James A GOODMAN

Notes:

Referred to as Jimmy Albert in his sister Carol’s obituary.

Birth:
The cemetery information in “Find a Grave” shows his birthdate as 27 Jul 1945.

Died:
The cemetery information in “Find a Grave” shows his death date as 12 Nov 1945. So does the obit for his sister Carol.

Buried:
as Jimmie A

Notes:

He was in the Marines, stationed at the Corvallis Air Base, at the time that he married Helen.

In the 1955 city directory for Corvallis, Oregon, he and Helen lived at 619 N 12th. He was a captain in the police department, she was an assistant to Verne S Gearey.

He was chief of police at Corvallis at the time of his daughter Carol’s death in 1966.

The inscription on the gravestone he shares with Helen in the Crystal Lake Cemetery is confusing and reads:

Sgt US Marine Corps WWII
Corvallis Police Officer
Jan 1, 1946 to Oct 1, 1979
Corvallis Chief of Police
Sep 1, 1963 to Oct 1, 1979
Home in Tennessee

It happens that, according to the SSDI, a James Albert Goodman with this birth date died in Tennessee on 30 Mar 2001. His SS# had been issued in Tennessee. His last residence was New Johnsonville, Humphreys County, Tennessee. FInd A Grave has an entry for him and Bertelyn Cagle Goodman for Flatwoods Methodist Cemetery in Camden, Tennessee. He had married Bertelyn Cagle on March 23, 1995, according to Find A Grave.

His obit in the April 1, 2001, edition of The Commercial Appeal, a Memphis newspaper:

NEW JOHNSONVILLE - James A. 'Buck' Goodman, 78, retired chief of police for City of Corvallis, Ore., died of heart failure Friday at Camden General Hospital. Services will be at 3:30 p.m. today at Stockdale-Malin Funeral Home in Camden with burial in Ebenezer Cemetery in Humphreys County. He was a Marine Corps veteran and a member of Camden Church of Christ. Mr. Goodman, the husband of Ruth Greer Goodman, also leaves a daughter, Beverly Bergan of Ontario, Ore.; a sister, Ruby Neil of Sharon; a brother, Larry Goodman of Huntsville, Ala., and seven grandchildren.

Buried:
Shares a gravestone with Helen V.

James married Helen Vivian ERICKSON on 22 Jan 1945 in Clark County, Washington. Helen (daughter of Erick Godfrey ERICKSON and Ella Lorraine HUGHES) was born on 14 Feb 1920 in Anoka County, Minnesota; died on 10 Oct 1994 in Malheur County, Oregon; was buried in Crystal Lake Masonic Cemetery, Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1920-00517
• Oregon Death Certificate: 94-21207
• Social Security Number: 468-20-0850

Notes:

Born as Vivian Helen.

In the 1940 census, she and Hartley, with their daughter Beverly, lived with Eric and Ella in Oak Grove Twp, Anoka County, Minnesota.

Living in Corvallis, Oregon, at the time of her father’s death.

At the time of her mother’s death in 1964, she was Mrs. James A Goodman, 1911 Menlo Drive, Corvallis, Oregon.

The U.S. Public Records Index, Vol. 2, shows her living at 1156 SW 11th Ave, Ontario, Oregon, as Helen V Goodman. James A Goodman lives at that same address.

Her obit in the Corvallis newspaper:

Helen V. Goodman, an Ontario resident who lived in Corvallis for much of her life, died Monday at at her home. She was 74.

She was born in Bethel, Minnesota, to Erick and Ella Hughes Erickson. She moved with her family to Corvallis where she completed her schooling. She married James A Goodman on January 22, 1944, in Vancouver, Washington. The couple lived in El Centro, California, before returning to Corvallis in December of 1944. They moved to Ontario in October of 1979.

She was interested in painting, sewing, crafts, and gardening.

She is survived by her husband, three grandsons, and eight great-grandchildren.

(Her daughter Beverly, is not mentioned in the obituary alhough Beverly’s children and grandchildren are. Presumably, Beverly wrote the obituary but forgot to list herself as surviving.)

Buried:
as Helen V Goodman

Notes:

Married:
as James A. Goodman, single, and Helen V. Thompson, divorced

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1957-MN-021052
• Occupation: Mason, bricklayer
• Social Security Number: 468-16-4879 According To His Death Certificate
• Baptism: 14 Nov 1886, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Notes:

In the 1910 census, Erick G., 23, and Ella L., 16, newly married (married 0 years), were living in a rented house in the village of Bethel in Anoka County. Ella is shown as having had zero children although she would have been pregnant with Bernice at the time. Erick’s occupation is shown as bricklayer.

Registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, in Bethel as Eric Godfrey Ericson although he seemed to sign his name Erickson. He lived in Bethel and was employed as a brick layer by Eric Nord of Bethel. He was married and had a wife and two children. He also claimed that he had had previous military service (1 year and 9 months) as a Private in the Marines. He was described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and “flaxen” hair.

Living in the village of Bethel, Anoka County, St. Francis Township at the time (Monday, February 2nd) of the 1920 census.

In the 1930 census, he and his wife and two youngest children live in a multi-family residence at 300 South Broadway in Green Bay, Wisconsin. He is E G Ericson, a bricklayer. He was not a veteran.

DHC remembers that Erick and Ella had a restaurant or tavern, probably run mainly by Ella. They made great hamburgers and also had slot machines (”old fashioned but working”) in their restaurant. DHC said that Ella was a big woman and that “nobody fooled with her.”

Lived in Lake George, Minnesota in 1940.

In the 1940 census, Eric Erickson, 53, his wife Ella, 46, Hartley Thompson, 24, son-in-law, Helen Thompson, 20, daughter, and Beverly Thompson, a few months, granddaughter, live in Oak Grove Twp in Anoka County. Eric runs a “beer tavern.” Hartley is a lineman for a rural electric company. All were born in Minnesota. Eric and Ella had a fifth-grade education, Hartley eighth-grade, and Helen two years of high school.

According to Cora’s diary, Erick and Ella moved to Corvallis, Oregon, in early 1944 to live near or with Ella’s parents. (Ella’s mother died at the Erickson home in Corvallis in 1947 according to Melissa’s obit.)

In the 1951 Corvallis, Oregon, city directory, he (as Eric G) and “Ellen E” live at 1925 E Grant, RD#4. He is a bricklayer.

In the 1953 Corvallis directory, he and Ella are still at 1925 E Grant. Erick G Erickson is a brick mason. That’s the address that Cora had in her travel diary from about that same time.

In the 1955 Corvallis directory, Erick G and Ella L Erickson still live at 1925 E Grant. Erick is a bricklayer.

He is not listed in the 1956 Corvallis city directory.

Erick and Ella may have still lived in Corvallis, and/or they may have returned to Minnesota, in the fall of 1955. The entry in Cora’s diary for November 5, 1955, suggests that Erick and Ella had “just got to Minn.”

Living in Bethel at the time of his death.

According to his great-niece Vivian, Erick died by falling into a fire while ice fishing and burning and/or drowning. From Cora’s diary, he was burned on December 31, 1956, and, apparently, died four weeks later. This is confirmed in his death certificate. He had a heart attack or stroke while ice fishing on a lake in Onamia (perhaps Lake Mille Lacs). He then fell against the stove in the fish house and his clothing ignited. He died from infection resulting from the 40% 3rd degree burns. His body was not autopsied.

His funeral service was at 11 AM at the Albinson-Peterson funeral home, 1838 Central Avenue.

Death Certificate:

ERICKSON, ERICK G. CertID# 1957-MN-021052   
 Date of Birth: 10/18/1896 {Birth year is off by 10 years}
 Place of Birth: MINNESOTA
 Mother Maiden Name: JOHNSON  
 Date of Death: 01/27/1957
 County of Death: HENNEPIN

Birth:
Cora notes that she attended “Eric’s 70th” on October 18, 1956.

Baptism:
Bethlehem Lutheran, as Erik Gottfred

Died:
Died at 2:00 PM according to Cora’s diary. His death certificate says 2:10 PM.

Buried:
Lot 11, Blk 14, Sec 1

Erick married Ella Lorraine HUGHES on 14 Oct 1909 in Anoka County, Minnesota. Ella (daughter of Henry Thomas HUGHES and Melissa BULLIS) was born on 31 Mar 1894 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 4 Apr 1964 in Isanti County, Minnesota; was buried in Oak Leaf Cemetery, Bethel, Anoka County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1964-MN-008833

Notes:

Or Ella Larayne.

Married at age 15 years, 6.5 months.



She died from lung cancer at Memorial Hospital in Cambridge. Her usual residence was Bethel. Her daughter, Mrs. James A Goodman, of 1911 Menlo Drive in Corvallis, Oregon, was the informant for her death certificate.

Birth:
Oregon Births and Christenings and her death certificate

Died:
“Ella Erickson died 2:00 afternoon.”

Buried:
Lot 11, Blk 14, Sec 1

Notes:

Married:
or Oct 15; Minnesota County Marriages database in FamilySearch has both dates

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1910-MN-000189
• Occupation: Mason, Farmer
• Baptism: 18 Aug 1854, Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden

Notes:

Greg Loftness’s family tree on Ancestry calls Daniel “Mårs Daniel Erickson,” born on or in Mårs in Rättvik.

The marriage record for Daniel and Brita in Rättvik church book shows that Daniel was born in Wikarbyn 46 and Britta was born in Oja 5. In Bess’s birth record, Daniel’s birth place is Vikarbyn.

The parish record for Rättvik, Kopparberg, Sweden, shows that Daniel and Brita emigrated to the U.S. with one child, Brita. Daniel Erickson is shown as having been born August 11, 1854, his wife Brita Jonsdatter is shown as having been born March 25, 1857, and their daughter Brita is shown as having been born September 12, 1877. An accompanying parenthetical comment that is hard to read suggests that the family actually left the parish in 1883. This is further suggested by the fact that their entry in the parish’s 1884 emigration log does not have a date. The family’s residence is given as Wikarbyn 55. Their folio number in the förhörsboken is 276/2.

In the 1878-1887 Household Examination (at 276 in Vol. 2), the family’s entry contains the note that the family left for Minnesota in N. Amerika. The note seems to indicate that although the household examination says 1884, the out-migration record says 1883. Nevertheless, the last entry for Daniel in the household examination is in 1880. Column 1881 is empty and the column for 1882 says, simply, “i Amerika.” Brita, on the other hand, has full entries for 1881 and 1882. This suggests that Daniel may have emigrated up to two years before Brita and Bess. The 1900 U.S. census shows 1882 as the arrival date for Erik and Betsey.

EmiHamn has a Daniel Eriksson, b. ca 1855, leaving Grangärde, Dalarna Län, bound for New York, on 16 Jul 1880.

The 1881 Minneapolis city directory includes a Daniel Erickson, laborer, living at 29 20th Ave S.

The 1882 Minneapolis city directory records a Daniel Erickson, stone mason, with his business (and perhaps his residence) at 1825 3½ Avenue S.

The 1884 Minneapolis city directory has Daniel Erickson, bricklayer, residing at 2009 22nd Ave S and a Daniel Erickson, mason, residing at 2009 Franklin Ave S.

In the 1885 state census, he is probably the “D Erickson” living in Minneapolis (no age given but born in Sweden) with “K Erickson”, age 28, born in Sweden, and “Betsy” Erickson, age 7, born in Sweden. The household includes a 28 year-old male, B. J. Johnson. The census-taker was not Swedish.

The 1885-86 Minneapolis city directory records a Daniel Erickson, bricklayer, residing at 237 14th Avenue S.

The 1887 Minneapolis city directory records a D. Erickson, bricklayer, residing at 821 28th Ave. S.

The 1888 Minneapolis city directory records a Daniel Erickson, bricklayer for B Aronson, living at 821 28th Avenue S.

The 1890 Minneapolis city directory records a Daniel Erickson, “mason” living at 2700 East Franklin Avenue.

The 1892-93 directory records a Daniel Erickson, bricklayer, at 2700 Franklin Avenue.

The 1894-1895 and 1895-1896 directories record Daniel, bricklayer, at 1923 Washington Avenue S.

In the 1897 Minneapolis city directory, he is Daniel Erickson, bricklayer, living at the rear of 1416 S 3rd.

Daniel was a bricklayer who worked on the construction of the courthouse in Minneapolis. Construction of the Minneapolis City Hall/Municipal Building began in 1888 and continued through 1906.

All of the Erickson family records were destroyed in a fire.

In the 1895 Minnesota state census, the family is still in Minneapolis, apparently at 1923 Washington Avenue. The household is Daniel, 40, Betsy, 38, Erick, 8, and Daniel W., 6 months. The family had been in Minneapolis for 13 years. Daniel was a brick mason and had been employed for only 4 months the previous year.

In the 1900 census, Daniel and family were living on a farm they owned in the town of St. Francis, Anoka County. The family is listed as Daniel, 45 (born Aug 1854), Betsy, 43 (born March 1857), Erick, 13 (born October 1886), William, 5 (born December 1894), and John, 1 (born May 1899). Betsy had had four children, all still living. Daniel and Betsy had emigrated from Sweden in 1882. Daniel and Betsy had been married 24 years. Betsy is shown as being unable to read or write or to speak English. Daniel was able to do all three.

In the 1905 state census, Daniel and family were living in St. Francis, Anoka County, with a postal address of RFD #3. The family before him on the census form was the Charley and Augusta Youngquist family. One of the families listed not too many lines down was Wiese. Daniel’s family consisted of Daniel, 51, a bricklayer, Bitta, 48, Eric, 18, William, 10, and John, 6. They had been in the present enumeration district for 6 years.

He died from pleuro pneumonia (which he’d had for 7 days) complicated by heart disease and cirrhosis of the liver. Cora said Daniel was a drinker. Judy said he was not. Cora also said that Daniel’s death was precipitated by a fall down his stairs.

Birth:
Wikadyn #36 according to the birth record. An erroneous August 11th or August 14th date appears in some sources, probably because a seven can look like a one or a four.

Buried:
Lot 2, Blk 11, Sec 2

Daniel married Brita (Betsy) JONSDOTTER (JOHNSON) on 28 Nov 1875 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden. Brita (daughter of Jon JONSSON and Brita ERIKSDOTTER) was born on 25 Mar 1857 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden; died on 31 May 1921 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 2 Jun 1921 in Oak Leaf Cemetery, Bethel, Anoka County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1921-MN-018320
• Baptism: 25 Mar 1857, Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden

Notes:

Greg Loftness’s family tree on Ancestry calls her “Björk Brita Betsey Jonsson,” born on or in Björk in Rättvik.

Brita Jonsdotter in Bess’s birth record.

An unmarried Brita Jonsdotter gave birth to a son, Carl, on April 1, 1874, in Rättvik. No father’s name shown.

In EmiHamn, she is probably the Brita Ericsson, b. ca 1858, leaving “Gagnef Dalarna Län” for “Anoka” on 18 Nov 1881. If true, that is in conflict with a later record showing the whole family leaving in 1884.

At the time of the 1910 census, Betsie is still living on the farm in Bethel. The farm is mortgaged. Betsie, 54, is now a widow living with her sons William, 15, and John, 10, and daughter Mamie, 8. Betsie is shown as having had 6 children, 5 still living. Betsie is shown as having emigrated in 1878.

In the 1914 plat map of Bethel Township, she may be the “B.E.” shown as owning a ten acre farm in Section 31. Specifically, it is the eastern 10-acre quarter of the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 31. It’s about half a mile southwest of Minard Lake.

In the 1919 Minneapolis city directory, as Betsy Erickson, she lives at 3146 Bloomington Avenue. She is the widow of Daniel.

In the 1920 and 1921 Minneapolis city directories, as Betsy Erickson, widow of Daniel, she lives at 1822 S 5th.

At the time of the 1920 census, Betsy Erickson was living at 1822 5th Street in Minneapolis with her son John and three boarders: her daughter May, May’s husband Stephen, and a man named Oscar Dahl. Shown as having immigrated in 1882 or 1883. {Listed as Beaty Erickson in the 1920 Census index in Ancestry.com.}

From the city directories, it appears that Daniel moved his family to a farm in St. Francis in Anoka County in about 1898. Betsey, now widowed, returned to Minneapolis in 1917 and lived at several addresses, with John and Mayme, until her death in 1921. In 1917, she and her children were at Flat 3, 904 21st Avenue South. In 1918, they lived at 3840 29th Avenue South. In 1919, they lived at 3146 Bloomington Avenue. And by 1920, they were at 1822 South 5th Street where she lived until her death. Her death is mentioned in the 1922 city directory in which it lists the death of a Bettse Erickson on May 31, 1921, at age 64.

Referred to in the death notice in the Minneapolis newspaper as Bettse Erickson, 64, 1822 5th St. S. That was also her address in her death certificate. Al Carlson was the informant for her death certificate.

She died of intestinal cancer. She had had an exploratory operation shortly before her death.

Birth:
Öja 5

Baptism:
No date was given but this is the date of the baptism of the previous entry in the birth register.

Died:
St. Mary’s Hospital

Buried:
Lot 2, Blk 11, Sec 2, as “Betse”

Notes:

Married:
As Daniel Ersson and Brita Jonsdotter. The entry for Bess’s birth record erroneously shows 22 Nov.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Teamster

Notes:

The family lived at 2409 5th Street in Minneapolis in the 1900 census.

The family lived in Bethel, next door to Erick and Ella, at the time of the 1910 census. By that time, Henry was a hotel manager.

In the 1920 census, Henry and Melissa, with four of their children, lived in Corvallis. Henry was a laborer at a flooring or flouring mill. Other Bullises lived nearby.

In the 1930 census, Henry and Melissa, with son Edward, lived in Corvallis, Oregon. Henry was a day laborer.

In the 1940 census, Henry and Melissa lived in Corvallis in a house they owned, the same house in which they lived in 1935. Each had a fourth-grade education, neither had an occupation.

Henry married Melissa BULLIS on 1 Jul 1887 in Anoka County, Minnesota. Melissa was born in Feb 1871 in Iowa; died on 19 May 1947 in Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Oregon Death Certificate: 3089

Notes:

Her obit from the Corvallis newspaper, as posted in the John Silas Bullis Family Tree on Ancestry:

Melissa Bullis Hughes died early this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ella Erickson, following a paralytic stroke. The daughter of Samuel S and Lydia Crosby Bullis, she was born at Clarksville, Iowa…. When a small child, she moved with her parents to Minnesota. She married Henry Thomas Hughes June 2, 1887, at Rice Lake, Minnesota. The couple came to Corvallis in 1919. Mr. Hughes passed away in 1944. Mrs. Hughes is a member of the Baptist church. She is survived by 4 sons…, 16 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.

Died:
date according to the Oregon Death Index

Notes:

Married:
the Minnesota County Marriages records show July 1st and July 2nd