Edward Bakken

   Another name for Edward was Edvard Bakken.

  Research Notes:

Note: Edward and family lived in Highland Twp, Winneshiek Co, IA; likely until sometime after 1 Jun 1940

marriage: IA marriage record indicates that Edward was married at the "Lutheran Parsonage" at Locust, IA - this is within the boundaries of the Highland Twp, about 20 kms west of the Big Canoe Lutheran Church ... so this must have been St John's Lutheran Church ..
http://www.nbea.com/StJohns/History.htm [a German Lutheran Church]

his obit .... 1966
https://www.newspapers.com/image/126733124/?article=5ba07001-1909-4b88-bccb-831650d4ccf6&focus=0.04194877,0.4795442,0.15166163,0.6804503&xid=3355
her obit.......1987
hthttps://www.newspapers.com/image/126733124/?article=5ba07001-1909-4b88-bccb-831650d4ccf6&focus=0.04194877,0.4795442,0.15166163,0.6804503&xid=3355
Edvard Bakken, sr ... obit ... from .. The Daily Chronicle
De Kalb, Illinois · Monday, December 12, 1966

Ancestry FT .... Bakken FT [Emma Bakken]; access 11 Aug 2024
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/176560498/person/382290644250/facts
- not a lot of information ... but a little on son Edward Bakken ... Illinois
But the following is a bit better
... Baretls/Myhre FT [Sherry Myhre]; access 22 Aug 2024
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/111292711/person/110090723800/facts
- Edward ... 1930, 1940 Census .... Highland Twp
tps://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/18071029/person/18494654510/media/5a914e91-3681-4664-a0c9-f93f0b603bbf

Edward married Myrtle Josephine Overhaug on 17 Oct 1925 in Highland Twp, Winneshiek Co, Iowa, United States.¹⁰¹³² (Myrtle Josephine Overhaug was born on 11 Jan 1907 in Winneshiek County, Iowa, United States, died on 17 Dec 1987 in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States and was buried in Waterloo Ridge Cemetery, Waterloo Twp, Allamakee Co, Iowa.)