Person:Carl Carlson (1)

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Carl August CARLSON
b.17 Mar 1886 Sweden
m. 6 Apr 1885
  1. Carl August CARLSON1886 - 1966
  2. Conrad Ernest Carlson1888 - 1959
  3. Edwin Claus CARLSON1890 - 1976
  4. Gunhild Charlotta CARLSON1892 - 1981
  5. Bernard Fritz CARLSON1896 - 1968
  6. Gust Knute Carlson1899 - 1970
m. 29 Mar 1912
  1. Elvin Maurice CARLSON1914 - 2000
  2. Carl Harold CARLSON1917 - 1996
  3. Hattie Lorraine Carlson1920 - 2002
  4. Merlin Lester CARLSON1923 - 1945
Facts and Events
Name Carl August CARLSON
Gender Male
Birth? 17 Mar 1886 Sweden
Marriage 29 Mar 1912 Topeka, Shawnee Co., KSto Laura Margaret Henrickson
Death[1] 23 Dec 1966 Topeka, Shawnee Co., KS


  (The etched oval mirror we have is from the grocery store they owned at Calderhead, KS.)
References


  1. Obituary - TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL
    C. A. CARLSON
    DIES IN TOPEKA
    Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Wall-Diffenderfer Mortuary for Carl August Carlson, 80, 1204 W. 1st, who died Friday in a Topeka hospital where he had been a patient since Dec. 19.
    He was born March 17, 1886 in Sweden and had lived in the United States since 1901. He had lived in Topeka about 30 years.
    He formerly owned and operated a grocery store at Calderhead near Clyde about 25 years and later was employed as construction superintendent with J. A. Lundgren and Son Construction Company. He was a member and honorary life deacon at West Side Baptist Church.
    Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Laura Carlson, at home; a daughter, Mrs. Alvin Lais, Los Angeles, Calif.; two sons, Elvin Carlson, 2040 Randolph, and Carl Harold Carlson, 1211 W. 1st; a sister, Mrs. Hugo Dahlstrom, 124 N. Kendall; three brother, Edwin Carlson, Clifton, Bernard Carlson, McPherson, and Gust Carlson, 110 N. Courtland; and seven grand-children.
    Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery. Mr. Carlson will lie at the mortuary until time of services.