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19771

Shown as “Jr” in the 1910 census.

In the 1920 census, he is probably the Kenneth Schneider, age 17, “Nephew”, living in Chicago with Otto Fest and his wife Augustus C.

In the 1930 census, he is married to Agnes with a daughter Marilyn and they live in Hammond, Indiana. Kenneth is a time clerk at a steel mill.

SCHNEIDER, Kenneth (I17428)

19772

Shown as “Magna S., son” in the 1905 state census.

Living with her parents, age 29, single, stenographer with a railroad office, in the 1920 census.

ALNESS, Magda S (I4478)

19773

At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.

BUTLER, C.L. (I17819)

19774

Shown as “Male Everson” on his birth certificate (#191) in St. Louis County.

Called EOE by some of his siblings. In particular, Lil called him Ole.

Iver registered for the WWI draft on June 5, 1917, in Deerwood. He lists his address as RFD #3, Aitkin, MN. He describes his occupation as farmer and bar keeper, employed on his father’s farm in Deerwood. He is single, claims no dependents, and does not claim exemption from the draft. He is described as tall and of slender build with brown eyes and black hair.

In November of 1920, Iver received a letter from one of his Army buddies, a Hans Jensen of Kansas City. Iver had been in the 3rd Pioneer Soldiers. Hans commiserated with Iver that they had not received their Soldiers Bonus yet. Iver at that time was working ”on the Iron Range.” Hans said, “... or maybe we don’t want to remind each other about the time you were eating slum and corn bill in France.”

In July of 1924, Iver wrote Harold a postcard from Indianapolis: “Indianapolis Ind July 23rd I am having a fine trip and every thing we can eat and that is all can expect from I. Everson.” The postmark was the Indianapolis and Peoria RPO.

In a postcard from Minneapolis dated October 18, 1926 or 1928, Harold writes to Iver: “Saw Longyear this A.M. They don’t need Jno at Ariz. now but will want him at some other job soon so get in touch with him. You may hear from them any day so be ready to go. They will have jobs in Ariz., New York, Michigan, and Sask. May go to Milwaukee tonite. Will write then.”

The Thursday, November 22, 1928, edition of the Crosby-Ironton Courier had an article saying that, “Iver Everson of Aitkin Township, Thor Anderson of Deerwood, and Pete Hanson of Crosby have signed up with Longyear Exploration Company for at least a two-year contract in exploring and drilling for copper in South Africa.” (Thor Anderson was the brother of Andy Anderson, a friend of John Everson.)

Harold and Iver were drillers. British incoming passenger records show that Iver arriving in Southampton from New York on November 20, 1928, aboard the S.S. Leviathan. He is shown as a miner whose intended address in the United Kingdom was Roan Antelope Copper Mines, Ltd.

Mark found an entry record for Iver arriving in New York on August 14, 1929, aboard the S.S. Homeric which had sailed from Southampton on August 7th. Iver is shown as age 36 and residing in “Aitken”, Minnesota. He is also shown as married which may be a mistake. British records show that Iver had arrived in Southampton aboard the Arundel Castle of the Union Castle line which had sailed from Capetown, South Africa. He was returning to U.S. from Rhodesia. His occupation was shown as driller.

By September of 1929, Iver was in Mexico.

At the time of the 1930 census, Iver, 37, was a boarder at the White Hotel in Calderwood, Chilhowee township, Blount County, Tennessee. His occupation is diamond drill runner. He is shown to be a veteran, apparently (“aef”) of the American Expeditionary Force. Iver’s gravestone indicates that he was a Private in Company L of the 3d Pioneer Infantry in World War I.

Most of the “Pioneer” infantry regiments were formed from surplus national guard infantry regiments so it’s possible that Iver was initially in the Minnesota national guard. The 3rd Pioneer Infantry was formed partly from troops from the Massachusetts national guard. The 3rd Pioneer Infantry was organized in February of 1918 at Camp Greene, North Carolina, as an army troops unit and was moved overseas in August of 1918. It served with the U.S. 1st Army between September and November and was slotted for conversion to the 381st Infantry but the war ended before that occurred. The 3rd Pioneers returned to the U.S. in July of 1919 and demobilized at Camp Dodge, Iowa. (From Rinaldi’s “The U.S. Army in World War I - Orders of Battle.”) The Pioneers performed engineering tasks such as construction of field fortifications or military camps as well as repair of military railways.

In February of 1935, Iver got mail at 3621 3rd Avenue South in Minneapolis.

In the summer of 1936, Iver was accepting mail in Grafton, West Virginia.

In March of 1937, Iver was in Clarksburg, West Virginia, and received mail from a person name Roan or Haen at 3855 Portland in Minneapolis.

In November of 1938, he was in Bethlehem, PA, at the Eagle Hotel.

On 14 Feb 1938, Iver was receiving mail at 3855 Portland in Minneapolis.

In an October 10, 1939, post card sent to his parents, Iver had arrived in Port au Prince, Haiti. He said he would be sailing again “this afternoon at 2 PM” so Haiti was only a short stay.

Iver received a valentine from Mrs. Alice Olson (3132 4th Avenue South) in Minneapolis in February of 1940. At that time he was living in the Canal Zone.

In the 30s and 40s, Iver worked as a driller throughout the southern states or Central or South America (mentioned as being “in the south” by a couple of letters Harold had from the ‘40s). He may later have settled in Columbia, and later still lived in the Panama Canal Zone.

In the 1940 census, he lived Gatun, on the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal Zone, probably in or near the Fort William Davis Military Reservation. He was the “partner” in a two-person household that included Woodford N Babbitt, 30, born in Alaska. Both men were diamond drillers in “special engineering.” Both men were employed full-time and both men had worked 52 weeks in the previous year.

Immigration records show that he landed in New York on May 3, 1941, aboard the S.S. Cristobal which had sailed from Cristobal, Canal Zone, 6 days earlier.

He was in the Canal Zone at the time of his father’s death in December of 1942; news accounts said that he returned for his father’s funeral.

He was described as “of Columbia, So. America” in an obituary for his mother.

In 1958, according to a letter that George received from Iver, Iver’s address was Box 583, Diablo, Canal Zone. In this letter, Iver asked George if he could borrow $30. (Apparently he had already borrowed money from Harold.) He said that his vision was blurry and that prevented him from working.

From a letter he sent to Harold in April of 1969, we learn that Iver was in Balboa in the Canal Zone and that he had been sick and hospitalized since the beginning of that year. From the symptoms, it sounds as if he was experiencing heart problems much like John would later have.

One of the brothers, probably Albin, received a handwritten letter dated June 19, 1969, from someone named R. T. Tweedy, apparently in response to a letter that Tweedy had received that day:

“I will give you what information I have, which was received by telephone since I am located fifty miles from the hospital. The information I received from another veteran is that he was admitted to the hospital. Evidentally (sic) he had a stroke, paralyzed right side with complete loss of speech. However, if he recovers this may be temporary. His condition is very serious and the information I received by telephone were that his chances of recovery were very slim.” Tweedy goes on to say that Iver’s address at the hospital was Ward 2, Room 204, Gorgas Hospital, Ancon, Canal Zone.

The SSDI shows his address at the time of death was 530, U.S. Consulate, Panama Canal Zone. The SSDI shows the date of death as June 30th. The Gorgas Hospital Mortuary records show the date of death as June 29th. The Gorgas records also show that the body was shipped to the US on July 3, 1969 and the cost associated with whatever the Gorgas Hospital Mortuary did was $331.58.

Iver’s funeral was at the Hasskamp Mortuary. Pallbearers were Ronald Everson, Jerry Everson, Andrew Everson, Robert Everson, Robert Foster, Donald Carlson. (These must have been honorary pallbearers. There is no indication in Cora’s diary that Donald H. Carlson or Bob Everson attended in person.)

Albin received a letter from DHEW (Social Security) in October of 1969 indicating that, per his request, the lump-sum benefit for Iver ($255) had been sent to Hasskamp Mortuary, Aitkin.

EVERSON, Iver (I45)

19775

Shown as “Meavil”, 9 years old, in the 1910 census.

Her entry in the 1940 census entailed the Supplementary Questions. She had only been married once, when she was 28. She had only had the one child. Although she and her parents were born in Wisconsin, her “mother tongue”, defined as the language spoken in her home in earliest childhood, was Norwegian. She was a high-school graduate.

FORTNEY, Meville P (I8340)

19776

Shown as “Peter A., son” in the 1910 census.

ALNESS, Petra O (I4481)

19777

Shown as “step-daughter” in 1930 census and her birth date suggests that she might have been Myrtle’s daughter from a previous marriage or relationship.

Her death certificate claimed that her parents were John Mayer and Myrtle Geisea. Joyce had had 2 years of college and worked as a clerk at an accounting firm before she died of leukemia in 1990. At that time, she and Gerhard lived at Rt. 1, Box 38, Darwin, Ellsworth Twp, Meeker County, Minnesota.

MAYER, Joyce Carol (I5369)

19778

Shown as “ward” in the Hatton family in the 1900 census.

BANKS, Ida (I6949)

19779

Shown because Tina is shown as having borne 3 children, 2 still living, in the 1900 census.

FORSTROM, Berthe Oliviet (I6952)

19780

Shown in birth record as illegitimate.

Does not seem to be listed in the 1865 census.

According to Arne, citing Øyane in the bygdebøk, Bertha emigrated to America in 1861 and there married the Norwegian husmannssonen Peder Olson frå Bakken under Kroken i Luster in 1840. According to Øyane, Berta died in 1868 and Peder in 1908, likely in America.

The Hafslo emigration record shows the unmarried Britha Andersdatter Marheim, age 31, leaving on April 18, 1861.

In his further research, Arne found:

“Bertha and Peder married in Stoughton, Dane, Wisconsin 30 August 1861. They had one daughter there, Oline, born 23 March and baptized 10 October 1862. Later on, it seems they moved to Winneshiek, Iowa, and had two children: Erik, born 15 July and baptized 19 October 1864, and Elise, born 25 February 1866. It seems to me, they were still living in Winneshiek, according to the 1870-census, even if the age is wrong for Peder, Oline, Erik and Elisa.

“I have not found them in later censuses, or death records. It seems obvious, however, that Bertha did NOT die in 1868, and we do not know for sure if Peder died in 1908 as stated by Øyane.”

Berthe apparently died in Iowa, between 1870 and 1874, before Peter remarried and later moved to South Dakota.

MAREIM, Berthe Andersdatter (I4162)