George HENDRICKSON

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1955-MN-021970
• Occupation: Sheet Metal Worker, Tilesetter

Notes:

The son of Charles Hendrickson, Martha’s second husband.

In the 1909 Minneapolis city directory, he was living at Charles and Martha’s at 2630 13th Avenue S and was a clerk for Simmons Hardware Co.

George, and his new wife Caroline, were living next door to Charles and Martha at the time of the 1910 census. Both families were living in the area of 26th and 13th Avenue S. George is 24 and Caroline is 23. They are shown to have been married “0” years. George is a shipping clerk at a hardware company. They were renting the house they were living in. Caroline had had no children.

George registered for the WWI draft on September 12, 1918, at Local Board Division No. 12 at 3002 27th Ave S. He is living at 4137 21st Avenue South and is working as a machinist for the Minneapolis Street and Machine Company. He lists his nearest relative as his wife, Mrs. Caroline Hendrickson. He is described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and black hair.

George and Caroline and family were renting a home or part of a home at what appears to be 3203 21st Avenue in Minneapolis at the time of the 1920 census. Both of George’s parents were born in Norway.

At the time of the 1930 census, the family was living at 6605 1st Avenue in Richfield in a $4500 house that George owned. They had a radio. The household consisted of George, 44, Caroline, 43, Mildred S., 19, Chester G., 16, Wilbur G., 13, and George R., 2. George and Caroline were each 23 when they were married. George’s parents and Caroline’s parents were born in Norway. George’s occupation was tile setter, working in private homes. He was employed and was not a veteran.

In the 1940 census, he and his family, except Chet, lived at 6605 “Between Nicollet and 2nd Avenue” in Richfield. This was a house they owned, worth $3500, and the one everyone had lived in five years earlier. George was a tile-setter. He had an eighth-grade education, Caroline had one year of high-school, Mildred was a high school graduate, and Wilbur had had two years of high school.

The informant for his death certificate was the hospital. George died of septicemia and a heart attack. He was a tile setter and resided at 2717 15th Avenue South in Minneapolis.

Died:
died at University Hospital

George married Caroline MUNSON on 9 Mar 1910 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Caroline (daughter of Thomas Monsen EIKUM (MUNSON) and Susanna Clausdatter (Susan) BOWE) was born in Apr 1885 in Vernon County, Wisconsin; died on 19 Feb 1945 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 22 Feb 1945 in Oak Hill Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
as George Hendrickson and Caroline Munson

1. Mildred Stella HENDRICKSON was born on 9 Oct 1910 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 12 Mar 2010 in Ramsey County, Minnesota; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Anoka, Anoka County, Minnesota.
2. Chester Gerald HENDRICKSON was born on 2 Jul 1913 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 10 Dec 1995 in Norwalk, Los Angeles, California.
3. Wilbur George HENDRICKSON was born on 25 Jan 1917 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 21 Nov 1996 in Burnsville, Dakota County, Minnesota; was buried in Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.
4. George Richard HENDRICKSON was born on 21 Feb 1928 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 21 Sep 2011 in Nye County, Nevada; was buried in Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City, Nevada.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1935-MN-021371
• Occupation: Machinist, stationary engineer

Notes:

Emigrated from Norway in 1872 and first settled in Wisconsin. Sometime between 1872 and 1880 he had moved to Minneapolis where he married Mari Eriksen, who may have lived in Wisconsin also.



Charles was born to Henrik Hansen and Anna Christine Sendresen on an island close to Rorvik, Norway called Stone Island or Stensoya in a group of islands called Risvaersund.  Karsten Henrik Henriksen came to the U.S. in 1872 and first settled in Wisconsin. Sometime between 1872 and 1880 he had moved to Minneapolis where he married Mari Eirksen, who may have lived in Wisconsin also.

Charles was a machinist for the Butler Manufacturing Co. for many years until 1922. In 1922, he joined his son Edgar in the Twin City Chandelier Manufacturing Co. In 1923-1925, and perhaps beyond, Charles was a fireman for the Strutwear Knitting Co.

Charles’s address at the time of the 1890-91 Minneapolis city directory was 2630 13th Avenue South. His occupation was fireman at Washburn C Mill.

In the 1885 Minnesota state census, he is Charley Hendrickson living in the 12th Ward of Minneapolis. The household consists of Charley, 30, Mary, 26, Henry, 0, and Charley Peterson, 25, probably a boarder. Everyone but Henry was born in Norway.

In the 1895 state census, he and his family live at 2630 13th Avenue S. Charles is an engineer and has lived at the present address for 8 years and been in Minnesota for 14 years. No wife is listed so Mary has died by this time. Edwin is still living with the family. There seems to be a “domestic” living with them named Anna Wang, age 32.

Charles and family were still living at 2630 13th Ave S. in Minneapolis at the time of the 1900 census (he was a widower by then). Charles is a stationary fireman. In that census, Edwin is not listed with the rest of Charles’s sons.

In the 1905 Minnesota state census, the family is still living at 2630 13th Avenue S. Living with them are Ines M. Jensen, 27, and her daughter (apparently) Elna, 2, and Hulda Carlson, 49, and (perhaps her mother) Annie Carlson, 90. The Jensens were born in Denmark and had been in Minnesota for 1 month. The Carlsons were born in Sweden and had been in Minnesota for 32 years. Ines Jensen was a domestic, Hulda Carlson was a dressmaker. Charles was a blacksmith, Henry was a day laborer, and George was a skilled mechanic. Edwin was not living with the family.

The 1909 Minneapolis city directory shows him living at 2630 13th Avenue South, occupation “oiler.”

Charles lived at 2630 13th Avenue S until about 1913 when they moved to 4036 11th Ave. S. In 1917, they moved to 4032 11th Ave. S. (which may be the same house). All of the lots on the west side of 11th between 40th and 41st Streets are empty in the 1914 Minneapolis plat book. Thus, Charles was probably the first owner of 4032 11th. The confusion about the correct house number probably arose because there would have been several empty lots on either side of Charles’s house when they first moved in. Although there is a house at 4036, Charles’s house was probably the one at 4032, the address that seems to have been settled on.



Charles’s obituary appeared in the Saturday, September 7th edition of the Minneapolis Tribune: “Charles Hendrickson, 81, a resident of Minneapolis for 56 years, died at St. Barnabas Hospital. His home was at 4032 11th Avenue S. Mr. Hendrickson was born in Namdalen, Norway. He is survived by his wife, seven sons, Henry, George, Theodore, Carson, Adolph, Edwin, and Arthur, a daughter, Mrs. Frank W. {sic} Carter, a brother, Christ Hansen of Minneapolis, four brothers and three sisters in Norway, 20 grandchildren, and a great-grandchild. Funeral services will be Monday at 3 PM at the Enger Funeral Home, Grant Street and Park Avenue. Burial at Crystal Lake Cemetery.” {We don’t know who that great-grandchild was.}

Birth:
The Luster bygdebok, in its record of Kari’s children, says that Charles was born in Namdalen in Nord-Trøndelag. That agrees with the birthplace designation of Rørvik.

Buried:
Cora and Maurice attended funeral

Karsten married Mary ERICKSON on 20 Sep 1883 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Mary was born about 1859 in Norway; died on 21 Sep 1894 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Charles is a widower in the 1895 state census. According to Eileen, Mary died shortly after the birth of her son Edwin P. Hendrickson who was born in 1894.

Birth:
Debra says 1858 in Oslo

Died:
according to Debra

Notes:

Married:
#00220408 as Charles Hendrickson and Mary Erickson

Notes:

Of their children, only Karsten Henrik and Konrad Kristian came to America.

Henrik married Ane Kristine SENDRESEN on 19 Aug 1849 in Leka, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. Ane was born on 3 May 1825 in Oslo, Norway; died on 1 Jan 1913 in Rørvik, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]