Edwin Julius Langsjoen

  Research Notes:

1. Death: from John Oberg email, 16 Jan 2010

"I met Edwin Langsjoen two or three times in the early 1950's, and tragically he died when his house burned down. It was located on the 10-acre piece of land directly to the west of his parents property (and their house and dairy buildings still stand). Before the fire, Edwin's house had a wonderful old, non-electric, pump organ which I played a few times. It had books and photographs and all sorts of 'old' stuff...that all went up in flames. He, only, couldn't do much to fight the fire. Tragically, he was so badly burned in his efforts to save his home that he had to be hospitalized in Everett, WA. His burns were so extensive and severe that he died on April 1, 1959, and, it took me almost 50 years, I managed to find his grave - very close to his mother Sigrid's - at that Happy Valley Cemetery you speak of

The connection to the Lawson name interests me, too, because I distinctly remember meeting some Lawson's who visited Edwin on one of our trips to visit Edwin. I've wondered for years whatever became of that family, and now because of the info in your attachment below, I be able to learn
more.

2. Death: Obit, 1959

- lived in Silvana
- born in Underwood, MN
- survived by 3 nephews ( George Langsjoen, Edward and Andrew Lawson) and 3 neices (Mrs Bernice Haugstand, Mrs Anna Moe, and Mrs Esther - spelled as Ethe - Haines)

3. US WW II Draft Registration, 25 Apr 1942

- residence: Rte #1, East Standwood
- age 57, born 17 Jan 1885, Ottertail MN
- employer - self, farmer
- contact: A A Satrum, Norman, WA
- 5 ft 9, 148 pounds, blue eyes, blond hair, light complexion ^{3025,3026,3027}