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Fred TORVIK

Male 1871 - 1950  (78 years)


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  • Name Fred TORVIK 
    Birth 18 Oct 1871  Norway Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Oct 1872 in the 1900 census
    Gender Male 
    MN Death Cert Checked
    Minnesota Death Certificate 1950-MN-011880 
    Occupation Painter 
    Death 2 Apr 1950  Otter Tail County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • St. Luke’s Hospital where he had been for 15 days
    Burial 5 Apr 1950  Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • In the 1895 state census, Fredrik Torvik, 22, is a painter lodging with the Andrew Aaby family in Lee, Norman County, Minnesota. He had been in the U.S. for four years and three months.

      In the 1900 U. S. Census, he was Frederick Torvik, 27, born Oct 1872, a single man, a painter, who was living with a family on the “county poor farms” in Fergus Falls Twp, Otter Tail County.

      An article in the Duluth News-Tribune, dated November 6, 1912, is headlined Fergus Falls has a Sensation Suit. Datelined Fergus Falls, November 5th: A sensational damage suit, involving local men has been filed in the district court here. Frederick Torvik and Andrew E Bye have been in partnership as Torvik & Bye, and had some difficulty in connection with firm matters. The allegations are to the effect that Torvik went to the home of Mr. Bye and assaulted him and his wife. Mr. Bye asks $5,035 damages and Mrs. Bye $7,000.

      In the summer of 1937, Fred took a trip back to Norway. He returned to the United States on the S.S. Stavangerfjord which sailed from Oslo on August 10th and arrived at New York on August 20, 1937. The ship’s manifest notes that Fred had been naturalized as U.S. citizen in Fergus Falls on February 5, 1900. At the time of his trip, he gave his address in Fergus Falls as 715 Court Street.

      In the 1939/40 Fergus Falls city directory, he is a painter and lives at 715 Court Street. His telephone number is 1150R. Same in the 1941/42 Fergus Falls city directory.

      In the 1940 census, Fred, Olga, Edwin, and Harriette live at 715 Court Street. Fred and Edwin are decorators at a paint shop.

      His daughter Olga of 715 South Court was the informant for his death certificate. She had no idea who Fred’s parents were. Fred was a painter and paper hanger who died from pneumonia brought on by influenza.
    Person ID I1315  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 14 Dec 2015 

    Family Anna BYE,   b. 23 Oct 1869, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jan 1936, Otter Tail County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Marriage 3 Jan 1901  Otter Tail County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • First English Lutheran in Fergus Falls
    Children 
     1. Edwin Arnold TORVIK,   b. 14 Oct 1903, Otter Tail County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 May 1975, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     2. Olga M TORVIK,   b. 22 Jun 1907, Otter Tail County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Aug 1966, Otter Tail County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
    Family ID F920  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Sep 2015