Wilfred Morris Torgerson

  Research Notes:

1. US SSDI

- listing for Wilfred Torgerson, born 13 Aug 1911, died Sept 1984; address of record: Portland OR; SSN 550-16-1291, issued by California


2. family tree maker

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/i/l/Al-Wills/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0317.html (under the William Wills family tree (Frontier, SK) --- google Wilfred Morris Torgerson

3. death location

- died in Ohio while visiting his son; however, he lived in the Tacoma-Puyallup-Edgewood area of Washington

4. Obits

Wilfred, 1984
from the Oregonian
- died while visiting his son in Marrietta, Ohio
- moved to Climax, SK in 1914
- started with Beaver Lumber in Crayton, SK (Creighton ? - near Flin Flon, MB)
- after a brief time in the US, returned to Canada and worked for Western Gypsum Ltd, first as a salesman and later general manager
- moved to Portland in 1958 where he worked with Kaiser Gypsum, lastly as a sales manager, until retirement in 1973
- survived by wife: Evelyn, sons Ray from Marrietta, Ohio and Glen from Manitoba; daughter Linda Layne of Hillsboro

from Tacoma News Tribune,
- died at age 73
- Edgewood resident since the early 1960's
- emloyed many years in the lumber and gypsum industries, mostly in Canada; retired sales manager of Kasier Gypsum in Portland
- surived by wife, Evelyn; two sons, Ray of Marietta, Ohio, and Glen from Winnipeg, MB; daughter Linda Layne of Hillsboro, OR; sister, Doris Rumpf of Bellevue; brother Roy of Puyallup and Earl of Auburn; half-brother, James Gannon of Swift Current, SK; half-sister, Isabelle Crocker of Bend, OR

Evelyn, 1996
- was a former teacher - had taught in Perdue, SK
- born in Perdue, SK
- lived in Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg before moving to the Portland area in 1958
- survived by son Ray of Baton Rouge, LA, Glen of Winnipeg, daughter, Linda Layne of Hillsboro, OR [ just west of Portland ]


5. Canada Border Crossings: Ancestry.com collection


19 Dec 1930 - Turner, MT

- Wilfred, age 19, born in Austin [ Fosston ], MN; farmer; accompanied by brother [ Clarence ]
- last residence - Canada - Climax; destination - Shelby, MT; purpose business for 3 days
- in US from born to 1912


15 Aug 1936 - Turner, MT

- Wilfred accompanied by brother, Palmer
- born 13 Aug 1911 in Fosston, MN
- address - Claydon, SK; occupation - ....? Agt
- destination - Clarence Torgerson, brother, Milton, WA; passage - self; arrived by highway/auto
- health - good; [ can't make out the writing on the endorsements ]


15 Sep 1940 - Turner, MT

- Wilfred Morris, age 29, born 13 Aug 1911 in Fosston, MN; salesman; entered US by himself by auto
- last address - 204 Maple St, Saskatoon, SK; destination - Shelby, MT to brother's Palmer Torgerson
- ever in US - birth to 1913 and then visits
- shown $25 cash; 6 ft, 3 inches; complexion fair, hair brown, eyes blue
- remarks and endorsements: manifest record in the case of applicant's father Arthur Torgerson shows that he was naturalized in Canada May 22, 1920, Certificate No 1728. Father of applicant was born in St Olaf, Minn 8 Dec 1895. Claims that he has never taken an oath of allegiance to any foreign state






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Wilfred married Evelyn Elizabeth Surber on 20 Dec 1937 in Hill Co, Montana, United States.³⁴⁹⁹ (Evelyn Elizabeth Surber was born on 26 Nov 1911 in Perdue, Saskatchewan, Canada ^3475,3500 and died on 17 Jun 1996 in Hillsboro, Washington Co, Oregon, United States ^3475,3500.)