Daniel William (Bill) ERICKSON

1894 - 1972  (77 years)

• Name	Daniel William (Bill) ERICKSON
  Birth	21 Dec 1894	Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	The Minnesota Births and Christenings database in FamilySearch shows a birth date of 20 Dec 1894.
  Gender	Male
  MN Death Cert Checked	Y
  Minnesota Death Certificate	1972-MN-002268
  Occupation	Machinist
  Social Security Number	397-03-0897
  Wisconsin Death Certificate	X01021
  Death	17 Jan 1972	Ramsey County, Minnesota
  	date per Cora’s diary; Wisconsin death index did not show a place of death but it did agree that he was 77 years old
  Burial	19 Jan 1972	Oak Leaf Cemetery, Bethel, Anoka County, Minnesota
  	Lot 1, Blk 11, Sec 2; “Father”
  Notes	In the 1895 Minnesota state census, he is listed as Daniel W., 6 months old. He registered for the draft as William Daniel Erickson, born 21 Dec 1894 in Minneapolis. He was a machinist for Ford Motor Company of 5th Street and 5th Ave North in Mpls. He was married with a wife and mother who were dependent upon him. The date of the registration is not clear but it is probably June 5, 1917, because only “wife and mother” and not “mother and wife and son” are mentioned as dependent on him for support. William lived at 1409 East Lake Street. He was described as of medium height and build with brown eyes and light hair. He and Selma lived at 1408 Clinton Avenue when Vernal was born. He is identified on Vernal’s birth certificate as William Daniel, age 23, a mechanic. In the 1920 census, he is William D Erickson, living with wife Selma and son Vernal at 332 East 17th Street in a rented apartment not far from Lila Fortier (#252). (Mpls. ED 100, image 1 of 30). William is a machinist in a factory. A William D Erickson married a Margie B “Faltz” in Hennepin County on 26 Aug 1922. At the time of William Richard’s birth in November of 1926, Bill and Amy lived at 3227 Morgan Avenue North. Bill was a sheet metal worker for Economy Sheet Metal (his nephew Maurice Carlson’s business). The 1926 Minneapolis city directory shows him as Wm D Erickson, tinner, living at 3227 Morgan Ave N. That is the same address as Amelia Hedburg lived at in the same directory. In the 1927 Minneapolis directory, William D, tinner, still lives at 3227 Morgan Ave N and still works for Economy Sheet Metal Mfg Co. Amy Hedburg is not listed in that directory. He is not listed in the 1928 Minneapolis city directory. There is neither an Erick nor a William D in the 1928 Milwaukee city directory. In the 1929 Milwaukee city directory, he is William Erickson, laborer, wife “Aimee”, living at 88 Austin. In the 1930 census, Bill and Amy and family are renting a duplex at 88 Austin Street in Milwaukee. Bill is shown as “Erick D. Ericson”, is 34 years old, and is a machinist at a sandblast shop. He was 21 years old when he was first married so Amy is not his first wife. He was not a veteran. Amy L, his wife, is 28 years old and was 23 when first married so Bill is her first husband. Amy’s parents and Bill’s parents were born in Sweden. Bill was born in Minnesota and Amy in Iowa. Living with them is Bill’s son, Vernal, 12, whose mother was born in Minnesota, William R., 3 years and 6 months, and Jean L., 1 and 6 months. The two younger children had a mother born in Iowa. He is not listed in the 1931 or 1932 Milwaukee city directories. Bill and Amy and the kids visited Maurice and Cora on Minnehaha on July 9, 1937, their first appearance in her diaries. In the 1940 census, he and Amelia and their three children lived in Cudahy in Milwaukee County in a rented house, the same house in which they had lived in 1935. He was a machinist for a drop forge. Bill “stopped in” to see Maurice on January 1, 1941, so the family may have been living in Minneapolis by that time. He registered for the draft in 1942 as William Daniel Erickson of 404 Monroe Street, Anoka. He worked for Northern Pump in Columbia Heights. For the person who would always know his address, he gave his son John, then living at 5301 James Avenue N. He was described as having hazel eyes and gray hair, 5 feet 10.5 inches tall, 212 lbs. In September of 1945, when he was living in Anoka, he sued his former employer, Northwest Automatic Products, where he had been a machinist, for a little over $400 for back wages and tools that he said had been destroyed in a fire. (The Star, 18 Sep 1945, p. 4) Bill was still in the Twin Cities area at Christmas of 1946. Bill and Marj lived in Huntington Park, California, in January of 1953 when Cora and Maurice visited them. Living in Los Angeles at the time Erick died in 1957. Living in California when Bess died. Elaine sent the thank-you card to “404 E. San Antonio Drive, Long Beach.” “Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Erickson” signed Bess’s funeral guestbook. On a card on a floral tribute at Bess’s funeral was handwritten: “Heavenly blessings to a dear and loving sister. Brother Bill and Marjorie.” A William Erickson, b. 20 Dec 1894, died in New Richmond, Wisconsin (or at least that was his last residence), in January of 1972. His SS# had been issued in Wisconsin before 1951. The SS# for that William Erickson was 397-03-0897. Cora’s diary notes, for Monday, January 17, 1972, “Mayme called and said that Bill Erickson died this morning.” Although he died in Minnesota at Miller Hospital in St. Paul, and had a Minnesota death certificate, he also had a Wisconsin death certificate. His usual residence was in New Richmond, Wisconsin. His Minnesota death certificate said that Bill died from uremia. He had been a machinist for the Deutsch Company. He was married to Marjorie. The informant for his death certificate was Jean L Beebe, Rt 1, Box 416, New Richmond, Wisconsin. An Ancestral file record for Bill in FamilySearch shows a fourth wife: Mable Weiss. MOMS shows that a William D Erickson married a Mable Weise in Hennepin County on 23 Mar 1948. With that and the 1922 marriage to Margie B “Faltz”, it’s possible, probably likely, that Bill Erickson was married five times to four different women.
  Person ID	I32	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2018

  
  

  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 1	Selma LARSON,   b. Abt 1897, Minnesota d. Unknown
  Marriage	15 Apr 1916	Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	as William D Erickson and Selma Larson, St. Paul Lutheran
  Children	1. Vernal ERICKSON,   b. 26 Feb 1918, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 10 Sep 1952, Bethesda, Montgomery County, Maryland (Age 34 years)
  Family ID	F6125	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Amelia (Amy) Leavica HEDBURG,   b. 3 Apr 1902, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa d. 14 Jun 1945, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 43 years)
  Children	1. William Richard ERICKSON,   b. 21 Nov 1926, Minnesota d. 9 Oct 2009, Stuart, Martin County, Florida (Age 82 years)   2. Jean Lorraine ERICKSON,   b. 8 Oct 1928, Wisconsin d. 27 Aug 2001, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F23	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Jul 2012

  
  

  Family 3	Marjorie Belle FLATZ,   b. 2 Nov 1904, Rice County, Minnesota d. 4 Oct 1982, Los Angeles County, California (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	22 Dec 1951	Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	See notes about an earlier marriage. For this marriage, in MOMS, it’s William Daniel Erickson and Margorie Belle Lockway.
  Family ID	F709	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2013

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Bill Erickson, late teens Perhaps a graduation picture. The original is a long narrow mounted print, almost like a bookmark.
  		Bill Erickson, Vernal, and his first wife This is Bill and his first wife, Arlys or Arleen, and his oldest son Vernal. Probably taken at Vernal's baptism in late 1918 or early 1919. The original is a post card from the H. Mathieson studio in Duluth. On it Cora wrote, "Bill Erickson 1st family."
  		Bill Erickson, Steve Havier, and friend Bill is in the front. That appears to be Steve Havier on the left in the back (over Bill's right shoulder). The original is a post card, no studio shown. Cora wrote on the back, "friend Bill E. friend."
  		The Erickson children Taken in June of 1964 at Mayme's house in St. Paul. John is 64, Mayme is 63, Bill is 69, and Bess is 87.
  		Bill Erickson