Myrtle KLOSTER

Notes:

According to Deborah, the Martin Kloster family emigrated on a ship called the Thingvalla in 1888. There was a collision at sea, and Gina and her kids were transferred to another ship to get to New York. Martin came later when the Thingvalla finally docked.

He and his family lived in Chicago in the 1900 census. Martin was a hardwood finisher. In the 1910 census, he was a piano finisher. Jenny has married Frederick Lindner and they live with the family.

In the 1920 census, he is still a piano finisher at a piano factory. Only Marie and Alice are still at home. The Lindners still live with Martin and Gina.

Birth:
Stavanger

Martin married Gina KASTEVOLD about 1881 in Norway. Gina was born in Dec 1860 in Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Kartevold.

In the 1900 census, she had had six children, five still living. Those numbers were 7 and 5 in the 1910 census.

In the 1930 census, she and Alice still live at the house on Potomac Avenue in Chicago.

In the 1940 census, she is alone in the old house on Potomac Avenue.