Marvin Bernard ORFALD

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Laborer, iron mine; salesman
• Baptism: 9 May 1897, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota

Notes:

He is included in the 1912 Hibbing city directory which includes Biwabik. He was a lander at the Ruddy Mine.

In the 1917 Virginia city directory, which includes Biwabik, he is a motorman boarding at his father’s.

An August 3, 1922, article in the Ironwood, Michigan, Daily Globe newspaper describes Marvin Orfald, “First Aid man,” as being in charge of a traveling U.S. Bureau of Mines railroad car which travels to various mining locations and provides instruction on safety apparatus.

Not living with his parents in 1930. Apparently living with his wife Rose on East Third Street in Duluth at the time of the census. Marvin is shown as 31, which is younger than implied by the 1920 census. His wife Rose is shown as 25. They were married at the ages of 26 and 19, respectively. Marvin and Rose are renting, at $50/month, and they have a radio. They have no children. Rose was born in Illinois and her parents were born in Germany. Marvin is a salesman in the safety equipment industry and he is a veteran of the World War.

In the 1932 Pittsburgh city directory, he is Marvin B Orfald, a “ctywkr” for the Mine Safety Appliances Co.

In the 1940 census, he (indexed as Mawin Orfold) and Rose live in White Plains, Westchester County, New York. Five years earlier, they had lived in Chicago. He is a safety inspector for a tunnel construction company.

Not listed in the draft registration for WWI.

Baptism:
Immanuel

Marvin married Rose SCHROETER about 1924. Rose was born on 28 Oct 1904 in Illinois; died on 18 Sep 1969 in Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]