Hannah Marie (Dahlgren) Thompson (b. April 10, 1891 – d. July 12, 1969)
Hannah Dahlgren , the fifth child of Olof and Helena Dahlgren was born in rural Malung, Roseau County, Minnesota. She was raised on the farm along with her siblings, John, Axel, Charley, Oscar, and Thilda. Her name is listed with other family members in US and Minnesota State Census records from Malung, Roseau County, Minnesota, in 1895, 1900, 1905, and 1910.
She married Frank Elmer Thompson on June 15, 1913 in Malung, Minnesota.
Frank was born on August 5, 1882 in Meeker County, Minnesota, to immigrants from Norway, as seen in the 1900 US Census for Swede Township of that county. In 1914, a few months after his marriage to Hannah, he and his father-in-law, O.L. Dahlgren, appear to have made a trip into Canada, as noted in this Sprague, Manitoba BORDER CROSSING DOCUMENT from the Library and Archives Canada. The purpose of that trip is, as yet, unclear, but the listed destination was Eriksdale, Manitoba, 90 miles northwest of Winnipeg and over 200 miles from Roseau County, MN. It is likely they traveled by train between Vasser and Eriksdale, via Winnipeg.
On his 1917 US Military Draft Card, Frank listed his permanent address as Cedarbend, Minn (a township in Roseau County). The card also states that he was “blind in one eye”. This 1935 MAP of America Township shows one quarter of Section 5 was owned by F.E. Thompson. The Cedarbend Post Office was about one mile north of his property.
Frank and Hannah, and their son, Elmer, are noted in the 1920 US Census, as still living in America Township in Roseau County, MN. But by the time of the 1930 US Census, their daughter, Millicent had been born, and the family is listed in Malung Township in Roseau County, on the farm where Hannah grew up. This 1935 map shows the property was owned at that time by Frank E. Thompson (in Section 18). The 1940 US Census lists the four members of the Thompson family at the same location, but also includes Hannah’s brother, Oscar Dahgren. Frank listed his address as Malung on his 1942 US Military Draft Card.
The 1950 US Census shows Frank and Hannah had moved into the town of Roseau, a few miles north of their farm. Their home was located HERE.
Frank Elmer Thompson died on February 27, 1958 in Roseau, Minnesota. His remains were buried in the Malung Cemetery in Roseau County, Minnesota.
Hannah continued living in Roseau until the late 1960s. She was living with her daughter, Millicent, in Spokane, Washington, when she died on July 12, 1969. Her remains were buried in the Malung Cemetery in Roseau County, Minnesota..
