Amelia (Amy) Leavica HEDBURG

1902 - 1945  (43 years)

• Name	Amelia (Amy) Leavica HEDBURG
  Birth	3 Apr 1902	Davenport, Scott County, Iowa
  Gender	Female
  MN Death Cert Checked	Y
  Minnesota Death Certificate	1945-MN-020492
  Death	14 Jun 1945	Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	Minneapolis General Hospital
  Burial	16 Jun 1945	Anoka County, Minnesota
  	Cora and Maurice attended funeral.
  Notes	Iowa Births and Christenings calls her Amelia Ludvico Hedburg. JoanErickson82 calls her Amelia Ludvievka Hedberg. Both of her parents were born in Sweden. In the 1920 census, she was living at home with her parents and siblings in Davenport, Iowa. She was a stenographer for a cigar company. She was an accomplished pianist and was frequently included in musical programs broadcast by WAMD in Minneapolis. On several occasions, she accompanied her husband, “Wm. Erickson, tenor.” Amelia L Hedburg is listed in the Davenport, Iowa, city directories from 1918 to 1924. She is listed in the 1926 Minneapolis city directory as Amelia Hedburg. At that time she was a stenographer for the E A Thayer Mortgage Company and she lived at 3227 Morgan Avenue North. In that same city directory, William D Erickson, tinner, lived at that same address. A FamilySearch Ancestral File shows her marrying William Erickson on 14 May 1925 in Hennepin County. This marriage is not in MOMS. What MOMS does have is Amelia Hedberg marrying John Kruse on June 1, 1925, in Hennepin County. A John Kruse was a prohibition enforcement officer in Minneapolis at this time. Called Amy L Kruse in William Richard’s birth record. According to the 1940 census, she had had two years of college. Her residence at death was 404 Monroe Street in Anoka. She died from a skull fracture and resulting cerebral hemorrhage due to a fall in her bathtub. Her obit in the Davenport Daily Times, 15 July 1945, said that she had moved to Minneapolis in 1923 and married William Erickson in 1925. There is no mention of anything related to Kruse.
  Person ID	I964	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	13 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	August HEDBURG,   b. Abt 1863, Sweden
  Mother	Amelia CARLSON,   b. 1 May 1866, Sweden d. 16 Jul 1965 (Age 99 years)
  Family ID	F8653	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	John KRUSE
  Marriage	1 Jun 1925	Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	According to MOMS; as John Kruse and Amelia Hedberg.
  Family ID	F14313	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Jul 2012

  
  

  Family 2	Daniel William (Bill) ERICKSON,   b. 21 Dec 1894, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 17 Jan 1972, Ramsey County, Minnesota (Age 77 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