"MOMS, Minnesota Official Marriage System," index, Minnesota Counties, <i>MOMS, Minnesota Official Marriage System</i> (https://www.moms.mn.gov/ : accessed ), .

County Certificate Number Marriage Date Applicant 1 Applicant 2

MEEKER L 2060 9/25/1918 ERLANDSON, HENRY PETERSON, ALICE V

1900 United States Federal Census. Reno Township, Pope, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 255, sheet 4A, family 55.

Name: Oluf Erlandson

Age: 32

Birth Date: Dec 1877

Birthplace: Sweden

Home in 1900: Reno, Pope, Minnesota

Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 52

Family Number: 55

Race: White

Gender: Male

Immigration Year: 1885

Relation to Head of House: Head

Marital status: Married

Spouse's name: Jennie Erlandson

Marriage Year: 1893

Father's Birthplace: Sweden

Mother's Birthplace: Sweden

Years in US: 15

Naturalization: Na

Occupation: Farmer

Attended School: 1

Can Read: Yes

Can Write: Yes

Can Speak English: Yes

House Owned or Rented: O

Home Free or Mortgaged: F

Farm or House: F

Neighbors:

Household Members:

HouseholdRoleSexAgeBirthplace

Oluf ErlandsonHeadMale23Sweden

Jennie ErlandsonWifeFemale45Sweden

Jennie ErlandsonDaughterFemale14Minnesota

Henry ErlandsonSonMale12Minnesota

George ErlandsonSonMale11Minnesota

Even ErlandsonSonMale7Minnesota

Math ErlandsonSonMale4Minnesota

Citing this Record

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i>(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M938-42M : accessed 23 April 2018), George Erlandson in household of Oluf Erlandson, Reno Township, Pope, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 255, sheet 4A, family 55, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,782.

Note - one child Even Erlandson, age 7, is unaccounted for. Gurine is listed as having 5 children, which could be Jenny, Henry, George, Even, and Math. This likely could be Einar Alfred Erlandson who would have been 16 or 17 at the time.

1905 Minnesota State Census. Minnesota, Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905.

Name: Olaf Erlandson

Age: 38

Census Date: 9 Jun 1905

County: Pope

Locality: Minnewaska

Birth Location: Norway

Gender: Male

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1867

Race: White

Father's Birth Location: Norway

Mother's Birth Location: Norway

LINE: 4

Roll: MNSC_142

Erlandson, Olaf 28, M W Norway

Erlandson, Gurine 39, F W Norway

Erlandson, Einer 11, M W, Minnesota

Erlandson, Jenie 9, F, W, Minnesota

Erlandson, Henry 7, M, W, Minnesota

Erlandson, Jorg, 6, M, W, Minnersota

1910 United States Federal Census. Reno, Pope, Minnesota; Roll: T624_712; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0106; FHL microfilm: 1374725.

Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Name: Olaf Erlandson

[Olof Erlandson] 

Age in 1910: 42

Birth Year: abt 1868

Birthplace: Norway

Home in 1910: Reno, Pope, Minnesota

Race: White

Gender: Male

Immigration Year: 1887

Relation to Head of House: Head

Marital Status: Married

Spouse's Name: Gurine Erlandson

Father's Birthplace: Norway

Mother's Birthplace: Norway

Native Tongue: English

Occupation: Farmer

Industry: General Farm

Employer, Employee or Other: Employer

Home Owned or Rented: Own

Home Free or Mortgaged: Mortgaged

Farm or House: Farm

Naturalization Status: Naturalized

Able to Read: Yes

Able to Write: Yes

Years Married: 13

Neighbors: View others on page

Household Members: Name Age

Olaf Erlandson42

Gurine Erlandson55

Jenny Erlandson24

Henry Erlandson22

George Erlandson21

Einar Anderson9

Source Citation

Year: 1910; Census Place: Reno, Pope, Minnesota; Roll: T624_712; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0106; FHL microfilm: 1374725

Web - Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.

Name: Henry Erlandson

Race: Caucasian (White)

Marital Status: Single

Birth Date: 5 Feb 1888

Birth Place: Minnesota, USA

Residence Place: Pope, Minnesota, USA

Physical Build: Medium

Height: Medium

Hair Description: Not Bald

Hair Color: Dark Brown

Eye Color: Blue

Source Information

Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.

Original data: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm.

Transcription: In charge of the home farm, Reno Twp, Pope Co.

Single, Needed at home farm. Where born: Morris, Minn. DOB: Feb 5, 1888

Ibid. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.

Name: Henry Erlandson

Race: Caucasian (White)

Marital Status: Single

Birth Date: 5 Feb 1888

Birth Place: Minnesota, USA

Residence Place: Pope, Minnesota, USA

Physical Build: Medium

Height: Medium

Hair Description: Not Bald

Hair Color: Dark Brown

Eye Color: Blue

Source Information

Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.

Original data: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm.

Transcription: In charge of the home farm, Reno Twp, Pope Co.

Single, Needed at home farm. Where born: Morris, Minn. DOB: Feb 5, 1888

1920 United States Federal Census.

Name: Henry Erlandson

Event Type: Census

Event Date: 1920

Event Place: Kingston, Meeker, Minnesota, United States

Gender: Male

Age: 31

Marital Status: Married

Race: White

Race (Original): White

Can Read: Yes

Can Write: Yes

Relationship to Head of Household: Head

Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head

Own or Rent: Rent

Birth Year (Estimated): 1889

Birthplace: Minnesota

Father's Birthplace: Norway

Mother's Birthplace: Norway

Sheet Letter: A

Sheet Number: 1

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Henry Erlandson Head Male 31 Minnesota

Alice Erlandson Wife Female 26 Minnesota

1930 US Federal Census. Pelican Lake, Grant, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 4A, line 9, family 92.

Name: Henry Erlandson

Event Type: Census

Event Date: 1930

Event Place: Pelican Lake, Grant, Minnesota, United States

Gender: Male

Age: 42

Marital Status: Married

Race: White

Race (Original): White

Relationship to Head of Household: Head

Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head

Birth Year (Estimated): 1888

Birthplace: Minnesota

Father's Birthplace: Norway

Mother's Birthplace: Norway

Sheet Letter: A

Sheet Number: 4

HouseholdRoleSexAgeBirthplaceHenry ErlandsonHeadMale42MinnesotaAlice ErlandsonWifeFemale37MinnesotaMildred ErlandsonDaughterFemale9MinnesotaWinston ErlandsonSonMale2Minnesota

Citing this Record

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i>(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3ZH-KW6 : accessed 5 May 2018), Henry Erlandson, Pelican Lake, Grant, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 4A, line 9, family 92

1940 United States Federal Census. Ashby, Ashby Village, Grant, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 26-1, sheet 3B, line 54, family 65,.

Name: Henry Erlandson

Event Type: Census

Event Date: 1940

Event Place: Ashby, Ashby Village, Grant, Minnesota, United States

Sex: Male

Age: 52

Marital Status: Married

Race (Original): White

Race: White

Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head

Relationship to Head of Household: Head

Birthplace: Minnesota

Birth Year (Estimated): 1888

Last Place of Residence: Same Place

HouseholdRoleSexAgeBirthplace

Henry ErlandsonHeadMale52Minnesota

Alice ErlandsonWifeFemale47Minnesota

Mildred ErlandsonDaughterFemale19Minnesota

Winston ErlandsonSonMale12Minnesota

Citing this Record

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i>(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS28-7XS : accessed 4 May 2018), Henry Erlandson, Ashby, Ashby Village, Grant, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 26-1, sheet 3B, line 54, family 65

Web - Ancestry.com.  U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942.

Name: Henry Erlandson

Gender: Male

Residence Age: 54

Birth Date: 5 Feb 1888

Birth Place: Stevens, Minnesota, USA

Residence Date: 1942

Residence Place: Ashby, Minnesota

Height: 5 10

Eye Color: Blue

Hair Color: Gray

Weight: 157

Complexion: Light

Source Citation

The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War II Draft Cards (Fourth Registration) for the State of Minnesota; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System, 1926-1975; Record Group Number: 147; Box or Roll Number: 519

Source Information

Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

Ibid. Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2002.

Name: Henry Erlandson

Birth Date: 5 Feb 1888

Death Date: 5 Sep 1972

Death County: Otter Tail

Mother's Maiden Name: Kjonstad

State File Number: 024084

Certificate Number: 024084

Certificate Year: 1972

Record Number: 1857244

Source Information

Ancestry.com. Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.

Original data: State of Minnesota. Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002. Minneapolis, MN, USA: Minnesota Department of Health.

Ibid. Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2002.

Name: Henry Erlandson

Birth Date: 5 Feb 1888

Death Date: 5 Sep 1972

Death County: Otter Tail

Mother's Maiden Name: Kjonstad

State File Number: 024084

Certificate Number: 024084

Certificate Year: 1972

Record Number: 1857244

Source Information

Ancestry.com. Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.

Original data: State of Minnesota. Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002. Minneapolis, MN, USA: Minnesota Department of Health.

Find A Grave. MEMORIAL ID 60564392.

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<b>Henry Erlandson

</b>BIRTH 5 Feb 1888

DEATH 5 Sep 1972 (aged 84)

BURIAL Knollwood Memorial GardensFergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, USA

MEMORIAL ID 60564392

<b>Family Members

Spouse

</b>Alice Virginia <i>Peterson</i> Erlandson*

1893–1985

<b>Children

</b>Mildred Lorraine <i>Erlandson</i>Bothun*

1920–2014

Winston E Erlandson*

1927–2008

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<b>Henry Erlandson

</b>BIRTH 5 Feb 1888

DEATH 5 Sep 1972 (aged 84)

BURIAL Knollwood Memorial GardensFergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, USA

MEMORIAL ID 60564392

<b>Family Members

Spouse

</b>Alice Virginia <i>Peterson</i> Erlandson*

1893–1985

<b>Children

</b>Mildred Lorraine <i>Erlandson</i>Bothun*

1920–2014

Winston E Erlandson*

1927–2008

1900 United States Federal Census. John Peterson, Eastern Township, Otter Tail, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 160, sheet 1B, family 15.

Name: John Peterson

Event Type: Census

Event Year: 1900

Event Place: Eastern Township, Otter Tail, Minnesota, United States

Gender: Male

Age: 48

Marital Status: Married

Race: White

Race (Original): W

Relationship to Head of Household: Head

Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head

Years Married: 19

Birth Date: May 1852

Birthplace: Sweden

Marriage Year (Estimated): 1881

Immigration Year: 1869

Father's Birthplace: Sweden

Mother's Birthplace: Sweden

HouseholdRoleSexAgeBirthplace

John PetersonHeadMale48Sweden

Ida PetersonWifeFemale34Sweden

Earnest PetersonSonMale13Minnesota

Alfred PetersonSonMale10Minnesota

Allice PetersonDaughterFemale7Minnesota

Hilda PetersonDaughterFemale3Minnesota

Citing this Record

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i>(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M934-NB9 : accessed 4 May 2018), John Peterson, Eastern Township, Otter Tail, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 160, sheet 1B, family 15, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,779.

Web - Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014.

Name: Alice Erlandson

SSN: 468-76-4693

Last Residence: 56537 Fergus Falls, Otter Tail, Minnesota, USA

BORN: 4 Mar 1893

Died: Oct 1985

State (Year) SSN issued: Minnesota (1973)

Source Citation

Number: 468-76-4693; Issue State: Minnesota; Issue Date: 1973

Source Information

Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014.

Obituary. Fergus Falls Daily Journal October 18, 1985 Page 2.

Alice V. Erlandson, 92, Fergus Falls, died Friday, Oct. 18, in Fergus Falls. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 21, at Bethel Lutheran Church. Rev. John Kilde will officiate, and burial will be in Knollwood Memorial Gardens.

One of five children of John and Ida (Johnson) Peterson, she was born March 4, 1893, in Parkers Prairie.

On Sept. 25, 1918, she and Henry Erlandson were married in Parkers Prairie. They resided in Parkers Prairie, Ashby and Michigan before moving to Fergus Falls in 1944. In 1971, they both entered Broen Memorial Home. Her husband died Sept. 8,1972.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Lennie (Mildred) Bothun of Dalton; one son, Winston of Green Bay, Wis.; seven grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

Glende-Johnson-Nelson Funeral Home in Fergus Falls is in charge of arrangements. 

Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the church Monday.

Fergus Falls Daily Journal October 18, 1985 Page 2

Note - Obituary was included in the findagrave.com record.

Find A Grave. MEMORIAL ID60564371.

<b>Alice Virginia <i>Peterson</i> Erlandson

</b>BIRTH 4 Mar 1893

DEATH 18 Oct 1985 (aged 92)

BURIAL Knollwood Memorial Gardens, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, USA

MEMORIAL ID 60564371

Obituary. The Daily Journal, Fergus Falls, Minnesota, Published 9:48 am Tuesday, December 2, 2014.

<b>Mildred Bothun, 94, of Ashby

</b>Published 9:48 am Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Mildred Bothun, died on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014, at the Broen Home in Fergus Falls.

Mildred Lorraine was born on Sept. 21, 1920, in North Kigston, Minnesota to Henry and Alice (Peterson) Erlandson. While growing up she lived in Ashby graduating in 1937 from Ashby High School. Mildred worked at OC Drug Store in Ashby from 1937-1940.

In 1940, Mildred married Lennie Clarence Bothun of Dalton, in Brandon, Minnesota. They had two sons, Gary and Harvey. In 1942 they moved to Michigan where Lennie worked in a factory while Mildred provided as a loving mother to their children. At the start of the war, they returned to help on the family farm. In 2002, Mildred and Lennie moved to Ashby. After a fall, Mildred moved to the Broen Home in Fergus Falls where she currently resided.

Mildred enjoyed gardening, embroidering, singing, and was very actively involved with her church.

She leaves behind her sons, Gary (Carol) of Dalton and children, Travis and daughter, Raelin of Maple Grove, Todd (Phyllis) and children, Katie (Matthew) Houchin of Alexandria, AnnaMarie (Ryan) Naylor of Shoreview, Taylor and Jake; Harvey (Avis) of Garfield, and children, Mark (Ann) of St. Francis and children, Michael, Andrew and Matthew, Lynn (Kevin) Lee of Ramsey, and children; Alexander and Amariah; a sister in law, Joanne Erlandson along with several nieces and nephews.

Preceding Mildred in death, were her parents, Henry and Alice; husband, Lennie; a brother, Winston Erlandson and numerous brothers and sisters in law.

Service: 10:30 a.m., Saturday Dec. 6, at Zion-Sarpsborg Lutheran Church in Dalton, MN, with visitation one hour prior to the service

Clergy: the Rev. Mark Johnson

Interment: Ten Mile Lake Cemetery, Dalton

Funeral arrangements are with the Glende-Nilson Funeral Home of Fergus Falls.

Ibid. Blaney Funeral Home, Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Winston "Win" Erlandson

May 09, 1927 - November 19, 2008

Winston “Win” Erlandson, 81, longtime resident of Green Bay, died Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008. He was born May 9, 1927, in Minnesota, to the late Henry and Alice (Peterson) Erlandson. On June 2, 1950, he married JoAnn Kersten in Fergus Falls, Minn. Winston served in the U.S. Marine Corps. He had been employed at the Larsen Company and Wisconsin Physicians Service.

Survivors include his wife, JoAnn; five children and their spouses, Scott and Jennifer Erlandson, Lee Erlandson and his friend, Vickie Liebl, Dana and Barb Erlandson, Patricia Erlandson, Paula and Donald Storace; his grandchildren, Abby, Emily, Joanna, Mike, Travis, Casey, Nicholas, Lauren, Ethan, Bailey; his great-grandchildren, Lexi, Ari, Nathan, Mathilda; a sister and brother-in-law, Mildred and Lennie Bothun; and a brother-in-law, Elroy “Elley” Kersten.

Friends may call at Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1350 Bond St., from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday. The Funeral Service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the church with the Rev. James Seim officiating. Burial will be in Fort Howard Memorial Park. 

In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established in his name.

The Erlandson family extends a special thank you to Dr. Bachhuber and the staff of Aurora BayCare Hospital for their compassionate care.

Blaney Funeral Home is assisting the family. To send online condolences, please go to www.BlaneyFuneralHome.com.

http://www.blaneyfuneralhome.com/obituary/894176