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Rachel LIEN

Female 1861 - 1934  (72 years)


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  • Name Rachel LIEN 
    Birth 14 Dec 1861  Calmar, Winneshiek County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    MN Death Cert Checked
    Minnesota Death Certificate 1934-MN-015959 
    Death 31 Oct 1934  Swift County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 3 Nov 1934  Kerkhoven, Swift County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • In the 1880 census, as Rachel Lain, she was 18 and boarded with a family in Minneapolis. She worked in a cotton mill. Also boarding with her and also working in a cotton mill was the 16 year-old Mary Lain.

      In the 1885 state census, she is shown as born in Norway.

      In the 1900 census, she had had 8 children, 5 still living. Those numbers are 9 and 5 in the 1910 census.

      In Grace’s death certificate, Rachel’s maiden name is Ellingboe. In Wallace’s birth certificate, Rachel’s maiden name is Lein. In Ella’s death certificate, Rachel’s maiden name is Lien. On Rachel’s death certificate, her father’s name is Ole Olson Lien.

      She died of heart failure. The informant for her death certificate was H A Hoglund of Kerkhoven.
    Person ID I11558  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 13 Jan 2014 

    Father Ole Knudsen TØRSTAD,   b. 14 Dec 1823, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1864, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years) 
    Mother Anne Olsdatter FRAMSTAD,   b. 6 Jan 1834, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Feb 1903, Sunburg, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 22 Apr 1855  Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4811  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William Harvey MERRYMAN,   b. Jul 1859, Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Oct 1950, Swift County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years) 
    Marriage 26 Feb 1883  Swift County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • #B-118 as N H Merryman and Rachel Lien
    Children 
     1. Mabel MERRYMAN,   b. Feb 1884, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Ella Medora MERRYMAN,   b. 24 Sep 1889, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Nov 1971, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     3. Cora Annette MERRYMAN,   b. Nov 1891, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Ruth L MERRYMAN,   b. 12 Feb 1895, Kerkhoven, Swift County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Apr 1921, Swift County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years)
     5. Grace Rebecca MERRYMAN,   b. 17 Dec 1899, Kerkhoven, Swift County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 May 1984, Willmar, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
     6. Wallace MERRYMAN,   b. 21 Jul 1903, Swift County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jan 1908, Swift County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 4 years)
    Family ID F8677  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Jan 2010