Osten (Austin J) AUSTIN

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1934-MN-013494
• Baptism: 26 Dec 1852, West Koshkonong Church, Stoughton, Dane County, Wisconsin
• Confirmation: 2 Jun 1867, West Koshkonong Church, Stoughton, Dane County, Wisconsin

Notes:

In the 1880 census, he and Emma and Mable, age 1, live with his younger brothers, A K Austin, and Thomas Austin, in Shely Twp, Polk County, Minnesota.

In the 1900 census, he and Emma and Mabel live in Milton, North Dakota. His occupation appears to be something like “machinager.”

In the 1910 census, he was Austin J Austin, 57, a laborer of odd jobs living with his wife Emma in Milton, Montrose Twp, Cavalier County, North Dakota.

In the 1920 census, he was A J Austin, a hotel-keeper in Nerstrand. Living with him was his wife Emma and their 26 year-old daughter Mabel.

In the 1930 census, he was Austin J Austin, a 77 year-old widower living in Nerstrand with his 40 year-old single daughter Mabel. He was a hotel manager.

Baptism:
as Osten Ellingboe

Confirmation:
as Osten Ellingbo

Died:
as Austin J Austin

Buried:
“with Knut and Martha Haugen” according to the Dalby Database

Osten married Ingeborg K (Emma) HAUGEN on 1 Jun 1875 in Dane County, Wisconsin. Ingeborg was born in 1852 in Wisconsin; died on 1 Apr 1923 in Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Little Cannon Cemetery, Holden Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1940-MN-019273

Notes:

She still lived in Nerstrand in the 1936 Rice County directory.

The 1939 Rice County directory says that she moved to Minneapolis.

The 1939 Minneapolis city directory lists her as residing at 2545 Portland Avenue.