Anna ANDERSDOTTER

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.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Social Security Number: 572-03-7853 Issued In California Before 1951
• Baptism: 16 Jul 1892, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Notes:

In the 1895 state census, she was living with her mother, 26 year-old Emelia Smith on a farm in Washington County apparently run by Albert and Anton Isaacson, ages 23 and 19 respectively, who were probably Emelia’s brothers.

She was living with her mother and her mother’s new husband on Washington Avenue in Minneapolis at the time of the 1900 census.

Mamie was living with Al, Bess, and Morris at the time of the 1905 Minnesota state census.

Darleen remembers that Ida may have tried to adopt Mamie but Mamie ran away from Ide and Gus. That may have been about the time that the 1905 census records her living with Al and Bess.

She is entered in the records of the First Covenant Church of Superior as Mamie Norina Fogelquist, which she joined in May of 1907.

In the 1910 census, she was Mamie Carson, wife of Louis Carson. He was 25, born in Wisconsin to Swedish parents, she was 18 and had been married one year. They had a daughter, Dorothy, age one month. Louis was an operator at a detective agency.

In the 1920 census, in a supplemental addition “entered in census office from Misc. slips, sent in by Supervisor”, she lived with her daughters in Minneapolis. Their address seems to be 3840 29th Avenue. She was May Carson, age 28, divorced, a waitress in a restaurant. Her daughters were Dorothy, age 10, and Vivian, age 7.

In the 1924 Tacoma, Washington, city directory, she is listed as the widow of Louis and living at 5448 S Stevens.

An article in the Santa Barbara News-Press, 16 Mar 1927 edition, lists Mrs. Lewis Carson as a member of a Women’s Alliance of the Unitarian Church committee in charge of a food sale at the church’s Parish House.

In the 1930 census, she was Mamie N Reed, age illegible, married, living with her daughters in Tillicum, American Lake, Pierce County, Washington. Mamie was born in Minnesota to parents born in Sweden. The girls were born in Minnesota to a father born in Sweden and a mother born in Minnesota. Mamie owned the house that they lived in on Berkley Avenue; it was worth $1000. Both girls worked as waitresses at a hotel.

In the 1939 San Diego city directory, she is Mrs. Mae Carson, living with her daughters Dorothy L Carson, a waitress, and Vivian N Carson, no occupation, at 342a 20th.

In the 1940 census, she is probably the 47 year-old divorcee named Mae Carson who lives in San Diego with her daughter, granddaughter, and son-in-law. Mae had only a fourth grade education. She rents an apartment at 259 16th Street, usually works as a housekeeper in a private home and is currently unemployed. Only the son-in-law, Gilbert Manker, age 22, is employed and he is a fireman in the U.S. Navy. The daughter, Dorothy Manker, is 30, was born in Minnesota, and had only a 6th grade education. The granddaughter, Yvonne Argabright, age 4, was born in California. (The census image is indexed relatively correctly in FS but not in Ancestry.)

Yvonne Carol Argabright was born in San Diego County on 31 Aug 1935 to a woman whose maiden name was Carson.

In the 1940 San Diego city directory, Mrs. Mae N Carson lives at 259 16th. Also living at that address, and named Carson, is Vivian N Carson. Elsewhere in the directory, we find that Gilbert H Manker, wife Dorothy L, also lives at 259 16th.

In the 1942 San Diego County voter registration, Miss Dorothy L Carson, waitress, Mrs. Mae N Carson, housewife, and Miss Vivian N Carson, waitress, lived at 259 16th.

A Paula Mae Carson was born in San Diego County on 30 May 1952 to a woman whose maiden name was Ebert.

Mamie’s Social Security number was issued in California.

Last residence in San Diego 92104

Cora listed an address for Mamie West, 3035 Vancouver (sp.?), San Diego, California.

In the 1950 census, Mamie, a 57 year-old divorcee, lived with her daughter, Dorothy Casad, at 3035 Vancouver Street in San Diego. Mamie was a baby sitter.

Cora and Maurice visited her in San Diego on February 19, 1953. She apparently visited Maurice and Cora in April of 1953, having come to Minneapolis because Ide was in the hospital.

The address that Cora had for Mamie in her travel diary (1953?) was 3035 Vancouver Street in San Diego. Cora also included the name “Frank Cassad” in that address.

In the 1947 San Diego city directory, Frank A. and Dorothy Casad lived at 3035 Vancouver Ave. He was a mechanic.

Baptism:
Augustana Lutheran; her sponsors were Frank and Emma Fogelquist

Died:
as Mamie West

Mamie married Louis William CARSON on 27 May 1909 in Hennepin County, Minnesota, and was divorced. Louis was born on 26 Feb 1885 in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin; died on 22 Nov 1958 in Santa Barbara County, California; was buried in Goleta Cemetery, Goleta, Santa Barbara County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mamie married Clarence L REED on 4 Mar 1926 in Seattle, King County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mamie married Merle Benjamin WEST on 10 Nov 1951 in San Diego County, California. Merle was born on 30 Jun 1901 in Michigan; died on 25 Feb 1989 in San Diego, San Diego County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1972-MN-015062
• Occupation: Laborer, Garage mechanic
• Social Security Number: 472-07-8305 issued in MN before 1951

Notes:

No longer attending school at the time of the 1920 census.

At the time of their first son’s birth, he and Verona lived at 239 34th Avenue in north Minneapolis. He was a laborer.

In the 1930 census (April 16th), the family was living at 3704 42nd Ave. S. in a house that they rented for $32/month. The family consisted of Melvin A., 27, Verona M., 25, Donald O., 5, attending school, and Robert L., 1 and a few months. Melvin and Verona were married at age 21 and 18, respectively. Melvin was born in Wisconsin, both of his parents were born in Sweden. Verona was born in Minnesota, both of her parents in Germany. Melvin was a mechanic at a garage, Verona was a clerk at a bakery. Melvin was not a veteran. The 1930 Minneapolis city directory shows that Melvin was employed by the Minnehaha Automotive Co.

“Mr. Melvin Smith” signed Bess’s funeral guestbook. Mel and Verona were living at 9943 Wentworth at the time of Bess’s death.

His obituary showed his address as 9943 Wentworth. He had been a resident of Bloomington for 36 years. This suggests that he moved to Bloomington in 1936. At death, Mel had 6 grandchildren and was survived by one sister (which omits Mamie Norina). Funeral services were at St. Lukes Lutheran Church in Bloomington.

DHC says that Mel was a truck driver and car mechanic. In the famous Minneapolis strike in the mid-1930s, Mel went down to the battle and got hit over the head. He says that Mel also managed to steal two shovels from the rioters. Mel was an outboard motor repair mechanic at Carlson’s Sporting Goods in the early 1950s. DHC recalled that the tenure of Mel’s time at Carlson’s was about five years and that Mel was a car mechanic who didn’t know anything about outboard motors until he came to work at Carlson’s. I remember the test tank in the back corner of the store (in its northeast corner) where the motors were started up. DHC says that that tank had been installed originally for George Moll but George was a drinker and eventually got fired. (That may be the firing that Cora records in her diary on June 12, 1952.)

In the 1940 census, Mel and Verona lived in Bloomington on Nicollet Avenue near the Shakopee Road. They owned their house which was worth $2500. They had lived in Minneapolis in 1935. Mel and Verona had an 8th grade education. Mel was a mechanic for a gas light company.

In the 1950 census, he and Verona and their two sons lived at 9942 Wentworth in the incorporated place or township “Oxboro Valley Acres.” Mel was an auto mechanic at a private garage.

Mel ran for the office of justice of the peace in Bloomington in 1952. He was not elected.

Mel was a volunteer fireman for the Bloomington fire department. He may have been on duty for the ambulance call for his cousin Maurice on June 17, 1956.

Birth:
probably Superior, Wisconsin

Melvin married Verona Hertha Minnie EGGERT on 25 Feb 1924 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Verona (daughter of Herman EGGERT and Johanna DUMKE) was born on 16 Aug 1905 in Mapleton, Blue Earth County, Minnesota; died on 26 Mar 1974 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1975-MN-021322
• Social Security Number: 468-09-0420, issued in Minnesota before 1951

Notes:

Still attending school at the time of the 1920 census.

Hub, Eva (shown as Eva V.), and Darlene (Darlean?) were living at 4039 Emerson at the time of the 1930 census in a $3500 house that they owned.

Mother’s maiden name shown as “unknown”. It was shown as “Olson” on Mel’s death certificate.

“Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Munn” signed Bess’s guest book from her funeral. They were living at 4605 Oakland Avenue at the time of Bess’s death.

Her obituary shows her address as 2407 Fremont Avenue N. She was 71 and was survived by her daughter, 5 grandchildren, one great-grandchild, and a sister, Mrs. Mae West of San Diego.

She was the informant for Ida Deiters’s death certificate. At that time, Eva lived at 4615 Oakland in Minneapolis.

Birth:
probably Superior, Wisconsin

Died:
Last residence at Zip Code 55411

Eva married Herbert S (Hub) MUNN on 3 Jan 1925 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Herbert (son of Herbert MUNN and Jessie Ann FARQUHARSEN) was born on 8 Mar 1904 in Jefferson Twp, Buchanan County, Iowa; died on 9 Sep 1968 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Champlin Cemetery, Champlin, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1918-44889
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1921-MN-020353

Notes:

Listed in the Minnesota birth certificate index as Lillian Isabell Smidt, mother’s maiden name Olsen.

She died of scarlet fever.

Buried:
Supposedy reburied by Ide Deiters, perhaps to a different plot. Her death certificate shows that her original place of burial was Crystal Lake Cemetery.

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1956-MN-005289
• Occupation: Entrepreneur

Notes:

His birth is entered as #39, on p. 209, of the Wabasha County Register of Births as Maurice E Carlson, born August 30, 1895, and registered, with many, many others, on January 1, 1896. His parents were Albert Carlson and Bessie, both born in Sweden. For Albert’s occupation, the entry is “Affidavit on file.”

An article in the Minneapolis Journal, 3 Jun 1906, lists a Morris Carlson in the 4th grade at the Jackson school. His teacher was Elizabeth Caldwell.

Maurice's name, although he was born Maurice according to his birth record, was commonly spelled Morris. Cora may have changed it. Their wedding announcement listed "Maurice." This spelling change also was noted on DHC’s birth certificate and on a 1941 copy of MEC’s birth certificate obtained from Wabasha County. In the Minneapolis city directories, he’s Morris through 1917 and Maurice thereafter.

He purchased the property on Minnehaha Avenue as Morris. In December of 1934, as part of getting a mortgage on the Minnehaha property, he had to clarify, in a sworn deposition, that his correct and true name was Morris E Carlson.

Maurice registered (as Maurice E. Carlson, and signed as Maurice Carlson) for the WWI draft on June 5, 1917, in the 12th precinct, 7th ward, Minneapolis. The registrar was Harry Martin. Maurice was living at 3716 Elliott and was a machinist with the Findley Electric Company at 216 South 5th Street. He notes his dependents and his occupation as reason why he claims an exemption from the draft although he notes that only his wife is a dependent. (Vivian was not yet born.) He is recorded as of medium height and medium build with grey eyes and light hair.

Maurice obtained a copy of his birth certificate from Luke C. Beaver, clerk of Wabasha County, on February 27, 1941. The copy noted that the birth certificate number was B-209-39. It also noted that the birth was registered in January of 1896 and that the parents were “Albert (sic) and Bessie.” The 1941 copy included the pencil notation “#1908.”

His eighth grade school graduation diploma (Grammar Department of Minneapolis Public Schools, January 27, 1911) listed him as Morris Carlson.

In the 1912 city directory, Morris is a clerk for M O Bordeaux at 1412 E 46th St. (In the 1910 census, there was a Marcus A Bourdeaux who lived at 4439 Blaisdell Ave. He was a hardware merchant.)

In 1913, Morris is a machinist living with his parents at 3805 Chicago. In 1914, he’s a clerk for his father’s hardware store. In 1915, he’s a tinner, still at 3805 Chicago. In 1916, he’s a machinist. In 1917, he’s still a machinist but his employer is listed as Findley Electric Co., Inc. and he’s still living, apparently, at 3805 Chicago. (DHC’s city directory research shows Maurice E.’s address in 1917 as 3716 Elliot.)

In the spring/summer of 1914, “Chicago Hardware” sponsored a baseball team. “Teams wishing games in the 16-17 year-old class phone Maurice Carlson, Grove 68.”

In 1918 and 1919, now Maurice, he’s working as a machinist for the Loe Machine & Tool Co. at 3020 East Franklin. Maurice is living at 3716 Elliot.

{According to DHC’s research, Syver Loe, presumably the owner of Loe Machine & Tool Co., lived at 3024 East Franklin. This is consistent with the 1920 census which shows Syver Loe, a 65 year-old widower, living with his son, Fred, 28, at 3024 East Franklin. Syver’s occupation is “inventor, machines” and Fred is the assistant manager of a machine factory.}

In 1920, Maurice was a “tinner” at the Northwest Bakers & Confections and was living at 1535 E. 39th Street where he lived until he moved to 4230 Minnehaha Avenue in 1924.

In 1921, Maurice worked for the Twin City Chandelier Manufacturing Co., a firm that also employed Edgar Hendrickson and, perhaps, Alfred. This didn’t last long.

(The Twin City Chandelier episode is probably what Cora refers to as the electrical business with, incorrectly, Arthur. In 1922, Charles Hendrickson had quit his job at Butler Manufacturing, where he had worked for at least 12 years, and joined Edgar in the TCCMCo. Charles only stayed a year there and went to work at Strutwear in 1923. Edgar stayed with TCCMCo through 1923. He was no longer listed in the Minneapolis City directory after that.)

In 1922, according to DHC’s city directory research, Maurice had formed Economy Sheet Metal with Alex E Fogelquist as his partner. The intent of the venture, at least in part, may have been to produce Sandy Fogelquist’s patented pie cutter.

In 1923, Maurice was still with Economy Sheet Metal but Alex Fogelquist was no longer listed as his partner. Maurice still lived at 1535 E. 39th Street.

In 1924, 1925, 1926, and 1927, Maurice was still with Economy Sheet Metal but now resided at 4230 Minnehaha Avenue.

In 1928 and 1929, Maurice was listed as the secretary-treasurer of Heating Systems, Inc.

In March of 1929, Maurice, with another man (G.L. Running), acted as a bondsman for the $10,000 bond for John P Ekberg, a former city alderman convicted of bribery. Ekberg had been sentenced to one to ten years of hard labor at Stillwater penitentiary. The bond enabled Ekberg to prepare his appeal. Later, in April, Maurice, Oscar Bergerson, and G.L. Running headed a Twelfth ward committee to plan a benefit dance to raise funds for the appeal of Ekberg’s conviction.

In 1930, Maurice was listed as the secretary-treasurer of Heating Systems, Inc., but Economy Sheet Metal was no longer listed for him.

{Instead, according to DHC’s research, the 1930, 1931, and 1932 city directories have Thomas F. Burniece associated with Economy Sheet Metal at 3725 Minnehaha Avenue. There are no entries for Burniece or Economy Sheet Metal in the 1933 or 1934 directories but it appears again in the 1935 directory, now at 5042 39th Avenue South.}

In the 1931 directory, Maurice is listed as the proprietor of Bonded Heating Company of 1818 Washington Avenue North. Heating Systems is also listed for him.

In the 1932 and 1933 directories, Maurice is still listed with Bonded Heating Company and Heating Systems is no longer listed for him.

In that 1933 directory, Maurice has Economy Sheet Metal at 3725 Minnehaha Avenue listed for him.

In the 1934 directory, Maurice’s listing is for Acme Beverage Wholesale at 3735 Minnehaha Avenue. His listing includes machinist.

In the 1935 directory, Maurice is secretary-treasurer of Acme Beverage Wholesale at 3725 Minnehaha Avenue. Cora is listed as president and Sam Blumbo is vice-president.

Maurice received an off-sale license, presumably for just beer, in April of 1935. Later in the month, he received a license for dealing in second-hand goods at 3727 Minnehaha.

In the 1936 directory, Maurice is now vice-president of Acme Beverage Wholesale and Sam Blumbo is president. Irving H Green is secretary-treasurer.

In that 1936 directory, Acme Bicycle appears for the first time. It’s at 2825 Hennepin Avenue. William Marsh is manager.

That 1936 directory also shows Acme Bicycle and Supply at the 2825 Hennepin address.

The 1937 directory lists Acme Beverage, now owned by Sam Blumbo, at 3746 Minnehaha. Acme Bicycle and Supply, of which Maurice is the manager, is located at 108 S. 4th Street. Acme Bicycle and Supply also has a store at 3725 Minnehaha Avenue. Vivian Marsh is the vice-president, William Marsh is the branch manager.

According to DHC’s city directory search concentrating on businesses:

Brunett’s was at 1818 North Washington. Started 1930, out 1933.
In 1932, Hall Supply moved to 108 South 4th Street and sold Stutz and Pierce bikes.
Acme Beverage appeared in 1934 and was out in 1937. Acme Bicycles appeared in 1935. Economy Sheet Metal was out in 1933 and appears with Tom in 1934.
Acme Bicycle adds wholesale business in 1936.
In 1937, Acme has three stores.
In 1938, Acme has two stores, Hall is out.
In 1940, Acme has one store.

Al and Bess threw a dance and reception for Maurice and Cora on September 9th, 1916, at the Odd Fellows Hall on 16th Avenue South and Franklin Avenue in Minneapolis.

Pastor Tenner Thompson spoke at Maurice's funeral. This may have been Tenner Thompson, Jr. Otherwise, it was the same pastor who baptized Don and confirmed Don and Vivian.

On January 5, 1920, the census enumerator found the Carlsons living at 3716 Elliot Avenue South. (Minneapolis enumeration district 127, image 5 of 36.) “Morris” is listed as age 24 with the occupation of “machinist” employed for wages at a “shop.” Cora is listed as age 23 and Vivian as 2 years and 5 months. Also living with Morris and Cora was 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.

In January of 1923, as M.E. Carlson, Proprietor, he runs Economy Sheet Metal Manufacturing Co. at 3725 Minnehaha. “Let is estimate your gutters, steel ceilings, ventilation, blow piping, manufacturing cornice work, skylights.” “Furnaces installed and repaired.” His home phone number was Drexel 6280 and his business phone number was Dupone (sic - probably Dupont) 5113.

An article (essentially an advertisement) in the Weekly Business Review section of Minneapolis Star’s 14 May 1923 edition discussed Economy Sheet Metal.

In the fall of 1923, M.E. Carlson was assessed on lot 2, block 3 of E.H. Dann’s Driving Park Addition to Minneapolis.

in the fall of 1924, M.E. Carlson petitioned the city for permission to build a frame addition to tin shop, 20x30, 30 feet from street line, at 3725-27 Minnehaha Avenue.

In February of 1926, M.E. Carlson was assessed on lot 18 of Confer’s Rearrangement in Edgewood Addition to Minneapolis.

In April of 1927, M.E. Carlson petitioned the city for permission to erect a private frame and stucco garage, 18x20 feet, 21 feet from the street line, 12 feet from the nearest flat, at 3901 Bloomington Avenue.

In June of 1927, M.E. Carlson, doing business as Economy Sheet Metal Co., 3725 Minnehaha Avenue, was granted a license for installing warm air heating plants.

In the 1930 census, Maurice's and Bess's house are shown as worth $7500 each. Bess is shown as divorced and was renting out part of her house at $35/mo to Arthur and Violet Nash. He was a school teacher, she was a hairdresser. Charley was living with Maurice and Cora. He is shown as having emigrated in 1867. Bess is shown as having emigrated in 1883. Maurice's occupation is in the heating industry.

In June of 1933, “Mrs. M.E. Carlson and others” asked the city to pave the alley from 42nd to 43rd between Snelling and Minnehaha avenues.

In the 1934 Minneapolis city directory, he is Maurice E Carlson, a machinist at Acme Beverage Co of 3725 Minnehaha Ave. He resides at 4230 Minnehaha Ave.

In June and July of 1934, M.E. Carlson had three short letters to the editor published in the Star, generally disparaging unions.

An article in the 24 Nov 1936 edition of the Star, headlined Carlson buys Hall Supply Co., has M.E. Carlson, manager of the Acme Bicycle and Supply Co., Inc., purchasing Hall Supply Co., 108 S. 4th Street. The article notes that Acme has branches on South Lyndale Avenue and Minnehaha Avenue in addition to “the new main office.”

In June of 1937, bicycle races were sponsored by the Star and the Minneapolis Park Board. Maurice was noted in an article in the Star as “planning the prizes” as well as being a drop-off point for filled-in entry blanks. The three locations for the Acme Bicycle Company were 108 S. 4th Street, 2825 Hennepin, and 3725 Minnehaha. Maurice said he would pick prizes and set them out in the window of his 108 S. 4th Avenue store for the racers to see. Later articles said that the prizes would include “swell” Stutz bicycles. The races held in July featured the prizes being handed out by George Grim, od the Star, and M. E. Carlson, of the Acme Bicycle Company at 108 S. 4th.

Races were sponsored again in the summer of 1939.

In the 1940 census, Maurice’s house is shown as worth $6000 and Bess’s as $3000. Maurice is shown as the owner and prorietor of a bicycle shop.

In the 1941 city directory, he’s an inspector with Northern Pump and is associated with/owns Acme Bicycle and Supply Co.

In the 1942 directory, he’s only with Acme Bicycle & Supply.

In the 1944 city directory, Acme Bicycle & Supply Co. is listed with his entry at 4230 Minnehaha.

Small want-ads for Carlson’s Sporting Goods started appearing in the Star in June of 1946. The phone number was DU 5113.

Carlson’s, with the fishing line logo, had a big add for sporting goods in the 5 Dec 1946 Star. Ads also appeared in January of 1947, then stopped, at least with “M.E. Carlson, owner” in the ad.

A December 7, 1941, ad (a notable date) in the Star, by Scott-Atwater Motor Power Equipment, listed Carlson’s Sporting Goods as an authorized Twin City dealer.

In the 1948 Minneapolis city directory, Maurice and Cora are still listed at 4230 Minnehaha.

An article in the August 3, 1948, edition of the Star had Bruce Morikubo says at the Carlson’s sporting goods store, which he represents, archery is second in sales to fishing tackle. Morikubo was probably an archery sales rep.

Carlson’s was robbed of a motorscooter in November of 1948.

Carlson’s was part of a story in George Grim’s column in April of 1948 about a little sparrow who supposedly lived near the store.

Carlson’s was robbed of $1,000 of weapons, fishing reels, ammunition, and $40 cash on 28 Jun 1949. It was the fourth burglary of the store in two years, the management reported. Thieves broke through a door, then bent an iron gate to enter.

Carlson’s sponsored an archery meet at Lake Nokomis on 17 July 1949.

In the 1950 Minneapolis city directory, he is listed as Morris C, wife Cora C, residing at 2255 E Old Shakopee Rd.

Thieves stole 15 fishing rods and a pump shotgun on 25 Feb 1950. Police arrested a five-man burglary ring in March.

Carlson’s was burgled again over the Christmas weekend in 1954. The thief only stole a pellet pistol but broke a rear window and a glass door.

A Carlson Sporting Goods, later called Carlson’s Sporting Goods, in Red Wing was advertising in the Star in the 60s. They sold refrigerators along with sporting goods.

Death Certificate:

 CARLSON, MAURICE E.  Minnesota Death Certificate ID# 1956-MN-005289   
 Date of Birth: 08/30/1895
 Place of Birth: MINNESOTA
 Mother Maiden Name: ERICKSON
 Date of Death: 06/17/1956
 County of Death: HENNEPIN

The Carlsons in Minneapolis

Maurice finished school in January of 1911 after the eighth grade. He was still working for his dad in the hardware store on 38th and Chicago in the fall of 1914 when he met Cora. (DHC says this wasn’t owned by Al.) Nevertheless, his trade was machinist and after marrying Cora he went to work for Strand Machinery Company in a triangular building on Riverside, five or six blocks from Cedar Avenue. He eventually became a foreman at Strand which was a wartime company. (This was one of the reasons why Maurice did not participate in World War I.) The Strand Company probably folded after the war. {The 1917 city directory shows Morris as working at Findley Electric Co. The 1918 and 1919 directory shows him working at the Loe Machine Tool Co.} On Vivian’s birth certificate, Maurice is a machinist.

At this time, Cora and Maurice were living in a house that they had been given (by Al?) at 3716 Elliot Avenue. Vivian was born there. Cora remembered it as an old house with three bedrooms and a bathroom. Cora didn’t like it. On Vivian’s birth certificate, the address for Maurice and Cora is 3716 9th Avenue S. (Elliot used to be called 9th Avenue.)

After Strand, Maurice worked at a shop that made bakery ovens. His father's half brother, Sandy Fogelquist, worked there and that probably had something to do with Maurice going to work there. It was at this shop that Maurice got interested in sheet metal work. {The 1920 city directory shows Maurice working as a “tinner” at “N W Bakers & Confec.”}

During this time, Maurice also got involved in an electrical business with Myrtle Carter’s brother (and Cora’s cousin), Arthur Hendrickson. This was a time when gaslights were being replaced with electric lights and the business wired the lights through the old gas pipes. Alas, Arthur was apparently a crook and stole from the business, driving into bankruptcy or close to it. {It wasn’t Arthur, it was his half-brother Edgar. The name of the company was the Twin City Chandelier Manufacturing Company. Maurice is shown as working there only in 1921. Alfred’s occupation is shown as “elec” that year so even he may have gotten involved with the venture. The TCCMCo is listed as Edgar’s employer through 1923. Edgar then vanishes from the city directories.}

In 1920, Maurice and Cora and Vivian moved to 39th and Bloomington (the street address was 3901). {That address is never listed in the city directories. The directories show that Maurice and Cora moved to 1535 E. 39th Street in 1920.} In 1924, they built a duplex on the vacant corner lot next door which they kept until 1938 or 1939. (They may have needed money at that point to build the resort on Cedar Lake.) In the 1914 city plat map, there is no construction on the lot. There is just one lot, on which both the residence and duplex were built. In an early photograph of the residence, the alley is not visible. When the alley was put in, the clearance between the house and the alley was only a few feet.

On March 2, 1922, when he was 26, Maurice purchased the property on which he would build the store building at 3725 Minnehaha Avenue to be used as a sheet metal shop. The ownership of Lot 18 of “Confer’s Rearrangement in Edgewood Addition to Minneapolis” was in Morris’s and Cora’s name (spelled “Morris”) and was purchased from “Thorp Bros.”

The first ad for Economy Sheet Metal Mfg. Co., at 3725 Minnehaha, was in the 29 Jan 1923 version of the Star.

Maurice may have borrowed the money for the building from Al but there is no mention of that in the abstract. The abstract does, however, mention a $2000 mortgage against the property that was established on September 29, 1927, and satisfied on March 15, 1928. Another mortgage, also for $2000, was established with the 4th Northwestern Bank on December 18, 1934, and satisfied on December 27, 1935. (It was the due diligence on this mortgage that led to the bank demanding the name clarification, mentioned above, in which, on December 21, 1934, Maurice asserted that his correct and true name was Morris E Carlson.) A $2500 mortgage, also with the 4th Northwestern Bank, was established on November 6, 1935.

A large ad in the Star on 13 May 1929 is for M.E. Carlson Heating Company at 3727 Minnehaha. The big feature was a Brunett’s system.

In May of 1929, Maurice received a license, perhaps renewed an existing license, for installing warm air furnaces and plants. He was dba Economy Sheet Metal Co., 3725 Minnehaha Avenue.

In June of 1929, Maurice won a prize in a fishing contest (“Witt Market fish contest”) for a northern pike he caught on Lake Mille Lacs. It was 42 inches long and weighed 19½ lbs.

A lengthy, well-stated letter to the editor of the Minneapolis Journal, by M.E. Carlson, published in December of 1930, argued in favor of teacher pay and that tax payers shouldn’t complain about that segment of their taxes.

By May of 1932, he was doing business as Bonded Heating Co., 1818 Washington Ave. N., when he received his license for installing warm air heating plants.

In the 1914 city plat map, the organized set of parcels on which the store building would be located is referred to as the Edgewood Addition. This was bounded by 37th Street, 38th Street, 34th Avenue, and Minnehaha Avenue. The Carlson building would be on lot 4 of that subdivision and the vacant parking lot, that Maurice wouldn’t purchase until the late 1940s, was lot 5.

The property abstract also records a curious ownership transfer, to and from Maurice’s mother. On February 3, 1931, the ownership of the Lot 18 parcel was transferred to Bessie Carlson and back again to Maurice on the same day. This transaction was not filed with the county clerk until nearly a year later, January 2, 1932.

On September 16, 1946, Maurice and Cora purchased the vacant parking lot (Lot 17) next to their Minnehaha store building (Lot 18). Lot 17 of Confer’s Rearrangement in Edgewood Addition to Minneapolis was purchased by Maurice and Cora from the Franklin Life Insurance Company.

Lots 17 and 18 were sold by Cora to Don and Elaine Carlson on January 1, 1978, in a contract for deed. The ownership change was filed on January 24, 1985, presumably when the contract for deed was satisfied.

His business was called Economy Sheet Metal (a name still used on the water bills into the 1980s). In the building boom after the World War, Maurice’s business put gutters and downspouts on new houses. Maurice was all by himself the first year but, being a hard worker, he could still do a job faster than his competition and, as a result, got a lot of business. In 1921, Tom Burniece was the first, or one of the first, employees hired for Economy Sheet Metal. (Eventually, the business grew to five or six employees, including Maurice’s uncle, John Erickson.)

On DHC’s birth certificate, Maurice (name was changed from Morris somewhere along the line) was in the sheet metal business.

In late 1923, Maurice and Al began building houses on adjoining lots in the 4200 block of Minnehaha Avenue in south Minneapolis. Maurice’s would be 4230 Minnehaha; Al’s would be 4228 Minnehaha.

On April 18, 1924, Maurice, 29, a pregnant Cora, 28, and Vivian, 6, moved into the Minnehaha house. (Cora, perhaps because she was pregnant, remembered a blizzard that happened three weeks before on March 28th.) Donald H. was born in the front bedroom of the Minnehaha house three months later on July 13th. Maurice and Cora would live in the Minnehaha house for 24 years.

In 1926 or 1927, Maurice and Cora bought a cottage on Gray's Bay of Lake Minnetonka west of Minneapolis. DHC remembers it on the channel between Gray’s Bay and Smith (?) Bay and that the cottage was next door to the one owned by Al and Bess. DHC remembers that Maurice and Cora had a grape arbor and a big garden. One of the “magnificent” events that DHC remembers is Maurice buying $100 of fireworks for a 4th of July celebration out at the cottage. From Cora’s diary, it appears that they didn’t sell the Lake Minnetonka cottage until August 23, 1938, when they sold it to their friend and Lake Minnetonka neighbor, Walt Spargen.

The likeliest location for this “channel” between Gray’s Bay and some other body of water is the currently exisiting channel between Gray’s Bay and the small lake called Libb’s Lake on the extreme southeast corner of Gray’s Bay. A 1914 map of the area around Lake Minnetonka does not show such a channel, nor does it even show a name for Libb’s Lake. In addition, the 1914 map shows no road to the area where the future channel would be. This apparently changed in the 1920s when Minnetonka Boulevard may have been extended to the Libbs Lake area. It would seem that the Carlsons would have gotten to their cottages via Lake Street and Minnetonka Boulevard, also called County Road 5.

While he was still in the sheet metal business, a man named Brunett persuaded Maurice to join him in the furnace business. They would build hot air furnaces, basically for homes, as Bonded Heating Co. (and Heating Systems, Inc.). Brunett had a patent on an economizer system he called the Utilizer. They built some furnaces at the Minnehaha store but eventually they had to rent a building at 1818 North Washington Avenue (phone number Cherry 4521). By this time, the furnace business was so good that Maurice sold Economy Sheet Metal to Tom Burniece who rented the building and continued to run it out of the Minnehaha store. Maurice’s and Brunett’s furnace company built the then–largest hot-air furnace in the world in what is now (as of the mid–1970s) the St. Louis Park roller skating rink.

The depression sunk the furnace business by the early 1930s after only a few years. Brunett may have kept the business but Maurice got out. At this point, a lot of people owed Maurice money. Maurice supposedly lost money in the furnace business.

In 1931 or 1932, Maurice bought a machine shop, with $10,000 worth of equipment, for $500 and set it up in the Minnehaha building. (The business that Maurice bought, and/or the new business he set up, was called Acme Machinery and Repair.) The machine shop had three line shafts running north-south from a large electric motor in the southeast corner of the building. [This would have been where the bicycle parts section later went; in 1931, the building was only half its present size.] There was a 12 foot display and office area in the front of the building. [See floor plan of the store building attached as a picture.]

There wasn’t much money in the machine shop business. In 1933, with prohibition over (Roosevelt signed the Cullen-Harrison act on March 23rd), Maurice got into the beer distribution business, as Acme Beverage Co., with a partner, Sam Blumbo. (Blumbo had a chicken drive-in restaurant at NE Corner of Lake St. and Hiawatha.)

In May of 1933, Maurice and Cora sought a bank loan from the First National Bank, probably to develop the beer business. The application statement showed a net worth of about $47,000 made up as follows: cash and bank account $1828.42, accounts receivable $2000, merchandise ("50 furnaces") $5650, plant $6000, machinery $3000, real estate $23500 (duplex at 3901 Bloomington $7500, Lake Minnetonka property on Gray’s Bay $3000, 4230 Minnehaha $6000, and shop at 3725 Minnehaha $6000), 1931 Chrysler 8 Sedan $1000, and cemetery lots $4200. The application cited Maurice’s current business as “heating and sheet metal.”

At this point, he nearly doubled the size of the Minnehaha store building (to its present size) to store beer. He also installed an elevator near the southeast corner of the original building.

The machine shop co–existed with the beer distributorship until the fall of 1934. At that point, the machine shop is dissolved and removed to make way for the retail bicycle business. Maurice started out this business, known as Acme Bicycle and Repair, with three bicycles plus parts that he bought for a total of $500. His supplier at the time was Hall Supply at 108 South 4th Street. His line of bicycles at the time was Iver Johnson. Cora’s diary notes Maurice delivering bikes in April of 1935.

In June of 1935, he had obtained a license as a dealer in second-hand goods at 3725 Minnehaha Avenue.

Maurice had numerous ads and mentions in 1938 and 1939 regarding bike races. He had Acme Bicycle Co. at 108 4th St. S.

In the beer business, Maurice distributed the Old Heidelberg brand made by the St. Cloud Brewing Company of St. Cloud and Fleck's made in Faribault. (He had a Liquor Control Commission license to sell for St. Cloud dated March 26, 1934.) On June 21st, 1933, Maurice signed an agreement with Lewis Hamilton by which the two agreed to divide the Twin Cities into a north and south zone. Maurice would be the exclusive distributor of Fleck’s beer in the south zone, Hamilton would be the exclusive distributor in the the north zone. The agreement seemed to apply only to bottled beer and specifically excluded keg beer.

The beer sold would have been “3.2 beer”, 3.2% alcohol by weight, the strongest allowed by the Cullen-Harrison act.

The bicycle business co-existed with the beer business at 3725 Minnehaha for a couple of years until Maurice finally sold out the beer business to Blumbo in about 1935 or 1936. {He sold it on September 21, 1935, according to Cora’s diary.} (Maurice lost money in the beer business.) Sam moved the business across the street to the J H Foster building and went broke a year later. (A Nash automobile dealership moved into the Foster building after Blumbo went broke and continued there until World War II. Blumbo's main business was a successful drive-in chicken restaurant on the NE corner of Lake Street and Hiawatha Avenue.)

At about this time (1936 or 1937), Maurice bought out Hall Supply and moved the wholesale bike business into what had been the beer area. The business was now called Acme Bicycles and Supply. Vivian entered the business at this point. She ran the Minnehaha store, Maurice ran the downtown store (the old Hall Supply facility at 108 South Fourth Street), and Bill Marsh ran a 3rd store on 28th and Hennepin. {According to Cora’s diary, Maurice got a lease on the Hennepin Avenue store on December 20, 1935. Maurice also bought a fourth store on Grand Avenue (near a theatre) in St. Paul. This store was mainly for the wholesale end but it had some retail upstairs. Jake Peterson ran this store. Bill and Viv worked there for a short while. {According to Cora’s diary, Maurice had a St. Paul store before he had the Hennepin Avenue store but both were obtained in 1935.} {Also according to Cora’s diary, Vivian started at the St. Paul store on March 16, 1936.} According to Cora’s diary, Maurice bought Hall Supply on November 6, 1936.

In the spring of 1939, Viv and Bill made the decision to go out on their own. In 1940, Vivian and Bill moved to the east coast (Ron was born in Wilmington, Delaware, in June of 1940). The Hennepin store was sold, after only being open about a year, then the St. Paul store (Jake bought that business for $500), then the downtown store. By 1941, only the Minnehaha store was left. {It’s not quite as DHC remembers it. Maurice sold the St. Paul store to Jake Peterson on January 4, 1938. Maurice moved out of the downtown store on August 31, 1940.}

Maurice’s interest in the business waned even before it shrunk back to one store. He played a lot of cards with men down on Washington Avenue during the winter and let George Moll run the downtown store. He also played cards in a lean-to shack off the restaurant building on Minnehaha south of the store. He let Bill Stedman, the road salesman for the wholesale business, run the whole business after the Marshes left and all during World War II.

In the fall of 1938, Maurice bought a farm (for $1200 with Cora’s money) on Cedar Lake near Deerwood. (He had originally stumbled upon this property when he went to see Eric Person’s relatives to go fishing.) He intended to build a fishing resort on Cedar Lake and got so far as building four cabins on the lake and a cabin for the family on a hill. (In 1938 {no, 1935 and 1936}, the family camped at Hufstrand's in tents.) Maurice also built a barn and sheep shed on the property, the barn being the last in the summer of 1942.

The back of Cora’s 2nd diary records these events at the farm and in Minneapolis.

“Built cottages 1939
Building caretakers house Fall 1940
Put in gas burners at duplex Fall 1940
Bought fencing for farm Summer 1941
Bought sheep October 3, 1941
Papered our place February 1942
Chairs upholstered March 1942
Bought Guernsey cow July 1942
Barn built Summer 1942
Chicken coop built Summer 1943
Bought cows, horses, and chickens Spring 1943
Our house shingled Fall 1944
Our house painted, both stucco and the trim, also garage 1944

Maurice painted stucco on house, June and July 1944. Maurice painting house, Fall, 1944.”

The resort was to be called "Woodcrest" and Cora had stationery printed up for herself that said:

Woodcrest
Mrs. M. E. Carlson
Deerwood, Minn.

One of the first meetings of John Everson and Maurice Carlson is recorded in the December 5, 1938, edition of the Brainerd newspaper: “Mr. Carlson of Minneapolis was looking over property here which he purchased recently. He spent the night at the John Everson home.”

In the early months of 1939, Maurice logged off the Deerwood farm, employing all the farmers in the area, including John Everson. He also constructed a sawmill on the site to turn the logs into lumber. He netted 100,000 board-feet sawed. Part of this lumber was used to build his Bloomington house in 1948.

The outbreak of the second World War ended the resort idea. In the fall (November 2nd) of 1942, Maurice went to work for Tom Burniece to help him make Navy chart boards and height verniers for the war effort. Maurice, Cora, and Don left Deerwood and returned to Minneapolis and Maurice and Don went to work at Economy Sheet Metal on November 2nd of 1942. (Don was a bookkeeper first, then a glue pot welder.) Maurice designed a machine to make reclaimed bottle caps. This effort was sponsored by Coca Cola. Maurice designed a punch press to reform the bottle caps. This production, called Economy Crown, was in the Franklin Creamery building.

Maurice eventually (actually in February of 1941) went to work at Northern Pump as an inspector in the lathe department for the duration of the war. Northern Pump made 5” cannons, naval pumps, electrically operated turrets, etc. Maurice worked 7 days a week, 12 hours a day initially and eventually got down to about 60 hours a week. {But Cora’s diary notes that Maurice got a new job at International Harvester on March 24, 1942.}

Published ads referring to 3725 Minnehaha pretty much vanished between the summer of 1941 and February of 1946. By that time, it was Carlson’s, and no longer Acme Bicycle, and Schwinns were mentioned in the ads.

Don was called into the service in May of 1943 and went in for good in November.

Maurice quit a job on November 30, 1943. Cora notes that he was “working again” in her diary entry for July 13, 1944.

When the war ended, Maurice sold the wholesale business to Stedman, who moved it to 273 Cedar Avenue, but not the Acme name. For the remainder of Maurice’s life, Carlson’s Sporting Goods, as it was now called, would get a 20% discount off of Stedman’s wholesale price.

The store building was completely remodeled in the winter of 1945-46. (No. 1946-1947.) The remodeling was to convert the building to a sporting goods store. When Don returned from the war in 1946, he took over the operation of the store.

Maurice and Cora looked for suburban property after the war and purchased 1 acre from Carl Zeck on April 11, 1946. This was the property on which Maurice built the Bloomington house in 1947. He and Cora, with Don and Elaine, moved into the house on Old Shakopee Road in January of 1948.

On September 9, 1949, Maurice’s neighbor, Carl Zeck died. On January 23, 1950, Carl’s widow, Mardelle Zeck, sold Maurice the rest of the Carl Zeck farm land. This would have been the land to the north and east (and, perhaps, to the southeast) of the original 1946 purchase. Maurice took out a $2000 mortgage with Mardelle for the purchase. That mortgage was satisfied on December 27, 1954. The purchase included the “berry house” of Carl’s berry farm which Maurice moved and it became the “berry house” of Carlson Berry Farm. The original location of the berry house, before Maurice moved it, was right next to the Zeck garage. The original slab of that old berry house site remained on the property through DHC’s ownership of the land.

Most of the 1950 purchase was sold to Independent School District #271 on December 18, 1961. Cora sold DHC the remaining north lot for his 2263 EOSR house on May 15, 1968, one day after the sale of 2239.

All of Cora’s remaining property on EOSR was moved to a trust on January 8, 1985.

Maurice bought thirty burial plots, in three separate areas, at Sunset Memorial Park when it was constructed in the mid-1920s. (A loan application statement in 1933 listed the value of the plots at $4200!) Apparently the developer approached many businessmen about buying plots. Maurice got a prime location near the bell tower. The first family member interred was Al in 1952.



His casket-bearers: Leonard Reiland, George Booth, Bill Stedman, Tom Burniece, Albert B. Nelson, and Frank Carter.

His SS#: 410-17-9303

Buried:
Funeral at 11:00 according to Cora’s diary. His burial plot was Lot 73, Lot 7A, Grave #9 according to the mortuary.

Maurice married Cora Christena ANDERSON on 2 Sep 1916 in Vernon County, Wisconsin. Cora (daughter of Carl Clarence (Charly) ANDERSON and Anna Clausdatter BOWE) was born on 7 Mar 1896 in La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin; died on 19 Dec 1995 in Bloomington, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 22 Dec 1995 in Sunset Memorial Park, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Notes:

Grandson of Carl Oskar Lundberg.

Family/Spouse: Ragnhild Bernhardina Frida LUNDBERG. Ragnhild (daughter of Teodor Johansson LUNDBERG and Helga Vilhelmina Carlsdotter VIDEGREN) was born on 8 May 1908 in Eringsboda, Blekinge, Sweden; died in Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johan married Svea Hildegard JOHANSSON on 22 Oct 1932 in Mönsterås, Kalmars län, Småland, Sweden, and was divorced on 5 Jul 1945 in Gothenburg, Göteborgs Och Bohus County, Västra Götalands län, Sweden. Svea was born on 28 May 1910 in Mönsterås, Kalmars län, Småland, Sweden; died on 19 Jan 1961 in Brämaregården, Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Stina Emelia HÖGSTEDT. Stina was born in 1923; died on 7 Feb 2008. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]