Erik Jansen ANKER

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Priest

Notes:

He is I2969 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes:

Erich var sønn av den rike kjøpmannen Johannes Ancher i Bragenes og enken Marie Sæd som var toppen i Bragenessosieteten. Han hadde to brødre. Erichs bestefar kom fra en svensk adelsslekt til Christiania men fikk ikke godkjent adelsskapet i Danmark/Norge av Fredrik V. Ancherslekten ble etter hvert den rikeste på Østlandet. Erichs to brødre Nils og Peter var flinke forretningsmenn. Det var Nils som fikk skaffet Erich et embete som kapellan i Vang, etter at Erich hadde festet fra seg alle muligheter til en rask geistlig karriere. Han kom til Vang i 1761 og forlovet seg snart med sogneprest Castbergs datter Elisabeth. Men da den unge nye prestefruen Dorothea kom til gården, utviklet det seg et forhold mellom dem. Da Castberg døde ble Dorothea boende i prestegården, sel v om det ble forlangt at hun skulle flytte til enkesetet Kvam. På en messe på Fillefjell i 1770, hvor Dorothea ble med presten, hevet Elisabeth forlovelsen og dro til vergen sin, prosten Leanger i Aremark. Der døde hun etter sigende av kjærlighetssorg, eller var det skam? Erich og Dorothea giftet seg fortsatt ikke. Det sies at Dorothea ville ha et bedre gifte, det var mange skandaler omkring dette. Presteskapet ville ha slutt på synden på prestegården i Vang. Erich ble derfor suspendert flere ganger. For å sikre seg, leide Dorothea sørre Tune av Ola T Ellingbø. I 1773 ble Dorothea gravid. Hun ville ha et stort bryllup med familiene for å forsone dem og ventet derfor til etter fødselen med bryllupet. Dette førte til at Erich ble fradømt embetet. Hele bygden sørget. I 1777 dro han til København sammen med drengen Øyvind for å få benå dning. Det fikk han tilslutt, men døde like etterpå. Ryktene ville ha det til at Øyvind hadde drept ham etter ordre fra Madamen, men han døde en naturlig død i København i 1777. Da kjøpte Madam Ancher gården ved hjelp av svogeren Niels Anker og gjorden den til gjestgivergård. Lensmann Edsvold forsøkte å få gejstgiver bev. Men Madam Anker fikk beholde den. Hun skrev etterhvert navnet med K. Han og Dorothea hadde også sønnen Jan (Johan) (1773-1846) som giftet seg med Anna Sebilla Theresia Brouwer. De flyttet til Amsterdam og kalte seg Bouwer- Ancher. De ble meget velstående og deres etterkommere har emigrert til New Jersey i USA.

Mate Translate provides this translation of the above:
Erich was the son of the rich merchant Johannes Ancher in Bragenes and the widow Marie Sæd who was the top of the Bragenessietiet. He had two brothers. Erich's grandfather came from a Swedish nobility to Christiania but did not approve of the nobility in Denmark / Norway by Fredrik V. The anchoring family eventually became the richest in Eastern Norway. Erich's two brothers Nils and Peter were good businessmen. It was Nils who got Erich an office as the chapel in Vang, after Erich had dismissed all the opportunities for a quick clerical career. He came to Vang in 1761 and soon became engaged to vicar Castberg's daughter Elisabeth. But when the young new priestly wife Dorothea came to the farm, a relationship developed between them. When Castberg died, Dorothea stayed in the vicarage, if she was required to move to the Kvam widow. At a fair at Fillefjell in 1770, where Dorothea joined the priest, Elisabeth raised her engagement and went to her guardian, the leader Leanger in Aremark. There she died after Saying of love caring, or was it shameful? Erich and Dorothea were still not married. It is said that Dorothea wanted a better married, there were many scandals about this. The priesthood would have ended the sin of the Vang's priesthood. Erich was therefore suspended several times. To secure, Dorothea rented Tune south of Ola T Ellingbø. In 1773 Dorothea became pregnant. She wanted a large wedding with the families to reconcile them and therefore waited until after the birth of the wedding. This led Erich to be deported. The whole village made sure. In 1777 he went to Copenhagen along with the boy Øyvind to get a pardon. He finally got it, but died soon after. Rumor had it that Øyvind had killed him on orders from Madame, but he died a natural death in Copenhagen in 1777. Then Madam Ancher bought the farm with the help of his brother-in-law Niels Anker and made it a guesthouse. Lensmann Edsvold tried to get the clergyman saved, but Madam Anker had to keep it. She eventually wrote the name with K. Han and Dorothea also had his son Jan (Johan) (1773-1846) who married Anna Sebilla Theresia Brouwer. They moved to Amsterdam and called themselves Bouwer-Ancher. They became very wealthy and their descendants emigrated to New Jersey in the United States.

Erik married Mette Dorothea GEELMYNDEN on 1 Jul 1773. Mette was born on 27 Aug 1748 in Leikanger, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died on 29 Jan 1818. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She had seven children with Bøye Ovesen.

Birth:
Prestegården 32/1

Died:
Stele 21/1 Nerre

Family/Spouse: Bøye Ovesson WANGENSTEEN. Bøye (son of Ove Bøyesson WANGENSTEEN and Gjartrud Trondsdotter (KATTEVØL) KVAM) was born in 1757 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 15 Jun 1832 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

I1415 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes for her say that she had been baptized as Jertinde Marie but came to be called Tina.

Birth:
Prestegården 32/1

Died:
Berge 22/A

Gerhardine married Ove Bøyesen WANGENSTEEN in 1798. Ove (son of Bøye Ovesson WANGENSTEEN and Ann Jonsdatter KATTEVØL) was born in 1780 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 24 Dec 1859 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Stele 21/1 Nerre

Died:
Kattevold 44/1 Nigarden

Family/Spouse: Trond Jonsen KATTEVOLD. Trond (son of Jon Trondsen KATTEVOLD and Ragndi Vilhjølmsdatter BAGGETUN) was born in 1793 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 5 Jan 1855 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Stele 21/1 Nerre

Gjartrud married Helge Helgesen LEINE in 1822. Helge (son of Helge Olsson LEINE and Berte Olsdatter EDSVOLD) was born in 1801 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 24 Jul 1872 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The bygdebok calls her Maren Ovesdotter Berge.

dwfrench1 calls her Anne Ovesdatter Wangensteen Steile

Anna married Vilhjølm Vilhelmson BAGGETHUN in 1816 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Vilhjølm (son of Vilhjølm Vilhjølmsen BAGGETUN and Maren Ovesdatter STEILE) was born in 1794 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1878 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jim calls him Bøye Ovesen Wangensteen in his VS, in which this person is I1995.

Vang A, p. 403.

Birth:
Berge 22/A

Died:
Stele 21/1 Nerre

Böye married Marte Christophersdatter LEIROL in 1823. Marte (daughter of Kristoffer Olsen LEROHL and Berte Torsteinsdatter BØE) was born in 1806 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 23 Aug 1830 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Berit Olsdotter QVAM KVÅLE. Berit was born in 1815; died in 1843. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 27 Apr 1817, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Baptism:
Vang stavkirke

Ove married Dorte Nilsdatter STELE WANGENSTEEN in 1834. Dorte (daughter of Nils Larsson STELE WANGENSTEEN and Ingeleiv Endresdatter GÅSEDELEN) was born in 1810 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1898 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 12 Jan 1851, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Jim notes that Maren was Thomas’s student for seven years before they married.

In the 1930 census, she was a 78 year-old widow and lived at about 50th and Garfield in Minneapolis in a house worth $7000. Living with her were her unmarried daughters Marie L, 48, and Clara, 42.

Maren married Thomas Torsteinson LAJORD on 26 Jun 1869 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Thomas (son of Torstein Torsteinsen LAJORD and Ingebjørg Thomasdatter NETRØST) was born on 26 Feb 1842 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 7 Jul 1906 in Washington, D.C.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Leine 56/1 Sørre

Family/Spouse: Trond Endresen KATTEVOLD. Trond (son of Endre Trondsen KATTEVOLD and Ragndi Andrisdatter BERGE) was born in 1822 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1891 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anne Thomasdatter BØE. Anne (daughter of Thomas Jonsen LEIROL and Ingeborg Nilsdatter WANGENSTEEN) was born on 8 Sep 1826 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 15 Feb 1898 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is named in the church book birth record as the father of Ove O Ellingboe (#3231). However, that is quite unlikely due to the lack of corresponding matches in modern DNA testing results.

Ove Vilhelmson later married and moved his family to America in 1849.

The 1849 date is confirmed by the Digitalarkivet: Migrants from Valdres 1816-67 database. The 30 year-old Ove Vilhelmsen of Bagethun farm in Vang, Valdres, left for America in April of 1849. The notes for the entry say “Amerika - Tilladelse Ifølge Resl Af 6 Febr D. A.” Accompanying him were his wife, Anne Andersdatter, 27, and their two daughters, Anne Ovesdatter, 5, and Berith Ovesdatter, 1 and 1 months. In the church book’s emigration record, Ove and Anne and family left Vang on April 4, 1849.

Probably he is the “Oval Williamson” farming in Muskego, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, in the 1850 census (September 18th). The farm is worth $600. The family consists of Oval Williamson, 43, his wife Ann, 30, and their daughters Ann, 6, and Betsey, 3. They were all born in Norway and the girls had not begun school yet.

In the 1860 census (July 3rd), the family had moved to the town of Scandinavia in Waupaca County, Wisconsin. The family consisted of Over Williamsen, 40, Ann, 40, Ann, 16, Betsey, 12, William, 10, Andrew, 7, Dena, 5, Boga, 2, and Over, 1. The census form notes that the four oldest children attended school and that the children from William on were born in this country. The value of the family’s real estate was $1000 and the value of their personal property was $300.

In the 1870 census (August 9th), the family was still living in Scandinavia, Waupaca County. The family consisted of Ova Williamson, 51, Anna, 50, Anna, 24, Andrew, 17, daughter Dina, 14, son Boie, 12, Edward, 10, and Antone, 8. The real estate is worth $1400 and the family’s personal property is worth $550. Couldn’t find William in the 1870 census.

In the 1880 census (June 21st), the family is still in Scandinavia Township. The household consists of Ove Wilhelmson, 61, Anne, 50, Dinah, 24, and G. Anton, 17. Dinah is noted as being disabled by “female complaints.”

In the 1895 state census (June 20th) the O. Williams household had 4 people: 3 males and one female; 1 foreign born in Scandinavia, 3 born in the U.S. This suggests that his wife wasn’t in the household.

The 1895 biography of his son Buck says this about Ove:

Ove Williamson, was born in Norway, January 20, 1819, was educated in the schools of his native land, and the days of his boyhood and youth were passed upon the farm. His marriage to Miss Annie Kjos took place in Norway in 1844, and five years later, in 1849, he crossed the Atlantic in a sailing vessel to the New World, where he hoped to secure a home and competence. He first located in Muskegon, where he worked as common laborer some three years, coming thence to Waupaca county in 1853. He was one of the first settlers, and is now the second oldest living resident in Scandinavia township. The hardships and trials of pioneer life are familiar to him, and the history of that county is known to him from the days when it was almost unbroken wilderness, inhabited mostly by Indians. He has borne an important part in the work of development, transforming the land from its uncultivated condition into rich and valuable farms. Here he purchased 160 acres of wild land, on which not a furrow had been turned or an improvement made, and successfully continued its cultivation until 1884, when enfeebled health caused him to lay aside business cares, and he is now living a retired life. He worked for many years on the river, rafting logs, and his career has been that of an industrious and energetic man, bringing to him a well-merited competence. He is a stanch Republican in politics and has served in several local offices with credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents. He filled the office of assessor for twelve years and has also been township treasurer. He and his family are members of the Lutheran Church, Mrs. Williamson, who was born in Norway September 29, 1820, is also yet living. Their children were: Annie, now the wife of August Larson, a resident of Wausau; William, who is living in La Crosse, Wis; Andrew, the efficient sheriff of Waupaca county; Berit, deceased; Denah; Boie, subject of this sketch, Edward Ove, of Waupaca; Anton G., a farmer of Scandinavia township; and Lewis B., deceased.

He died and was buried as O Williams.

The 1889 plat map of Scandinavia Twp, and the 1912 land ownership map shows a 120 acre parcel owned by “Ove Williamson.” The farm was probably being run by Anton and Dena in 1912. The parcel is defined as the eastern half of the northeast quarter of Section 18 and the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 18. Today, this parcel is about three miles west of the village of Scandinavia and about 4 miles northeast of Amherst. The parcel is nearly bisected by County Road B and its western boundary is, in part, Gilman Road. The Tomorrow River State Trail (on the old Green Bay and Western railroad right-of-way) is just south of the parcel. The portion of the parcel north of County Road B is now forest. The current location of the farmhouse (on the south side of County Road B, about 750 feet east of Gilman Road) appears to be where it was in 1912.

The Wisconsin Land Patent Database shows three parcels for Ove in Section 18:

1) 40 acres in 23N, 11E, granted to Ove Wilhelmsen through the Stevens Point land office on 15 Dec 1855.
2) 40 acres in 23N, 11E, granted to Ove Wilhelmsen through the Stevens Point land office on 1 Sep 1856.
3) 40 acres in 23N, 11E, granted to Ove Williamson through the Wausau land office on 20 Mar 1875.

Buried:
A 18 142

Ove married Anne Andersdatter KJØS in 1845 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Anne (daughter of Anders Ericksen KJØS and Berith Gudmundsdatter REMME) was born on 24 Oct 1820 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1898 in Waupaca County, Wisconsin; was buried in Scandinavia Lutheran Cemetery, Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Born on Bagetun 35.

The bygdebok says that she came to the U.S. 1849. Couldn’t find her in the church book’s emigration record.

She may be the Mary Williamson, servant, living with the Nels Nelson family in Amherst Twp, Portage County, Wisconsin, in the 1860 census. She was shown as age 36. Couldn’t find her in later censuses.

Family/Spouse: Endre Anderssen ELLINGBØE. Endre (son of Andris Eivinsson ELLINGBØ and Dordi Endresdatter HOLIEN) was born on 18 Aug 1822 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 20 Jul 1907 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Born on Bagetun 35. Came to the U.S. in 1849, probably with his brother Ove. Died in the U.S.

He is William Williamson, farm laborer, living with his young family in Amherst Twp, Portage County, Wisconsin, in the 1860 census.

He is the William Williamson, farm laborer, living in Amherst, Portage County, Wisconsin, not far from Buck Williamson in the 1870 census.

Only Mattie and Severt are still living at home with Anne and him in the 1880 census although also living with them is a four-year-old grandson named Frank H. O’Donald whose father was born in Ireland. Presumably little Frank’s mother is either Anne the younger or Mary.

Family/Spouse: Anne Knutsdatter SKJELHAUGEN. Anne was born about 1822; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anne Sÿvertsdatter. Anne was born in Feb 1832 in Norway; died before 1920 in Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Born on Bagetun 35.

The bygdebok (Vang A, p. 612) says that she went to Gjøvik but first had a son Ola in 1845 with Ola Andersson Dalåker,

Family/Spouse: Ole Andersen 1 DALÅKER. Ole (son of Andris Olsen KVAM and Ingeborg Olsdatter DALÅKER) was born on 26 Jul 1821 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 7 Nov 1830, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Born on Bagetun 35.

Emigrated to the U. S. 29 March 1852.

He was Buck Williamson, age 38, saloon keeper, living with his wife and daughter in Amherst Twp, Portage County, in the 1860 census.

He was Buck Williamson, age 35, saloon keeper, living in Amherst, Portage County, Wisconsin, not far from William Williamson in the 1870 census.

Baptism:
Vang kirke

Died:
“at the age of 41 years, 4 months”

Family/Spouse: Matthea Nielsdatter (Matilda). Matthea (daughter of Niels Olsen and Lisbeth Ingebretsdatter) was born on 12 Jun 1832 in Gausdal, Oppland, Norway; died on 16 Feb 1901 in Portage County, Wisconsin; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Amherst, Portage County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gjartrud married Bøye Øysteinsson BØA-ØYDGARDEN in 1879. Bøye was born in 1833; died in 1888. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Born on Bagetun 35.

Family/Spouse: Even Knudsen HEEN. Even (son of Knud Evensen HEEN and Sigri Gulbrandsdatter UVDAL) was born on 14 Jun 1824 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Stele 21/1 Nerre

Died:
Kvåle in Vang

Berte married Ola Andrisson KATTEVOLDVang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ola (son of Andris Olsen KATTEVOLD and Margrete Kristoffersdatter KVÅLE) was born on 19 Dec 1824 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 24 Apr 1878 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang A, p. 404.

Family/Spouse: Anne Kristoffersdatter KVAM. Anne (daughter of Kristoffer Tosteinson HAGASTRØND and Berit Gulliksdatter BERGE) was born on 22 Sep 1844 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1932. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Erich married Ingeborg ODEGAARD in 1869 in Iowa. Ingeborg died in 1882 in Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Carrie married Clarence Norman BRUNSDALE in 1925 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Clarence was born in 1891 in North Dakota; died in 1978 in North Dakota; was buried in Mayville Cemetery, Mayville, Traill County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Dalby Database says that he was a son of Thomas and Maren. That may be incorrect and he may, instead, be a son of Thomas’s brother Torstein.

Buried:
The Dalby Database calls this a probably burial.

Notes:

She and Tosten had no children.

Birth:
Hamre 60/1 Uppigarden

Family/Spouse: Tosten Olson HAUGEN. Tosten (son of Ola Olsen Grihamar HAUGEN and Ingeleiv Knutsdatter GÅSEDELEN) was born on 4 Mar 1880 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Jan 1963 in Ward County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Even Evensen OSTREM. Even (son of Even Evensen OSTREM and Marit Olsdatter LIEN) was born on 13 Aug 1854 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 23 Sep 1918 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of her death, she lived at 3921 Elliot Avenue in south Minneapolis. She had been a resident of Minneapolis for 33 years.

Surviving in this country are four daughters: Marie and Bertha, Minneapolis; Hulda, Walla Walla, Washington; and Mrs. J. A. Vaagen (Anna) of Silver Springs, Maryland. She was also survived by two sons: Theo of Minneapolis and the Rev. A. H. G. Gjevre of Rosholt, South Dakota. She was also survived by a sister, Mrs. Karen Boe of Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Berit married Anders Haldorsen GJEVRE about 1890. Anders (son of Halldor Olsen LØKREIM and Marit Gundersdatter GIVRE) was born on 9 Jun 1852 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 29 Apr 1930 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 13 Mar 1853, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Baptism:
Vang church

Ingebjørg married Bøye Bøyesen KATTEVOLD in 1874. Bøye (son of Bøye Trondsen KATTEVOLD and Ingeborg Bjornsdatter HAUGEN) was born on 3 Nov 1849 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1936. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 29 Oct 1844, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Shown in the Vang 1835-1892 birth record as illegitimate.

Widowed and living with her five living children at 132 6th Avenue North in Wausau in the 1900 census. Shown as having had 9 children, 5 still living.

Called Anna Katherine Larson in her son Odin’s marriage record.

Listed in the 1905 state census as living with her son Odin and his wife and infant son in the 9th ward of Wausau.

Anne married August LARSON on 18 Mar 1872 in Scandinavia Lutheran Church, Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin. August was born about 1839 in Sweden; died before 1900. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 11 Oct 1846, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Born on Bagetun 35.

She is shown as legitimate in her birth record.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 25 Dec 1847, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She is shown as legitimate in her birth record.

Her cemetery record says that her age at death was 15 years, 1 month, 26 days.

Buried:
A 18 142

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Blacksmith

Notes:

A 19 year-old William O. Williams was working in a blacksmith shop in the town of Dayton, Waupaca County, in the 1870 census (June).

In the 1880 census (June 21st), William Williams is living in the village of High Forest in Olmsted County, MN. The household consists of William Williams, 30, Tilda, 35, Andrew, 3, Wilhelmina, 5 mos., brother Andrew, 27, and brother Edward, 20. Although William is shown as having been born in Wisconsin, and his parents in Norway, the rest of the household (Tilda, both Andrews, and Edward), except Wilhelmina, are shown as having been born in Norway and both parents in Norway. Wilhelmina is shown as born in Minnesota although both parents in Norway.

In the 1885 state census, the family is still in High Forest. The household is William Williams, 34, his wife Tora, 38 and born in Norway, and their children (all born in Minnesota): Andrew O., 7, Wilhelmina, 5, Ida C., 3, and Mable B., 10 months.

In the 1895 state census, William Williams is a blacksmith in Stewartville, Olmsted County. The clearly-challenged census-taker listed the family as William, 44, Hildia, 50, Andrew, 17, Alemeno, 15, Ada, 13, and Isabell, 11. William had lived in the state for 20 years, 6 months.

In the 1900 census (June 5th), the family is still living in High Forest, which is now a township, in Olmsted County. The village they live in is Stewartville. The family consists of William O. (born Aug 1851), Tildie (born May 1845), Wilhelmina A. (born Jan 1880), Ida C. (born Oct 1881), and Mable B. (born July 1884). The daughters were all born in Minnesota. William and Tildie have been married 24 years. Tildie has borne 4 children, all still living. William is a blacksmith. Wilhelmina is a clerk in a dry goods store. Ida is a clerk in a grocery store. Mable is in school.

The family appears to have left the state by 1905. William is living with Andrew in Fargo, North Dakota, in that city’s 1909 directory.

William married Ida Matilda HOWEN on 30 Dec 1872 in Winona County, Minnesota. Ida (daughter of Hans Anderson HOWEN and Sophia Adel) was born in Jul 1852; died on 27 Feb 1873 in Waupaca County, Wisconsin; was buried in Scandinavia Lutheran Cemetery, Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Thora K (Tilda) LEE about 1876. Thora was born in May 1845 in Norway; died on 25 Feb 1926 in Olmsted County, Minnesota; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Stewartville, Olmsted County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: Scandinavia Lutheran Church, Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin
• Occupation: Railroad Officer, U.S. Marshal

Notes:

Andrew was shown as a farmer and was living with his brother William and family in High Forest, Olmsted County, Minnesota, at the time of the 1880 census.

The June, 1895 Wisconsin state census for Waupaca County showed Andrew Williams’ household had 4 males, 3 females, all 7 born in the United States. He was the Waupaca County sheriff at about that time.

There is a biographical sketch of Andrew in the 1895 history of the upper Wisconsin River counties.

The facts and events shown here assume that Ove’s son Andrew is the Andrew Williams living on Maple Street in Waupaca in the 1900 census. He was a railroad officer.

Could not find him in Waupaca in the 1905 state census.

In the 1908 Bellingham, Washington, city directory, he is Andrew Williams, sheriff of Whatcom County, living at the Whatcom County Courthouse.

In the 1910 and 1911 Bellingham city directories, he is a deputy U.S. Marshal living at 1513 E.

In the 1910 census, that Andrew was a widower living on E Street in Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington. Living with him was Bert, 23, a railroad clerk, Lynde, 21, no occupation, and Esther, 17, no occupation. Andrew is a U. S. Marshal.

He is not listed in the 1912 Bellingham directory.

In the 1914 and 1917 directories, he is still living at 1513 E. His occupation is “merchant patrol.” (This is probably his son.)

In the 1918 Bellingham directory, he lives at 1513 E. His occupation is “police.”

In the 1920 Bellingham directory, he lives with his daughter and her family at 1408 Humboldt. He is a desk sergeant for the Bellingham police department.

In the 1920 census, Andrew, 63 and a widower, is living with his daughter and her family in Bellingham. He is a desk sergeant at police headquarters.

In the 1921 Bellingham directory, he lives at 2610 Michigan. Andrew is a desk sergeant for the police department.

In the 1923 Bellingham directory, he still lives at 2610 Michigan. No occupation.

An article in the February 12, 1925, edition of the Bellingham Herald:

Andrew Williams, sheriff of Whatcom county about 20 years ago and acting chief of police for a time during Mayor E. T. Mathes’ administration, died this morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Esther Day, at Okanogan, Washington. He had been in ill health for several months. A telegram telling of his death was received by W. W. Fairburn.

Mr. Williams had lived in Bellingham for many years and was esteemed by hundreds of Bellingham residents. He was one of the county’s most popular violinists of the old school, delighting to play for old-time dances. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Esther Day, and one son, Lynde Williams, now at Okanogan. Mr. Williams was a member of the Bellingham Bay Lodge, No. 44, F, & A. M. The remains will be received Friday night by O. R. Hollingsworth.

Birth:
The death record gives his age at death as 71 years, 7 months, and 8 days. That implies a birth date of 4 Jul 1853.

Baptism:
As Anders. Date of baptism is not clear.

Died:
Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960, FS

Andrew married Mary Melissa KING on 30 Jul 1884 in Olmsted County, Minnesota. Mary was born in Sep 1862 in Evanston, Cook County, Illinois; died on 11 Nov 1908 in Washington; was buried in Bayview Cemetery, Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Feb 1856, Scandinavia Lutheran Church, Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin

Notes:

Unmarried and living as Dinah Williams with her brother Anton in Scandinavia Twp in the 1900 census.

Living with Anton in Scandinavia Twp in the 1905 state census.

She and Anton are still living together in Scandinavia Twp in the 1910 census.

Still the same in the 1920 census although Dinah is listed as Dorthea Gerhardina.

Still the same in the 1930 census although Dina is Dina again.

Her obit was in the Stevens Point Daily Journal on 6 August 1937 as Dorothea Williams.

Died:
another record from the same cemetery says 1932

Buried:
A 18 141

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Postmaster
• Baptism: 5 Apr 1858, Scandinavia Lutheran Church, Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin

Notes:

In the 1895 state census, Buck Williams’ household in Iola had 4 men and 2 women.

He is Buck Williams, postmaster, in the 1900 census. He is shown as married but his wife was not listed with the rest of the family.

In the 1905 state census, the entry for the household in the Village of Iola is Buck Williams, 46, widower, postmaster, Julian 17, day laborer, Morris, 15 or 16, electrician, Walter, 14, student, Delia, 11, and Elizabeth Colden, 34, domestic servant. The family lives in a house, not a farm, and the house is owned with no mortgage.

In the 1910 census, the children’s mother, now apparently dead because Buck is a widower, was born in Minnesota. In the 1910 census, Arthur is out of the house but the other children are still living with their father. Buck is indicated as having had 5 children, four still living.

In the 1920 census, Buck, 63, is living at 173 West 43rd Street in Los Angeles with his daughter Della, 26, and his son E. M. and family. His occupation is “trimmer” at an automobile shop.

The California Death Index, 1905-1939, on FS shows that a Buck Williams died in County 70 (Los Angeles) on 14 Mar 1924 at the age of 65 (State file number 12370).

Commemorative Biographical Record of the Upper Wisconsin Counties: Waupaca, Portage, Wood, Marathon, Oneida, Vilas, Langlade and Shawano” by Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1895

Boie Williams, familiarly known as “Buck” Williams is one of the prosperous leading business men and substantial citizens of Iola, Waupaca county.

Mr. Williams was born December 24, 1857, in Scandinavia township, Waupaca county. His father, Ove Williamson, was born in Norway, January 20, 1819, was educated in the schools of his native land, and the days of his boyhood and youth were passed upon the farm. His marriage to Miss Annie Kjos took place in Norway in 1844, and five years later, in 1849, he crossed the Atlantic in a sailing vessel to the New World, where he hoped to secure a home and competence. He first located in Muskegon, where he worked as common laborer some three years, coming thence to Waupaca county in 1853. He was one of the first settlers, and is now the second oldest living resident in Scandinavia township. The hardships and trials of pioneer life are familiar to him, and the history of that county is known to him from the days when it was almost unbroken wilderness, inhabited mostly by Indians. He has borne an important part in the work of development, transforming the land from its uncultivated condition into rich and valuable farms. Here he purchased 160 acres of wild land, on which not a furrow had been turned or an improvement made, and successfully continued its cultivation until 1884, when enfeebled health caused him to lay aside business cares, and he is now living a retired life. He worked for many years on the river, rafting logs, and his career has been that of an industrious and energetic man, bringing to him a well-merited competence. He is a stanch Republican in politics and has served in several local offices with credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents. He filled the office of assessor for twelve years and has also been township treasurer. He and his family are members of the Lutheran Church, Mrs. Williamson, who was born in Norway September 29, 1820, is also yet living. Their children were: Annie, now the wife of August Larson, a resident of Wausau; William, who is living in La Crosse, Wis; Andrew, the efficient sheriff of Waupaca county; Berit, deceased; Denah; Boie, subject of this sketch, Edward Ove, of Waupaca; Anton G., a farmer of Scandinavia township; and Lewis B., deceased.

Our subject attended the rude district schools of the home neighborhood up to the age of fifteen years, when he left the school room and began work as a farm hand, as his services were not needed at home. For one year he was thus employed, receiving $12 per month, and on the expiration of that time he began learning harness making with Andrew Moberg, of Amherst, Wis., where he worked for three years, going thence to Wausau, Wis., being employed at his trade Ernest Felling. After spending two years in Wausau Mr. Williams returned to Scandinavia township, where he followed his trade; but as work was dull and scarce he hired out as a farm hand to a Mr. Turner, of Belmont township, Portage Co., Wis. Later he went to Winona, Minn., where he remained for one year, and then secured the position as driver of a creamery wagon in High Forest, that State. Subsequently he and his brother Andrew (afterward sheriff of Waupaca county) took up new farms in Faulk county, S. Dak., which section was then very wild and unsettled. Besides the improvements they made on their own homestead they also did “breaking” for others, their home during this time being in a little shanty out on the prairie, where our subject acted as cook. At the end of a year, however, he returned to High Forest, where he again drove a wagon for the creamery, being engaged thus for some time.

While there Mr. Williams was united in marriage, in September, 1886, with Miss Clara Juelson. By her marriage she has become the mother of four children, all of whom are still living-Arthur J., Edwin M., Walter L. and Clara A. The parents are members of the Lutheran Church. In the fall of 1886 Mr. Williams returned to Scandinavia township, and the following spring, on the advice of his friends, opened a harness shop in Iola, which he has since conducted with excellent success. He first began in a small building on State street, which he rented, his capital at that time comprising only his savings, and his honest, industrious efforts won for him an increasing trade, enabling him to purchase his shop. In 1892, however, he erected a substantial brick building on Main street, adjoining his present room, which later he sold out, and in 1893 built his present commodious brick business house, the largest harness shop in Iola.

Mr. Williams is one of the most prosperous businessmen in Waupaca county, wide-awake and pushing, and is destined to become a wealthy man. His excellent workmanship and honest dealings have brought him a large trade, and he enjoys the respect and confidence of all with whom he has business or social dealings. Besides his shop, he also owns his pleasant home, which has been built since locating in Iola. Mr. Williams is an earnest advocate of the principles of the Republican party, and, while no politician, has served in various official capacities, having been constable and city marshal (one year), and he is at present one of the city councilmen.

His obit in the Stevens Point Journal said the he had been born on the Williams farm “on the Scandinavia road about four miles east of town. He had come to Amherst as a young man as an apprentice to Andrew Moberg in the harness shop. He was a faithful worker for Mr. Moberg three or four years. Later he owned and operated a shop in Iola. In 1896, he was appointed postmaster of Iola, a position he held for over 18 years. On account of poor health, he was forced to resign and the family moved to California. He passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Harry Eichler.

Baptism:
As Böie. Baptized at the same service as his cousin Anne.

Boie married Clara JUELSON on 13 Sep 1885 in Olmsted County, Minnesota. Clara (daughter of Ole JUELSON and Anne Tollefson GOLBERG) was born on 30 Aug 1867 in Rock Dell Twp, Olmsted County, Minnesota; died on 31 May 1900 in Wisconsin; was buried in Iola Riverside Community Cemetery, Iola, Waupaca County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 13 May 1860, Scandinavia Lutheran Church, Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin

Notes:

Edward was living with his brother William in High Forest, Olmsted County, MN, in the 1880 census.

In the 1900 census, he is Edward O. Williams, 40, a lumberman living with his wife and son in Merrill, Wisconsin.

In the 1910 census, he is Edward O. Williams, 50, a traveling salesman of machinery living with his wife and son in Wausau.

In the 1920 census, he may be the Edward Williams, age 59 and a widower, lodging in Mercer in Iron County, Wisconsin. His parents were born in Norway. He’s a laborer in a lumber camp.

The Scandinavia Lutheran Cemetery records show that Edward Ove Williams died in 1928.

An “Edw O Williams” died in Waupaca County in January of 1896. That may have been Bettie’s other child. The WHS Genealogical Index shows an Edward Williams Jr. born 25 May 1891 in Waupaca County.

His wife’s obit says that he was “at one time sheriff of Waupaca County.”

His obit said that he “received his higher education at Merrill, Wisconsin” and was employed as a young man as a clerk in the Stetson store in Waupaca for seven years. Later he partnered with Sam Godfrey in running a general store. he was appointed deputy sheriff by his brother Andrew in 1887. In 1889 he was elected sheriff.

Baptism:
as Ove Edward

Died:
at the home of his brother, Anton, four miles west of Amherst

Buried:
No location of grave shown in the index (http://www.wigenweb.org/waupaca/Scancem/SB8.htm); Funeral arranged by Selmer Voie

Edward married Bettie E FILTER on 18 Jan 1886 in Waupaca County, Wisconsin. Bettie was born in Apr 1866 in Denmark; died on 5 Aug 1918 in Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 10 Oct 1862, Scandinavia Lutheran Church, Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin

Notes:

In the 1895 state census, the A. G. Williams household has 3 men, 2 women, 3 born in the U.S. and 2 in Scandinavia.

Living as Anton Williams in Scandinavia Twp in the 1900 census. He’s unmarried, a farmer, and his unmarried sister Dinah lives with him.

In the 1905 state census, the household in Scandinavia Twp is Anton G. Williams, 42, Dorthia, 48, and Syvert Swenson, farm laborer, 28.

Anton and Dena are still living together in Scandinavia Twp in the 1910 census.

Still the same in the 1920 census although Dina is shown as Dorthea Gerhardina.

Still the same in 1930 although Dina is Dina again. A 32 year-old lodger named Walter Erickson is living with them. Walter is a farm laborer.

From "Commemorative Biological Record of the Upper Wisconsin Counties of Waupaca, Portage, Wood, Marathon, Lincoln, Oneida, Vilas, Langlade and Shawano" by Chicago: J.H. Beers & Co., 1895.

Anton G. WILLIAMS was born August 24, 1862, on the farm which he now owns and occupies in the township of Scandinavia, Waupaca County.

His father, Ove WILLIAMSON, was born in Norway January 20, 1819, was educated in the schools of his native land, and the days of his boyhood and youth were passed upon the farm. His marriage to Miss Annie KJOS took place in Norway in 1844, and five years latter in 1849, he crossed the Atlantic in a sailing vessel to the New World, where he hoped to secure a home and competence. He first located in Muskego, Wis., where he worked as a common laborer some three years, coming thence to Waupaca County in 1853. He was one of the first settlers, and is now the second oldest living resident in Scandinavia Township. The hardships and trail of pioneer life are familiar to him, and the history of that county are known to him from the days when it was an almost unbroken wilderness, inhabited mostly by Indians. He has borne an important part in the work of development, transforming the land from its uncultivated condition into rich and valuable farms. Here he purchased 160 acres of wild land, on which not a furrow had been turned or an improvement made, and successfully continued its cultivation until 1884, when enfeebled health caused him to lay aside business cares, and he is now living a retired life. He worked for many years on the river rafting logs, and his career has been that of an industrious energetic man, bringing to him a well-merited competence.

Mrs. Williamson, who was born in Norway, September 29, 1820, is also yet living. He is a stanch Republican in politics and has served in several local offices with credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents. He filled the office of Assessor for twelve years, and has also been Township Treasurer. He and his family are members of the Lutheran Church. The children were Annie, now the wife of August LARSON, a resident of Wausau; William who is now living in La Crosse, Wis., Andrew, the efficient Sheriff of Waupaca County; Berit, deceased; Denah; Buck, who is located in Iola, Wis.; Edward Ove, of Waupaca; Anton G., subject of this sketch’ and Lewis B., deceased.

Anton G. WILLIAMS conned his lessons in the public schools near his home, and acquired a good practical educations. Under the parental roof he was reared to manhood, and at an early age he began to work in the fields, so that he was soon familiar with farm work in its various department. He now owns and operates the old home farm on which he was born, comprising 120 acres of land, the greater part of which is under cultivations and improved in a manner that indicates his practical and progressive spirit, and makes his farm one of the best in the community. He is accounted one the representative agriculturalists of Waupaca County, as well as one of the most prominent citizens. He has been called to official honors, having served as a member of the town Board of Supervisors and as a Treasurer of the school district, and in his political views has followed his father’s example by always supporting the Republican Party. Like the honored family to which he belongs he is connected with the Lutheran Church.

Buried:
A 18 142

Notes:

Or Lewis.

Buried:
A 18 142

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 7 Jun 1840, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Doesn’t seem to be in Vang in the 1865 census.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Oct 1843, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

According to Jeff: Gertrude Williamsdatter Lykken, 1843-1926, was born at Baggethun. Her husband was Torger Christopherson Lykken, 1833-1918. Gertrude’s parents were William Williamson and Anna Knutson (d. 1880?). Gertrude’s father also went by Vilhelm Vilhelmsen Baggethun. Gertrude came to the U.S. with her mother Anna in 1864. Anna lived with Gertrude and Torger until her death in 1880. The church record of Anna’s death has her last name as Lykken. It looks like William Williamson emigrated on his own to Wisconsin and later married and established a second family.

Her baptismal sponsors were: Ole Tollefsen Ellingbøe, Endre Bergeseiet, Knud Thuneeiet, Sigrid Skjelhaugen, and Ambjør Olsdatter Mÿhre. Ole Tollefsen was the man who stood for the child of unmarried parents.

Notably perhaps, none of her children were named after her father (e.g., William).

Buried:
ELCA

Gjartrud married Torger Christopherson LYKKEN on 27 Sep 1866 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Torger (son of Christopher Gulbrandsen BERGE and Gjertrud Torgeirsdatter JØVNE) was born in Feb 1833 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 4 Sep 1916 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 5 Apr 1858, Scandinavia Lutheran Church, Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin

Notes:

Anna Williams in her marriage record.

In the 1900 census she had had one child and that child was no longer alive.

Baptism:
As Anne. Baptized at the same service as her cousin Böie.

Anna married Clark LYON on 9 Apr 1880 in Wood County, Wisconsin. Clark was born about 1853 in Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Washington Death Certificate: 84
• Baptism: 13 Nov 1859, Scandinavia Lutheran Church, Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin

Notes:

It is speculative that the William Williamson of Cowlitz County is the William Williamson who was born to William and Anne in Portage County. The birth dates ascribed to the Cowlitz County William are not consistent with each other and are not all consistent with the June 1859 date.

In the 1880 census, he may or may not be the 21 year-old farm hand William Williamson living on the O. John Johnson farm in Minnehaha County, Dakota Territory.

In the 1900 census, the family lives in Stella, Cowlitz County, Washington. He is 38 years old and was born in Wisconsin in September of 1861. He owned his farm with a mortgage.

In the 1910 census the family is in Portland, Oregon. All the children are at home. The senior William is a farmer.

In the 1920 census the family is in Stella, Washington. William is a farmer. Living with him and Ida is their daughter-in-law, Anna L., 23, their grand-son, Lester, ten months, and Maxina Butler, 5, “niece”, born in Mississippi. A Lester S Williamson married Thelma D Westerdahl in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, on 13 Dec 1941.

In the 1930 census he is William Williamson, 71, living in Stella Precinct, Cowlitz County, Washington, with his wife, Ida L., 57, and their 40 year-old single son William H. The older William is a farmer, the younger William is a bookkeeper for a logging camp.

In the 1940 census, he is William Williamson (erroneously indexed as Willianson in Ancestry), living with Ida in Cowlitz County in the same house in which they had both lived in 1935. Both had had eighth-grade educations.

Baptism:
as Wilhelm

William married Ida L WEIST on 26 Oct 1888 in Cowlitz County, Washington. Ida was born in Feb 1873 in Pennsylvania; died on 14 May 1943 in Longview, Cowlitz County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 22 Jan 1863, Scandinavia Lutheran Church, Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin

Notes:

She is probably the Mrs. John J. Shellhammer whose obit appeared in the SPDJ 1 Feb 1946.

Baptism:
as Maren

Family/Spouse: John Jackson SHELLHAMMER. John was born about 1856 in Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 12 Aug 1866, Scandinavia Lutheran Church, Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin

Notes:

Baptism:
as Mage Isabel

Died:
her obit was in the SPWJ on 8 Jan 1881

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: Aug 1869, Scandinavia Lutheran Church, Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin

Notes:

He is a 34 year-old “chore-boy” living with the Clark Lyons in Wood County in the 1905 state census.

He is probably the “Seaver” Williamson whose obit appeared in the Stevens Point Daily Journal on 23 April 1937.

Baptism:
as Sÿvert

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 9 Jun 1845, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Jim calls him Ola Olsen Baggetun in his Valdres Slekt.

His baptismal sponsors were Ove Baggethun (#3252), Böie Wilhelmssen Baggethuneiet (probably #3259), and Anne Andersdatter Baggethun (#7082). Ove was the responsible person of the congregation.

Jim’s site has this:

Han vokste opp i Baggetun sammen med moren. Ole Olsen Baqgeth.un slo sig ned på Gjøvik, hvor han som ung mann begynte en slakterforretning. Hans mor, Gerhardine, flyttet til ham etter at Ole var blitt gift, og hun døde i, 1903 Ole Baggethun blev gift ca. 1865 med Josefine Listerud fra Østre Toten. Hun var født 28/11 1841 som datter av Even Evensen og Marthe Jensdatter Evang. Hun blev hjemmedøpt i desember 1841 av Johannes Schiøll, døpt, i kirken 3. april 1842. Hennes far, Even Evensen, var født på Kobberstadeiet 1819. Han ble v i 1840 gift med gårdbrukerdatter Marthe Jensdatter. Evens far var skredder Even Engebretsen Hval, født i 1790, og Maria Kristiansdatter Præstegaarden, født 1786, begge i østre Toten. De blev gift i 1816. Josefines mor, Marthe, var født i 181 7 pa Schiøllseie, og foreldrene var Jens Vilhelmsen og Berthe Jørgensdatter Skjøll.

Ole og Josefine Baggethun hadde følgende barn: Anton, Ole, Even, Marthe, Nina, Josefine, Gyda, Oscar, Emma, John, Borghild, Stina og Konrad. Josefine Baggethun døde i 1900, Ole Baggethun i 1922.

Translation:

He grew up in Baggetun with his mother. Ole Olsen Baggethun settled in Gjøvik, where as a young man he started a butcher shop. His mother, Gerhardine, moved in with him and his wife after Ole was married. Gerhardine died in 1903. Ole Baggethun was married ca. 1865 with Josefine Listerud from Østre Toten. She was born 28 Nov 1841 as a daughter of Even Evensen and Marthe Jensdatter Evang. She was baptized at home in December 1841 by Johannes Schiøll and baptized at the church on April 3, 1842. Her father, Even Evensen, was born at Kobberstadeiet 1819. He was married in 1840 to a farmer's daughter Marthe Jensdatter. Even’s parents were the tailor, Even Engebretsen Hval, born in 1790, and Maria Kristiansdatter Præstegaarden, born in 1786, both in Østre Toten. They were married in 1816. Josefine's mother, Marthe, was born in 1817 on Schiøllseie, and her parents were Jens Vilhelmsen and Berthe Jørgensdatter Skjøll. Ole and Josefine Baggethun had the following children: Anton, Ole, Even, Marthe, Nina, Josefine, Gyda, Oscar, Emma, ??John, Borghild, Stina and Konrad. Josefine Baggethun died in 1900, Ole Baggethun in 1922.

Birth:
Baggetun 35/

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 15 Jul 1860, Scandinavia Lutheran Church, Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin

Notes:

Called Agnes in the 1860 census.

Not listed in the 1870 census. The Anna shown in that census was seven years old.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Oct 1861, Scandinavia Lutheran Church, Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin

Notes:

Called Billy.

William was a farmer in Amherst Twp, Portage County, Wisconsin, in the 1900 census.

He was still in Amherst Twp in the 1910 census. By then his son Boyd had left home.

By 1920, Myrtle has left home too.

In the 1930 census, William and Thora are living by themselves in a house they own on High Street in Nelsonville village, Amherst Twp, Portage County. They don’t have a radio.

His obit said that he had been a resident of Nelsonville for the past 12 years. He had suffered a stroke six years before his death and had been in poor health ever since. He had been confined to his bed for 13 months.

Birth:
his obit said 16 Jul 1861 in Amherst

Baptism:
As Wilhelm. His mother is Mathea Nilsdatter.

William married Torborg ERICKSON on 10 Nov 1888 in Portage County, Wisconsin. Torborg was born on 4 Aug 1861 in Norway; died on 5 Aug 1955 in Wisconsin; was buried on 8 Aug 1955 in Nelsonville Lutheran Cemetery, Portage County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 2 Aug 1863, Scandinavia Lutheran Church, Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin

Notes:

Seems to have been called Annia, age 15, in the 1880 census.

In the 1910 census, she was Annie W Couch, 46, a widow, living with her widowed father-in-law, Charles Couch, 84, in Amherst.

Baptism:
as Anne

Family/Spouse: George M COUCH. George was born on 3 Jul 1872; died on 25 Nov 1907; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Amherst, Portage County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 9 Jun 1867, Scandinavia Lutheran Church, Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin

Notes:

He was Nelse E. Williamson, living with his mother in Amherst village, Portage County, in the 1900 census. He was a bartender. Couldn’t find him in the 1910 or 1920 censuses.

In the 1930 census, he is probably the 64 year-old Nels Williamson living in a boarding house in the village of Amherst. Nels’s occupation seems to be laborer in a pool room.

His obit was in the 29 Aug 1935 edition of the Stevens Point Journal:

Nels Edwin Williamson, 68, a resident of Amherst most of his life, died at 12:45 o’clock Monday morning at the home of his sister, Mrs. Anna Couch, at Amherst. He had been in poor health for the past month but his condition was not serious.

Mr. Williamson was born at Amherst on April 23, 1867, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Boia Williamson. He attended Amherst schools and later worked in logging camps. For several years he resided in Montana. For the past few years he had made his home with his sister, the only remaining relative of his immediate family.

Funeral services were held at 4 o’clock Wednesday afternoon at his home and burial was in Greenwood Cemetery. Rev. C. E. Olsen officiated.

Among the relatives from far away who attended the funeral were Byron Couch of Detroit, Mich., Mrs. John Shellhammer and sons of Port Edwards, Mrs. Mary Lyons and Sever Williamson of Wisconsin Rapids, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Dillon and Miss June Dillon of Chicago and Mr. and Mrs. James Gleason and Miss Margaret Gleason of Fond du Lac.

Baptism:
as Nils Edvin

Notes:

In the 1900 census, he, as Ben Knudtson, and his family were farming in Barton Twp, Worth County, Iowa.

From D M Scott’s contribution to Find A Grave:

#1
BEN KNUDTSON FROZEN TO DEATH

The Christmas festivities of our neighboring town of Carpenter were sadly broken into by the tragic death of one of her citizens, Mr. Ben Knudtson, who died about noon from the effects of having spent the night out - lying beside the railroad track in that awful cold.

Mr. Knudtson came back from Lyle on the 8:20 train Christmas Eve. He had not been up to Lyle to buy either hardware or dry goods, but had already celebrated too much for his own good. When he got off the train he started for his home, which was about a mile northwest of Carpenter; but instead of going around the road, he started cross lots intending to go north on the railroad till he crossed the bridge, then take a path through the woods for home. He only got across the bridge when he fell and rolled down the high embankment, striking on a lot of rocks which lay at the bottom. It is quite evident that he was considerably injured by the fall or he could have managed to have gotten up and out of there. But there he lay during all that bitter, cold night.

At about eleven o'clock Knudtson's son, Ed, about 17 years of age, in company with Ed Edwarson, a boy of about his own age crossed the bridge and heard someone calling to them to hold on but they thought it was a tramp trying to waylay them and they ran as fast as their legs could carry them, and went over to Gilbert Severson's close by and stayed all night. The next morning Severson and Edwards went back to the bridge and, alas, there lay Knudtson, not dead but pretty near it, though he was still conscious and in fact, remained so until just before he died.

They took him home and immediately called Dr. Culmsee. The doctor arrived there about eleven o'clock, but alas he was beyond the reach of medical aid. His injuries were too severe to be helped and he died within an hour. His hands, face and legs were frozen terribly, and he was suffering from internal injuries, evidently caused by falling down the embankment.

The funeral was held on Saturday, conducted at the Deer Creek N. L. Church by Reverend J. Olsen.

It was just eight years ago to a day, that his brother, Theo, came to an untimely death in the same woods, and not a mile from the same place.

[St. Ansgar Enterprise, Dec., 1902, St. Ansgar Iowa Museum Collection]


#2
Ben E Knudtson was born March 1852 in Iowa, son of Even Knudtson, born June 14, 1824

Norway…died August 3, 1902 Iowa (Buried First Lutheran Cemetery, Saint Ansgar (as per Mitchell Co., Grave Records: Ancestery)
and Gerhardine Boyesdatter Heile..according to a tree found on Ancestry: born February 3, 1828 in Norway…died January 27, 1911 Carpenter.

Ben E Knudtson was buried in Deer Creek Lutheran Cemetery according to a tree found.

According to the tree found, Ben Knudtson married Ingeborg Aslaksdtr. Ellingboe who was born March 5, 1865 Noway and died July 5, 1956 in Dickey Co., North Dakota. After Ben's death she married Hans Hanson in 1907.

The son Ed mentioned in Bens obit was Edwin Ben Knudtson 1888-1929 died Minnesota. (name on Minn. Death record has last name spelled Knutsen

His brother Theo mentioned in the obit was Theodore E Knudtson born December 1, 1863…died December 25, 1894…buried First Lutheran (burial from Mitchell Co., Grave Records, Ancestry)

#3
1900 US Census: Deer Creek, Worth, Iowa
Ben Knudtson 48 born March 1852 Iowa
Ingeborg 35 born March 1865 Norway
Edwin 12 born February 1888 Iowa 9died November 3, 1929 Minnesota)
Melvin 8 born March 1892 Iowa (died Montana December 1963)
Antone 6 born October 1894 Iowa (Antone Leonard..his Minn. Death record shows his mothers maiden name as Ellingboe)

Ben married Ingeborg Åslaksdatter ELLINGBÖ on 5 Feb 1887 in St. Ansgar, Mitchell County, Iowa. Ingeborg (daughter of Åslak Amundsson BÖE and Randi Olsdatter ELLINGBÖ) was born on 4 Mar 1865 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 5 Jul 1956 in Dickey County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is I6691 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes:

Hun og søsteren Berit dro fra de trange kårene på Kvåle til USA i 1871. De var bl. de første som reiste med dampbåt, og reisen ble derfor ikke så tung som for de første pionerene. De reiste til Minnestoa og fikk arbeid hos sin egen slekt der . De traff mennene sine i Goodhue Co MN, men begge bosatte seg i Wang Township. Marta lærte seg aldri engelsk. Hun var en glimrende husmor og en ekselent kokk, men var meget alvorlig og seriøs. Hun giftet seg 5.11.1875.

In the 1900 census, she had had six children, four still living.

Birth:
Kattevold 45/ Øvre

Martha married Gunder Kristoffersen HEEN about 1876. Gunder (son of Kristoffer Gudbrandsen HEEN and Anne Gunnarsdatter GIVRE) was born on 8 Mar 1853 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 16 Aug 1942 in Chippewa County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1914-MN-018373
• Occupation: Plumber
• Baptism: 10 Jun 1883, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Baptismal sponsors: Tollef Olsen Ellingböe, Marit Jøgersdatter Ellingbø, Ole Nielsen Steileeie, Guri Olsdatter Steil, Anders Engebretsen Berge.

In the 1910 census, John and his family were in Minneapolis. John was a plumber. Came to the U.S. in 1904.

The informant for his death certificate was Knute Ellingboe of Milaca. John Steile died of suffocation in a work accident. Sand caved in on him while he was digging for a cesspool.

Birth:
Some sources say 31 March which is incorrect

Died:
Along 38th Street between 13th and 14th Avenues

Buried:
This is the cemetery on the northeast corner of Lake Street and Cedar Avenue. It is the oldest cemetery in Minneapolis and is now called the Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery. Minneapolis’s poorest citzens were buried in unmarked mass graves in Section H.

Family/Spouse: Ingebjørg Nilsdatter HOVDA. Ingebjørg was born in 1879. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Berit (Bertha) Ivarsdatter ELLINGBØ on 4 Dec 1908 in Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota. Berit (daughter of Ivar Knutsson ELLINGBØ and Berit Olsdatter ELLINGBØ) was born on 3 Oct 1881 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 8 Aug 1964 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 11 Aug 1964 in Glen Haven Memorial Garden, Crystal, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mikal JOHANNESEN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Beaver Creek Twp

Family/Spouse: Guri DAHL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ole ELLINGSON. Ole was born on 4 Nov 1870 in Iowa; died in 1958 in California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Kjersti Larsdatter HEEN. Kjersti (daughter of Lars Tostensen HEEN and Kjersti Iversdatter HEMSING) was born on 16 Mar 1880 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 7 Jul 1958 in Wells County, North Dakota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Cemetery, Manfred, Wells County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 22 Mar 1891
• Confirmation: Nov 1905, Graettinger, Palo Alto County, Iowa

Notes:

Gjevre, Marie C., 84 yrs., of Moorhead, formerly of 3921 Elliot Av. S. Mpls. Former Mpls. school teacher & employee of Mpls. Credit Bureau. Survived by sister Miss Hulda Gjevre, & brother Rev. Anton A. H. Gjevre both of Moorhead, 4 nephews Philip Gjevre, St. Paul, Paul Gjevre of Biwabik, Mn. & Alden & Dr. John Gjevre both of Moorhead. Services Sat. 2 p.m. at Korsmo Funeral Chapel, Moorhead. Interment later at Lakewood Cemetery.

The Minneapolis Star
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Thursday, December 18, 1975

Birth:
Her confirmation record seems to say she was born in Door County, exact location indecipherable.

Confirmation:
Lost Island Lutheran

Notes:

GJEVRE—Theodore H. V., age 56, 3921 Elliot av S., on Sat. Survived by sisters, Marie and Bertha Gjevre of Mpls., Hulda Gjevre of Walla Walla, Wash. and Mrs. J. A. Vaagen of Silver Springs, Md.; brother. Rev. A. H. G. Gjevre of Rosholt, S. D. Services Tues. 1:30 p.m. at Barney Anderson & Son Funeral Home. Interment Lakewood cemetery.

Star Tribune
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Tuesday, June 13, 1950

Notes:

In the 1930 census, she was an unmarried nurse working at a hospital in Minneapolis and living with her parents and siblings.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Lutheran pastor

Notes:

Services for BERTHA A. GJEVRE, 53, 3921 Elliot Av who died Wednesday, will be 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Barney Anderson mortuary, with burial in Lakewood cemetery.

She was born at Emmetshurg, Iowa, and had lived in Minneapolis 43 years. She had been a clerk for the Veterans administration and was a member of Our Savior's Lutheran church.

Survivors are a brother, the Rev. A. Gottfried Gjevre, Granite Falls, Minn., and two sisters, Marie, Minneapolis, and Hulda, Walla Walla, Wash.

The Minneapolis Star
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Thursday, June 23, 1960

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 22 Oct 1876, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Family/Spouse: Marit Torsteinsdatter GRYTE. Marit was born on 26 Nov 1877 in Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1923. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Still single and living with his mother and siblings in the 1900 census.

He was a postmaster in Norske, Wisconsin, in 1902.

He may be the Atof Larson mentioned in the Wausau Daily Herald on 21 Mar 1908 as recently returning home from Wittenberg, where he had been employed as a bookkeeper in a department store.

The 3 Sep 1908 edition of the WDF mentions a Mrs. Atof Larson, sister of George Nelson of Rosholt. He married her in Shawano County on 12 Oct 1905.

Similarly, he may be the Atof Larson in the 23 Aug 1909 edition of the WDH mentioned as leaving for Rosholt, where he will remain for some time.

Atof married Kate NELSON on 12 Oct 1905 in Shawano County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: School teacher

Notes:

Still single and living at home with her mother and siblings in the 1900 census.

Probably the 35 year-old Julia Larson who was single and a servant for a family in Harrison Township, Waupaca County, in the 1910 census.

Probably the Julia, wife of Louis J. Merde (b. 15 May 1884, d. Sep 1963), farmer, Harrison, in the 1920 census. She had an 8 year-old son Julian (b. 29 May 1911, d. Feb 1977) and a 5 year-old daughter Luela.

Her middle name is from the cemetery records. The cemetery records’ presumably incorrect spelling was Olenna.

Birth:
per cemetery records

Died:
per cemetery records

Julia married Louis J MERDE on 5 Apr 1911 in Scandinavia Lutheran Church, Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin. Louis was born on 15 May 1884 in Norway; died on 29 Sep 1963 in Waupaca County, Wisconsin; was buried on 3 Oct 1963 in Northland Lutheran Church Cemetery, Harrison Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not listed as living with his mother and siblings in the 1900 census.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Dress Maker

Notes:

Still single and living at home with her mother and siblings in the 1900 census.

In the 1910 census she is shown (erroneously) as having had three children, three still living.

Dena married Anton GILBERTSON on 26 Sep 1901 in Marathon County, Wisconsin. Anton was born on 15 Jan 1872 in Norway; died on 6 Apr 1952 in Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin; was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: School teacher, mail carrier

Notes:

Still single and living at home with her mother and siblings in the 1900 census.

In the 1920 census, she was an RFD mail carrier for the post office in Iola.

Buried:
Meditation, Lot 55, space 6

Anna married Fredrick Eugene MANEY on 25 Dec 1903 in Marathon County, Wisconsin. Fredrick (son of Robert E MANEY and Martha S GALBRAITH) was born on 30 Nov 1882 in Wisconsin; died on 19 Nov 1947 in Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Day Laborer, RR Brakeman

Notes:

He is probably the child listed as August Larson who was born 6 Feb 1883 in Marathon County.

Single and living at home with his mother and siblings in the 1900 census.

In the 1905 state census, he and his family are living in the 9th ward of Wausau. The household consists of Odin, 22, Charlotte, 19, and John, 3 months. Living with them is Anna, 62, a widow born in Norway, shown as “mother.”

Shown as Odin Larsen in the 1910 census. At that time the family was living at 320 E. Washington Street in Wausau.

According to Roger, who has seen Odin’s death certificate, Odin died of pneumonia.

Birth:
Wisconsin Birth and Christenings

Died:
per Roger

Buried:
as Odin E

Odin married Charlotte L DIETL on 20 Dec 1904 in Marathon County, Wisconsin. Charlotte (daughter of August DIETL and Louise) was born in Jun 1886 in Wisconsin; died on 20 Aug 1918 in Wisconsin; was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not listed with the family in the 1900 census. Because his mother is shown as having five children still alive in that census, and all five are listed, Ole must have died.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Druggist

Notes:

In the 1900 census, he is single, 22 (born Sept 1877 in Minnesota) and is lodging with a family in Madison, Minnesota, in Lac qui Parle County. He is a druggist.

In the 1905 Fargo city directory, he is probably the Andrew O Williams, clerk for Fout & Porterfield, who rooms at 16 Stern blk.

In the 1907 Fargo directory, he is still with Fout & Porterfield but now lives at 306 3rd Avenue N. His father, William O Williams, lives at the same address.

In the 1909 Fargo directory, he and William live at 315 3rd Avenue N. Andrew is still a clerk with Fout & Porterfield.

He may be the A Williams, 32, single, living in Fargo with his widowed mother in the 1910 census. He is a druggist.

In the 1915 North Dakota census, Andrew O Williams, his wife Mina, “Fernan” Williams, and “Erwin” Williams live in the same household in Bottineau.

Andrew Ove Williams, born 11 Sept 1877, registered for the draft in Bottineau County, North Dakota, on 12 Sept 1918. He was a druggist, employed by himself, and lived in Bottineau with, apparently, his wife Mina. He was described as stout and of medium height with light blue eyes and “brown, now graying” hair.

In the 1920 census, that Andrew O Williams, 41, born in Minnesota, still lived in Bottineau, North Dakota, and was still a druggist at a drugstore. His wife was Hermina, 39, born in Germany, and they had two sons, Ferdinand, 20, and Irwin A., 7.

In the 1925 North Dakota census, Andrew O, Mina, Fernan, and Irwin, live in Bottineau. In the 1925 North Dakota state census, there is a 58 year-old Andrew J. Williams living in Fargo with his 44 year-old wife Kathrine.

In the 1930 census, Andrew O Williams, 52, is still the proprietor of a drugstore in Bottineau. His wife is Mina, 48, and their son Irwin A, 17 or 18, lives with them. Andrew and Mina had been married for 20 years.

In the 1940 census, he lives in Bottineau, North Dakota, with his widowed sister Mabel Schieber, in the same house that he had lived in in 1935. Andrew was a postmaster and had earned $2500 in 1939. Andrew was a high school graduate.

Birth:
An Ancestry tree puts his place of birth as Bricelyn in Faribault County, Minnesota. Find A Grave says Rochester in Olmested County.

Andrew married Hermina Helmig about 1910. Hermina was born on 21 Jul 1880 in Germany; died on 3 Mar 1938 in Bottineau County, North Dakota; was buried in Oak Creek Cemetery, Bottineau, Bottineau County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A Wilhelmina Williams married Frank C Lenton in Olmsted County on 3 June 1903.

She had had three children, all still living, in the 1910 census.

Birth:
This is her birth date per North Dakota Public Death Index. Find A Grave says 20 Jan 1880.

Died:
death info per North Dakota Public Death Index

Wilhelmina married Frank C LENTON on 3 Jun 1903 in Olmsted County, Minnesota. Frank was born on 3 Jun 1879 in Minnesota; died on 15 Sep 1945 in Ward County, North Dakota; was buried in Norwich Cemetery, Norwich, McHenry County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is not the wife of Cassius Tull of Oregon City, Oregon.

The 1911 Fargo, North Dakota, city directory includes a Miss Ida Williams, clerk for Reineke & McCone, who rooms at 512 1st Avenue N.

An Ida Williams lived in Fargo in that state’s 1915 census.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1947-MN-023359

Notes:

In the 1910 census, she and Otto lived with his parents in St. Paul. They had been married for one year and it was the first marriage for each. Mabel had never had children. Otto was a clerk in a clothing store.

In the 1920 census, she and Otto still live with Oscar and Anna in St. Paul. Otto, called Albert in this census, is an adjuster for a credit bureau.

In the 1930 census, she, as the 45 year-old Mable Schieber, and her husband and father-in-law lived in Mohall in Renville County, North Dakota. Otto was an agent in the automobile industry. She had first married when she was 20. If that was true, Otto was her second husband. In that census, Otto claimed to have been first married at age 26 which we know was incorrect.

As Mabel Schieber, she was a 52 year-old widow living with her brother in Bottineau in the 1940 census. In 1935, she had lived in rural Renville County, North Dakota. Mabel had had one year of high school.

Birth:
Find A Grave entry says 1885

Died:
as Mabel B Scheiber

Mabel married Otto Albert SCHIEBER about 1909. Otto was born on 28 Jun 1878 in Germany; died on 4 Sep 1939 in Renville County, North Dakota; was buried in Mohall Cemetery, Mohall, Bottineau County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 22 Mar 1885, Scandinavia Lutheran Church, Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin

Notes:

An article in the October 14, 1930, edition of the Bellingham Herald, recalling events from 25 years earlier (i.e., October of 1905), mentions that “a number of the unmarried young ladies of the First Congregational Church met last evening with Miss Belle Williams at her apartment in the White House to discuss plans for the organization of a social club.”

Not living with her father and family in the 1910 census.

Her article on her death appeared in the July 30, 1908, edition of the Bellingham Herald:

Anna Belle Williams, the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Williams, who died early Tuesday morning, was buried this afternoon from the First Congregational church, Rev. William Orr Wark officiating and delivering the final tribute to the young woman.

Ther church was crowded with sorrowing friends of the deceased and the casket was piled high with floral tributes of every size and description. Out of respect for her father, who is a court officer, Judge Neterer of the superior court adjourned court this afternoon while the funeral is being held.

From the article on her mother’s death, we learn that Belle was a school teacher and died from tuberculosis.

Baptism:
as Annie Bell

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 25 Jul 1886, Scandinavia Lutheran Church, Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin

Notes:

In the 1910 Bellingham, Washington, city directory, he is Robert E Williams, clerk for Western Express, boarding at the home of his father at 1513 E.

Shown as Bert in the 1910 census. At that time (April), he was living with his father and brother and sister in Bellingham, WA. His occupation is shown as railroad clerk.

In the 1911 Bellingham directory, he is Robert E Williams, clerk for the Canadian Pacific Railway. He lives at home with his father and siblings at 1513 E.

He is not listed in the 1912 Bellingham directory.

In the 1914 Bellingham directory, he lives at home at 1513 E with his father and siblings. His occupation is bookkeeper.

He is not listed in the 1917 Bellingham directory nor in later Bellingham directories.

A brief article in the Seattle Daily Times, October 3, 1924:

Robert Earl Williams, 38 years old, died this morning in his home at Seattle according to his widow, Mrs. Blanche Williams. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Blanche Williams, his father, Andrew Williams, a sister, Mrs. M. H. Day, and a brother, Lynde Williams. Mr. Williams had lived in Seattle for seven years and was employed as assistant passenger agent for the Alaska Steamship Company. He was a member of the Maritime Lodge, No. 239, Free and Accepted Masons. The body is in the Butterworth mortuary pending funeral arrangements.

An article in the July 27, 1935, edition of the Bellingham Herald referred to an event of 25 years earlier (i. e., 1910):

After being separated for three years, the members of the ’07 high school team that won the championship of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho by defeating the Broadway High School of Seattle will get together Sunday for what may be their final game. For months the members of the old Bellingham high school team have been trying to assemble again but have been unable to do so until Bert Williams began to devote his time to the organization. Manager Williams says that the men that will probably be seen in the lineup are: Ernest Goddard, Frank Holbrook, Lynde Williams, Oscar Blockburger, Frank Keene, Charles Follman, Bennet. C. J. McCullough, Bert Williams, Paul Tatman, and Wright.

Baptism:
as Robert Earl

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Cannery Worker
• Baptism: 1889, Scandinavia Lutheran Church, Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin

Notes:

The Wisconsin Births Index shows his birth year as 1889.

In the 1908 Bellingham, Washington, city directory, he is Lynde Williams, student, boarding with his father at the Whatcom County Court House.

In the 1910 Bellingham directory, he is Lynde A Williams, student, boarding with his father at 1513 E.

Single, unemployed with no occupation, and living with his father and brother and sister in Bellingham, WA, at the time of the 1910 census.

In the 1911 Bellingham directory, he is still at home with his father and siblings. His occupation is hoseman for the Bellingham Fire Dept.

In the 1912 Bellingham directory, he is still a hoseman for the fire department but has no address.

In the 1914 Bellingham directory, he is a machinist living at home with his father and siblings at 1513 E.

In the 1917 Bellingham directory, he lives at 1513 E, no occupation.

Registered for the draft as Andrew Lynde Williams in Bellingham, Washington, on June 5, 1917. At that time, he was living at “1513 E.” in Bellingham. He worked as a fish cannery employee at the Lummi Bay Packaging Co. He was single. He was described as tall and of medium build with blue eyes and brown hair.

In the 1918 Bellingham directory, he is listed as “U S Army” but residing at 1513 E.

In the 1920 Bellingham directory, he resides at 1408 Humboldt, the home of his sister’s family. No occupation.

In the 1920 census, Lynde is living with his sister and her family in Bellingham, Washington. He is a cannery mechanic at a fish cannery.

In the 1921 Bellingham directory, he lives at 1408 Humboldt. He is a machinist.

In the 1923 Bellingham directory, which includes Whatcom County, there is an A L Williams living in Lynden.

An article in the Bellingham Herald, May 1, 1925:

Andrew Lynde Williams Jr., son of the late “Andy” Williams, veteran police chief of Bellingham, and Whatcom County Sheriff, who died at Okanogan recently, was committed to the Northern State hospital at Sedro-Woolley, at conclusion of a sanity hearing in the superior court Thursday afternoon. The younger Williams’ condition, it was said, followed as a result of a series of accidents and severe disappointments. Early this year he went to Alaska to work at one of the fish canneries but was brought back last week when his condition became worse.

Treatment at the Northern State Hospital is expected to result in improvement. As a youth, he is recalled as a star player in the backfield of Whatcom high school’s football team. He foremerly served on the Bellingham police department, in which latter service deafness developed. The young man gained recognition for his services in the aviation at Kelly field during the world war. The story is told that he faked his way into the army air service by reading the physical examiner’s lips, having acquired that ability after becoming partially deaf.

In the 1930 census, he is living with his sister and family in Bellingham. He was a steamship mechanic. That census shows that Andrew was a veteran of the World War.

An obit in the Bellingham Herald, headlined Lynde Williams Dies, in the September 13, 1930 edition:

Lynde (Windy) Williams, son of the late Andy Williams, veteran police officer and one time sheriff and acting chief of police, died after a brief illness today on a ranch in Okanogan county where he had spent the greater part of the last ten years.

Williams was a former member of the local fire and police departments and also served for some time as night merchant patrolman. He also made several trips to Alaska with P.A.F. crews and, since leaving Bellingham, made a few trips as assistant engineer on ocean steamers.

During his high school days at Whatcom, Williams was a football star, playing on the same team with Fred Spenger, Ben Tidball, Tom Gaffney, Starr Sutherland and other well remembered players.

So far as could be learned here, the only close relative surviving is a sister, Mrs. Layman (Esther) Day, who resides on the Okanogan farm. Williams was about 38 years of age.

An article in the September 16, 1930, edition of the Bellingham Herald notes that Lynde Williams was given a military funeral, officiated by the local Albert J. Hamilton post of the American Legion. Williams had been a charter member of the post. During the World War, he was a sergeant first class in the air service.

Birth:
His draft registration shows 18 August 1890, which may be correct if he was 40 when he died.

Buried:
as A L Williams, aged 40

Notes:

Her signature on her marriage certificate shows a definite backward tilt so she may have been left-handed.

Her birth is probably the one recorded for Andrew F Williams in Waupaca County on 2 April 1893.

In the 1910 Bellingham, Washington, city directory, she is Esther G Williams, student, boarding at her father’s house at 1513 E.

She is still at home in the 1911 city directory but with no occupation.

She is not listed in the 1912 Bellingham directory.

In the 1914 Bellingham directory, she lives at home with her father and brothers at 1513 E but has no occupation.

A brief article in the Bellingham Herald, in its March 9, 1925, issue: Esther Williams Day, married daughter of Andrew Lynde Williams, veteran police officer of Bellingham and former Whatcom County Sheriff, who died at Okanogan February 12, was appointed administratrix of the estate, comprising local real estate of a moderate value today on petition of Andrew Lynde Williams Jr., son of the deceased.

Esther married Lyman Henry DAY on 4 Apr 1915 in Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington. Lyman was born on 13 Oct 1891 in Massena, St. Lawrence County, New York; died on 24 Sep 1981 in Seattle, King County, Washington; was buried in Omak Memorial Cemetery, Okanogan County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 21 Aug 1887, Scandinavia Lutheran Church, Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin

Notes:

In the 1910 census, Arthur was apparently living in Ridgeway Borough, Elk County, Pennsylvania. He was single, living as a “lodger”, and was a printer for a newspaper.

Registered for the draft on June 26, 1917, in Los Angeles. He was a printer for Mead Press and was married. His birthdate is shown as June 13, 1880, but that is obviously wrong because his age is also shown as 30. He was born in Iola, Wisconsin. He is described as tall, of medium build, with blue eyes and brown hair.

In the 1920 census, Arthur lives in Los Angeles with his wife Charlotte. He has no occupation.

In the 1930 census, he was Arthur J. Williams, 42, living with his wife, Charlotte, 46, in San Antonio Township of Los Angeles County, California. He was a printer working in a print shop. He and Charlotte had been married for 14 years. Charlotte and her parents were born in Ohio.

No Social Security number entered in the California death index.

Arthur married Emma Charlotte FOSTY on 29 Sep 1915 in Los Angeles County, California. Emma was born on 30 Mar 1884 in Big Spring, Seneca County, Ohio; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Social Security Number: 547-09-0986
• Baptism: 29 Sep 1889, Scandinavia Lutheran Church, Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin

Notes:

Or Edwin M. Born Morris Edwin. The listing in Wisconsin Births and Christenings includes the note “changed from Edwin.”

Registered for the WWI draft as Edward Morris Williams (b. July 22, 1889), an auto mechanic living in Cedar Rapids, IA, on June 5, 1917. At that time he was married with a child.

In the 1920 census, E. M. Williams, 30, was living with his father and sister at 173 West 43rd Street in Los Angeles. With E. M. was his 29 year old wife, Gerlinda, and their 5 year old daughter, Dorothy C., Edwin is a manager at a “dye works.” His wife was also born in Wisconsin and, like E. M., her father was born in Wisconsin and her mother in Minnesota.

In the 1930 census, he is is shown as Edward M. Williams, 40, a garage mechanic living with his family in Los Angeles County, San Antonio township, city of South Gate. The address appears to be 8162 San Luis Avenue. Still only one child, Dorothy C., 15, still living with her parents.

In the 1940 census, he and Gertrude live in a rented residence in Alhambra in San Gabriel Twp, Los Angeles County, California. He is an auto repair mechanic. He is a high school graduate, Gertrude had had three years of high school.

He registered for the World War II draft as Edward Morris Williams of Alhambra, California. He gave Gertrude, his wife, as the person who would always know his address. He was employed by Mead Motors of San Gabriel.

Died as Edward Morris Williams.

The Wisconsin Births Index shows an Edward M. Williams born in Waupaca County on July 22, 1889.

Birth:
ELCA church record says 21 Jul

Edward married Gertrude BEANE about 1914 in Wisconsin. Gertrude (daughter of Ira A B BEANE and Julia M) was born on 25 Feb 1890 in Wisconsin; died on 8 Nov 1942 in Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Pharmacist
• Baptism: 17 Jan 1892, Scandinavia Lutheran Church, Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin

Notes:

The Wisconsin Births Index (and Wisconsin Births and Christenings) shows Walter L as born in Waupaca County on October 5, 1891.

He was a pharmacist with wife and child in Pullman, Washington, at the time of the WWI draft registration on June 5, 1917. His birth date is shown as October 5, 1891.

In the 1917 Spokane city directory, he and Inga lived at N1224 Howard. He was a salesman for Owl Drug Co.

In the 1920 census, he and Inga and Helen live in Wenatchee, Washington. He is a druggist.

In the 1923 and 1925 Wenatchee, Washington, city directories, he and Inga live at 131 S Delaware. He is a pharmacist for Owl Drug Co.

In the 1927 Wenatchee directory, he is still a pharmacist for Owl Drug Co but he and Inga now live at 847 Kittitas.

In the 1930 census, he is living in Omak at 214 South Main Street in a house worth $3500 that he owns. He is a manager in a drug store. Walter L. is 38, his wife Inga is 36, and his daughter Helen D. is 14. Helen was born in Washington. Inga was born in Wisconsin, her father in Norway, and her mother in Wisconsin. Walter and Inga were 21 and 19 when they were first married.

Birth:
Cemetery records say October 4th. The difference may be due to his death certificate saying he was 48 years, 4 months, and 29 days old.

Walter married Inga Estelle FERAGEN about 1912 in Wisconsin. Inga was born in 1894 in Wisconsin; died on 1 Apr 1959 in Omak, Okanogan County, Washington; was buried in Omak Memorial Cemetery, Okanogan County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 5 Jan 1894, Scandinavia Lutheran Church, Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin

Notes:

Presumably, she is the 11 year-old Della Williams, “boarder”, included with her cousin Dena Gilbertson and family in Wausau in the 1905 state census. However, the 11 year-old “Delia” is also included with her father and siblings in Iola in that same census.

Living with her father and brother and his family in Los Angeles at the time of the 1920 census. She was a checker at a “dye works.”

The 1892 birthdate is from her California death certificate. Other information suggested October 1893.

Birth:
Some sources say 1892. The ELCA record of her birth and baptism is quite clear that it’s 1893.

Clara married Harry Albert EICHLER in 1920. Harry was born on 27 Aug 1888 in Missouri; died on 16 Jul 1970 in Santa Cruz County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 14 May 1898, Scandinavia Lutheran Church, Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin

Notes:

Death and burial information from Find A Grave.

Notes:

The WHS Wisconsin Genealogy Index shows an Edwards M Williams born in Waupaca County on 30 Oct 1887.

Shown in the 1900 census as having not attended school in the previous 12 months.

In the 1905 state census, he lives with his parents in Merrill.

In the 1910 census, he is single and living with his parents in Wausau. He has no occupation.

He registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, in Marathon County as Claude R Williams. He claimed a wife, child, and mother were dependent upon him. He was a stenographer and bookkeeper for Rigner & Ringle in Wausau. He was described as tall and stout with gray eyes and light brown hair. He claimed to have “bad eyes.” He lived at 616 Third Avenue South in Wausau.

He appears to be included in the 1920 census in a very faint census image for Wausau’s 3rd Ward. His address was 707 Jefferson. His wife’s name is Elna or Edna and his son’s name is Gordon. Gordon appears to be 4 years old; the ages of Claude and his wife are not legible.

From the Wausau Daily Herald, 3 Mar 1936 edition:

Claude R. Williams, law clerk in the office of Regner and Ringle, passed away at his home, 602 Seymour Street, yesterday afternoon after a ten days’ illness with pleural pneumonia. His widow and son, Gordon Spencer, and his father, Edward Williams of this city survive.

Birth:
Wisconsin Births and Christenings says 30 Oct 1887

Died:
pneumonia

Claude married Edna May MEDBERRY on 3 Jun 1912 in Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin. Edna (daughter of Fred S MEDBERRY and Clara) was born on 19 Aug 1892 in Oneida County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was known as Jennie.

In the 1900 census, as Jennie Lykken, she was a boarder with the Lommens in Wells County, North Dakota. She worked as a dressmaker. After George Lommen’s first wife died, he married Jennie’s sister Anna.

In the 1930 census, as Jennie Huseby, she was a 64 year-old widow living in Minneapolis.

In the 1940 census, as Jennie Huseby, she was a 75 year-old widow and lodger in a rooming house in Minneapolis.

Family/Spouse: A HUSEBY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From the book - HISTORY OF GOODHUE COUNTY, MN. Published in 1909:

Christopher T. Lykken was born in Warsaw township on the farm where he now lives, January 15, 1867, son of Torger and Gertrude (Williams) Lykken, natives of Norway. The father came to America in 1854, the mother in 1864. The father located in Wisconsin, where he worked at farming and in the pineries for eight years. In 1862 he came to Minnesota, and settled in Holden township, purchasing eighty acres of wild land, which he broke and improved, carrying on farming until 1867, when he sold this land and bought 160 acres in Warsaw township, which he cleared and built a home and outbuildings, carrying on general farming. In 1884 he added eighty acres, and in 1904 he retired, placing the charge of the farm in the hands of his son. Christopher received his education in the public schools of Warsaw, and attended public school at Northfield for one year, after which he returned to the farm and in 1904 took charge of the old homestead. Since that date he has carried on general farming, stock raising and dairying. Mr. Lykken has four sisters and two brothers: The sisters are: Jennie, married to A. Huseby, of North Dakota; Annie, who is in the millinery business of North Dakota; Mary, married to Christ Haugen, of Warsaw; and Dena, living at home. The brothers are: Anton, who is living at home, and Gilbert, who died in 1902. In politics, Mr. Lykken is a Democrat, being treasurer of school district No. 51, which office he has held for twelve years. He is vice president of the elevator company at Dennison, and is a member of the Norwegian Lutheran church. Fraternally he affiliates with the Modern Woodmen, in which organization he has held the office of clerk.

In the 1910 census, he, as C.T. Lykken, was listed as head of household for the farm in Warsaw Twp. He was still unmarried. The rest of the household were his parents and his unmarried siblings, Anton and Dinah. There was also a servant, Andrew Heen, age 36, born in Minnesota.

In the 1930 census, he and Constance and Karen lived in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, He was a farmer. Also living on the farm were Christ’s brother Anton, his sister Dena, and two farm laborers.

Christopher married Karen Susanna Johannesdatter TALLE on 12 Jun 1911 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Karen was born on 17 Sep 1869 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 31 Jul 1956 in Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 18 Sep 1870, Goodhue County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 21 Jun 1885, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

She, as the widow Anna Lommen, was the head of household for a home in Dennison in the 1950 census. The other two members of the household were her brother Anton and her sister Dena, neither of whom had ever married.

Birth:
at least one source says, erroneously apparently, 6 Sep 1870

Confirmation:
Vang Lutheran Church

Family/Spouse: George P LOMMEN. George was born on 10 Jan 1862 in Minnesota; died on 8 Mar 1926 in Wells County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 25 May 1873, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

She married her first cousin.

Marith married Christopher Thomassen HAUGEN on 1 Jan 1903 in Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Christopher (son of Thomas Nilssen HAUGEN and Gjertrud Christophersdatter LYKKEN) was born on 20 May 1874 in Minnesota; died on 24 Jun 1965 in Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 5 Nov 1876, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 1890

Notes:

Baptism:
Vang Lutheran Church

Died:
or 4 Feb

Notes:

Graduated from the Faribault School for the Deaf and Dumb in June of 1899.

Notes:

An article in the Oregon Dail Journal, April 9, 1919, headlined Cowlitz Boy Fought With Lost Battalion:

W. H. Williamson, a brother of the Estes Williamson, who is a Kelso high school boy, was a member of the famous “lost battalion” in the Argonne battle where he was severly gassed. He arrived in the hospital in San Francisco a few days ago according to a letter received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Williamson of Stella. Young Williamson lost his power of speech from the effects of the gas and his parents have not learned whether he has regained his speech or not.

Single and living with his parents in the 1930 census.

He registered for the World War II draft in 1942. He worked for Standard Logging Company of Cochran, Oregon, and lived with his parents on Route 2, Longview, Washington, in Cowlitz County.

Notes:

He registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, in Stella. He was a logger in Cochran, Oregon, and he was married. He was described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and dark brown hair.

In the 1920 census, he is the 28 year-old John R Williamson who lived with his family in the Stella precinct of Cowlitz County, Washington. He was a farmer. That John R Williamson claimed that his father was born in North Dakota and his mother in Minnesota.

In the 1930 census, he is the 37 year-old Ray Williamson, a logger in Stella precinct, Cowlitz County, Washington. He was not a veteran.

In the 1940 census, he is the 48 year-old John R Williamson, living with his family on Stella Road in Cowlitz County in the same house in which they had all lived in 1935 (a house worth $4000 that John owned). John is a scaler for a logging company.

He registered for the World War II draft in 1942. At that time, he and Belle lived on Route 2, Box 410, Longview, Cowlitz County, Washington. He worked for the Standard Logging Company of Cochran, Washington.

John married Selena Belle about 1917. Selena was born on 26 Dec 1886 in Washington; died on 30 Dec 1961; was buried in Cowlitz Memorial Gardens, Kelso, Cowlitz County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, in Stella. His age was 25 although his birthdate was 1 Dec 1892. He was still unmarried and a farmer and claimed his father and mother were dependent on his support. He was tall and slender with blue eyes and light hair.

A Lester S Williamson married Thelma D Westerdahl in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, on 13 Dec 1941.

Notes:

He is the “V. Williamson” born on 7 October 1895 in Stella, Cowlitz County, Washington. He was the sixth child born to his mother. His parents were Ida Wiest, 22, born in Pennsylvania, and W. H. Williamson, 35, a farmer, born in Wisconsin.

He is listed in the 1910 census but not thereafter.

Notes:

In the 1900 census, he is the 3 month-old Ester J, a daughter, born in February of 1900.

He graduated from Kelso High School (in Washington but apparently near Portland, Oregon), in May of 1919.

In the 1930 census, he and his family lived in Portland, Oregon, where Estes was a credit manager for a saw manufacturing company.

Estes married Ethel A about 1924. Ethel was born about 1900 in Iowa; died in Assumed. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He lives with his parents in the 1920 census. He is a scaler for a paper mill.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Wisconsin Death Certificate: 003246

Notes:

Couldn’t find him in the 1910 census.

He registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, in Dodge County, Wisconsin. He was a farmer and was married and was living in the town of Hustisford, Dodge County. He was described as of medium height and build with light blue eyes and light brown hair.

In the 1920 census he and his family live in Beaver Twp, Clark County, Wisconsin. Boyd is a dairy farmer.

In the 1930 census, he is a dairy farmer in Amherst Twp, Portage County.

Boyd married Edna Vienna ROE about 1916. Edna was born on 16 Jan 1893 in Kingsbury County, South Dakota; died on 20 Feb 1985 in Dodge County, Wisconsin; was buried in Our Savior’s Lutheran Cemetery, Portage County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1920 census she and Otis live in Amherst Twp, Portage County, not far from her parents. In the 1930 census, she and Otis are not far from her brother Elmer who, by that time, appears to have taken over the Williamson farm.

Died:
SSDI last residence Amherst.

Myrtle married Otis A OLSON about 1918. Otis was born about 1882 in Wisconsin; died on 11 Apr 1959 in Cudahy, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin; was buried in 1959 in Nelsonville Lutheran Cemetery, Portage County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, in Amherst. His age was erroneously shown as 24. He was single and was employed as a farmer by his father. He was of medium height and build with blue eyes and brown hair.

In the 1930 census he is a dairy farmer in Amherst Twp living very near his sister Myrtle and her family. Elmer is a veteran of the World War.

Elmer married Lillian T about 1921. Lillian was born on 17 Apr 1899 in Wisconsin; died on 8 Dec 1968 in Appleton, Outagamie County, Wisconsin; was buried in Nelsonville Lutheran Cemetery, Portage County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1920 census, as Walter O Williamson, he is living at home and is a laborer at a packing plant.

In the 1930 census, as Walter O Williams, he and his family live in Deer Twp, Roseau County, Minnesota. Walter is a farmer on a rented farm. He was a veteran of the World War.

Birth:
North Dakota death index gives his year of birth as 1896

Died:
As Walter Oscar Williams. Resided in Moorhead, Minnesota

Walter married Mamie Clarys WATSON about 1925. Mamie was born about 1902 in Iowa; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1920 census she is living at home and is a public school teacher.

Family/Spouse: George SCHROEDER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He may be the Billy Williamson who died in Portage County in August of 1917.

Notes:

A Frances A. Hermanson, wife of Harry L. Williams, was the subject of an obit in the Stevens Point Journal on pages 12 and 13 August 1997.

Died:
His obit was in the SPJ on 28 August 1995. Wisconsin Death Index calls him Harry Lambert Williams. SSDI calls him Harry L Williamson.

Notes:

Died:
25 August according to her father’s obit

Family/Spouse: Roman BAUM. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She lived in Fond du Lac in 1920.

Family/Spouse: Carrol P DILLON. Carrol was born on 18 Jun 1894 in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin; died on 13 Apr 1953 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Byron George. He went by Byron.

By 1917, he was a Soo Line brakeman in Fond du Lac.

In the 1940 census, he and his wife Nellie and her son Eugene Lillie lived in Detroit. He worked for a railroad as a caretaker.

In the 1950 census, he was a widower living in Detroit. He was a railroad switchman.

George married Belle RUTLEY on 12 Feb 1928 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was living in Fond du Lac in 1921 with her sister Fanny and brother Byron.

She married railroad worker James Gleason in Fond du Lac in 1922.

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1929-MN-010725

Notes:

He registered for the draft in Dickey County, North Dakota, on June 5, 1917. He was an unmarried, unemployed farm laborer living in Silver Leaf, North Dakota. Although he was registered as Knutson, he seemed to have signed his name Knutsen.

According to his death certificate, his wife was Hannah Dunbar. He died of brain cancer at Colonial Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, but he normally lived in Fullerton, North Dakota. He was a grain elevator buyer for Baldwin Elevator Company of Appleton, Wisconsin.

Family/Spouse: Hannah Pearl DUNBAR. Hannah (daughter of Thomas Jay DUNBAR and Harriet (Hattie) TAYLOR) was born on 9 Nov 1892 in Foster, Faribault County, Minnesota; died on 15 Jan 1982 in Faribault County, Minnesota; was buried in Rosehill Cemetery, Wells, Faribault County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was a single farmer in Valley County, Montana, when he registered for the draft on June 5, 1917.

In the 1930 census, he was a “hired man” on a farm in Phillips County, Montana.

In the 1940 census, he was a lodger with William Gust in Whitewater Twp, Phillips County, Montana.

Birth:
the birth date in SSDI

Died:
this is questionable: the Montana Death Index claims that this Melvin Knutson was 94 years old

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1965-MN-023316

Notes:

Mother’s maiden name Ellingboe.

According to his draft registration on June 5, 1917, in Brownsville, Minnesota, he was born in Carpenter, Iowa, and was a bookkeeper for the Citizens State Bank of Borwnsville. He was still single and was described as short, of medium build, with light-blue eyes and light-brown hair.

In the 1920 census, he was still single and living in Barnesville, Clay County, Minnesota. He was a bookkeeper for what appears to be “investment house.”

In the 1930 census, he is still single and living in Hibbing as an insurance agent.

In the 1940 census, he and Lucy and Robert and Douglas lived in Sacred Heart, Minnesota. Five years earlier, the family lived in South Dakota. Anton was the manager of a grain elevator. Anton was a high school graduate. Lucy had had two years of college. He was the member of the household who met with the census enumerator. He incorrectly gave his place of birth as North Dakota.

He died of a heart attack. The informant for his death certificate was Douglas D. Knutson of Sacred Heart.

Anton married Lucy Irene MORRIS on 11 Jul 1931 in Douglas County, Minnesota. Lucy was born on 10 Apr 1900 in Douglas County, Minnesota; died on 24 Apr 1959 in Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 17 Oct 1886, Minnesota

Notes:

Baptism:
Wang Lutheran Church

Notes:

The article in the Ward County Independent that describes his wedding to Josephine says that he graduated from the Red Wing Seminary in 1902 and later from the Teachers’ University of Southern Minnesota at Austin, Minnesota. At the time of his marriage to Josphine, he was superintendent of the public schools at Des Lacs, North Dakota.

Christopher married Josephine ERICKSON on 26 Aug 1914 in Maynard, Chippewa County, Minnesota. Josephine was born on 17 Mar 1885 in Chippewa County, Minnesota; died on 12 Sep 1957 in Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ole married Emma R DALÅKER on 21 Sep 1912 in Chippewa County, Minnesota. Emma (daughter of Ole O DALÅKER and Kjersti C LEROL) was born in Sep 1892 in Minnesota; died in 1971 in Minnesota; was buried in Maynard Lutheran Cemetery, Maynard, Chippewa County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Andrew married Abbie JOHNSON in 1918. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 13 Sep 1903, Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

This family of John Steile is per the estimable dwfrench1’s French Family Tree.

At Ove’s baptism, all of the sponsors seem to be from the mother’s family.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1909-33940
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1978-MN-006213
• Baptism: 3 May 1909, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota

Notes:

She was the informant for her mother’s death certificate. At the time of her mother’s death, she lived in Crystal at 4501 Adair Avenue N.

As the 21 year-old Anna Nems, she and her two children were living with her widowed mother in Minneapolis at the time of the 1930 census. Anna was a packer for a seed company. Anna is shown as married.

Baptism:
First Lutheran

Anna married Alfred O NIMS on 3 Nov 1926 in Hennepin County, Minnesota, and was divorced. Alfred was born in 1904 in South Dakota; died on 30 May 1968 in Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anna married Herbert Harrison STANLEY, Sr about 1931. Herbert was born on 1 Feb 1894 in Kansas; died on 3 Aug 1973 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Hazel BURNHAM. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Roy SCHULTZ. Roy was born on 21 Feb 1900 in Winona County, Minnesota; died on 13 Dec 1971 in Houston County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: Bethany Lutheran Church, Tioga, Williams County, North Dakota

Notes:

Christine M. Anderson, 96, Harvey, ND died Sunday, April 18, 2010 at the St. Aloisius Nursing Home in Harvey. Services will be at the First Lutheran Church, Harvey on Friday at 2:00 p.m. Burial will be in Sunnyside Cemetery, Harvey. There will be no reviewal but friends may sign the register book at Hertz Funeral Home, Harvey on Thursday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Christine Marie (Ostrem) Anderson was born to Norwegian immigrants Even and Kjersti (Heen) Ostrem on April 21, 1913 on the family farm south of Tioga, ND. Christy was baptized and confirmed at Bethany Lutheran Church of rural Tioga. She attended District 4 Williams County country school and graduated from 8th grade on June 30, 1927. During the summers at the age of 8 years old, Christy was babysitting and doing housework for relatives and neighbors in the Tioga area. In 1929, the Ostrem family moved to a farm north of Manfred, ND. Christy stayed and worked in the Tioga and Ruso area. In 1930, she joined her family in Manfred. She had many stories of the days she helped in the cook car during harvest. She also enjoyed the church functions, gathering of friends and dancing at the Sons of Norway Hall.

It was at one of those dances she met Gordon Anderson. She said he looked like a movie star! Christy and Gordy were married in Minot, ND in 1935. They lived in Manfred where two children were born, Darlene and Rodney. In 1943, the family moved to Harvey where Gordy worked for the Soo Line Railroad as a brakeman and conductor. Two more children were born, Robert and Sandra. In 1966, Gordy suffered a stroke and was confined to a wheelchair. Christy was his caregiver until his death on May 31, 1992.

Christy was a loving and patient wife, mother, grandmother, and friend. She taught by example. Most of her friends called her an "Angel". She was always there to help in a time of need. She enjoyed to the fullest the times spent with family and the many games of Shanghai.

Christy was a member of the Vang Lutheran Church of Manfred and First Lutheran Church of Harvey. Christy was faithful to her Lord in quiet and simple ways. Christy entered the St. Aloisius Nursing Home in Harvey in September 2009.

Christy will be deeply missed by her family, Darlene (Bill) Quenette of Moorhead, MN, Rod Anderson of Goodyear, AZ, Sandra (Bill) Krebs of Oshkosh, WI; brother, Arnt (Phyllis) Ostrem of Gresham, OR; sister-in-law, Lila Anderson, Lincoln, CA; many special nieces and nephews; grandchildren, David (Avis) Quenette, Suzanne (Sam) Wagner, Dr. Stephen (Nikki) Quenette, Mark Quenette, Jeffrey (Kandyce) Fraser, Andrew Fraser; five great-grandchildren several step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren.

Christy was preceded in death by her parents, husband, son, Robert; son-in-law, Jonathan Fraser; sisters, Bertha Satterlee, Evey Fisher, Ingrid Reinholt; brothers, Ivan, Lars, Hank, Ted, and Ivar; nephews, Don Ostrem and Darrell Fisher; and many dear relatives and friends.

Christine married Gordon ANDERSON in 1935 in Minot, Ward County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 27 May 1917, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Mads married T. STORBRÅTEN [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1940 census, he was a farmer in Harrison Twp, Waupaca County.

Julian married Margaret E HOFFMAN on 24 Jun 1933 in Waupaca County, Wisconsin. Margaret was born on 15 Oct 1912; died on 25 Jun 1991 in Iola, Waupaca County, Wisconsin; was buried on 28 Jun 1991 in Northland Lutheran Church Cemetery, Harrison Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her obit in the February 7, 2005, edition of the Marshfield News-Herald:

Luella A. Berg
Luella A. Berg, 90, Arpin, died Friday, Feb. 4, 2005, at Saint Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield.

Services will be held at
1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Northland Lutheran Church. The Rev. Daniel Somers will officiate. Burial will be in Northland Lutheran Cemetery.

Visitation will be 11 a.m. until service time Wednesday at the church. Voie Funeral Home of Iola is assisting the family with arrangements.

She was born Oct. 24, 1914, in the town of Harrison, the daughter of the late Louie and Julia (Larson) Merde. She married Earl Berg on Sept. 2, 1939, at the Northland parsonage. They had celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary on Sept. 2, 2004.

Prior to marriage, she worked as a nanny in Chicago. Following her marriage, she farmed with her husband and worked at the Manawa Nursing Home. They retired from farming in 1970, and in 1989, she retired from the nursing home. During their marriage, they lived in New Hope, Chicago, Rosholt, Iola, Manawa and Marshfield. She loved music, dancing and cooking.

She is survived by her husband, Earl Berg, Arpin; a son, Donald (Dorothy) Berg, Pittsville; four grandchildren, Kurtis (Tanya) Berg and their son Erik, White Bear Township., Minn.; Scott (Lisa) Berg and their children, Jenna, Scott, Jr., and Jessica, Marshfield; Jennifer (Scott) Koran and their children, McKensey, Brandon, and Emilie, Marshfield; Kristofer (Tammy) Berg, and their children, Hannah and Tessa, Marshfield.

She was preceded in death by a brother, Julian.

Died:
St. Joseph’s Hospital

Luella married Earl L BERG on 2 Sep 1939 in Iola, Waupaca County, Wisconsin. Earl was born on 17 Mar 1910 in Iola, Waupaca County, Wisconsin; died on 29 Apr 2006 in Arpin, Wood County, Wisconsin; was buried on 10 May 2006 in Northland Lutheran Church Cemetery, Harrison Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Still single and living with her parents and siblings at the time of the 1920 census.

Not living with her parents at the time of the 1930 census.

Her obit noted that she had been employed by Wausau Insurance.

Alice married Ronald Herbert SCHOENFELD on 20 Mar 1925 in Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin. Ronald was born on 15 Feb 1904 in Wisconsin; died on 22 Oct 1989 in Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Single, living with his parents, and working at the sash and door factory at the time of the 1920 census.

Living in Wausau with his wife of two years, Margaret (b. ca 1908), at the time of the 1930 census. No children.

In the 1940 census, he and his wife Ramona and their son Dellar, live at 631-½ South 4th Avenue in Wausau. Albin is a barber and made $1935 in 1939. Albin and his wife have 8th grade educations.

In the 1950 census, he and his wife Ramona and their son Dellar, 20, live in Wausau. Albin is a liner at a woodwork manufacturer. Dellar is a sales clerk for an auto supply store.

Family/Spouse: Ramona HOERTER. Ramona was born on 7 Oct 1904; died in Apr 1985 in Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Albin married Margaret about 1928. Margaret was born about 1908. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 2 Jan 1910, Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin

Notes:

She was badly hurt in an auto accident in July of 1919. She broke two bones in her right leg.

She was still single and living with her parents and younger siblings in the 1930 census. She was a clerical worker in an insurance office.

She worked in the claims department at Wausau Insurance.

Baptism:
Immanuel Lutheran

Florence married Martin J ZILZ on 3 Sep 1938 in Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin. Martin was born about 1909; died on 27 Apr 1942 in Dane County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Graduate of U W Madison.

Reuben married Germaine (Gerry) RICHTER on 10 Apr 1948. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1940 census, he and Lorraine live at 108½ 5th Avenue S in Wausau, an apartment in his parents’ house. Roger is a laborer in a sash and door factory. He made $759 in 1939. He and his wife are high school graduates.

Family/Spouse: Lorraine. Lorraine was born on 9 Aug 1917 in Wisconsin; died in Apr 1987 in Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1940 census, Gladys lives at home with her parents. She is a bookkeeper with a wholesale liquor distributor. She is a high school graduate. She made $785 in 1939.

Family/Spouse: Warren Grant PARONTO. Warren (son of HANSON) was born on 13 Jun 1918 in Kelly, Marathon County, Wisconsin; died on 26 May 1995 in Ramsey County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Police officer

Notes:

In the 1910 census he is shown as five years old which would be consistent with his birth year being 1904.

Shown as working as a machine operator at the opera house in the 1920 census.

He may be the Everett R Maney living in Los Angeles in the 1930 census. That Everett was 28 and he and his parents were born in Wisconsin. His wife was Peggie M, age 25. The couple had been married for 4 years and had no children. Everett was a city police officer and his wife was a waitress in a cafe.

A 1931 immigration service record shows “Ernest R” and Peggy Maney arriving in Los Angeles on June 21st aboard the S.S. Ruth Alexander which had sailed that same day from Ensenada, Mexico. “Ernest R” was 28 years old and had been born in Iola, Wisconsin. Peggy was 27 years old and had been born in Hammond, Indiana. The couple lived at 416 W Ardmore in Los Angeles. “Ernest R”’s birthdate was shown as 1 October 1903 and Peggy’s as 16 Oct 1904.

Everett R Maney and his wife Mrs. Peggie M Maney, were registered as Democrats in Los Angeles County Precinct 2708 in 1952. They lived at 4708 Longridge Avenue.

Everett was first listed in the California voter registrations in 1926, at which time he lived as 721 California Street in Los Angeles City precinct 619. His occupation in that 1926 entry was time keeper.

In the 1928 entry, at which time he lived at 1905 Apex Avenue in Precinct 726, he was an officer.

In the 1934 voter registration, he and Peggie lived at 466 N Hobart Avenue in Precinct 818.

They were still at 466 N Hobart Blvd in the 1936 registration, now in Precinct 1310.

In this 1936 entry, Everett is a police officer.

In the 1938 entry, the couple lives at 4708 Longridge Avenue, the address at which they remain through the 1954 voter registration list.

In the 1940 census, he and Peggy May live at 4708 Longridge Street n Los Angeles. He is a police officer. They live in a house they own worth $5000. Everett made $2400 in 1939. Everett was a high school graduate, Peggy had had 2 years of high school.

An E. R. Maney, born 1 Oct 1904, died in Las Vegas on 11 Oct 1987. His SS# had been issued in California.

Birth:
The SSDI entry for “E. R. Maney” shows his birthdate as 1 Oct 1904.

Died:
SSDI last residence

Everett married Peggie May about 1926. Peggie was born on 16 Oct 1904 in Hammond, Lake County, Indiana; died on 7 Dec 1983 in Boulder City, Clark County, Nevada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Iola Historical Society has several photographs of Deronda as a cornet player in the Iola Boys Band in the 1920s.

Called DeRonda in the 1930 census.

In the 1940 census, he lived at home with his parent in Los Angeles. He was a plumber’s helper for a contractor and builder. He had had two years of college. He earned $432 in 1939.

He enlisted in the U.S. Army in Los Angeles on 3 Mar 1941. He was single, had 2 years of college, and was a cook in civilian life.

Notes:

Born Johan.

Shown as the adopted son of Fred and Anna Maney in the 1920 census.

In the 1930 census, he was John O Larson, 25 and single, lodging in Los Angeles. He was a clerk in a printing business.

Birth:
The birth date in the California Death Index is 21 Mar 1904. Wisconsin Births and Christenings shows 21 Mar 1905.

Notes:

Shown as “granddaughter” and living with her apparent grandmother, Louisa Dietl, in Wausau in the 1920 census.

Living with her aunt, Mary Dietl, her grandmother, Louise Dietl, and her brother, Edward E. Larson, at 326 East 52nd Street, Portland, Oregon, at the time of the 1930 census. Gretchen was a stenographer in the wholesale hardware industry and was the only person in the household who was employed.

She was Gretchen Atkinson when she married Lloyd M Janz.

She was Mrs. Gretchen L Atkinson in the 1955 Portland, Oregon, city directory.

Family/Spouse: ATKINSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gretchen married Lloyd M JANZ in Feb 1983 in Washington. Lloyd was born on 21 Feb 1904; died on 9 Sep 1983 in Multnomah County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Social Security Number: 561-66-9264, apparently issued in California according to the first three numbers
• Washington Death Certificate: 023584

Notes:

Living with the Adolph Herz Sr. family in the 1920 census and with the Adolph Herz Jr. (and her aunt Julia Dietl Herz) family in the 1930 census in Clackamas County, Oregon. Living with her sister Julia in both instances.

Her engagement to Frederick Kubler was announced at the same time as her sister Julia’s engagement to William Perkins in the 10 Jan 1940 edition of the Corvallis newspaper. Anne Louise attended Reed College and graduated from the Oregon College of Education at Monmouth.

Listed as Anna L Kubler in the Washington Death Index on Ancestry. Not listed in the SSDI. Not listed in the Washington State Digital Archives.

Anne married Frederick Byron KUBLER on 22 Jun 1940 in Multnomah County, Oregon. Frederick (son of Frederick W KUBLER and Tressie Lou GATES) was born on 23 May 1913 in Fruita, Mesa County, Colorado; died on 16 Feb 1982 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Living with the Adolph Herz Sr. family in the 1920 census and with the Adolph Herz Jr. (and her aunt Julia Dietl Herz) family in the 1930 census in Clackamas County, Oregon. Living with her sister Anne Louise in both instances.

The 1920 census shows her as 4 years and 5 months old which suggests she was born in or about July or August of 1915.

In the 1940 census, as Julia Larson, she was still living with the Herzes in the Cottrell Precinct of Clackamas County, Oregon. She is shown as 24 years old and the “adopted daughter” of Edward and Julia Herz.

Her engagement to William Perkins was announced at the same time as her sister Anna Louise’s engagement to Frederick Kubler in the 10 Jan 1940 edition of the Corvallis newspaper. Julia attended Oregon State was a graduate of the Oregon College of Education at Monmouth.

She was still married to Kenneth Tuttle at his death in 1988 and was referred to in his obit as Julia Larson Tuttle.

A Julia Ann Tuttle married a Daniel Lee Wisecarver in Washington in August or September of 1967. They divorced in June of 1977. She married James K Wilhelm in 1979.

Julia married William H PERKINS, Jr on 22 Jun 1940 in Multnomah County, Oregon, and was divorced in 1948 in Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Julia married Kenneth A TUTTLE on 19 Jun 1958 in Skamania County, Washington. Kenneth was born on 3 Apr 1904 in Washington; died on 29 Apr 1988 in New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shown as “grandson” and living with his apparent grandmother, Louisa Dietl, in Wausau in the 1920 census.

Living with his aunt, Mary Dietl, his grandmother, Louise Dietl, and his sister, Gretchen Larson, at 326 East 52nd Street, Portland, Oregon, at the time of the 1930 census.

In the 1940 census, he was Edward E Larson, 23, single, living in Portland at 1724 S E 52nd Avenue with his grandmother Louise Dietl and his aunt Mary Dietl. That is the same house at which they all lived in 1935. Edward is a cashier for a parcel delivery company. He was a high school graduate.

Because his gravestone is similar to that of Mary Dietl, we can reasonably infer that he is the Edward E Larson, 1916-1967, buried in Lincoln Memorial Park in Portland, Oregon. According to the Oregon Death Index, that Edward died on 14 Apr 1967 and his wife was Florence. According to the SSDI, that Edward was born on 29 Sep 1916.

Family/Spouse: Florence. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Irwin A Williams married Marjorie S Mathews in St. Louis on 14 Nov 1942. He lived in Clayton, Missouri, at the time.

Buried:
Section 62, Lot 478

Irwin married Marjorie S MATHEWS on 5 Nov 1942 in St. Louis County, Missouri. Marjorie was born on 14 Apr 1918 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana; died on 5 Sep 1992 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana; was buried on 31 Oct 1992 in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: DC-48435
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1980-MN-004191

Notes:

In the 1930 census, B. Bernadine and her husband Arthur C are roomers with a family in Bird Island Village, Renville County, Minnesota. They have no children. Arthur is the manager of a general store, his wife is a saleslady at that store. Arthur’s father, Fred, is apparently the owner of the store.

In the 1940 census, Bernadine and Arthur live in the village of Buffalo Lake in a rented residence. Five years earlier, the couple had lived in Bird Island. Arthur is a merchant in a retail general merchandise store. Bernadine is clerk in that store. Arthur was a high school graduate. Bernadine had had two years of college.

Beulah married Arthur Charles EISELEIN on 1 Sep 1926 in Renville County, Minnesota. Arthur (son of Frederick Charles EISELEIN and Anna HAMANN) was born on 11 Oct 1903 in Buffalo Lake, Renville County, Minnesota; died on 30 Jul 1959 in Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1940 census, he and his wife Madline (the informant) lived at 610 5th Avenue North West in Minot, a rented residence. Quentin was a high school graduate, Madline had three years of high school. Quentin was a machinery salesman. He made $1200 in 1939.

In the 1940-41 Minot city directory, he and his wife Manda lived at 610 5th Av NW. He was a salesman.

He enlisted in the U.S. Army on 16 Feb 1943 at Fort Snelling. He had had 4 years of high school, was married, and was employed in the category of “semiskilled chauffeurs and drivers, bus, taxi, truck, and tractor.” He resided in Ward County, North Dakota.

In the 1957 and 1959 Minot directories, he and Amanda life at 212 8th Avenue SE. He is a dispatcher for Ace Cab Co.

In the 1960 Minot directory, he and Amanda are still at 212 8th Avenue SE but Quentin is now a warehouseman for Dakota Beverage.

Family/Spouse: Amanda WOLD. Amanda (daughter of Odin T WOLD and Anna NYBAKKEN) was born on 2 May 1912 in North Dakota; died on 24 Feb 1989 in Ward County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1910-17937

Notes:

His SS# was issued in New Mexico.

A Kermit P Lenton lived in Flagstaff, Arizona, in 1986.

The U.S. Public Records Index, Vol. 2, lists four addresses for him in Norwich, North Dakota.

Notes:

In the 1940 census, she was Joy Geraldine, age 21. She was a stenographer for the U.S. Forest Service and had made $553 in 1939. She had one year of college. She had lived in Pullman in Whitman County in 1935 although her parents and sister had lived in Okanogan.

She was Joy Day in the State College of Washington-Pullman yearbook of 1936.

Her obit:

Joy Sullivan’s life spanned nearly a century. Her mother Esther Williams (later known as Gah) was the Whatcom County Sheriff’s daughter who learned to drive on a fire truck and was the first woman to strip off her long stockings to swim in Bellingham Bay. Her father Lyman (Gus) Day was a seaman on the first ship to travel through the Panama Canal en route to the West Coast. When ashore, he fell in love with Esther. Esther and Lyman married and settled in Bellingham where Joy was born.

Joy was a child of the depression. Esther and Lyman purchased an apple orchard and moved with Joy and her sister Bill to the hills of Okanogan. It was a hard life – an outdoor privy and bathwater heated on the stove. Hers was a happy childhood. She was a pianist, violinist, and a voracious reader. Their home was a magnet for friends, welcomed day and night with food, music, and joy. After many years, the orchard became a victim of the depression and was repossessed by the bank. The family moved permanently to Seattle.

From an early age, Joy had a delightful sense of humor. She regaled in stories of her embarrassment.  The home brew exploded in the bathtub when the temperance-preaching school board president was present. She drove her father’s car into a ditch, after which he unfairly promptly removed the motor and transferred it to a tractor. The family horse Barney would immediately sit whenever she mounted him. Her much-adored “bratty little sister” hid in the apple tree witnessing her kissing a boyfriend and telling all in a message Joy discovered opening her suitcase on her first day at college.

Bill often described Joy as ‘the smartest student in their school.’As valedictorian, Joy was awarded a full scholarship to Pullman where she became a Chi Omega. She was self-depreciating. She often recalled that “she entered to study music and languages, only to discover she was good at neither.” She dropped out two years later, obtaining a position in the Bremerton Naval Yard. She was among the throngs of the heartbroken who witnessed hundreds of sailors, many who were counted as friends, return from Pearl Harbor in body bags.

Joy met her husband Ed (who grew up in Freeport, Long Island) on a train en route to Florida to see her sister. He was a handsome army lieutenant on leave to enjoy some sunshine before being deployed to the Pacific. He insists he hooked up with her because she was the only one on the train with beer. She emphatically denied this, but admittedly fell in love at first sight. They were married in New York City after knowing each other only a few weeks. They had three children – Candace (Candy), Michael (Mike) and Terrence (Terry). The marriage lasted until his death, just short of 50 years.

After Ed returned from the Army (and recovered from serious first-degree burns that occurred when repairing their car), Ed and Joy briefly lived in Liberty Lake, Washington. They later settled in Seattle where Ed was employed as a Boeing technician. Joy was active politically and served multiple times as a local precinct committeeman. She recalled family stress when she campaigned for Eisenhower and Ed for Stevenson. She was an avid supporter of Nelson Rockefeller for President (and wrote him in for many years when she disapproved of both party candidates). 

In recent years, she was a confirmed Democrat, finding that the Republican Party no longer represented her values. She proudly cast her final vote for Hillary, and fortunately did not live to see election results.

Joy was a stay-at-home mom for some 14 years. Her and Ed’s home was a hot-bed of activity. It was the gathering place for neighborhood children. There was a steady stream of friends for dinner, conversation, mushroom gathering, music, origami, and parties. She was renown for casual entertaining and outstanding cooking. She was especially recognized for her braided, home-made bread (though her children wanted Wonder Bread like all the other kids), sponge cakes, and cream puffs.

Tired of exclusively volunteering and concerned with paying upcoming college tuitions, she went to work at the University of Washington as a secretary. Her final position was in the Department of Psychiatry where she played multiple roles – researcher, editor, and office manager, as well as secretary. Her skills were recognized when a well-reviewed book “The Politics of Prostitution” was dedicated to her.

Work did not stop her volunteering. At one time she was active in three PTAs, the University Unitarian Church as a Sunday school teacher, and the Seattle Youth Symphony. Her happiest volunteer experience was serving as Secretary for the Japanese American Citizen’s League.

Upon retiring, Joy and Ed went to live on Angle Lake in her parents’ former home, a short walk from her much-loved sister Bill and brother-in-law Bud Jones. She prided herself on being a fine swimmer. She was a voracious reader. Her home was filled with books and magazines (her favorites being the New Yorker, New York Review of Books, Atlantic, and Discover). It broke her heart when her eyes began to fail and she could only read for short periods of time.
 
Ed died in 1992. She lived independently until double knee surgery in 2005 when she could no longer drive and Candy arranged for periodic home care. Terry moved in with her a few years later. Joy loved company and was known for her warm hospitality. She enthusiastically applauded performances by the Day cousin violin trio (Candy, Nancy, and Kacey), no matter how atonal.

Joy spent her final 15 months in home hospice care. Until the end, she insisted that visitors “have something to eat and come by for a swim.” She died as she wished in view of her beloved Angle Lake.

Joy mourned the recent deaths of her sister and brother-in-law, son-in-law, and close friends of her generation. She is survived by her three children and her son Mike’s wife Linda. 

The family deeply appreciates those who provided Joy with loving care in her final months. These include Robbi Badure, Saida Mukhtar, Lisa Berlin, Cynthia Finney, Chaz Lindsey, Vivian Karanja, Hannah Gikonyo, and Sarah Schott. We are also grateful to her long-standing friend Cathy Gosho whose visits and brownies cheered her days, Susan Randlett whose flowers and visits always lifted her spirits, Sun Dat who made sure she always had food and drink, Erna Brodber who shared her writings and always remembered her birthday, Niece Nancy Erickson an adored regular visitor who also took over caregiving oversight when Candy was travelling, and Nephew Andy Jones and Niece Kacey Jones Miller whose periodic visits and support brought her great joy.

A memorial celebration will be held on April 21 at 12:30 pm at Tahoma National Cemetery. It marks the occasion of what would have been her 99th birthday. The cemetery is located at 18600 SW 240th Street, Kent, WA 98042. Her husband, sister and brother-in-law, and son-in-law are buried there as well. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to the Seattle Opera or Audubon.

Birth:
Her birthdate is 21 Apr 1914 in Washington Births on Ancestry. However, she was 20 months old at the time of the 1920 census.

Family/Spouse: Edward Daniel SULLIVAN. Edward was born on 28 Sep 1909 in New York; died on 29 Nov 1992 in Seattle, King County, Washington; was buried in Tahoma National Cemetery, Kent, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Articles in the Bellingham Herald in the 1930s referred to her has Belle, Bill, Billie, and Wilma.

In the 1940 census, she was Billy, a 16 year-old high school student living with her parents.

It is with heavy heart that we report to the community one of our pioneering Shore Club members and beloved neighbor, Wilma Mary Kathleen Day Jones, known to many around the lake simply as Billie, died Saturday, January 16 after a sudden illness. She was in the loving presence of family at the time of her passing. 

Born in Okanogan, Washington, Billie was the second of two daughters born to Lyman and Esther Day. She spent her girlhood on her parents' apple orchard ranch in the Boston Heights area 'chasing jackrabbits and swimming in the Okanogan River' as she would fondly remember. 

Billie briefly attended college at Washington State University, until she heeded the call of duty to her country as WWII began. She was among the first young women to venture to the other Washington and later Miami, FL, working for the government and Red Cross to help the war effort. She was thrilled with her independent life and made many friends, with whom she remained in contact for years to come.

On April 13, 1947 she married Charles Arthur Jones, a handsome U.S. Marine, whom she met on a blind date orchestrated by her mother. Bud and Billie settled in a cottage on Angle Lake, where they continued making and nurturing lifelong friendships. In their 66 years together, they lived life to the fullest; raising children, swimming and sailing, skiing, partying, traveling, and relishing the company of family and friends. Their July 4 celebrations will forever remain a staunch family tradition. In her later years, despite the weather or the month, Billie was famous for inviting anyone she met to 'come on out for a swim at Angle Lake!' 

Billie loved music, singing, dancing, and being a center of festivities. She instilled a love of music in her three children and was insistent they all learn to play an instrument. She treasured her beautiful home on Angle Lake and would express her gratitude every day for all her blessings. She is survived by her children Nancy Erickson (Glenn), Andrew Jones (Lois), and Kacey Jones Miller (Bruce) and her sister Joy Sullivan. Billie was preceded in death by her husband, her beloved 'Bud'. She cherished her eleven grandchildren. She lived to see eight of her nine great grandchildren, missing by only four days the arrival of her ninth.

Wilma married Charles Arthur (Bud) JONES on 13 Apr 1947. Charles was born on 22 Dec 1922; died on 7 Mar 2013 in Washington; was buried in Tahoma National Cemetery, Kent, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1940 census, Dorothy and John lived in South Gate City in San Antonio Twp, Los Angeles County. They lived at 2811 Missouri Street in a home they owned worth $4500. John was a salesman for a laundry supply company. Dorothy was a saleslady at a retail gift shop. John had earned $2350 in 1939.

A Dorothy Claire Stadler died in Los Angeles County on September 9, 1990. Her maiden name was Williams. She was born in Wisconsin on 22 Aug 1914. Her mother’s maiden name was Beane.

Family/Spouse: John E STADLER. John was born on 20 Jun 1912 in California; died on 29 Apr 1984 in Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the California birth record, her mother’s maiden name is Williams.

In the 1940 census, she was a college student living with her parents.

She lived in Fremont, California, in 1993 and 1996. Diana was recorded at the same address as Harriet in 1993.

HARRIET ANN CORBETT November 14, 1922 - August 29, 2007 Was born to Harry and Clara Eichler in Los Angeles, CA. She was a longtime resident of Fremont, CA before moving to San Ramon, CA. She spent her early years in Los Angeles. She attended Dorsey High School and went on to college at UCLA. Harriet married "Big Jim Corbett" on May 3, 1942. They raised 7 children, 4 boys and 3 girls. She was preceded in death by her husband James Edward (1983) and her son James Michael (2003). She is survived by her son Richard Corbett and daughter-in-law Pamela of Livermore, CA., daughter Eileen Corbett Scranton and son-in-law John of San Ramon, Carolyn (Cece) Corbett Rowe and son-in-law Carl of Redding, CA, son, Brian Corbett and daughter-in-law Viki of Durango, CO, son Dennis Corbett and daughter-in-law Jennifer, Tracy, CA, daughter Diana Moseley and son-in-law James Moseley, Livermore, CA, and loving friend and sister-in-law Eveleen Corbett of San Leandro, CA. She also leaves behind 17 grandchildren; David Corbett of Grants Pass, OR, Julie Cia of St. Helena, Jennifer Corbett of Dublin, Heather Ford and Eric Corbett of Livermore, Shawn Scranton of San Diego, Todd Scranton of Pleasanton, Ann Ledbetter of Patterson, James Ledbetter of San Ramon,, CA, Kyle and Ryan Corbett of Durango, CO, Tyler, Hayley, Sammy and Noelle Corbett of Tracy, CA and Wyatt and Nolan of Livermore, CA. She was also blessed with 11 great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Harriet loved to travel. She played the piano and violin. She enjoyed her daily crosswords and loved music. She enjoyed the social life with her family and friends. She brightened the lives of everyone around her and was a great source of inspiration to all who knew her. She will be deeply missed and will always be in our hearts. We are very greatful for the compassion and wonderful care of Chonafe, her caregiver. We love you Mom. Family and friends are invited to attend a Visitation Tuesday, Sept. 4th from 6:00PM to 8:00PM with a Vigil Service at 7:00PM held at Berge-Pappas-Smith Chapel of the Angels, 40842 Fremont Blvd., Fremont, CA. Funeral Mass will be held at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 11:00AM on Wednesday, Sept. 5th, 43148 Mission Blvd., Fremont followed by burial at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Hayward, CA. Contributions may be made to Harriet's favorite charity, Sister John Marie's Pantry, P.O. Box 3276 Fremont, CA 94539.

Died:
SSDI last residence

Harriet married James Edward CORBETT on 3 May 1942. James was born on 28 Feb 1919 in Washington; died on 14 May 1983 in Santa Clara County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is probably the Gordon Williams, “nephew”, age 14, living with William and Belle Luhn in South Milwaukee in the 1930 census.

When he registered for the draft in 1940, he and his wife were living in Muskego in Waukesha County at “Treichels Cottage #2.” He was employed by Line Material Company of South Milwaukee.

In the 1940 census, he and Virginia lived in South Milwaukee with their son Richard, age 1. He was an assembler in the electrical industry.

He served in the U.S. Army for about 8 months in 1945.

In the 1950 census, he and his family lived in Milwaukee. He was a milling machine operator for an excavating machinery factory.

Died:
Last residence Mukwonago

Family/Spouse: V.M.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 14 Aug 1927, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

Confirmation:
Vang Lutheran

Constance married Alfred A LUNDBERG on 1 Aug 1948 in Rice County, Minnesota. Alfred was born on 28 Jul 1899 in Minnesota; died on 18 Sep 1979 in Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

T. Gerhard Haugen, 86, of Northfield died Thursday, July 11, 1991 at the Three Links Care Center. Haugen was born Dec. 15, 1904 to Christopher and Mareth (Lykken) Haugen in Dennison. He attended rural Dennison Public Schools and graduated from Kenyon High School in 1925. On March 21, 1964 he married Bertha Soine in Dennison. The couple lived in Dennison, Cannon Falls and Northfield. He was employed by Goodhue County Dairy Herd Improvement Association from 1939 to 1941. In 1941 he was drafted into the U.S. Army. He re-enlisted in 1945 and was sent ot China where he was critically injured and received a medical discharge in 1947. When he returned he was employed by Dakota County Dairy Herd Improvement Association until 1953, then worked as a custodian at Boe Chapel at St. Olaf College until his retirement. Haugen was a member of Vang Lutheran Church in rural Dennison. Preceding him in death were his parents, his wife and a sister. Survivors include a stepson Richard Soine of Phoenix, Ariz.; a stepdaughter Carol (and John) Beckman of Cannon Falls; two stepgrandchildren; a sister Gertrude Underdahl of Kenyon; a nephew Pete Underdahl of Dennison; and several cousins. Visitation was held Friday, July 12 at the Benson Funeral Home in Northfield. Funeral services were held Saturday, June 13 at Vang Lutheran Church with the Rev. Gerald Gengenbach officaiting. Music was provided by organist Helen Midje. Pallbearers were Bernard and Arnold Ellingboe, Herb and Donald Haugen, and Dale and Pete Underdahl. Interment was at Vang Lutheran Cemetery.

Thomas married Bertha Emilia WANGEN on 21 Mar 1964 in Rice County, Minnesota. Bertha (daughter of Andrew Iversen WANGEN and Anna HIRT) was born on 6 Jun 1906 in Becker County, Minnesota; died on 20 Feb 1984 in Ramsey County, Minnesota; was buried in Wangen Prairie Cemetery, Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gertrude married Peder Carl UNDERDAHL on 3 Apr 1930 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Peder (son of Peder Olsen UNDERDAHL and Christine Larsdatter FLOM) was born on 3 Dec 1895 in Minnesota; died on 23 Jun 1978 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1918-MN-006339

Notes:

In the 1940 census, he lives at home and is unemployed although his usual occupation is bucker in a logging camp.

He is probably the Royal Williamson, b. 15 Oct 1918, who died in Portland in Jul of 1982. The Washington Death Index shows his death date as 23 July and refers to him as “Royal Bro.”

Notes:

VALIER John R Williamson, 89, formerly of Kalispell, died of natural causes Dec. 21, in Conrad.

Memorial service is 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 6, at St. Francis Catholic Church in Valier. Pondera Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.

John is survived by his stepchildren, Dale (Marilyn) Seifert of Valier, Cheryl (Gene) Curry of Valier, Donald (Chris) Seifert of Bozeman, Lee (Marleen) Seifert of Ethridge and Sandra Starbuck (Craig Parkin) of Anacortes, Wash.; 12 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Jane (Beth) STARBUCK. Elizabeth was born on 17 Jan 1923 in Pondera County, Montana; died on 6 Jul 1992 in Kalispell, Flathead County, Montana; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Valier, Pondera County, Montana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is called Roy B. in the 1930 census. Called Roe in his sister’s obit.

Died:
last residence per SSDI

Notes:

Rachel Sparr, 95, of Waupun passed away on Monday, July 21, 2014, at Marvin’s Manor in Waupun.

Rachel was born on May 16, 1919, in the city of Loyal, Clark County, a daughter of Boyd and Edna (Roe) Williamson. She was a graduate of Amhurst High School and attended Stevens Point Education College. On Nov. 28, 1942, she was united in marriage to Anders “Andy” Sparr. Rachel was a member of Pella Lutheran Church, past president and participated in the ladies aid as well as teaching Sunday school. Rachel was also a past president of the Dodge County Homemakers Association and adult leader of the Achievers 4-H Club.

Rachel is survived by two daughters, Karin (John) Nyhuis of Oakfield, Kristine (Brian) Colby of Appleton; a son, Anders (Linda) Sparr of Hartford; eight grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; a niece; other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Anders Sparr, in 1998; parents; and a brother, Roe (Hazel) Williamson.

A celebration of Rachel’s life will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, July 25, 2014, at Pella Lutheran Church, 315 S. Madison St., Waupun. The Rev. Michael Stock will officiate. Burial will follow at Highland Memory Garden.

Rachel’s family will receive relatives and friends on Friday, July 25, at Pella Lutheran Church, 315 S. Madison St., Waupun, from 9:30 a.m. to the hour of the service.

Family/Spouse: Anders SPARR. Anders died in 1998; was buried in Highland Memory Gardens, Beaver Dam, Dodge County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
last residence

Notes:

An Elaine Shanks, wife of Allen Williams, was the subject of an obit in the Stevens Point Daily Journal on 21 and 26 August, 1947.

Died:
last residence per SSDI

Notes:

In February of 1966, she married Howard Weber.

Family/Spouse: Hyacinth J BUDNICK, Jr. Hyacinth died on 7 Mar 1964 in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2004-MN-001860
• Baptism: 31 Jul 1924, North Dakota

Notes:

Baptized as Arlene Pearl. Her grandmother Ingeborg was her sponsor.

Later called Arlene Margaret. Changed her name in Social Security to Arlene M Johnson in October of 1952.

Birth:
Devils Lake

Family/Spouse: Donald George JOHNSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
last residence Wyoming

Eldora married Phillip Edward PEDERSON on 8 Jun 1951 in Meeker County, Minnesota. Phillip was born on 4 Jun 1926 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 12 Feb 1990 in Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Dewey L REID. Dewey was buried in New Bethel Cemetery, Walthall County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: David John MECKEL. David was born on 13 Aug 1924 in Ramsey County, Minnesota; died on 17 Apr 2001 in San Diego County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Evelyn FAIRBANKS on 12 Aug 1963 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
SSDI last residence

Herbert married D.P. MCLEOD [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Loving father, grandfather and great grandfather, he took great pride in the accomplishments of family. A Veteran of the 1st Infantry Division, played baseball for the Army while stationed in Japan. A natural athlete, a patriot who wished for peace, a humorous and creative philosophical mind, with a sometimes healthy obsession for commodity and stock trading, he will remain forever in our hearts. Survived by brother: Richard Stanley, Former wife: Shirley Stanley, Children: Perry Stanley, Paul Stanley (Rose), Robin Stanley, Sandra Eckstrom, Carolee Soderholm (Tim), Jonathan Stanley Grandchildren: Amy White (Nick), Alex Stanley (Laura), Cayleigh Soderholm, Tyler Soderholm Great Grandchildren: Jackson and Jordon White.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1928-18142
• Baptism: 30 Jun 1928, Minnesota

Notes:

Beverly Ann Schultz Stevens, a Lake Forest resident for over 65 years, passed away peacefully on May 11, 2019.

Born June 8, 1928 she will be greeted in heaven by her parents, 2 brothers and 1 sister and husband of 62 year, John Ole Stevens.

Beverly was dedicated to her family, celebrating every event with love and ice cream. She is survived by her 5 children, Peggy Stevens Hendershot, Scott Stevens,(Chris d) ,Mike Stevens, Lyn Stevens Drathring,(Curt), Ole Stevens,(Sonya), and 12 grandchildren, 8 grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

Bev was a competitor and sports fan her whole life. Whether it was playing basketball in high school, sledding down the old Lake Forest beach road in the winter, playing women's volleyball at the recreation center, bridge with her lifelong friends or traveling the country playing golf in her retirement, she liked to have fun and to win. She worked as a secretary at Ferry Hall School and later as the Secretary to the Athletic Director at Lake Forest High School for 18 years. She was an avid fan of the Scouts athletics.

Beverly married John Ole STEVENS on 31 Dec 1948 in Houston County, Minnesota. John was born on 28 Nov 1924 in La Crosse County, Wisconsin; died on 6 Oct 2010 in Lake County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Richard "Dickie" Merde, 66, Iola, died Saturday, March 28, 2009, at the Appleton Medical Center. He was employed at Four Wheel Drive Corp. in Clintonville for more than 20 years as a welder and doing fabrication of cabs for fire trucks. He had been a member of the Army National Guard.

Notes:

Dellar “Del” L. Gilbertson, 92, Weston, passed away March 8, 2022, at Renaissance Assisted Living under the care of Interim Hospice Care.

He was born December 24, 1929, in Wausau to the late Albin and Ramona (Hoerter) Gilbertson. On July 8, 1950, he was united in marriage to Jeanette “Jan” Empey at St. Paul’s U.C.C. in Wausau. Together, they shared 71+ wonderful years of marriage; raising their family and enjoying all life had to offer.

He began his 32-year career with the Wausau Police Department in 1952, and in 1963 was promoted to desk sergeant. He was a 1966 graduate of the Northwestern University Traffic Institute. In 1972, he was advanced to Traffic Sergeant, supervising the Traffic Division, and served as Secretary of the Wausau Traffic and Parking Commission. During his 12-year tenure in that office, he was dedicated in promoting traffic, pedestrian, bicycle and motorcycle safety; receiving recognition every year, including the Grand Award from AAA in 1980 for being the safest city in the United States for cities of comparable size. He made numerous trips to Madison with city officials to accept these awards and was proud of achieving these honors. Del was on the departments’ pistol team competing in matches throughout the state, and in 1961 the four-member team won the W.P.P.A. class C state championship in Kenosha. In 1960, he was instrumental in organizing the Wausau City Employees Credit Union; serving as secretary for two years. In 1962, he was elected president and held that office for four years.

After retiring in 1984, his long-time friend, Charles Helke, offered him a full-time position at the Helke Funeral Home. He was employed there for ten years.

In 1994, he and Jan sought warmer temperatures, so they moved to their dream home in Sun City, Arizona, where they resided for 19 years. During those years, they traveled extensively throughout the United States and eighteen foreign countries. Del enjoyed golfing and had the privilege of working as a Marshall for ten years at the Annual Phoenix Open in Scottsdale.

He was a member of Sun City Masonic Lodge #72, El Zaribah Shrine, Sun Cities Shrine Club (serving as president in 2003), and the Sun Cities Scottish Rite Club. He and Jan were actively involved in the annual Clothe-A-Child program during the Christmas season.

In 2011, they moved back to Wisconsin to be closer to their family. He reinstated his membership with Forest Lodge #130, F. & A. M. in Wausau. He was a 32nd degree Master Mason, longtime member of Zor Shrine in Madison, and in 1987 was chosen to serve a one-year term as Outer Guard on the Zor Shrine Divan. He was a lifetime member of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of the Eau Claire Valley, where he was a Past Most Wise Master of the Chapter of Rose Croix and was active in degree work each spring and fall. Del worked diligently to support the Shrine Hospitals; transporting children and their families to and from the Shrine Hospital in Minneapolis.

He was a member of Wausau Elk’s Lodge #248, and also Lodge #2559 while residing in Sun City.

Survivors include three daughters, Sandra (Dean) Ostrander, Kaukauna, Mary Zelton (Brad Main) Tomahawk, Cheryl Traska, Tomahawk; a son, Michael (Danette) Gilbertson of Weston; thirteen grandchildren, Matthew (Elisabeth), Bradley (Melissa), and Catherine Ostrander, Dr. Kimberly, Alison, and James Zelton, Jamie (Steve) Howe, Travis (Jenn) Traska, Stephanie (Brett) Borneman, Gretchen Krueger, Lucas Gilbertson (Sarah Elliott), Shanon (Mitch) Feltz, and Jarett (Melissa) Gilbertson; eleven great-grandchildren, Ryan Ostrander, Kali, Dawson, and Marli Traska, Onnika Honeck, Jason, Logan, and Isabella Borneman, Alyce and Margaret Feltz, and Gavin Gilbertson. He was preceded in death by his wife, parents, a sister, Bonnie, and loving son, Patrick.

His family meant more to him than anything else in the world and he was so proud of the close bond and love that existed. They never greeted or parted without expressing their love for one another.

Dellar married Jeanette Marie EMPEY on 8 Jul 1950 in Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Birth Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1928-24373

Notes:

No name on birth certificate. He was his parents’ first child.

Birth:
“Eiselim”

Notes:

JAMES MICHAEL CORBETT Passed away peacefully on October 17 at his home in St. Helena, CA with family by his side. Born in Los Angeles, CA on September 24, 1943, Jim had many friends. He was a former resident of Fremont, CA, where he owned Newark Travel for many years before his retirement last year. He was a former Rotarian in the Fremont/Newark area. He died, after a long hard battle with lung cancer, due to second hand smoke. He will be greatly missed by his wife of 35 years, Terri, and his children, David (Laurie) of Medford, OR, Julie (Matthew) Cia of St. Helena, and Jennifer of Dublin, CA. Jim was preceded in death by his father James Edward, and is survived by his mother Harriet of Fremont, CA. He is also survived by his three brothers, Richard of Livermore, CA, Brian of Durango, CO, and Dennis of Tracy, CA and three sisters, Eileen Scranton of San Ramon, CA, Carolyn Rowe of Redding, CA, and Diana Moseley of Fremont, CA. He is also survived by his seven grandchildren, Brianne, Kimberly, Elizabeth, Nicholas, and Austin and Nicole Cia of St. Helena. he leaves behind numerous nieces and nephews, and many dear friends. Among Jim's favorite pastimes were flying his private plane, going to air-shows, driving his orange '67 Corvette, driving his tractor in his vineyard, enjoyed a glass of his fine cabernet, traveling, cooking, and especially telling a "good story" or joke. A visitation will be held on Friday, from 5-7:00 p.m. at Morrison Funeral Chapel, 990 Vintage Ave., St. Helena. Funeral Mass will be celebrated Saturday, October 25 at 11:30 a.m. at Holy Family Mission Church, 1241 Neibaum Ln. Rutherford. Interment will follow in the Holy Cross Cemetery, St. Helena.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2002-MN-009111

Notes:

Died:
as Peder Gerhard Underdahl

Family/Spouse: Lynda Mae MYRAN. Lynda was born on 3 Dec 1936 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 20 Dec 2023 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Patrick "Pat" A. Gilbertson, 58, of Schofield, passed away unexpectedly at his home of natural causes on Friday, May 1, 2015. He was born April 12, 1957 in Wausau to Dellar "Del" and Jeanette "Jan" (Empey) Gilbertson. He was a 1975 graduate of Wausau West High School.

After graduation, Pat started his career at the former Wausau Insurance Company and was with them from 1976 to 1992, serving as an Office Planning Technician, during which time he was promoted to a supervisory position. He worked with the home office, as well as all regional and service offices, and worked closely with regional vice presidents and human resource managers. He traveled throughout the country, assisting office planning designers with the actual physical moving of regional and service offices, by directing local moving companies and vendors.

In 1993, Pat decided to change occupations and was employed as a courier with FedEx Express, working with that company until 2009. In late 2009, he took on a new role and was employed at K-Tech Kleening Systems as a Building Services Crew Supervisor, and was chosen by management as "Employee of the Year" in 2012. On August 5, 2014, he was offered a position as department manager at the Ace Hardware Store on Schofield Avenue, Weston, and was currently employed by them until his untimely death.

Pat will be fondly remembered for his very kind heart and loving affection for his family and friends. He was quick-witted and had an extraordinary sense of humor. It was evident in his home décor that he was truly a gifted and talented artist, celebrating nature and the southwest culture. He was a very loving son, brother, father and grandfather, and his family meant more to him than anything else in the world. Pat was also a loyal and dedicated fan of the Green Bay Packers and Wisconsin Badgers, and was diligent in flying their flags on game day. He will sincerely be missed by so many who loved him.

Survivors include his parents, Del and Jan Gilbertson, Weston; his daughters, Stephanie (Brett) Borneman and their children, Jason, Logan and Isabella, Mosinee; Gretchen (David) Krueger, Antigo; sisters, Sandra (Dean) Ostrander, Egg Harbor, and their children, Matthew (Elisabeth), Sandy, UT, Bradley (Melissa), Soddy Daisy, TN, and Catherine Ostrander, Little Chute, Mary Zelton, Green Bay and her children, Kimberly, Madison, Alison, LasVegas, NV and James, Eau Claire, Cheryl Traska, Schofield, and her children, Jamie and her daughter, Onnika, Weston, Travis (Jenn) and their children, Kali and Dawson, Wausau; his best friend and twin brother, Michael (Danette) Gilbertson, Schofield, and their children, Lucas, Schofield, Shanon (Mitch) Feltz and their daughter, Alyce, Bridgeville, PA and Jarett (Melissa), Chippewa Falls. Also surviving is his favorite aunt, Madeline Salzer, Conover.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Albin and Ramona (Hoerter) Gilbertson and Robert and Emma (Klabunde) Empey, all of Wausau.

Memorial Service will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at Mount Olive Lutheran Church, 6205 Alderson Street, Weston. Rev. Raymond Connor will officiate. Visitation will be from 3:00 p.m. until the time of services at the church. Private family entombment will be at Restlawn Memorial Park Mausoleum