Earl Ernest MINSKE

Notes:

Nothing in MHS death records for this name. Nor is there anything in SSDI.

This Earl Minske registered for the draft on June 5, 1917. At that time he was still single. He lived at 3026 15th Avenue S. in Minneapolis and was a chauffeur. He was born in Minneapolis on 2 April 1896. He was described as short and stout with blue eyes and medium hair.

In the 1918 Minneapolis city directory, he was a mechanic. He lived in Apartment 56 at 90 S 13th.

At the time of the birth of his first daughter, he was an auto mechanic. He and Francis lived at 22 S 10th Street, Apt. #4.

Earl E Minske married two other women in Hennepin County in the 1920s (the first of whom died the following year).

In the 1930 census, he is the 31 year-old Earl Minski, an automobile mechanic working in a garage, living in a rooming house in Milwaukee.

A brief mention in the Minneapolis Star’s 10 Oct 1933 edition (p. 17 in Vital Statistics) notes that he was granted a divorce from Hazel Maud.

He had five children with Lillian Esther Forehand in the period between 1935 and 1941 although MOMS does not have a marriage record for Earl and Lillian. Lillian died in Wisconsin on 9 Aug 2001 as Lillian E. Branch. More on the family that Earl had with Lillian can be found at The Sprague Project.

The newspaper article on his funeral noted that he was survived by his wife Lillian, five sons (Ernest, Ronald, Laird, Donald, and Robert) and one daughter, Mrs. Geraldine Phelps. There is no mention of Dorothy.

Birth:
This date according to his draft registration card and Minnesota Births and Christenings. The 1900 census says April, 1895.

Died:
funeral notice in the 27 Oct 1954 Eau Claire Leader -Telegram

Earl married Frances Emily CARR on 14 Jul 1917 in Hennepin County, Minnesota, and was divorced. Frances (daughter of Charles Edgar CARR and Eliza Ada BURRIDGE) was born on 12 Jun 1895 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; died on 17 Sep 1981 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 21 Sep 1981 in Sunset Memorial Park, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
as Earl Minske and Frances Augustine

1. Dorothy Anetta MINSKE was born on 22 Oct 1918 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 20 Oct 1982 in Windom, Cottonwood County, Minnesota; was buried on 22 Oct 1982 in Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1951-MN-003114

Notes:

In the 1900 census, he and Martha and their two boys lived on Lyndale Avenue North in Minneapolis. He had no occupation.

In the 1910 census, he and Martha and the boys still lived on Lyndale Avenue North in Minneapolis. Ernest had an automobile repair shop. Living with them were Arthur and Lydia Bonnin, “brother” and “sister” and a roomer named Louis Archer.

In the 1920 census, he and Martha lived in Morristown in Rice County. He had no occupation.

In the 1930 census, he and Bertha and his granddaughter Dorothy live on Lyndale Avenue North in Minneapolis. He has an automobile repair shop. His parents were born in Germany.

In the 1940 census, he and Bertha lived in Barclay Twp in Cass County in the same house in which they’d lived in 1935. He was a farmer. Both he and Bertha had an eighth- grade education.

The informant for the information in his death certificate was not named. Ernest was a farmer who lived in Pine River. He died from tetanus resulting from frostbite or frozen toes and hands.

Birth:
This is the date in the 1900 census, Other sources say Apr 1864. His death certificate says 19 July 1869.

Died:
St. Joseph’s Hospital in Brainerd

Ernest married Martha BONIN on 14 Dec 1892 in Morristown, Rice County, Minnesota. Martha was born in Jun 1872 in Minnesota; died on 19 Feb 1923 in Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1900 and 1910 censuses, she had had only the two children.

She is probably the Martha Minske who died in Rice County on 19 Feb 1923.

Birth:
the date in the 1900 census