Brita ERIKSDOTTER

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 26 Sep 1819, Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden

Notes:

Greg Loftness’s family tree on Ancestry calls her “Björk Brita Ersdotter,” born on or in Björk in Rättvik.

Her birth record in the church book (Births, C:7, p. 150 of 396) shows her father as Ingeborgs Eric Ericsson Öija and Brita Andersdotter, age 35.

Her daughter Betsy’s death certificate, for which Betsy’s son-in-law Al Carlson was the informant, shows Betsy’s mother’s name as Britte. There was a question mark after it so Al may have been unsure (but he was right).

Betsy’s birth record shows her mother’s name as Brita Ersdotter.

Died:
per Greg Loftness and “Sweden, Indexed Death Records”

Brita married Jon JONSSON on 30 Jan 1842. Jon (son of Jon ANDERSSON and Kerstin ANDERSDOTTER) was born on 19 Jan 1820 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden; died in Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 4 Feb 1851, Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden

Notes:

Björk Jon Jonsson according to knowledgeable sources. That was what he was called in the birth record of his son Jon. At the time of their son’s birth, Jon and Kirstin had been married for 5 weeks. However, in Brita’s birth record, the indication is that the pair married in November of 1874.

Family/Spouse: Kirstin Olsdatter. Kirstin was born on 15 Sep 1848 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Brita Hansdotter. Brita was born on 23 Dec 1851 in Dalarnas län, Sweden; died on 14 Dec 1929 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1921-MN-018320
• Baptism: 25 Mar 1857, Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden

Notes:

Greg Loftness’s family tree on Ancestry calls her “Björk Brita Betsey Jonsson,” born on or in Björk in Rättvik.

Brita Jonsdotter in Bess’s birth record.

An unmarried Brita Jonsdotter gave birth to a son, Carl, on April 1, 1874, in Rättvik. No father’s name shown.

In EmiHamn, she is probably the Brita Ericsson, b. ca 1858, leaving “Gagnef Dalarna Län” for “Anoka” on 18 Nov 1881. If true, that is in conflict with a later record showing the whole family leaving in 1884.

At the time of the 1910 census, Betsie is still living on the farm in Bethel. The farm is mortgaged. Betsie, 54, is now a widow living with her sons William, 15, and John, 10, and daughter Mamie, 8. Betsie is shown as having had 6 children, 5 still living. Betsie is shown as having emigrated in 1878.

In the 1914 plat map of Bethel Township, she may be the “B.E.” shown as owning a ten acre farm in Section 31. Specifically, it is the eastern 10-acre quarter of the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 31. It’s about half a mile southwest of Minard Lake.

In the 1919 Minneapolis city directory, as Betsy Erickson, she lives at 3146 Bloomington Avenue. She is the widow of Daniel.

In the 1920 and 1921 Minneapolis city directories, as Betsy Erickson, widow of Daniel, she lives at 1822 S 5th.

At the time of the 1920 census, Betsy Erickson was living at 1822 5th Street in Minneapolis with her son John and three boarders: her daughter May, May’s husband Stephen, and a man named Oscar Dahl. Shown as having immigrated in 1882 or 1883. {Listed as Beaty Erickson in the 1920 Census index in Ancestry.com.}

From the city directories, it appears that Daniel moved his family to a farm in St. Francis in Anoka County in about 1898. Betsey, now widowed, returned to Minneapolis in 1917 and lived at several addresses, with John and Mayme, until her death in 1921. In 1917, she and her children were at Flat 3, 904 21st Avenue South. In 1918, they lived at 3840 29th Avenue South. In 1919, they lived at 3146 Bloomington Avenue. And by 1920, they were at 1822 South 5th Street where she lived until her death. Her death is mentioned in the 1922 city directory in which it lists the death of a Bettse Erickson on May 31, 1921, at age 64.

Referred to in the death notice in the Minneapolis newspaper as Bettse Erickson, 64, 1822 5th St. S. That was also her address in her death certificate. Al Carlson was the informant for her death certificate.

She died of intestinal cancer. She had had an exploratory operation shortly before her death.

Birth:
Öja 5

Baptism:
No date was given but this is the date of the baptism of the previous entry in the birth register.

Died:
St. Mary’s Hospital

Buried:
Lot 2, Blk 11, Sec 2, as “Betse”

Brita married Daniel ERICKSON on 28 Nov 1875 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden. Daniel (son of Eric ERICSSON and Brita Hansdotter BEYER) was born on 17 Aug 1854 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden; died on 13 Feb 1910 in St. Francis, Anoka County, Minnesota; was buried on 15 Feb 1910 in Oak Leaf Cemetery, Bethel, Anoka County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jon may not have survived infancy because Brita’s birth record seems to imply that she was her parents’ first child.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 28 Dec 1883, Dalbo Twp, Isanti County, Minnesota

Notes:

In his baptism record, his parents are called John Johnson and Christina Olsdotter.

Baptism:
Salem Lutheran

Notes:

Doris Gunilla Nises

Family/Spouse: Kerstin Andersdotter. Kerstin was born on 26 Mar 1876 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden; died on 10 Jun 1947 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1965-MN-003210
• Occupation: Tailor
• Baptism: 31 Oct 1958, Grace Lutheran Church, Bloomington, Hennepin County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 31 Oct 1958, Grace Lutheran Church, Bloomington, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Notes:

Greg Loftness’s family tree on Ancestry calls her “Mårs Brita Bess Erickson,” born on or in Mårs in Rättvik. Greg Loftness also has Bess’s departure as 5 May 1884 from Vikarbyn. That date is based on the family’s entry in “Sweden, Emigrants Registered in Church Books.” She departed with both parents.

Cora called Bess "the best person who walked in two shoes."

Rattvik is located in Dalarna province on Lake Siljan in Sweden's central "lake district." Dalarna is considered the most Swedish of all of Sweden's 24 provinces. From it, Gustav Vasa recruited the army that freed the country from Danish domination in the 16th century. Bess was five years old when her family emigrated from Sweden in 1882 or 1883.

The Ericksons were living at Franklin and Minnehaha when Bess met Al Carlson. Al and Bess were married at the end of March, 1895, in Nelson, Wisconsin, across the river from Wabasha, Minnesota. Bess and Al were in Wabasha when Maurice was born.

Bess and Al ran a hardware store with Maurice near the corner of 38th and Chicago (SE corner, 2nd from the corner, Martin grocery store was on the corner). They were running the store when Maurice and Cora married. About that time Bess and Al moved to Minnetonka. (Maurice and Cora lived with them there for about a year-and-a-half between September of 1916 and May of 1917.) Then Bess and Al moved back into town to 40th and 11th Avenue. From there, in about 1920, they sold everything and moved to California. They stayed in California for less than a year. When they returned, they stayed with Maurice for three years (1921-1924, at 39th and Bloomington?) and then built the houses on Minnehaha Avenue. Bess lived in the Minnehaha house until November of 1960 when she moved to live with her grandson at 2239 East Old Shakopee Road in Bloomington. She spent her last few months of life in a nursing home in Hopkins where she died.

In the 1930 census, Maurice's and Bess's houses are shown as worth $7500 each. Bess was renting out part of her house at $35/mo to Arthur and Violet Nash. He was a school teacher, she was a hairdresser. Bess is shown as having emigrated in 1883.

In the 1940 census, Bess is shown as having no income. Her house is worth $3000. Living with her is Clara Lynch, lodger, a 48 year-old divorcee who worked as a housekeeper in a private home. Living in the other apartment at 4228 Minnehaha was Harold and Ann Cleven, both 30 years old. Their rent was $38 per month.

Cora refers to Bess having a store at the time of the Armistice Day Blizzard in 1940. There is no indication of this in the city directories.

Bess apparently avoided the inevitable divorce from Al as long as she could. Cora says that Bess bribed Al to stay with her.

Bess spent quite some time in the hospital in the spring of 1943.

A photo and article in the Tribune’s 24 Sep 1945 edition had Bess as the president of the Minneapolis Social Club.

In the 1950 census, she lived in the upstairs apartment at 4228 Minnehaha Avenue in Minneapolis. Living with her in that apartment was Erleida J Holmes (possibly Holmer), a 57 year-old widow born in Norway. Neither Bess nor her lodger were employed. Living in the downstairs apartment at that address was Cecil and Edna Markley. Cecil was clerk at a telegraph company. Bess’s neighbors to the north, at 4226 were the sisters Olga and Jean Westberg. Olga was the proprietor of a beauty parlor and Jean was her employee.

Bess was a piano player and an artist and a "healer." She played the piano in a Swedish ladies' society and at some point played the piano at the Dania Hall on Cedar Avenue near Riverside. She rarely missed a Svenskarnas Dag at Minnehaha Park. She was at Minnehaha Park on June 17, 1956, at the time her son died.

Bess may have been at Minnehaha Park on June 17, 1956, celebrating a “Svithiod Day” outing. This was apparently a mid-summer festival (“dancing, good food, entertainment”) held annually by the Independent Order of Svithiod of which Bess was a member of the Society’s #49 Harmony Lodge. Bess had been admitted as a member of Harmony Lodge on June 6, 1923.

The Independent Order of Svithiod was founded in 1880 and had extensive membership, in the form of lodges, in the Twin Cities as well as the Chicago areas. In 1965, in an issue of its journal that included mention of Bessie Carlson’s death, the Order had a nursing home in Niles, Illinois, and published its journal out of Mount Morris, Illinois. The headquarters was at 205 West Wacker Drive in Chicago.

Bess was also a member of what she and they referred to as the “Swedish Sisters.” This had to be different from the Harmony Lodge because the Svithiod Order was for men and women. Several of the “Swedish Sisters” indicated as such when the entered their names in the guest book for Bess’s funeral. Several members of the Harmony Lodge also indicated as such when they entered their names in the guest book. The Harmony Lodge also sent flowers for Bess’s funeral.

Bess was in charge of various events held by the Swedish Sisters. The group had its “golden jubilee” in late September of 1936 at Eagles’ Hall, 117 4th Street SE.

A thief stole the purses of four guests at Bess’s home on June 25, 1942. The heist also included a diaper bag with 16 changes of diapers. The thief entered through a bedroom window. The purses had next to zero money. The diaper bag had 10 soiled (of the 16) diapers.

She was president of the Minneapolis Social Club, Inc. in 1945.

Received her Social Security number in March of 1943. Applied for Social Security benefits in June of 1962.

Bess moved to the Hopkins Nursing Home at 724 Washington Avenue S. in Hopkins at the end of September, 1964.

Bess came to religion late in life and was baptized in her 80s at Grace Lutheran Church in Bloomington. Pastor Harold Hofstad, pastor of Grace, officiated at her funeral. (Werness Brothers, Minneapolis)

Bess died at Hopkins Nursing Home where she had been for 5 months. She died of pneumonia, a complication of cervical cancer. Her grandson Donald H Carlson was the informant for her death certificate.

  CARLSON, BESSIE  
Minnesota Death Certificate ID# 1965-MN-003210   
Date of Birth: 09/12/1877
Place of Birth: OUT OF STATE
Mother Maiden Name: JOHNSON
Date of Death: 02/22/1965
County of Death: HENNEPIN

Bess’s funeral was at 1:00 PM at Werness Bros. chapel.

Bess’s cemetery plot is Block 7A, Lot 73.

Pallbearers were George R. Booth, Jr., George F. Booth, Durward Erickson, Leonard Reiland, Leonard Reiland, Jr., and Wallace Erickson.

Died:
“Bess died at 3:30 this morning.”

Brita married Johan Alfred CARLSON on 31 Mar 1895 in Nelson, Buffalo County, Wisconsin, and was divorced in Dec 1929 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Johan (son of Salomon CARLSSON and Emelie/Emmeli Wilhelmina (Emma) LUNDBERG) was born on 12 Mar 1872 in Berghem, Kånna, Kronobergs län, Sweden; died on 6 Jun 1952 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 9 Jun 1952 in Sunset Memorial Park, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1957-MN-021052
• Occupation: Mason, bricklayer
• Social Security Number: 468-16-4879 According To His Death Certificate
• Baptism: 14 Nov 1886, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Notes:

In the 1910 census, Erick G., 23, and Ella L., 16, newly married (married 0 years), were living in a rented house in the village of Bethel in Anoka County. Ella is shown as having had zero children although she would have been pregnant with Bernice at the time. Erick’s occupation is shown as bricklayer.

Registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, in Bethel as Eric Godfrey Ericson although he seemed to sign his name Erickson. He lived in Bethel and was employed as a brick layer by Eric Nord of Bethel. He was married and had a wife and two children. He also claimed that he had had previous military service (1 year and 9 months) as a Private in the Marines. He was described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and “flaxen” hair.

Living in the village of Bethel, Anoka County, St. Francis Township at the time (Monday, February 2nd) of the 1920 census.

In the 1930 census, he and his wife and two youngest children live in a multi-family residence at 300 South Broadway in Green Bay, Wisconsin. He is E G Ericson, a bricklayer. He was not a veteran.

DHC remembers that Erick and Ella had a restaurant or tavern, probably run mainly by Ella. They made great hamburgers and also had slot machines (”old fashioned but working”) in their restaurant. DHC said that Ella was a big woman and that “nobody fooled with her.”

Lived in Lake George, Minnesota in 1940.

In the 1940 census, Eric Erickson, 53, his wife Ella, 46, Hartley Thompson, 24, son-in-law, Helen Thompson, 20, daughter, and Beverly Thompson, a few months, granddaughter, live in Oak Grove Twp in Anoka County. Eric runs a “beer tavern.” Hartley is a lineman for a rural electric company. All were born in Minnesota. Eric and Ella had a fifth-grade education, Hartley eighth-grade, and Helen two years of high school.

According to Cora’s diary, Erick and Ella moved to Corvallis, Oregon, in early 1944 to live near or with Ella’s parents. (Ella’s mother died at the Erickson home in Corvallis in 1947 according to Melissa’s obit.)

In the 1951 Corvallis, Oregon, city directory, he (as Eric G) and “Ellen E” live at 1925 E Grant, RD#4. He is a bricklayer.

In the 1953 Corvallis directory, he and Ella are still at 1925 E Grant. Erick G Erickson is a brick mason. That’s the address that Cora had in her travel diary from about that same time.

In the 1955 Corvallis directory, Erick G and Ella L Erickson still live at 1925 E Grant. Erick is a bricklayer.

He is not listed in the 1956 Corvallis city directory.

Erick and Ella may have still lived in Corvallis, and/or they may have returned to Minnesota, in the fall of 1955. The entry in Cora’s diary for November 5, 1955, suggests that Erick and Ella had “just got to Minn.”

Living in Bethel at the time of his death.

According to his great-niece Vivian, Erick died by falling into a fire while ice fishing and burning and/or drowning. From Cora’s diary, he was burned on December 31, 1956, and, apparently, died four weeks later. This is confirmed in his death certificate. He had a heart attack or stroke while ice fishing on a lake in Onamia (perhaps Lake Mille Lacs). He then fell against the stove in the fish house and his clothing ignited. He died from infection resulting from the 40% 3rd degree burns. His body was not autopsied.

His funeral service was at 11 AM at the Albinson-Peterson funeral home, 1838 Central Avenue.

Death Certificate:

ERICKSON, ERICK G. CertID# 1957-MN-021052   
 Date of Birth: 10/18/1896 {Birth year is off by 10 years}
 Place of Birth: MINNESOTA
 Mother Maiden Name: JOHNSON  
 Date of Death: 01/27/1957
 County of Death: HENNEPIN

Birth:
Cora notes that she attended “Eric’s 70th” on October 18, 1956.

Baptism:
Bethlehem Lutheran, as Erik Gottfred

Died:
Died at 2:00 PM according to Cora’s diary. His death certificate says 2:10 PM.

Buried:
Lot 11, Blk 14, Sec 1

Erick married Ella Lorraine HUGHES on 14 Oct 1909 in Anoka County, Minnesota. Ella (daughter of Henry Thomas HUGHES and Melissa BULLIS) was born on 31 Mar 1894 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 4 Apr 1964 in Isanti County, Minnesota; was buried in Oak Leaf Cemetery, Bethel, Anoka County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

name:
Daniel Wm. Erickson
gender:
Male
burial date:

burial place:

death date:
13 Jul 1893
death place:
Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
age:
0
birth date:
1893
birthplace:
Minn
occupation:

race:
White
marital status:
Single
spouse's name:

father's name:
Danl. Erickson
father's birthplace:
Sweden
mother's name:
Betsie
mother's birthplace:
Sweden
indexing project (batch) number:
B53041-2
system origin:
Minnesota-EASy
source film number:
1309404
reference number:
153

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1972-MN-002268
• Occupation: Machinist
• Social Security Number: 397-03-0897
• Wisconsin Death Certificate: X01021

Notes:

In the 1895 Minnesota state census, he is listed as Daniel W., 6 months old.

He registered for the draft as William Daniel Erickson, born 21 Dec 1894 in Minneapolis. He was a machinist for Ford Motor Company of 5th Street and 5th Ave North in Mpls. He was married with a wife and mother who were dependent upon him. The date of the registration is not clear but it is probably June 5, 1917, because only “wife and mother” and not “mother and wife and son” are mentioned as dependent on him for support. William lived at 1409 East Lake Street. He was described as of medium height and build with brown eyes and light hair.

He and Selma lived at 1408 Clinton Avenue when Vernal was born. He is identified on Vernal’s birth certificate as William Daniel, age 23, a mechanic.

In the 1920 census, he is William D Erickson, living with wife Selma and son Vernal at 332 East 17th Street in a rented apartment not far from Lila Fortier (#252). (Mpls. ED 100, image 1 of 30). William is a machinist in a factory.

A William D Erickson married a Margie B “Faltz” in Hennepin County on 26 Aug 1922.

At the time of William Richard’s birth in November of 1926, Bill and Amy lived at 3227 Morgan Avenue North. Bill was a sheet metal worker for Economy Sheet Metal (his nephew Maurice Carlson’s business).

The 1926 Minneapolis city directory shows him as Wm D Erickson, tinner, living at 3227 Morgan Ave N. That is the same address as Amelia Hedburg lived at in the same directory.

In the 1927 Minneapolis directory, William D, tinner, still lives at 3227 Morgan Ave N and still works for Economy Sheet Metal Mfg Co. Amy Hedburg is not listed in that directory.

He is not listed in the 1928 Minneapolis city directory. There is neither an Erick nor a William D in the 1928 Milwaukee city directory.

In the 1929 Milwaukee city directory, he is William Erickson, laborer, wife “Aimee”, living at 88 Austin.

In the 1930 census, Bill and Amy and family are renting a duplex at 88 Austin Street in Milwaukee. Bill is shown as “Erick D. Ericson”, is 34 years old, and is a machinist at a sandblast shop. He was 21 years old when he was first married so Amy is not his first wife. He was not a veteran. Amy L, his wife, is 28 years old and was 23 when first married so Bill is her first husband. Amy’s parents and Bill’s parents were born in Sweden. Bill was born in Minnesota and Amy in Iowa. Living with them is Bill’s son, Vernal, 12, whose mother was born in Minnesota, William R., 3 years and 6 months, and Jean L., 1 and 6 months. The two younger children had a mother born in Iowa.

He is not listed in the 1931 or 1932 Milwaukee city directories.

Bill and Amy and the kids visited Maurice and Cora on Minnehaha on July 9, 1937, their first appearance in her diaries.

In the 1940 census, he and Amelia and their three children lived in Cudahy in Milwaukee County in a rented house, the same house in which they had lived in 1935. He was a machinist for a drop forge.

Bill “stopped in” to see Maurice on January 1, 1941, so the family may have been living in Minneapolis by that time.

He registered for the draft in 1942 as William Daniel Erickson of 404 Monroe Street, Anoka. He worked for Northern Pump in Columbia Heights. For the person who would always know his address, he gave his son John, then living at 5301 James Avenue N. He was described as having hazel eyes and gray hair, 5 feet 10.5 inches tall, 212 lbs.

In September of 1945, when he was living in Anoka, he sued his former employer, Northwest Automatic Products, where he had been a machinist, for a little over $400 for back wages and tools that he said had been destroyed in a fire. (The Star, 18 Sep 1945, p. 4)

Bill was still in the Twin Cities area at Christmas of 1946.

Bill and Marj lived in Huntington Park, California, in January of 1953 when Cora and Maurice visited them.

Living in Los Angeles at the time Erick died in 1957.

Living in California when Bess died. Elaine sent the thank-you card to “404 E. San Antonio Drive, Long Beach.”

“Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Erickson” signed Bess’s funeral guestbook.

On a card on a floral tribute at Bess’s funeral was handwritten: “Heavenly blessings to a dear and loving sister. Brother Bill and Marjorie.”



A William Erickson, b. 20 Dec 1894, died in New Richmond, Wisconsin (or at least that was his last residence), in January of 1972. His SS# had been issued in Wisconsin before 1951. The SS# for that William Erickson was 397-03-0897. Cora’s diary notes, for Monday, January 17, 1972, “Mayme called and said that Bill Erickson died this morning.” Although he died in Minnesota at Miller Hospital in St. Paul, and had a Minnesota death certificate, he also had a Wisconsin death certificate. His usual residence was in New Richmond, Wisconsin.

His Minnesota death certificate said that Bill died from uremia. He had been a machinist for the Deutsch Company. He was married to Marjorie. The informant for his death certificate was Jean L Beebe, Rt 1, Box 416, New Richmond, Wisconsin.

An Ancestral file record for Bill in FamilySearch shows a fourth wife: Mable Weiss. MOMS shows that a William D Erickson married a Mable Weise in Hennepin County on 23 Mar 1948. With that and the 1922 marriage to Margie B “Faltz”, it’s possible, probably likely, that Bill Erickson was married five times to four different women.

Birth:
The Minnesota Births and Christenings database in FamilySearch shows a birth date of 20 Dec 1894.

Died:
date per Cora’s diary; Wisconsin death index did not show a place of death but it did agree that he was 77 years old

Buried:
Lot 1, Blk 11, Sec 2; “Father”

Daniel married Selma LARSON on 15 Apr 1916 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. Selma was born about 1897 in Minnesota; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Amelia (Amy) Leavica HEDBURG. Amelia (daughter of August HEDBURG and Amelia CARLSON) was born on 3 Apr 1902 in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa; died on 14 Jun 1945 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 16 Jun 1945 in Anoka County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Daniel married Marjorie Belle FLATZ on 22 Dec 1951 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Marjorie was born on 2 Nov 1904 in Rice County, Minnesota; died on 4 Oct 1982 in Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, Riverside County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1979-MN-008250
• Occupation: Machinist, Metal Worker In Furnace Industry

Notes:

Although John was Maurice Carlson’s uncle, John was the younger of the two by almost four years.

In the 1917 city directory, John is a machinist with the H E Wilcox Motor Co. In the 1918 city directory, he is a machinist for the Mill City Manufacturing Co. In the 1919 city directory, he is shown as a machine operator. In the 1920 city directory, he is a machinist with Midland Steel Products. In the 1922 city directory, he is living with Mayme and Steve at 411 Ontario.

Registered for the draft on September 12, 1918. Living at 3840 29th Avenue S. His nearest relative is Mrs. Daniel Erickson also of the 29th Avenue address. His occupation is lathe work and his employer is Imperial Manufacturing Co. of 1611 Central Avenue, N.E. He is of medium height and build with brown eyes and light hair. For some reason, he claims to be a citizen by his father’s naturalization.

Living at 4036 17th Avenue South at the time of Jackie’s death in 1928.

Living with family at time of 1930 census at 2924 37th Avenue S., renting.

In the 1937 Minneapolis city directory, John and Myrtle and Wally lived at 5637 12th Avenue in south Minneapolis. John was a sheet metal worker for Economy Sheet Metal Service Co.

In the 1940 census, John, Myrtle, and Wallace live in Brooklyn Center. They own their home and it is worth $1000. John is a sheet metal worker with an eighth-grade education. Myrtle had one year of high school. Wallace was a high school student. In 1935, they had all lived in Minneapolis.

In late 1940, he lived at 5301 James Avenue N. He sold an oil burner for $25, “heats four rooms, used one winter.”

He registered for the draft in February of 1942 at the Lumber Exchane Building. At that time, he and Myrtle lived at 5301 James Avenue in Brooklyn Center. John worked for Economy Sheet Metal Service at 505 East Lake Street in Minneapolis. John described himself as having brown eyes and blonde hair with a light complexion. He had a scar on his left index finger. He was 5 feet 9½ inches tall and weighed 200 lbs.

In 1947, at the time of the engagement announcement for Wally and Jean, John and Myrtle lived at 612 Dowling Avenue, N.

In the 1953 Minneapolis city directory, he and Myrtle live at 5448 Emerson Avenue. He is a sheet metal worker for Burniece’s Heating and Sheet Metal. That address is also the one Cora had in her travel diary in preparation for her and Maurice’s 1953 trip to California.

In a later entry in that travel diary, probably from the ‘60s or ‘70s, the address for Myrtle and John was Route 1, Box 117A1, Onamia.

His address at the time of his death was 2701 Brunswick Avenue North in Crystal, Minnesota.

His funeral services were at Valley of Peace Lutheran Church.

“Mr. and Mrs. John Erickson” signed Bess’s funeral guestbook.

DHC says that John was a sheet metal worker who worked for Tom Bernice. DHC remembers John and Myrtle living at 43rd and 42nd in Minneapolis. Maurice and John liked to play cribbage.

John married Myrtle S GARDNER on 1 Jun 1922 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Myrtle (daughter of John GARDNER and Rose ANDERSON) was born on 6 Mar 1905 in Gary, Lake County, Indiana; died on 4 Jun 1991 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 8 Jun 1991 in Oak Hill Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Birth Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1900-00197
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1995-MN-008238
• Social Security Number: 475-54-8847, issued in MN in 1963, Social Security Death Index shows her name as “May”

Notes:

Her birth certificate lists her as May Erickson. It also lists her mother’s name as Brita.

Before her marriage, Mayme was a clerk and, in 1919, a telephone operator at the Studebaker Corporation of America in Minneapolis.

In an affidavit dated February 6, 1942, May’s sister, Bessie Carlson, of 4228 Minnehaha Avenue in Minneapolis, asserts that May’s original birth record, for her birth on September 27, 1900, in the St. Francis Twp, Anoka County, is incorrect in two respects: 1) the given name of the child is not recorded, and 2) the mother’s name is recorded incorrectly as Breta Erickson. The affidavit corrects these to: 1) May Erickson, and 2) Brita Erickson. The affidavit was necessary for May to get a proper birth certificate, presumably to then obtain a passport, during WWII.

Havier, May (nee Erickson), age 94 of St. Paul, born and raised in Bethel, MN. Member of Pilgrim Evangelical Lutheran Church, 50+ years. Preceded in death by husband Stephen; daughters Marjorie & Arlene; parents Daniel & Breta Erickson. Survived by grandchildren Judy (Gary) Spooner, Connie (Roger) Spooner, Len (Jeanne) Reiland, George (Anne) Booth and Ken (Mary) Reiland; 14 great-grandchildren; brother-in-law Henry Haver. Service Friday 11AM at Pilgrim Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1935 St. Clair Ave. Interment Hillside Memorium. Visitation Thurs., 5-8PM at Bradshaw-Listoe Wold Funeral Home, 678 S. Snelling Ave. at Eleanor. Memorials to Pilgrim Evangelical Lutheran Church.

May married Stephen Raymond HAVIER on 11 Nov 1919 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Stephen (son of Andro (Andrew) HAVIR and Anna (Annie) MATASOVSKY) was born on 30 Sep 1897 in Jackson County, Minnesota; died on 6 May 1992 in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota; was buried on 11 May 1992 in Hillside Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Öja 4

Died:
Västberg 84

Family/Spouse: Nygårds Anna Andersson. Anna was born on 14 Dec 1907 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden; died on 19 Dec 1992 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1956-MN-005289
• Occupation: Entrepreneur

Notes:

His birth is entered as #39, on p. 209, of the Wabasha County Register of Births as Maurice E Carlson, born August 30, 1895, and registered, with many, many others, on January 1, 1896. His parents were Albert Carlson and Bessie, both born in Sweden. For Albert’s occupation, the entry is “Affidavit on file.”

An article in the Minneapolis Journal, 3 Jun 1906, lists a Morris Carlson in the 4th grade at the Jackson school. His teacher was Elizabeth Caldwell.

Maurice's name, although he was born Maurice according to his birth record, was commonly spelled Morris. Cora may have changed it. Their wedding announcement listed "Maurice." This spelling change also was noted on DHC’s birth certificate and on a 1941 copy of MEC’s birth certificate obtained from Wabasha County. In the Minneapolis city directories, he’s Morris through 1917 and Maurice thereafter.

He purchased the property on Minnehaha Avenue as Morris. In December of 1934, as part of getting a mortgage on the Minnehaha property, he had to clarify, in a sworn deposition, that his correct and true name was Morris E Carlson.

Maurice registered (as Maurice E. Carlson, and signed as Maurice Carlson) for the WWI draft on June 5, 1917, in the 12th precinct, 7th ward, Minneapolis. The registrar was Harry Martin. Maurice was living at 3716 Elliott and was a machinist with the Findley Electric Company at 216 South 5th Street. He notes his dependents and his occupation as reason why he claims an exemption from the draft although he notes that only his wife is a dependent. (Vivian was not yet born.) He is recorded as of medium height and medium build with grey eyes and light hair.

Maurice obtained a copy of his birth certificate from Luke C. Beaver, clerk of Wabasha County, on February 27, 1941. The copy noted that the birth certificate number was B-209-39. It also noted that the birth was registered in January of 1896 and that the parents were “Albert (sic) and Bessie.” The 1941 copy included the pencil notation “#1908.”

His eighth grade school graduation diploma (Grammar Department of Minneapolis Public Schools, January 27, 1911) listed him as Morris Carlson.

In the 1912 city directory, Morris is a clerk for M O Bordeaux at 1412 E 46th St. (In the 1910 census, there was a Marcus A Bourdeaux who lived at 4439 Blaisdell Ave. He was a hardware merchant.)

In 1913, Morris is a machinist living with his parents at 3805 Chicago. In 1914, he’s a clerk for his father’s hardware store. In 1915, he’s a tinner, still at 3805 Chicago. In 1916, he’s a machinist. In 1917, he’s still a machinist but his employer is listed as Findley Electric Co., Inc. and he’s still living, apparently, at 3805 Chicago. (DHC’s city directory research shows Maurice E.’s address in 1917 as 3716 Elliot.)

In the spring/summer of 1914, “Chicago Hardware” sponsored a baseball team. “Teams wishing games in the 16-17 year-old class phone Maurice Carlson, Grove 68.”

In 1918 and 1919, now Maurice, he’s working as a machinist for the Loe Machine & Tool Co. at 3020 East Franklin. Maurice is living at 3716 Elliot.

{According to DHC’s research, Syver Loe, presumably the owner of Loe Machine & Tool Co., lived at 3024 East Franklin. This is consistent with the 1920 census which shows Syver Loe, a 65 year-old widower, living with his son, Fred, 28, at 3024 East Franklin. Syver’s occupation is “inventor, machines” and Fred is the assistant manager of a machine factory.}

In 1920, Maurice was a “tinner” at the Northwest Bakers & Confections and was living at 1535 E. 39th Street where he lived until he moved to 4230 Minnehaha Avenue in 1924.

In 1921, Maurice worked for the Twin City Chandelier Manufacturing Co., a firm that also employed Edgar Hendrickson and, perhaps, Alfred. This didn’t last long.

(The Twin City Chandelier episode is probably what Cora refers to as the electrical business with, incorrectly, Arthur. In 1922, Charles Hendrickson had quit his job at Butler Manufacturing, where he had worked for at least 12 years, and joined Edgar in the TCCMCo. Charles only stayed a year there and went to work at Strutwear in 1923. Edgar stayed with TCCMCo through 1923. He was no longer listed in the Minneapolis City directory after that.)

In 1922, according to DHC’s city directory research, Maurice had formed Economy Sheet Metal with Alex E Fogelquist as his partner. The intent of the venture, at least in part, may have been to produce Sandy Fogelquist’s patented pie cutter.

In 1923, Maurice was still with Economy Sheet Metal but Alex Fogelquist was no longer listed as his partner. Maurice still lived at 1535 E. 39th Street.

In 1924, 1925, 1926, and 1927, Maurice was still with Economy Sheet Metal but now resided at 4230 Minnehaha Avenue.

In 1928 and 1929, Maurice was listed as the secretary-treasurer of Heating Systems, Inc.

In March of 1929, Maurice, with another man (G.L. Running), acted as a bondsman for the $10,000 bond for John P Ekberg, a former city alderman convicted of bribery. Ekberg had been sentenced to one to ten years of hard labor at Stillwater penitentiary. The bond enabled Ekberg to prepare his appeal. Later, in April, Maurice, Oscar Bergerson, and G.L. Running headed a Twelfth ward committee to plan a benefit dance to raise funds for the appeal of Ekberg’s conviction.

In 1930, Maurice was listed as the secretary-treasurer of Heating Systems, Inc., but Economy Sheet Metal was no longer listed for him.

{Instead, according to DHC’s research, the 1930, 1931, and 1932 city directories have Thomas F. Burniece associated with Economy Sheet Metal at 3725 Minnehaha Avenue. There are no entries for Burniece or Economy Sheet Metal in the 1933 or 1934 directories but it appears again in the 1935 directory, now at 5042 39th Avenue South.}

In the 1931 directory, Maurice is listed as the proprietor of Bonded Heating Company of 1818 Washington Avenue North. Heating Systems is also listed for him.

In the 1932 and 1933 directories, Maurice is still listed with Bonded Heating Company and Heating Systems is no longer listed for him.

In that 1933 directory, Maurice has Economy Sheet Metal at 3725 Minnehaha Avenue listed for him.

In the 1934 directory, Maurice’s listing is for Acme Beverage Wholesale at 3735 Minnehaha Avenue. His listing includes machinist.

In the 1935 directory, Maurice is secretary-treasurer of Acme Beverage Wholesale at 3725 Minnehaha Avenue. Cora is listed as president and Sam Blumbo is vice-president.

Maurice received an off-sale license, presumably for just beer, in April of 1935. Later in the month, he received a license for dealing in second-hand goods at 3727 Minnehaha.

In the 1936 directory, Maurice is now vice-president of Acme Beverage Wholesale and Sam Blumbo is president. Irving H Green is secretary-treasurer.

In that 1936 directory, Acme Bicycle appears for the first time. It’s at 2825 Hennepin Avenue. William Marsh is manager.

That 1936 directory also shows Acme Bicycle and Supply at the 2825 Hennepin address.

The 1937 directory lists Acme Beverage, now owned by Sam Blumbo, at 3746 Minnehaha. Acme Bicycle and Supply, of which Maurice is the manager, is located at 108 S. 4th Street. Acme Bicycle and Supply also has a store at 3725 Minnehaha Avenue. Vivian Marsh is the vice-president, William Marsh is the branch manager.

According to DHC’s city directory search concentrating on businesses:

Brunett’s was at 1818 North Washington. Started 1930, out 1933.
In 1932, Hall Supply moved to 108 South 4th Street and sold Stutz and Pierce bikes.
Acme Beverage appeared in 1934 and was out in 1937. Acme Bicycles appeared in 1935. Economy Sheet Metal was out in 1933 and appears with Tom in 1934.
Acme Bicycle adds wholesale business in 1936.
In 1937, Acme has three stores.
In 1938, Acme has two stores, Hall is out.
In 1940, Acme has one store.

Al and Bess threw a dance and reception for Maurice and Cora on September 9th, 1916, at the Odd Fellows Hall on 16th Avenue South and Franklin Avenue in Minneapolis.

Pastor Tenner Thompson spoke at Maurice's funeral. This may have been Tenner Thompson, Jr. Otherwise, it was the same pastor who baptized Don and confirmed Don and Vivian.

On January 5, 1920, the census enumerator found the Carlsons living at 3716 Elliot Avenue South. (Minneapolis enumeration district 127, image 5 of 36.) “Morris” is listed as age 24 with the occupation of “machinist” employed for wages at a “shop.” Cora is listed as age 23 and Vivian as 2 years and 5 months. Also living with Morris and Cora was Alfred, age 47, and Bessie, age 42. The dates of immigration and naturalization for Alfred and Bessie are listed but are not legible. Alfred is listed as a tailor employed for wages at a tailor shop.

In January of 1923, as M.E. Carlson, Proprietor, he runs Economy Sheet Metal Manufacturing Co. at 3725 Minnehaha. “Let is estimate your gutters, steel ceilings, ventilation, blow piping, manufacturing cornice work, skylights.” “Furnaces installed and repaired.” His home phone number was Drexel 6280 and his business phone number was Dupone (sic - probably Dupont) 5113.

An article (essentially an advertisement) in the Weekly Business Review section of Minneapolis Star’s 14 May 1923 edition discussed Economy Sheet Metal.

In the fall of 1923, M.E. Carlson was assessed on lot 2, block 3 of E.H. Dann’s Driving Park Addition to Minneapolis.

in the fall of 1924, M.E. Carlson petitioned the city for permission to build a frame addition to tin shop, 20x30, 30 feet from street line, at 3725-27 Minnehaha Avenue.

In February of 1926, M.E. Carlson was assessed on lot 18 of Confer’s Rearrangement in Edgewood Addition to Minneapolis.

In April of 1927, M.E. Carlson petitioned the city for permission to erect a private frame and stucco garage, 18x20 feet, 21 feet from the street line, 12 feet from the nearest flat, at 3901 Bloomington Avenue.

In June of 1927, M.E. Carlson, doing business as Economy Sheet Metal Co., 3725 Minnehaha Avenue, was granted a license for installing warm air heating plants.

In the 1930 census, Maurice's and Bess's house are shown as worth $7500 each. Bess is shown as divorced and was renting out part of her house at $35/mo to Arthur and Violet Nash. He was a school teacher, she was a hairdresser. Charley was living with Maurice and Cora. He is shown as having emigrated in 1867. Bess is shown as having emigrated in 1883. Maurice's occupation is in the heating industry.

In June of 1933, “Mrs. M.E. Carlson and others” asked the city to pave the alley from 42nd to 43rd between Snelling and Minnehaha avenues.

In the 1934 Minneapolis city directory, he is Maurice E Carlson, a machinist at Acme Beverage Co of 3725 Minnehaha Ave. He resides at 4230 Minnehaha Ave.

In June and July of 1934, M.E. Carlson had three short letters to the editor published in the Star, generally disparaging unions.

An article in the 24 Nov 1936 edition of the Star, headlined Carlson buys Hall Supply Co., has M.E. Carlson, manager of the Acme Bicycle and Supply Co., Inc., purchasing Hall Supply Co., 108 S. 4th Street. The article notes that Acme has branches on South Lyndale Avenue and Minnehaha Avenue in addition to “the new main office.”

In June of 1937, bicycle races were sponsored by the Star and the Minneapolis Park Board. Maurice was noted in an article in the Star as “planning the prizes” as well as being a drop-off point for filled-in entry blanks. The three locations for the Acme Bicycle Company were 108 S. 4th Street, 2825 Hennepin, and 3725 Minnehaha. Maurice said he would pick prizes and set them out in the window of his 108 S. 4th Avenue store for the racers to see. Later articles said that the prizes would include “swell” Stutz bicycles. The races held in July featured the prizes being handed out by George Grim, od the Star, and M. E. Carlson, of the Acme Bicycle Company at 108 S. 4th.

Races were sponsored again in the summer of 1939.

In the 1940 census, Maurice’s house is shown as worth $6000 and Bess’s as $3000. Maurice is shown as the owner and prorietor of a bicycle shop.

In the 1941 city directory, he’s an inspector with Northern Pump and is associated with/owns Acme Bicycle and Supply Co.

In the 1942 directory, he’s only with Acme Bicycle & Supply.

In the 1944 city directory, Acme Bicycle & Supply Co. is listed with his entry at 4230 Minnehaha.

Small want-ads for Carlson’s Sporting Goods started appearing in the Star in June of 1946. The phone number was DU 5113.

Carlson’s, with the fishing line logo, had a big add for sporting goods in the 5 Dec 1946 Star. Ads also appeared in January of 1947, then stopped, at least with “M.E. Carlson, owner” in the ad.

A December 7, 1941, ad (a notable date) in the Star, by Scott-Atwater Motor Power Equipment, listed Carlson’s Sporting Goods as an authorized Twin City dealer.

In the 1948 Minneapolis city directory, Maurice and Cora are still listed at 4230 Minnehaha.

An article in the August 3, 1948, edition of the Star had Bruce Morikubo says at the Carlson’s sporting goods store, which he represents, archery is second in sales to fishing tackle. Morikubo was probably an archery sales rep.

Carlson’s was robbed of a motorscooter in November of 1948.

Carlson’s was part of a story in George Grim’s column in April of 1948 about a little sparrow who supposedly lived near the store.

Carlson’s was robbed of $1,000 of weapons, fishing reels, ammunition, and $40 cash on 28 Jun 1949. It was the fourth burglary of the store in two years, the management reported. Thieves broke through a door, then bent an iron gate to enter.

Carlson’s sponsored an archery meet at Lake Nokomis on 17 July 1949.

In the 1950 Minneapolis city directory, he is listed as Morris C, wife Cora C, residing at 2255 E Old Shakopee Rd.

Thieves stole 15 fishing rods and a pump shotgun on 25 Feb 1950. Police arrested a five-man burglary ring in March.

Carlson’s was burgled again over the Christmas weekend in 1954. The thief only stole a pellet pistol but broke a rear window and a glass door.

A Carlson Sporting Goods, later called Carlson’s Sporting Goods, in Red Wing was advertising in the Star in the 60s. They sold refrigerators along with sporting goods.

Death Certificate:

 CARLSON, MAURICE E.  Minnesota Death Certificate ID# 1956-MN-005289   
 Date of Birth: 08/30/1895
 Place of Birth: MINNESOTA
 Mother Maiden Name: ERICKSON
 Date of Death: 06/17/1956
 County of Death: HENNEPIN

The Carlsons in Minneapolis

Maurice finished school in January of 1911 after the eighth grade. He was still working for his dad in the hardware store on 38th and Chicago in the fall of 1914 when he met Cora. (DHC says this wasn’t owned by Al.) Nevertheless, his trade was machinist and after marrying Cora he went to work for Strand Machinery Company in a triangular building on Riverside, five or six blocks from Cedar Avenue. He eventually became a foreman at Strand which was a wartime company. (This was one of the reasons why Maurice did not participate in World War I.) The Strand Company probably folded after the war. {The 1917 city directory shows Morris as working at Findley Electric Co. The 1918 and 1919 directory shows him working at the Loe Machine Tool Co.} On Vivian’s birth certificate, Maurice is a machinist.

At this time, Cora and Maurice were living in a house that they had been given (by Al?) at 3716 Elliot Avenue. Vivian was born there. Cora remembered it as an old house with three bedrooms and a bathroom. Cora didn’t like it. On Vivian’s birth certificate, the address for Maurice and Cora is 3716 9th Avenue S. (Elliot used to be called 9th Avenue.)

After Strand, Maurice worked at a shop that made bakery ovens. His father's half brother, Sandy Fogelquist, worked there and that probably had something to do with Maurice going to work there. It was at this shop that Maurice got interested in sheet metal work. {The 1920 city directory shows Maurice working as a “tinner” at “N W Bakers & Confec.”}

During this time, Maurice also got involved in an electrical business with Myrtle Carter’s brother (and Cora’s cousin), Arthur Hendrickson. This was a time when gaslights were being replaced with electric lights and the business wired the lights through the old gas pipes. Alas, Arthur was apparently a crook and stole from the business, driving into bankruptcy or close to it. {It wasn’t Arthur, it was his half-brother Edgar. The name of the company was the Twin City Chandelier Manufacturing Company. Maurice is shown as working there only in 1921. Alfred’s occupation is shown as “elec” that year so even he may have gotten involved with the venture. The TCCMCo is listed as Edgar’s employer through 1923. Edgar then vanishes from the city directories.}

In 1920, Maurice and Cora and Vivian moved to 39th and Bloomington (the street address was 3901). {That address is never listed in the city directories. The directories show that Maurice and Cora moved to 1535 E. 39th Street in 1920.} In 1924, they built a duplex on the vacant corner lot next door which they kept until 1938 or 1939. (They may have needed money at that point to build the resort on Cedar Lake.) In the 1914 city plat map, there is no construction on the lot. There is just one lot, on which both the residence and duplex were built. In an early photograph of the residence, the alley is not visible. When the alley was put in, the clearance between the house and the alley was only a few feet.

On March 2, 1922, when he was 26, Maurice purchased the property on which he would build the store building at 3725 Minnehaha Avenue to be used as a sheet metal shop. The ownership of Lot 18 of “Confer’s Rearrangement in Edgewood Addition to Minneapolis” was in Morris’s and Cora’s name (spelled “Morris”) and was purchased from “Thorp Bros.”

The first ad for Economy Sheet Metal Mfg. Co., at 3725 Minnehaha, was in the 29 Jan 1923 version of the Star.

Maurice may have borrowed the money for the building from Al but there is no mention of that in the abstract. The abstract does, however, mention a $2000 mortgage against the property that was established on September 29, 1927, and satisfied on March 15, 1928. Another mortgage, also for $2000, was established with the 4th Northwestern Bank on December 18, 1934, and satisfied on December 27, 1935. (It was the due diligence on this mortgage that led to the bank demanding the name clarification, mentioned above, in which, on December 21, 1934, Maurice asserted that his correct and true name was Morris E Carlson.) A $2500 mortgage, also with the 4th Northwestern Bank, was established on November 6, 1935.

A large ad in the Star on 13 May 1929 is for M.E. Carlson Heating Company at 3727 Minnehaha. The big feature was a Brunett’s system.

In May of 1929, Maurice received a license, perhaps renewed an existing license, for installing warm air furnaces and plants. He was dba Economy Sheet Metal Co., 3725 Minnehaha Avenue.

In June of 1929, Maurice won a prize in a fishing contest (“Witt Market fish contest”) for a northern pike he caught on Lake Mille Lacs. It was 42 inches long and weighed 19½ lbs.

A lengthy, well-stated letter to the editor of the Minneapolis Journal, by M.E. Carlson, published in December of 1930, argued in favor of teacher pay and that tax payers shouldn’t complain about that segment of their taxes.

By May of 1932, he was doing business as Bonded Heating Co., 1818 Washington Ave. N., when he received his license for installing warm air heating plants.

In the 1914 city plat map, the organized set of parcels on which the store building would be located is referred to as the Edgewood Addition. This was bounded by 37th Street, 38th Street, 34th Avenue, and Minnehaha Avenue. The Carlson building would be on lot 4 of that subdivision and the vacant parking lot, that Maurice wouldn’t purchase until the late 1940s, was lot 5.

The property abstract also records a curious ownership transfer, to and from Maurice’s mother. On February 3, 1931, the ownership of the Lot 18 parcel was transferred to Bessie Carlson and back again to Maurice on the same day. This transaction was not filed with the county clerk until nearly a year later, January 2, 1932.

On September 16, 1946, Maurice and Cora purchased the vacant parking lot (Lot 17) next to their Minnehaha store building (Lot 18). Lot 17 of Confer’s Rearrangement in Edgewood Addition to Minneapolis was purchased by Maurice and Cora from the Franklin Life Insurance Company.

Lots 17 and 18 were sold by Cora to Don and Elaine Carlson on January 1, 1978, in a contract for deed. The ownership change was filed on January 24, 1985, presumably when the contract for deed was satisfied.

His business was called Economy Sheet Metal (a name still used on the water bills into the 1980s). In the building boom after the World War, Maurice’s business put gutters and downspouts on new houses. Maurice was all by himself the first year but, being a hard worker, he could still do a job faster than his competition and, as a result, got a lot of business. In 1921, Tom Burniece was the first, or one of the first, employees hired for Economy Sheet Metal. (Eventually, the business grew to five or six employees, including Maurice’s uncle, John Erickson.)

On DHC’s birth certificate, Maurice (name was changed from Morris somewhere along the line) was in the sheet metal business.

In late 1923, Maurice and Al began building houses on adjoining lots in the 4200 block of Minnehaha Avenue in south Minneapolis. Maurice’s would be 4230 Minnehaha; Al’s would be 4228 Minnehaha.

On April 18, 1924, Maurice, 29, a pregnant Cora, 28, and Vivian, 6, moved into the Minnehaha house. (Cora, perhaps because she was pregnant, remembered a blizzard that happened three weeks before on March 28th.) Donald H. was born in the front bedroom of the Minnehaha house three months later on July 13th. Maurice and Cora would live in the Minnehaha house for 24 years.

In 1926 or 1927, Maurice and Cora bought a cottage on Gray's Bay of Lake Minnetonka west of Minneapolis. DHC remembers it on the channel between Gray’s Bay and Smith (?) Bay and that the cottage was next door to the one owned by Al and Bess. DHC remembers that Maurice and Cora had a grape arbor and a big garden. One of the “magnificent” events that DHC remembers is Maurice buying $100 of fireworks for a 4th of July celebration out at the cottage. From Cora’s diary, it appears that they didn’t sell the Lake Minnetonka cottage until August 23, 1938, when they sold it to their friend and Lake Minnetonka neighbor, Walt Spargen.

The likeliest location for this “channel” between Gray’s Bay and some other body of water is the currently exisiting channel between Gray’s Bay and the small lake called Libb’s Lake on the extreme southeast corner of Gray’s Bay. A 1914 map of the area around Lake Minnetonka does not show such a channel, nor does it even show a name for Libb’s Lake. In addition, the 1914 map shows no road to the area where the future channel would be. This apparently changed in the 1920s when Minnetonka Boulevard may have been extended to the Libbs Lake area. It would seem that the Carlsons would have gotten to their cottages via Lake Street and Minnetonka Boulevard, also called County Road 5.

While he was still in the sheet metal business, a man named Brunett persuaded Maurice to join him in the furnace business. They would build hot air furnaces, basically for homes, as Bonded Heating Co. (and Heating Systems, Inc.). Brunett had a patent on an economizer system he called the Utilizer. They built some furnaces at the Minnehaha store but eventually they had to rent a building at 1818 North Washington Avenue (phone number Cherry 4521). By this time, the furnace business was so good that Maurice sold Economy Sheet Metal to Tom Burniece who rented the building and continued to run it out of the Minnehaha store. Maurice’s and Brunett’s furnace company built the then–largest hot-air furnace in the world in what is now (as of the mid–1970s) the St. Louis Park roller skating rink.

The depression sunk the furnace business by the early 1930s after only a few years. Brunett may have kept the business but Maurice got out. At this point, a lot of people owed Maurice money. Maurice supposedly lost money in the furnace business.

In 1931 or 1932, Maurice bought a machine shop, with $10,000 worth of equipment, for $500 and set it up in the Minnehaha building. (The business that Maurice bought, and/or the new business he set up, was called Acme Machinery and Repair.) The machine shop had three line shafts running north-south from a large electric motor in the southeast corner of the building. [This would have been where the bicycle parts section later went; in 1931, the building was only half its present size.] There was a 12 foot display and office area in the front of the building. [See floor plan of the store building attached as a picture.]

There wasn’t much money in the machine shop business. In 1933, with prohibition over (Roosevelt signed the Cullen-Harrison act on March 23rd), Maurice got into the beer distribution business, as Acme Beverage Co., with a partner, Sam Blumbo. (Blumbo had a chicken drive-in restaurant at NE Corner of Lake St. and Hiawatha.)

In May of 1933, Maurice and Cora sought a bank loan from the First National Bank, probably to develop the beer business. The application statement showed a net worth of about $47,000 made up as follows: cash and bank account $1828.42, accounts receivable $2000, merchandise ("50 furnaces") $5650, plant $6000, machinery $3000, real estate $23500 (duplex at 3901 Bloomington $7500, Lake Minnetonka property on Gray’s Bay $3000, 4230 Minnehaha $6000, and shop at 3725 Minnehaha $6000), 1931 Chrysler 8 Sedan $1000, and cemetery lots $4200. The application cited Maurice’s current business as “heating and sheet metal.”

At this point, he nearly doubled the size of the Minnehaha store building (to its present size) to store beer. He also installed an elevator near the southeast corner of the original building.

The machine shop co–existed with the beer distributorship until the fall of 1934. At that point, the machine shop is dissolved and removed to make way for the retail bicycle business. Maurice started out this business, known as Acme Bicycle and Repair, with three bicycles plus parts that he bought for a total of $500. His supplier at the time was Hall Supply at 108 South 4th Street. His line of bicycles at the time was Iver Johnson. Cora’s diary notes Maurice delivering bikes in April of 1935.

In June of 1935, he had obtained a license as a dealer in second-hand goods at 3725 Minnehaha Avenue.

Maurice had numerous ads and mentions in 1938 and 1939 regarding bike races. He had Acme Bicycle Co. at 108 4th St. S.

In the beer business, Maurice distributed the Old Heidelberg brand made by the St. Cloud Brewing Company of St. Cloud and Fleck's made in Faribault. (He had a Liquor Control Commission license to sell for St. Cloud dated March 26, 1934.) On June 21st, 1933, Maurice signed an agreement with Lewis Hamilton by which the two agreed to divide the Twin Cities into a north and south zone. Maurice would be the exclusive distributor of Fleck’s beer in the south zone, Hamilton would be the exclusive distributor in the the north zone. The agreement seemed to apply only to bottled beer and specifically excluded keg beer.

The beer sold would have been “3.2 beer”, 3.2% alcohol by weight, the strongest allowed by the Cullen-Harrison act.

The bicycle business co-existed with the beer business at 3725 Minnehaha for a couple of years until Maurice finally sold out the beer business to Blumbo in about 1935 or 1936. {He sold it on September 21, 1935, according to Cora’s diary.} (Maurice lost money in the beer business.) Sam moved the business across the street to the J H Foster building and went broke a year later. (A Nash automobile dealership moved into the Foster building after Blumbo went broke and continued there until World War II. Blumbo's main business was a successful drive-in chicken restaurant on the NE corner of Lake Street and Hiawatha Avenue.)

At about this time (1936 or 1937), Maurice bought out Hall Supply and moved the wholesale bike business into what had been the beer area. The business was now called Acme Bicycles and Supply. Vivian entered the business at this point. She ran the Minnehaha store, Maurice ran the downtown store (the old Hall Supply facility at 108 South Fourth Street), and Bill Marsh ran a 3rd store on 28th and Hennepin. {According to Cora’s diary, Maurice got a lease on the Hennepin Avenue store on December 20, 1935. Maurice also bought a fourth store on Grand Avenue (near a theatre) in St. Paul. This store was mainly for the wholesale end but it had some retail upstairs. Jake Peterson ran this store. Bill and Viv worked there for a short while. {According to Cora’s diary, Maurice had a St. Paul store before he had the Hennepin Avenue store but both were obtained in 1935.} {Also according to Cora’s diary, Vivian started at the St. Paul store on March 16, 1936.} According to Cora’s diary, Maurice bought Hall Supply on November 6, 1936.

In the spring of 1939, Viv and Bill made the decision to go out on their own. In 1940, Vivian and Bill moved to the east coast (Ron was born in Wilmington, Delaware, in June of 1940). The Hennepin store was sold, after only being open about a year, then the St. Paul store (Jake bought that business for $500), then the downtown store. By 1941, only the Minnehaha store was left. {It’s not quite as DHC remembers it. Maurice sold the St. Paul store to Jake Peterson on January 4, 1938. Maurice moved out of the downtown store on August 31, 1940.}

Maurice’s interest in the business waned even before it shrunk back to one store. He played a lot of cards with men down on Washington Avenue during the winter and let George Moll run the downtown store. He also played cards in a lean-to shack off the restaurant building on Minnehaha south of the store. He let Bill Stedman, the road salesman for the wholesale business, run the whole business after the Marshes left and all during World War II.

In the fall of 1938, Maurice bought a farm (for $1200 with Cora’s money) on Cedar Lake near Deerwood. (He had originally stumbled upon this property when he went to see Eric Person’s relatives to go fishing.) He intended to build a fishing resort on Cedar Lake and got so far as building four cabins on the lake and a cabin for the family on a hill. (In 1938 {no, 1935 and 1936}, the family camped at Hufstrand's in tents.) Maurice also built a barn and sheep shed on the property, the barn being the last in the summer of 1942.

The back of Cora’s 2nd diary records these events at the farm and in Minneapolis.

“Built cottages 1939
Building caretakers house Fall 1940
Put in gas burners at duplex Fall 1940
Bought fencing for farm Summer 1941
Bought sheep October 3, 1941
Papered our place February 1942
Chairs upholstered March 1942
Bought Guernsey cow July 1942
Barn built Summer 1942
Chicken coop built Summer 1943
Bought cows, horses, and chickens Spring 1943
Our house shingled Fall 1944
Our house painted, both stucco and the trim, also garage 1944

Maurice painted stucco on house, June and July 1944. Maurice painting house, Fall, 1944.”

The resort was to be called "Woodcrest" and Cora had stationery printed up for herself that said:

Woodcrest
Mrs. M. E. Carlson
Deerwood, Minn.

One of the first meetings of John Everson and Maurice Carlson is recorded in the December 5, 1938, edition of the Brainerd newspaper: “Mr. Carlson of Minneapolis was looking over property here which he purchased recently. He spent the night at the John Everson home.”

In the early months of 1939, Maurice logged off the Deerwood farm, employing all the farmers in the area, including John Everson. He also constructed a sawmill on the site to turn the logs into lumber. He netted 100,000 board-feet sawed. Part of this lumber was used to build his Bloomington house in 1948.

The outbreak of the second World War ended the resort idea. In the fall (November 2nd) of 1942, Maurice went to work for Tom Burniece to help him make Navy chart boards and height verniers for the war effort. Maurice, Cora, and Don left Deerwood and returned to Minneapolis and Maurice and Don went to work at Economy Sheet Metal on November 2nd of 1942. (Don was a bookkeeper first, then a glue pot welder.) Maurice designed a machine to make reclaimed bottle caps. This effort was sponsored by Coca Cola. Maurice designed a punch press to reform the bottle caps. This production, called Economy Crown, was in the Franklin Creamery building.

Maurice eventually (actually in February of 1941) went to work at Northern Pump as an inspector in the lathe department for the duration of the war. Northern Pump made 5” cannons, naval pumps, electrically operated turrets, etc. Maurice worked 7 days a week, 12 hours a day initially and eventually got down to about 60 hours a week. {But Cora’s diary notes that Maurice got a new job at International Harvester on March 24, 1942.}

Published ads referring to 3725 Minnehaha pretty much vanished between the summer of 1941 and February of 1946. By that time, it was Carlson’s, and no longer Acme Bicycle, and Schwinns were mentioned in the ads.

Don was called into the service in May of 1943 and went in for good in November.

Maurice quit a job on November 30, 1943. Cora notes that he was “working again” in her diary entry for July 13, 1944.

When the war ended, Maurice sold the wholesale business to Stedman, who moved it to 273 Cedar Avenue, but not the Acme name. For the remainder of Maurice’s life, Carlson’s Sporting Goods, as it was now called, would get a 20% discount off of Stedman’s wholesale price.

The store building was completely remodeled in the winter of 1945-46. (No. 1946-1947.) The remodeling was to convert the building to a sporting goods store. When Don returned from the war in 1946, he took over the operation of the store.

Maurice and Cora looked for suburban property after the war and purchased 1 acre from Carl Zeck on April 11, 1946. This was the property on which Maurice built the Bloomington house in 1947. He and Cora, with Don and Elaine, moved into the house on Old Shakopee Road in January of 1948.

On September 9, 1949, Maurice’s neighbor, Carl Zeck died. On January 23, 1950, Carl’s widow, Mardelle Zeck, sold Maurice the rest of the Carl Zeck farm land. This would have been the land to the north and east (and, perhaps, to the southeast) of the original 1946 purchase. Maurice took out a $2000 mortgage with Mardelle for the purchase. That mortgage was satisfied on December 27, 1954. The purchase included the “berry house” of Carl’s berry farm which Maurice moved and it became the “berry house” of Carlson Berry Farm. The original location of the berry house, before Maurice moved it, was right next to the Zeck garage. The original slab of that old berry house site remained on the property through DHC’s ownership of the land.

Most of the 1950 purchase was sold to Independent School District #271 on December 18, 1961. Cora sold DHC the remaining north lot for his 2263 EOSR house on May 15, 1968, one day after the sale of 2239.

All of Cora’s remaining property on EOSR was moved to a trust on January 8, 1985.

Maurice bought thirty burial plots, in three separate areas, at Sunset Memorial Park when it was constructed in the mid-1920s. (A loan application statement in 1933 listed the value of the plots at $4200!) Apparently the developer approached many businessmen about buying plots. Maurice got a prime location near the bell tower. The first family member interred was Al in 1952.



His casket-bearers: Leonard Reiland, George Booth, Bill Stedman, Tom Burniece, Albert B. Nelson, and Frank Carter.

His SS#: 410-17-9303

Buried:
Funeral at 11:00 according to Cora’s diary. His burial plot was Lot 73, Lot 7A, Grave #9 according to the mortuary.

Maurice married Cora Christena ANDERSON on 2 Sep 1916 in Vernon County, Wisconsin. Cora (daughter of Carl Clarence (Charly) ANDERSON and Anna Clausdatter BOWE) was born on 7 Mar 1896 in La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin; died on 19 Dec 1995 in Bloomington, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 22 Dec 1995 in Sunset Memorial Park, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1910-00326
• Oregon Death Certificate: 72-06707
• Social Security Number: 540-18-9440 Issued In Oregon Before 1951.

Notes:

In the 1930 census, she is probably be the Bernice Erickson, age 19, living in Minneapolis. She is a maid for a private family. Although that Bernice is shown as born in Minnesota, her father is shown as born in Nebraska and her mother born in England. It’s possible that the census enumerator got confused about the parentage of the three roomers living with the Teitzal family.

Bernice was the first in her family to move to Oregon. In the 1940 census, she and Jack La Rocque lived in Corvallis in a rental apartment. She had married at age 24 and was employed as a waitress in a cafe. She had lived in the “same place” in 1935. She had had 3 years of high school, Jack had had two. Jack was a traffic officer for the city of Corvallis.

She was living in The Dalles, Oregon, at the time of her father’s death.

Bernice married John Peter LA ROCQUE about 1934. John was born on 7 Jul 1914; died on 24 Nov 1988 in The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1916-12797

Notes:

Indexed in MHS birth index as “Dorwood Dean.” Durward Ericson in the SSDI.

He was truck driver at the time of his marriage to Larayne.

In the 1941 Rockford, Illinois, city directory, he was a “driver” living at 707 Woodlawn Avenue.

In the 1942 Rockford directory, he was a salesman for Nehi Bottling Co. He and Lorayne lived at 837 N Court.

In the 1944 Minneapolis city directory, he was a serviceman for SR&Co (probably Sears). He and LaRayne lived at 1838 Polk.

Durward served in the Navy in World War II. He enlisted on May 29, 1944, and he was released from service on December 4, 1945. Durward served on the Shasta in 1944 and on the Cabell in 1945.

He and LaRayne were still at the 1838 Polk address in the 1946 Minneapolis directory.

Living in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, at the time of his father’s death.

Durward was a pallbearer at Bess’s funeral.

“Mr. and Mrs. Durward Erickson” signed Bess’s funeral guestbook. Their address, noted by Elaine for the thank-you, was 2303 Maiden Lane, Minneapolis 21.

His obit in the Tampa Tribune, 12 Nov 1971 edition:

Durward D. Ericson, 55, 3303 15th St. W., died Wednesday. A retired refrigeration engineer, he came here two and a half years ago from Minneapolis, Minn., and was a World War II veteran. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Larayne N. Ericson; two sons and two sisters.

Birth:
SSDI and Florida Deaths put his birthday as May 27th

Died:
Bradenton per SSDI

Durward married Larayne Dorothy NORLING on 24 Nov 1937 in Northwood, Worth County, Iowa. Larayne (daughter of Andrew NORLING and Esther LARSON) was born on 6 Nov 1917 in Isanti County, Minnesota; died on 11 Jul 1993 in Bradenton, Manatee County, Florida; was buried in Mansion Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Ellenton, Manatee County, Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1920-00517
• Oregon Death Certificate: 94-21207
• Social Security Number: 468-20-0850

Notes:

Born as Vivian Helen.

In the 1940 census, she and Hartley, with their daughter Beverly, lived with Eric and Ella in Oak Grove Twp, Anoka County, Minnesota.

Living in Corvallis, Oregon, at the time of her father’s death.

At the time of her mother’s death in 1964, she was Mrs. James A Goodman, 1911 Menlo Drive, Corvallis, Oregon.

The U.S. Public Records Index, Vol. 2, shows her living at 1156 SW 11th Ave, Ontario, Oregon, as Helen V Goodman. James A Goodman lives at that same address.

Her obit in the Corvallis newspaper:

Helen V. Goodman, an Ontario resident who lived in Corvallis for much of her life, died Monday at at her home. She was 74.

She was born in Bethel, Minnesota, to Erick and Ella Hughes Erickson. She moved with her family to Corvallis where she completed her schooling. She married James A Goodman on January 22, 1944, in Vancouver, Washington. The couple lived in El Centro, California, before returning to Corvallis in December of 1944. They moved to Ontario in October of 1979.

She was interested in painting, sewing, crafts, and gardening.

She is survived by her husband, three grandsons, and eight great-grandchildren.

(Her daughter Beverly, is not mentioned in the obituary alhough Beverly’s children and grandchildren are. Presumably, Beverly wrote the obituary but forgot to list herself as surviving.)

Buried:
as Helen V Goodman

Family/Spouse: Hartley Samuel THOMPSON. Hartley was born on 23 Dec 1915 in Isanti County, Minnesota; died on 7 Dec 1995 in Anoka County, Minnesota; was buried in West Oak Grove Cemetery, Oak Grove Twp, Anoka County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Helen married James Albert GOODMAN on 22 Jan 1945 in Clark County, Washington. James was born on 16 Oct 1922 in Tennessee; died on 30 Mar 2001 in Camden, Benton County, Tennessee; was buried in Crystal Lake Masonic Cemetery, Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Birth Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1918-42241
• Occupation: U.S. Navy
• Social Security Number: 398-03-7592 issued in WI before 1951

Notes:

His SS# was issued in Wisconsin.

He enlisted on May 18, 1938, in Chicago. His service number was 299 90 27. He served aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Lexington (CV-2) in 1939 as a Seaman 2nd class. (The Lexington was sunk in the Battle of the Coral Sea on May 8, 1942.) While attached to the Lexington, he served a few months in San Diego in parachute material school. In December of 1939, he was attached to the U.S.S. Henderson. In January of 1940, he was on the U.S.S. Augusta (”Aviation Unit”), sailing for Manila. He was still on the Augusta on October 31, 1941, with the rank of AMM3C. He was an AMM2C at the end of 1941. At the end of March, 1944, he was still attached to the Augusta Aviation Unit and was now an AMM1c. In early 1945 he was assigned to the newly-commissioned U.S.S. Helena Aviation Unit. He was still on the Helena, now as a ACMM, as of January 1, 1946. On January 31, 1947, he was transferred to the U.S.S. Wharton.

He enlisted again on 17 May 1948 according to the Veterans Affairs’ BIRLS death file. His release date was 31 Aug 1951. His interment record adds one day to those two dates.

Arlington National Cemetery
Buried At: Section 33, Site 1139

He and his wife visited Maurice and Cora in Minneapolis on March 18, 1947, and in Bloomington on July 27, 1950.

His birth certificate was amended 28 August 1950 to add his name Vernal.

His interment record shows his rank as ADC, U.S. Navy, and his serial number as 2999027. He was a veteran of World War II. The name and address of his next of kin was Pearl H. Erickson, 6608 Fairfax Road, Bethesda, MD. His grave was 11397 in plot 33 and 11396 was reserved for his widow. He died as an honorably retired serviceman.

Birth:
born at University Hospital

Died:
Sept 10 per SSDI and the Veterans Gravesites index. The Dept. Of Veteran Affairs’ death files show 9 Sept.

Buried:
Section 33, Site 1139

Family/Spouse: Pearl Harriet REYNOLDSON. Pearl was born on 1 Mar 1921 in New York; died on 10 Mar 2012 in Maryland; was buried on 21 Mar 2012 in Arlington National Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Birth Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1926-45005

Notes:

According to the MHS Birth Index, a William Richard Erickson was born in Hennepin County on 21 Nov 1926 to a mother whose maiden name was Kruse.

At the time of his mother’s death in June of 1945, he was “in the service.”

William and Charette G Erickson lived in Parkersburg, West Virginia, in 1957 according to that city’s directory. He was a chemical engineer for the Marbon Chemical Corporation.

A William R Erickson, b. Nov 1926, lived in Lakeland, Florida, in 1993.

He and Charette lived in St. Paul at the time of his sister’s death in 2001. (This seems unlikely.)

William R. "Bill" Erickson, 82, of Stuart, FL. passed away peacefully on Friday, October 9th, 2009 at Treasure Coast Hospice Residence, in Stuart due to renal failure.

Born in Minneapolis, MN, he has resided in Stuart for the past year and a half moving here from Lakeland, FL. Prior to retiring he was the Owner and Chemical Engineer of Phosphate Engineering and Construction Company, in Lakeland for many years.

He was a U.S. Navy veteran and was a graduate of The University of Wisconsin.

Bill was a member of AICHE (American Institute of Chemical Engineers).

Surviving are his wife of 62 years, Charette Erickson of Stuart, his son, Mark W. Erickson of Stuart, and his brother, Robert Erickson of Salt Lake City, Utah. He is also survived by 2 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild. He was preceded in death by his son, Bruce Erickson.

William married C.G. TOELLNER [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2001-MN-523956

Notes:

She lived at Rt 1, Box 416, New Richmond, Wisconsin, at the time of her father’s death in very early 1972.

An obit posted on a Rootsweb board:

Jean L. Beebe, 72 - Oct. 8, 1928 - Aug. 27, 2001

Jean L. Beebe, formerly of New Richmond, died on Monday, Aug. 27, 2001 at her home in St. Paul.

She was born on Oct. 8, 1928 to William and Amelia (Hedberg) Erickson.

Jean was preceded in death by her first husband, Robert W. Breymeier in 1968 and by her second husband, Calvin L. Beebe in 2000.

She is survived by two sons, Robert (Dianna) Breymeier of Ham Lake, Minn., Dan and special friend Sonya Skramstad of New Richmond; daughter, Nancy Breymeier and special friend Cathy Hauser of St. Paul; four grandchildren, one step-grandchild; five great-grandchildren; and two brothers, William (Charette) Erickson of Florida and Robert (Jan) Erickson of Utah.

Funeral services were held Aug. 30, 2001 at the Cylon Chapel with Pastor Terri Koca officiating. Organist was Jeanine Carlson. Casketbearers were Robert and Dan Breymeier, Jimmy Chapman, Dennis Anderson, John Shilts and Jerry Moe. Interment was in the Cylon Cemetery.

Arrangements by Beebe Mortuary.

Birth:
It’s Wisconsin in the 1930 census and the 1940 census, for which her mother was the informant. Other sources put Jean’s birth place as Illinois.

Family/Spouse: Robert William BREYMEIER. Robert was born on 12 Aug 1929 in Illinois; died on 19 Jun 1967 in Anoka County, Minnesota; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Anoka, Anoka County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Calvin L BEEBE. Calvin (son of MATHEWS) was born on 26 Aug 1925 in Wisconsin; died on 25 Feb 2000 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Cylon Cemetery, St. Croix County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1923-40443
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2004-MN-034977
• Occupation: Attorney

Notes:

JoanErickson82’s Erickson Family Tree on Ancestry has a completely different, and erroneous, Wallace Erickson as the son of John and Myrtle.

According to Cora’s diary, Wally graduated, probably from law school, on June 14, 1947.

Wally was a pallbearer at Bess’s funeral.

Living at 2155 Zane Avenue North in Golden Valley at the time of his mother’s death.

He was a trust officer for many years with Northwestern National Bank.

The Minneapolis Star’s “Town Topper” column on 4 Dec 1959 highlighted Wally for his work with the Y’s Men and their Christmas Tree sale. That article said that Wally attended Marshall High School, Augsburg College, and the U of Minnesota. After four years of night courses, he graduated from the William Mitchell College of Law in 1956. He worked in the advertising department at the Minneapolis Star and Tribune during the years he took the night courses from William Mitchell. With his new law degree, he moved on to Northwestern bank in 1956. At the time of the article, he and his family had recently moved into their new house at 2155 N. Zane Avenue in Golden Valley on the southwest corner of Zane Avenue and Westmore Way. The article also mentions that Wally was treasurer and council member of Peace Lutheran Church.

Wally’s obit:

Wallace E. Erickson

Erickson Wallace E. of Golden Valley, age 81, passed away peacefully at home on December 18, 2004. He was born February 15, 1923 to Myrtle and John Erickson in Mpls, MN. He was preceded in death by his younger brother, Jackie. He is survived by his loving wife, Jean (Fox), whom he married in 1947; and children, Kristen (Lenny Lang), Outing, MN, Carla (J. Edward Windhorst), Chicago IL, and Paul (Afsaneh), Golden Valley; 5 grandchildren, Aaron Lang, Michael Lang, Daniel Lang, David Erickson, and Leah Erickson; and many other loving relatives & friends. Wally was a graduate of the University of MN and the William Mitchell College of Law. He furthered his studies and received his Juris Doctor in 1969. He spent 30 years at Wells Fargo Bank in the estate planning and trust department and became a vice president. He was Director of Development for Courage Center and then went into private practice serving his clients in trusts and estate planning. He enjoyed being with his family, playing golf, and starting/continuing traditions. He has been actively involved in Alpha Kappa Psi Fraternity, American Swedish Institute, Svenska Salliskapet, Y's Men, Courage Center, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Carlson School of Management, and Valley of Peace Lutheran Church. Memorial Service 10:00 AM Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2004 at Lakewood Cemetery Chapel.

An entry in Margaret Morris’s column in the Minneapolis Tribune on 27 Jun 1975 notes that Wally was the president of the Svenska Sallskapet (Swedish Society) which held its 50th anniversary party at the Swedish Institute.

Buried:
Cremorial, Section 56, Row 6E, Grave 21

Wallace married Jean Gertrude FOX on 27 Jul 1947 in Mitchell, Davison County, South Dakota. Jean (daughter of Alfred A FOX and Pearl Gertrude GEIGER) was born on 11 Aug 1923 in Mitchell, Davison County, South Dakota; died on 8 Apr 2012 in Plymouth, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 13 Apr 2012 in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1925-38062
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1928-MN-022269

Notes:

The article in the Star, 19 Nov 1928:

“Three-year-old Jackie Erickson, living at 4036 Seventeenth Avenue South, was seriously burned Sunday afternoon when he fell into a bonfire which had been lighted in a vacant lot near his home. The fire had been started among boxes and barrels in a mouth of a small cave in which children of the neighborhood were accustomed to play. Jackie, with other children of the neighborhood, gathered to watch the flames eat into the refuse. He ventured too near the edge of the tunnel mouth and the dirt caved, pushing him into the flames. He was rescued by companions and the flames beaten from his garments. The boy was taken to General hospital where his condition was declared serious. Both arms and legs were burned, his eyebrows singed, and one ear injured.”

Later articles described the boy getting blood transfusions from his parents.

Died at 3:05 PM in Minneapolis General Hospital. His death certificate shows that he died from “accident, 2nd and 3rd degree burns of chest, abdomen, buttocks, right thigh and leg, right arm, right side of neck and left inner thigh due to clothes catching fire in remains of bonfire.”

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1920-45661

Notes:

Or Marjorie Mae Havir.

In the 1938 Minneapolis city directory, she was a stenographer and lived at home with her parents and sister at 3401 45th Avenue S.

In the 1939 city directory, she was a typist for the Bureau of Engraving. She lived at home with her parents and sister at 3401 45th Avenue S. Her wedding reception was at her parents’ house in south Minneapolis.

In the 1940 census, she and George lived at 2701 Bloomington Avenue S. George was a proprietor of a grocery store and Margerie was a clerk at a grocery store. Both of them were high-school graduates.

Middle name also spelled Mae in one of her kids’ (George) birth certificates.

“Mr. and Mrs. George Booth” signed Bess’s funeral guestbook. (Twice, actually. An additional entry was “Mr. and Mrs. Geo Booth and George Booth.”)

Marj and George lived in Rosemount at the time of their childrens’ weddings.

At the time of her sister’s death Marj and George lived in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. That’s where Marj died about a year later. Marj’s obit was in the August 8, 1978, edition of the Minneapolis Star.

At the time of her death, she and, presumably, George, lived at 109 Regency Drive in Hattiesburg. Her obit in the Hattiesburg American said that she had seven grandchildren.

As her oldest daughter recounted in a 2012 article, Marj met her future in-laws for the first time on July 13, 1936.

Died:
Not in the SSDI.

Marjorie married George Fletcher BOOTH on 12 Aug 1939 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. George (son of George Albert BOOTH and Verna Letitia HEWITT) was born on 7 Apr 1916 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 23 Jun 2004 in Maplewood, Ramsey County, Minnesota; was buried on 29 Jun 2004 in Hillside Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1924-41644
• Social Security Number: 475-16-9243 issued in MN before 1951

Notes:

Last SS benefit received in St. Paul, 55116.

“Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Reiland and Leonard” signed Bess’s funeral guestbook.

Arline Eleanore on her birth certificate. Arlene D. in her obituary (Star, 20 April 1977).

She and Leonard lived at 2144 Edgcumbe Road in St. Paul at the time their son Leonard married Timona in July of 1968.

Her address at death was 2144 Edgecumbe Road, St. Paul. Her obit in the Star on April 20th said she would be buried at Hillside.

Died:
Florida Death Index

Buried:
Funeral at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church

Arlene married Leonard Peter REILAND on 4 Mar 1944 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Leonard (son of Ernest S REILAND and Martha MAAG) was born on 24 Jul 1920 in Ramsey County, Minnesota; died on 13 Feb 2003 in Edina, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 17 Feb 2003 in Hillside Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]