Johanna BRYNGELSON

Family/Spouse: John FAGER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1917-MN-005119

Notes:

Maja-Stina.

At the time of the 1900 census, she had borne 8 children, only 5 still living. She came to the U.S. in 1861 and was not a citizen at the time of the 1900 census.

The 8 born, 5 living numbers are repeated in the 1910 census.

The informant for her death certificate was her husband Fred. She died from abdominal cancer. A note on her death certificate said that an exploratory incision had been made 10 weeks before her death but “everything was a solid mass.”

Mary married Frictiof (Fred) DAHLBERG about 1879. Frictiof was born in Feb 1851 in Sweden; died on 23 Apr 1933 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Groveland Cemetery, Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Laborer on brother-in-law’s farm

Notes:

Living with his sister and brother-in-law at the time of the 1900 census.

Notes:

She and her brother Edward Augustus died of diphtheria according to Find A Grave.

Birth:
according to Find A Grave

Died:
according to Find A Grave

Notes:

He and his sister Emma died of diphtheria according to Find A Grave.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1971-MN-014727

Notes:

No longer living on her parents’ farm at the time of the 1910 census.

Effie married John Sverdrup LUND on 8 Dec 1909 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. John was born on 21 Jan 1887 in Hawley, Clay County, Minnesota; died on 14 Sep 1942 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Sunset Memorial Park, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Called Erick in the 1885 state census. Included in the 1895 state census, not included in the 1900 federal census.

Died of a congenital heart defect according to Find A Grave.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1939-MN-005498
• Occupation: Vulcanizer in own shop (1920), President, auto garage (1930)

Notes:

Still single and living on his parents’ farm at the time of the 1910 census.

Registered for the WWI draft on June 5, 1917, in West Minneapolis. His address was Hopkins, MN. He was self-employed with a plumbing and heating business in Hopkins. He was married with one child. He was of medium height and build with grey eyes and dark hair. He was slightly balding.

Living with his wife, sons, and father in a rented duplex at 46 10th Avenue North in Minnetonka Township, West Minneapolis Village at the time of the 1920 census (January 8th).

According to a St. Louis Park history:

The 1921 Federal-Aid Highway Act first created the notion of a national highway system. St. Louis Park had no car dealers so many residents bought Fords from Dahlberg Brothers Ford at 1028/1023 Excelsior Ave., Hopkins. On February 1, 1921, Oscar Dahlberg, Hilmer Olson, and John Schwister took over the Ford agency from Harry Leathers, who had had a car probably in the oughts. In 1953, Ward F. Dahlberg was the Business Manager, and Earl A. Dahlberg was the General Manager. At one time, Hopkins was called the car capital of the area, since it had three major car dealers.

Oscar was living in Minnetonka township, Hopkins village, at 216 11th Avenue North (a $5000 house that he owned) with his wife, sons, and mother-in-law at the time of the 1930 census (April 8th). The household had a radio. Oscar and his wife were each 26 when they married. Oscar’s occupation is shown as President, Auto Garage. Oscar was not a veteran.

Oscar married Anna Josephine ANDERSON on 22 Nov 1913 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Anna (daughter of Elias ANDERSON and Carrie SWANSON) was born on 25 Jan 1886 in Deephaven, Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 12 Jun 1984 in Hopkins, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 15 Jun 1984 in Groveland Cemetery, Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

No longer living on his parents’ farm in the 1910 census.

He registered for the draft in West Minneapolis on June 5, 1917. He was single and was a lawyer living in Hopkins. He claimed exemption from the draft due to the need to support his father. He had four years of previous military service. He was tall and stout with grey eyes and dark hair.

He was 1ST LT, US ARMY, according to Fort Snelling records.

In the 1920 census, he was still single and was living with his sister Virginia Hovander and family in the village of West Minneapolis in Minnetonka Twp. He was a corporate lawyer.

In the 1930 census, he is probably the Andrew Dahlberg, age 39, living in Edina with his wife Henrietta, 34, and their daughter Mary, 2 and 10 months. He was the proprietor of a garage. The household includes Ada Kelsing, 28, maid. The house number of their home is 4607 and the road or street is either Bruce Avenue or “Country Club.”

In the 1940 census, the family still lives at 4607 Bruce Avenue in Edina. This is a house they own and it is worth $6500. Andrew is a lawyer in the collections business. He works 20 hours per week and had no income in 1939. He had had four years of college, as had his wife, Henrietta.

Died:
Not listed in the MHS death index.

Buried:
Plot C-7, 0, 8648

Andrew married Henrietta ANDERSON on 28 Jun 1926 in Lyon County, Minnesota. Henrietta was born about 1895 in Minnesota; died on 24 Nov 1947 in Lyon County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Still living on her parents’ farm at the time of the 1910 census.

Virginia married Waldo A HOVANDER about 1912. Waldo was born on 24 Dec 1885 in Sweden; died on 23 Jun 1974 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Grandview Park Cemetery, Hopkins, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1982-MN-027916

Notes:

Still living on her parents’ farm at the time of the 1910 census.

Nettie married Benjamin Edvald LOBERG on 7 Jun 1919 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Benjamin was born on 22 Dec 1891 in Smith Lake, Wright County, Minnesota; died on 24 Feb 1967 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Grandview Park Cemetery, Hopkins, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dorothy married John Melvin GUSTAFSON on 23 Sep 1933 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. John (son of Peter J GUSTAFSON and Jennie BENGSTON) was born on 30 May 1906 in Washington County, Minnesota; died on 20 Jun 1995 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Sunset Memorial Park, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
SSDI last residence

Loren married Juanita Scotia ROTH on 26 Sep 1944 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Juanita was born on 22 Jan 1915; died in Mar 1990 in Sun City, Maricopa County, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1915-11621
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1999-MN-035947

Notes:

In the 1940 census, Ward and Gertrude lived on Excelsior Avenue in Hopkins in a rented residence. Ward had had two years of college, Gertrude was a high school graduate. Ward’s occupation was Tax Station Oil Salesman in the Wholesale Oil business.

Private in the U.S. Army in WWII from 1 Mar 1943 to 6 Jul 1943.

In 1953, he was the business manager, and his brother Earl the general manager, of Dahlberg Brothers Ford in Hopkins.

An article in the Star on December 9, 1955, describes Ward leaving the company to devote full time to his oil distributing business. Not long after that, Ward owned and operated Dahlberg Hardware in Hopkins.

Bill Marsh may have purchased part of what had been Ward’s interest in Dahlberg Ford in 1957.

Died:
died in Wayzata according to death certificate

Buried:
Section Y, Site 418

Ward married Gertrude Leona WILWERDING on 12 Oct 1938 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Gertrude was born on 13 Apr 1916 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 29 Oct 1991 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1917-12135
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2000-MN-029020
• Occupation: Owner of Dahlberg Ford, Hopkins, later a commercial real estate agent and broker

Notes:

Gustavus Adolphus College, class of 1939.

In the 1940 census, he and Dorraine lived with his widowed mother in Hopkins at 346 11th Avenue North. Anna owns the house, worth $7000, and it was the same house that she and Earl had lived in five years earlier in 1935. Earl had had four years of college, Dorraine had had one. Earl was assistant to the manager of an automotive company.

Naval officer in World War II. Owner of Dahlberg Ford in Hopkins and was a commercial realtor and broker at the time of his death. Longtime member, and once president, of the Hopkins Rotary.

In 1953, he was the general manager, and his brother Ward the business manager, of Dahlberg Brothers Ford in Hopkins.

Earl built his large house at 12016 Douglynn Drive in Hopkins in 1954 according to the Hennepin County tax data.



President of Hopkins Rotary, 1976-77.

In 1986, at the age of 68, Earl became a real estate agent for ERA MB Hagen Realty Co. He was later a sales agent with the Eden Prairie Coldwell Banker office. In June of 2000, at the age of 82, Earl started his own company, Earl A. Dahlberg, Broker.

Died:
7:00 PM, in the hospital, heart attack

Buried:
Funeral at Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Hopkins. Cremated.

Family/Spouse: Dorraine Maxine VICKERMAN. Dorraine (daughter of William T VICKERMAN and Lulu Bette LA DUE) was born on 22 Jan 1919 in Little Rock, Lyon County, Iowa; died on 18 Dec 1963 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Grandview Park Cemetery, Hopkins, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Earl married Vivian Mae CARLSON on 9 Jul 1965 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Vivian (daughter of Maurice Edward CARLSON and Cora Christena ANDERSON) was born on 23 Jul 1917 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was christened on 21 Nov 1917 in Nazareth English Evangelical Lutheran Congregation, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 4 Apr 2008 in St. Louis Park, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 7 Apr 2008 in Grandview Park Cemetery, Edina, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gladys married Stanley Jones GUSTAFSON on 9 Jun 1939 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Stanley (son of Peter J GUSTAFSON and Jennie BENGSTON) was born on 3 Jan 1912 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 20 Aug 1978 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was a pallbearer at Anna Dahlberg’s funeral in 1984.

Hovander, Philip W. August 19, 1919 - April 30, 2011 Phil was a family man and a true Hopkins native where he was born, raised and lived his entire life in four different locations on 11th Avenue. For decades he and his wife Doris (Davey) owned and operated Hovander Foods, once a Hopkins landmark best known for friendly service and homemade Swedish meatball mix and sausage. Devoted member of Gethsemane Lutheran Church all his life, Phil's church and spiritual life was very important to him. Along with his wife and two daughters, he also loved golf and was a longtime member of Minneapolis Golf Club. He truly enjoyed his friends and neighbors and we thank those who visited him in his last months. Preceded in death in 2010 by his wife of 65 years, Davey, and in 2009 by his daughter, Deborah. Survived by daughter, Brenda Hovander (Mike Meents); son-in-law, David Horstman, and grandchildren, Lindsay Ergenekan (Can), Blake Hovander (Septimia), Eve and Camille Horstman and great niece, Michelle Kelly. Memorial service to be held on Saturday, May 21, at 10 am, Gethsemane Lutheran Church, 715 Minnetonka Mills Road, Hopkins, MN 55343.

Philip married Doris Imogene DAVIDSON on 2 May 1945 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Doris was born on 11 Aug 1921; died on 2 Mar 2010 in Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]