Christoffer PEDERSON

1872 - 1936  (63 years)

• Name	Christoffer PEDERSON
  Birth	17 Nov 1872	Norway
  Gender	Male
  MN Death Cert Checked	Y
  Minnesota Death Certificate	1936-MN-022647
  Death	14 Jul 1936	Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	he died at General Hospital
  Burial	Hillside Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  Notes	In the 1900 census, as Christ Peterson, he and his family live at 525 19th Avenue in Minneapolis. He was a teamster. The household consisted of Christ, b. Nov 1871, Nellie, b. Jan 1880, Harold, b. Oct 1898, and Parnell, “daughter”, b. April 1900. Christ had come to this country in 1882. He was one of the charter members of Trønderlag of America in 1908. This was (and still is) the bygdelag for emigrants and their descendants from the Trøndelag region of Norway. In the 1910 census, he and his family and his wife’s two siblings live at 2311 32nd Street in Minneapolis. He came to the U.S. in 1888. His occupation is lodge organizer. A Trønderlag source says that he was an organizer for the Sons of Norway. In the 1920 census, the Christoffer Pederson family is living in Fargo, North Dakota, where he is a grocery merchant. He came to the U.S. in 1878. In the 1930 census, he and Nellie and Norman are back in Minneapolis at 510 East Franklin in a house that they are renting. Christoffer is the proprietor of a grocery store. Nellie is his saleslady. Norman has no occupation. General Hospital was the informant for the information on his death certificate. He was married, his wife was Nellie. Christoffer died of heat stroke. He had worked up to the day before he died. He had been a grocer for 7 years and had been in Minneapolis for 50 years. His residence was 510 East Franklin. Christoffer’s parents were Peter Ydstie and Gurane somebody.
  Person ID	I13822	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	20 May 2010

  
  

  Family	Nellie T FLATEN,   b. Jan 1880, Minnesota
  Marriage	7 Jul 1898	Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	#00770467
  Children	1. Harold Tonnes PEDERSON,   b. 31 Oct 1899, Minnesota d. 3 Dec 1959, Los Angeles County, California (Age 60 years)   2. Arne PEDERSON,   b. 4 Apr 1900, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 5 Apr 1937, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 37 years)   3. Helen A PEDERSON,   b. 4 Aug 1901, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 12 Sep 1973, Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington (Age 72 years)   4. Norman Rudolph PEDERSON,   b. 11 May 1915, North Dakota d. 23 Jun 1964 (Age 49 years)
  Family ID	F9601	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 May 2010