In 1906 at the age of 18, Elna Liljegren immigrated from Denmark to America with Albert Albertsen, whom she later married on October 31, 1906 in Arapaho, Custer County, Oklahoma Territory. Both were then living in the nearby town of Korn. (see Marriage certificate attached) The young couple sailed on The Baltic from Liverpool to New York City and were accompanied (chaperoned) by Mary Frances (Welch) Clausen (1948-1938) and her husband, a Seventh Day Adventist minister, Niels Clausen. (Missionaries to Scandinavia, returning after 20 years abroad)
Both the 1920 and 1930 Federal Censuses confirm the names of Elna's children:
Lydia, born 1908 in Korn, Oklahoma;
Mary Frances, b. 1912, Ketchum, Oklahoma;
Elmer Carl "Jack," b. 1915, Colorado; and
Opal Naomi, b. 1920, Avery, Iowa.
By 1930 the Albertsen family was living in Temescal, Riverside County, California. Elna and Albert later moved to Lodi in Northern California.
Years later after Albert died, Elna married John Willis Coffee on March 17, 1955 in Lodi--a recent widower whom she had met at church. She warmly embraced John's sons/daughters and their children as her own.
Elna's memory is cherished by her many grandchildren.
Both the 1920 and 1930 Federal Censuses confirm the names of Elna's children:
Lydia, born 1908 in Korn, Oklahoma;
Mary Frances, b. 1912, Ketchum, Oklahoma;
Elmer Carl "Jack," b. 1915, Colorado; and
Opal Naomi, b. 1920, Avery, Iowa.
By 1930 the Albertsen family was living in Temescal, Riverside County, California. Elna and Albert later moved to Lodi in Northern California.
Years later after Albert died, Elna married John Willis Coffee on March 17, 1955 in Lodi--a recent widower whom she had met at church. She warmly embraced John's sons/daughters and their children as her own.
Elna's memory is cherished by her many grandchildren.
In 1906 at the age of 18, Elna Liljegren immigrated from Denmark to America with Albert Albertsen, whom she later married on October 31, 1906 in Arapaho, Custer County, Oklahoma Territory. Both were then living in the nearby town of Korn. (see Marriage certificate attached) The young couple sailed on The Baltic from Liverpool to New York City and were accompanied (chaperoned) by Mary Frances (Welch) Clausen (1948-1938) and her husband, a Seventh Day Adventist minister, Niels Clausen. (Missionaries to Scandinavia, returning after 20 years abroad)
Both the 1920 and 1930 Federal Censuses confirm the names of Elna's children:
Lydia, born 1908 in Korn, Oklahoma;
Mary Frances, b. 1912, Ketchum, Oklahoma;
Elmer Carl "Jack," b. 1915, Colorado; and
Opal Naomi, b. 1920, Avery, Iowa.
By 1930 the Albertsen family was living in Temescal, Riverside County, California. Elna and Albert later moved to Lodi in Northern California.
Years later after Albert died, Elna married John Willis Coffee on March 17, 1955 in Lodi--a recent widower whom she had met at church. She warmly embraced John's sons/daughters and their children as her own.
Elna's memory is cherished by her many grandchildren.
Both the 1920 and 1930 Federal Censuses confirm the names of Elna's children:
Lydia, born 1908 in Korn, Oklahoma;
Mary Frances, b. 1912, Ketchum, Oklahoma;
Elmer Carl "Jack," b. 1915, Colorado; and
Opal Naomi, b. 1920, Avery, Iowa.
By 1930 the Albertsen family was living in Temescal, Riverside County, California. Elna and Albert later moved to Lodi in Northern California.
Years later after Albert died, Elna married John Willis Coffee on March 17, 1955 in Lodi--a recent widower whom she had met at church. She warmly embraced John's sons/daughters and their children as her own.
Elna's memory is cherished by her many grandchildren.
