Haakon BENSON

1850 - 1916  (66 years)

• Name	Haakon BENSON
  Birth	25 May 1850	Eidsvold, Akershus, Viken County, Norway
  	per confirmation record
  Gender	Male
  Confirmation	22 Oct 1865	Eidsvold, Akershus, Viken County, Norway
  Death	29 Sep 1916	Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  Burial	Layman’s Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  Notes	Born Haakon Berntsen in Gullverket in the eastern part of Eidsvoll, Norway, according to his father’s great-great-grandson who still lives on the home farm. In his confirmation record, his parents appear to be Bernt Karpen Halvorssen and Gurine Magdalene somebody. In the 1895 state census, he and his family lived at 3322 Longfellow, on the 2nd floor of a two-family residence in south Minneapolis. The household consisted of Heckon, 46, Lena, 51, Ole, 22, Bennie, 19, Fred, 17, Minnie, 18, and Harry, 12. Heckon and Ole were painters, Bennie was a caller for a railroad. They had been in the state for 10 years and in the local enumeration district for 9 years. In the 1900 census, indexed as A Benson, the census enumerator obviously had difficulty understanding what to write down for the family, who lived at 3127 18-1/2 Avenue in south Minneapolis. The household consisted of H, b. May 1850, a painter; Lena, b. Jun 1846; Ole, b. Dec 1872, also a painter; B.M., son, b. Sept 1875, a caller for the C M & SP railroad; M.J. a daughter, b. Mar 1877; F.C., a son, b. Dec 1878, a painter; and H.M., b. Aug 1883, a high school student. Everyone had been born in Norway. In the 1905 state census, the family lived at 2612 E 34th Street in south Minneapolis. The household consisted of Hokan, 54, Lenna, 60, and for some reason the rest of the family was not listed. Ensuing pages in the enumeration start off with different families. In the 1905 Minneapolis city directory, he is a painter and resides at 2612 E 24th Street. In the 1910 census he was a painter. He and his family lived at 3740 30th Avenue in south Minneapolis. He died at City Hospital, cause of death was a railroad accident. He was “run down” by a Soo Line passenger train on the evening of September 28th at the crossing at 8th Street and 17th Avenue. He was living with her daughter and her family at 3740 30th Avenue S. Both of his legs were crushed and had to be amputated.
  Person ID	I15768	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	24 May 2019

  
  

  Family	Lina Andrine Olsdatter,   b. 3 Jan 1844, Eidsvold, Akershus, Viken County, Norway d. 21 Oct 1913, Minnesota (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1875	Norway
  Children	1. Ole BENSON,   b. 17 Dec 1872, Eidsvold, Akershus, Viken County, Norway d. 7 Jul 1903, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 30 years)   2. Martin Bernhard (Benjamin) BENSON,   b. 17 Sep 1875, Norway d. 6 Jan 1960, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 84 years)   3. Gyda Magdalene (Minnie) BENSON,   b. 1877, Norway d. 20 Dec 1949, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 72 years)   4. Christian Fredrik (Fred) BENSON,   b. 1878, Norway d. 26 Apr 1964, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 86 years)   5. Magnus (Harry) BENSON,   b. 1885, Norway d. 19 Apr 1920, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 35 years)
  Family ID	F11598	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 May 2019