, except that it was long and tiresome,
the boat was overcrowded and many people suffered sea sickness.
Of her native land, she recalls that the farms were but small strips of land,
possibly two to five acres, that the weather was pleasant, with snowy winters
and warm summers, that the poverty stricken farmers were oppressed by the
wealthy land owners, and that the women dressed "properly" with skirts that
came to their ankles.
Jacob and Rosina were married March 20, 1910 in Minnesota and soon thereafter
settled on a homestead eight miles northeast of Eureka, South Dakota, where
their son, Gideon Dais still lives.
They owned 640 acres of land and rented 300 acres. From 1910 to 1920 they
worked all the land with horses, usually 20 in all.
By 1960 Jacob and Rosina had chalked up 50 years of ranch work--22 in South
Dakota and 28 years on a vineyard and cherry orchard in California.
Jacob and Rosina celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in 1970. They were
very active in their church--Church of God 7th Day, which Jacob helped found.
Jacob died August 31, 1979. Rosina resides at the Vienna Convalescent Hospital,
at Lodi, California.
Seven children were born to this union: Mrs. Israel (Mary) Haeger of Stockton,
California; Mrs. Otto (Ida) Ogren of Linden, California; Emil and Ben Dais of
Lodi, California; Esra Dais of Acampo, California; Gideon, Eureka. Reuben is
deceased.
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1888 - 1979 (91 years)