Birthplace: Lude, Lake of the Woods, Minnesota
Elsie and and her brother Earl Bergan were twins, but Earl died at age seven.
Extract from the 1920 Census:
Name: Elsie E M Bergan
Age: 3 6/12
Estimated birth year: 1916
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: female
Relationship to head of house: daughter
Home in 1920: Prosper, Beltrami, Minnesota
Address: farm
Marital status: single
Father's birthplace: Norway
Father's native tongue: Norwegian
Mother's birthplace: England
Mother's native tongue: English
Occupation: none
Siblings living at home: Albert M (age 5 6/12), Earl J (3 6/12), and Ellen L (11/12)
Census place: Prosper, Beltrami, Minnesota; Roll: T625_823; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 61; Image: 367
Date: 6 Jan 1920
Extract from the 1930 Census:
Name: Elsie Bergan
Age: 13
Estimated birth year: 1917
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: female
Relation to head-of-house: daughter
Home in 1930: Myhre, Lake of the Woods, Minnesota
Marital status: single
Able to speak English: yes
Able to read and write: yes
Fathers' birthplace: Norway
Mothers' birthplace: England
Occupation: attending school
Siblings living at home: Albert (age 15), Ellen (11), Glen (9), and Dale (7)
Census place: Myhre, Lake of the Woods, Minnesota; Roll: 1105; Page: ; Enumeration District: 15; Image: 59.0
Date: 21 Apr 1930
Extract from the 1940 Census:
Name: Elsie Bergan
Age: 23
Estimated birth year: 1917
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: female
Relation to head-of-house: daughter
Home in 1940: Township 161, Range 34, Lake of the Woods, Minnesota
Marital status: single
Highest grade of school completed: college 4 years
Living on farm: yes
Place of residence in 1935: same house
Occupation: worker
Industry: NYA project
Number of weeks worked in 1939: 52
Amount of money wages or salary: $164
Has other income of more than $50: yes
At work during week of March 24-30: yes
Number of hours worked: not listed
Assigned to emergency work: yes
Duration of unemployment: 104 weeks
Siblings living at home: Siblings living at home: Ellen (age 21), Glen A (19), and Dale A (17)
Census place: Township 161, Range 34, Lake of the Woods, Minnesota; Roll: T627_1932; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 39-33
Date: 15 Apr 1940
Extract from the 1950 Census:
Name: Elsie M Bergan
Age: 33
Estimated birth year: 1917
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: female
Relation to head-of-house: teacher
Home in 1950: Bayfield, Bayfield, Wisconsin
Address: TB Sanitorium
Marital status: single
Living on farm: no
Occupation: occupational therapy teacher
Industry: TB Sanitorium
At work during last week: yes
Number of hours worked: 15
Class of worker: for government employer
Census place: Bayfield, Bayfield, Wisconsin
Date: 19 Apr 1950
She was a graduate of Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota with a major in chemistry.
Elsie taught math and science in school for a while.
She contracted tuberculosis in her early 20s and spent a number of years in a TB sanitorium in Ashland, Wisconsin. She ran the post office in Cornucopia, Wisconsin ("Wisconsin's northernmost village") for many years.
She married Herman Lawin when she was 39 and he was 37. No children.
Obituary from the "Pioneer" of Iron River, Wisconsin dated 24 Oct 1985:
Elsie (Bergan) Lawin, 69, Cornucopia, died Wednesday, Oct. 16 [1985], at Northern Lights Manor Nursing Home in Washburn. She was born July 23, 1916 in Lude, Minn., the daughter of Martin and June Bergan. On July 23, 1955, she was married in Bayfield to Herman Lawin. He died Sept. 21, 1974. Mrs. Lawin was a member of Immanuel Luthern Church, Cornucopia. She was a teacher for three years and an occupational therapist at Pure Air Sanatorium for nine years. She was also the postmaster at Cornucopia for five years prior to her retirement in 1980.
Surviving are a sister, Mrs. George (Ellen) Washburn, Greely, Colo.; two brothers, Glen Bergan, Williams, Minn. and Dale Bergan, Longmont, Colo; and many nieces and nephews.
Obituary from the "Daily Press" of Ashland, Wisconsin:
Mrs. Elsie Lawin, 69
Memorial services for Mrs. Elsie (Bergan) Lawin, 69, Cornucopia, who died October 16 at Northern Lights Manor Nursing Home, Washburn, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, October 26, at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Cornucopia.
The Rev. Peter Gunderson will officiate. Burial of cremains will be in the Town of Bell Cemetery.
Mrs. Lawin was the widow of the late Herman Lawin, who died September 21, 1974. She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Cornucopia, and taught school for three years and was an occupational therapist at the Pure Air Sanatorium for nine years. She was also postmaster at Cornucopia for five years until her retirement in 1980.
Surviving are a sister, Mrs. George (Ellen) Washburn, Greeley, Colorado; and two brothers, Glen, Williams, Minn.; and Dale, Longmont, Colo.; and nieces and nephews.
The Bratley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Elsie and and her brother Earl Bergan were twins, but Earl died at age seven.
Extract from the 1920 Census:
Name: Elsie E M Bergan
Age: 3 6/12
Estimated birth year: 1916
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: female
Relationship to head of house: daughter
Home in 1920: Prosper, Beltrami, Minnesota
Address: farm
Marital status: single
Father's birthplace: Norway
Father's native tongue: Norwegian
Mother's birthplace: England
Mother's native tongue: English
Occupation: none
Siblings living at home: Albert M (age 5 6/12), Earl J (3 6/12), and Ellen L (11/12)
Census place: Prosper, Beltrami, Minnesota; Roll: T625_823; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 61; Image: 367
Date: 6 Jan 1920
Extract from the 1930 Census:
Name: Elsie Bergan
Age: 13
Estimated birth year: 1917
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: female
Relation to head-of-house: daughter
Home in 1930: Myhre, Lake of the Woods, Minnesota
Marital status: single
Able to speak English: yes
Able to read and write: yes
Fathers' birthplace: Norway
Mothers' birthplace: England
Occupation: attending school
Siblings living at home: Albert (age 15), Ellen (11), Glen (9), and Dale (7)
Census place: Myhre, Lake of the Woods, Minnesota; Roll: 1105; Page: ; Enumeration District: 15; Image: 59.0
Date: 21 Apr 1930
Extract from the 1940 Census:
Name: Elsie Bergan
Age: 23
Estimated birth year: 1917
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: female
Relation to head-of-house: daughter
Home in 1940: Township 161, Range 34, Lake of the Woods, Minnesota
Marital status: single
Highest grade of school completed: college 4 years
Living on farm: yes
Place of residence in 1935: same house
Occupation: worker
Industry: NYA project
Number of weeks worked in 1939: 52
Amount of money wages or salary: $164
Has other income of more than $50: yes
At work during week of March 24-30: yes
Number of hours worked: not listed
Assigned to emergency work: yes
Duration of unemployment: 104 weeks
Siblings living at home: Siblings living at home: Ellen (age 21), Glen A (19), and Dale A (17)
Census place: Township 161, Range 34, Lake of the Woods, Minnesota; Roll: T627_1932; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 39-33
Date: 15 Apr 1940
Extract from the 1950 Census:
Name: Elsie M Bergan
Age: 33
Estimated birth year: 1917
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: female
Relation to head-of-house: teacher
Home in 1950: Bayfield, Bayfield, Wisconsin
Address: TB Sanitorium
Marital status: single
Living on farm: no
Occupation: occupational therapy teacher
Industry: TB Sanitorium
At work during last week: yes
Number of hours worked: 15
Class of worker: for government employer
Census place: Bayfield, Bayfield, Wisconsin
Date: 19 Apr 1950
She was a graduate of Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota with a major in chemistry.
Elsie taught math and science in school for a while.
She contracted tuberculosis in her early 20s and spent a number of years in a TB sanitorium in Ashland, Wisconsin. She ran the post office in Cornucopia, Wisconsin ("Wisconsin's northernmost village") for many years.
She married Herman Lawin when she was 39 and he was 37. No children.
Obituary from the "Pioneer" of Iron River, Wisconsin dated 24 Oct 1985:
Elsie (Bergan) Lawin, 69, Cornucopia, died Wednesday, Oct. 16 [1985], at Northern Lights Manor Nursing Home in Washburn. She was born July 23, 1916 in Lude, Minn., the daughter of Martin and June Bergan. On July 23, 1955, she was married in Bayfield to Herman Lawin. He died Sept. 21, 1974. Mrs. Lawin was a member of Immanuel Luthern Church, Cornucopia. She was a teacher for three years and an occupational therapist at Pure Air Sanatorium for nine years. She was also the postmaster at Cornucopia for five years prior to her retirement in 1980.
Surviving are a sister, Mrs. George (Ellen) Washburn, Greely, Colo.; two brothers, Glen Bergan, Williams, Minn. and Dale Bergan, Longmont, Colo; and many nieces and nephews.
Obituary from the "Daily Press" of Ashland, Wisconsin:
Mrs. Elsie Lawin, 69
Memorial services for Mrs. Elsie (Bergan) Lawin, 69, Cornucopia, who died October 16 at Northern Lights Manor Nursing Home, Washburn, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, October 26, at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Cornucopia.
The Rev. Peter Gunderson will officiate. Burial of cremains will be in the Town of Bell Cemetery.
Mrs. Lawin was the widow of the late Herman Lawin, who died September 21, 1974. She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Cornucopia, and taught school for three years and was an occupational therapist at the Pure Air Sanatorium for nine years. She was also postmaster at Cornucopia for five years until her retirement in 1980.
Surviving are a sister, Mrs. George (Ellen) Washburn, Greeley, Colorado; and two brothers, Glen, Williams, Minn.; and Dale, Longmont, Colo.; and nieces and nephews.
The Bratley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Birthplace: Lude, Lake of the Woods, Minnesota
Elsie and and her brother Earl Bergan were twins, but Earl died at age seven.
Extract from the 1920 Census:
Name: Elsie E M Bergan
Age: 3 6/12
Estimated birth year: 1916
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: female
Relationship to head of house: daughter
Home in 1920: Prosper, Beltrami, Minnesota
Address: farm
Marital status: single
Father's birthplace: Norway
Father's native tongue: Norwegian
Mother's birthplace: England
Mother's native tongue: English
Occupation: none
Siblings living at home: Albert M (age 5 6/12), Earl J (3 6/12), and Ellen L (11/12)
Census place: Prosper, Beltrami, Minnesota; Roll: T625_823; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 61; Image: 367
Date: 6 Jan 1920
Extract from the 1930 Census:
Name: Elsie Bergan
Age: 13
Estimated birth year: 1917
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: female
Relation to head-of-house: daughter
Home in 1930: Myhre, Lake of the Woods, Minnesota
Marital status: single
Able to speak English: yes
Able to read and write: yes
Fathers' birthplace: Norway
Mothers' birthplace: England
Occupation: attending school
Siblings living at home: Albert (age 15), Ellen (11), Glen (9), and Dale (7)
Census place: Myhre, Lake of the Woods, Minnesota; Roll: 1105; Page: ; Enumeration District: 15; Image: 59.0
Date: 21 Apr 1930
Extract from the 1940 Census:
Name: Elsie Bergan
Age: 23
Estimated birth year: 1917
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: female
Relation to head-of-house: daughter
Home in 1940: Township 161, Range 34, Lake of the Woods, Minnesota
Marital status: single
Highest grade of school completed: college 4 years
Living on farm: yes
Place of residence in 1935: same house
Occupation: worker
Industry: NYA project
Number of weeks worked in 1939: 52
Amount of money wages or salary: $164
Has other income of more than $50: yes
At work during week of March 24-30: yes
Number of hours worked: not listed
Assigned to emergency work: yes
Duration of unemployment: 104 weeks
Siblings living at home: Siblings living at home: Ellen (age 21), Glen A (19), and Dale A (17)
Census place: Township 161, Range 34, Lake of the Woods, Minnesota; Roll: T627_1932; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 39-33
Date: 15 Apr 1940
Extract from the 1950 Census:
Name: Elsie M Bergan
Age: 33
Estimated birth year: 1917
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: female
Relation to head-of-house: teacher
Home in 1950: Bayfield, Bayfield, Wisconsin
Address: TB Sanitorium
Marital status: single
Living on farm: no
Occupation: occupational therapy teacher
Industry: TB Sanitorium
At work during last week: yes
Number of hours worked: 15
Class of worker: for government employer
Census place: Bayfield, Bayfield, Wisconsin
Date: 19 Apr 1950
She was a graduate of Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota with a major in chemistry.
Elsie taught math and science in school for a while.
She contracted tuberculosis in her early 20s and spent a number of years in a TB sanitorium in Ashland, Wisconsin. She ran the post office in Cornucopia, Wisconsin ("Wisconsin's northernmost village") for many years.
She married Herman Lawin when she was 39 and he was 37. No children.
Obituary from the "Pioneer" of Iron River, Wisconsin dated 24 Oct 1985:
Elsie (Bergan) Lawin, 69, Cornucopia, died Wednesday, Oct. 16 [1985], at Northern Lights Manor Nursing Home in Washburn. She was born July 23, 1916 in Lude, Minn., the daughter of Martin and June Bergan. On July 23, 1955, she was married in Bayfield to Herman Lawin. He died Sept. 21, 1974. Mrs. Lawin was a member of Immanuel Luthern Church, Cornucopia. She was a teacher for three years and an occupational therapist at Pure Air Sanatorium for nine years. She was also the postmaster at Cornucopia for five years prior to her retirement in 1980.
Surviving are a sister, Mrs. George (Ellen) Washburn, Greely, Colo.; two brothers, Glen Bergan, Williams, Minn. and Dale Bergan, Longmont, Colo; and many nieces and nephews.
Obituary from the "Daily Press" of Ashland, Wisconsin:
Mrs. Elsie Lawin, 69
Memorial services for Mrs. Elsie (Bergan) Lawin, 69, Cornucopia, who died October 16 at Northern Lights Manor Nursing Home, Washburn, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, October 26, at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Cornucopia.
The Rev. Peter Gunderson will officiate. Burial of cremains will be in the Town of Bell Cemetery.
Mrs. Lawin was the widow of the late Herman Lawin, who died September 21, 1974. She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Cornucopia, and taught school for three years and was an occupational therapist at the Pure Air Sanatorium for nine years. She was also postmaster at Cornucopia for five years until her retirement in 1980.
Surviving are a sister, Mrs. George (Ellen) Washburn, Greeley, Colorado; and two brothers, Glen, Williams, Minn.; and Dale, Longmont, Colo.; and nieces and nephews.
The Bratley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Elsie and and her brother Earl Bergan were twins, but Earl died at age seven.
Extract from the 1920 Census:
Name: Elsie E M Bergan
Age: 3 6/12
Estimated birth year: 1916
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: female
Relationship to head of house: daughter
Home in 1920: Prosper, Beltrami, Minnesota
Address: farm
Marital status: single
Father's birthplace: Norway
Father's native tongue: Norwegian
Mother's birthplace: England
Mother's native tongue: English
Occupation: none
Siblings living at home: Albert M (age 5 6/12), Earl J (3 6/12), and Ellen L (11/12)
Census place: Prosper, Beltrami, Minnesota; Roll: T625_823; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 61; Image: 367
Date: 6 Jan 1920
Extract from the 1930 Census:
Name: Elsie Bergan
Age: 13
Estimated birth year: 1917
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: female
Relation to head-of-house: daughter
Home in 1930: Myhre, Lake of the Woods, Minnesota
Marital status: single
Able to speak English: yes
Able to read and write: yes
Fathers' birthplace: Norway
Mothers' birthplace: England
Occupation: attending school
Siblings living at home: Albert (age 15), Ellen (11), Glen (9), and Dale (7)
Census place: Myhre, Lake of the Woods, Minnesota; Roll: 1105; Page: ; Enumeration District: 15; Image: 59.0
Date: 21 Apr 1930
Extract from the 1940 Census:
Name: Elsie Bergan
Age: 23
Estimated birth year: 1917
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: female
Relation to head-of-house: daughter
Home in 1940: Township 161, Range 34, Lake of the Woods, Minnesota
Marital status: single
Highest grade of school completed: college 4 years
Living on farm: yes
Place of residence in 1935: same house
Occupation: worker
Industry: NYA project
Number of weeks worked in 1939: 52
Amount of money wages or salary: $164
Has other income of more than $50: yes
At work during week of March 24-30: yes
Number of hours worked: not listed
Assigned to emergency work: yes
Duration of unemployment: 104 weeks
Siblings living at home: Siblings living at home: Ellen (age 21), Glen A (19), and Dale A (17)
Census place: Township 161, Range 34, Lake of the Woods, Minnesota; Roll: T627_1932; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 39-33
Date: 15 Apr 1940
Extract from the 1950 Census:
Name: Elsie M Bergan
Age: 33
Estimated birth year: 1917
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: female
Relation to head-of-house: teacher
Home in 1950: Bayfield, Bayfield, Wisconsin
Address: TB Sanitorium
Marital status: single
Living on farm: no
Occupation: occupational therapy teacher
Industry: TB Sanitorium
At work during last week: yes
Number of hours worked: 15
Class of worker: for government employer
Census place: Bayfield, Bayfield, Wisconsin
Date: 19 Apr 1950
She was a graduate of Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota with a major in chemistry.
Elsie taught math and science in school for a while.
She contracted tuberculosis in her early 20s and spent a number of years in a TB sanitorium in Ashland, Wisconsin. She ran the post office in Cornucopia, Wisconsin ("Wisconsin's northernmost village") for many years.
She married Herman Lawin when she was 39 and he was 37. No children.
Obituary from the "Pioneer" of Iron River, Wisconsin dated 24 Oct 1985:
Elsie (Bergan) Lawin, 69, Cornucopia, died Wednesday, Oct. 16 [1985], at Northern Lights Manor Nursing Home in Washburn. She was born July 23, 1916 in Lude, Minn., the daughter of Martin and June Bergan. On July 23, 1955, she was married in Bayfield to Herman Lawin. He died Sept. 21, 1974. Mrs. Lawin was a member of Immanuel Luthern Church, Cornucopia. She was a teacher for three years and an occupational therapist at Pure Air Sanatorium for nine years. She was also the postmaster at Cornucopia for five years prior to her retirement in 1980.
Surviving are a sister, Mrs. George (Ellen) Washburn, Greely, Colo.; two brothers, Glen Bergan, Williams, Minn. and Dale Bergan, Longmont, Colo; and many nieces and nephews.
Obituary from the "Daily Press" of Ashland, Wisconsin:
Mrs. Elsie Lawin, 69
Memorial services for Mrs. Elsie (Bergan) Lawin, 69, Cornucopia, who died October 16 at Northern Lights Manor Nursing Home, Washburn, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, October 26, at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Cornucopia.
The Rev. Peter Gunderson will officiate. Burial of cremains will be in the Town of Bell Cemetery.
Mrs. Lawin was the widow of the late Herman Lawin, who died September 21, 1974. She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Cornucopia, and taught school for three years and was an occupational therapist at the Pure Air Sanatorium for nine years. She was also postmaster at Cornucopia for five years until her retirement in 1980.
Surviving are a sister, Mrs. George (Ellen) Washburn, Greeley, Colorado; and two brothers, Glen, Williams, Minn.; and Dale, Longmont, Colo.; and nieces and nephews.
The Bratley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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