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Anna Tomine “Mina” <I>Monen</I> Birkland

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Anna Tomine “Mina” Monen Birkland

Birth
Norway
Death
24 Jul 1948 (aged 88)
Klondike, Lyon County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Inwood, Lyon County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Husband, Salomon Hansen, b. 1854 in Stavanger, drowned oustide Kristiansand in July 1884. Anna and her 2 children, Hans & Rakel (Rachel) left Norway in July 1885. Research courtesy of Torkel #48106268.

Links to parents made after much researching including the following: She is listed living with brother Elias on the U. S. census for 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940 and the Iowa census for 1905 and 1925. Her brother Ole is included in the household on the 1910, 1920, and 1925 records.

She is living with 2 children - H. O. (13 years old) and Rachel (11 years old) - on the 1895 Lyon County, Iowa Census. The 1900 census gives 2 children born, one living (Rachel).

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Funeral services were held at Our Savior's Lutheran Church northwest of Inwood Wednesday afternoon for Mrs. Anna Berkland. Rev. B. H. J. Habel officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery.

Mrs. Anna Tomine Berkland died at her home in Klondike Saturday, July 24, at the age of 90 years. She has lived with her brother Elias Monen for a number of years. She moved to this community in 1892. She had been a widow for 64 years. Survivors are her brother Elias Monen, a daughter, and several grandchildren in Washington. A son preceded her in death.

Lyon County Reporter, Rock Rapids, Iowa, August 5, 1948, page 6.
Husband, Salomon Hansen, b. 1854 in Stavanger, drowned oustide Kristiansand in July 1884. Anna and her 2 children, Hans & Rakel (Rachel) left Norway in July 1885. Research courtesy of Torkel #48106268.

Links to parents made after much researching including the following: She is listed living with brother Elias on the U. S. census for 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940 and the Iowa census for 1905 and 1925. Her brother Ole is included in the household on the 1910, 1920, and 1925 records.

She is living with 2 children - H. O. (13 years old) and Rachel (11 years old) - on the 1895 Lyon County, Iowa Census. The 1900 census gives 2 children born, one living (Rachel).

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Funeral services were held at Our Savior's Lutheran Church northwest of Inwood Wednesday afternoon for Mrs. Anna Berkland. Rev. B. H. J. Habel officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery.

Mrs. Anna Tomine Berkland died at her home in Klondike Saturday, July 24, at the age of 90 years. She has lived with her brother Elias Monen for a number of years. She moved to this community in 1892. She had been a widow for 64 years. Survivors are her brother Elias Monen, a daughter, and several grandchildren in Washington. A son preceded her in death.

Lyon County Reporter, Rock Rapids, Iowa, August 5, 1948, page 6.


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