Daniel ERICKSON

1854 - 1910  (55 years)

• Name	Daniel ERICKSON
  Birth	17 Aug 1854	Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden
  	Wikadyn #36 according to the birth record. An erroneous August 11th or August 14th date appears in some sources, probably because a seven can look like a one or a four.
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	18 Aug 1854	Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden
  MN Death Cert Checked	Y
  Minnesota Death Certificate	1910-MN-000189
  Occupation	Mason, Farmer
  Death	13 Feb 1910	St. Francis, Anoka County, Minnesota
  Burial	15 Feb 1910	Oak Leaf Cemetery, Bethel, Anoka County, Minnesota
  	Lot 2, Blk 11, Sec 2
  Notes	Greg Loftness’s family tree on Ancestry calls Daniel “Mårs Daniel Erickson,” born on or in Mårs in Rättvik. The marriage record for Daniel and Brita in Rättvik church book shows that Daniel was born in Wikarbyn 46 and Britta was born in Oja 5. In Bess’s birth record, Daniel’s birth place is Vikarbyn. The parish record for Rättvik, Kopparberg, Sweden, shows that Daniel and Brita emigrated to the U.S. with one child, Brita. Daniel Erickson is shown as having been born August 11, 1854, his wife Brita Jonsdatter is shown as having been born March 25, 1857, and their daughter Brita is shown as having been born September 12, 1877. An accompanying parenthetical comment that is hard to read suggests that the family actually left the parish in 1883. This is further suggested by the fact that their entry in the parish’s 1884 emigration log does not have a date. The family’s residence is given as Wikarbyn 55. Their folio number in the förhörsboken is 276/2. In the 1878-1887 Household Examination (at 276 in Vol. 2), the family’s entry contains the note that the family left for Minnesota in N. Amerika. The note seems to indicate that although the household examination says 1884, the out-migration record says 1883. Nevertheless, the last entry for Daniel in the household examination is in 1880. Column 1881 is empty and the column for 1882 says, simply, “i Amerika.” Brita, on the other hand, has full entries for 1881 and 1882. This suggests that Daniel may have emigrated up to two years before Brita and Bess. The 1900 U.S. census shows 1882 as the arrival date for Erik and Betsey. EmiHamn has a Daniel Eriksson, b. ca 1855, leaving Grangärde, Dalarna Län, bound for New York, on 16 Jul 1880. The 1881 Minneapolis city directory includes a Daniel Erickson, laborer, living at 29 20th Ave S. The 1882 Minneapolis city directory records a Daniel Erickson, stone mason, with his business (and perhaps his residence) at 1825 3½ Avenue S. The 1884 Minneapolis city directory has Daniel Erickson, bricklayer, residing at 2009 22nd Ave S and a Daniel Erickson, mason, residing at 2009 Franklin Ave S. In the 1885 state census, he is probably the “D Erickson” living in Minneapolis (no age given but born in Sweden) with “K Erickson”, age 28, born in Sweden, and “Betsy” Erickson, age 7, born in Sweden. The household includes a 28 year-old male, B. J. Johnson. The census-taker was not Swedish. The 1885-86 Minneapolis city directory records a Daniel Erickson, bricklayer, residing at 237 14th Avenue S. The 1887 Minneapolis city directory records a D. Erickson, bricklayer, residing at 821 28th Ave. S. The 1888 Minneapolis city directory records a Daniel Erickson, bricklayer for B Aronson, living at 821 28th Avenue S. The 1890 Minneapolis city directory records a Daniel Erickson, “mason” living at 2700 East Franklin Avenue. The 1892-93 directory records a Daniel Erickson, bricklayer, at 2700 Franklin Avenue. The 1894-1895 and 1895-1896 directories record Daniel, bricklayer, at 1923 Washington Avenue S. In the 1897 Minneapolis city directory, he is Daniel Erickson, bricklayer, living at the rear of 1416 S 3rd. Daniel was a bricklayer who worked on the construction of the courthouse in Minneapolis. Construction of the Minneapolis City Hall/Municipal Building began in 1888 and continued through 1906. All of the Erickson family records were destroyed in a fire. In the 1895 Minnesota state census, the family is still in Minneapolis, apparently at 1923 Washington Avenue. The household is Daniel, 40, Betsy, 38, Erick, 8, and Daniel W., 6 months. The family had been in Minneapolis for 13 years. Daniel was a brick mason and had been employed for only 4 months the previous year. In the 1900 census, Daniel and family were living on a farm they owned in the town of St. Francis, Anoka County. The family is listed as Daniel, 45 (born Aug 1854), Betsy, 43 (born March 1857), Erick, 13 (born October 1886), William, 5 (born December 1894), and John, 1 (born May 1899). Betsy had had four children, all still living. Daniel and Betsy had emigrated from Sweden in 1882. Daniel and Betsy had been married 24 years. Betsy is shown as being unable to read or write or to speak English. Daniel was able to do all three. In the 1905 state census, Daniel and family were living in St. Francis, Anoka County, with a postal address of RFD #3. The family before him on the census form was the Charley and Augusta Youngquist family. One of the families listed not too many lines down was Wiese. Daniel’s family consisted of Daniel, 51, a bricklayer, Bitta, 48, Eric, 18, William, 10, and John, 6. They had been in the present enumeration district for 6 years. He died from pleuro pneumonia (which he’d had for 7 days) complicated by heart disease and cirrhosis of the liver. Cora said Daniel was a drinker. Judy said he was not. Cora also said that Daniel’s death was precipitated by a fall down his stairs.
  Person ID	I29	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	23 Aug 2019

  
  

  Father	Eric ERICSSON,   b. 19 Aug 1819, Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden d. Unknown
  Mother	Brita Hansdotter BEYER,   b. 14 Dec 1818, Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden d. 3 Aug 1906, Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	26 Dec 1841	Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden
  Family ID	F3038	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Brita (Betsy) JONSDOTTER (JOHNSON),   b. 25 Mar 1857, Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden d. 31 May 1921, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	28 Nov 1875	Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden
  	As Daniel Ersson and Brita Jonsdotter. The entry for Bess’s birth record erroneously shows 22 Nov.
  Children	1. Brita (Bessie) ERICKSON,   b. 12 Sep 1877, Rättvik, Dalarnas län, Sweden d. 22 Feb 1965, Hopkins, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 87 years)   2. Erick Godfrey ERICKSON,   b. 18 Oct 1886, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 27 Jan 1957, University Hospital, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 70 years)   3. Daniel William ERICKSON,   b. 1893, Minnesota d. 13 Jul 1893, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 0 years)   4. Daniel William (Bill) ERICKSON,   b. 21 Dec 1894, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 17 Jan 1972, Ramsey County, Minnesota (Age 77 years)   5. John W ERICKSON,   b. 10 May 1899, St. Francis, Anoka County, Minnesota d. 13 Apr 1979, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 79 years)   6. May (Mayme) ERICKSON,   b. 27 Sep 1900, St. Francis, Anoka County, Minnesota d. 13 Mar 1995, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota (Age 94 years)
  Family ID	F21	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2011