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Lester Geo TONSAGER

Male 1909 - 1945  (35 years)


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  • Name Lester Geo TONSAGER 
    Birth 7 Oct 1909  Scott County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    MN Death Cert Checked
    Minnesota Birth Certificate 1909-26409 
    Minnesota Death Certificate 1945-MN-004645 
    Occupation Railroad Worker 
    Death 5 Jun 1945  Goodhue County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial West Christiania Lutheran Cemetery, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Middle name of Geo shown on his birth certificate.

      He is a farmer living in Lakeville at the time of Audrey’s birth.

      Living at 301 North Plum in Northfield in 1939. Shown as a laborer for the C M St. P and P Railroad.

      According to his death certificate, Lester was a railroad worker who lived at 300 North Plum in Northfield. He spent the last 4 months of his life at the Mineral Springs Sanatarium in Cannon Falls where he died from tuberculosis. His wife was Ruby, age 28.

      “NFD. 07-14/Jun/1945” (This indicates that his obituary was in the Northfield News’s June 7, 1945, and June 14, 1945, editions.)
    Person ID I278  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 5 Jul 2010 

    Father George P TONSAGER,   b. 30 Sep 1878, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Sep 1972, Rice County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years) 
    Mother Thea A ELLINGBOE,   b. 17 Jun 1878, Ås, Vestre Toten, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Feb 1954, Scott County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 16 Nov 1904  East Christiania Lutheran Church, Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F197  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Alice Emma CHRISTENSEN,   b. 6 Jun 1915, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Aug 1933, Dakota County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 18 years) 
    Marriage 19 Nov 1931  Dakota County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Robert Lester TONSAGER,   b. 3 Nov 1931, Dakota County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Sep 1954, Scott County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 22 years)
     2. Audrey Joan TONSAGER,   b. 22 Jul 1933, Farmington, Dakota County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jan 2006, Gaithersburg, Montgomery County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    Family ID F205  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Jan 2010 

    Family 2 Ruby Gladys FREDRICKSON,   b. 14 Jul 1916, Scott County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Aug 1953, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years) 
    Marriage 6 Aug 1937  Scott County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • their marriage was noted in the 13 August 1937 edition of the Northfield News
    Children 
     1. Shirley Ann TONSAGER,   b. 12 May 1938, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Sep 2009, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     2. Laverne Darrell TONSAGER,   b. 19 Jul 1940, Rice County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Oct 2017, Rice County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F958  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Jan 2010