John SELMO

1868 - 1962  (94 years)

• Name	John SELMO
  Birth	25 Jan 1868	Norway
  Gender	Male
  Minnesota Death Certificate	1962-MN-000801
  Occupation	Railroad section hand
  Death	22 Mar 1962	Beltrami County, Minnesota
  Notes	As John Johnsen Selmo, age 26, he arrived in the U.S. at New York on November 25, 1893, aboard the Thingvalla. His destination was Farmington, Minnesota. He had embarked from Christiania. A John Selmo was a servant on the Albert Sayers farm in Eureka Twp, Dakota County, in the 1900 census. That John Selmo is shown as born in March of 1865 in Norway and having come to the U.S. in 1894. In the 1905 state census, 37 year-old John Selmo was a farm laborer in Eureka Twp. He had been in Minnesota for 11 years and 10 months. John and Anna M. were living in Solway, Beltrami County, in the 1920 census. They had no children. John was a laborer on the railroad. Unemployed at the time of the 1930 census. In the 1940 census, the Selmos lived in Solway in Beltrami County in the same house in which they had lived five years earlier. John was unable to work so the family was apparently supported by Orlo. John had an 8th grade education, Anna had a 7th grade education. The situation is similar in the 1950 census. John Sr., age 82, is shown as doing chores around his home. John Orlo, 30, is still at home and employed as an auto mechanic at a garage.
  Person ID	I282	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	7 May 2022

  
  

  Family	Anna Maria ELLINGBOE,   b. 30 Nov 1880, Ås, Vestre Toten, Oppland, Norway d. 11 Apr 1964, Beltrami County, Minnesota (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	5 Apr 1916	Scott County, Minnesota
  	Christiania
  Children	1. Oscar Julian SELMO,   b. 9 Sep 1917, Beltrami County, Minnesota d. 12 Sep 1917, Beltrami County, Minnesota (Age 0 years)   2. Orlo John SELMO,   b. 2 Mar 1920, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 26 Nov 1989, Beltrami County, Minnesota (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F208	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Sep 2015