Lauri Anne Weltzin

Lauri married Kenneth Joseph Scott [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Jylian Rabeka Weltzin Scott

Ronald married Dianne Lea Aanestad [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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!STATUS: 1989 CAP
SO: Son, Ron Weltzin
!EDUCATION: University of Iowa, Masters Degree.
MILITARY: Served in World War I at the age of 15.
OCCUPATION: School teacher, principal, supt. of schools in Warren,
Minnesota, then worked for Minnesota State Department of Education.
Elmer retired as State Director of Education for Minnesota.
RELIGION: Lutheran.
MARRIAGE: Elmer and Mildred were married by Rev. Cornelius W. Aanestad-64.
DEATH: Midway Hospital.
CEMETERY: Sunset Memorial Park.

Elmer married Mildred Geneva Anderson on 20 Jun 1928 in Twin Valley, Norman, Minnesota, United States. Mildred (daughter of Frank August Anderson and Maria Bertina Jensen) was born on 12 Jan 1907 in Williston, Williams, North Dakota, United States; died on 4 Apr 1981 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States; was buried in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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!BIRTH: At home.
EDUCATION: Morehead Teachers College (Normal Training).
RELIGION: Lutheran.
OCCUPATION: School teacher, homemaker. She owned and operated St. Anthony
Park Pre-School, St. Anthony Park, St. Paul, Minnesota.
DEATH: Northwestern Hospital.
CEMETERY: Sunset Memorial Park.

Sylfest married Eleanor Lou Magnuson Eleanor (daughter of Earl Axel Magnuson and Bertha Violet House) was born on 20 Jun 1912 in Pipestone, Pipestone, Minnesota, United States; was christened in 1935 in Devils Lake, Ramsey, North Dakota, United States; died on 1 Apr 1988 in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States; was buried on 5 Apr 1988 in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

STATUS: JUL 89 CAP:
SO: IDS.
!BAPTISM: St. Olaf Lutheran Church.
DEATH: Died in Cottage Hospital.
BURIAL: Santa Barbara Cemetery.
EDUCATION: Minot State Teachers College, 1930-1931.
RELIGION: Lutheran.
NOTES: Worked for Montgomery Wards, Santa Barbara beginning in 1958 and was
Division Manager of the children's dept. when the store closed in 1965.
Manager of the women's fur coat division of Sears in Ventura, Calif.,
1966-68. Retired in 1968 to care for her parents who moved from
Montana to live with her and her husband in their home in Santa Barbara.
NICKNAME: Peggy.
PROBLEM: Margo says her mothers birthdate may be one year off. I understood
Margo to say she has a bracelet engraved "Eleanor Louise Magnuson,
6-20-1912" Peggy always believed she was born 6-12-1913.
(Or visa versa) Birth certificate is unavailable. Family is
researching this. Notice the middle name, Louise instead of Lou.

Notes:

!NOTES: Christian moved from Norway to Donnelly, Minnesota in 1878.
The name WELTZIEN name was changed in America WELTZIN.
RELIGION: Lutheran.
OCCUPATION: Worked on the railroad and ranched in Stevens County, Minnesota.
He retired in 1919, sold his farm and moved to Battle Lake, Minn.
Grandson, Ronald Weltzin, relates, `He chopped off finger - Doctor
sewed it back on. Lost sight of one eye in a dynamite explosion.'
MARRIAGE: Christian and Nikolena had 11 children.
** Five children died in infancy or early childhood.
** Joseph Andeas Weltzin 09-12-1884 died 05-25-1889
Selma Marie Weltzin 12-31-1885
** Anna Pernille Weltzin 10-14-1887 died 02-08-1888
Anna Josephine Weltzin 03-11-1890
Joseph Andreas Weltzin 11-06-1891
** Oscar Cornelius Weltzin 11-06-1893 died 12-27-1893
** Sophia Olive Weltzin 10-10-1895 died 07-07-1896
Oscar Samuel Weltzin 06-08-1897
** Conrad Nikolcie Weltzin 10-01-1899 died 01-23-1906
Henry Benjamin Weltzin 02-03-1902
Elmer Mathias Weltzin 12-12-1904

CEMETERY: Kongsvinger cemetery in Battle Lake, Minnesota.

Christian married Nikolena Nederberg on 1 Dec 1883. Nikolena (daughter of Nederberg and Sophie Olsdatter) was born on 25 Oct 1858 in Sandar, Norway; died on 19 Apr 1937 in Battle Lake, Otter Tail, Minnesota, United States; was buried in Battle Lake, Otter Tail, Minnesota, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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!OCCUPATION: Homemaker.
RELIGION: Lutheran.
CEMETERY: Kongsvinger.

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!RELIGION: Lutheran.
OCCUPATION: Salesman, farmer, store owner. Traveled for DeLavel Cream
Separator Co. for 15 years. Also farmed, owned a meat store and
hardware store and sold silos, lightening rods, etc..
CEMETERY: Eagle Lake Cemetery.
MARRIAGE: Frank and Maria had 5 children:

F Helen Anderson 1904 died 1908
F Mildred Anderson 01-12-1907 died 1981
F Margaret Anderson 1908 died 1912
M Milo Anderson 02-21-1914 died 1936, auto accident.
F Dorothy Anderson

Frank married Maria Bertina Jensen in 1903. Maria (daughter of Ludwig Jensen and Olena Holo) was born in 1876. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!BIRTH: At home.
EDUCATION: After 6th grade Maria stayed home to care for her siblings when her
mother died.

Notes:

!SO: A-036, Several others.
STATUS: CAP
NOTES: Helge died 2 days after his 100th birthday. He and Anna were married
76 years.
BURIAL: Roselawn Cemetery.
EDUCATION: Luther Normal School, (now Augustana Normal), Sioux Falls, South
Dakota, 1896-1899.
Luther Theological Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1905-1908.
OCCUPATION: Lutheran minister, served Carpio, North Dakota, 1908-13; Esmond,
North Dakota, 1913-47; retired in St. Paul, Minnesota, 1948-77.
He taught school and was a church singing leader in Olmsted County,
1899-00. From 1900-1905 he farmed and carried mail at Sherman, S.D.
A-042 shows him as pastor of the English Lutheran Congregation in
Cottonwood, MN, 1904-05. A-042 lists the names and history of the
various churches he served.
From Milton Hackett we read, "Anna and Helge's first home was at
Sherman, where oldest child Ditlif was born. From there they moved
to Cottonwood where Anna lived while Helge attended Luther Seminary
at St. Paul. Three children were born meanwhile: Gerald, Wilhelm,
and Ragnvald. Helge was ordained into the ministry in 1908 and was
called to Carpio, N.D. They were in Carpio for 5 years: son Orwoll
was born there. In 1913 the family moved to Esmond, N.D. where
Helge became pastor in response to the Esmond call. He served
three congregations: Trinity (in town), Emanual and St. Olaf. In
Esmond were born Solveig Lois, Harald, and Alf. The retirement
years, beginning in 1947, were spent in St. Paul (at 2343 Carter
Ave.). Their home, near daughter Lois and son-in-law Woody
Thorstenson remained a haven for the family members and a gathering
place for the clan." (ORWOLL DOC 'A')
He was Pres. of Northwestern College Corporation, 1913-1914.
Helge was Secretary of the N.D. District of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church and witnessed the merger of the Norse-speaking
Lutheran congregations in 1917, the merger in 1942 of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church, and as Emeritus Pastor, the merger
forming the American Lutheran Church.
In the 1900 Federal census he is listed, with his parents on the farm at
Sherman, SD, single and working on the farm. In A-020-V he tells that he
thinks the family (then Hege, Raghnild, Helge, Alma, Carl, Henrietta and
Walter) moved to Sherman the fall of 1886. The Rosendal Church was just
west of the Ostedal place. That building blew down and the new church was
built 1/2 mile east of their home. While the church was being built,
services were held in the 2nd floor of the parsonage (the early home known
by Alert Palmer Aanestad). Then mentions the Rosendal
congregation, the size (no details), the split. He tells that his grandfather,
(Gunul), came to the U.S. with his family, but when asked about the name,
Gunhild Bekkeset, Helge does not know that name. Helge says he was born at the
Skarshaug's place (Groth place?) east of Clermont. Mentions that he believed
Holstein Groth went to Elgin to trade, but that we (Helge) knew Clermont best.
Says he (Helge) was born in Clayton Co., about 4 miles east of Clermont. When
Helge, Clara and Carl were kids they lived near Clermont. When their father
went to the semenery, they lived near Lansbobro, MN. When they later moved
west in 1884, the got on the train at Lansbobro. Speaks of visits to
Skarhaug's when kids. Mentions a play threshing machine. Goes on to tell of
living at Lansboro, the move to Laverne, the call to Rosendal and the first day
of school. Helge mentions something about an injured heel made by Rev. Turmo.
No details given but mention is made of visiting Skarshaugs, Langs (when Alert
Palmer Aanestad) was a small child, the Enersons (Enen and Tom, who had 1 son
and 5 daughters). Names the children: Theodore, Minnie, Alma, Julia, Stina,
Nora. Thinks Nora had written to Lois Thorstenson at one time and was living
in Austin, MN and might be a good source about "Faster" and the Bekkeset line.

Helge married Anna Dahl on 26 Jun 1901 in Cottonwood, Lyon, Minnesota, United States. Anna (daughter of Hans Christian Hanson Dahl and Siri Louise Orwoll) was born on 2 Mar 1879 in Lucas, Lyon, Minnesota, United States; was christened in 1879 in Cottonwood, Lyon, Minnesota, United States; died on 8 Jan 1979 in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States; was buried on 12 Jan 1979 in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!STATUS: CAP
BIRTH: At home, on the family homestead in Lucas Township near Cottonwood.
BAPTISM: Easter Sunday, what is now the English Lutheran Church, Cottonwood.
BURIAL: Roselawn Cemetery.
EDUCATION: Luther Normal School (now Augustana College), Sioux Falls, South
Dakota, class 1900. It was here, at a basket social, that she met
her husband to be, Helge M. Aanestad, from Sherman, South
Dakota. An interesting finding from the 1900 census (CA-001 and
CA-002), taken June 1900, was that Anna's occupation was listed as
`at school' and Helge's was `works at home'. Helge's sister, Alma,
was listed as living as a boarder at that time with Anna's mother,
Sara. How did Alma come to board with Sara? Did Alma introduce
Helge to Anna?
RELIGION: Lutheran.
OCCUPATION: Milton Hackett, Anna's nephew writes, "their service was truly a
partnership affair, with Helge preaching and both of them teaching,
counseling, and leading and assisting in the numerous church-
centered affairs . . . musicals, festivals, and societies.
Ranking next in importance to church and family to Anna and
Helge, were interests in music and education. These interests they
imparted to their children. Somehow, on the less than adequate
resources available to a country preacher in the depression days,
they managed to see that all eight children attended college.
Life in a country parish on the prairie is aptly described by
the title of Anna's memoir. 'Chuckles and Tears'". (ORWOLL DOC 'A')
Anna was the N.D. District Historian of the Women's Missionary
Federation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.
NOTES: Anna and Helge were married 76 years. He died 2 days after his 100th
birthday. She died just 2 months before reaching her 100th
birthday.
PROBLEM: A-035 lists name with middle initial, Anna C. Dahl.

Notes:

!STATUS: CAP .
SO: S. O. Aanestad
RELIGION: Baptist.
DEATH: Cottage Hospital.
BURIAL: Santa Barbara Cemetery.
PROBLEM: S. O. (Jack) Aanestad gives B date as 1888.
Margo (RIN-164) lists it as 1880.

Earl married Bertha Violet House. Bertha (daughter of Rubin House and Lulu Romme) died on 2 Jun 1970 in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States; was buried on 5 Apr 1988 in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!DEATH: Cottage Hospital.
BURIAL: Santa Barbara Cemetery.
RELIGION: Baptist.
PROBLEM: Son-in-law, S.O. Aanestad-81 give name as Bertha Violet.
Margo-164 says she was called, Birdie Jane.