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WAMSTAD, Caroline (Enger) 1883-1975

WAMSTAD

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 12/26/2009 at 22:33:50

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Mrs. Caroline Wamstad

OSAGE, IOWA — Services for Mrs. Caroline Wamstad, 91, of Osage, will be 2 p.m. tomorrow at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, Osage, with burial in Rock Creek Cemetery. Services previously scheduled for yesterday were postponed because of inclement weather.

She died Thursday at Mitchell County Memorial Hospital.

[Waterloo Courier Sunday, Jan. 12,1975]
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According to the Soc. Sec. Death Index: CAROLINE WAMSTAD was born 04 Mar 1883, died Jan 1975 residing at ZIP CODE 50461 (Osage, Mitchell, IA)SSN 481-74-1041 issued in Iowa.
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Caroline Enger (Iverson or Gilbertson) was born March 4, 1883 to Ragnild Enger (1856-1901) and unknown father at Mitchell County, Iowa.

Found in the 1885 & 1895 censuses living at Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa:
1885: Thrond Hegg 62, Anna Hegg 75, Rangild Enger 26 and Caroline Enger age 2.
1895: Caroline Gilbertson age 12.

Caroline was confirmed at the Rock Creek Lutheran Church on June 13, 1897 at Meroa, Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa. Her mother, Ragnild Enger, married Gulbrand Iverson on January 16, 1889 at Rock Creek Lutheran Church (RCLC), Meroa, Iowa.

Found in the 1900 census on a farm at Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa: (stepfather using the surname Gilbertson, he also used the name Gulbrand Iverson): Gulbrand Gilbertson 54, Rangnild Gilbertson 43, Karoline Gilbertson 16, Oliver Gilbertson 10. Peder F Gilbertson 7, Gilbert O Gilbertson 5, Karl R Gilbertson 2, Ole Gilbertson 49.

Caroline married Lars Torstensen Wamstad (Hvamstad) on December 16, 1906 at the Rock Creek Lutheran Church, Meroa, Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa.

The couple had 4 children (all born in Cedar township, MItchell County, Iowa):
Ethel Theresse (April 25, 1908 - April 22, 1997 Mitchell, Iowa);
Clifford Edmond (January 7, 1910 - November 6, 1965 New Orleans, Louisiana);
Georgia Rosella (September 4, 1912 - July 14, 1987 Iowa);
Tennes Franklin (February 5, 1916 - April 20, 1926 Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa).

Family found living on a farm in Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa:
1910: Lars Thorsten Wamstad 32, Caroline Iverson Wamstad 27, Ethel Theresse Wamstad 2, Clifford Edmond Wamstad 4 months.
1915: Caraline Wamstad 32.
1920: Lars T Wamstad 42, Caroline Wamstad 36, Ethel T Wamstad 11, Clifford E Wamstad 10, Georgia R Wamstad 7, Tenner F Wamstad 3 yrs 11 mos.
1925: Lars T Wamstead 46, Caroline Wamstead 42, Ethel T Wamstead 16, Clifford E Wamstead 15, Georgie R Wamstead 12, Tennis T Wamstead 8.
1930: Lars T Wamstad 51, Caroline Wamstad 47, Georgia R Wamstad 17.
1940: Lars T Wamstad 61, Caroline Wamstad 57.

Caroline Wamstad died January 9, 1975 at the Mitchell County Memorial Hospital, Osage, Mitchell, Iowa. Her funeral was held at Our Savior's Lutheran, Osage and burial was at the Rock Creek Lutheran Cemetery, Meroa, Cedar, Mitchell, Iowa.

See FindaGrave memorial # 55769170.

(Censuses transcribed as found without fixing spelling errors. Not positive Caroline’s birth surname is Enger, that was her mother’s surname.)

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