Ella Kristine NORDRUM

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1971-MN-002653
• Social Security Number: 474-58-2603 According To Death Certificate

Notes:

Both parents born in Norway.

An Ella Nordrum was listed in the 1895 state census as living in LaCrosse as female, born in the U.S. No other Nordrums are listed in LaCrosse. She seems to be living with Antona Hanson but that isn’t clear: it’s simply the name that comes before hers in the census listing.

Apparently caught twice in the 1900 census. Once as a lodger at 222 King Street and once as a servant for the John Rowles family at 214 North 6th Street.

In the 1901-1902 La Crosse city directory she is Miss Ella Nordrum, domestic, 415 S 5th.

Shown as Ella C. in the 1910 census.

In the 1940 census, she was a 56 year-old widow living with her daughter Marion and her family. Ella had a sixth-grade education.

Of Duluth at the time of her daughter Marion’s death.

Died as Ella Christine. According to her obituary in the Duluth newspaper, she died at home at 306 Worth Street in Duluth. (Her death certificate says she died at 4:40 PM at the Chris Jensen Home in Duluth.) She had been a Duluth resident for 80 years. No mention is made in her obituary of her husband. She had 21 grandchildren and 41 great-grandchildren.

Her cause of death was cancer of the uterus.

Her last name inferred from the death certificates of Gertrude and Marion. Confirmed by the La Crosse birth record. Ella was delivered by a Mrs. Mary Olson, presumably a midwife.

Appears from IGI to have had a brother Arthur born May 9, 1887, in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. This seems unlikely.

Birth:
LACR 100, p. 1102

Ella married Ole Christian ANDERSON, Jr on 10 Aug 1903 in La Crosse County, Wisconsin. Ole (son of Ole Christian Anderson FLØTTUM and Kristiane Kristiansdatter) was born on 19 Jan 1874 in La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin; died on 10 Dec 1938 in Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota; was buried on 12 Dec 1938 in Bethany Cemetery, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Vol 6 p. 97 LAC B 217. “… at the home of the groom.”

1. Herbert C ANDERSON was born on 3 Nov 1903 in La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin; died on 13 Mar 1975 in Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota; was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin.
2. Marion Catherine ANDERSON was born on 21 Oct 1905 in La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin; died on 6 Oct 1968 in St. Louis County, Minnesota; was buried on 9 Oct 1968 in Bethany Cemetery, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota.
3. Baby Boy ANDERSON was born on 5 Jul 1909 in St. Louis County, Minnesota; died on 5 Jul 1909 in St. Louis County, Minnesota.
4. Gertrude Nellie June ANDERSON was born on 13 Jun 1910 in Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota; died on 24 Jul 1993 in St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota; was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota.
5. John James ANDERSON was born on 27 Mar 1913 in St. Louis County, Minnesota; died on 13 Feb 1989 in Sun City, Maricopa County, Arizona.
6. Ethel Ruth ANDERSON was born on 17 Jan 1916 in St. Louis County, Minnesota; died on 16 Feb 1991 in Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota; was buried on 23 Feb 1991 in Bethany Cemetery, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota.
7. Doris Elizabeth ANDERSON was born on 15 Jul 1918 in St. Louis County, Minnesota; died on 9 Jan 1989 in St. Louis County, Minnesota; was buried on 14 Jan 1989 in Park Hill, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Laborer according to Ella’s birth record

Notes:

In the 1888-1889 La Crosse city directory, Hans Nordrum is a laborer and resides at 412 Jackson.

In the 1901-1902 city directory, Hans Nordrum “wks Dr Christensen” and rooms at 119 S Ninth.

In the 1910 census, he may be the 52 year-old widower “working out” as a farm laborer in Scranton Twp, Bowman County, North Dakota.

La Crosse Tribune, November 25, 1918:

Hans Nordrum, a former resident of La Crosse, died at Scranton, N.D., Friday, at the age of 68 years. Surviving are three children, Mrs. O.C. Anderson of Duluth, Gustave J. Nordrum of St. Paul, and Mrs. O.B. Johnson of La Crosse. The body will be brought to La Crosse for burial. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.

La Crosse Tribune, November 26, 1918:

Funeral services for Hans Nordrum will be at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon from the residence of his daughter, Mrs. O. D. Johnson, 1613, Winnebago Street. Rev. O. H. Myhre will officiate. Interment will be in Oak Grove Cemetery.

Hans married Marie Amelia JOHNSON. Marie was born in Norway; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She seems to have divorced Hans and married Henry Mack. In the 1900 census, Nellie is shown as “daughter” of Henry and Mary Mack. In the 1905 census she was a boarder. In the 1900 census, Mary is shown to have had one child, and to have been married for 13 years to Henry. However, Mary Mack is also shown to have come to the U.S. in 1886 which would seem to rule out her being the mother of Ella and Gustave. However, the ELCA church records confirm that she, as Marie Amelia Johnson, was the mother of Gustav and Nellie. Wisconsin Births and Christenings confirms that she was the mother of Ella.

In the 1901-1902 La Crosse city directory, Henry Mack “wks S&K Mfg Co” and resides at 1631 Winnebago.

Marie A Mack (1858-1936) and Henry Mack (1854-1932) are buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in La Crosse.