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Martin John KLEFSTAD

Male 1885 - 1962  (77 years)


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  • Name Martin John KLEFSTAD 
    Birth 6 Mar 1885  Norway Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Minnesota Death Certificate 1962-MN-016600 
    Occupation Plasterer, Poultry Farmer 
    Death 17 Sep 1962  Rice County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Northfield City Cemetery, Rice County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Emigrated 1901

      Martin, Hattie, and Ruth were living at 2900 Lyndale Avenue in Minneapolis at the time of the 1910 census. Martin was a teamster. In that census, he claimed to have emigrated in 1906 and Hattie in 1882.

      Registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Hopkins, Minnesota. At that time, he lived at Richfield Station, Route 3, Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was a plasterer for George Suffern of 3805 Park Avenue South in Minneapolis. Martin is described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and light hair.

      In the 1920 census (as Klefstead), the family was living at 5852 2nd Avenue South in Richfield. Martin was a plastering contractor.

      Martin and Hattie were farming in Lakeville at the time of the 1930 census.
    Person ID I972  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 19 Jan 2010 

    Mother HOSTAD   d. Unknown Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F800  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hattie NICHOLS,   b. 13 Oct 1880, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jul 1959, Rice County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 27 Mar 1909  Olmsted County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • M567 (B06109AA.A9G), date according to MOMS. May be 1907.
    Children 
     1. Ruth KLEFSTAD,   b. 18 Nov 1907, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Nov 1998, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
     2. Margaret Oline KLEFSTAD,   b. 25 Aug 1912, Chinook, Blaine County, Montana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 May 2003, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
     3. Helen Louise KLEFSTAD,   b. 10 May 1921, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Feb 2010, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    Family ID F716  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Jan 2010