Roger Elmer ERICKSON

Notes:

A Roger E Erickson was born in Montana on 3 Jul 1927. No county shown for this birth.

He was shown as born in Wisconsin in the 1940 census. Ancestry trees show Wisconsin.

He married Louise Torgerson Greenwell in 1985.

Notes:

In the 1930 census, he and his wife and son lived in Minneapolis at 5620 22nd Avenue in a house he owned. He operated a pool and billiards hall.

He was a farmer in Lincoln Twp, Burnett County, Wisconsin, in the 1940 census.

He was Elmer Ericson of Webster, Wisconsin, at the time of his sister Christina’s death in 1951.

Elmer married Belle. Belle was born about 1880 in Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Called Ingeborg in the 1940 census.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1912-MN-016169?

Notes:

He may be the Anders, parents Erick Anderson Houg and Kari Gulbrandsd, Hedalen, 11 Mar 1827.

He was age 32 in his marriage record, suggesting he was born in 1826.

Kirst Burgess calls him Andrew K Erickson, born May 1827 in Valdres.

In the 1865 Norwegian census, he is a “forpagter” (i.e., a tenant) on the Rustebakkene farm in Bruflat in Søndre Aurdal.

In the 1870 census, he is probably the Andrew Ericson living with his family in Adams in Green County. The household is Andrew, 42, Sarah, 30, Alexander 10, Edward, 7, and Gilbert, 3. All were of foreign birth.

In the 1880 census, he is probably the Andrew Erickson, 53, living in Gilmanton in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, with his wife Sarah, 40, Erick, 20, Edward, 18, Christina, 10, Clara, 6, and Elmer, 3. The sons Erick and Edward were born in Norway. The three younger children were born in Wisconsin.

In the 1900 census, he and his family live in Minneapolis. Andrew, 73, b. May 1827, is a teamster. The rest of the family is Sarah, b. Nov 1839, Edward, b. Aug 1852, Elmer, b. Feb 1877, and Julia, b. Dec 1880. The younger two children were born in Wisconsin. Andrew and Sarah have been married for 41 years and Sarah has had 9 children, 5 still living. Andrew and Sarah and Edward had come to the U.S. in 1866.

In the 1910 census, he and his family lived in Minneapolis. He was Andrew Erickson, 83, married 51 years to Sarah Erickson, age 70, who has had 9 children, 5 still living. Four of those children were living with them: Elmer, 33, Julia, 29, Mattie, 33, and Nellie, 35, all born in Wisconsin.

Andrew married Siri Ericksdatter on 28 Dec 1858 in Bagn, Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Siri (daughter of Erik Narveson DAHLEN and Siri Arnesdatter KVÅLSHAGEN) was born on 10 Nov 1839 in Bagn, Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 1 Feb 1923 in Fergus County, Montana; was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Dec 1839, Bagn, Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1920 census, she is probably the 80 year-old widow living with the 59 year-old widow, both named Sarah Erickson, in Minneapolis. The younger Sarah was born in Wisconsin.

Her death certificate gave her cause of death as apoplexy and senility. Julia Stockton was the informant for her mother’s death certificate. Julia did not know the name of her maternal grandmother.

Rose said that it was Julia’s aunt who had the hotel in the Dakotas near Aberdeen. That aunt must have been Siri because Rose said that the aunt had two sons, Erick and Edward. It was on a train trip to see her aunt that Julia met Erick Thompson.

By 1903 that aunt had moved to Minneapolis. Julia went to a convention in Minneapolis at that time.

Died:
“4 mile south of Winnett” as Sarah Erickson

Notes:

In the 1865 Norwegian census, he was Erik Navessen, 67, føderaadsmand, living with his wife, children, and grandchildren on a Sørfladdahl farm in Bagn, Søndre Aurdal. The gaardbruker of the farm was Erik’s son, Narve, 41. Others of the senior Erik’s children living in the farm were Erik Erikssen, 14, and Tora Eriksdatter, 23.

Erik married Siri Arnesdatter KVÅLSHAGEN on 12 Jul 1825 in Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Siri (daughter of Arne Olson NAVRUD and Guri Halsteinsdatter FRAMGARDEN) was born in 1803 in Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1874 in Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]