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Melvin Clarence Gunderson

Male 1904 - 1976  (72 years)


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  • Name Melvin Clarence Gunderson  [1, 2
    Birth 18 Mar 1904  Chippewa Co., Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Death 22 Aug 1976  Tioga, Williams, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Notes 
    • Melvin C. Gunderson came to Burke County, North Dakota, in 1904, to his father's homestead 10 miles south of Columbus. Melvin attended school in Leaf Mountain Township. In January of 1931, Melvin and Borghild Kleppen were married. They lived on a farm south Columbus, and in 1956, they left the farm and moved to Powers Lake. Melvin was employed on the railroad and later the Lakeland Cheese factory. He was also employed at the McGregor gas plant, P. V. Elevator in Powers Lake, and also was janitor at the hospital. [2]
    Person ID I31560  Mindrum
    Last Modified 9 May 2011 

    Father Martin Gunderson,   b. 24 May 1870, Dane Co., Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Sep 1939, Minot, Ward, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Caroline Carrie Olson,   b. 26 Jan 1874, Buffalo Lake, Grace Twp., Chippewa, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jan 1968, Crosby, Divide, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years) 
    Marriage 3 Apr 1899  Montevideo, Chippewa, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Family ID F20791  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Borghild Nora Kleppen,   b. 9 Oct 1913, Thorson, Burke, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 21 Jan 1931  Bowbells, Burke, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
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     4. Living
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    Family ID F21612  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 May 2011 

  • Sources 
    1. [S5153] 1910 US Census, North Dakota, Burke, Leaf Mountain, Enum. Dist. 184, sheet 14B.

    2. [S5174] The Beginnings... A History of the Kvile Family, Kevin M. Gundeson, August 1981.

    3. [S5158] Ancestry Public Trees, Gunderson Family Tree, www.ancestry.com.

    4. [S16] Social Security Death Index.