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Erik SVIEN

Male 1869 - 1947  (77 years)


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  • Name Erik SVIEN 
    Birth Dec 1869  Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 14 Jul 1947  Goodhue County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 19 Jul 1947  Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • In the 1895 census, he and his wife Anna, 26, lived in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota, very near the Henry Sviens (on one side) and his mother and siblings (on the other).

      Listed as a widower, living with his mother and siblings, in the 1900 census.

      In the 1910 census, he is a farmer in Lien Twp, Grant County, Minnesota, living with his wife Lovise J., 26, and their children Johny E., 5, and Edward, 2. The couple had been married for 6 years.

      In the 1920 census, he is a drayman living with his family in the village of Dennison in Goodhue County.

      In the 1930 census, he was a 60 year-old widower in Warsaw Twp living with his children Edward, 22, Beatrice M., 15, and Vernon L., 10.

      His obituary was in the Faribault Daily News:

      Funeral services were conducted Saturday, July 19, at the Vang Church east of Dennison for Erick Svien who passed away at the Mineral Springs Sanatorium, July 15, at the age of 78 years. The Reverend Adolph Egge officiated. Pallbearers were: Clarence, John and Bernard Svien, Iver and Erick Ellingboe and Melvin Kasa. Mrs. Adolph Egge sang two songs at the service. Interment was at the Vang cemetery. Erick Svien was born in Warsaw township on Nov. 20, 1869. He was the son of the late John and Betsy Svien, pioneer residents of the community. On December 15, 1921, he was united in marriage to Lavina Johnson, also of this neighborhood. To them were born four children: John of Farmington, Mrs. Ed Kimbrel (Beatrice) of St. Paul, Vernon of St. Peter and Edward of Cannon Falls. He is also survived by one sister, Mrs. Anna Tasa and three grandchildren. Mr. Svien spent his whole life in this community and leaves a large number of friends.
    Person ID I8579  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 15 Sep 2008 

    Father Johannes J (John) SVIEN,   b. 10 Aug 1844, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 May 1889, Goodhue County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years) 
    Mother Beret Eiriksdatter KASA,   b. 18 Jun 1846, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jul 1908, Goodhue County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Family ID F5215  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Anne Sophie TASA,   b. 23 Sep 1868   d. 8 Nov 1896, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years) 
    Family ID F6457  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Lovina JOHNSON,   b. Abt 1884, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Feb 1929, Goodhue County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1904 
    Children 
     1. John SVIEN,   b. 30 Jul 1905, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jan 1960, Rice County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)
     2. Edward SVIEN,   b. 24 Dec 1907, Goodhue County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Dec 1948, Goodhue County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)
     3. Beatrice SVIEN,   b. 29 Nov 1914, Goodhue County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Nov 1970, Ramsey County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
     4. Vernon Leroy E SVIEN,   b. 1 Jan 1920, Goodhue County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Mar 1982, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    Family ID F10314  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Sep 2008