Elmer Skonning SORENSON

1895 - 1972  (76 years)

• Name	Elmer Skonning SORENSON
  Birth	26 Jul 1895	Moody County, South Dakota
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Farmer
  Social Security Number	503-42-9736 issued in SD in 1955
  Death	29 Mar 1972	Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota
  Burial	Colman Cemetery, Colman Twp, Moody County, South Dakota
  Notes	Elmer’s parents were born in Denmark. Elmer was a veteran of the first World War. He showed his birthyear as 1896 on his draft registration form. He registered on June 5, 1917 in Colman Township, Moody County, S.D. He as shown as of medium height and build with light brown hair and light blue eyes. He is married and offers as a reason to be exempt from the draft that he has a wife to support. The family was living in Fremont Twp, Moody County, in the 1920 census. The family consisted of Elmer, 24, Agnes, 20, Daniel, 3 months, Eric Johnson, 82, father-in-law, and Herman Niederist, 24, hired man. In the 1940 census, the family lived in Lynn Twp in the same house in which they had lived in 1935. Elmer had a seventh-grade education, Agnes an eighth-grade education, Donald had one year of college, and Lorell had finished high school. In the 1945 state census, he lived in Lynn Twp, Moody County. He had an eighth-grade education, owned his farm, and married Agnes Holm in 1916.
  Person ID	I1491	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2018

  
  

  Father	Soren Kristian SORENSON,   b. 12 Sep 1857, Denmark d. 19 Jun 1947, Moody County, South Dakota (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Maren Katrina BOHL,   b. Nov 1862, Denmark d. 24 Nov 1907, Moody County, South Dakota (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1880
  Family ID	F3279	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Agnes HOLM,   b. 10 Aug 1899, South Dakota d. 26 Mar 1994, Colman, Moody County, South Dakota (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	2 Dec 1916	Minnehaha County, South Dakota
  	married by a county judge in Sioux Falls
  Children	1. Donald L SORENSEN,   b. 11 Oct 1919, Lynn, Moody County, South Dakota d. 17 Nov 1993 (Age 74 years)   2. Lorell L SORENSEN,   b. 19 Jul 1921, Lynn, Moody County, South Dakota d. 14 Feb 2005, Brookings, Brookings County, South Dakota (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F1598	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2012