Erick Godfrey ERICKSON

1886 - 1957  (70 years)

• Name	Erick Godfrey ERICKSON
  Birth	18 Oct 1886	Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	Cora notes that she attended “Eric’s 70th” on October 18, 1956.
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	14 Nov 1886	Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	Bethlehem Lutheran, as Erik Gottfred
  MN Death Cert Checked	Y
  Minnesota Death Certificate	1957-MN-021052
  Occupation	Mason, bricklayer
  Social Security Number	468-16-4879 According To His Death Certificate
  Death	27 Jan 1957	University Hospital, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	Died at 2:00 PM according to Cora’s diary. His death certificate says 2:10 PM.
  Burial	29 Jan 1957	Oak Leaf Cemetery, Bethel, Anoka County, Minnesota
  	Lot 11, Blk 14, Sec 1
  Notes	In the 1910 census, Erick G., 23, and Ella L., 16, newly married (married 0 years), were living in a rented house in the village of Bethel in Anoka County. Ella is shown as having had zero children although she would have been pregnant with Bernice at the time. Erick’s occupation is shown as bricklayer. Registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, in Bethel as Eric Godfrey Ericson although he seemed to sign his name Erickson. He lived in Bethel and was employed as a brick layer by Eric Nord of Bethel. He was married and had a wife and two children. He also claimed that he had had previous military service (1 year and 9 months) as a Private in the Marines. He was described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and “flaxen” hair. Living in the village of Bethel, Anoka County, St. Francis Township at the time (Monday, February 2nd) of the 1920 census. In the 1930 census, he and his wife and two youngest children live in a multi-family residence at 300 South Broadway in Green Bay, Wisconsin. He is E G Ericson, a bricklayer. He was not a veteran. DHC remembers that Erick and Ella had a restaurant or tavern, probably run mainly by Ella. They made great hamburgers and also had slot machines (”old fashioned but working”) in their restaurant. DHC said that Ella was a big woman and that “nobody fooled with her.” Lived in Lake George, Minnesota in 1940. In the 1940 census, Eric Erickson, 53, his wife Ella, 46, Hartley Thompson, 24, son-in-law, Helen Thompson, 20, daughter, and Beverly Thompson, a few months, granddaughter, live in Oak Grove Twp in Anoka County. Eric runs a “beer tavern.” Hartley is a lineman for a rural electric company. All were born in Minnesota. Eric and Ella had a fifth-grade education, Hartley eighth-grade, and Helen two years of high school. According to Cora’s diary, Erick and Ella moved to Corvallis, Oregon, in early 1944 to live near or with Ella’s parents. (Ella’s mother died at the Erickson home in Corvallis in 1947 according to Melissa’s obit.) In the 1951 Corvallis, Oregon, city directory, he (as Eric G) and “Ellen E” live at 1925 E Grant, RD#4. He is a bricklayer. In the 1953 Corvallis directory, he and Ella are still at 1925 E Grant. Erick G Erickson is a brick mason. That’s the address that Cora had in her travel diary from about that same time. In the 1955 Corvallis directory, Erick G and Ella L Erickson still live at 1925 E Grant. Erick is a bricklayer. He is not listed in the 1956 Corvallis city directory. Erick and Ella may have still lived in Corvallis, and/or they may have returned to Minnesota, in the fall of 1955. The entry in Cora’s diary for November 5, 1955, suggests that Erick and Ella had “just got to Minn.” Living in Bethel at the time of his death. According to his great-niece Vivian, Erick died by falling into a fire while ice fishing and burning and/or drowning. From Cora’s diary, he was burned on December 31, 1956, and, apparently, died four weeks later. This is confirmed in his death certificate. He had a heart attack or stroke while ice fishing on a lake in Onamia (perhaps Lake Mille Lacs). He then fell against the stove in the fish house and his clothing ignited. He died from infection resulting from the 40% 3rd degree burns. His body was not autopsied. His funeral service was at 11 AM at the Albinson-Peterson funeral home, 1838 Central Avenue. Death Certificate: ERICKSON, ERICK G. CertID# 1957-MN-021052     Date of Birth: 10/18/1896 {Birth year is off by 10 years}  Place of Birth: MINNESOTA  Mother Maiden Name: JOHNSON    Date of Death: 01/27/1957  County of Death: HENNEPIN
  Person ID	I31	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2022

  
  

  Father	Daniel ERICKSON,   b. 17 Aug 1854, Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden d. 13 Feb 1910, St. Francis, Anoka County, Minnesota (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Brita (Betsy) JONSDOTTER (JOHNSON),   b. 25 Mar 1857, Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden d. 31 May 1921, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	28 Nov 1875	Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden
  Family ID	F21	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ella Lorraine HUGHES,   b. 31 Mar 1894, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 4 Apr 1964, Isanti County, Minnesota (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	14 Oct 1909	Anoka County, Minnesota
  	or Oct 15; Minnesota County Marriages database in FamilySearch has both dates
  Children	1. Bernice Evelyn ERICKSON,   b. 15 Oct 1910, Anoka County, Minnesota d. 20 Apr 1972, The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon (Age 61 years)   2. Durward Dean ERICSON, Sr,   b. 29 May 1916, Isanti County, Minnesota d. 10 Nov 1971, Bradenton, Manatee County, Florida (Age 55 years)   3. Helen Vivian ERICKSON,   b. 14 Feb 1920, Anoka County, Minnesota d. 10 Oct 1994, Malheur County, Oregon (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F22	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 May 2011

  
  

• Photos		Erick Erickson, sailor Probably taken in the first decade of the 20th century. Erick must have joined the Navy or Coast Guard or merchant marine somewhere around that time, before he got married in 1910.
  		Erick Erickson