Ruth Irene Johnson

  Research Notes:

Kathryn Olson FT [karhtrynrobbins2795]
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/71486348/person/46243060664/facts

Dylan Shaleen FT [iveybet]
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/80777782/person/34426178455/facts
[ go to her "home page" and click on "all photos or media", viewed 24 Jan 2021 - about 250 photos and posts, often not recorded under name of people on the database ]



1.

Ruth Irene Johnson b 12 Apr 1912, Wright Co; died 21 Aug 1938, Minneapolis
married: 3 July 1931 to: Henry Walfred Shaleen, b 2 Apr 1898 at Minneapols, died 10 Dec 1936
Children: [1] Dewey Winton b 5 Jul 1932, Meeker Co;** [2] Melvin Raymond, 3 Feb 1935, Meeker Co**
2nd Marriage: 22 Dec 1937 to: Andrew Jaroscak b 1911 at Morrison Co, MN and died 1978 in Indiana
Child: Ruth Irene b 6 Aug 1938, Hennepin Co**

Re: Andrew Jaroscak - I believe that the "Johnson related Family Trees" on Ancestry recorded the wrong Andrew Jaroscak - see below. Obviously further research is needed. :

I think that when Ruth Irene Johnson (b in 1912) died on 21 Aug, Minneapolis that her children were 'informally' adopted. Likely Dewey Winton lived with an aunt, Esther Maria Shaleen and her husband Carl Albert Johnson. Esther was a sister to Dewey's father, Walfrd. Dewey is recorded as a nephew to Carl A Johnson - Carl and Esther Maria Shaleen who lived in Miami FL from about 1920 and Dewey is recorded living with them in the 1940 US Census. Melvin was adopted by the Carl L Olson family. And the baby Ruth Irene (Jaroscak) was adopted by Ruth's sister Alice, that that Ruth Irene (b 1938) became known as Ruth Irene Bandzak,


**

Dewey would have been 6 years old [1 month and 6 days] when his mother died
Melvin would have been 3 years old [6 months and 18 days] when his mother died
Ruth would have been 15 days old when her mother died

Esther Maria Shaleen b 1894 at Dassel, MN
1920 US - Miami, Dade Co, FL [ED 30, sheet 4A;] Carl Johnson, age 32 b in MN, wife Esther age 25 b in MN; son Wallace age 7 [1913] b in MN;
1930 US - Miami, Dade Co, FL [ED 48, sheet 11A]; Carl A Johnson age 41 b in MN, wife Esther M age 36 b in MN, son Wally A age 17 b in MN]
1940 US - Miami, Dade Co, FL [ED 69-85, sheet 7A]; Carl A Johnson, age 52, wife Esther M age 46 - they are recorded as b in Maine, but that is not likely correct; Carl is a mechanic or machine in Garage ; Dewey Smallee [sp], nephew, age 7 b in MN
-- above is from Stunkard-Ness-Yarch-Lindstrom FT [Bruce Stunkard]
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/41887978/person/28125580276/facts

Esther Johnson (nee, Shaleen), The Miami Herald issue 12 Aug 1947, page 21 [newspapers.com]
- died on Monday 11 Aug 1947 after lingering illness; lived at 729 SW 2nd Ave
- Maimi resident for 30 years, formerly from Minneapolis
- survived by husband, C A Johnson; and step-son Dewey Shaleen from Miami
- survived by father [Andrew L Shaleen / Anders Larsson ] and brother in Minneapolis
intermnent at Woodlawn


***
The above FTs record his birth in Ohio and with a middle "J" - Joseph, and dying in Ohio and a findagrave link, 157747945;
- b in Nov 1913 and died 18 Apr 1977
BUT there is another findgrave link for a person named ) born in 1911 in Holdingford, Stearns Co, MN (abt 100 kms north of St Cloud), died in 1978 in Indiana and buried at Bowlus, Morrison County, Minnesota (about 100 kms north of St Cloud) - and this Andrew's father and mother also buried here - was Paul Jaroscak born in Austria in 1867 and died at Bowlus in 1934
- also: 1938 Minneapolis City Directory (ancestry image 343)
Andrew Jaroscak laborer (Ruth) residence 1416 South 7th. ??? same person ???

Then in the 1939, Andrew with wife Helen E at 2013 Irving Ave and in 1940, Andrew F and Helen at 3223 Irving Ave North [image 341]
and in the 1940 US Census, Andrew Jaroscak age 27 b in MN, working as a machinist; in Apr 1935 living at the same place but not the same house; and in 1940 with wife Helen E age 28 b in MN; THEN: a link to MN marriages (MOMS ... 9 Nov 1935, Hennepin Co,
Andrew F Jarosak and Helen E Lindberg 0---- so this is NOT likely the same Andrew that was married to Ruth Irene Johnson

Andrew Jaroscak and Ruth Shaleen marriage notice: Minneapolis Star issue 18 Dec 1937, page 10
- both age 25 [1912] and both at address: 1416 7th St South
- since Ruth was born on 12 Apr 1912, she would be age 25 in Dec 1937

RE: Andrew Jaroscak -
1920 US Census, Two Rivers, Morrison Co, MN; family of Paul Jaroscak age 56 and wife Susanna age 46, both b in Hungary*
- 10 children, with the 3 youngest, Andrew age 8 [1911/1912 - but NOT 1913]
* there are a number of FamilyTrees on Ancestry, re; Paul Jaroscak b 1867 [see Andrew Jaroscak (id - 92188922)]
BUT none have any information on Andrew Jaroscak who was likely married to Ruth Irene Johnson; and, many of these family trees found by searching for Paul Jaroscak, b 1867 in Hungary have little source information


* Kathryn Olson FT records a 1940 US Census for Brooklyn Center, Hennepin Co [ED 27-4; sheet 1A and 1B]
for the family of Carl Olson age 43 [1897], wife Margaret, age 38, daughter Alice Mae age 16, and then son Melvin age 5 ++ AND then, using the MN Birth index on Ancestry: Melvin Raymond b 3 Feb 1935 at Meeker Co, with 'father' Carl L Olson and 'Margaret' Olson [her maiden name as "Eyn"] [Carl is linked to 1905 MN State Census at Hennepin, part 7, ward 7 on ancestry image 338], and in 1905 he is 8 yrs old, and thus a birth of about 1897 with parents, Charles Olson, age 49 yrs and 9 months and mother Ida age 39, both born in Sweden]


Henry Walfrid Shaleen; OBIT; likely from a newspaper in Dassel MN, but it is not identified, but posted on Kathryn Olson FT
- born 2 Apr 1898, Minneapolis
- marriage on 3 July 1931: to Miss Ruth Johnson of Knapp - "left to mourn" his wife
- 2 sons, Dewey Wilton and Melvin Raymond are left to mourn
- funeral at the Mission Covenant Church
- burial at Dassel cemetery
- those from out of town .... Mr and Mrs Reynold Johnson, Mr and Mrs Lawrence Johnson, Ludwick Johnson, Mr and Mrs Thomas Bondzak from Minneapolis

the above obit is posted by: Kathryn Olson FT [karhtrynrobbins2795]
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/71486348/person/46243060664/facts
- also posts a marriage cert - marriage 3 Jul 1931
- also posts picture of a family bible, with his date of death and Ruth Irene Shaleen, 21 Aug 1938
- and posts a picture of the family bible that records births Henry; Ruth (b 12 Apr 1912) and son Dewey Winten b 5 Jul 1932 and
he is married 5 Jul 1953 to Geraldine Minchew
and son Melvin R born 3 Feb 1935;; then sister Ruth Irine b 6 Aug 1938 [but this Ruth is the daugher of Ruth Irene (Johnson, b 1912) and Andrew Jarsock]

OBIT; obit/funeral notice for Ruth Irene Johnson; likely from a newspaper in Dassel MN, but it is not identified, but posted on Kathryn Olson FT
- funeral on 21 Aug 1938: Mrs Andrew Jarsock funeral held at the Mission Covenant Church
- born 12 Apr 1912 in Forest City, Meeker Co
- on 5 Jul 1931 married to Henry Shaleen of the Dassel area and where they lived unitl his death in Dec 1936
- two sons from this marriage - Dewey and Malvin
- on 22 Dec 1937 she married Andrew Jarsock and they have a "2 week old daughter"
- 'survived' by her father, Ludvig Johnson of Kingston; one sister, Mrs Alice Bandzak of Minneapolis, and 4 brothers: Lawrence of Minneapolis, Adolp of Dassel, Reynold of French Lake and Arnold of Watkins

- burial at Dassel Community Cemetery, Dassel Meeker Co; id 58880769
and link to her 1st husband, Henry Shaleen, 1898-1936

AND posts MN Certificate of Death
- died at Minneapolis General Hospital - 21 Aug 1938 at age 26 yrs, 4 months, 9 days
re; birth complications
- born 12 Apr 1912, MN - father Ludvig Johnson (in Sweden??); mother Hilma Erickson, MN
- married Andrew Jaroscak



- and posts one photo that includes Ruth Irene holding son Melvin, AND this photo has the following comment by Katherine Hensler
Hello! My grandmother is the little blonde girl in the front - Alice Marie Bandzak (1927-2003), and her brother, Lawrence (Larry) is to her right. Alice Maria (Johnson) Bandzak is my Gr Grandmother, and Ruth is her sister. Thank you for posting this picture.
Our family has never seen it!


** Dewey Winton Shaleen
Dylan Shaleen FT

US City Directories; Dewey W Shaleen
Long Beach CA, 1961
Shaleen, Dewey W (Geraldine) USMC residence 2347 Grand Av [USMC - should be US Marine Corp and by

North Carolina marriage index; Wayne Co
Dewey Winton Shaleen and Geraldine Minchew, married 5 Jul 1953
* she was born 20 Apr 1934, Eureka, Wayne County, North Carolina and died 19 May 2005, Powder Springs, Cobb County, Powder Springs GA
- also records that Dewey had 4 children, 3 'private' and a son, Dewayne Winston Dewey, b 12 May 1959, Long Beach, CA; died ???

Another family tree for Ruth Irene Johnson
Dylan Shaleen FT [iveybet]
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/80777782/person/34426178455/facts
- records marriage to Shaleen, 2 children
- records 2 marriage 22 Dec 1937 to Andrew Jaroscak, b 1 Nov 1913 in Ohio; died
Apr 1977 [no location]; AND records "private child"


NOTE: there are 2 photos/PDF's re: labelled Hilma Marie Erickson, along with her mother and brothers
- I'm not sure the labels would be correct: the PDF of the photo: labelled: Marjana Nelson Erikson (seated) left with Hilma Maria Erikson [married to Ludvig Johnson] and then naming of the men standing - Marjana or Marie Anna is the mother of Hilma Maria
and Hilma's father was Albion Erikcson
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Also: See, Tricia LemkeFT [Tricia Hansen]
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/115451743/person/270142517625/facts

and Hensler-Palmberg FT [Katherine Hensler]
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/77050092/person/34360787400/facts
- but name only

Ruth married Henry Walfred Shaleen on 3 Jul 1931 in Meeker Co, Minnesota, United States. (Henry Walfred Shaleen was born on 2 Apr 1898 in Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, Minnesota, United States, died on 10 Dec 1936 in Dassel, Meeker Co, Minnesota, United States and was buried in Dassel Community Cemetery, Dassel, Meeker Co, Minnesota, United States.)