Rudolf (Rudy) RASMUSSEN

1883 - 1965  (82 years)

• Name	Rudolf (Rudy) RASMUSSEN
  Birth	18 Jun 1883	Bremsnes, Kvernes, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
  	Odd has him born Rudolf Sæther in 1884
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	5 Aug 1883	Bremsnes, Kvernes, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
  MN Death Cert Checked	Y
  Minnesota Death Certificate	1965-MN-029203
  Social Security Number	468-03-1629 Issued In Minnesota Before 1951
  Death	11 Nov 1965	Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	Eitel Hospital
  Burial	15 Nov 1965	Crystal Lake Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  Notes	He is called Rudolf Sæther in the Kristiansund emigration records for his departure with his sister and mother on May 4, 1887. Mother’s maiden name shown as “Gaustad” in the death records. A Rudolph Rasmuson, born in June of 1883, was shown in the 1900 census as a servant (“hostler”) at an Aitkin hotel apparently run by John O’Maley. This Rudolph is shown as having come to this country in 1892. In the 1901 Superior city directory he is shown as Rudolph Rasmussen, “appr” at Superior Ship Bldg. Co, the employer of his father. In the 1905 state census, he is living in Superior with Peter and Mary. He is 23 and a machinist. In the 1909 Minneapolis city directory, he may be the Rudolph Rasmussen, machinist, living at 716 21st Avenue S. He is the Rudolph Resmussen, 27, living in Minneapolis at 2411 Sixth Street in the 1910 census. At that point, he had been married for two years to a 21 year old woman named Emma, of Swedish extraction. They had had no children. He was a machinist. Couldn’t read the year in which he emigrated. Registered for the draft in Milwaukee on September 12, 1918, as Rudolf Rasmussen. He is 35, born June 18, 1883, and is a superintendent at Worthington Pump & Machinery (or Manufacturing) in Cudahy. His closest relative is Emma Rasmussen, wife, living with him at 229 Mason in Milwaukee. He is described as of medium height and build with brown eyes and light brown hair. He claims that one of (both right and left are written) his eyes is “defective.” In the 1919 Minneapolis city directory, he is a superintendent living at 401 S E 4th Street. In the 1920 census, he is living at 401 4th Street S. E. in Minneapolis. His trade or occupation is not legible but he works in the auto industry. The family consists of Rudolph Rassmuson, 34, who came to this country from Norway in 1890, Emma, 30, born in Sweden, and their son, Russel, 8, born in Minnesota. Probably the 46 year old lodger, machinist for an agricultural implement company, divorced, and living in Minneapolis as Rudolf Rasmussen in the 1930 census. He came to this country in 1886. His address appears to be 327 14th Avenue S. E. In the 1940 census, he and Alice live at 2843 Williams Avenue in Minneapolis in a house they own that is worth $2800. They lived at a different residence in Minneapolis in 1935. Rudolf is a machinist for a farm machinery manufacturing company. He earned $1680 in 1939. Rudolf had a 6th grade education, Alice had had two years of high school. His obit says that he was a Minneapolis resident for 47 years and a member of Augustana Lutheran Church for 25 years. He had been a machinist for Minneapolis-Moline and was a member of the Superior, Wisconsin, masonic lodge and the Scottish Rite in Minneapolis. There is no mention of his son Russell in his obit. There is, however, mention of a Mrs. Bertha Murphy, of Minneapolis, referred to as Rudolf’s sister. Other sisters mentioned as surviving him are Mrs. Nellie Petersen, Mrs. Gyda Tollefseon, and Mrs. Ruth Kamps. The informant for his death certificate was his wife Alice L. They resided at 2843 Williams Ave. S.E. Rudolf had been a machinist for Minneapolis Moline. He died of pneumonia.
  Person ID	I126	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2018

  
  

  Father	Peder (Peter) Rasmussen RØD,   b. 13 Sep 1854, Øre, Tingvoll, Møre og Romsdal, Norway d. 28 May 1924, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Ellen Eriksdatter GUSTAD,   b. 30 Jan 1862, Kvernes, Averøy, Møre og Romsdal, Norway d. 19 Mar 1891, St. Louis County, Minnesota (Age 29 years)
  Marriage	1 May 1883	Kvernes, Averøy, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
  Family ID	F88	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Emma J LINDQUIST,   b. 5 May 1888, Sweden d. 16 Jul 1978, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	18 Jul 1907	Douglas County, Wisconsin
  Divorce	Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Russell William RASMUSSEN,   b. 29 Apr 1911, Minnesota d. 2 Aug 1991, Los Angeles County, California (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F89	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2007

  
  

  Family 2	Alice L BERGMAN,   b. 26 Apr 1890, Benson, Swift County, Minnesota d. 12 Jan 1971, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	2 Dec 1935	Anoka County, Minnesota
  Family ID	F8658	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2011

  
  

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