Mads Elias Gustav KARLSEN

1888 - 1963  (74 years)

• Name	Mads Elias Gustav KARLSEN
  Birth	24 Dec 1888	Ulfø, Tysfjord, Nordland, Norway
  	Tysfjord or Moldjord; 24 Dec 1888 is the date in his confirmation record in the church book - some sources say 14 Nov 1889
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	30 May 1889	Nordland, Norway
  Confirmation	28 Jun 1903	Beieren, Nordland, Norway
  Death	13 Jan 1963	Toole County, Montana
  Burial	Lakeview Cemetery, Valier, Pondera County, Montana
  Notes	Presumably named after his father’s foster father. MyHeritage’s Norway Church Records has a Mads Elias born 30 Jan 1888, bapt 30 Jan 1888, in Ulvø to Johan Karlsen, b. 1855, and Anne Olsdatter, b. 1859. This was for an older brother who died before the 2nd Mads Elias was born in December. In the 1891 census, he is the Mads Elias Gustav Karlsen born in 1888 in Tysfjorden and living in Tysfjords. His father is a school teacher and gbr. In a border crossing at Sweet Grass on 22 Dec 1916, he was Mads Carlson, 28, born in Bodo, Norway. His father, John, lives in or lived in Moldgjord, Norway. His destination is Shelby, Montana, where he will meet his sister Mrs. Martha Dawson. He arrived in New York on the Laurentic in April of 1912. He lived in Clinton, Minnesota, between 1912 and November of 1916. His last address in Canada was Warner, Alberta. In the 1920 census, he is Mads Carlson, 32, a single man living in a logging camp in Dover Precinct, Bonner County, Idaho. His occupation is teamster. He came to the U.S. in 1911 and was naturalized as a citizen in 1918. His marriage license, for Mads Carlson, says he was 36 years old and was born in Tysfjord, Norway, to John L Carlson and Annie Olson. In the 1940 census, he was a lodger on a farm in Pondera County, Montana. He was 42, divorced, and had been born in Norway. Funeral services for Matt Karlson, 72, of Shelby, were held from the Valier Lutheran Church on Thursday, followed by burial in the Valier Cemetery. Mr. Karlson is survived by sons, Vernon Carlson of Ledger & John Carlson of Long Beach; daughters, Mrs. Joe Hittman, Fairfield; Mrs. George Blessinger, San Diego & Mrs. Monte Perry, Elk River, Idaho; sisters, Mrs. Joe Zagotta, Shelby and Mrs. Herb LaPage, Vernon, Calif. and a brother, Ulrik Karlsen, in Norway. We express our sincere sympathy to Vernon and Catherine Carlson, who've had so much sorrow in the past two months. A different obit was in the Great Falls Tribune on 17 Jan 1963. It called him Mads Elias (Matt) Karlsen. He died of a heart attack at the age of 72 and was born in Norway on 24 Nov 1890. It listed his sisters as Mrs. Joe Zagotta of Shelby and Mrs. Herb LaPage of Vernon, California, and a brother Ulrik Karlsen in Norway. His border crossing card (Canada to U.S., Sweet Grass, Montana, 22 Dec 1917) said that he had a sister Mrs. Magnuld Orves in Shelby, Montana. Mads had arrived on the Laurentic in April of 1911. His last address in Canada had been in Magrath, Alberta. He was a farm laborer. Some better sources say that he was born 24 Dec 1888. The locations are Tysfjord and Moldjord. His death certificate, for which the informant was his son Vern, called him Mads E. Carlson. Mads’s usual residence, and where he died, was the Depot Hotel in Shelby. He had heart problems and had died of coronary thrombosis.
  Person ID	I29487	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	18 Jul 2023

  
  

  Father	Johan Lauritz KARLSEN,   b. 19 Mar 1855, Bodø, Nordland, Norway
  Mother	Anne Antonethe Nomaren Olsdatter,   b. 22 Dec 1858, Lødingen parish, Tysfjord local parish, Nordland, Norway
  Family ID	F20517	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mildred A NIELSEN,   b. 21 Apr 1906, Nebraska d. 10 Nov 1993, Missoula, Missoula County, Montana (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	12 Jan 1925	Cascade County, Montana
  	Great Falls; his sister Olga Haav was one of the witnesses
  Divorce	Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Joyce Adelia CARLSON,   b. 15 Nov 1925, Montana d. 7 Jun 1972 (Age 46 years)   2. John Lawrence CARLSON,   b. 7 Dec 1926, Valier, Pondera County, Montana d. 29 Jun 2009, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (Age 82 years)   3. Vernon Andrew CARLSON,   b. 10 Feb 1928, Valier, Pondera County, Montana d. 20 Jun 1973, Spokane, Spokane County, Washington (Age 45 years)   4. Vera Irene CARLSON,   b. 13 Sep 1929, Valier, Pondera County, Montana d. 16 Sep 1998, Cottonwood, Idaho County, Idaho (Age 69 years)   5. Phyllis Annette CARLSON,   b. 22 Nov 1930, Pondera County, Montana d. 11 Dec 2010, Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F20490	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2019