Erick Erickson – Erickson Outline

Overview

Erick Erickson was born in Norway in 1830 and immigrated to America with his family, wife Anne and daughters Elise and Anne (or Anna) in 1868. They settled first in Carver County, Minnesota, before moving to a homestead in Lake Mary Township, Douglas County, just north of the Pope County line, where he farmed the land with his son John. Erick lived on that farm until sometime between 1905 and 1910. It was around that time that John and his family moved to North Dakota. By 1910, blind and widowed, he moved in with his daughter Anne and her family at their home in Minneapolis, where he lived until his death in 1919.

Obituary

Eric Erickson, Douglas County Pioneer, Passes Away Aged 89 Years

Eric Erickson, father of Mrs. J. A. Myhre of Sauk Centre, died at the home of a daughter, Mrs. J. G. Lobaas, 3021 30th Ave. S., Minneapolis, Monday, April 28, 1919. The funeral was held from the Bostrom Undertaking Parlors, 3008 27th Ave. S., Tuesday at 4:30 p. m., and from the residence of Peter Johnson, Lowrey, Pope county, Wednesday, April 30, Rev. Dahle, pastor of the Norwegian Luth. church officiating.

The deceased was quite well known in Sauk Centre, having lived with his daughter, Mrs. Myhre, a good share of the time since the death of his wife 18 years ago. He was born in Norway April 1, 1830, and came to America in 1869, locating first in Carver county, Minnesota. Four years later he removed to Douglas county, where he resided upon a farm until the death of his wife.

There are four children left to mourn this venerable patriarch: Mrs. J. A. Myhre, Sauk Centre; Mrs. J. G. Lobaas, Minneapolis; John Erickson, Powers, N. D., and Mrs. Emma Nordby, Wildwood, Minn. All of the children except the latter attended the funeral. He was buried beside the remains of his wife in the Lowery Norwegian Lutheran cemetery.

From The Sauk Centre Herald, May 8, 1919, p. 1

Timeline

1830: born in Grue, Norway
1860: married Anne Danielsdatter
1868: immigrated to the United States
1870: lived in Town of San Francisco, Carver County, Minnesota, 1870 US Census
1872/1873: moved to Douglas County, MN
1875: lived in Lake Mary Township, 1875 MN Census
1880: lived in Lake Mary Township, 1880 US Census
1885: lived in Lake Mary Township, 1885 MN Census
1895: lived in Lake Mary Township, 1895 MN Census
1900: lived in Lake Mary Township, 1900 US Census
1900: wife Anne died in Lake Mary Township, aged 64
1905: lived in Lake Mary Township, 1905 MN Census
1910: lived in Minneapolis Ward 12 with daughter Anne and her family, 1910 US Census
1919: died at home of daughter Anne, aged 88

Parents

Erik Olsen and Eli Poulsdatter

Spouse

Anne Danielsdatter (1836–1900), daughter of Daniel Danielsen and Gjertrud Henriksdtr
m. 1860 in Norway

Children

Elise (1860–1943), b. Norway, m. John A. Myhre (1859–1949)
Anne (1862–1942), b. Norway, m. Joseph G. Lovaas (1862–1923)
Karen (b. 1864), b. Norway, died young
Johannes (b. 1866), b. Norway, died young
John E. (1872–1936), b. Minnesota, m. Marie (Mary) H. Evjen (1873–1931)
Emma (1876–1950), b. Minnesota, m. Halvor P. Nordby (1866–1937)

Census Records

1870 United States Federal Census

Town of San Francisco, County of Carver, Minnesota – June 27, 1870
Page No. 5, Lines 15–18
Eriksson (Erikssen?) family, Dwelling No. 29, Family No. 33

Name	Age	Occupation	Birthplace	School	Can read	Can write
Erik	35	labor	Norway	no	yes	no
Anna	30	keeping house	Norway	no	yes	no
Erika (?)	10	home labor	Norway	yes	yes	no
Anna	8	home labor	Norway	yes	yes	yes

1875 Minnesota State Census

Town of Lake Mary, County of Douglas, Minnesota – May 1, 1875
Page No. 518, Lines 34–38
Erickson family, Family No. 29

Name	Age	Birthplace	Father's birthplace	Mother's birthplace
Erick	44	Norway	Norway	Norway
Annie	38	Norway	Norway	Norway
Eliza	14	Norway	Norway	Norway
Anne	13	Norway	Norway	Norway
John	2	Minnesota	Norway	Norway

1880 United States Federal Census

Lake Mary, County of Douglas, Minnesota – June 22, 1880
Supervisor's Dist. No. 2, Enumeration Dist. No. 13
Page No. 14, Lines 9–12
Erickson family, Dwelling No. 82, Family No. 83

Name	Age	Relationship	Occupation	School	Birthplace	Father's birthplace	Mother's birthplace
Erick	50	head	farmer	no	Norway	Norway	Norway
Annie	43	wife	keeping house	no	Norway	Norway	Norway
John	7	son		yes	Minnesota	Norway	Norway
Emma	4	daughter		no	Minnesota	Norway	Norway

1885 Minnesota State Census

Lake Mary, County of Douglas, Minnesota – May 25, 1885
Page. No. 10, Lines 7–10
Erickson family, Family No. 69

Name	Age	Birthplace
Erick	55	Norway
Anna	48	Norway
John	12	Minnesota
Emma	8	Minnesota

1895 Minnesota State Census

Township of Lake Mary, County of Douglas, Minnesota – June 17–18, 1895
Page No. 3, Schedule 8, Lines 5–8
Erickson family, Family No. 15 (?)

Name	Age	Birthplace	Time in state	Time in district	Occupation	Months employed
Erick	65	Norway	27 yrs. 0 mos.	23 yrs. 0 mos.	farmer	10
Annie	58	Norway
John	22	Minnesota	22 yrs. 10 mos.	22 yrs. 10 mos.	farmhand	10
Emma	19	Minnesota

1900 United States Federal Census

Lake Mary Township, Douglas County, Minnesota – June 15, 1900
Supervisor's District No. 7, Enumeration District No. 40
Sheet No. 6, Page A, Lines 29–30
Erickson family, Dwelling No. 104, Family No. 106

Name	Relationship	Birth month and year	Age	Marital status	Years married	Children born/living	Birthplace	Father's birthplace	Mother's birthplace	Immigration year	Years in US	Naturalized	Occupation	Can read	Can write	Can speak English	Owned or rented	Free or mortgaged	Farm or house
Erick	head	April 1830	70	married	41		Norway	Norway	Norway	1868	32	yes	landlord	yes	yes	yes	owned	free	farm
Anna	wife	April 1837	63	married	41	6/4	Norway	Norway	Norway	1868	32			yes	no	yes

1905 Minnesota State Census

Township of Lake Mary, County of Douglas, Minnesota – June 9–13, 1905
Enumeration District No. 18
Schedule Sheet No. 14, Lines 78–80 and Sheet No. 15, Lines 1–4
Erickson family, Rural Free Delivery (R.F.D.) No. 2

Name	Age	Birthplace	Father's birthplace	Mother's birthplace	Time in state	Time in district	Occupation
Erick L.	75	Norway	Norway	Norway	37 yrs. 0 mos.	33 yrs. 1 mo.	farmer
John E.	32	Minnesota	Norway	Norway	32 yrs. 9 mos.	32 yrs. 9 mos.	farmer
Mary H.	31	Minnesota	Norway	Norway	31 yrs. 7 mos.	12 yrs. 0 mos.
Ernest M.	7	Minnesota	Minnesota	Minnesota	7 yrs. 5 mos.	7 yrs. 5 mos.	school
Dewey H.	5	Minnesota	Minnesota	Minnesota	5 yrs. 6 mos.	5 yrs. 6 mos.
Olga A.	4	Minnesota	Minnesota	Minnesota	4 yrs. 0 mos.	4 yrs. 0 mos.
Ellen M.	1	Minnesota	Minnesota	Minnesota	1 yrs. 3 mos.	1 yrs. 3 mos.

1910 United States Federal Census

City of Minneapolis, 12th Ward, County of Hennepin, Minnesota – April 21, 1910
Supervisor's District No. 5, Enumeration District No. 195
Sheet No. 7B, Lines 70–79
Lovaas family, 3021 30th Ave., Dwelling No. 161, Family No. 186

Name	Relationship	Age	Marital status	Years married	Children born/living	Birthplace	Father's birthplace	Mother's birthplace	Year of immigration	Naturalized	Occupation	Industry	Employment nature	Can read	Can write	School	Owned or rented	Free or mortgaged	Farm or house	Blind
Joseph G.	head	49	married	27		Born at sea	Norway	Norway	1861	yes	cabinetmaker	own shop	own account	yes	yes	no	owned	free	house
Anna	wife	47	married	27	10/7	Norway	Norway	Norway	1870		none			yes	yes	no
Edward	son	26	single			Minnesota	Norway	Norway			commercial traveler	groceries	employee	yes	yes	no
Minda E.	daughter	24	single			Minnesota	Norway	Norway			teacher	public school	employee	yes	yes	no
Jennie C.	daughter	23	single			Minnesota	Norway	Norway			teacher	public school	employee	yes	yes	no
Albin	son	18	single			Minnesota	Norway	Norway			none			yes	yes	yes
Robert J.	son	15	single			Minnesota	Norway	Norway			none			yes	yes	yes
Melvin L.	son	11	single			Minnesota	Norway	Norway			none			yes	yes	yes
William C.	son	9	single			Minnesota	Norway	Norway			none			no	no	yes
Erick Erickson	father-in-law	80	widowed			Norway	Norway	Norway	1868	yes	none			yes	yes	no				yes

Erick Erickson (1830–1919)