Gladys Florence Bonstrom

  Research Notes:

Note: Gladys Florence was married 3 times. She had 3 children in her first marriage

Gladys Florence Bonstorm, b 24 Oct 1910 at Buffalo, MN; died 30 Mar 1975, Minneapolis
1st marriage, 18 Sep 1929, Wright Co: to Rev Carl August Callerstrom, b 22 Jun 1871 in Sweden; died 23 May 1948, Buffalo
Children:
Theordore Carl Callerstrom, b 27 Feb 1932, Buffalo; married 1st Pat Hargroves [2nd to Mary ...], died 11 Jan 2011,
Minneapolis. He had 3 children; Lisa E, Theodore Carl Jr, Melinda (m. Greg Koosman)
Evangeline Gladys Callerstrom, b 15 Feb 1934, Buffalo; died 15 Nov 2010, Hennepin Co. [not married - no children]
Carolyn Florence, b 22 Dec 1936 at Buffalo; married Maurice Wi Danielson [divorced in 1980];
2 children, Jodi Kay Danielson, (m. Peter Jaunich; Todd Allen Danielson, (married Shawntel Kavanagh).
2nd marriage, 30 Apr 1949, Wright Co : to Rev David Wilhelm Vikner, b 18 Jul 1881, Mead, NE; died 19 Oct 1958, Buffalo, MN
[David W Viker had first married and his children were from his 1st m.; Gladys was his second wife; they did not have children]
3rd marriage, 17 Nov 1960, Wright Co: to Max Henry Peikert, b 27 Apr 1907 at Rockford, Wright Co; died 22 Nov 1998 at
Buffalo, MN [ Max Peikert was married three times; Gladys was his second wife; they did not have children]


2. Gladys Florence Bonstrom, 1st Marriage: Carl A Callerstrom

married: 18 Sep 1929 [Marysville church, image 204 2nd side; witness, Vernice C Bonstrom]
[ MN official Marriage cert, S-614, Wright Co marriages]
Rev. Carl August Callerstrom, 22 Jun 1871 at Målilla Förål [Målilla med Gårdveda] parish, Kalmar län, Sweden
[family is recorded on image 75, Zion Lutheran Church, Buffalo];
- first recorded with his mother and likely 2 of his sisters [see findagrave, id 91932531]
Rev's mother, Mrs Mathilda Marie Callerstrom, b 29 Jan 1842 in Sweden; died 11 May 1932
then likely a sister, Selma Oliva Callerstrom, b 16 Nov 1868 b in Sweden
then, Daisy Emma Callerstrom b 28 Jan 1884 at Genvona [?] Iowa - not sure if she is also a sister]

then a few spaces down
Rev. Carl August Callerstrom, b 22 Jun 1871 at Målilla Förål [Målilla med Gårdveda] parish, Kalmar län, Sweden; died 23 May 1948;
arrrived in US in May 1875 and in Buffalo, MN on Dec 1925
married: 18 Sep 1929
Gladys Florence Bonstrom, b 24 October 1910 at Minneapolis; died 1975 at Buffalo, MN [findagrave id, 91932683] *******
children:
Theodore Carl Callerstrom b 27 Feb 1932 at Buffalo *
Evangeline Gladys b 15 Feb 1934 at Buffalo ** [not married]
Carolyn Florence b 22 Dec 1936 at Buffalo; married to Maurice Williams Danielson [MOMS, 25 Oct 1958, Wright Co B1-386]

***** Gladys Florence Bonstrom Obit: Minneapolis Star, issue 31 Mar 1975 page 28
Gladys F Peikert, died at age 64; living at 5225 Portland, Minneapolis
- survived by her husband Max (Peikert) * and 1 son, Theo. Callerstrom of Buffalo; 2 daughters, Miss Evangeline Callerstorm and Mrs Maurice (Carolyn) Danielson of Delano; internment at Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Buffalo
[had remarried three times [remember that Carl Callerstrom died in 1948, and the three children would have been younger; Theodore about age 16 ]
- Gladys Florences' daughter, Evangeline Callerstrom (1934-2010) is linked by findagrave and her obit is posted on findagrave - names children of her brother Theodore and sister Carolyn


- re: Carolyn - marriage to Maurice Danielson in 1958 and then they divorced 29 Jul 1980; died 30 Nov 2015 at Saint Louis Park, Hennepin Co; can't find obit
her children: Jodi Kay Danielson, b 15 Mar 1961 at Wright Co [and married to Peter Anthony Jaunich on 8 Jul 1978, Wright Co - MOMS];
Todd Allen Danielson, b 30 Jun 1966 at Carver Co, MN; and married to Shawntel Marie Kavanagh on 10 Oct 1992, Wright Co


* Theodore died Jan 2011 [Star Tribune, Minneapolis; issue 13 Jan 2011, page B6; newspapers.com]
- died at age 78; from Minneapolis, formerly Buffalo
- survived by wife Mary [ this is likely his second marriage in 2001 and likely not the mother of his children]; children Lisa E Callerstom; Theodore Carl Jr; and Melinda G (Greg) Koosman; and sister Carolyn Danielson [no record of her death as of 22 Dec 2020]
- predeceased by parents Carl ... and Gladys (Bonstrom) and by sister, Evangeline Callerstrom
Theodore's (Ted) first wife: * Minnesota Star Tribune issue 2 Nov 2000, page 30
- Pat, age 66 died; from Minneapolis, formerly Buffalo
- survived by husband Ted; children Lisa E Callerstrom of Minneapolis; Theodore Carl (Luarie) Callerstrom, Jr; and Melina G (Greg) Koosmsan all of Minnetonka; sisters ....; sister in law Evangeline Callerstrom and Carolyn Danielson, both from Minneapolis
-- from the Vikner FT, there is a post of another obit (likely from a more local paper, but the paper or edition is not named); this has some more detail; names parents; he owned and operated Callerstrom Photography in Buffalo for many years; he had been in the US Army and served at Fort Campbell, KT; graduated Buffalo high school in 1950; survived ....; predeceased by his parents and his first wife Pat

** Evangeline died 15 Nov 2010 at Spring Park, Hennepin Co [suburb of Minneapolis[ [findagrade, id 62566563; with posted Obit]
- born 15 Feb 1934 at Buffalo
- moved to Newman Grove, NE with family - she was a teenager and attended high at Newman Grove [ remember the Rev Carl ... died in 1948 - she would have been about 12 years old ]
- survived by her brother Theodore (Mary) of Minneapolis and his children - Lisa, Carl, Milinda (Kossman) of Minnetonka [Minneapolis];
sister Carolyn Danielson and her children - Jodi (Pete) Jaunich and Todd (Shawntel) Danielson all of Delano [Wright Co, MN]
- predeceased by parents and by sister in law, Pat Callerstrom

1940 US Census, Buffalo, Wright Co; ED 86-5; sheet 12A; household 243
Rev Carl Callerstrom, age 69 b in Sweden;
wife, Gladys age 29 b in MN (and children)
Theodore, age 8 [1932]
Evangeline age 6 [1934]
Carolyn age 4 [1936]



Korsbaneret: 1945 ; https://app.arkivdigital.se/volume/v969691?image=56
Pastor C A Callerstrom
- his paresnt were August W Callerstrom and his wife Mathilda Maria.
- Came to America on 10 Apr 1887 to Gowrie, IA
- studied at Gustavux Ad. College in St Peter.
- He was married to Gladys Florence Bonstrom from Buffalo, Minn., on 18 Sep 1929. Their marriage was blessed with two children, a son Theodore Carl and daughter Evangeline Gladys. He died in Buffalo, Minn., on May 23, 1944, mourned and missing relatives, parishioners and other friends [last point, google translate]

Gladys Florence Bostrom's second marriage: Max Henry Peikert

* Max Henry Peikert, died in Nov 1998 [likely the same person, but Gladys is not mentioned; Star Tribune issue 24 Nov 1998, p 26]
- died at age 91 [1907], formerly from Rockford, Wright Co
- survived by wife, Harriet Dorweiler, son John of Conrad, MT; daugther Ruth Peikert of Morton Grove, IL; Mark Peikert of Mahtomedi, Washington Co (outside of Minneapolis)

- there is another Ancestry.com FT; Leadens-Hughes-Fischback FT
link, https://www.ancestrylibrary.ca/family-tree/person/tree/73900656/person/42284388525/facts?_phsrc=NEk336&_phstart=successSource
- Max Herny Peikert; born b 27 Apr 1907, Rockford, Wright Co; died 22 Nov 1998, Buffalo*
- first married on 29 Oct 1941, Hennepin Co [04500438] Thorine Beata Qualey,
b 9 Jun 1908 at Jackson Co** and died 12 Apr 1960 in Hennepin Co, MN; they had 3
children all born in Hennepin Co: John Henry b 7 Apr 1943; Ruth Ellen b 18 Jul
1944; Mark Steven, b 23 Apr 1947
- second married to: Gladys Florence (nee Bonstrom)
- third married to: Harriet A Dorweiler, b Dec 1911, Hennipen Co; died 27 Nov 2004
Hennepin Co
* his obit; Star Tribune (Minneapolis) issue 24 Nov 1998, page 26 [newspapers.com]
- died at age 91; formerly from Rockford
- survived by wife Harriet Dorweiler; children John (Gayle) Peikert of Conrad, MT;
Ruth Peikert of Morton Grove, IL; and Mark (Connie) Peikert *** of Mahtomedi [Washington Co, MN]
** when I noticed that she was born in Jackson Co, I vaguely remembered the name
"Qualey" and I had thought the name was in relation to a group that formed for the civil war in 1860 - BUT that wasn't the case
[Re: Tollef Olsen/Slaabacken]. But there is a local history book for Jackson Co, "An Illustrated History of Jackson
Co" available on-line through Archive.org. The surname Qualey, is noted in a brief
biography (page 537) and it notes that John Qualey was married in 1897 to Anna Lee and that
they had 3 children, Martha J, Albert C and Thorina B
*** according to the obit for Harriert Dorweiler in Nov 2004, it is noted that she
was predeased by her husband Max Peikert and step-son Mark Peikert ; however, I have
not found a death record or an obit for Mark

Gladys Florence Bonstrom, 3rd marriage:

3rd marriage to David Wilhelm Vikner b 18 Jul 1881 at Mead, NE
family recorded shows married to Gladys and the two girls : Swedish Lutheran Church records; at Zion Lutheran Church at Newman Grove NE
link, https://www.ancestrylibrary.ca/imageviewer/collections/61584/images/47830_554837-00611?pId=30322204 ;; image 361

Rev David Wilhelm Vikner on 30 Apr 1949 at Wright Co, cert Z-362; name as Gladys F Callerstrom;
- born 18 Jul 1881, Mead, Saunders, Nebraska [abt 30+ kms west of Omaha]; died 19 Oct 1958, Buffalo, MN
[he died of a heart attack in Buffalo - no mention of Gladys ... very poor newspaper copy - Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, issue 20 Oct 1958, page 8; he was a former pastor ....]
- re, findagrave id 99214435 and buried at Webster IA (he was First married first: to Lily Hanna Callerstrom on 23 Jun 1914 - her father was August Wilhelm Callerstrom and her mother, Maria M Sjostrand - AND they were also the parents of Carl August Callerstrom ; and thus Lily Hanna was his sister Carl August [see IA marriages; link to general search ]
- David W Vikner was a missionary to China; he and Lily had 3 children, Ruth b in 1915, David L b in 1916, and Carl F b 1920; all three children were born in China
- See Vikner FT, see records the family of August W Callerstrom [born 1837 in Kalmar Co, Sweden; in the US census records, noted as a carpenter; he had a large family, with 10 children
Third Marriage: Max Henry Peikert on 17 Nov 1960; name as Gladys F Vikner [MOMS cert, CI-164, Wright Co]

Gladys married Rev Carl August Callerstrom on 18 Sep 1929 in Wright Co, Minnesota, United States. (Rev Carl August Callerstrom was born on 22 Jun 1871 in Sweden and died on 23 May 1948 in Buffalo Twp, Wright Co, Minnesota, United States.)

Gladys next married Rev David Wilhelm Vikner on 30 Apr 1949 in Wright Co, Minnesota, United States. (Rev David Wilhelm Vikner was born on 18 Jul 1881 in Saunders Co, Nebraska, United States and died on 19 Oct 1958 in Buffalo, Wright Co, Minnesota, United States.)

Gladys next married Max Henry Peikert on 17 Nov 1960 in Wright Co, Minnesota, United States. (Max Henry Peikert was born on 27 Apr 1907 in Wright Co, Minnesota, United States and died on 22 Nov 1998 in Buffalo, Wright Co, Minnesota, United States.)