Hanna Marie Kjennerud1

F, b. 11 October 1876, d. 21 August 1958
Family Explorer
     Hanna Marie Kjennerud was born on 11 October 1876 at Sandsvær, Buskerud, Norway.2

     Hanna married Emil Johan Persson, son of Lars Johan Persson and Maria Augusta Lindberg, on 7 February 1906, at Waukegan, Lake, Illinois.3

     Hanna died on 21 August 1958, at Blue Island, Cook, Illinois, at age 81,4 and was buried at Cedar Park Cemetery, Calumet Park, Cook, Illinois.5

Census

     Hanna and Emil appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Chicago, Cook, Illinois, enumerated 20 April 1910..6

     Hanna and Emil appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Chicago, Cook, Illinois, enumerated 8 January 1920. Johan was working as a conductor for a street car company. Hanna's brother, Nils, a machinist, was also in the home. Their children, Lawrence John were listed as living with them.7

     Hanna and Emil appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Chicago, Cook, Illinois, at East 113th Street, enumerated 14 April 1930. Emil was working as a foreman for a steel company. He was renting, paying $65.00 a month. Hanna;s brother was also with them Their children, Lawrence John were listed as living with them.8

Child of Hanna Marie Kjennerud and Emil Johan Persson

Last Edited=15 Mar 2022

Citations

  1. [S98] Compiler: Anki Lindkvist Anki Lindkvist, Information research by Anki Lindkvist, Location: Sweden, Posted, No further information.
  2. [S102] Ancestry.se, online http://www.Ancestry.se, Norway, Births and Christenings, 1648-1903
    Name: Hanna Marie Gender: Female Christening Age: 0Birth Date: 11 Oct 1876 Christening Date: 5 Nov 1876 Christening Place: Aiker, Buskerud, Norway Fathe: rKarl Nilsen Mother: Mariane Haagensdr.
  3. [S102] Ancestry.se, online http://www.Ancestry.se, U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Swedish American Church Records, 1800-1946
    Name: Emil Johan Pearson Gender Male Marriage Age: 24 Event Type: Marriage Birth Date: abt 1882 Marriage Date: 7 Feb 1906 Marriage Place: Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, USA Spouse: Hannah Kjennerud Church: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church.
  4. [S98] Compiler: Anki Lindkvist Anki Lindkvist, Information research by Anki Lindkvist, Location: Sweden, Not Posted, No further information.
  5. [S24] Unknown author, Find A Grave web site, Url: http://www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial # 183189354.
  6. [S29] Census of the United States, 1910 U S Federal Census, Chicago, Illinois, Sheet 8 B, line 75 thru 80.
  7. [S43] Census of the United States, 1920 U S Federal Census, Chicago, Illinois, Sheet 8 B, line 64 thru 66.
  8. [S42] Census of the United States, 1930 U S Federal Census, Chicago, Illinois, Sheet 5 A, line 4 thru 7.
  9. [S23] Unknown author, Ancestry Web Site, Url: http://www.ancestry.com, U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Swedish American Church Records, 1800-1946
    Name: Laurence Johan Pearson Event Type: BaptismBirth Date: 11 Sep 1915 Birth Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois Baptism Date 25 Sept 1915 Baptism Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Father: Emil Pearson Mother: Hanna Pearson Church: Bethesda Lutheran Church.

Erika Klambauer1

F, b. 16 January 1922
Family Explorer
     Erika Klambauer was born on 16 January 1922 at Salzburg, Austria.2

     Erika, at age 26, married Werner von Trapp at age 33, son of Capt. Georg Ludwig Ritter von Trapp and Agathe Whitehead, on 27 December 1948, at Stowe, Lamoille, Vermont.

Austrian Girl And Von Trapp Son to Wed

STOWE Dr. and Mrs. Franz Klambauer of Salzburg. Austria, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Erika, to Werner V- Trapp, son of Baroness Maria Augusta Trapp and the late Baron George von Trapp. Miss Klambauer, a graduate of the University of Vienna Agriculture Department, was a close friend and classmate of Martina Trapp. The couple became acquainted in Austria before the Trapps fled that country before the war. Werner Trapp, who served with the 10th Mountain Division in Italy, received a leave of absence following the war, and visited Miss Klambauer in Salzburg. She flew to this country, landing a month ago in Boston. The couple will be married after Christmas. Trapp who was born in Austria, has taken the tenor part in tha Trapp Family Singers, and has operated the family 700-acre farm. The couple will move to the Trapp home "Cor Unum" and take over the farm.

CELEBRATE OCCASION

The engagement was celebrated in the chapel at Cor Unum yesterday and the Rev. Franz Wasner, musical and spiritual director of the family for 15 years, blessed the engagement riijgs. In his sermon he compared the bride with Rebecca of the Old Testament, who also left her parents and her home to join a husband in a faraway country. Then the couple pronounced their intentions and promise to marry. Then they placed the rings on each others fingers, and the whole family sang Bachs Thanksgiving Chorale. Everyone went in procession from the chapel to the family graveyard to ask in silent prayer the blessings of the late father, Baron Von Trapp. . A family dinner was held. Attending, in addition to family members living here, were Dr.and Mrs. Rupert Trapp of Hartford, Conn., Werners older brother. The family danced and sang traditional songs during the evening.1,3

Census

     Erika Klambauer appeared on the 1950 Federal Census of Stowe, Lamoille, Vermont in the household of her mother-in-law, Maria.4

Child of Erika Klambauer and Werner von Trapp

Last Edited=4 Mar 2023

Citations

  1. [S23] Unknown author, Ancestry Web Site, Url: http://www.ancestry.com, Vermont, U.S., Marriage Records, 1909-2008
    Name: Erika Klambauer Gender: Female Record Type: Certificate of Marriage (Marriage) Marriage Date: 27 Dec 1948 Marriage Place: Stowe, Lamoille, Vermont, USA Spouse: Werner VonTrapp.
  2. [S23] Unknown author, Ancestry Web Site, Url: http://www.ancestry.com, Vermont, U.S., State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1790-1954.
  3. [S9] Unknown author, General Newspaper Items: Varied, Location: Varied, Vermont Sunday News St. Albans, Vermont
    07 Nov 1948, Sun Page 7.
  4. [S172] Census of the United States, 1950 U S Federal Census, Stowe, Vermont, Sheet 12, line 11 thru 27.
  5. [S23] Unknown author, Ancestry Web Site, Url: http://www.ancestry.com, Vermont, U.S., Birth Records, 1909-2008
    Name: Barbara Martina Felicitas Von Trapp Gender: Female Birth Date: 20 Nov 1949 Birth Facility: Other Birth Place: Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont, USA Father: Werner Von Trapp Mother: Erika Amalia Augusta Von Trapp Filed Date: 30Nov1949.

Abby Kline1

F, b. 1839, d. 29 March 1884
Family Explorer
     Abby Kline was born in 1839 at New Jersey.1

     Abby married William Blauvelt Vliet, son of Richard Sutton Vliet and Ida Van Dyke, circa 1874.1

     Abby died on 29 March 1884, at Bedminster, Somerset, New Jersey,1 and was buried at Lamington Presbyterian Cemetery, Lamington, Somerset, New Jersey.1

Obituary

Her Obituary from the Hunterdon County Democrat January 1, 1884, (sic) April, Forty-Sixth Volume, No. 20 Mrs. Abby R. Vliet, wife of Wm. B. Vliet, near Lamington, injured her head last Friday against the door. Nothing serious was thought of it at the time, but the next afternoon she died from the effects of the injury. She leaves a husband and five children. Her maiden name was Abby Kline. [She was a sister of Mr. John S. Kline, of Flemington and Mr. Peter Kline, of Pleasant Run.] Near Lamington, March 29, 1884, Mrs. Abbie Vliet, aged 43 years. Note: Of the five children mentioned in the Obituary, two were probably step children from William Blauvelt Vliet's first marriage to Charity Smith1

Child of Abby Kline and William Blauvelt Vliet

Last Edited=29 Dec 2022

Citations

  1. [S24] Unknown author, Find A Grave web site, Url: http://www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial #      32821018.
  2. [S24] Unknown author, Find A Grave web site, Url: http://www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial # 53686447.

Carrie Koenen1

F, b. 25 June 1903, d. 12 October 1967
Family Explorer
     Carrie Koenen was born on 25 June 1903 at Minnesota.1

     Carrie married John Martin Jansson circa 1925.1

     Carrie died on 12 October 1967, at Yellow Medicine, Minnesota, at age 64,1 and was buried at Bethany Reformed Cemetery, Clara City, Chippewa, Minnesota.2

Census

     Carrie and John appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Crate, Chippewa, Minnesota, enumerated 15 April 1930. John was working as a farmer on a general farm. They had a radio set.3

     Carrie and John appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Stoneham, Chippewa, Minnesota, enumerated April 1940. John was working as a farmer. They had a hired hand working for them. As an item of interest, a dollar in 1940 would equal $21.35 in the year 2022. A $3.50 gallon of milk in 2022 would have cost $.17 cents in 1940.4

Child of Carrie Koenen and John Martin Jansson

Last Edited=24 Dec 2018

Citations

  1. [S23] Unknown author, Ancestry Web Site, Url: http://www.ancestry.com, Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2002 about Carrie Janssen Name: Carrie Janssen Birth Date: 25 Jun 1903 Death Date: 12 Oct 1967 Death County: Yellow Medicine Mother's Maiden Name: Ackens State File Number: 026281 Certificate Number: 026281 Certificate Year: 1967 Record Number: 1685893.
  2. [S24] Unknown author, Find A Grave web site, Url: http://www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial # 91289299.
  3. [S42] Census of the United States, 1930 U S Federal Census, Crate, Minnesota, Sheet 1 A, line 49 and 50.
  4. [S14] Census of the United States, 1940 U S Federal Census, Stoneham, Minnesota, Sheet 1 A, line 29 thru 32.
  5. [S14] Census of the United States, 1940 U S Federal Census, Stoneham, Minnesota, Sheet 1 A, line 31.

Donald A. Koers1

M, b. 18 June 1921, d. 28 May 1995
Family Explorer
Donald A. Koers, husband of Laverne G. Gustafson
     Donald A. Koers was born on 18 June 1921 at Detroit, Wayne, Michigan.2

     Donald married Laverne Gladys Gustafson, daughter of Eric Reynold Gustafson and Gladys Mae Nelson, on 10 August 1946, at Escanaba, Delta, Michigan.1

     Donald A. Koers and Laverne Gladys Gustafson were divorced in January 1975 at California.3

     Donald died on 28 May 1995, at age 73,4 and was buried at Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, Riverside, California.4

Family: Donald A. Koers and Laverne Gladys Gustafson

Last Edited=25 Feb 2022

Citations

  1. [S23] Unknown author, Ancestry Web Site, Url: http://www.ancestry.com, Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952
    Name: Lavaarne Gustafson Gender: Female Race: White Birth Year: abt 1925 Birth Place: Escanaba, Michigan Marriage Date: 10 Aug 1946 Marriage Place: Escanaba, Mich, Delta, Michigan, USA License County: Delta Age: 21 Residence Place: Escanaba, Michigan Father: E R Gustafson Mother: Gladys Helson Spouse: Donald A Koers County File Number: 3052-C State File Number: 21 6432 Film: 40 Film Title: 21-Delta-4263-7539 Film Description: Delta (1939 - 1949).
  2. [S23] Unknown author, Ancestry Web Site, Url: http://www.ancestry.com, U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
    Name:     Donald A Koers Service Info.     CPL US ARMY WORLD WAR II
    Birth Date: 18 Jun 1921 Death Date: 28 May 1995 Service Start Date: 19 Jul 1940 Interment Date: 9 Jun 1995 Cemetery: Riverside National Cemetery Cemetery Address: 22495 Van Buren Boulevard Riverside, CA 92518 Buried At: Section 2a Site 1271.
  3. [S23] Unknown author, Ancestry Web Site, Url: http://www.ancestry.com, California, Divorce Index, 1966-1984
    Name: Laverne G Gustafson Spouse Name: Donald A Koers Location: Orange Date: Jan 1975.
  4. [S24] Unknown author, Find A Grave web site, Url: http://www.findagrave.com, Find A Grave Memorial # 885100.
 
Compiler: John W. Van Dyke: John W. Van Dyke