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Martha Josephine Hanson Erdahl

Birth
Swift County, Minnesota, USA
Death
17 Feb 1985 (aged 84)
Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
Burial
Brooklyn Center, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA Add to Map
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Birthname: Martha Josephine Hanson

Father: Jens "James" Erickson Hanson
Mother: Britha "Betsy" J. (Hilleren) Hanson

Siblings: Julius B., Anna Elina, Bertha Johanna, Peder E., Allen C., Josie, Emil Theodore, and Jens "Robert" Hanson

1st Husband: Ernest H. Tenhoff (DOB: 11-26-1891) married May 12, 1920 in Benson, Swift Co., MN. He was the son of Jacob and Sophie (Weseman) Japp Gimberlin Tenhoff of Wells, MN. Ernest and Martha divorced @1940.

2nd Husband: Herman Andrew Erdahl (DOB: 01-03-1887) married 2-19-1941 in Hennepin Co., MN.

Children with Ernest Tenhoff: Evelyn Margaret, James Benny, Harold Howard, Marvin Frank, Ernest Jr., Lloyd, Russell Vernon and Richard Oliver Tenhoff (Richard was adopted out in 1937).

Martha (Hanson) Erdahl was born on April 19, 1900 in Swift Co., MN. She was the third of nine children born to James and Betsey Hanson of Six Mile Grove Township, Swift Co., MN. Her parents were both born in Norway. Her father immigrated to the US in 1861 when he was five years old and her mother immigrated to the US in 1882 when she was nine years old.

On May 12, 1920 she was married to Ernest Tenhoff, a widower with two young sons, Kenneth and Donald Tenhoff. They resided in Swift Co., MN until @1925 when they moved to Minneapolis, MN. Together they had eight children. They separated @1938 and the children were placed in foster care in Owatonna State School/Orphanage in Owatonna, Steele Co., MN. The youngest son, Richard was adopted by the Ericson family of Benson, MN.

On Feb. 19, 1941 she was married to Herman Andrew Erdahl. They had one daughter, Eleanor. Martha passed away Feb. 17, 1985.

She was survived by daughters, Evelyn Lewellyn and Eleanor ?; sons, James Tenhoff, Harold Tenhoff, Marvin Tenhoff of Dodge Center, MN, Ernest Tenhoff and Lloyd Tenhoff of Hennepin Co., MN, Russell Tenhoff and Richard Ericson; brother, Robert Hanson; and sister, Bertha Ranum of Benson, MN.

She was preceded in death by father, Jim Hanson in 1933; mother, Betsey Hanson in 1943; brothers, Peder Hanson, Julius Hanson in 1929, Emil Hanson in 1985, and sister, Anna Erickson in 1981.
Birthname: Martha Josephine Hanson

Father: Jens "James" Erickson Hanson
Mother: Britha "Betsy" J. (Hilleren) Hanson

Siblings: Julius B., Anna Elina, Bertha Johanna, Peder E., Allen C., Josie, Emil Theodore, and Jens "Robert" Hanson

1st Husband: Ernest H. Tenhoff (DOB: 11-26-1891) married May 12, 1920 in Benson, Swift Co., MN. He was the son of Jacob and Sophie (Weseman) Japp Gimberlin Tenhoff of Wells, MN. Ernest and Martha divorced @1940.

2nd Husband: Herman Andrew Erdahl (DOB: 01-03-1887) married 2-19-1941 in Hennepin Co., MN.

Children with Ernest Tenhoff: Evelyn Margaret, James Benny, Harold Howard, Marvin Frank, Ernest Jr., Lloyd, Russell Vernon and Richard Oliver Tenhoff (Richard was adopted out in 1937).

Martha (Hanson) Erdahl was born on April 19, 1900 in Swift Co., MN. She was the third of nine children born to James and Betsey Hanson of Six Mile Grove Township, Swift Co., MN. Her parents were both born in Norway. Her father immigrated to the US in 1861 when he was five years old and her mother immigrated to the US in 1882 when she was nine years old.

On May 12, 1920 she was married to Ernest Tenhoff, a widower with two young sons, Kenneth and Donald Tenhoff. They resided in Swift Co., MN until @1925 when they moved to Minneapolis, MN. Together they had eight children. They separated @1938 and the children were placed in foster care in Owatonna State School/Orphanage in Owatonna, Steele Co., MN. The youngest son, Richard was adopted by the Ericson family of Benson, MN.

On Feb. 19, 1941 she was married to Herman Andrew Erdahl. They had one daughter, Eleanor. Martha passed away Feb. 17, 1985.

She was survived by daughters, Evelyn Lewellyn and Eleanor ?; sons, James Tenhoff, Harold Tenhoff, Marvin Tenhoff of Dodge Center, MN, Ernest Tenhoff and Lloyd Tenhoff of Hennepin Co., MN, Russell Tenhoff and Richard Ericson; brother, Robert Hanson; and sister, Bertha Ranum of Benson, MN.

She was preceded in death by father, Jim Hanson in 1933; mother, Betsey Hanson in 1943; brothers, Peder Hanson, Julius Hanson in 1929, Emil Hanson in 1985, and sister, Anna Erickson in 1981.


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