CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
Birth Date3 Nov 1882 [291], [451], [591], [2530], [8445]
Birth PlaceMinnesota, United States
Census Date15 Apr 1910 [8446] Age: 27
Census PlaceRedwood Falls, Redwood Co., Minnesota, United States
MemoSecond Street, 1st Ward
Census Date22 Jan 1920 [291] Age: 37
Census PlaceRichfield, Hennepin Co., Minnesota, United States
Memo5812 Humbolt Ave. So.
Census Date14 Apr 1930 [400] Age: 47
Census PlaceMilwaukee, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin, United States
Memo1188 48th St., 20th Ward, Block 3090
Census Date6 Apr 1940 [8445] Age: 57
Census PlaceOwatonna, Steele Co., Minnesota, United States
Memo146 South Oak St., 4th Ward
Reside Date1950 [7797]
Reside PlaceOwatonna, Steele Co., Minnesota, United States
Memo633 E. Vine Street
Death Date22 Aug 1953 [956], [2530] Age: 70
Death PlaceOwatonna, Steele Co., Minnesota, United States
Burial Date27 Aug 1953 [2530]
Burial PlaceMinneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota, United States
MemoCremation. Lakewood Cemetery.
OccupationGarage Mechanic [291]
OccupationBurglar Alarm Expert [400]
OccupationTelephone Inspector [451]
OccupationEngineer [7797], [956], [8445]
FatherFrank BICKNER (1851-)
MotherAnna JIROUSEK (-<1920)
Misc. Notes
Worked for Griswold Co. (source?).
Living in Redwood Falls, MN, in 1910. [592]
Repairman for N.W. Tel. Co., 1918. [591]
Frank not listed in the Minneapolis city directory after 1927.
Moved to Milwaukee, WI, in 1929. [429], [428]

Living at 5812 Humboldt Ave. S., Richfield, MN, 1917-1920 (city directories);
this address no longer exists, as it is now a park in south Minneapolis.
Lived at various locations in Minneapolis, 1907-1929 (city directories).

Living at 1188 48th St, Milwaukee, WI, 14-APR-1930. [400]
Last known address in Milwaukee: 3709 N. 56th (in 1937). [431]
Moved to Owatonna, MN, some time after 1937.
Spouses
Birth Date13 May 1889 [291], [400], [451], [592], [975], [8445]
Birth PlaceSouth Dakota, United States
Memo1888 from 1920 census; 1930 census age given as 40. Source[451] suggests 1886-87. 1910 census: 1889
Census Date15 Apr 1910 [8446] Age: 20
Census PlaceRedwood Falls, Redwood Co., Minnesota, United States
MemoSecond Street, 1st Ward
Census Date22 Jan 1920 [291] Age: 30
Census PlaceRichfield, Hennepin Co., Minnesota, United States
Memo5812 Humbolt Ave. So.
Census Date14 Apr 1930 [400] Age: 40
Census PlaceMilwaukee, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin, United States
Memo1188 48th St., 20th Ward, Block 3090
Census Date6 Apr 1940 [8445] Age: 50
Census PlaceOwatonna, Steele Co., Minnesota, United States
Memo146 South Oak St., 4th Ward
Death Date1 Jun 1950 [955], [450], [975] Age: 61
Death PlaceOwatonna, Steele Co., Minnesota, United States
Burial Date5 Jun 1950 [975]
Burial PlaceMinneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota, United States
MemoCremation - Lake Wood Crematory
Alias/AKALydia Orline [428], [458], [8445]
Alias/AKAOrlin FLANDERS [7798]
Alt.SpellingOrlin F. L. [291], [616], [591], [400]
Alt.SpellingLora O. [975]
Alt.SpellingLora [2530]
OccupationGrocery store clerk [291]
FatherAlbert William FLANDERS (1857-1911)
MotherLaura C. HANSON (1860-1889)
Misc. Notes
Appears to have been named after her paternal grandmother, Lydia, and maybe also her maternal grandmother Oline.
Lydia sent a photo postcard of daughter Vera, from Minneapolis, MN, to Eva Bates in Webster, SD. Year does not appear in the postmark but must have been around 1915-16 based on apparent age of Vera in photo. [458]

A small photo of her brother, Archie, was labeled by an unknown hand, “Lydia Bickner’s brother.”

1900 census for her father and step-mother does not list Lydia or any other children of Laura Hanson Flanders. [38]

In both 1920 and 1930 the census reports the birth place of her parents as England. Probably got confused with her father’s parents, who were from England.
Marr PlaceHennepin Co., Minnesota, United States
ChildrenVera Flanders (1911-1988)
Last Modified 6 May 2022Created 8 Nov 2024 using Reunion for Macintosh
First Published 22 Sep 2013. Revised 8 Nov 2024
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