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James Emil Mindrum[1]

Male 1906 - 1975  (68 years)


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  • Name James Emil Mindrum 
    Birth 27 May 1906  Norway Twp., Fillmore, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Christening Aft 28 May 1906 
    • Christened, Baptism Witnesses: John Rein and wife; Lauris Fugledal and wife.
    Gender Male 
    Confirmation 27 Nov 1921 
    • Confirmed
    HEAL Death caused by heart attack while shoveling snow  [5
    Occupation Farmer  [5
    Death 27 Feb 1975  Whalan, Fillmore, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5
    Burial 3 Mar 1975  Highland Prairie Lutheran Church, Norway Twp., Fillmore, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Notes 
    • Funeral services were held Monday at the Highland Prairie Lutheran church for James Mindrum, 68, of Whalan, who died Thursday at this home while shoveling snow. Death was die to a heart attack. Burial was in the church cemetery. He was born May 28, 1906 in Norway Township, MN the son of Ole and Julianna Mindrum. On December 4, 1932 he married Stella Rasmussen. He was a member of the Highland Prairie church. He was a former member of the Maland School board, a member of the Lutheran Brotherhood, a member of the church choir, and former member of the Peterson Barber shoppers. Survivors are his wife; one son, James, Readstown, WI; two daughters, Mrs. Jack Thomas, Savannah, GA, Mrs. Orville Schroeder, Rochester, MN, 9 grandchildren; 3 great grandchildren; one brother, Elmer, Madison, WI, and two sisters, Mrs. Harley Larson, Mabel, and Mrs. Eleanor Shattuck, of Lanesboro. Six brothers and two sisters preceded him in death.

      1940 US Census, Minnesota, Fillmore, Norway, James E. Mindrum, rents home for $10, 33, education 8, born MN, farmer farm, worked 52 weeks, wages 0, wife Stella, 29, education 8, born MN, daughter Betty J., 6, born MN, daughter Barbara J., 4, born MN, mother Julianna, 73, widow, born MN

      Alternate marriage date 10 Dec 1932
      Living in Highland Prairie in 1950
      Living in Whalan, 1955 [6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
    Person ID I1154  Mindrum
    Last Modified 1 Aug 2016 

    Father Ole Andreas Mindrum,   b. 9 Sep 1867, Norway Twp., Fillmore, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Nov 1915, Norway Twp., Fillmore, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Mother Julianna Rein,   b. 14 Dec 1867, Norway Twp., Fillmore, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Feb 1962, Lanesboro, Fillmore, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years) 
    Marriage 14 Mar 1889  Norway Twp., Fillmore, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13, 14, 15
    • Highland Prairie Lutheran Church. Marriage witnesses: Ole Carstensen & P. M. Olsen.
    Photos
    Olson, Peter M. House
    Olson, Peter M. House
    Standing L-R, Melvin, Otto, Ole, Gina Mindrum, Peter M. Olsen
    Seated left: Ella, Petra, Palmer, Conrad, Almer, Orney Mindrum
    Seated right: Arnold, Emma, James, Juliana Mindrum, Oline Olsen
    Highland Prairie, Minnesota, ca 1908, possibly taken on Petra's confirmation day.
    Mindrum, Ole Family
    Mindrum, Ole Family
    Rear: Almer, Melvin, Oscar. Middle: Conrad, Emma, Lena, Petra, Orney. Front: Arnold, Ole, Eleanor, Julianna, James
    Mindrum, Ole Family
    Mindrum, Ole Family
    Rear: Emma, Almer, Melvin, Lena, Oscar, Petra. Front: Conrad, Arnold, Ole, Eleanor, Julianna, James, Orney
    Mindrum, Ole Family
    Mindrum, Ole Family
    Family ID F396  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Stella Rasmussen,   b. 26 Dec 1910, Amherst, Fillmore, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jan 1999, Lanesboro, Fillmore, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage 4 Dec 1932  [16
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
     3. Living
    Photos
    Mindrum, James E. family
    Mindrum, James E. family
    Family ID F384  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Aug 2010 

  • Photos
    Mindrum, Stella and James
    Mindrum, Stella and James
    Mindrum, Ole sons
    Mindrum, Ole sons
    L-R James, Arnold, Orney, Conrad, Almer, Oscar, Melvin
    Mindrum gathering in Anfinson front yard
    Mindrum gathering in Anfinson front yard
    Rear: Olga, unk, unk, Peter, Edward, Caroline, Gina, unk; middle: Otto, Norman, Julianna, Oline, Ralph and Olaf; front: Arnold, Eleanor, Emma, James, Orney

    Headstones
    Mindrum, James & Stella
    Mindrum, James & Stella

  • Sources 
    1. [S13] Mindrum GEDCOM file imported on 25 Jan 1999 from Addy Monsen.

    2. [S16] Social Security Death Index.

    3. [S6395] Minnesota, Births and Christenings Index, 1840-1980, www.ancestry.com.

    4. [S8462] Birth and death registers, 1871-1907, Norway Twp., Fillmore, MN, p. 6, no. 10 (unnamed).

    5. [S86] James Mindrum obituary, Tri-County Record, 6 Mar 1975, p. 1.

    6. [S5071] James Mindrum obituary, Laneboro Leader, 6 Mar 1975.

    7. [S6594] 1940 US Census, Minnesota, Fillmore, Norway, Enum. Dist. 23-24, sheet 4B.

    8. [S21] Bruce Larson, 8932 Northwood Pkwy, Mpls 55427.

    9. [S30] Lanesboro, MN Online Newspaper-http://www.hometown-pages.com/99obitM.htm.

    10. [S51] Petra Mindrum Olson obituary, LaCrosse Tribune, 8 Feb 1959, p. 18.

    11. [S46] Conrad Mindrum obituary, La Crosse Tribune, 10 Sep 1955, p. 8.

    12. [S85] Julianna Rein Mindrum obituary, Tri-County Record, 8 Feb 1962, p. 1.

    13. [S5280] Minnesota Marriages, 1849-1950, www.familysearch.org.

    14. [S8146] Ministerialbog for Highland Prairie, Elstad og Newburg Menigheder i Fillmore Co. Staten Minnesota North America, Paabegyndt 1872, Marriages, page 394, line 5.

    15. [S8162] Fillmore County Marriage Records 1858-1900, Fillmore County Historical Society, Fountain, Minnesota, Roll 8, Item 2, line 560.

    16. [S5070] Stella Mindrum obituary, Fillmore County Journal, 1 Feb 1999.