Stina PERSDOTTER

Family/Spouse: Anders ANDERSSON. Anders was born on 12 Nov 1762. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is listed in the Annerstad Household Examination, 1838-1846 (AI:9), p. 278. as the wife of Nils Peter Nordquist.

Notes:

The Household Examination for Annerstad 1844-1851, p. 282 (”135/147, vol. 2”) shows Anna Andersdotter, pige (so unmarried), b. 10 Mar 1814, living with her two illegitimate children: Martha Christina, b. 1 April 1843, and Salomon, b. 16 Sept 1839. Magdalena (#7261) should also have been listed but wasn’t.

She is listed with her illegitimate daughter Magdalena Carlsdotter and Magdalena’s three illlegitimate children in the Socknens slut of the Annerstad 1866-1872 Household Examination (p. 348).

In the 1872-1876 Household Examination for Annerstad, she is listed on p.35. She is shown as leaving Annerstad in October of 1876.

Still alive in 1884.

Anna married Carl Gustaf NILSSON on 26 Dec 1847 in Ryssby, Kronobergs län, Sweden. Carl (son of Nils Christofferson ÖSTERBERG and Märta SIMONSDOTTER) was born on 15 Oct 1816 in Hamneda, Kronobergs län, Sweden; died on 20 Apr 1889 in Hamneda, Kronobergs län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer

Notes:

According to Cora, wealthy, may have owned and/or bred race horses. Supposedly killed by a horse, according to Cora.

Other sources say murdered and the villain was never caught. Murdered according to Jan Webb posting. Died in Berghem Andersgard.

According to the Kånna church book’s death record, as translated by Carl Johan: “Died very hurt. The skull cracked, probably during a fight (man to man). Beaten to death." Carl Johan’s additional comments: He died of a skull fracture. It seems that the authorities speculated that he was beaten to death. It also states that the main suspect has escaped.

Cora would have gotten her claim of “killed by a horse” from Al or from Bess or Maurice who heard it from Al. Perhaps Al really didn’t know or else was citing an alternative theory that the family (and his mother) may have preferred. Perhaps “the authorities” reasoned that a Traveller was as likely to have been murdered as to have been killed by a horse.

An alternative birth history for Salomon, according to Terry: 9-16-1839 in Hamneda, Kronoberg Iän, Smaland.

His age at death was “36 years, 3 months, 17 days” according to the death record. (That would put his birth at 6 Sep 1840.) His death record also shows that he was married when he died and that he was a bonden or peasant farmer.

In neither Annerstad nor Hamneda birth records for 1838, 1839, or 1840. There were only two Salomons born in that period in Annerstad. One was born on January 9, 1839, to Jonas Johansson and Brita Andersdotter. The other was born on June 17, 1840, to Pehr Bengstsson and Elin Andersdotter. No one was born in Annerstad on September 6, 1839. A Salomon Carlsson was born in 1839 in Södra Ljunga according to Patrick Johnson. That Salomon was born on March 5 (bapt. March 10) to Carl Andersson and Britta Maja Simonsdatter.

The Household Examination for Annerstad 1844-1851, p. 282 (”135/147, vol. 2”) shows Anna Andersdotter, pige (so unmarried), b. 10 Mar 1814, living with her two illegitimate children: Martha, b. 1 April 1843, and Salomon, b. 16 Sept 1839. The surname for Martha is not legible but it could be Carlson but seems more likely to be something like Christsson. Magdalena (#7261) should also have been listed here but wasn’t. There is no patronym for either child.

He and his family are not in the Annerstad Household Examination for 1872-1876.

Salomon and family moved to Berghem Andersgärd in Kånna on November 7, 1873.

Probably at least a half-brother of Magdalena (#7261).

Birth:
other sources say 16 Sep

Salomon married Emelie/Emmeli Wilhelmina (Emma) LUNDBERG on 13 Jul 1867 in Annerstad, Kronobergs län, Sweden. Emelie/Emmeli (daughter of Johan Mårten (Martin) Persson LUNDBERG and Maja Lisa LIND) was born on 20 Oct 1843 in Rydö, Torup, Småland, Hallands län, Sweden; was christened on 29 Oct 1843 in Torup, Hallands län, Sweden; died on 19 May 1903 in Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin; was buried on 28 Jun 1939 in Crystal Lake Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not listed in the Annerstad births.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 24 Mar 1848, Annerstad, Kronobergs län, Sweden

Notes:

At least a half-sister of Salomon (#20). Niclas has her birthdate as 23 Mar 1848 in “Karlsdal torp under Jungfrugården” in Annerstad. Niclas is also the source of the information about Magdalena’s ancestors (which may also be Salomon’s ancestors). Magdalena was illegitimate and born to Anna Andersdatter. She was baptized on March 24th. See p. 88 (”97/192”) of the Annerstad 1815-1860 BMD. No father’s name was listed in the birth record.

She is listed (as Magdalena Carlsdotter) with her mother and her three children in the Socknens slut of the Annerstad 1866-1872 Household Examination (p. 348). In that entry, she is shown as the illegitimate daughter of Anna Andersdotter.

Thom Lundberg’s Lundberg Web Site on MyHeritage says she died 7 Dec 1904. Dis stand, managed by forens, agrees.

Birth:
the Annerstad 1866-1872 Household Examination p.348 shows her birthplace as Karlstad

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

Family/Spouse: Carl Oscar LUNDBERG. Carl (son of Johan Mårten (Martin) Persson LUNDBERG and Maja Lisa LIND) was born on 2 Dec 1847 in Rydö, Torup, Småland, Hallands län, Sweden; died on 18 Dec 1909 in Torup, Hallands län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1926-MN-022069
• Occupation: Laborer
• Burial: 9 Jun 1939, Crystal Lake Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Notes:

Emigrated May 16, 1881, according to Jan Webb. The portion of the family leaving Sweden at that time were Emma, Josephine, Charlie, Ida, and Hedda Sofia. Carl Oscar and Johan Alfred stayed behind in Sweden. The oldest, John, emigrated the year before.

From the Emibas CD:

Post 244732

Lundberg, Karl Johan August
Son (unmarried man)

b. 10/20/1867 in Annerstad, Kronobergs län (Småland)

Emigrated 5/16/1881
from Berghem Westregård, Kånna, Kronobergs län (Småland)
to Nordamerika

Source: Emibas migration file ID: Kånna G 1881 017

Changed his last name to Smith.

Occupation of laborer was described as “house” for “Industry, Business, or Establishment in which at work.”



In the 1885 Minnesota state census, he may be the Chas Fogelquist, age 18, born in Sweden, living in Stanton Twp, Goodhue County. Or he may be the 16 year-old “Carl” Fogelquist living with Frank and Emelie in Cannon Falls.

At the time of the baptism of their daughter “Maimee” in the summer of 1892, he and Amelia lived at 1200 Franklin.

In the 1895 state census, he may be the Chas Smith living at 362 Cedar in St. Paul. That person was 27, was born in Sweden, and had been in Minnesota for 14 years. He was a hostler and had been in St. Paul for 2 months.

A Charles J. Carlson was issued a marriage license (to Helga Josephine Peterson) in Minneapolis in March of 1897.

In the 1897 Superior city directory, he is Charles Fogelquist, a laborer, boarding with Frank and Emelie and Sandy at 416 Fisher Avenue.

In the 1899 Superior city directory, he is Charles Fogelquist, a laborer, boarding with Frank and Emelie and Sandy at 912 Baxter Avenue.

In the 1901 Superior city directory, he is Charles Fogelquist, a laborer, boarding with Frank and Emelie and Sandy at 1209 Winter.

There were at least four possibilities for Charles Smith in Superior in the 1900 census but none of them are a perfect match for other information.

He applied for his marriage license (as noted in the St. Paul Globe, 29 Jan 1902) as Charles J. Smith, marrying Amanda Davidson.

In the 1905 Minnesota state census, he was C. J. Smith living with Amanda, Melvin, and Eva at 1807 6th Street South in Minneapolis. He is a day laborer. He has been in the state for 25 years and in the present enumeration district for 2 months. Amanda had been in the state for 3 years and 11 months. Apparently, the family had moved to Minneapolis from Superior in April of 1905.

In the 1909 city directory, he was Charles Smith, bicycle repairer, doing business at 1921 East Franklin and living at 1917 East Franklin.

In the 1910 census, Charles Smith, 43, and his wife Amanda, 34, were living at 1915 E. Franklin in a rented apartment in a multi-family dwelling. Charles and Amanda had been married for seven years and Amanda has had two children, both still living. The children are Melvan, 7, and Eva, 5. Both children were born in Wisconsin. Charles’s occupation is bicycle repairer at a shop. Charles came to this country in 1880 and Amanda in what looks to be 1908. (?)

The 1919 Minneapolis city directory has him as Chas J Smith, grocer, 3853 41st Ave S. Charlie’s store was lot 17, block 1 of the Lawndale subdivision. It, and the corner house next to it at 3857 41st Avenue, existed in 1914. The Hennepin County Interactive Maps shows that 3853 was built in 1900 and 3857 was built in 1912.

At the time of the 1920 census (January 5th), the family was living at 3853 41st Avenue S. in a house he owned without mortgage. The family consisted of Charles J., 53, Manda, 42, Melvin, 16, Eva, 15, and Lillian, 1 and a few months. From a photograph supposedly taken in October of 1917, this building was Charlie Smith’s grocery store. Charlie is shown in the census as having immigrated in 1880 but the year is hard to read. Also shown as “Pa” for the question “Naturalized or alien?” so at time of census appears to have been not a citizen. Manda came to the U.S. in 1901. Charles’s occupation is shown as laborer in the house industry. Manda was a retail merchant in the grocery industry. Melvin was a laborer in the general store.

The family lived at 3418 Bryant at the time of Lillian Isabel’s death in 1921.

His obituary was in the Sunday, October 31st edition of the Minneapolis Journal. Charles J. Smith passed away on Saturday, October 30th. He is survived by one daughter and one son. Services will be held Monday, November 1st, from the Sundseth Funeral Home, Lyndale at 21st Avenue North, at 2:30 PM. Interment at Crystal Lake.

His death certificate shows he had been living in Princeton for 4 months before his death.

Burial:
reburial by Ida Deiters

Died:
7:25 AM according to the death certificate

Carl married Amelia ISAACSON in Jan 1890 in Minnesota. Amelia (daughter of Isaac PETTERSSON and Brita JACOBSDOTTER) was born on 2 May 1869 in Kappebo, Dalskog, Älvsborgs läns, Sweden; died on 17 Jan 1902 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Carl married Amanda A DAVIDSON on 30 Jan 1902 in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota. Amanda was born on 22 Oct 1876 in Sweden; died on 20 Feb 1926 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 22 Feb 1926 in Crystal Lake Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1950-MN-022458
• Confirmation: 1882

Notes:

Known as Oscar. He was left behind with his brother Alfred when his mother and the rest of the family went to the U.S. in 1881. Oscar went to the U.S., or at least left West Berghem in November of 1886 according to the Kånna Household Exam (p. 30, 1882-1891). A later entry (p. 161) in that same Household Examination seems to indicate that Karl Oscar Salomonsson left for Amerika 21 September 1887. Nevertheless, he seems to be the 16 year-old “Carl” living with Frank and Emelie in Cannon Falls in the 1885 Minnesota state census.

In the 1895 state census, he may be the 19 year-old Oscar Fogelquist living with his mother and step-father in Cannon Falls.

Apparently married to a Lina and living in the city of Superior at the time of the 1900 census. Sandy Fogelquist, listed as “brother” was living with Oscar and his wife and two “roomers” named Frank Fogelquist and Gust Carlson. In that census entry, Oscar and his wife are both shown as having been born in Sweden and having come to this country in 1879. Oscar is a day laborer born in Sweden in August of 1869. Lina was born in June of 1875 in Sweden and is a domestic. She and Oscar had been married for one year and had no children.

A different Carl Oscar Carlson married an Alma Justine Abrahamson in Douglas County, Wisconsin, on 7 Feb 1903.

The best match in the 1910 census is a 43 year-old Carl O Carlson living on Washington Avenue in Minneapolis, single, and working as a hotel porter.

The best match in the 1920 census is the 50 year-old Carl Carlson living on Upton Avenue South in Minneapolis, single, and working as a “plate shop” for a steel company.

The best match in the 1930 census is the 61 year-old Carl Carlson, widower, living with the David Tapper family in Minneapolis. That Carl was a widower, came to the U.S. in 1888, and was an iron worker in the bridge industry.

His application for a license to marry Nellie Shallman was noticed in the Star Journal in its 27 Apr 1944 edition, p.10. He was 75 and living at 4336 40th Ave. S. and she was 65 and living at 2503 Portland Avenue.

CARLSON, CARL OSCAR 
Minnesota Death Certificate ID# 1950-MN-022458   
Date of Death: 08/09/1950
County of Death: HENNEPIN

The 1950 census has an 82 year-old Carl O Carlson, a widower born in Sweden, living at 4245 18th Avenue in Minneapolis. He was a naturalized citizen.

Oscar’s brief obituary appeared in the Friday, August 11th edition of the Minneapolis Tribune. His obit in the StarTribune (as Oscar Carlson) mentions only that he was survived by his sister Ida and brother Alfred.

Oscar’s last residence was 4245 18th Avenue South in Minneapolis. His funeral was at the Barney Anderson & Son funeral home; the services were at 2 PM on Saturday, August 12th.

The informant for his death certificate was his sister Ida Deiters who knew that their parents were Solomon Carlson and Emma somebody. Oscar’s residence was 4245 18th Avenue South in Minneapolis. He was a widower, his wife had been named Nellie. Oscar was an iron worker in the building construction trades. He died of pneumonia and heart disease.

In the 1946 Minneapolis city directory, he is Carl O Carlson, wife Nellie S, living at 4346 40th Avenue S. He has no occupation.

In the 1948 Minneapolis city directory, he may be the Oscar Carlson residing at the Minnesota Soldiers Home. There is a similar listing in the 1950 city directory.

The best (only) match for him in the 1950 census is for an 82 year-old Carl O Carlson, born in Sweden, living at 4245 18th Avenue.

Birth:
Födelsbok

Died:
died at 7:15 PM according to Cora’s diary; died at Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis according to his obit

Buried:
Maurice and Cora attended his funeral

Carl married Lina in 1899. Lina was born in Jun 1875 in Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Carl married Nellie PETERSON on 6 May 1944 in Hennepin County, Minnesota, and was divorced about 1948. Nellie (daughter of GUSTAFSON) was born on 4 Nov 1875 in Sweden; died on 11 May 1964 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1952-MN-021101
• Occupation: Tailor, Real estate speculator
• Confirmation: 1886, Kånna, Småland, Kronobergs län, Sweden

Notes:

Seems to be child #5 according to his birth record, which is incorrect, at least for Salomon’s children. However, Ida Mathilda also seems to be shown as child #5 which is correct.

According to the Kånna Household Exam, Al left for the U. S. on 25 February 1890, having first left Berghem Westregard -- where he had remained since his mother and siblings emigrated in May of 1881 -- for Kalinstad in September of 1889. A notation in the 1882-1891 Kånna Household Exam (p. 30), in which he and Oscar are listed as Salomonssen, indicates for both men “mother widow Emeli Lundberg in America.”

A Johan Alfred Carlsson departed Malmö, destination Boston, on 2 Oct 1890. His place of origin in Sweden was Urshult, Kronobergs län.

Alfred supposedly took the middle initial Z to distinguish himself in the telephone directory. At least through the 1925 Minneapolis City Directory, Al never was listed with a middle initial. However, from the 1932 city directory on, he did use the Z. The notice of his application for a marriage license (to Meta) in the 30 Apr 1933 edition of the Star listed him as Alfred Z. Carlson.

According to Cora: “Al's mother left him in Sweden at age 3, apprenticed to a tailor, when she emigrated with Fogelquist. Al learned his future trade sitting cross-legged on a table. He emigrated to the US in 1886 at the age of 14. He stayed with a cousin for a year in New York City before taking the train to Winona or Hastings and then walking to Cannon Falls where his mother lived.”

Al became a citizen before 1916 (when Cora came into the family); he had to send back to Sweden for his birth certificate.

According to Cora: “Al was about 5' 8" or 5' 9" tall. He got in fist fights and won. He didn't drink or smoke. He liked clothes and dancing, so much so that he went to dances with other women. Al was an extreme male chauvinist. He didn't believe that women should eat with the family. He didn't believe that a husband needed to clothe his wife. He didn't believe that a husband needed to stay with his wife.

“Al mostly was a real-estate speculator, buying and selling property, but eventually went back to tailoring. He bought an apartment across from Honeywell on 28th (street?). In about 1917, Al bought 10 acres with a big house on the east side of Highway 100 at 63rd Street near the country club. (Maurice didn't buy there because the water was too far down.)” [When Cora related this in the 1970's, she said that now there is probably another row of houses between Hwy 100 and the old house.] [The construction of the Crosstown Highway, Hwy 62, would have obliterated Al’s old place if Cora was correct about the location. It’s exactly at the modern-day intersection of the Crosstown and Normandale Road.]

Bess and Al had trouble getting to Maurice and Cora's wedding and had to ask directions from a farmer on how to get to La Crosse. They also had trouble negotiating a hill with their car and their radiator overheated. Al complained that Maurice should have married a girl from Minneapolis.

Cora remembers that Al especially liked Vivian.

In the 1895 (July 12th) Minnesota state census, Al (as “J.A.”), 23, and Bessie, 17, were living in Wabasha where Al was a tailor. They had been living in Wabasha for 2 months. Al claimed to have been in the state of Minnesota for 6 months but that may mean 6 years.

At the time of the 1900 census (June 9th), Alfred, 28, Bessie, 22, and Morris E., 4, were living on 28th and Riverside (perhaps #2824) in Minneapolis. Al and Bess had been married for 5 years. Bess had had one child, still living. Al’s occupation is “tailor.” Living with them, as a boarder, was an 18 (born December 1881) year old girl named Annie, born in Sweden, whose occupation is shown as servant. The census-taker did not enter a last name for her, implying that it was also Carlson. Al is shown as having emigrated in 1890, Bess in 1883. They are renting the house that they live in.

In the 1905 Minnesota state census, the family is living at 520 17th Avenue S. in Minneapolis. They had lived there for 6 months. Al had been in the state for 15 years, Bess for 20. The household consisted of Al, 33, Bessy, 27, Morris, 10, and Mamie Smith, 13. Al was a tailor.

At the time of the 1910 census (April 27th), Alfred, 38, Bessie, 32, and Morris, 14, were living at 38th and Chicago in a duplex that Al and Bess owned. (The tenants were a family named Jenson.) Al is a tailor of or in an outfitting establishment. Al emigrated in 1883 (?) and Bessie in 1884.

The 1914 Minneapolis plat map shows two buildings, with a common wall, on the lot that must have been 3805 Chicago Ave. The southeast corner of 38th and Chicago was the northwest corner of a four block subdivision (bounded by 11th Avenue, Chicago Avenue, 38th Street, and 40th Street, known as Chicago Avenue Park.

On January 5, 1920, the census enumerator found the Carlsons living at 3716 Elliot Avenue South. (Minneapolis enumeration district 127, image 5 of 36.) Al and Bess are living with Morris and Cora as 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.

At the time of the 1930 census, Al was living with Sandy, 48, and Clara, 38 (who, apparently, weren't married) at 3901 13th Avenue in a house worth $4500. Thus, Al and Bess were divorced by the time of the census. Al has no occupation listed. Al was a naturalized citizen; he emigrated in 1887. Al is shown as widowed. (?) Al was first married at age 23.

The following is from the Minneapolis city directories:

In the 1892-1893 directory, there is an Oscar Carlson, laborer, living at 1323 s 2d and an Alfred Carlson, laborer, living at 1311 s 2d.

In 1896, Alfred is a tailor for Isaac Kurtzman and was living at 435 27th Avenue South in Minneapolis. In the 1897 Minneapolis directory, he is probably the Alfred Carlson living at 2301 Riverside Avenue. In the 1898 directory, Alfred, tailor, is living in the rear of 1417 South 3rd Avenue. This is the address of Daniel Erickson for the two years previous so apparently Al and Bess moved into the Erickson apartment after Daniel and his family moved to the farm in Anoka County.

In 1899, there is no Alfred listed in the directory but there is the cryptic entry for Alfred Carlson: “moved to West Superior, Wisconsin.” By 1900, Al and Bess are shown at 2824 Riverside as the 1900 census entry also indicates. In 1901, Alfred, tailor, is shown to be living at 514 15th Avenue South. In the 1902, 1903, and 1904 directories, there are no entries for our Alfred. In the 1903, 1904, and 1905 directories, there is apparently another Alfred Carlson, tailor, this one living in North Minneapolis and working for F E Tallant.

Our Alfred shows up again in the 1905 directory at 520 17th Avenue South. He remains at that address in the 1906 directory. In the 1907 directory, Alfred has opened a tailor shop at 823 Cedar Avenue although he resides at 2120 Riverside Avenue. In the 1908 directory, the only Alfred, tailor, is at 1106 24th Avenue North so that is probably the other Alfred.

By 1909, our Alfred lives at 3115 Stevens Avenue South and has a tailor shop in the “55 Eastman Block.” In the 1910 directory, consistent with the 1910 census entry, Alfred has a business at 3805 Chicago although he apparently lives at 3113 Stevens. (That part does not agree with the census entry.)

In the 1911 directory, Alfred is shown as working as a tailor for Webster Tallant and still resides at 3805 Chicago. The 1912 directory does not mention the Webster Tallant affiliation. In 1913, Alfred has a tailor shop at 3411 Chicago although he still resides at 3805 Chicago.

In 1914, consistent with Cora’s writings, Al now has a hardware store at the 3805 Chicago location and also resides there. Alfred is back to tailoring in 1915 and still lives at 3805 Chicago.

In the 1916, 1917, and 1918, Alfred is still tailoring but in these three years goes by the name of Albert instead of Alfred. This may simply be a mistake on the part of the person preparing the directory. It may be an attempt by Alfred to distinguish himself from the other Alfred Carlson, tailor. Or it may even be a reaction to the German phobia during the war years: perhaps Albert sounded less Germanic than Alfred. Alfred’s address in 1916 and 1917 remains at 3805 Chicago but by the 1918 directory he is at 3720 Elliot Avenue. (There is an Albert, tailor, living at 3720 Elliot and an Alfred, no occupation, living at 3716 Elliot.)

The modern-day 3716 Elliott Avenue South is the correct building. In 1914, this was lot 5, with a house already on it, of the 3700 block of Elliott. This was part of the Chicago Avenue and Lyndale Addition subdivision bounded by 37th Street, 38th Street, Chicago Avenue, and the alley between 10th and 11th Avenues.

That address has become 3716 Elliot at the time of the 1919 directory. He is still a tailor. By 1920, Al and his son have moved to 1535 E. 39th Street. In 1920, Al is a tailor; in 1921, still at that address, Al’s occupation is listed as electrician. (At that point, he may have joined Maurice in the ill-fated Twin City Chandelier Manufacturing Company.)

Al was the informant for his mother-in-law’s death certificate. At that time, May of 1921, he was living at 4016 11th Avenue S.

In 1922 and 1923, the only entry for Alfred, tailor, resides at 4016 11th Avenue. This would be either next door to, or within a few houses of, Charles Hendrickson and Martha. The 1922 entry shows Alfred working as a tailor for A J Lofgren & Co. The 1923 entry does not show that affiliation. In 1924 and 1925, Alfred, tailor, is living at 4228 Minnehaha Avenue.

In the spring of 1931, Alfred Z Carlson was assessed for a lot he owned (east 24 41-100 feet, lot 7, block 17) in the Camden Oaks Addition to Minneapolis.

DHC’s research of the city directories shows the following for Al:

1926 Al’s occupation is real estate, his residence is 4228 Minnehaha.
1927 Still at 4228 but no occupation.
1928 Still at 4228, tailor.
1929 No entry for him or Bessie.
1930 Resides at 3901 13th Ave. S., no entry for Bessie.
1931 Resides at 4651 15th Ave. S., Bessie at 4228.
1932 “Alfred Z.” resides at 4651 15th Ave. S., Bessie at 4228.
1933 “Alfred Z.” still resides ar 4651 15th, now with a wife Maida (Meta L).
1934 “Alf Z” is a tailor at 4301 Chicago. Wife Meta.
1935 “Alfred Z.” is still at 4301 Chicago. Bessie is shown at 4230 Minnehaha.
1936 “Alfred Z.” is still at 4301 Chicago. Bessie is shown at 4228 Minnehaha.
1937 “Alfred Z.” is still at 4301 Chicago. Bessie is shown at 4228 Minnehaha as the widow of Alfred.

In the 1940 census, for which the 42 year-old Meta was the informant, Al and Meta live at 4301 Chicago, the same house in which they had lived in 1935. Al had no occupation shown in the main part of the schedule. However, he was one of the two form entries to be asked Supplementary Questions and in that he was shown as having been a tailor in a retail shop. Al had a sixth-grade education, Meta an eighth-grade education. Al did not have a social security number.

In the 1941 and 1942 city directories, Alf Z Carlson, wife Meta L, resides at 4220 12th Ave S.

In 1942, when his nephew Fred Jay Smith registered for the World War II draft, Fred gave Al as the “person who would always know your address.” Fred gave Al’s address as 4212 S. 12th Avenue, Minneapolis.

An article in the 6 Apr 1943 edition of the Minneapolis Star describes a hearing on divorce proceedings filed by Al against Meta. Al is described as a 70 year-old real estate dealer. He and Meta lived at 4220 Twelfth Avenue S. “Both husband and wife charge inhuman treatment. Mrs. Carlson said her husband not only had ordered her to leave the home several times under threat of physical violence but had shown a liking for younger women. ‘He told me plainly he thought a woman over 40 was just too old and that he intended to go out and pick up younger women,’ Mrs. Carlson testified. Carlson said that since the marriage in May, 1933, he had transferred property to his wife and had given her cash because of threats she had made to kill him. ‘It seems like all she was interested in was money,’ Carlson said. ‘A month after we were married she tried to get me to transfer all my real estate to her. One time she told me a fortune teller told her I was going to die shortly. Using that as a plea, she got me to transfer the house to her.’ Al’s niece, Eva Munn, testified at trial that when she and her husband went to taverns with the Carlsons, Carlson did not dance with younger women. The court held Mrs. Munn’s testimony was not material and remarked that if Carlson did dance with younger women, that was to be expected.

He lived at 3406 E 40th in the 1944 city directory, no wife or occupation listed.

In the 1948, 1950, and 1952 city directories, he and Emily reside at 3406 E 40th.

In the 1950 census, he was listed as Alfred Z. Carlson. He and his wife Emily C. lived at 3406 E. 40th Street.

Al had $28,000 when he died, mostly as real estate.

His obituary (June 9th Tribune), as well as his death certificate, listed his address as 3406 E. 40th St. Funeral services were through Barney Anderson & Son. His death certificate, according to Dr. Elvin Englund, says that he died from uremia complicated by arteriosclerotic renal disease and arteriosclerotic heart disease. Al had apparently been in the hospital for about 7 days. (Cora’s diary says that he went into the hospital on Sunday, June 1st.)

His son was the informant for Al’s death certificate. Al had been in the city for 65 years (implying that Maurice believed Al had come to Minneapolis in 1887) and left a widow named Emily. He died of uremia and renal disease.

DHC recalls that Al didn’t like children and that Vivian was the only kid that he liked. According to DHC, in the mid-to-late 1920s, Al and Bess had a farm cottage on Minnetonka Boulevard, the main road between Excelsior and Lake Minnetonka. That cottage was “mostly before” DHC’s time.

Al and Bess also had a cottage on Lake Minnetonka next to Maurice and Cora. DHC believes that Al may have brought his girlfriends out to the Lake Minnetonka cottage.

Birth:
His parents were S Carlsson and E Lundberg of Berghem. They had been married ten years.

Died:
Died in early afternoon according to Cora’s diary. Died at 1:10 PM at Fairview Hospital according to the death certificate.

Buried:
His obit was in the 9 Jun 1952 edition of the Minneapolis Star.

Johan married Brita (Bessie) ERICKSON on 31 Mar 1895 in Nelson, Buffalo County, Wisconsin, and was divorced in Dec 1929 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Brita (daughter of Daniel ERICKSON and Brita (Betsy) JONSDOTTER (JOHNSON)) was born on 12 Sep 1877 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden; died on 22 Feb 1965 in Hopkins, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 24 Feb 1965 in Sunset Memorial Park, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johan married Meta Lenore KORNDER on 5 May 1933 in Hennepin County, Minnesota, and was divorced in Apr 1943 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Meta (daughter of John Matthew KORNDER and Babetta M KAMLEITER) was born on 30 May 1897 in Bloomington, Hennepin County, Minnesota; died in Jan 1983 in Arapahoe County, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johan married Emily Cecelia HOLT on 8 Aug 1947 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Emily was born on 31 May 1896 in Minnesota; died on 19 May 1971 in Yakima County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1964-MN-023798

Notes:

Her death certificate says, erroneously, that her year of birth was 1870.

Emigrated in 1881 according to the 1930 census. May 16, 1881, according to Jan Webb. The portion of the family leaving Sweden at that time were Emma, Josephine, Charlie, Ida, and Hedda Sofia. Carl Oscar and Johan Alfred stayed behind in Sweden. The oldest, John, emigrated the year before.

An Ida Carlsson, “barn”, b. ca 1872 in Sweden, bound for New York, emigrated from Sweden according to EmiHamn on 1 September 1881, departing from Köpenhamn, bound for New York.

She was apparently the 14 year-old Ida living with Frank and Emelie in Cannon Falls in the 1885 census.

Terry says that Gus’s family remembered Ida as coming from St. Louis County. The Duluth/Superior directory does record an Ida M Carlson, “ironer”, working at 1808 Broadway in Superior in 1891/92 and “boarding” at “John avenue between 1st and 2nd.”

Terry says that one of Gus’s nieces (most likely grand-nieces) said that Ida was not liked by the family. She was not well educated and I suppose the German Deiters family were like the Germans here in Canada who look down on people not of German descent. This niece also said that Ida had vistors from California whose young son was a child movie star and they had much money as well. She did not remember the last name but the lady from California was called Mildred and had a fancy car and well dressed friends when they came to visit Ida in Minneapolis at her house.

According to Cora, Ida was a sturdy woman who was able to climb poles and string wire when her husband started an electric company in North Dakota.

According to Jan Webb: My brother was told that Ida and August Dieters came up to Naicam/ Spalding once. I guess it was in the depression and they really wanted to have children. They had made some enquiries at that visit to try to adopt some children in town but I guess were unsuccessful at that time.

Ida and Gus moved into their home on the west side of Lake Nokomis after 1930. At the time of the 1930 census, they were renting at 3407 Lyndale Avenue. DHC said that Ide and Gus had two servants at the Lake Nokomis house. Gus and Ide may have lived on Park Avenue before the Lake Nokomis house.

In the fall of 1938, Ide had a lake cottage, apparently on Lake Minnetonka. That is probably the house described in this article which appeared in the Star on 3 Sep 1943:

Fire Razes ‘Tonka Home

Knowlton Residence Destroyed

Fire roared through the old David Knowlton residence on Sunrise Point, Tonka Bay, late yesterday, burning to the ground in less than an hour despite efforts of the Excelsior fire department.

The Richard A. Peterson home next door was damaged by the flames.

The Knowlton residence was a landmark of the Lake Minnetonka area and was one of the first built on Sunrise Point. It was a two-story frame dwelling with five bedrooms.

Damage to the Peterson home, which is of concrete construction, was confined to window frames and woodwork near the windows.

A group of children discovered the fire and turned in the alarm. Present owner of the Knowlton residence, A. H. Deiters, 5244 W. Lake Nokomis Parkway, who used it largely for weekends, was not at home at the time, nor were the Petersons.

In the 1940 census (indexed as Beiters), Ida and August live at 5240 Lake Nokomis Parkway, the same house in which they had lived in 1935. The house was worth $10000. Gus had had a 7th grade education, Ida a 6th grade education. Living with them was a live-in servant named Elvie Manville, age 27.

DHC claimed, in an interview in which his memory was suspect, that he remembered visiting Ide and Gus in North Dakota. If so, he would have been less than six years old.

Ida sued Gus for her maiden name back in the late 1940s. At the same time, or near that time, Ida sued Gus for divorce, a story which made the Minneapolis newspaper (the first page of one of the sections).

The Minneapolis Star had this article in its 22 Sep 1947 edition, front page:

Wed 55 Years, Divorce Asked

Charging the associates with other women and has even bought automobiles for them, Mrs. Ida M. Deiters, 74, filed suit for divorce today against her husband, August Henry Deiters, 81.

The have been married 55 years and live at 5244 W. Lake Nokomis Parkway.

Mrs. Deiters also charges in her complaint that she was unable to keep women employes in their large house because of her husband’s attitude toward them.

She adds that while he was free in spending money on other women, he was not lavish with her.

Deiters is worth “several hundred thousand dollars” and has an income of $6,000 a year, she claims.

Deiters’ answer has not been filed.

The Minneapolis Tribune had this article in its 27 Sep 1947 edition:

Wife, 74, Is Denied Alimony, Court Costs

A request by Mrs. Ida M. Deiters, 74, 5244 W. Lake Nokomis Parkway, for temporary alimony and payment of court costs, was denied Friday, by District Judge William A. Anderson.

Mrs. Deiters has filed suit for divorce from August Henry Deiters, 81, her husband for 55 years. Deiters filed an affidavit pointing out he now provides his wife a monthly income of $250. Deiters also stated in the affidavit that he has given his wife $10 a week for “her housekeeping services.”

Hospitalized for apparent surgery in late March of 1953 according to Cora’s diary.

Although she died in April of 1964, her estate was not settled until October of 1966. Terry says that some of the Oscar Johnson kinfolk in Saskatchewan, Canada, said they were contacted by lawyers from Minnesota offering money from her estate but they never replied.

She enjoyed building "playhouses" around Minneapolis. They all had the same floor plan. (One is on the southeast corner of 86th Street and Portland Avenue in Bloomington. I remember visiting there when I was very little.) She also built one on 43rd (40th?) Avenue and 42nd or 43rd Street that had air conditioning. Bill and Viv bought that house when they came back from Wilmington in the early 1940's. She bought or built another house at Oakland and 45th or 46th which she gave to her niece Eva Carlson Smith. In a later interview, when his memory was suspect, DHC said that there were two houses at “44st and 40th”, one had an air conditioner. He also said in that interview that Bill and Viv were at 43rd and 43rd near Hiawatha School. Ide also had a house near/at 98th and Nicollet in Bloomington.

Ida had an advertisement in the Tribune on 8 Nov 1941 attempting to sell her _two_ houses near 98th Street and Nicollet. She called them “two 5-rm mod. houses, ea has 1 acre land.”

In an ad in the Tribune on 25 Feb 1940, she advertised a “fresh milk cow and calf” and “1full blooded Poland China boar.” The animals were available at “Valley View Ranch” at 98th and Nicollet.

She built the house at 4321 43rd Ave. S. in 1932 according to a building permit announcement in the 18 Jun 1932 edition of the Tribune (and 17 Jun 1932 in the Star). The house was to be a 1 story stucco dwelling and garage built by the owner. The cost of the project was to be $3,000. The lot was “L 9, B 3, Thorpe Bros Minn Ad.”

I remember going with Elaine and Cora to visit Id and Gus at their home on Lake Nokomis when I was very young - young enough to spend most of my time crawling behind the sofa. I remember a floor lamp that lit up at the base. Gus and Id were very old at that time.

Ida’s obituary appeared in the Friday, April 3rd edition of the Minneapolis Tribune. Funeral services for Ida M. Deiters, 93, 5244 West Lake Nokomis Parkway, who died Thursday will be held at 2:30 PM Saturday at the Barney Anderson-Leland Mortuary, Chicago at 37th, with burial in Crystal Lake Cemetery. Survivors include her husband, August H. The body will be at the mortuary from 7 PM today.

Another death announcement in that same paper said that she was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene.



Mrs. H.S. Munn was the informant for her death certificate. She knew nothing other than that Ide had been born in Smoland. Ida died at home, 5244 West Lake Nokomis Parkway, of coronary insufficiency.

The probate of Ide’s will was initiated by Eva Munn through the law offices of Cronin, Mitchell & Spooner in Minneapolis. The first hearing for the probate was held on May 13, 1964. The First National Bank of Minneapolis was named the executor. The probate judge was Melvin A. Peterson and the Probate Number for the case was 103669.

We don’t know how all of the initial, and largest, disbursements from Ida’s estate were made. We do, however, have the record of the final disbursements of what was left of her estate. This final resolution of Ida Mathilda Deiters’ will was completed January 30, 1967, with those final disbursements (which totaled about $20,000) handled by the First National Bank of Minneapolis. After taking off half for August H. Deiters, the will provided distributions of the remainder as follows:

One-fourteenth to Eva Munn
One-fourteenth to Mamie Carson
One-fourteenth to Melvin Smith
One-fourteenth to Josephine Peterson, deceased
One-fourteenth to Darlene Sicora
One-fourteenth to Robert Smith
One-fourteenth to Donald Smith
One-fourteenth to Vivian Carson Kincaid
One-fourteenth to Dorothy Carson Casad
One-fourteenth to Ted Eberts
One-fourteenth to Donald H. Carlson
One-fourteenth to Duane Dawson
One-fourteenth to Daryl Dawson
One-fourteenth to Vivian Marsh

This proportion of distribution may not have been the same for the initial disbursements from the estate and disbursements were made to heirs other than the 14 receiving a share of the final distribution.

We don’t know who Josephine Peterson was but apparently she died between the time that Ide finalized her will and January 30, 1967. All of the people listed were blood relatives so we must assume that Josephine Peterson was too. Perhaps Josephine Peterson was a descendant of John or Oscar.

The families of Ide’s siblings benefited as follows, at least by the proportions in the final disbursement:

Alfred Carlson: 2 shares
Charles Smith: 8 shares
Josephine Smith: 1 share
Sandy Fogelquist: 2 shares
Unknown: 1 share (Josephine Peterson)

Died:
“Id died at 4:15 this afternoon.”

Buried:
Estate settlement papers; confirmed by death certificate

Ida married August Henry (Gus) DEITERS on 13 Apr 1892 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. August (son of Henry F DIETERS and Louisa REESE) was born on 26 Mar 1866 in Minnesota; died on 11 Nov 1969 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Oakland Cemetery, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She would have been born 2 weeks before her father died.

Emigrated May 16, 1881, according to Jan Webb. The portion of the family leaving Sweden at that time were Emma, Josephine, Charlie, Ida, and Hedda Sofia. Carl Oscar and Johan Alfred stayed behind in Sweden. The oldest, John, emigrated the year before.

From the Emibas CD:

Post 244733

Lundberg, Hedda Sofia Linnea
Dotter (unmarried woman)

b. 12/9/1876 in Annerstad, Kronobergs län (Småland)

Emigrated 5/16/1881
from Berghem Westregård, Kånna, Kronobergs län (Småland)
to Nordamerika

Source: Emibas migration file ID: Kånna G 1881 018

Not listed in the 1885 state census so she had apparently died by then.

Notes:

The Ancestry tree Dis stand, managed by forens, has an incorrect photograph for this person.

Birth:
per Lars Johansson

Died:
per Lars Johansson

Karl married Amanda Olivia WIDEGRREN on 29 Nov 1895 in Hallands län, Sweden. Amanda was born on 30 Nov 1877 in Gislaved, Jönköpings län, Sweden; died on 7 Sep 1960 in Södra Unnaryd, Hallands län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His birth record includes indication of his death.

Notes:

Her birth record includes an entry on her death.

Notes:

There are two entries for Gottfrid’’s birth: once in Annerstad and once in Kånna. The Annerstad entry mentions his death.

Notes:

Indicated as the 6th child.