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John Herbert TOLLEFSON

Male 1889 - 1979  (90 years)

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  • Name John Herbert TOLLEFSON 
    Birth 9 Apr 1889  Norway Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • The date on his draft registration.
    Gender Male 
    Death 15 May 1979  Wright County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • He registered for the draft as John Hagbart Tollefson in Deerwood Twp on June 5, 1917. At that time he was single and working on his father’s farm. He was tall and of medium build with blue eyes and dark brown hair.

      He was an auto mechanic for an automobile company in the 1930 census. He had come to the U.S. in 1900.

      In the 1931 Minneapolis city directory, the last one with an entry for him, he and his wife Josephine (who may be Gyda) live at 4409 17th Avenue S. John works for North Side Motor Company.

      He doesn’t seem to be living in Minnesota at the time of the 1940 census.
    Person ID I18275  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 25 May 2015 

    Family Gyda Josephine RASMUSSEN,   b. 7 Jul 1896, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Oct 1975, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 18 Jun 1921  Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • As John Herbert Tollefson and Gyda J Rasmussen.
    Family ID F5985  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 May 2013