Cornelius Diderik "Con" Erickson

1889 - 1971  (81 years)

• Name	Cornelius Diderik "Con" Erickson  [1, 2, 3]
  Nickname	Con
  Born	2 Sep 1889	, , , Norway   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Obituary	Cornelius Erickson funeral is Thursday. Funeral services will be held at Spruce Park Lutheran church at Bigfork on Thursday, March 11, 1971 at 2:00 p. m. for Cornelius Erickson of Bigfork. Born on September 2, 1889 at Burmala, Norway, Mr. Erickson died at Bigfork on March 6, 1971 at the age of 81. Surviving relatives include his wife Pansy of Bigfork, a son Raymond Erickson of Geneva, Pennsylvania; three daughters, Mrs. Clarence (Lorraine) Hamilton of Adams, Minnesota, Mrs. Gail (Kathleen) Henry of Kokomo, Indiana and Mrs. Michael (Bertha) Bjorke of North Branch, Minnesota; 14 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren; a brother, John of Bigfork and two sisters, Mrs. Charles Gustafson and Mrs. Hildegard Tagtgren, both of Bigfork. Clergyman will be Rev. Al Baderman. Funeral director is Libbey-Crotteau Funeral Home of Grand Rapids. Interment will be in Bigfork cemetery. Mr. Erickson came to United States in 1891 with his parents. They settled in Superior, Wisconsin. In 1904 they moved to Bigfork where they homesteated. Mr. Erickson was united in marriage to Pansy Myers on December 18, 1924. A veteran of World War I, serving with the U.S. Army in France. Mr. Erickson was also a member of the Foster-Bjorge VFW post No. 1764.
  Relocation	4 Mar 1904	Bigfork, Itasca, Minnesota, United States   [4]
  	Family
  Family Search ID	LXMH-HTK
  Family Search Link	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LXMH-HTK
  Died	6 Mar 1971	Bigfork, Itasca, Minnesota, United States
  Person ID	I6952	Dale's Tree
  Last Modified	13 Jul 2019

  
  

  Father	Johan "John" Didrikson Erickson,   b. 9 May 1867, , , , Norway ,   d. 6 Mar 1947, Bigfork, Itasca, Minnesota, United States  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Amanda Mathilda Hansdatter,   b. 2 Jan 1865, , Göteborg och Bohus, Sweden ,   d. 7 Nov 1942, Bigfork, Itasca, Minnesota, United States  (Age 77 years)
  Married	1 Mar 1888	Bamble, , Telemark, Norway   [5]
  Family ID	F758	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Pansie Charlottie Amelia Molly Myers,   b. 5 Dec 1908, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States ,   d. 23 Aug 1987, Kokomo, Howard, Indiana, United States  (Age 78 years)
  Married	18 Dec 1924	Bigfork, Itasca, Minnesota, United States   [3]
  Children	+ 1. Lorraine Alice Erickson,   b. Abt Oct 1924, Bigfork, Itasca, Minnesota, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Raymond Erickson + 3. Kathleen Erickson   4. Bertha Erickson
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2012
  Family ID	F757	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Born - 2 Sep 1889 - , , , Norway Relocation - Family - 4 Mar 1904 - Bigfork, Itasca, Minnesota, United States Married - 18 Dec 1924 - Bigfork, Itasca, Minnesota, United States Died - 6 Mar 1971 - Bigfork, Itasca, Minnesota, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S488] Census - MN, Itasca - 1910 Fed, Minnesota, Itasca, (National Archives and Records Administration, 2006), T624, roll 707, Bigfork, enumeration district (ED) 61, p. 4B, dwelling 40, family 41, John Erickson, accessed 9 Jan 2012 (Reliability: 2), 9 Jan 2012. [S490] Census - MN, Itasca - 1905 State, Minnesota, Itasca, (Digital images. Ancestry.com. 2007), Bigfork, p. 2, line 46, John Erackson; (accessed 12 Jan 2012); citing Minnesota Historical Society (Reliability: 2), 12 Jan 2012. [S236] Census - MN, Itasca - 1930 Fed, Minnesota, Itasca, (www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), T626, roll 1102, Bigfork, enumeration district (ED) 10, p. 1A, dwelling 49, family 49, Cornelius Erickson, accessed 12 Jan 2012 (Reliability: 2), 12 Jan 2012. [S485] Newspapers - MN, Itasca - Unknown Publisher, Minnesota. Itasca County., "John Erickson, Sr.," Abt 14 Mar 1947. (Reliability: 2). [S485] Newspapers - MN, Itasca - Unknown Publisher, Minnesota. Itasca County., "John Erickson, Sr. Obituary," Abt 14 Mar 1947. (Reliability: 2).