Lester Geo TONSAGER

1909 - 1945  (35 years)

• Name	Lester Geo TONSAGER
  Birth	7 Oct 1909	Scott County, Minnesota
  Gender	Male
  MN Death Cert Checked	Y
  Minnesota Birth Certificate	1909-26409
  Minnesota Death Certificate	1945-MN-004645
  Occupation	Railroad Worker
  Death	5 Jun 1945	Goodhue County, Minnesota
  Burial	West Christiania Lutheran Cemetery, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota
  Notes	Middle name of Geo shown on his birth certificate. He is a farmer living in Lakeville at the time of Audrey’s birth. Living at 301 North Plum in Northfield in 1939. Shown as a laborer for the C M St. P and P Railroad. According to his death certificate, Lester was a railroad worker who lived at 300 North Plum in Northfield. He spent the last 4 months of his life at the Mineral Springs Sanitarium in Cannon Falls where he died from tuberculosis. His wife was Ruby, age 28. “NFD. 07-14/Jun/1945” (This indicates that his obituary was in the Northfield News’s June 7, 1945, and June 14, 1945, editions.)
  Person ID	I278	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2025

  
  

  Father	George P TONSAGER,   b. 30 Sep 1878, Minnesota d. 15 Sep 1972, Rice County, Minnesota (Age 93 years)
  Mother	Thea A ELLINGBOE,   b. 17 Jun 1878, Ås, Vestre Toten, Oppland, Norway d. 1 Feb 1954, Scott County, Minnesota (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	16 Nov 1904	East Christiania Lutheran Church, Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota
  Family ID	F197	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Alice Emma CHRISTENSEN,   b. 6 Jun 1915, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota d. 16 Aug 1933, Dakota County, Minnesota (Age 18 years)
  Marriage	19 Nov 1931	Dakota County, Minnesota
  Children	1. Robert Lester TONSAGER,   b. 3 Nov 1931, Dakota County, Minnesota d. 4 Sep 1954, Scott County, Minnesota (Age 22 years)   2. Audrey Joan TONSAGER,   b. 22 Jul 1933, Farmington, Dakota County, Minnesota d. 11 Jan 2006, Gaithersburg, Montgomery County, Maryland (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F205	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2010

  
  

  Family 2	Ruby Gladys FREDRICKSON,   b. 14 Jul 1916, Scott County, Minnesota d. 29 Aug 1953, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 37 years)
  Marriage	6 Aug 1937	Scott County, Minnesota
  	their marriage was noted in the 13 August 1937 edition of the Northfield News
  Children	1. Shirley Ann TONSAGER,   b. 12 May 1938, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota d. 14 Sep 2009, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 71 years)   2. Laverne Darrell TONSAGER,   b. 19 Jul 1940, Rice County, Minnesota d. 27 Oct 2017, Rice County, Minnesota (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F958	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2010