Tosten N FLATEN

Notes:

He is Torstein Nilsen Flaten, I7030, in Jim’s VS.

He is the Tosten, son of Nels Christopherson and Berith Tostensdatter “Böesjet” born in Vang on 13 Nov 1848 and baptized on 31 Dec 1848.

In the 1880 census he was Torstein (”Sorstein”) Flaten or Flaton, 31, living in Minneapolis (”Lower Levee”) with his wife Rangdi, 23, and their three daughters Bertha, 5, Margaret, 2, and Annie, 4 months (born in January). Torstein is a carpenter.

He is shown in the 1885 state census as T. N. Flaten, living in Minneapolis. The household is himself, 35, “Maude”, 30, Bertie, 10, Dorothea, 8, Nellie, 5, and Nels, 2.

The 1895 census showed that he had been in Minnesota for 26 years which would be consistent with him and Randi emigrating in 1869. Tosten was a dairyman and he and his family lived at 1604 East Lake Street. The household consisted of himself, 47, Randa, 40, Bertha, 20, Margarite, 18, Nellie, 15, Balder, 7, Nordie, 7, Walter, 5, and Mable, 2.

Birth:
Bøflaten under Bø 25/ Nilsgården

Tosten married Randi SÖNDROL on 25 Dec 1873 in Rice County, Minnesota. Randi (daughter of Torstein Olsson SÖNDROL and Ragndi Olsdotter ELLINGBØE) was born on 10 Jul 1854 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 12 Apr 1909 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1905-41-2553

Notes:

Living at home with her parents and siblings in Minneapolis in the 1885 state census. In the column for “Condition”, there is no indication that she was “deaf, dumb, blind, insane, or idiotic.”

She is still living with her parents in Minneapolis in the 1895 census.

In the 1900 census, she, as 25 year-old Bertha Flatten, is an inmate at the School for Feeble Minded in Faribault.

She died of feeble mindedness, epilepsy, and mitral stenosis.

Birth:
30-6-19 on her death certificate means years-months-days

Died:
died at the Faribault School for Defectives

Notes:

Called Dorothea in the 1885 state census.

In the 1900 census, she had been married for three years and had had no children.

Margarite married Frederick WILLIAMSON on 19 Sep 1897 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Frederick was born in Sep 1870 in Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Called Annie in the 1880 census.

In the 1940 census, she is the 60 year-old widow Nellie T Pederson and lives with her daughter and son-in-law in Vancouver, Washington. Five years earlier, she had lived in Minneapolis.

A Trønderlag source says that she died 24 March 1961.

Nellie married Christoffer PEDERSON on 7 Jul 1898 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Christoffer was born on 17 Nov 1872 in Norway; died on 14 Jul 1936 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Listed in the 1885 state census. Not listed later.

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1941-MN-006713

Notes:

Living with his mother in the 1905 state census.

In the 1910 census he and his brother Walter are roomers in Minneapolis at 320 Cedar Avenue. Both men are laborers.

He registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Willmar. He was a farmer in Gennessee Twp. His nearest relative was Alta Dorothy Flaten of 1 Gennessee. He was of medium height and build. No information was taken for his eye or hair color.

In the 1920 census, he is 33 year-old Balder Flaten, a farmer in Gennessee Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. The household consists of himself, Alta, 26, Wiliam, 3 months, Charles, apparently also 3 months, and Walter, Balder’s brother.

In the 1930 census, Balder is a boilermaker for a steam railroad shop and he and his family live in Willmar in a house on Litchfield Avenue that he is renting. The family consists of Balder, 44, Alta, 36, William B, 13, Charles B, 10, Leo G, 9, Anna M, 7, Calvin C, 5, Helen M, 3, Elroy J, 1, and Raymond H, 4 months.

In the 1940 census, he was a WPA laborer living on a farm in Gennessee Twp, Kandiyohi County.

According to his death certificate, for which his wife Alta was the informant, Balder was a WPA worker. He died of myocarditis brought on by the flu. He died in Fahlun Twp but he was a resident of Gennessee Twp.

Family/Spouse: Alta Dorothy PETERSON. Alta (daughter of Charles PETERSON and Anna ANDERSON) was born on 3 Aug 1893 in Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota; died on 15 Nov 1968 in Willmar, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota; was buried on 18 Nov 1968 in Atwater Union Cemetery, Atwater, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1960-MN-025633

Notes:

Living with his mother in the 1905 state census.

In the 1910 census he is living in Minneapolis with his sister Nellie Pedersen and her family. He is a clerk in a butcher shop.

He registered for the draft in Minneapolis on June 5, 1917. At that time he lived at 2411 11th Avenue South in Minneapolis. He was self-employed with a grocery business at 910 East 24th Street. He was married with a wife and child and claimed their dependancy as grounds for exemption from the draft. He was tall and slender with blue eyes and light hair.

In the 1930 census, he and his family live at 4101 41st Avenue South in Minneapolis. He has a grocery store.

In 1937, he was licensed to sell “lunch, groceries, soft drinks and confectionery” at 2507 East 38th Street in Minneapolis.

In the 1940 census, he and his wife and four children still lived at 4101 41st Avenue in south Minneapolis. He was a the manager of a confectionery.

He was the informant for his brother Walter’s death certificate. At that time, Nordahl lived at 4101 41st Avenue S.

According to Mark, Nordahl owned the building his store was in and rented out several stores in the building to others.

Birth:
birth location according to his draft registration

Nordahl married Almida Caroline RENNING on 8 Sep 1914 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Almida (daughter of Conrad RENNING and Marie PETERSON) was born on 25 Mar 1896 in Minnesota; died on 11 Jan 1980 in Scott County, Minnesota; was buried on 14 Jan 1980 in Hillside Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1943-MN-023791

Notes:

Living with his mother, as Valtor, in the 1905 state census.

In the 1910 census he and his brother Baldur are roomers in Minneapolis at 320 Cedar Avenue. Both men are laborers.

In the 1920 census, he is a farm laborer on his brother Balder’s farm in Kandiyohi County.

In the 1930 census, Walter was a lodger with a family in south Minneapolis. He was a salesman in the groceries business.

Walter died of tuberculosis. At his death he was a single man who was a clerk in a grocery store. He lived at 736 East Franklin and had lived in Minneapolis all of his life. His brother Nordahl was the informant for his death certificate.

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1910-MN-019370

Notes:

Not listed in the 1900 census. Living with her mother, as a 12 year-old, in the 1905 state census.

In the 1910 census, she (as Mabel Flaten) and her brother Nordahl Flaten are living with their sister Nellie Pedersen (husband Christopher b. ca 1873) and her family in Minneapolis. Mabel is shown as 22 years old and is a cutter in a knitting works.

Mabel died from typhoid fever which had produced internal hemorrhaging as well as pneumonia. She lived at 2311 E 32nd Street in Minneapolis and was employed as a “cutter.”

A different Mabel Flaten, a few years older and perhaps a cousin, married a Walter G Lee in Renville County on 11 Sept 1912.

Birth:
The child shown in the Minnesota Births and Christenings database on FS as born on this date to these parents was named Emily Ruth.

Died:
at Norwegian Deaconess Hospital in Minneapolis

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

Notes:

He registered for the draft in Grand Forks on September 9, 1918. He gave as his nearest relative Christopher Pederson of 1017 11th Avenue in North Fargo, North Dakota. Harold was described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and brown hair. He was a farm laborer for Hector McKenzie of Grand Forks.

In the 1920 census he is living with his parents and siblings in Fargo, North Dakota. He is a radiator mechanic.

In the 1930 census he is Harold Pederson, 31, living with his family in Los Angeles, California. The household consists of Harold, 31, his wife Alice, 31, their daughter Elaine, 7 (born in Minnesota), and Leonard Berg, 23, cousin. Harold is an auto repairer at a garage.

In the 1940 census, indexed as Harold T Peterson, he and Alice and Elaine live in Inglewood in Los Angeles County. Harold is an auto mechanic. Alice is a seamstress in a department store.

Birth:
California death record says October 30th

Family/Spouse: Alice C VAAG. Alice was born on 22 Nov 1898 in Minnesota; died on 14 Jun 1967 in Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1937-MN-019846

Notes:

In the 1920 census he is living with his parents and siblings in Fargo, North Dakota. He has no occupation.

According to a Trønderlag source, Arne was a window washer for the city of Minneapolis and “died in a tragic accident on the job.” His death certificate says that he fell four stories into an alley near 808 Nicollet Avenue. He had been a window washer for 18 years. Arne and his family lived at 734 E 18th Street.

Died:
At Eitel Hospital, 8:22 PM

Arne married Ann DILLON on 5 May 1929 in Clay County, Minnesota. Ann was born about 1908 in North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Birth Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1901-32753

Notes:

In the 1920 census she is single and living with her parents and siblings in Fargo, North Dakota. Helen is an assistant postmaster at an agricultural college.

According to her birth record, her parents were Gustaf and Nelly Peterson. Gustaf was 28 and born in Norway and Nelly was 22 and born in “Aur.”

Died:
resided in King County, SSDI last residence was Bremerton, Kitsap County

Helen married Joseph Leander VACHON about 1922. Joseph was born on 15 Nov 1893 in Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota; died on 4 Dec 1969 in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His age is shown as 4 and 8 months in the 1920 census which suggests that he was born in May of 1915.

He is living with his parents in Minneapolis in the 1930 census.

In the 1940 census, he is single and lives with his sister Helen and her family in Vancouver, Washington. He is an insurance salesman. He was a high-school graduate.

Died:
according to Carla

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Birth Cert Checked: Y
• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1916-14284
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1916-MN-006137

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1917-14256

William married Emily Lucille WILSON on 8 Jul 1949 in Steele County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Barnard in SSDI, Bernard C. in MHS death index. SSDI last residence Atwater, Kandiyohi County.

Buried:
as Bernard C Flaten

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1921-15017

Notes:

He and Esther lived in Minneapolis in 1986 and at least through 2002.

According to the 1956 Minneapolis city directory, he was an examiner for the state. He and Esther lived at 2912 42nd Avenue S.

Flaten, Leo G. age 97, of Minneapolis died Friday, August 24, 2018. He was born at the family farm on Lake Elizabeth in Atwater, MN on March 9, 1921 and spent his early childhood years in Willmar and Atwater, MN. During WWII he served in the Army of the United States from August 26, 1942 through December 1, 1946 spending 2 1/2 years in England and France. Following discharge, he attended Macalester College for two years before transferring to the University of Minnesota where he received his B.S. degree in Economics in March, 1949. He was employed for 36 years by the Commerce Department of the State of Minnesota, completing his career in the position of Chief Examiner. He was an active member of Bethlehem Baptist Church since 1950. He enjoyed reading, especially history books and researching family genealogy with his niece, Jane. He lived in his home until the time of his death. He passed into eternity peacefully in the Emergency Room of Fairview Southdale Hospital surrounded by his family. Leo is survived by his daughter, Janet (Thomas) Sass, son, David Flaten and grandchildren, Jonathan (Emily) Sass, Laura Sass and Christina (Ethan) Ongstad and other relatives and friends. A memorial service will be held at Bethlehem Baptist Church, 720 13th Avenue South in Minneapolis Thursday, August 30th at 10:30 a.m. with visitation one hour prior to the service. Preceded in death by wife, Esther; parents Balder and A. Dorothy Flaten, brothers, William, Bernard, Calvin, Elroy, Raymond, Edmund, Nord, Gerald; sisters, Helen, Ann and Pearl.

Leo married Esther May MELIN on 17 Jun 1950 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Esther was born on 17 May 1922; died on 3 Oct 2004; was buried in Atwater Union Cemetery, Atwater, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1924-14313

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1926-13505

Notes:

A Helen Margaret Roberts married Richard Maurice Seeling in Olmsted County on 10 Jun 1987.

She was Helen Diers of Eagan at the time of her brother Roy’s death in 2014.

During WWII she was employed by Honeywell aeronautical division and Kato Engineering. In 1991, she retired from the USDA. She lived at home with her children until the end.

Died:
as Helen Diers, widow of Walter

Helen married Edmond N ROBERTS on 5 Sep 1946 in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1928-12933

Notes:

He and Margaret lived in St. Paul. He was an engineer for 3M.

Elroy "Roy" J. Flaten age 85, of rural Atwater, died Thursday morning, July 24, at the Fairview University Hospital in Minneapolis.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday, July 29, at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Willmar. Military Honor Guard will be provided by the Austin F. Hanscom American Legion Post #167 of Willmar. Visitation will be from 5-7 P.M. on Monday, July 28, at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar and one hour prior to the service at the church on Tuesday.  In lieu of flowers, memorials to Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Willmar are preferred.

Elroy "Roy" J. Flaten was born on August 21, 1928, in Willmar, Minnesota, the son of Balder and Alta (Peterson) Flaten.  He grew up in Atwater, graduating from Atwater High School in 1945 and continuing his education at Macalester College graduating in 1949 with a degree in Mathematics.  He attended graduate school at the University of Minnesota until 1950 and then began teaching math in Wabasso. 

On October 20, 1951, Roy was married to Margaret "Marge" A. Mielke.  They lived in Denver Colorado where Roy served in the U.S. Army at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal.  Later they moved to West St. Paul, Minnesota where Roy was employed for 32 years with the 3M Company.  He retired in 1988 and moved to Lake Elizabeth near Atwater.  He was an active member of Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church and a volunteer for the Kandiyohi County Economic Development Commission.  Roy was an avid reader, a master gardener and enjoyed woodworking.

He is survived by his loving wife, Marge of rural Atwater; four daughters, Gretchen (and Brad) Biggerstaff of Puyallup, WA., Nan Flaten of Dallas, TX., Erika Flaten of Hastings, MN., and Jennifer (and Brian) Shaul of Colorado Springs, CO; four grandchildren; and three great grandchildren.  Also surviving is one brother, Leo Flaten of Minneapolis and one sister, Helen Diers of Eagan, besides other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one sister and eight brothers.

Elroy married Margaret Ann MIELKE on 21 Oct 1951 in Redwood County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Raymond married P.J. HOGAN [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Raymond married S.E. KRUGER [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1942-MN-006595

Notes:

Edmund died of peritonitis, a complication of TB.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1934-12258
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2010-MN-027769
• Occupation: Film editor

Notes:

Nord O. Flaten, 76, of St. Cloud, formerly of Atwater, died Sept. 23 at home following an extended illness.

Arrangements are with William Dingmann Funeral Home in Sauk Rapids.

Survivors: Wife, Connie; daughter, Kirstin Kreidler; sister, Helen Diers; brothers, Leo Flaten, Elroy Flaten.

Nord married C.A. HOLMSTROM [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1916-44991
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1961-MN-023936

Notes:

Her mother’s maiden name was shown as Rennie in the death index.

According to her death certificate, for which her mother was the informant, Helen was a bookkeeper for Werner Transport. She never married and died of cancer. Her usual residence was 4101 41st Avenue in south Minneapolis.

Died:
St. Barnabas Hospital

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2002-MN-027166

Notes:

Flaten Paul, Sr. of Deephaven, MN. Survived by wife, Mickii (Margaret); son, Paul, Jr & daughter, Randi. Memorial service Friday, Aug 16th, 2 pm at St. Luke Presbyterian Church, Groveland School Rd., Wayzata, MN.

Died:
SSDI last residence Wayzata, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Family/Spouse: Margaret Edna VAN PATTER. Margaret was born on 19 Jun 1923 in Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin; died on 14 Dec 2010 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2013-MN-033132

Notes:

He lived at 2411 West 60th Street at the time that his son was born in 1953.

He lived in Burnsville in 1994.

Nordahl T. Flaten Jr., age 88, of Burnsville, went home to heaven on October 19th . Nord is survived by his wife Mertha; his children Sonja (Fred) and Mark (Sharon), four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Nord was born in Minneapolis and graduated from Roosevelt High in January 1943. After graduation he was inducted into the US Army and was trained for both the infantry and aviation training. In early 1945 he was shipped to Europe where he fought in the battle of the Ruhr Pocket and Drabenderhoe where he received the Bronze Star. In April 1945 his division liberated the German concentration camp at Flossenburg, Germany where two weeks earlier the Christian pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer had been put to death by the Nazi regime by hanging. Upon the end of the war in Europe his division was deployed to Japan for the invasion of Japan and was part of the occupation forces.

Nord was a gifted creative engineer who could imagine and build most anything. During his career he was awarded several patents. He enjoyed and spent many hours on his farm in southeastern Minnesota. He also loved listening to pipe organ music on his stereo. He will be deeply missed by his wife and family.

Funeral Service, 11am Friday, October 25, 2013 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Burnsville. Visitation will be held from 10-11am prior to the service. Internment at Fort Snelling National Cemetery.

Nordahl married M.A. JOHNSON [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was the informant for his mother’s death certificate. At that time he lived at 2601 Hayes Drive in Burnsville.

Died:
last residence Burnsville

James married Shirley Elaine MOE on 1 Jul 1951 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She died as a widow of Donald S Spradlin (1924-1975). The SSDI has her last residence as Lomita in Los Angeles County.

Notes:

He lived in Norco, California, in the 1980s and 1993 as Jerry A Pederson.

Died:
last residence Anaheim, Orange County, California

Family/Spouse: Shirley J WALDROP. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Speculative.

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

Notes:

Beverly Mae Koval

Beverly passed into Our Lord & Savoriors arms after a long illness on January 25, 2010 at Alaska Gardens Health & Rehab in Tacoma, WA.

Born February 28, 1927 to Lillian Larson and Howard Meharg in St. Paul, MN, Bev was adopted in 1930 at age 3 by Joseph & Helen Vachon of Fargo, ND. Growing up during the depression, the family moved around quite a bit before finally settling in Vancouver, WA in 1939. She was a graduate of Olympia High School in 1945 where she lettered in orchestra/violin. Bev went on to nursing school at Seattle University before deciding to change her career direction in order to become a dental nurse.

She was working in the bookkeeping department of the Bank of California when she married the love of her life John Koval on August 10, 1963. The couple settled in Miles City, MT where John was a Lt. of Police for the Milwaukee Railroad and where their daughter was born. The family later moved to Othello, WA before Settling in Federal Way, WA in 1969.

Beverly was a beloved wife and mother who loved music, reading and camping/fishing with her family. My mother was an exceptional woman with a warm & loving heart. She was always there for her family, friends and anyone who was in need. She was not only a wonderful mother, but my best friend. She will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.

She is survived by her daughter, Carla S. Koval and her brother-in-law Richard L. Koval, both of Tacoma, WA. Her husband John predeceased her in Oct. 2006.

She was a member of the St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Federal Way since 1969 and a long time member of the Miles City, MT Elks Lodge. Remembrances can be made to the American Diabetes Association & The Parkinson. Per her request, there will be no services. Inurnment will be in the cloisters at Calvary Cemetery in Tacoma, WA. Please leave online condolences at www.GaffneyCares.com. Arrangements made by Gaffney Funeral Home, 253-572-6003

Beverly married John Edward KOVAL on 10 Aug 1963. John was born on 23 Aug 1928 in Washington; died on 30 Oct 2006 in Washington; was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]