Betsy Moen

  Research Notes:

.... much of the information is initially from:
Neil Lorentzen FT [Neil Lorentzen]; access, 6 Nov 2024 ... possibly most detailed
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/74421670/person/320184139002/facts
Note: I have not researched this family in any detail ... there are a couple of other FTs ... some information may conflict


24 Nov 2024

... I haven't researched in detail Betsy's family, but what I have found is confusing
..... most Ancestry FTs
.. record her marriage to Andrew Palmgren and this is confirmed with MOMS marriage record, and record he died in 1918 ?
.. and note that she had 4 children:
Martin, 1889-1966; [ I haven't found anything further ... not indexed on Ancestry ]
Mary Gunella, 1891-1980 [m. to Cornelius Nelson, Hallock]; findagrave, 39930869
Alfreda 14 Jun 1894- 7 Jan 1976 Blandinsville, McDonough, IL [m. to Carl Allen]
Betsy / Bessie Fredrica, 6 Sep 1896, d. 20 Oct 1916, m. 12 Jun 1915 to Jalmer J Johnson [haven't found anything further on hime



1895 MN State, Hallock Twp, Kittson Co, MN ... page 15 [image 48 on ancestry]; fam 1
Andrew Palmgren, age 30 b in Swe
wife Betsy, age 23 b in IA
son Martin, age 6 b in MN [1889]
dau Nellie, age 4 b in Illinois
Freda, age 1 b in MN
and then Etta Moen, age 13 b in MN


** note: Andrew Palmgren may have married again in 1898 to Mary M Ogman
.. he may have died, 12 Jan 1939 in Minneapolis ... findagrave 102638812
.. Andrew Palmgren obit ... Minneapolis Star issue 13 Jan 1939, page 8
- survived by wife, 6 daughters including Mrs Cornelius Nelson of Hallock, MN ... and, Mrs Carl Allen of Blandinsville Ill.
- also survived by 3 sons .... but not Martin

Betsy married Andrew Palmgren on 7 Jan 1889 in Kittson Co, Minnesota, United States.¹⁰¹⁹¹ (Andrew Palmgren was born 1863 or 1865 in Sweden.)