Person:Emil Romsaas (2)

There he studied accounting at the Minneapolis Business College. Upon graduation he became a bookkeeper for the Soo Line Railroad. Later he worked as a bookkeeper for A. Wold Furniture Company at 1113 Washington Avenue South in Minneapolis. The A. Wold Furniture Company owned all the adjacent buildings on one city block. Each building sold A. Wold’s furniture and was heated by separate stoves. In addition to bookkeeper duties, it was also Emil’s job to ensure the stoves were lite each morning in order to make the stores ready for customers. A. Wold sold his furniture business to his brother Hans Wold and Emil. Hans and Emil were business partners. The store was near the “7 corners” area of Minneapolis. At that time, the 7 corners area was one of the business and social centers of Minneapolis. Emil enjoyed dancing and often went to dances in the area. At a dance he met his future wife, Ellen Johnson, who he married on 11 May 1911 at St. Ansgarius Church near 7 corners in Minneapolis. Soon after he was married he contracted a carpenter from North Dakota to build a home for he and his bride at 3545 16th Avenue South in Minneapolis. Emil and Ellen began raising a family: Raymond (born 8 June 1915), Elwood (born 9 May 1919), and John (born 26 April 1923). Ellen died 11 February 1926 at the age of 38. She was survived by husband Emil (age 43), son Raymond (age 11), son Elwood (age 5), and son John (age 2). Young John went to live with his mother’s parents. Emil hired housekeepers to keep house for himself and sons Raymond and Elwood. Emil was remarried on 8 August 1936 to Myrtle May Weinhardt. Sometime before World War II Emil started a furniture business of his own at 1221 & 1223 East Lake Street in Minneapolis. As Minneapolis was growing Lake Street was becoming a business and social center of the city. During World War II the war effort took all the resources which had previous gone into building new furniture. Emil ensured his business survived during the war by buying used furniture, fixing it, and reselling it. After the war Emil’s sons (Raymond, Elwood, and John) returned from military service to civilian life and joined Emil in the family furniture business. Later the Romsaas Furniture Company, Inc. moved across the street to 1204 East Lake Street. Romsaas Furniture also had stores at 2932 Chicago Avenue (near Chicago and Lake Street) in Minneapolis and in Luck, Wisconsin.

Emil Romsaas

Emil Romsaas & Ellen Johnson Wedding

Erik Knudson Romsaas & Abelone Torgersdatter Romsaas Family

Emil Romsaas

Romsaas Furniture Company, Incorporated

Romsaas Furniture Company, Incorporated

1. ↑ The History of Our Saviour's Lutheran Church of Baxter,(The Story of It's Birth and Continuing Growth Through the Years). (1993)
   Appendix D (Confirmations), Fourth Page, First Column.
2. ↑ Funeral Service at Bethel Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1:30 PM
   on 3 February 1966.