Eaner Edward RASMUSSEN

1888 - 1945  (57 years)

• Name	Eaner Edward RASMUSSEN
  Born	7 Mar 1888	Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	20 May 1888	Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota
  	First Lutheran. As Einar. His sponsors were not relatives.
  Died	25 Jun 1945	Redford Twp, Wayne County, Michigan
  	This date and location from the Michigan death index on Ancestry. Other sources say 25 Apr 1945 in Grandale, Wayne County.
  Buried	Michigan Memorial Park, Flat Rock, Wayne County, Michigan
  Notes	From the St. Louis County birth index: RASMUSSEN EANER E 03/07/1888 96 ALSO SUPP REP 1939DR#3718 (96 is the “certificate #”) Called Aner in the 1900 census and Iver in the 1905 state census. In the 1910 census, he is Edward Rasmussen (or Rasmusson) living with his wife Irena at 26 Elizabeth Street in River Rouge in Ecorse Twp, Wayne County, Michigan. They have been married for one year and have no children. Edward is a “holder on ship yard.” Registered for the draft on June 5th, 1917, in River Rouge, Wayne County, Michigan, where he was a riveter for a shipyard. He has a wife and 3 children. He is tall, slender, with brown eyes and light hair. Indexed as Basmussen in the 1920 census. In the 1920 census, he has four daughters and lives at 211 Summit in River Rouge. He is a riveter in the shipbuilding industry. In the 1930 census, he is in River Rouge with his wife and five children. He owns the house they live in at 211 Summit Street which is worth $4000. The household has a radio. Eaner is an ironworker in the construction industry. In the 1933 Wyandotte, Michigan, city directory, he and Irene live at 211 Summit Avenue. He sells cigars at 10511 W Jefferson Ave. In the 1940 census (indexed as Eaner Rasmssen), he and Lena and family live in River Rouge. His occupation is salesman at a billard parlor. The household consists of Eaner, 52, Lena, 48, Violet, 22, Herald, 18, Donald, 9, Dona, 9, and a lodger, Harry Champagne, 46, divorced. Everyone had lived in that same house, 211 Summit, five years earlier. In the supplemental questions, Eaner’s usual occupation is shown as structural steel worker at a ship yard. In the 1941 Downriver city directory (which includes River Rouge), he is Eaner R Rasmussen, wife Lena D, “billiards” (probably a billiards parlor or pool hall) at 10463 Jefferson in River Rouge. He lives at 211 Summit in River Rouge. He registered for the World War II draft in 1942 as Eaner Edward Rasmussen. He was 54 years old and lived at 211 Summit Street in River Rouge. His telephone number was Vinewood 1-4909. His employer was Whitey’s Billiards at 10463 West Jefferson in River Rouge. He gave Harold Rasmussen of 211 Summit as the “person who will always know your address.” In the 1945 city directory, Eaner E and Lena D still live at 211 Summit in River Rouge. His business is now called Whitey’s Billiards. Rasmussens also living at that address: Donald and Harold. Eaner and Arthur married sisters. Some of the information for Eaner and Arthur comes from the Dale/Pope Family information on Rootsweb. His death record (Michigan Death Certificates, FS) shows that his mother was Ellen Olsen. His original SSN application listed his mother as Helen Olsen.
  Person ID	I128	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	23 Oct 2015

  
  

  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, Møre og Romsdal, Norway ,   d. 19 Mar 1891, St. Louis County, Minnesota  (Age 29 years)
  Married	1 May 1883	Kvernes, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
  Family ID	F88	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Irene (Lena Delema) Huyet DIT CHAMPAGNE,   b. 22 Nov 1890, Canada (French) ,   d. 22 Nov 1969  (Age 79 years)
  Married	18 Feb 1909	River Rouge, Wayne County, Michigan
  	FamilySearch has the image of the county record. Married as Irene Champine and Edward Rasmussen, witnesses Arthur Rasmussen and Rose Boyer. Married by R. Champian, pastor (perhaps a relative of the bride).
  Children	1. Helen Mildred RASMUSSEN,   b. 23 Sep 1910, Michigan ,   d. 1 Jun 1992, Wayne County, Michigan  (Age 81 years)   2. Pearl Rose RASMUSSEN,   b. Abt 1912, Michigan ,   d. Assumed   3. Violet M RASMUSSEN,   b. 13 Nov 1916, Michigan ,   d. 1 May 2007, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan  (Age 90 years)   4. Geraldine Hazel RASMUSSEN,   b. 12 Dec 1918, Michigan ,   d. 14 Jan 2007, Lincoln Park, Wayne County, Michigan  (Age 88 years)   5. Harold Roy RASMUSSEN,   b. 4 Jun 1921, Michigan ,   d. 16 Mar 1996, Wayne County, Michigan  (Age 74 years)   6. Donald Albert RASMUSSEN,   b. 30 Apr 1930, Michigan ,   d. 13 Feb 2004, Michigan  (Age 73 years)   7. Donna Alberta RASMUSSEN,   b. 30 Apr 1930, Michigan ,   d. 2 Jun 2012  (Age 82 years)
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2012
  Family ID	F91	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Eaner and Arthur and their wives Eaner and Irene's wedding: Eaner and Irene in the front, Arthur and Sara standing behind them