Siri Ericksdatter

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Dec 1839, Bagn, Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1920 census, she is probably the 80 year-old widow living with the 59 year-old widow, both named Sarah Erickson, in Minneapolis. The younger Sarah was born in Wisconsin.

Her death certificate gave her cause of death as apoplexy and senility. Julia Stockton was the informant for her mother’s death certificate. Julia did not know the name of her maternal grandmother.

Rose said that it was Julia’s aunt who had the hotel in the Dakotas near Aberdeen. That aunt must have been Siri because Rose said that the aunt had two sons, Erick and Edward. It was on a train trip to see her aunt that Julia met Erick Thompson.

By 1903 that aunt had moved to Minneapolis. Julia went to a convention in Minneapolis at that time.

Died:
“4 mile south of Winnett” as Sarah Erickson

Siri married Andrew ERICKSON on 28 Dec 1858 in Bagn, Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Andrew was born about 1827 in Norway; died on 29 Apr 1912 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Bruflat birth records are not available on Digitalarkvet for this range of years.

Called Alexander in the 1870 census.

The Cummingstree has him born in Forde, Sogn og Fjordane, on 7 Nov 1860, and dying in Flandreau in Moody County, South Dakota, on 8 Sep 1901. The Sogn birth is not in the Førde records on Digitalarkivet.

Notes:

Edward in the 1880 census.

Notes:

Not listed with his family in the 1865 Norwegian census.

Not listed in the 1880 census.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1951-MN-022493

Notes:

In 1890 she was an operator of some sort in Minneapolis. She lived at 43 20th Ave in south Minneapolis.

In 1892 she lived at 248 Cedar Avenue in Minneapolis.

Family/Spouse: Edwin A HEMPEL. Edwin was born on 14 Mar 1869 in Iowa; died on 1 Aug 1957 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1966-MN-013612

Notes:

Apparently called Clara in the 1880 census.

In the 1900 census, she had had only the two children. Both of her parents were born in Norway.

Called Kari Andersdatter in the baptismal record for Herbert.

Carrie married Alfred E CORDES on 28 May 1894 in Buffalo County, Wisconsin. Alfred was born on 10 May 1871 in Wisconsin; died on 29 Apr 1935 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1930 census, he and his wife and son lived in Minneapolis at 5620 22nd Avenue in a house he owned. He operated a pool and billiards hall.

He was a farmer in Lincoln Twp, Burnett County, Wisconsin, in the 1940 census.

He was Elmer Ericson of Webster, Wisconsin, at the time of his sister Christina’s death in 1951.

Family/Spouse: Belle. Belle was born about 1880 in Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1930 census, she and her children lived in Winnett in Petroleum County, Montana. She was a laundress.

Died:
Lewistown

Julia married William Murray (Tex) STOCKTON, Sr in 1913. William was born on 30 Sep 1871 in Texas; died in Nov 1920 in Fergus County, Montana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 25 Dec 1900, Barron County, Wisconsin

Family/Spouse: Marjorie Lillian ROTH. Marjorie was born on 22 Jul 1899 in Minnesota; died on 30 Dec 1974 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Aug 1906

Notes:

When he registered for the World War II draft, he was 37 and working for his father’s company.

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 19 Apr 1896, Wisconsin

Notes:

Or Atlee.

In the 1900 census, he lived with his parents and brother in Minneapolis.

In his registration for the World War I draft, he claimed a physical disability.

In the 1940 census, he and Clara lived in rural Burnett County, Wisconsin. He operated a wrecking yard. No children were living with them.

In his registration for the World War II draft, he was a mechanic for Broadway Motor Sales of Minneapolis. He lived at 2402 Irving Ave. in Minneapolis. The person who would always know his address was W. L Cordes of 3712 45th Avenue.

Buried with Stella (1897-1985).

Baptism:
Bennett Valley Lutheran in Mondovi

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 8 Jan 1899, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Notes:

When he registered for the draft for the first World War, he was a shipbuilder for Skinner & Eddy Corp. in Seattle. He gave his permanent address as 2120 5th Avenue So., Minneapolis. He was described as of medium height and slender build with brown eyes and brown hair. Although he have his place of occupation as Seattle, he gave as his permanent address a residence in Minneapolis and he is shown as having his local board as the Local Board No. 5 in the New York Life Building in Minneapolis. He gave Mr. E. Erickson of Minneapolis as his nearest relative.

His baptismal sponsors were Anders Ericksen and his wife, Elmer Erickson, and Julie Erickson.

In the 1920 census, he and Sylvia and their son John, age 2, live in Minneapolis with her parents. Lester is a chauffeur for an auto livery.

In the 1937 Rockford city directory, Lester and Sylvia live at 519 Fisher Ave. Lester is an usher at the Midway Theatre.

In the 1940 census, he and Sylvia and their two younger children live in Rockford where Lester is a real estate broker with his own business. Lester and Sylvia’s daughter-in-law Stella, is also living with them.

In the 1949 Rockford city directory, Lester and Sylvia live at 404 X Court. Lester is in real estate.

Baptism:
Bethlehem Lutheran

Lester married Sylvia E CATHERWOOD on 21 Sep 1917 in Fergus County, Montana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He drowned on Woman Lake near Hackensack, Minnesota.

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

Notes:

A Roger E Erickson was born in Montana on 3 Jul 1927. No county shown for this birth.

He was shown as born in Wisconsin in the 1940 census. Ancestry trees show Wisconsin.

He married Louise Torgerson Greenwell in 1985.

Notes:

Unmarried at the time of her sister Ruth’s death.

She graduated from the University of Montana at Missoula in 1937.

She survived all of her siblings.

Died:
Marcus Daily Hospice and Palliative Care Center

Patience married Arnold Lewis HILLIUS in 1943 in Montana. Arnold was born on 27 Oct 1913 in Fergus County, Montana; died on 24 May 1998 in Fergus County, Montana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was Mrs. J M King of Billings at the time her sister Ruth died in 1936.

Her obit in the Great Falls Tribune only mentions her survivors as Patience and William so apparently she had no children.

Birth:
Winnett

Buried:
cremated

Mary married Jack Melbourne KING on 16 Jun 1935 in Montana, and was divorced. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Christopher HANSEN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1950 census, he was a rancher in Grass Range in Fergus County, Montana.

GRASS RANGE - William Murray Stockton died Oct. 29, 2002, after a 12-month battle with lung cancer.

Bill, born in 1921, was raised in Winnett along with his three sisters, Patience, Mary and Ruth, by his widowed mother, Julia Stockton. In 1935, the family moved to Grass Range, where Bill graduated from Grass Range High School in 1938. In 1942, he enlisted in the army, where he was first assigned to the military police patrolling the troop trains crossing the nation. Later, he was assigned to the 239th General Hospital Unit as a medic and sign painter. In 1944, the 239th was stationed near Paris, France, where he met his future wife, Elvia Angelo Cirefice. They were married in the base chapel on the 30th of June, 1945.

In 1946, the family, now joined by their first son Gilles, lived in Billings, where Bill worked as a sign painter. Taking advantage of the GI Bill, the family moved to Minneapolis, where Bill studied art at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. They then returned to France, where Bill continued to study art at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere.

In 1950, the family moved back to Grass Range, where Bill took over operation of the family ranch from his mother. Their second son, Charles, was born in 1951. During this period, Bill continued to explore his passion for art while actively ranching. Along with a small group of friends, he is credited with having introduced the modern movement of art to Montana. For his entire career, he continued to blend the work and life of a rancher with the creative energy he poured into art.

During his life as an artist, he experimented with many different styles and techniques. Over the half a century of his art career, he worked with oil paints, watercolors, cattle markers, line drawings, and concrete, bronze and steel sculptures. His styles ranged from pure abstracts to pure representational works and most everything in between. Bill also wrote and illustrated a book on sheep and the life of a sheep rancher, entitled "Today I Baled Some Hay to Feed the Sheep the Coyotes Eat." This book is still in print. For many years, he gave art classes in Lewistown, seminars at many different locations, and in 1969, he was a visiting professor of art at Montana State University.

For the last 25 years of his life, he devoted his art to depicting the changing landscape of his home on MacDonald Creek west of Grass Range. This series of landscapes concentrated on the patterns of brush, rocks, trees, hills, snow and grass. The focus was most often on small and intimate areas instead of the vast vistas. He continued this line of work into the last year of his life.

His work is represented in hundreds of private and public collections across the nation and Europe. The Yellowstone Art Museum has acquired a collection of more than 75 pieces that cover the entire range of his career as an artist. In 2000, he was awarded the Yellowstone Art Museum's Presidents Award and just before his death, he was presented with the 2003 Governor's Award for the Arts. His fans, friends and family are grateful for the many beautiful examples of his unique vision that he has given to inspire us.

Bill is survived by his wife, Elvia of Grass Range; son, Gilles along with his wife Joan of Grass Range; son, Charles and his wife Sue Ann of Arkansas; and grandchildren, Antoine, Jeremy and Brittany. He is also survived by a sister, Patience Hillius of Hamilton and her daughters, Judy and Mary Ann. He was very close with his French family by marriage including brother-in-law, Lucien Cirefice and family; sisters-in-law, Marie Bagary, Antoinette Bognon, Angel Nardonne and Jeanette Cirefice; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

Bill was preceded in death by his parents, William and Julia; and his sisters, Ruth and Mary.

The family would like to thank the staff of the Central Montana Hospice Program for their wonderful spirit, support and care that helped Bill and his family through these difficult final weeks.

Funeral services for William M. Stockton will be held at the Grass Range United Methodist Church on Saturday, Nov. 2, at 10:30 a.m. Interment will be at the Grass Range Cemetery.

William married Elvia Angelo CIREFICE on 30 Jun 1945 in France. Elvia was born on 22 Jul 1922 in France; died on 25 Jun 2018 in Fergus County, Montana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2008-MN-009418

Notes:

Hempel, Edwin S age 85, of Brooklyn Center, died peacefully March 23, 2008. He was preceded in death by son, Bruce; and parents, Marjorie and Sydney Hempel.

He is survived by loving wife of 61 years, Arleen; daughter, Kelley; sons, Howie (Lori), William (Collette); 3 grandsons, Eric, Michael and William; step-grandson, Jim; step-granddaughter, Christina; siblings, Jack, Dave, Delores, Joanne, Marge, Geri and Judith; and by many other loving family and friends.

Ed was a loving and giving father. He was a master chess player and an original member of the Castle Chess Club. Ed was a WWII veteran and served his country as a medic on a ship during the war. He was a life long member of DAV and the Crystal VFW and worked for the US Postal Service. He was also an avid weight lifter and Vikings and Gopher fan.

Died:
North Memorial Medical Center, Robbinsdale

Family/Spouse: Arleen C UGLEM. Arleen was born in 1928; died on 3 Mar 2013 in Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

PFC, U.S. Army, WWII

From Find A Grave:

Hempel, John W. age 87, of Brooklyn Center. WWII Army Combat Veteran. Preceded in death by loving wife, June and; son, Tim. He will be missed by 3 daughters, Karen (Bill) Casto, Bonnie (Bill) McClure and Linda (Ken) Schmoll; grandchildren, Billy, David, Debbie, Jimmy, Laura, Kenny and Danny; 14 great- grandchildren; 2 great-great-grandchildren and many other family and friends.

John married June DAVIS on 14 Dec 1946 in Anoka County, Minnesota. June was born on 22 Nov 1927 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 22 Oct 2001 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John J ALEXANDER, Sr. John was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Catherine B. Ramsdell, 83, of Hayward, passed away on Monday, March 25 at Hayward Area Memorial Hospital surrounded by her loving family after a courageous battle against cancer.

Catherine was born on May 17, 1918 in Siren, the daughter of Herbert and Clara Cordes. She was united in marriage to Russell Ramsdell on March 8, 1938 in Poplar, and they celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary on March 8, 2002. Catherine taught school for many years in elementary education and later in special education. In 1946 she taught grades 1-8 at Phipps School. She taught in Las Vegas, Carson City and Reno, Nev. She also taught at Hayward Elementary School in the late 1960s. After retiring from teaching, she owned and operated a pre-school in Carson City. Catherine had many hobbies. She loved to cook, sew, crochet, knit, garden and to travel. She always looked forward to her next great adventure.

She is survived by her husband, Russell; one son, Russell (Jackie) Ramsdell Jr. of Superior; two daughters, Judith (Dale) Bender, and Catherine Cope, both of Hayward; six grandchildren; five great grandchildren; and one sister, Virginia Cordes of Calif.

Catherine was preceded in death by her parents, Herb and Clara Cordes; sister, Carrie Luzier; and her grandmother, Carrie Cordes.

A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 28 at the Anderson-Nathan Funeral Home. Visitation will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. at the funeral home. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery in Hayward.

Honorary Bearers will be: Brian Bender, Gary Bender, Cody Cope, Matthew Nelson, Robert Ramsdell and Russell Ramsdell Jr.

Notes:

Carrie Marcella Luzier of Virginia Beach, Va., died of cancer Feb. 8, 2001. She was79 years old.

She was born Dec. 13, 1921, in Siren.

She was a charter member of St. Timothy's Lutheran Church.

Carrie was preceded in death by her mother, Clara; and father, Herbert Cordes.

She is survived by her husband of 55 years, Chester Luzier; and their son, Gerald Luzier and his wife, Diana; and daughter Patricia Brick and her husband, Hugh. She is also survived by sisters, Katherine Ramsdale and Virginia Ricci.

Carrie had six grandchildren, Jeremy and Amanda Luzier, Mark and James Woodcock, Scott Hunt and Christina Sumner, and many great-grandchildren.

Birth:
Siren

Died:
as Carrie M. Luzier

Carrie married Chester LUZIER about 1945. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1940 census, he and Gladys live in Milwaukee. He is a ceramic engineer for an auto body manufacturer. In 1935, he had lived in Rockford.

His draft registration says he works for A. O. Smith Corp.

He was commissioned as a naval officer in 1944.

Family/Spouse: Gladys Eileen ROSS. Gladys died on 21 Feb 2014; was buried in Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was a Tec 5 in the U.S. Army in World War II.

His obit said that he died at the home of his daughter Sylvia Lohkamp in Baytown, Texas. Surviving him were his wife Stella, his daughter Sylvia, and his two sons, Dr. Ronald A. Cordes of Rigby, Idaho, and Dr. Lester G Cordes III of Los Gatos, California. Also surviving him were his sister, Betty Harding, and his three grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his brother John. Lester Jr. received his BA and MBA from the University of Chicago. He was a manager at Jacobsen Manufacturing in Racine, at Westclox in LaSalle-Peru, Illinois, and later as a management consultant for Booz, Allen and Hamilton. In 1980 he retired to Minocqua, Wisconsin, to pursue his love of the outdoors. He was co-author of The Cordes/LaFontain Guide to Walleye Fishing.

A different Lester G Cordes married Fern Allison on 6 Aug 1953 in Sterling, Illinois. That lady died 4 Nov 2014 in Illinois.

Died:
27 Nov according to his obit in the StarTribune

Family/Spouse: Stella ANAST. Stella was born on 15 May 1918 in Massachusetts; died on 6 May 2012 in Texas; was buried in Northern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Spooner, Washburn County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

B.J. married D.E. HARDING [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Robbinsdale High School

He served in the USAF for nearly 4 years, 1975 to 1978.