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Caroline MUNSON

Caroline MUNSON

Female 1885 - 1945  (59 years)

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  • Name Caroline MUNSON 
    Birth Apr 1885  Vernon County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • April 1885 according to the 1900 census. 13 April 1886 according to her death certificate.
    Gender Female 
    MN Death Cert Checked
    Minnesota Death Certificate 1945-MN-005814 
    Death 19 Feb 1945  Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 22 Feb 1945  Oak Hill Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Caroline accompanied her father and brother Albert to California in advance of Susan and the rest of the children traveling out there to join them. In the 1900 census, Caroline, Albert and Tom were living in Butte Township, Siskiyou County. Caroline was in school.

      Clara, Caroline, and Dorothy visited Cora at her Minnehaha Avenue home on July 17, 1944.

      Services held at Richfield Baptist Church, 2:00 PM, on Thursday, February 22, 1945, Rev. Royal Bowser officiating. Funeral arrangements by Joe Billman House of Flowers.

      Her obituary said that her residence was 6605 1st Avenue South and that she was 58 years old. She was survived by her husband George, daughter Mrs. Mildred Pratt, sons Chester, Wilbur, and Richard, one sister and two brothers.

      According to her death certificate, she died of sudden complications of gall bladder disease and stone which led to “lumbar arrest.” This may mean cardiac arrest occurring during or as a result of spinal anesthesia.
    Person ID I166  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 27 Mar 2020 

    Father Thomas Monsen EIKUM (MUNSON),   b. 4 Sep 1850, Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Nov 1905, Siskiyou County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Mother Susanna Clausdatter (Susan) BOWE,   b. 18 Dec 1860, Hafslo, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Aug 1943, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 8 Mar 1880  Vernon County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F115  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family George HENDRICKSON,   b. 1 Jan 1886, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jun 1955, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 9 Mar 1910  Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • as George Hendrickson and Caroline Munson
    Children 
     1. Mildred Stella HENDRICKSON,   b. 9 Oct 1910, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Mar 2010, Ramsey County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 99 years)
     2. Chester Gerald HENDRICKSON,   b. 2 Jul 1913, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Dec 1995, Norwalk, Los Angeles, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     3. Wilbur George HENDRICKSON,   b. 25 Jan 1917, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Nov 1996, Burnsville, Dakota County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     4. George Richard HENDRICKSON,   b. 21 Feb 1928, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Sep 2011, Nye County, Nevada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    Photos
    Hendricksons, about 1915
    Hendricksons, about 1915
    Caroline would have been 29, George 30, Mildred 5, and Chester 2. The original is a postcard.
    Family ID F122  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 May 2010 

  • Photos
    Caroline Munson and George Hendrickson
    Caroline Munson and George Hendrickson
    When they were married in about 1908, George was about 23 and Caroline about 22.

    The original was mounted on on tan and grey matting board by Halmrast Studio, 1433 E. Franklin, Minneapolis. On the back Cora wrote in ballpoint pen "My Cousin" after an earlier notation, not written by Cora, written in fountain pen, "To. Auntie From George and Caroline." Thus, the original must have been given to Anna Bowe Anderson and Cora ended up with it after Anna died.
    Hendrickson outing, Summer, 1909
    Hendrickson outing, Summer, 1909
    A Hendrickson gathering. If that's Arthur to the right of Martha then this picture was taken in the summer of 1909. The leaning guy second from the right in the back is George Hendrickson. The woman on George's right is Caroline Ekum.

    On one version of the picture, which had been addressed to Claus Bowe in Viroqua, Martha Bowe Hendrickson had written in the margin, "This is at Wildwood above St. Paul. We are by our shanty where we cooked our coffee."  In the message part of the card, Martha had written: "Dear father, suppose you know us here  the girl next to Carolina is her cousin Christine Eckum. Charlie is by Mrs. Anderson  I am with Mr. Anderson just for fun   from your daughter"  (Spelling and punctuation are as written.)

    Christine Ekum, if she's Caroline's cousin, is most likely one of Mons Ekum's daughters. She may be the woman known as "Stina" who later - perhaps shortly after this picture was taken - married Peter Helgeson of Chippewa County.

    Cora's copy is also a postcard addressed to Cora Anderson, Viroqua Wis., Route 3, box 22. The following simple handwriting, all in pencil, has this message: "Dear Cora I do not know if I owe you or not I have forgotten but please write me soon your Aunite Martha." The postcard was postmarked from Minneapolis at Bloomington Station on October 9th (no year) at 3:30 PM with a green one-cent stamp.
    Caroline Munson Hendrickson, about 1908
    Caroline Munson Hendrickson, about 1908