Oscar SKOGSTAD

1891 - 1939  (47 years)

• Name	Oscar SKOGSTAD
  Birth	23 Dec 1891	Grand Meadow, Mower County, Minnesota
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	14 Feb 1892	Mower County, Minnesota
  MN Death Cert Checked	Y
  Minnesota Death Certificate	1939-MN-020787
  Death	19 Jun 1939	Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	Minneapolis General Hospital
  Burial	23 Jun 1939	Crystal Lake Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  Notes	He registered for the draft in Thief River Falls in 1917. At that time, he was a section man for the Great Northern Railway, was married, and lived in Thief River Falls. He was of medium height and build with blue eyes and dark hair. Living next to, or perhaps with, the John Jorgens family in Mower County in the 1920 census. In the 1930 census, Oscar and his family lived at 941 14th Avenue in Minneapolis. Oscar was a grain shoveler at an elevator. According to his death certificate, he died from a skull fracture after he fell from a moving car in Bloomington. Oscar was an engineer at a grain elevator. He and his wife, who was the informant for his death certificate, lived at 4349 40th Avenue S. His death is described in an article in the 21 Jun 1939 edition of the Minneapolis Star: Police and deputy sheriffs Tuesday were investigating the death in General Hospital of Oscar Skogstad, 43, of 4340 40th Avenue S who died of a fractured skull. Skogstad’s son, Clifford, said his father leaped out of the rear window of an automobile near 94th Street and Lyndale Ave Sunday night. Clifford said he was driving the automobile, which contained Mr. and Mrs. Skogstad, their two daughters and a friend. The father did not give any indication of his intent to leap, Clifford said, and no reason could be given for his action.
  Person ID	I11030	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	24 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Martin Olsen SKOGSTAD,   b. 26 Oct 1865, Søndre Land, Oppland, Norway d. 29 Nov 1913, Mower County, Minnesota (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Caroline DALEN,   b. 16 Mar 1862, Racine Twp, Mower County, Minnesota d. 25 Jul 1913, Frankford Twp, Mower County, Minnesota (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	12 Mar 1891	Mower County, Minnesota
  Family ID	F5362	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nora Amanda HANSON,   b. 24 Apr 1894, Minnesota d. 23 May 1969, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 75 years)
  Children	1. Clifford Miles SKOGSTAD,   b. 6 Jul 1917, Pennington County, Minnesota d. 16 Apr 1997, Blue Earth County, Minnesota (Age 79 years)   2. Norine Ardith SKOGSTAD,   b. 21 Mar 1920, Mower County, Minnesota d. 3 Nov 1973 (Age 53 years)   3. Harriet Lorraine SKOGSTAD,   b. 12 May 1922, Grand Meadow, Mower County, Minnesota d. 16 Sep 2011, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 89 years)   4. Clarence Emmett SKOGSTAD,   b. 7 Jun 1924, Mower County, Minnesota d. 14 Apr 1985, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 60 years)   5. Wayne O’Niel SKOGSTAD,   b. 27 Dec 1925, Mower County, Minnesota d. 2 Jan 1966, Anoka County, Minnesota (Age 40 years)   6. Robert William SKOGSTAD, Sr,   b. 22 Oct 1930, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 20 Aug 1989, Pine County, Minnesota (Age 58 years)   7. Richard Norman SKOGSTAD,   b. 18 Jul 1934, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 23 Jan 1980, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 45 years)   8. Katherine Louise SKOGSTAD,   b. 21 Aug 1936, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 16 Aug 2016, Kanabec County, Minnesota (Age 79 years)   9. Kenneth Charles SKOGSTAD,   b. 5 Oct 1937, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 17 Dec 1980 (Age 43 years)
  Family ID	F8307	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart