Marvin Bernard ORFALD

1897 - 1948  (51 years)

• Name	Marvin Bernard ORFALD
  Birth	3 Apr 1897	Minnesota
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	9 May 1897	Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota
  	Immanuel
  Occupation	Laborer, iron mine; salesman
  Death	14 Jul 1948	Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
  Burial	Lakeside Cemetery, Biwabik, St. Louis County, Minnesota
  Notes	He is included in the 1912 Hibbing city directory which includes Biwabik. He was a lander at the Ruddy Mine. In the 1917 Virginia city directory, which includes Biwabik, he is a motorman boarding at his father’s. An August 3, 1922, article in the Ironwood, Michigan, Daily Globe newspaper describes Marvin Orfald, “First Aid man,” as being in charge of a traveling U.S. Bureau of Mines railroad car which travels to various mining locations and provides instruction on safety apparatus. Not living with his parents in 1930. Apparently living with his wife Rose on East Third Street in Duluth at the time of the census. Marvin is shown as 31, which is younger than implied by the 1920 census. His wife Rose is shown as 25. They were married at the ages of 26 and 19, respectively. Marvin and Rose are renting, at $50/month, and they have a radio. They have no children. Rose was born in Illinois and her parents were born in Germany. Marvin is a salesman in the safety equipment industry and he is a veteran of the World War. In the 1932 Pittsburgh city directory, he is Marvin B Orfald, a “ctywkr” for the Mine Safety Appliances Co. In the 1940 census, he (indexed as Mawin Orfold) and Rose live in White Plains, Westchester County, New York. Five years earlier, they had lived in Chicago. He is a safety inspector for a tunnel construction company. Not listed in the draft registration for WWI.
  Person ID	I1310	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2016

  
  

  Father	Johannes (John) Berntson ORFALD,   b. 1 Aug 1866, Inderøy, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway d. 23 May 1947, Biwabik, St. Louis County, Minnesota (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Marie Othelie Martinusdatter BYE,   b. 27 Apr 1873, Stiklestad, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway d. 19 Jun 1966, Virginia, St. Louis County, Minnesota (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	3 Apr 1893	Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota
  Family ID	F103	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rose SCHROETER,   b. 28 Oct 1904, Illinois d. 18 Sep 1969, Los Angeles County, California (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1924
  Family ID	F950	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Nov 2009