Daniel William (Bill) ERICKSON

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:

• 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]

Notes:

Bruce E. Erickson, 56, died March 25, 2006. He was born in Madison, Wisc., and was formerly of Stuart. He graduated from Lakeland High School. He attended Polk Community College. He was a charter boat captain in Stuart. He was a design draftsman and vice president of Phosphate Engineering and Construction Company in Lakeland. Survivors include parents, Bill and Charette Erickson of Lakeland; A brother and sister-in-law, Mark and Janet Erickson of Stuart; Niece, Zephyr Erickson of Atlanta, Ga., Nephew, Leaf Erickson, Sarasota, FL., Uncle, Robert Erickson, Salt Lake City, Utah and numerous cousins. Memorial contributions may be made to American Cancer Society, 809 S Florida Ave., Lakeland, FL 33801. Arrangements are by heath Funeral Chapel and Crematory, Lakeland.

Died:
Last residence: Lakeland.