Henrik Johan LINDSTRÖM

Henrik married Anna Maria NILSDOTTER in 1825. Anna (daughter of Nils Pehrsson and Sara Margareta Olofsdotter) was born in 1803 in Nordmalings, Västerbottens län, Sweden; died on 12 Jun 1889 in Mo, Nordmaling, Västerbottens län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Cathrina. Or Landström.

In the parish marriage records, her father, Bonde Henrik Lindström of Mo was present at the wedding.

The June 30 birthdate is from the Household Examination. A letter from a family member in Sweden gives her birthdate as 5 February 1828. Could not find her in the Nordmalings birth records for either 1828 date. The marriage record does not give birthdates.

Birth:
Sofia Öman says 11 Jun 1828 in Gideå Lemusjö

Sara married Johan LARSSON on 17 Jun 1855 in Nordmalings, Västerbottens län, Sweden. Johan (son of Lars OLOFSSON and Kristina Sofia NYGREN) was born on 19 Jun 1830 in Nordmalings, Västerbottens län, Sweden; died on 10 Oct 1904 in Nordmalings, Västerbottens län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Johan is indicated as having some kind of defect in the census entry for 1870. (There is also something noted for him in the 1863-1872 Household Examination and in the parish death record.) This defect was probably the reason he died young.

Birth:
presumed place of birth ... not listed in 1890 census

Notes:

"Moved out" (off the farm? to Bjurholm?) November 17, 1886. She received a letter from her brother Gust in the U.S. that was dated 1 December 1886 and which he had addressed to Soffia Amanda Larsson, Mo, Nordmaling.

A letter from a family member in Sweden gives her last name as Ulander.

She probably died from complications of childbirth.

Birth:
presumed place of birth ... not listed in the 1890 census

Died:
Sofia Öman says she died in Bjurholm Provåker

Family/Spouse: Karl Jonas ULANDER. Karl was born on 19 Apr 1862 in Bjurholm, Västerbottens län, Sweden; died in 1945. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Mo

Died:
Mo

Notes:

Shown with the surname Landström in the 1880-1890 household exam when the family lived in Mo. He is the only family member with that extra surname. Two others have an extra surname: his mother (Lindström) and his brother Henrik August (Berglund).

His 1890 residence: Mjösjö, Västerbotten county.

Apparently inherited the Larsson farm May 1, 1891.

Died:
in Mo as Lars Olov Landström

Lars married Johanna Kristina LÖFGREN on 22 Jun 1893 in Nordmalings, Västerbottens län, Sweden. Johanna was born on 4 Feb 1860; died on 6 Mar 1931 in Nordmalings, Västerbottens län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Seems to have moved away from the family in Mo in 1884 because there is a dated entry for him in the Flyttad column. Nevertheless, there are continuing entries in the household exam annual census portion through 1890.

Shown with the surname Berglund when the family lived in Mo in 1880-1890.

Sold his farm July 31, 1901, and moved to Hyngelsböle and bought a new home. He died as Henrik August Berglund at Hyngelsböle of lung inflammation (probably pneumonia and/or tuberculosis).

Birth:
1890 residence: Mjösjö, Västerbotten county

Henrik married Anna Karolina LINDSTRÖM on 1 Jul 1894 in Nordmalings, Västerbottens län, Sweden. Anna was born on 5 May 1870 in Nordmalings, Västerbottens län, Sweden; died on 16 Aug 1923 in Nordmalings, Västerbottens län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1928-MN-003223
• Occupation: Farmer
• Baptism: 17 Sep 1865, Nordmalings, Västerbottens län, Sweden

Notes:

Gustaf Jacob is how it’s spelled in the födelsbok.

Or Gustave Jacob, the spelling used on his wedding invitation.

A 16 year-old Gustav Landström arrived at Ellis Island on 10 Oct 1881 on the Mosel.

Emigrated to the US from Sweden May 27, 1884, at the age of 18. EmiHamn shows him emigrating 5 Jun 1884, departing Malmö, destination New York. Emigranten Populär shows him leaving Göteborg, destination Duluth, on 8 Jun 1898. Gust was traveling with his sister Johanna. The pair are shown in the St. Albans border crossings as arriving at the port of Quebec on June 22nd aboard the S.S. Lake Superior which had left Liverpool on June 11th.

He apparently spent some time in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, after arriving in the U.S. in the 1880s.

He may be the August Landstrom, laborer, “boarding” at 537 Garfield Avenue in Duluth in that city’s 1890-91 city directory.

In the 1891-1892 Duluth city directory, he is Gustave Landstrum, bridgebuilder for F T Harrington, who boards at 707 Garfield Avenue.

In the 1892-1893 Duluth city directory, he is Gustav J Landstrom, laborer, who boards at 121 Park Avenue.

He is not listed in the 1893-1894 Duluth city directory.

In the 1894-1895 Duluth city directory, he is Gustav J Landstrom, car operator for the Duluth Steam Railway, who rooms at 2531 West 2nd.

He is not listed in the 1895-1896 Duluth city directory. There is, however, in the 1896 Superior city directory, a Gustav Landstrom, laborer, living at 1807 Butler. There is an Adolph Landstrom, carpenter, residing at the same address.

In the 1896-1897 and in the 1897-1898 Duluth city directories, he is Gustav Landstrom, car operator for the Duluth Steam Railway, who rooms at 2609 Huron.

In the 1898-1899 Duluth city directory, he may be the Gustaf Landstrom, laborer, boarding at 2018 West 4th. That is the last Duluth city directory in which he is listed.

Settled in Crow Wing County in 1897. The 1900 census shows Gust as having a mortgage on his land in 1900 but the 1910 census shows that the land is owned free and clear.

“In recounting the early settlers of Deerwood Township, one must also remember G.J. Landstrom and A. Johnson. They purchased railroad land in section 35 on Shirt Lake where they helped each other build log homes and barns. In the 1890s, they returned to Sweden to bring their families to the new land. Mr. Landstrom’s son, Carl, recalled helping his father clear the land of stumps, which were mixed hardwoods with some pine. The Landstrom family farm at one time had one of the highest testing dairy herds [the milk testing high in butterfat content] in Crow Wing County, although their place became known as Landstrom's Berry Farm.”

The Landstrom land consisted apparently of 120 acres of the NW corner (all but the SW corner of the NW corner) of Section 34 on the west end of Shirt Lake in Deerwood township. (The 1913 Crow Wing County plat book says the Landstrom property was in Section 35.)

“The Landstroms were members of the Swedish Baptist Church organized June 1, 1884. In November of 1903, one acre of ground on the south shore of Hamlet Lake was donated by John Heglund and a church was built on this lovely site overlooking the lake. This Hamlet Lake Baptist Church was used for 45 years by the congregation.”

Minnesota death certificate #1928-MN-003223 issued in Crow Wing County for LANDSTROM, GUST JACOB for death date 10/28/1928.

Obituary from the Crosby Courier:

Gust J. Landstrom Passes Away Sunday

Gust J. Landstrom of Deerwood township, passed away at his home on Shirt Lake Sunday, Oct. 28 after suffering from a heart ailment for several months.

Mr. Landstrom was born in Normaldling, Vesterbatten, Sweden, on Oct. 10, 1865. At the age of seventeen years, he came to America, settling in Minnesota near Duluth. In 1898 he came to Deerwood, buying his farmstead at Shirt Lake.

He is survived by his wife, Clara Landstrom, two daughters, Naomi and Mabel, and a son, Carl. One daughter, Helga, passed away in March, 1927.

The funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 31 at 1:00 p.m. from the home and 2:00 p.m. from the Hamlet Lake Baptist church. He is deeply mourned by his family, relatives, and friends.

In the 1900 census, “Gustaf” is 34 (born Sept 1865) shown as living with his 33 year-old sister "Johanna" (born Feb 1867). This must be Katrina Johanna whom we know came over to the US in 1898 (as is confirmed on the census form). She is indicated as having an occupation but the handwriting of the census-taker is illegible. It may be "housekeeper." She is shown as being able to read and write but not able to speak English. Gust emigrated in 1884, Johanna in 1898.

In the 1905 state census, he (as August), 40, and Clara, 26, are carefully entered, and indexed, as Landström. He had been in Minnesota for 17 years and 8 months and in the present enumeration district for 7 years and 1 month. She had been in Minnesota for 3 years and 2 months and in the present enumeration district for 3 years.

In the 1910 census, Gust and Clara are indicated as having been married 6 years at the time of the census-taker's visit on May 2, 3, or 4. This would indicate that they were married between June of 1903 and May of 1904. They immigrated in 1884 and 1902, respectively. Clara's occupation is indicated as "Farm Laborer."

In the May 30, 1912, edition of the Duluth News-Tribune, is an article describing the formation of The Hamlet and Shirt Lake Telephone Company. The officers are Alfred Johnson, president, Alfred W. Heglund, vice-president, F. V. Berglund, secretary, and Gust J. Landstrom, treasurer.

The Landstroms in the 1920 census:

Landstrom, Gustav J., owns property, no mortgage, age 54. Year of immigration looks like 1884. Year of naturalization is illegible. Occupation is farmer, general.

Clara, age 41, year of immigration 1902. Year of naturalization is illegible.

Helga, age 14, attended school.

Nomie J., age 13, attended school.

Mable A., age 10, attended school.

Carl S., age 8, attended school.

The 1930 Census was taken about April 2nd by Arthur Mattson. By this time, Gust had died.

Clara, head, owner, radio set in the household, age 52, widowed, married at age 27. Emigrated in 1902; a naturalized citizen. Occupation is farmer on farm.

Naomi J., daughter, age 23, single {!}. Occupation is teacher in rural school.

Carl E., son, age 18, single. Occupation is laborer on farm.

He died of chronic endocarditis and myocarditis which he had had for 2 years. A complicating factor was senility. His doctor was Baxter A Smith of Crosby. The informant for his death certificate was his wife Clara who didn’t know Gustaf’s mother’s name and thought that Gustaf’s father was named Ole Landstrom.

Birth:
his obit and Mabel’s birthday date book show October 10th

Gustaf married Klara Andersdotter WALLBÄCK on 5 Nov 1904 in Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota. Klara (daughter of Anders JONASSON and Kajsa JANSDOTTER) was born on 19 Jan 1878 in Olsäter, Öfre Ulleruds, Värmlands län, Sweden; died on 18 Nov 1959 in Deerwood Twp, Crow Wing County, Minnesota; was buried on 22 Nov 1959 in Deerwood Scandia Cemetery, Deerwood, Crow Wing County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1942-MN-026739

Notes:

Listed as “Cathrina” in the 1870 Swedish census.

Emigrated to the U.S. on May 18, 1898, at the age of 31. Emigranten Populär shows her brother Gustaf leaving Göteborg, destination Duluth, on 8 Jun 1898. Gust was traveling with his sister Johanna. The pair are shown in the St. Albans border crossings as arriving at the port of Quebec on June 22nd aboard the S.S. Lake Superior which had left Liverpool on June 11th.

Shown as living with her brother Gust at the time of the 1900 census. She is shown as being able to read, write, and speak English.

According to MOMS, she married as Katrina Johanna Lindstrom.

In the 1910 census she had had 3 children, all three still living.

In the 1920 census she was a 52 year-old widow who had come to the U.S. in 1898. She was living with her four children on their farm in Grand Lake Twp.

In the 1930 census she was a 63 year-old widow living with her two younger sons on their farm in Grand Lake Twp, St. Louis County, Minnesota.

In the 1940 census, she lived with her son Albin and his family in Grand Lake Twp.

Her son David/Daniel built a general store in Saginaw that she ran until her death. She is not shown as having any occupation in the 1940 census.

The informant for her death certificate was Albin O. Kohs of Saginaw who had no idea who her parents were. She was the widow of Daniel when she died. She had been in the community for 41 years. She died from heart disease.

The author of her son Albin’s obituary thought that Hannah’s maiden name was Engman.

Birth:
1890 residence: Mjösjö, Västerbotten county

Katrina married Daniel KOHS on 31 Dec 1903 in Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota. Daniel (son of Daniel KOHS and Louisa) was born on 13 Nov 1866 in Germany; died on 31 Jan 1917 in Grand Lake Twp, St. Louis County, Minnesota; was buried on 4 Feb 1917 in Canosia Cemetery, St. Louis County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was a school teacher. She never married. Her husband-to-be died of a heart attack before they could marry.

Lived in Bjurholm.

In a letter to Naomi dated March 3, 1974, she mentions that she lives with Gullan and Stig.

In her visit notes, Naomi says, “Came to Bjurholm in the evening. Had more coffee. Cousin Alma is 85 and lives upstairs in 4 big rooms. She is slightly crippled and deaf.”

Notes:

He and his wife had 6 children, one of whom died at age 14. It’s likely that this is more accurately stated as they had seven children, one of whom died at age 14.

It seems likely from Naomi’s notes that those 6 children may have included sons Rune and Sigurd and daughters Gullan and Doris. Gullan seems to have been the wife of Stig Åberg. The Åbergs seem to have had a daughter Lena and a daughter Margaretta. Naomi’s notes and a letter from Alma show that Gustav’s daughter’s daughter is Margaretta, a teacher and the wife of Mertil Melin.

Birth:
Provåker

Family/Spouse: Selma Johanna Jonasdotter KARLSSON. Selma was born on 21 Feb 1897 in Sävar, Västerbottens län, Sweden; died on 22 Jan 1994 in Umeå, Västerbottens län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Provåker

Died:
Provåker

Notes:

She and Arvid had three sons.

She may be the Ester Edlund who corresponded with Naomi. There was also an Irene Edlund who may be Ester’s daughter or daughter-in-law. Irene’s children are Alexia and Johannes. Irene lives in Vännäs.

In her notes of her visit, Naomi says, “Saw cousin Ester. She is a card.”

Later, a Tuesday, “Went to Vannäs to call Ester. Inger, her son, came and got us too. Had coffee and enjoyed their place. Felt very welcome. Ester is my cousin and is a card. Lives in a home.”

Birth:
Provåker

Family/Spouse: Jonas Arvid EDLUND. Jonas was born on 1 Sep 1893 in Bjurholm, Västerbottens län, Sweden; died in 1970 in Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Supposedly died with his mother one day after birth. According to the death records, he was born and died on the same day and his mother died four days later.

Died:
Provåker

Notes:

“Died” in notes Naomi made.

Family/Spouse: NORBERG. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Purchased farm in May of 1921.

Lived in Mo. Johannes gave Naomi directions to his town. The nearest train station to Lögdeå is Nyåker. Drive up E4 to Västerbotten, Lögdeå is a mile north of the frontier of Västerbotten or 6 miles north of Örnsköldsvik in Västernorrland.

Naomi Landstrom Everson visited with Johannes during her trip to Sweden. The address that she had for him was Johannes Landstrom, 91003 Lögdea.

Died:
per Lars Lindh’s Släkten Lindh tree on Ancestry

Olov married Axelia Emerentia f. LÖFGREN on 22 Jun 1921. Axelia was born on 1 May 1895 in Nordmalings, Västerbottens län, Sweden; died on 19 Oct 1979 in Nordmalings, Västerbottens län, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Thyra. In the death records as Tyra.

Naomi Landstrom Everson visited with Thyra during her visit to Sweden. Naomi had Thyra’s address as Sjuk hemmet, Nordmaling 91001.

Naomi, in the notes for her visit, said, “We went to see Thyra who is in a wing for the aged. She is very rheumatic.” Thyra would have been in her 70’s, only a little older than Naomi. A few days later: “We went to see Thyra. This time she was radiant and we enjoyed the visit.”

Notes:

A Signe Berglund, b. ca 1896 in Sweden, arrived in New York on 17 Jun 1938.

Signe is listed in the Swedish Death Index so she must have died in Sweden.

Notes:

Died:
at Hyngelsböle of consumption

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Birth Cert Checked: Y
• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1905-05684
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1927-MN-003140
• Occupation: Teacher

Notes:

Helga graduated from Crosby-Ironton High School in the class of ‘24 whose commencement services were held on Thursday night, May 29, 1924. Also graduating in that class was Lillian Everson (#50). And graduating from the Crosby-Ironton normal school for teachers in that same commencement program was Eva M. Gustad (#135).

Lillian Everson and Helga knew each other well enough that Lillian wrote the following Christmas greeting to Helga, probably for one of the Christmases between 1924 and 1926: “A Merry Xmas & a happy New Year Mrs. Ske-- pardon me, I mean Helga. Lovingly, Lillian Everson.”

Helga probably also attended, and graduated from, the one-year normal school in Crosby-Ironton High School and would have graduated with the class of 1925, the same class as her sister Naomi’s high school class.

Taught for one year (1925-1926) in school district number 20 near her home. Entered St. Cloud state teachers' college in the fall of 1926 but had to drop out at Christmas time due to her developing heart ailment.

Died of a congenital heart ailment. DeAnn quotes Jackie: “Helga was the eldest, born with a heart condition. Diagnosis was far ahead of treatment. The parents were told that Helga would die of her heart condition in early adulthood. Yet her parents sent her to Normal school to study to be a teacher.”

Minnesota death certificate #1927-MN-003140.

Her birth certificate calls her “Hilga” Landstrom. Her mother’s maiden name is shown as “Walbeck.”

Extensive article and obituary in the Deerwood Enterprise, Friday, March 11, 1927.

Her father Gustaf was the informant for her death certificate. She died of myocarditis, which she had had for 3 months and for which she was treated by Dr. Baxter A Smith of Crosby. The death certificate also said that she had “patent foramen ovale” which she had had since birth.

Buried:
Funeral at home and at the Hamlet Lake Baptist church. Reverend Paulson of Grasston, officiating.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1906-05586
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1986-MN-014799
• Occupation: Teacher
• Social Security Number: 528-38-4627 was issued in Utah before 1951.
• Confirmation: 15 Jun 1958, Immanuel Lutheran Church, Iron Hub, Rabbit Lake Twp, Crow Wing County, Minnesota

Notes:

Naomi was still living at home with Klara and Carl, and shown as single, at the time of the 1930 census in early April. Naomi would have been 6 months pregnant with Ron at that time.

David recalls: “After we moved away from Cedar Lake [in 1943], my mother went back to teaching there. She continued to teach there until 1948 when the WWII vets started coming out of college and the standards for teaching were raised to a four-year degree. She went back to college during the winter quarter of 1950 and accumulated enough credits to get her certificate renewed. She continued to go to summer school every year and eventually got her degree after all of her children had graduated.”

Naomi taught grades 1-8 in District 90, Crow Wing County, in the 1926-27 school year. She then taught grades 1-8 in District 20 for the three years 1927-28 through 1929-30. She then taught grades 1-8 in District 27 in the 1930-31, 1932-33, and 1933-34 school years (she apparently did not teach during the 1931-32 school year). She then resumed teaching grades 1-8 in District 90 for the four school years 1944-45 through 1947-48. After two years of not teaching (part of which was spent attending two semesters at the University of Minnesota in Duluth), she taught grades 1-8 for two years in District 102 in Aitkin County (1950-51 and 1951-52). From the 1952-53 school year through the 1954-55 school year, she taught grades 1-6 in District 34 in Crow Wing County. For the three school years starting in 1955, she taught grades 1-6 in Independent School District 4 in Lawler, Minnesota. For one year only, the 1958-59 school year, she taught grades 1-3 in Tamarack, Minnesota. Finally for the seven school years beginning in 1959 she taught special classes in McGregor, Minnesota. Lawler, Tamarack, and McGregor were all in Independent School District 4 in Aitkin County. She apparently retired in 1966. Over the forty year period between 1926 and 1966, Naomi taught in 27 school years.

Naomi attended elementary school, 1911-1920, in District 20, Crow Wing County. She attended Crosby-Ironton High School and graduated with the class of 1925. She attended the high school training department at Crosby-Ironton in the 1925-26 school year. She attended Duluth State Teachers College in the summer of 1928. Between 1950 and 1960 she took correspondence courses, summer workshops, and summer sessions at the Bemidji and Mankato teachers colleges and at the Duluth and Twin Cities campuses of the U of Minnesota. She received her Bachelor of Science degree (as Naomi Landstrom Everson) from the University of Minnesota in August of 1960.

In his September 13, 1945 letter to his brother Harold, George Everson wrote: “Naomi is teaching school again at the same place.”

Naomi travelled to Sweden in the 1970s and kept up a regular correspondence with her father’s and mother’s Swedish relatives. Naomi “had hopes” of going to Sweden to be an “exchange teacher.”

Funeral at Immanuel Lutheran Church at Iron Hub. Pallbearers Mark Nelson, Paul Everson, Daniel Everson, Scott Everson, David Everson, Timothy Everson, and Michael Everson.

Minnesota Death Cert ID# 1986-MN-014799.

Her birth certificate reads “N. Johanna.” Her mother’s maiden name is shown as “Walbeck.”

In the November 6, 1985, issue of the Aitkin Independent Age, the Iron Hub correspondent, Mrs. Nora Jones, wrote,”Naomi Everson entered St. Joseph’s Hospital in Brainerd last Wednesday. She underwent surgery on Thursday. As I write this Sunday night, Naomi is seriously ill and not up to having company other than family members. Naomi is a friend to many of us and until she is well enough for company we will do best to remember her and her family in our prayers.”

Naomi married Albin EVERSON on 10 Jun 1930 in Crow Wing County, Minnesota. Albin (son of Anders (Andrew) EVERSON and Anna Gustava (Annie) Martinusdatter BYE) was born on 11 Jun 1901 in Crow Wing County, Minnesota; died on 11 Dec 1972 in Crosby, Crow Wing County, Minnesota; was buried on 16 Dec 1972 in Deerwood Scandia Cemetery, Deerwood, Crow Wing County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1909-06029
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1999-MN-028538
• Occupation: Homemaker, Nurse
• Social Security Number: 469-40-2683, issued in Minnesota in 1954
• Baptism: 1958, Immanuel Lutheran Church, Iron Hub, Rabbit Lake Twp, Crow Wing County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 15 Jun 1958, Immanuel Lutheran Church, Iron Hub, Rabbit Lake Twp, Crow Wing County, Minnesota

Notes:

The October 25, 1944, edition of the Brainerd newspaper noted that Mrs. John Everson was re-elected secretary-treasurer of the Deerwood Farm Bureau.

Mabel, her brother Carl, and their mother attended Gladys Bergstrom’s funeral in Duluth in 1946.

In May of 1953, Mabel was elected to the Deerwood school board. She and Kenneth Burns were unopposed. Mabel got 22 out of the 23 votes cast.

She apparently had hip surgery in late 1997 or very early 1998.

Mabel’s obituary, as it appeared in the Crosby-Ironton Courier on Wednesday, October 20th:

Services planned for Mabel Everson, 90

Mabel Amanda Everson, 90, Crosby, died Monday, Oct. 18, 1999, at the Cuyuna Regional Care Center in Crosby.

She was born Jan. 4, 1909 in Deerwood Township to Gustav and Clara (Anderson) Landstrom. She married John E. Everson on January 24, 1929 in Aitkin. They settled on a farm outside of Deerwood and she worked at the Brainerd State Hospital. Upon retirement she received a letter from Gov. Wendell R. Anderson thanking her for many years of service and outstanding employment record.

She is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, William and Edna Everson, Naples, FL, Robert and Cheryl Everson, New Berlin, WI; three daughters and sons-in-law, Elaine and Don Carlson, Bloomington, Joanne and Jack Davis, Hastings, Judy and Jerry Redfield, Shakopee; one brother, Carl Landstrom, Crosby; 13 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, John; one son, John Andrew Everson; and two sisters, Naomi Everson and Helga Landstrom.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Thursday, October 21, 1999 at Salem Lutheran Church, Deerwood, with Rev. Jim Walth officiating. Friends may call one hour before services at the church. Burial will be in Deerwood Scandia Cemetery in Deerwood.

Memorials are preferred to the Alzheimer’s Association or the donor’s choice.

Arrangements are with Koop Funeral Home in Crosby.

[Carl was living in Brainerd at the time of Mabel’s death. Mabel said that she was married in Brainerd, not Aitkin.]

Not listed in the index of Minnesota births.

Minnesota Death Certificate 1999-MN-028538. Mother’s maiden name noted as Anderson.

She graduated from Crosby-Ironton high school on June 3, 1927, as Mabel A. Landstrom. The class celebrated its 50th reunion at the Deerwood Legion Club on July 16, 1977. Mabel was on the committee in charge of arrangements.

From a history of the Miners Hospital in Crosby:

Mabel Landstrom Everson remembers the early Miners Hospital

(a 1972 interview with Maryon Aulie)

"In those days, Dr. Shannon did most of the deliveries of babies. I would get the mothers and the room ready for the delivery. They had their babies right in the same room. There was no delivery room. We would bring a basket in for the baby. After the baby was born, we would take the basket into the X-ray room which we used for a nursery. We would carry the baby in to the mother to nurse but she didn’t keep the baby in the same room with her. The mothers stayed in the hospital eight to ten days. One time, when the nurses were gone on vacation, I was there alone when Dr. Shannon brought in a girl for delivery and I had to help. After the baby was born, Dr. Shannon said, ‘Oh, there’s another one!’ My first time helping with twins.

"We started work at 7:00 am and worked 12 hour shifts, either the day shift or the night shift. I can’t remember too many days off. We took temperatures first thing in the morning - we had a thermometer in a little jar of alcohol - and then we carried breakfast trays. The trays came up from the kitchen on the dumb waiter. Margaret Kellerman was the cook. She lived right there at the hospital with her little boy, Crone. I lived at the hospital too, up on the third floor. I shared a room with Fran Stark and Mabel Hasskamp who was a nurse’s aide too. We got our room and board plus $25 a month. After I had worked there two years, I got raised to $45 a month. But then I quit and got married.

"When you walked in the front of the hospital, Dr. Smith and Dr. Shannon each had an office, one on each side of the hall. There was a roll-top desk in Dr. Smith’s office and some cupboards that held all the medicines and instruments. They had jars of pills and jars of powders; sometime they would mix together the different types of powders into a prescription for a sick child. Dr. Smith kept all the patients’ records on a big spindle on his desk. The walls [of the rooms] were plastered, with hardwood floors. A stairway went up to the second floor where the patients’ rooms and the operating room was. One was a kitchen and two extra patients’ rooms. There was room for about 14 or 15 patients."

Of her own experience as a patient at the age of 12, Everson recalled: "My father just drove me up to the hospital and gave me a quarter and let me off. I went in all by myself and told them I came to get my tonsils out. They were really big ones. That night I got to walk uptown and spend part of my quarter for some peppermints. I almost lost my way coming back to the hospital but everyone trusted that I could take care of myself. The next morning, Dr. Shannon came in and put the ether over my nose and I remember fighting real hard. Then, after I woke up, I vomited and vomited all day. I stayed there two days and two nights. A tonsillectomy cost $15 in those days, including room and board. A baby delivery cost $45, including room and board. If you were a miner or a miner’s child, you didn’t pay anything because it was all in the mining contract. I remember the rivalry between the Miners Hospital and the other hospital on 1st Street called the Cuyuna Range Hospital owned by Drs. Hallenback and Pengilly. They each tried to get the most patients.

"Mabel Hasskamp worked there even after I did. After I got married, Dr. Smith delivered my babies at Miners Hospital. I remember when I had my first baby girl, Mrs. Smith came to see me and brought her little boy, Baxter, along. He (the little boy) wanted to know the baby’s name. He wanted me to name her Elaine. That was his favorite name. He grew up and married an Elaine."

... and from another interview, probably in the same publication:

My thoughts drift back ten years further to the 1920s, to Mabel Landstrom Everson’s account of going to work for Doctors Smith and Shannon right after graduation from high school. "I had what you might call ‘on the job training’ and got broken into working right away. By the second day, they showed me how to mix a hypo with the syringe and the powder and draw up the solution, all the sterile methods used. I worked with the charge nurse who was Lydia Halden from Aitkin and also a nurse named Barbara Friedstrom who used to come from Brainerd for special duty. We worked to take care of five or six patients, gave baths, and helped in the operating room too. They did tonsillectomies and appendectomies and gall bladders in those days. Dr. Shannon gave the anesthesia and Dr. Smith did the tonsillectomies."

Mabel’s Minnesota Practical Nurse License was No. 17728 and was valid through March 15, 1972, and perhaps later.

She made her claim on Social Security on 4 Oct 1973 through the Bemidji field office.

Birth:
“Reported by O. C. Coffin and officially filed in Book B, p. 119”

Died:
died at 5:30 PM

Buried:
Funeral at Salem Lutheran Church, Deerwood. Pallbearers William Everson,Robert Everson, Jerry Everson, David Everson, John Davis, and Donald R. Carlson.

Mabel married John Edwin EVERSON on 24 Jan 1929 in Brainerd, Crow Wing County, Minnesota. John (son of Anders (Andrew) EVERSON and Anna Gustava (Annie) Martinusdatter BYE) was born on 28 Dec 1902 in Deerwood Twp, Crow Wing County, Minnesota; died on 29 Apr 1982 in Deerwood Twp, Crow Wing County, Minnesota; was buried on 1 May 1982 in Deerwood Scandia Cemetery, Deerwood, Crow Wing County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1911-06125
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2001-MN-516567

Notes:

See notes for Gust in which Carl describes clearing land.

Carl had a winter residence in Texas at 2100 S. Bridge Avenue, Weslaco, TX 78596.

According to the 1940 census, Carl’s education ended after 10th grade.

Carl’s Social Security number was issued in California before 1951. His last residence was Naples, Florida, so apparently his nephew Bill was managing Carl’s finances. Bill made distributions from Carl’s estate in 1999.

Buried:
Cremated. Memorial service on this date. His funeral program said that he was to be buried at Scanda Cemetery.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: DC-65226

Notes:

Johann Daniel on his birth certificate.

He was at home in the 1920 census.

In the 1930 census he is probably the David E Kohler, single, 25 years old, born in Minnesota (and both parents also born in Minnesota) who was living in Milwaukee. That David was a laborer in building construction.

He left home and essentially ghosted his family for five years in the early 1930s. “He was never home and he never wrote.” He reappeared in April of 1937, new wife and children in tow, much to the relief of his poor mother.

In the 1940 census, as David Kohler, he and his family and a servant lived at 2972 North Hackett in Milwaukee in a house he owned worth $9000. He was the proprietor of a tavern. He and his wife were high school graduates.

Had a tavern at 732 N Water in Milwaukee in the 1939, 1940, and 1942 city directories. He and his wife Marguerite lived at 2972 N Hackett Avenue.

His SS# was issued in Wisconsin in 1951.

Listed as Dan, of Milwaukee, at the time of his brother Gustaf’s death in 1968. Not listed as a survivor of his brother Albin.

Died as David Kohler.

Died:
as David Kohler

Family/Spouse: Marguerite. Marguerite was born on 19 Sep 1905 in Wisconsin; died on 3 Dec 1973 in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1907-42144

Notes:

She is probably the 24 year-old Minnie Kohs who is a restaurant waitress rooming in Chicago in the 1930 census although that Minnie is claimed to have been born in Illinois.

Minnie Dostis received her Social Security number in Illinois.

In the obit for her husband, Peter J. Dostis, she is referred to as “neé Helmouth.” This was a name she assumed.



Not listed in her brother Gustaf’s obituary. Listed as surviving “sister, Minnie, of New York” in the obituary of her brother Albin.

Minnie Dostis. 100, of Hetcheltown Rd. entered into eternal life on July 14, 2007.  Born in Saginaw, MN on April 4, 1907, she was the daughter of the late Daniel and Johanna Landstrom Kohs.  Minnie grew up in Duluth, MN and spent most of her life in Cook County (Chicago Ill) where she was married to Robert Klein until his passing in 1968. {?sic} Later she was married to Peter J. Dostis.

A devoted housewife/homemaker, she was always conscientious of health and nutrition.  Minnie was a great cook and enjoyed baking. She was an avid reader of poetry and religiously took brisk walks. At the age of 92 she made a point of climbing over three flights of stairs each day. Minnie resided in Pleasantville, NY from 1976-79 then moved north to the Capital District. She was fond of her centurion status and her many friends at Glendale Home. Surely she will be missed.

Minnie was predeceased by her three brothers.
 
Survivors include two daughters, Marian Kroon and her husband Eugene of Roselle, IL and J. Maria Dostis of Rexford, NY.; grandchildren, Steven E. Kroon (Christine) of Schererville, IN, Sharon Devo of Illinois and Chara Vlamis Burnett and husband G. Keith Burnett Jr. of Palo Alto, CA; great grandchildren, Andrew and Joel and Taylor Kroon, Ian and Ryan Devo and Skylar Burnett.
 
Graveside committal services will be held at Elmwood Cemetery Chicago at the convenience of the family.  There will be no calling hours.

Remembrances may be made in Minnie Dostis' name to Activities Department c/o Glendale Home 59 Hetcheltown Rd. Glenville, NY 12302.

Birth:
perhaps born in Duluth although Daniel and “Cathrina” were already in Grand Lake in the 1905 state census

Died:
SSDI last residence

Family/Spouse: Robert KLEIN. Robert died in 1968. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Wilhelmina married Peter John DOSTIS on 15 May 1941 in Cook County, Illinois. Peter was born on 17 Apr 1902; died on 27 Jul 1968 in Cook County, Illinois; was buried in Elmwood. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1908-34053

Notes:

Gustaf on his birth certificate. Gustaf in his obituary. Called Albert by some in the family.

He was not mentioned in his mother’s 1937 letter to his cousin Alma in Sweden.

He was Gustaf A Kohs when he registered for the draft in October of 1940. At that time he was married to Emma May, was a farmer, and lived at Rt 1, Box 64A, Saginaw, St. Louis County, Minnesota.

In the 1943 Duluth city directory, he and Emma lived at 336 N 58th Ave W. He was a laborer for the DM&IR Ore Docks.

In the 1948 city directory, he and Emma lived at 12 N 56th Ave W. He was a laborer for Minnesota Power.

In the 1952 city directory, he and Emma lived at 4508 Grand Ave. He was a watchman for Berwind Fuel.

In the 1960 city directory, he and Emma lived at 6603 Polk. He was still a watchman for Berwind Fuel.

His obituary was published on p. 06:6 of the June 15, 1968, edition of the Duluth News-Tribune:

Gustaf Albert Kohs, 59, of 319 N. 51st Avenue W., died Thursday in a Duluth hospital. He was a life-long resident of Duluth and a former employee of the Berwind Coal Co. He was a member of the Church of God. Surviving him are his wife, Emma; two brothers, Dan, of Milwaukee, and Albin, Saginaw, and several nieces and nephews.

Birth:
St. Mary’s Hospital. Find A Grave has his birth date, quite erroneously, as 31 Oct 1938. It also calls his mother Hannah Engman.

Gustaf married Emma Mae HICKS in 1940. Emma (daughter of Eugene Charles HICKS and Wilhelmina A SANDEN) was born on 15 Jul 1909 in North Dakota; died on 30 Jan 1983 in St. Louis County, Minnesota; was buried in Oneota Cemetery, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1910-33711
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2000-MN-025711

Notes:

His mother’s maiden name is shown erroneously as Engman on his death certificate. It is Landstrom on his birth certificate.

In the 1940 census, he and his wife and children and his mother live in Grand Lake Twp in the same house in which he and his mother had lived in 1935. He is a farm laborer.

His obituary was published on p. B05 of the August 31, 2000, edition of the Duluth News-Tribune:

Albin O. Kohs, 90, of Seville Road, Saginaw, died Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2000, in St. Mary’s Medical Center.

He was born April 23, 1910, in Saginaw to Augus and Hannah (Engman) Kohs. He was a lifelong Saginaw resident and had been an employee of Duluth Winnipeg and Pacific Railway Company for 45 years, retiring Jan. 8, 1975. He married Edna M. Forsell 64 years ago in Duluth.

Albin loved his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, and dancing, and watching baseball and boxing.

He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers.

Survivors include his wife, Edna; two sons, Kenneth (Betty) of Saginaw and Lyle (Barbara) of Bozeman, Mont.; two daughters, Janet (Bob) Willeck and Gloria (Chester) Hanson, both of Saginaw; a sister, Minnie, of New York; 11 grandchildren; and 16 great-granchildren.

Burial in Sunrise Memorial Park. Arrangements by Bell Brothers Funeral Directors - Bell Brothers Chapel, 601 N. 56th Avenue W.

In the notes for one of her Swedish visits, Naomi writes, “Got some letters from Alma for Albin Kohs. They were written by his mother to Alma in 37-38.”

One of his nieces remembers Albin as a big guy who spoke with a Swedish accent.

Birth:
at St. Mary’s Hospital

Albin married Edna Marie FORSELL in 1936 in Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota. Edna was born on 23 Jan 1911 in Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota; died on 9 Apr 2007 in St. Louis County, Minnesota; was buried in Sunrise Memorial Park, Hermantown, St. Louis County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]