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Conrad Anderson TOSO

Male 1865 - 1954  (89 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Conrad Anderson TOSO was born on 3 Jan 1865 in Jevnaker, Hadeland, Oppland, Norway; died on 9 Jul 1954 in Benson County, North Dakota.

    Notes:

    He lives near Anton (and Hans in 1900) in Benson County, North Dakota in the 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 censuses. He is shown as having come to the U.S. in 1880 which is the same year as Hans and his family.

    There was a Conrad born in Jevnaker on January 3, 1865 to Anders Torgerson Valerüdeje and Berte Gulbrandsdatter. In the 1865 census, he and his family were living on the Hvatterudsstuen farm in Jevnaker. In the 1875 census, that Konrad was living in “Marken under Greftegreff søndre” in Jevnaker with his widower father and 14 year-old brother Ole (b. 1861).

    Also living with the family in the 1920 census is 23 year-old Olga M. Olson, school teacher, born in Wisconsin to Norwegian parents.

    All eleven children are single and living at home with their parents in the 1920 census. In that census, the family lives next door to the Anton Toso family.

    In the 1930 census, he was Conrad A. Toso, a 65 year-old farmer living with his wife (Ida K.) and children in Isabel Twp, Benson County, North Dakota. Clarence, William, Palmer, and Orville were still single and living at home with their parents. The married Elmer was also living with his wife and daughter on his parents’ farm. The Anton H. Toso farm was close by.

    In the 1940 census, he and Ida live in Broe Twp, Benson County, North Dakota. They do not live in the same house that they lived in in 1935.

    Conrad married Ida Caroline TOSO on 20 Oct 1894 in Otter Tail County, Minnesota. Ida (daughter of Anders Jensen TOSO and Johanna Marie Petersdatter MITBO) was born on 25 Oct 1875 in Rothsay, Otter Tail County, Minnesota; died on 27 Nov 1953 in Benson County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Arthur Bernhard TOSO  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Feb 1896 in Erhard Twp, Otter Tail County, Minnesota; died on 31 Aug 1980 in Los Angeles County, California.
    2. 3. Mabel TOSO  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Apr 1898 in Minnesota; died in Unknown.
    3. 4. Elmer Leonard TOSO  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 May 1899 in Minnesota; died on 1 Oct 1988 in Pierce County, North Dakota.
    4. 5. Ella TOSO  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Dec 1901 in North Dakota; died on 21 Mar 1994 in Santa Clara County, California.
    5. 6. Carl Arnold TOSO  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1903 in North Dakota; died in Unknown.
    6. 7. Ralph T TOSO  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Apr 1905 in North Dakota; died on 27 Jul 1925 in Benson County, North Dakota.
    7. 8. Julian TOSO  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Mar 1907 in North Dakota; died on 15 Sep 1991 in Marysville, Snohomish County, Washington.
    8. 9. Clarence I TOSO  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 May 1909 in North Dakota; died on 12 Mar 1995 in Ramsey County, North Dakota.
    9. 10. Palmer TOSO  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Jan 1911 in North Dakota; died on 31 Jan 1993 in Nelson County, North Dakota.
    10. 11. William TOSO  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Apr 1913 in North Dakota; died on 1 Aug 2009 in Devils Lake, Ramsey County, North Dakota.
    11. 12. Orville G TOSO  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 May 1917 in North Dakota; died on 17 Jul 1942 in Rolette County, North Dakota.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Arthur Bernhard TOSO Descendancy chart to this point (1.Conrad1) was born on 16 Feb 1896 in Erhard Twp, Otter Tail County, Minnesota; died on 31 Aug 1980 in Los Angeles County, California.

    Notes:

    He registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, in Isabel, Benson County, North Dakota, as Arthur Bernhard Toso of Esmond. He is single and employed in farming by his father C. A. Toso. He is described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and light brown hair.

    In the 1920 census, he’s single and living with his parents and siblings in North Dakota.

    From the Ancestry “North Dakota Military Men”:

    Roster of the Men and Women Who Served in the Army or Naval Service (Including the Marine Corps) of the United States or its Allies from the State of North Dakota in the World War, 1917-1918 Volume 4 Rich to Zygmond

    Name: Arthur Bernard Toso
    Army #: 2,143,695
    Registrant: yes, Benson county
    Birth Place: Erhardt, Minn.
    Birth Date: 16 Feb 1896
    Parent's Origin: of Norwegian-American parents
    Occupation: farmer
    Comment: inducted at Minnewaukan on Sept. 18, 1917; sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa; served in Battery C, 338th Field Artillery, to discharge. Grades: Private 1st Class, Jan. 1, 1918; Corporal, March 14, 1918; Sergeant, Aug. 1, 1918; overseas from Aug. 18, 1918, to Jan. 5, 1919. Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Jan. 17, 1919, as a Sergeant.

    Family/Spouse: Marie Christine BRUDVICK. Marie was born on 12 Jan 1901 in North Dakota; died on 22 Mar 1995 in Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Arvid Odin TOSO  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Mar 1921 in North Dakota; died on 3 Jan 1984 in Los Angeles County, California.
    2. 14. Ferne Aloise TOSO  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Dec 1922 in North Dakota; died on 20 Dec 1996 in Stanislaus County, California; was buried in Lakewood Memorial Park, Hughson, Stanislaus County, California.
    3. 15. Darrell Duane TOSO  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Aug 1930 in North Dakota; died on 29 Apr 1987 in Orange County, California.

  2. 3.  Mabel TOSO Descendancy chart to this point (1.Conrad1) was born in Apr 1898 in Minnesota; died in Unknown.

  3. 4.  Elmer Leonard TOSO Descendancy chart to this point (1.Conrad1) was born on 22 May 1899 in Minnesota; died on 1 Oct 1988 in Pierce County, North Dakota.

    Notes:

    He registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Minnewaukan, North Dakota as Elmer Leonard Toso of Esmond. He is employed as a “farmer boy” by his father, C. A. Toso of Esmond. He is described of medium height and slender build with gray eyes and light hair.

    He and his family live next door to his parents in Benson County, North Dakota, in the 1930 census.

    In the 1940 census, he and Eldora and their children live in Albert Twp, Benson County, in the same house that they lived in in 1935.

    Family/Spouse: Eldora Blonda. Eldora was born on 1 Apr 1901 in North Dakota; died on 12 May 1990 in Ramsey County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 5.  Ella TOSO Descendancy chart to this point (1.Conrad1) was born on 3 Dec 1901 in North Dakota; died on 21 Mar 1994 in Santa Clara County, California.

    Notes:

    A 30 year-old Ella Rogstad was a nurse at a Veterans TB Hospital in Christian County, Kentucky, in the 1930 census. She had been born in North Dakota and both of her parents were born in Norway. This Ella was single, however.

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


  5. 6.  Carl Arnold TOSO Descendancy chart to this point (1.Conrad1) was born about 1903 in North Dakota; died in Unknown.

  6. 7.  Ralph T TOSO Descendancy chart to this point (1.Conrad1) was born on 3 Apr 1905 in North Dakota; died on 27 Jul 1925 in Benson County, North Dakota.

  7. 8.  Julian TOSO Descendancy chart to this point (1.Conrad1) was born on 16 Mar 1907 in North Dakota; died on 15 Sep 1991 in Marysville, Snohomish County, Washington.

    Notes:



    In the 1930 census, he was 23 year-old “Julin Toss”, an unmarried hired man on the Henry Reierson farm in Isabel Twp, Benson County, North Dakota.


  8. 9.  Clarence I TOSO Descendancy chart to this point (1.Conrad1) was born on 5 May 1909 in North Dakota; died on 12 Mar 1995 in Ramsey County, North Dakota.

  9. 10.  Palmer TOSO Descendancy chart to this point (1.Conrad1) was born on 19 Jan 1911 in North Dakota; died on 31 Jan 1993 in Nelson County, North Dakota.

  10. 11.  William TOSO Descendancy chart to this point (1.Conrad1) was born on 12 Apr 1913 in North Dakota; died on 1 Aug 2009 in Devils Lake, Ramsey County, North Dakota.

    Notes:

    William Toso, 96, Devils Lake, died Saturday, Aug. 1, 2009, in a Devils Lake nursing home.
    He was born April 12, 1913, to Conrad and Ida Toso near Esmond. He married Evelyn Togstad Dec. 30, 1939, in Minnewaukan.
    Survivors: wife; sons, Larry, Windsor, Colo., Lanis, Devils Lake; six grandchildren; four great-grandchildren.
    Funeral: Wednesday, 11 a.m., St. Olaf Lutheran Church, Devils Lake.
    Burial: Devils Lake Cemetery.

    Birth:
    “near Esmond”

    William married Evelyn TOGSTAD on 30 Dec 1939 in Minnewaukan, Benson County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  11. 12.  Orville G TOSO Descendancy chart to this point (1.Conrad1) was born on 27 May 1917 in North Dakota; died on 17 Jul 1942 in Rolette County, North Dakota.

    Notes:

    The N.D. death index says that although he died in Rolette County, his county of residence was Benson.



Generation: 3

  1. 13.  Arvid Odin TOSO Descendancy chart to this point (2.Arthur2, 1.Conrad1) was born on 24 Mar 1921 in North Dakota; died on 3 Jan 1984 in Los Angeles County, California.

    Notes:

    He volunteered for the U.S. Army on 11 May 1944 at Fort Snelling. At that time, he was married and was a “skilled painter” in civilian life. He lived in Ward County, North Dakota.

    Either he or his brother are necessarily the father of a daughter born in 1953 who was adopted and later had the name Sarah G.


  2. 14.  Ferne Aloise TOSO Descendancy chart to this point (2.Arthur2, 1.Conrad1) was born on 19 Dec 1922 in North Dakota; died on 20 Dec 1996 in Stanislaus County, California; was buried in Lakewood Memorial Park, Hughson, Stanislaus County, California.

    Ferne married Robert Henry PRICE about 1944. Robert was born on 7 Jul 1919 in North Dakota; died on 4 Apr 2010 in Modesto, Stanislaus County, California; was buried in Lakewood Memorial Park, Hughson, Stanislaus County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 15.  Darrell Duane TOSO Descendancy chart to this point (2.Arthur2, 1.Conrad1) was born on 10 Aug 1930 in North Dakota; died on 29 Apr 1987 in Orange County, California.

    Notes:

    Either he or his brother are necessarily the father of a daughter born in 1953 who was adopted and later had the name Sarah G.



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