Dorothea Matilda FLATEN

1877 -

• Name	Dorothea Matilda FLATEN
  Birth	23 Mar 1877	Minnesota
  Gender	Female
  Notes	Or Dorothea Marguerite. Called Margaret D in the 1880 census. Called Dorothea in the 1885 state census. Called Margarite in the 1895 state census. As Marguerite Flaten, she married Frederick Williamson in Minneapolis on 19 Sep 1897. In the 1900 census, she is shown as Marguerite Williamson, wife of Fred. had been married for three years and had had no children. Both of her parents had been born in Norway. In the 1910 census, the Williamsons, as Fred and Dortie M, live in Minneapolis. They have been married for 13 years. She has never had children. She was 33, born in Minnesota to parents born in Norway. He was 35, born in Wisconsin, to parents born in England. Fred is a commercial traveler in the hardware field. She probably died in California. A different, slightly younger, Dorothea Flaten (b. ca 1881 in Minnesota) married Nels C Pearson (b. ca 1880 in Sweden) in Minneapolis at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church on 14 Dec 1911. She was the daughter of Ole Ingvaldsen Flaten (#32871). A different Dorothea Williamson died in Lac qui Parle County in 1937. She is not mentioned as a survivor in the obit of her sister Nellie who died in 1961. Nor is she listed as a survivor in the obit of her brother Nordahl who died in 1960. More than one family tree on Ancestry have her dying in 1971 in California but that is incorrect. The Dorothea Pearson who died in 1971 in Riverside County was born 11 Jan 1881 and is the other Dorothea Flaten mentioned above.
  Person ID	I12831	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2025

  
  

  Father	Tosten N FLATEN,   b. 1848, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 1895, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Randi SÖNDROL,   b. 10 Jul 1854, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 12 Apr 1909, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	25 Dec 1873	Rice County, Minnesota
  Family ID	F9598	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frederick WILLIAMSON,   b. 15 Sep 1874, Wisconsin d. 27 Jul 1945, Los Angeles County, California (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	19 Sep 1897	Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	As Frederick Williamson and Margarite Flaten.
  Family ID	F9600	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Aug 2013