Edwin Gideon Close, 18801949 (aged 68 years)

Name
Edwin Gideon /Close/
Birth
Census 1885 US MN
Note: Living with parents and family at Birchdale, Minnesota.
Census 1900 US Fed
Note: Can't find a record for this year.
Death of a sister
Note: Minnesota, Obituary Index, 1891-2003

Minnesota, Obituary Index, 1891-2003

Name: Ada Sorenson
Death Date: 20 Jan 1903
Death Place: KASSON, DODGE, Minnesota
Publication Place: Minnesota, USA
Reel: 26
Frame: 2395
Source: Minnesota Death Cards

Census 1905 US MN
Note: Living with parents and family at Clark, Minnesota. Day Labourer.
Census 1910 US Fed
Note: Living at Kalmar, Minnesota. Farmer.

Living at Kalmar, Minnesota. Farmer.

Parents and a bunch of family are also present.

We also have a nephew and a niece with the Close surname, both with a father born in Norway. Think these are the children of sister Sarah Maud Close who appears to have had a couple of children before she married Torger Enderson of Norway in 1900.

Death of a mother
Milit-Beg
Note: Drafted into the US Armed Forces.

Drafted into the US Armed Forces.

Trina Christine Close is named as next of kin.

Census 1920 US Fed
Note: Living with wife Petrina and family at Byron, Minnesota. Garage Mechanic.
Death of a brother
Burial of a brother
Note: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Close&GSiman=1&GScid=87897&GRid=57243234&
Death of a father
Census 1930 US Fed
Note: Living with wife Petrina and family at Byron, Minnesota. Nursery Labourer.
Census 1940 US Fed
Note: Living with wife Petrina and family at Byron, Minnesota.
Milit-Beg
Note: Drafted into the US Armed Forces.
Death
Family with parents
father
1850 US Federal Census
18491928
Birth: about April 1849Minnesota, America
Death: about 1928Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota, America
mother
1880 US Federal Census
18571913
Birth: about November 1857Olmsted County, Minnesota, America
Death: about 1913Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota, America
Marriage Marriageabout 1878Minnesota, America
17 months
elder sister
1880 US Federal Census
18791903
Birth: 13 May 1879Otter Tail County, Minnesota, America
Death: 20 January 1903Kasson, Dodge County, Minnesota, America
20 months
himself
1885 US MN State Census
18801949
Birth: 28 December 1880Douglas County, Wisconsin, America
Death: about 1949Byron, Olmsted County, Minnesota, America
3 years
younger sister
1900 US Federal Census
18831952
Birth: 9 October 1883Todd County, Minnesota, America
Death: 4 November 1952Olmsted County, Minnesota, America
3 years
younger brother
1900 US Federal Census
18861920
Birth: 27 May 1886Todd County, Minnesota, America
Death: 24 January 1920Solon Springs, Douglas County, Wisconsin, America
8 years
younger sister
1900 US Federal Census
1894
Birth: about January 1894Minnesota, America
4 years
younger sister
1905 MN State Census
1898
Birth: 21 January 1898Olmsted County, Minnesota, America
Family with Petrina Kristine Haagensen
himself
1885 US MN State Census
18801949
Birth: 28 December 1880Douglas County, Wisconsin, America
Death: about 1949Byron, Olmsted County, Minnesota, America
wife
1883
Birth: about 1883Norway
son
Victor Lynn Close
daughter
Mary Loretta Close
son
Donald Leighton Close
son
Gordon Edwin Close
Census 1885 US MN

Living with parents and family at Birchdale, Minnesota.

Census 1900 US Fed

Can't find a record for this year.

Census 1905 US MN

Living with parents and family at Clark, Minnesota. Day Labourer.

Census 1910 US Fed

Living at Kalmar, Minnesota. Farmer.

Parents and a bunch of family are also present.

We also have a nephew and a niece with the Close surname, both with a father born in Norway. Think these are the children of sister Sarah Maud Close who appears to have had a couple of children before she married Torger Enderson of Norway in 1900.

Milit-Beg

Drafted into the US Armed Forces.

Trina Christine Close is named as next of kin.

Census 1920 US Fed

Living with wife Petrina and family at Byron, Minnesota. Garage Mechanic.

Census 1930 US Fed

Living with wife Petrina and family at Byron, Minnesota. Nursery Labourer.

Census 1940 US Fed

Living with wife Petrina and family at Byron, Minnesota.

Milit-Beg

Drafted into the US Armed Forces.

Census 1885 US MN
Census 1905 US MN
Census 1910 US Fed
Milit-Beg
Census 1920 US Fed
Census 1930 US Fed
Census 1940 US Fed
Milit-Beg
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1910 US Federal Census
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