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Frederick Edward GUSTAD

Male 1911 - 1989  (78 years)

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  • Name Frederick Edward GUSTAD 
    Birth 18 Jan 1911  Cuyuna, Crow Wing County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    MN Death Cert Checked
    Minnesota Death Certificate 1989-MN-009572 
    Occupation Laborer In Building Trade 
    Social Security Number 469-09-5940 
    Death 22 Apr 1989  Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • St. Mary’s Hospital, Riverside Medical Center
    Burial Sunset Memorial Park, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Cremated
    Notes 
    • The 1927 Crosby-Ironton High School yearbook shows that Fred, then a junior, was one half of the “Kit-Kat Dutch Twins” in the play “My Spanish Sweetheart.”

      He played second base for the Crosby Ironton teams in American Legion Junior Baseball in the late 1920s. The 1926 team won the state championship.

      At the time of his mother’s WPS interview in June of 1937, he was a brake man at the Mahnomen mine.

      In the 1939-1940 Ironton city directory, he was a laborer in the Mahnomen Mine. He and Doris lived at 219 6th.

      In the 1940 census, he and Doris are shown as lodgers in the Charles Harkins home on Irene Avenue in the village of Ironton. Fred and Doris were both high school graduates. Fred worked in an iron ore mine.

      He registered for the draft on 16 Oct 1940 in Brainerd. He gave his address as Ironton but that had been changed, in pencil, as 1099 17th Ave. SE in Minneapolis.

      In the 1942-1943 Crosby city directory, he was still a laborer in the Mahnomen Mine. He and Doris lived at 131 SW 2nd.

      In the 1944 Minneapolis city directory, he was Fred E Gustad, a welder for Hart-Carter Co. He and Doris lived at 1099 17th Avenue SE.

      In the 1946 and 1948 Minneapolis city directories, he was Fred E Gustad was a carpenter. He and Doris lived at 1099 17th Avenue SE.

      In September of 1946, a St. Paul judge sentenced him to 10 days in the workhouse for drunk driving.

      In the 1952 and 1953 Minneapolis directories, he was still a carpenter. He and Doris lived at 1706 37th Ave N E.

      In the 1956 Minneapolis city directory, Fred was a foreman. He and Doris still lived at 1706 37th Avenue N E.

      In the 1957 directory, he was a superintendent.

      In the spring of 1962, he was the general construction superintendent for the construction of the Capp-Towers Motor Hotel on 13th and Nicollet in Minneapolis.

      His wife Doris A. was the informant for his death certificate. He was a construction superintendent for Robin Hood Construction. He died from a stroke (CVA). His usual residence was 1706 37th Avenue NE, Minneapolis.
    Person ID I137  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2024 

    Father Edvard GUSTAD,   b. 6 May 1866, Kvernes, Averøy, Møre og Romsdal, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Feb 1942, Crosby, Crow Wing County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Elise Marie JUNGE,   b. 24 Mar 1866, Bremsnes, Kvernes, Møre og Romsdal, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Oct 1944, Irondale, Crow Wing County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 27 Oct 1894  Aitkin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F87  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Doris Anastasia SMITH,   b. 25 Dec 1915, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Sep 2007, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years) 
    Marriage 29 May 1937  Crow Wing County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Baby Girl GUSTAD,   b. 20 Jan 1938, Crow Wing County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jan 1938, Crow Wing County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F98  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 May 2010 

  • Photos
    Ed Gustad's children at the 1967 Gustad/Everson reunion
    Agnes, 62; Fred, 56; Margaret, 69; and Eva, 60
    Ed Gustad children, with spouses, at August 1967 reunion
    Margaret, 69; Eva, 60; Fred, 56 (with Doris); and Agnes, 62 (with Fred)