Kerstin ANDERSDOTTER

Notes:

JoanErickson82 has Kerstin having a daughter Landbo Brita Ersdotter in 1796, father unknown.

Died:
JoanErickson82

Kerstin married Jon ANDERSSON about 1810 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden. Jon (son of Björk Anders Mattsson and Anna Jonsdotter) was born on 23 Aug 1779 in Vikarbyn, Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden; died in Vikarbyn, Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Greg Loftness’s family tree on Ancestry calls Jon “Mårs Jon Jonsson,” born on or in Mårs in Rättvik.

Betsy’s death certificate, for which Al Carlson was the informant, gave her father’s name as Johan Johnson.

Betsy’s birth record shows her father as “Björk Jon Jonsson.”

In the 1847-1857 Rättvik Household Examination, he and his family were listed with his wife’s family at 228/1 Öja 5 Ingeborgs. The note for him in the Ankom column seems to say that he came to Öja from Wikarbyn 12 or 92 in 1849.

In the 1858-1867 Rättvik Household Examination, he and his family are listed at 213/1 for #5 Björk, Öja.

Birth:
the date is unclear but Greg Loftness agrees; Vikarbyn

Died:
per Greg Loftness

Jon married Brita ERIKSDOTTER on 30 Jan 1842. Brita (daughter of Erik ERSSON and Brita ANDERSDOTTER) was born on 24 Sep 1819 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden; died on 18 Oct 1893 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Vikarbyn 21

Family/Spouse: Lind Ander Erickson LINDKUIST. Ander was born on 23 Sep 1840 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 4 Feb 1851, Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden

Notes:

Björk Jon Jonsson according to knowledgeable sources. That was what he was called in the birth record of his son Jon. At the time of their son’s birth, Jon and Kirstin had been married for 5 weeks. However, in Brita’s birth record, the indication is that the pair married in November of 1874.

Family/Spouse: Kirstin Olsdatter. Kirstin was born on 15 Sep 1848 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Brita Hansdotter. Brita was born on 23 Dec 1851 in Dalarnas län, Sweden; died on 14 Dec 1929 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1921-MN-018320
• Baptism: 25 Mar 1857, Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden

Notes:

Greg Loftness’s family tree on Ancestry calls her “Björk Brita Betsey Jonsson,” born on or in Björk in Rättvik.

Brita Jonsdotter in Bess’s birth record.

An unmarried Brita Jonsdotter gave birth to a son, Carl, on April 1, 1874, in Rättvik. No father’s name shown.

In EmiHamn, she is probably the Brita Ericsson, b. ca 1858, leaving “Gagnef Dalarna Län” for “Anoka” on 18 Nov 1881. If true, that is in conflict with a later record showing the whole family leaving in 1884.

At the time of the 1910 census, Betsie is still living on the farm in Bethel. The farm is mortgaged. Betsie, 54, is now a widow living with her sons William, 15, and John, 10, and daughter Mamie, 8. Betsie is shown as having had 6 children, 5 still living. Betsie is shown as having emigrated in 1878.

In the 1914 plat map of Bethel Township, she may be the “B.E.” shown as owning a ten acre farm in Section 31. Specifically, it is the eastern 10-acre quarter of the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 31. It’s about half a mile southwest of Minard Lake.

In the 1919 Minneapolis city directory, as Betsy Erickson, she lives at 3146 Bloomington Avenue. She is the widow of Daniel.

In the 1920 and 1921 Minneapolis city directories, as Betsy Erickson, widow of Daniel, she lives at 1822 S 5th.

At the time of the 1920 census, Betsy Erickson was living at 1822 5th Street in Minneapolis with her son John and three boarders: her daughter May, May’s husband Stephen, and a man named Oscar Dahl. Shown as having immigrated in 1882 or 1883. {Listed as Beaty Erickson in the 1920 Census index in Ancestry.com.}

From the city directories, it appears that Daniel moved his family to a farm in St. Francis in Anoka County in about 1898. Betsey, now widowed, returned to Minneapolis in 1917 and lived at several addresses, with John and Mayme, until her death in 1921. In 1917, she and her children were at Flat 3, 904 21st Avenue South. In 1918, they lived at 3840 29th Avenue South. In 1919, they lived at 3146 Bloomington Avenue. And by 1920, they were at 1822 South 5th Street where she lived until her death. Her death is mentioned in the 1922 city directory in which it lists the death of a Bettse Erickson on May 31, 1921, at age 64.

Referred to in the death notice in the Minneapolis newspaper as Bettse Erickson, 64, 1822 5th St. S. That was also her address in her death certificate. Al Carlson was the informant for her death certificate.

She died of intestinal cancer. She had had an exploratory operation shortly before her death.

Birth:
Öja 5

Baptism:
No date was given but this is the date of the baptism of the previous entry in the birth register.

Died:
St. Mary’s Hospital

Buried:
Lot 2, Blk 11, Sec 2, as “Betse”

Brita married Daniel ERICKSON on 28 Nov 1875 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden. Daniel (son of Eric ERICSSON and Brita Hansdotter BEYER) was born on 17 Aug 1854 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden; died on 13 Feb 1910 in St. Francis, Anoka County, Minnesota; was buried on 15 Feb 1910 in Oak Leaf Cemetery, Bethel, Anoka County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Vikarbyn; Maria Moëll Elvelin says he was born in Älvkarleby in Uppsala

Died:
Västerbjörka

Family/Spouse: Anna Jonsdotter. Anna was born on 10 Sep 1875 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden; died on 7 Sep 1962 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jon may not have survived infancy because Brita’s birth record seems to imply that she was her parents’ first child.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 28 Dec 1883, Dalbo Twp, Isanti County, Minnesota

Notes:

In his baptism record, his parents are called John Johnson and Christina Olsdotter.

Baptism:
Salem Lutheran

Notes:

Doris Gunilla Nises

Family/Spouse: Kerstin Andersdotter. Kerstin was born on 26 Mar 1876 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden; died on 10 Jun 1947 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1965-MN-003210
• Occupation: Tailor
• Baptism: 31 Oct 1958, Grace Lutheran Church, Bloomington, Hennepin County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 31 Oct 1958, Grace Lutheran Church, Bloomington, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Notes:

Greg Loftness’s family tree on Ancestry calls her “Mårs Brita Bess Erickson,” born on or in Mårs in Rättvik. Greg Loftness also has Bess’s departure as 5 May 1884 from Vikarbyn. That date is based on the family’s entry in “Sweden, Emigrants Registered in Church Books.” She departed with both parents.

Cora called Bess "the best person who walked in two shoes."

Rattvik is located in Dalarna province on Lake Siljan in Sweden's central "lake district." Dalarna is considered the most Swedish of all of Sweden's 24 provinces. From it, Gustav Vasa recruited the army that freed the country from Danish domination in the 16th century. Bess was five years old when her family emigrated from Sweden in 1882 or 1883.

The Ericksons were living at Franklin and Minnehaha when Bess met Al Carlson. Al and Bess were married at the end of March, 1895, in Nelson, Wisconsin, across the river from Wabasha, Minnesota. Bess and Al were in Wabasha when Maurice was born.

Bess and Al ran a hardware store with Maurice near the corner of 38th and Chicago (SE corner, 2nd from the corner, Martin grocery store was on the corner). They were running the store when Maurice and Cora married. About that time Bess and Al moved to Minnetonka. (Maurice and Cora lived with them there for about a year-and-a-half between September of 1916 and May of 1917.) Then Bess and Al moved back into town to 40th and 11th Avenue. From there, in about 1920, they sold everything and moved to California. They stayed in California for less than a year. When they returned, they stayed with Maurice for three years (1921-1924, at 39th and Bloomington?) and then built the houses on Minnehaha Avenue. Bess lived in the Minnehaha house until November of 1960 when she moved to live with her grandson at 2239 East Old Shakopee Road in Bloomington. She spent her last few months of life in a nursing home in Hopkins where she died.

In the 1930 census, Maurice's and Bess's houses are shown as worth $7500 each. Bess was renting out part of her house at $35/mo to Arthur and Violet Nash. He was a school teacher, she was a hairdresser. Bess is shown as having emigrated in 1883.

In the 1940 census, Bess is shown as having no income. Her house is worth $3000. Living with her is Clara Lynch, lodger, a 48 year-old divorcee who worked as a housekeeper in a private home. Living in the other apartment at 4228 Minnehaha was Harold and Ann Cleven, both 30 years old. Their rent was $38 per month.

Cora refers to Bess having a store at the time of the Armistice Day Blizzard in 1940. There is no indication of this in the city directories.

Bess apparently avoided the inevitable divorce from Al as long as she could. Cora says that Bess bribed Al to stay with her.

Bess spent quite some time in the hospital in the spring of 1943.

A photo and article in the Tribune’s 24 Sep 1945 edition had Bess as the president of the Minneapolis Social Club.

In the 1950 census, she lived in the upstairs apartment at 4228 Minnehaha Avenue in Minneapolis. Living with her in that apartment was Erleida J Holmes (possibly Holmer), a 57 year-old widow born in Norway. Neither Bess nor her lodger were employed. Living in the downstairs apartment at that address was Cecil and Edna Markley. Cecil was clerk at a telegraph company. Bess’s neighbors to the north, at 4226 were the sisters Olga and Jean Westberg. Olga was the proprietor of a beauty parlor and Jean was her employee.

Bess was a piano player and an artist and a "healer." She played the piano in a Swedish ladies' society and at some point played the piano at the Dania Hall on Cedar Avenue near Riverside. She rarely missed a Svenskarnas Dag at Minnehaha Park. She was at Minnehaha Park on June 17, 1956, at the time her son died.

Bess may have been at Minnehaha Park on June 17, 1956, celebrating a “Svithiod Day” outing. This was apparently a mid-summer festival (“dancing, good food, entertainment”) held annually by the Independent Order of Svithiod of which Bess was a member of the Society’s #49 Harmony Lodge. Bess had been admitted as a member of Harmony Lodge on June 6, 1923.

The Independent Order of Svithiod was founded in 1880 and had extensive membership, in the form of lodges, in the Twin Cities as well as the Chicago areas. In 1965, in an issue of its journal that included mention of Bessie Carlson’s death, the Order had a nursing home in Niles, Illinois, and published its journal out of Mount Morris, Illinois. The headquarters was at 205 West Wacker Drive in Chicago.

Bess was also a member of what she and they referred to as the “Swedish Sisters.” This had to be different from the Harmony Lodge because the Svithiod Order was for men and women. Several of the “Swedish Sisters” indicated as such when the entered their names in the guest book for Bess’s funeral. Several members of the Harmony Lodge also indicated as such when they entered their names in the guest book. The Harmony Lodge also sent flowers for Bess’s funeral.

Bess was in charge of various events held by the Swedish Sisters. The group had its “golden jubilee” in late September of 1936 at Eagles’ Hall, 117 4th Street SE.

A thief stole the purses of four guests at Bess’s home on June 25, 1942. The heist also included a diaper bag with 16 changes of diapers. The thief entered through a bedroom window. The purses had next to zero money. The diaper bag had 10 soiled (of the 16) diapers.

She was president of the Minneapolis Social Club, Inc. in 1945.

Received her Social Security number in March of 1943. Applied for Social Security benefits in June of 1962.

Bess moved to the Hopkins Nursing Home at 724 Washington Avenue S. in Hopkins at the end of September, 1964.

Bess came to religion late in life and was baptized in her 80s at Grace Lutheran Church in Bloomington. Pastor Harold Hofstad, pastor of Grace, officiated at her funeral. (Werness Brothers, Minneapolis)

Bess died at Hopkins Nursing Home where she had been for 5 months. She died of pneumonia, a complication of cervical cancer. Her grandson Donald H Carlson was the informant for her death certificate.

  CARLSON, BESSIE  
Minnesota Death Certificate ID# 1965-MN-003210   
Date of Birth: 09/12/1877
Place of Birth: OUT OF STATE
Mother Maiden Name: JOHNSON
Date of Death: 02/22/1965
County of Death: HENNEPIN

Bess’s funeral was at 1:00 PM at Werness Bros. chapel.

Bess’s cemetery plot is Block 7A, Lot 73.

Pallbearers were George R. Booth, Jr., George F. Booth, Durward Erickson, Leonard Reiland, Leonard Reiland, Jr., and Wallace Erickson.

Died:
“Bess died at 3:30 this morning.”

Brita married Johan Alfred CARLSON on 31 Mar 1895 in Nelson, Buffalo County, Wisconsin, and was divorced in Dec 1929 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Johan (son of Salomon CARLSSON and Emelie/Emmeli Wilhelmina (Emma) LUNDBERG) was born on 12 Mar 1872 in Berghem, Kånna, Kronobergs län, Sweden; died on 6 Jun 1952 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 9 Jun 1952 in Sunset Memorial Park, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1957-MN-021052
• Occupation: Mason, bricklayer
• Social Security Number: 468-16-4879 According To His Death Certificate
• Baptism: 14 Nov 1886, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Notes:

In the 1910 census, Erick G., 23, and Ella L., 16, newly married (married 0 years), were living in a rented house in the village of Bethel in Anoka County. Ella is shown as having had zero children although she would have been pregnant with Bernice at the time. Erick’s occupation is shown as bricklayer.

Registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, in Bethel as Eric Godfrey Ericson although he seemed to sign his name Erickson. He lived in Bethel and was employed as a brick layer by Eric Nord of Bethel. He was married and had a wife and two children. He also claimed that he had had previous military service (1 year and 9 months) as a Private in the Marines. He was described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and “flaxen” hair.

Living in the village of Bethel, Anoka County, St. Francis Township at the time (Monday, February 2nd) of the 1920 census.

In the 1930 census, he and his wife and two youngest children live in a multi-family residence at 300 South Broadway in Green Bay, Wisconsin. He is E G Ericson, a bricklayer. He was not a veteran.

DHC remembers that Erick and Ella had a restaurant or tavern, probably run mainly by Ella. They made great hamburgers and also had slot machines (”old fashioned but working”) in their restaurant. DHC said that Ella was a big woman and that “nobody fooled with her.”

Lived in Lake George, Minnesota in 1940.

In the 1940 census, Eric Erickson, 53, his wife Ella, 46, Hartley Thompson, 24, son-in-law, Helen Thompson, 20, daughter, and Beverly Thompson, a few months, granddaughter, live in Oak Grove Twp in Anoka County. Eric runs a “beer tavern.” Hartley is a lineman for a rural electric company. All were born in Minnesota. Eric and Ella had a fifth-grade education, Hartley eighth-grade, and Helen two years of high school.

According to Cora’s diary, Erick and Ella moved to Corvallis, Oregon, in early 1944 to live near or with Ella’s parents. (Ella’s mother died at the Erickson home in Corvallis in 1947 according to Melissa’s obit.)

In the 1951 Corvallis, Oregon, city directory, he (as Eric G) and “Ellen E” live at 1925 E Grant, RD#4. He is a bricklayer.

In the 1953 Corvallis directory, he and Ella are still at 1925 E Grant. Erick G Erickson is a brick mason. That’s the address that Cora had in her travel diary from about that same time.

In the 1955 Corvallis directory, Erick G and Ella L Erickson still live at 1925 E Grant. Erick is a bricklayer.

He is not listed in the 1956 Corvallis city directory.

Erick and Ella may have still lived in Corvallis, and/or they may have returned to Minnesota, in the fall of 1955. The entry in Cora’s diary for November 5, 1955, suggests that Erick and Ella had “just got to Minn.”

Living in Bethel at the time of his death.

According to his great-niece Vivian, Erick died by falling into a fire while ice fishing and burning and/or drowning. From Cora’s diary, he was burned on December 31, 1956, and, apparently, died four weeks later. This is confirmed in his death certificate. He had a heart attack or stroke while ice fishing on a lake in Onamia (perhaps Lake Mille Lacs). He then fell against the stove in the fish house and his clothing ignited. He died from infection resulting from the 40% 3rd degree burns. His body was not autopsied.

His funeral service was at 11 AM at the Albinson-Peterson funeral home, 1838 Central Avenue.

Death Certificate:

ERICKSON, ERICK G. CertID# 1957-MN-021052   
 Date of Birth: 10/18/1896 {Birth year is off by 10 years}
 Place of Birth: MINNESOTA
 Mother Maiden Name: JOHNSON  
 Date of Death: 01/27/1957
 County of Death: HENNEPIN

Birth:
Cora notes that she attended “Eric’s 70th” on October 18, 1956.

Baptism:
Bethlehem Lutheran, as Erik Gottfred

Died:
Died at 2:00 PM according to Cora’s diary. His death certificate says 2:10 PM.

Buried:
Lot 11, Blk 14, Sec 1

Erick married Ella Lorraine HUGHES on 14 Oct 1909 in Anoka County, Minnesota. Ella (daughter of Henry Thomas HUGHES and Melissa BULLIS) was born on 31 Mar 1894 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 4 Apr 1964 in Isanti County, Minnesota; was buried in Oak Leaf Cemetery, Bethel, Anoka County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

name:
Daniel Wm. Erickson
gender:
Male
burial date:

burial place:

death date:
13 Jul 1893
death place:
Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
age:
0
birth date:
1893
birthplace:
Minn
occupation:

race:
White
marital status:
Single
spouse's name:

father's name:
Danl. Erickson
father's birthplace:
Sweden
mother's name:
Betsie
mother's birthplace:
Sweden
indexing project (batch) number:
B53041-2
system origin:
Minnesota-EASy
source film number:
1309404
reference number:
153

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:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1979-MN-008250
• Occupation: Machinist, Metal Worker In Furnace Industry

Notes:

Although John was Maurice Carlson’s uncle, John was the younger of the two by almost four years.

In the 1917 city directory, John is a machinist with the H E Wilcox Motor Co. In the 1918 city directory, he is a machinist for the Mill City Manufacturing Co. In the 1919 city directory, he is shown as a machine operator. In the 1920 city directory, he is a machinist with Midland Steel Products. In the 1922 city directory, he is living with Mayme and Steve at 411 Ontario.

Registered for the draft on September 12, 1918. Living at 3840 29th Avenue S. His nearest relative is Mrs. Daniel Erickson also of the 29th Avenue address. His occupation is lathe work and his employer is Imperial Manufacturing Co. of 1611 Central Avenue, N.E. He is of medium height and build with brown eyes and light hair. For some reason, he claims to be a citizen by his father’s naturalization.

Living at 4036 17th Avenue South at the time of Jackie’s death in 1928.

Living with family at time of 1930 census at 2924 37th Avenue S., renting.

In the 1937 Minneapolis city directory, John and Myrtle and Wally lived at 5637 12th Avenue in south Minneapolis. John was a sheet metal worker for Economy Sheet Metal Service Co.

In the 1940 census, John, Myrtle, and Wallace live in Brooklyn Center. They own their home and it is worth $1000. John is a sheet metal worker with an eighth-grade education. Myrtle had one year of high school. Wallace was a high school student. In 1935, they had all lived in Minneapolis.

In late 1940, he lived at 5301 James Avenue N. He sold an oil burner for $25, “heats four rooms, used one winter.”

He registered for the draft in February of 1942 at the Lumber Exchane Building. At that time, he and Myrtle lived at 5301 James Avenue in Brooklyn Center. John worked for Economy Sheet Metal Service at 505 East Lake Street in Minneapolis. John described himself as having brown eyes and blonde hair with a light complexion. He had a scar on his left index finger. He was 5 feet 9½ inches tall and weighed 200 lbs.

In 1947, at the time of the engagement announcement for Wally and Jean, John and Myrtle lived at 612 Dowling Avenue, N.

In the 1953 Minneapolis city directory, he and Myrtle live at 5448 Emerson Avenue. He is a sheet metal worker for Burniece’s Heating and Sheet Metal. That address is also the one Cora had in her travel diary in preparation for her and Maurice’s 1953 trip to California.

In a later entry in that travel diary, probably from the ‘60s or ‘70s, the address for Myrtle and John was Route 1, Box 117A1, Onamia.

His address at the time of his death was 2701 Brunswick Avenue North in Crystal, Minnesota.

His funeral services were at Valley of Peace Lutheran Church.

“Mr. and Mrs. John Erickson” signed Bess’s funeral guestbook.

DHC says that John was a sheet metal worker who worked for Tom Bernice. DHC remembers John and Myrtle living at 43rd and 42nd in Minneapolis. Maurice and John liked to play cribbage.

John married Myrtle S GARDNER on 1 Jun 1922 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Myrtle (daughter of John GARDNER and Rose ANDERSON) was born on 6 Mar 1905 in Gary, Lake County, Indiana; died on 4 Jun 1991 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 8 Jun 1991 in Oak Hill Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Birth Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1900-00197
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1995-MN-008238
• Social Security Number: 475-54-8847, issued in MN in 1963, Social Security Death Index shows her name as “May”

Notes:

Her birth certificate lists her as May Erickson. It also lists her mother’s name as Brita.

Before her marriage, Mayme was a clerk and, in 1919, a telephone operator at the Studebaker Corporation of America in Minneapolis.

In an affidavit dated February 6, 1942, May’s sister, Bessie Carlson, of 4228 Minnehaha Avenue in Minneapolis, asserts that May’s original birth record, for her birth on September 27, 1900, in the St. Francis Twp, Anoka County, is incorrect in two respects: 1) the given name of the child is not recorded, and 2) the mother’s name is recorded incorrectly as Breta Erickson. The affidavit corrects these to: 1) May Erickson, and 2) Brita Erickson. The affidavit was necessary for May to get a proper birth certificate, presumably to then obtain a passport, during WWII.

Havier, May (nee Erickson), age 94 of St. Paul, born and raised in Bethel, MN. Member of Pilgrim Evangelical Lutheran Church, 50+ years. Preceded in death by husband Stephen; daughters Marjorie & Arlene; parents Daniel & Breta Erickson. Survived by grandchildren Judy (Gary) Spooner, Connie (Roger) Spooner, Len (Jeanne) Reiland, George (Anne) Booth and Ken (Mary) Reiland; 14 great-grandchildren; brother-in-law Henry Haver. Service Friday 11AM at Pilgrim Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1935 St. Clair Ave. Interment Hillside Memorium. Visitation Thurs., 5-8PM at Bradshaw-Listoe Wold Funeral Home, 678 S. Snelling Ave. at Eleanor. Memorials to Pilgrim Evangelical Lutheran Church.

May married Stephen Raymond HAVIER on 11 Nov 1919 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Stephen (son of Andro (Andrew) HAVIR and Anna (Annie) MATASOVSKY) was born on 30 Sep 1897 in Jackson County, Minnesota; died on 6 May 1992 in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota; was buried on 11 May 1992 in Hillside Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Astrid LIND. Astrid was born on 22 Sep 1920 in Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden; died on 21 Nov 2002. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]