Darby's Family Migration

Grandma - Childhood town

Grandma - Childhood town. Click to expand.

No motives for moving to Roscoe known

Grandpa Jones - Childhood town

Grandpa Jones - Childhood town. Click to expand.

Rockford, IL

Mom's Childhood Home

Mom's Childhood Home. Click to expand.

Pull Factor: the family moved into their recently deceased father's house

Grandma Jones - present

Grandma Jones - present. Click to expand.

Pull Factor: wanted a bigger yard

Childhood Home - Darby

Childhood Home - Darby. Click to expand.

Lived here from birth to March 2015

Manchester Country Kennels

Manchester Country Kennels. Click to expand.

Est. 2005

High School

High School. Click to expand.

High School home

High School home . Click to expand.

Lived here from April 2015 - August 2021

Augustana College

Augustana College. Click to expand.

September 2019 -May 2023

Present Day - mother

Present Day - mother. Click to expand.

Pull factors: Wanted a place to live with new husband, lots of space, close-knit farming community

Present Day - Darby

Present Day - Darby. Click to expand.

Pull factors: cheap living expenses, affordable(ish) single bedroom apartment, quick commute to campus

Present Day - Scott Burk

Present Day - Scott Burk. Click to expand.

Lives alone in Black River Falls, WI

Grandma - Childhood town

No motives for moving to Roscoe known

Louanne's (grandma's) mother was the only sibling out of seven to be born in America instead of southern Sweden

Pull factor: Southern Sweden's climate is similar to that of the American Midwest

Grandpa Jones - Childhood town

Rockford, IL

Parents already resided here

Mom's Childhood Home

Pull Factor: the family moved into their recently deceased father's house

Gary (grandpa) died on IL Highway 2 on September 28, 1971 at 29 years old.

Grandma Jones - present

Pull Factor: wanted a bigger yard

Childhood Home - Darby

Lived here from birth to March 2015

Pull factors: fixer-upper house to make our own, lots of land, not many neighbors

Manchester Country Kennels

Est. 2005

Pull factors to build: my mother wanted to be able to have her own income as a stay-at-home mother

Importance: I grew up around and working in the boarding kennel my mom owns and operates. This was my first job, and it taught me from an early age how to care for all animals, no matter their temperament.

High School

High School home

Lived here from April 2015 - August 2021

Push factor: Needed to leave house to due divorce

Pull factor: Close to high school attended

Augustana College

September 2019 -May 2023

Pull factors: great biology program, beautiful campus, small class size, phenomenal music department

Present Day - mother

Pull factors: Wanted a place to live with new husband, lots of space, close-knit farming community

Importance: place of marriage to current husband

Present Day - Darby

Pull factors: cheap living expenses, affordable(ish) single bedroom apartment, quick commute to campus

Push factor: needed to live alone for medical reasons

Present Day - Scott Burk

Lives alone in Black River Falls, WI

Pull factor: closer to sales territories for job, no need to stay in Rockton with two graduated children