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Balder Agat Germanus FLATEN

Male 1886 - 1941  (55 years)


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  • Name Balder Agat Germanus FLATEN 
    Birth 5 Feb 1886  Ada, Norman County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    MN Death Cert Checked
    Minnesota Death Certificate 1941-MN-006713 
    Death 7 Mar 1941  Fahlun Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 10 Mar 1941  Atwater Union Cemetery, Atwater, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Living with his mother in the 1905 state census.

      In the 1910 census he and his brother Walter are roomers in Minneapolis at 320 Cedar Avenue. Both men are laborers.

      He registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Willmar. He was a farmer in Gennessee Twp. His nearest relative was Alta Dorothy Flaten of 1 Gennessee. He was of medium height and build. No information was taken for his eye or hair color.

      In the 1920 census, he is 33 year-old Balder Flaten, a farmer in Gennessee Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. The household consists of himself, Alta, 26, Wiliam, 3 months, Charles, apparently also 3 months, and Walter, Balder’s brother.

      In the 1930 census, Balder is a boilermaker for a steam railroad shop and he and his family live in Willmar in a house on Litchfield Avenue that he is renting. The family consists of Balder, 44, Alta, 36, William B, 13, Charles B, 10, Leo G, 9, Anna M, 7, Calvin C, 5, Helen M, 3, Elroy J, 1, and Raymond H, 4 months.

      In the 1940 census, he was a WPA laborer living on a farm in Gennessee Twp, Kandiyohi County.

      According to his death certificate, for which his wife Alta was the informant, Balder was a WPA worker. He died of myocarditis brought on by the flu. He died in Fahlun Twp but he was a resident of Gennessee Twp.
    Person ID I12833  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 28 Nov 2015 

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

    Family Alta Dorothy PETERSON,   b. 3 Aug 1893, Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Nov 1968, Willmar, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Children 
     1. Pearl FLATEN,   b. 5 May 1916, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 May 1916, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     2. William Balder FLATEN,   b. 25 Mar 1917, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Mar 1985, Stearns County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
     3. Charles Bernard FLATEN,   b. 10 Jul 1919, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Aug 1981, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
     4. Leo Gordon FLATEN,   b. 9 Mar 1921, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Aug 2018, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 97 years)
     5. A.M. FLATEN
     6. Calvin Clarence FLATEN,   b. 26 Jul 1924, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Feb 1982, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
     7. Helen Marguerite FLATEN,   b. 14 Apr 1926, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 May 2018, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
     8. Elroy Jerome FLATEN,   b. 21 Aug 1928, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jul 2014, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     9. Raymond Howard FLATEN,   b. 14 Dec 1929, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Feb 1995, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
     10. Edmund Walter FLATEN,   b. 2 Dec 1931, Willmar, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Apr 1942, Gennessee Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 10 years)
     11. Nord Olander FLATEN,   b. 27 Apr 1934, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Sep 2010, Sherburne County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     12. Gerald FLATEN,   b. Abt Sep 1939   d. 1943 (Age 3 years)
    Family ID F9602  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Nov 2015