Axel Emanuel Bonstrom

  Research Notes:

Axel Emaneul Bonstrom [ mostly from Kevern FT on Ancestry]

b 18 May 1893, Buffalo, MN; died 26 Jan 1988 at Chisago Co, MN *
married: 19 May 1926 at Hinckely, Pine Co, MN [abt 130 kms north of Minneapolis]
Hildur Viola Wolfe, b 19 Jan 1894 at Douglas Co, MN; died 24 Nov 1988 at Chisago Co, MN
[abt 10 months after her husband]
children:
a. Donald Bryan Bonstrom, b 17 Jan 1927 at Pine Co, MN; died 22 Oct 2019 at Eau Clair Co, WI **
b. Alice Marie, 19 Mar 1931, Hennepin Co; married .... Dean Everet Kevern** . 4 Daughters, one one daughter, Carrie Duba Kevern

Dean Everet Kevern OBIT; Star Tribune, Minneapolis, issue 17 Nov 2013, page B9
but a more detailed obit on findagrave: burial Fort Snelling [findagrave id 120680651]
- findagrave posts a more detailed obit; moved to Minneapolis at age 11
- Korean War Vet - First Marine Air Wing; lived in Chicago and graduated in 1954
- married Alice Bonstrom on 4 May 1954 at New Brighton; moved to Bloominton in 1958; retired
in 1993; moved in 2006 to Northfield
- survived by wife Alice; 4 daughters: Kathrine (Bill) Schroeder of Pine River, Beth (Jeff) Arndt of Le Sueur, Barbara (Al) Depman of Rochester, and Carolyn (John) Duba of Northfield;
9 grandchildren: Emily (Matt) Amos, Bradford (Tami) Schroeder, Jenny Arndt, A.J., Jeanne,
and Ethan Depman, David, Peter, and Irene Duba

** OBIT: for Axel E Bonstrom [Star Tribune, Minneapolis, issue 28 Jan 1988, p 67; newspapers.com]
- died at age 97 at North Branch, former of New Brighton [North Branch in Chisago Co, abt 30 or so kms north of Minneapolis]
- survived by wife Hildur; son Donald Bryan Bonstrom of Edina MN; daughter Alice Kevern, Bloomington
- internment at Fort Snelling --- findagrave id, 386366; links to wife and to son, Donald
- Axel - Sgt US Army [likley WW 1]

1940 US Census; New Brighton, Ramsey Co, MN; ED 62-2; sheet 5A; house/family, 87 (line 20)
Axel Bonstrom, age 47 b in MN; 5 years College; cashier at Bank; same house in 1935
wife Hildur age 46 b in MN
Son Bryan age 13 [1927] in MN
dau, Alice age 9 [abt 1931] in MN

WW 1 draft: Axel E Bonstrom, b 18 May 1893 at Buffalo, MN; worked as an Assist Cashier at Bank at Hanks, ND
WW 2 draft: at New Brighton

U.S., Adjutant General Military Records, 1631-1976 [ancestry collection: image 341;
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1873/images/32501_1220702381_0133-00342?pId=340258
- army number 2,702,956; registeed at Williams Co, ND; born in Buffalo 18 Mar 1893; Swedish
parents; banker; inducted at Williston on 25 Jun 1918
- sent to Camp Dodge IA - was at Train Headquaters and Military Police at Camp Dodge to
discharge on 28 Jan 1919, as a Sergeant


1930 US Census, Mounds View, Rasmey Co, MN; ED 173; sheet 4B; fam/dw 91/93
Axel, age 36 b in MN; married at age 25 [1918]
wife, Hilda, age 35 b in MN
dau, Ethel age 15 [1915] b in MN; [adopted ?; fr Hilda/Hildur's first marriage ]
son, Owen age 13 [1917] b in MN; [adopted ?; fr Hilda/Hildur's first marriage ]
son, Bryan, age 3 [1927] b in MN




** OBIT: for Donald Bryan Bonstrom; [Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, issue 29 Oct 2019, p A4; newspapers.com]
- died on 22 Oct 2019, b 17 Jan 1927 to Axel and Hildur Bonstrom
- enlisted in the Navy in 1945 as radar operator and later served in the Korean War
- had Ph D in Electrical Engineering
- married Dorothy Cook on 8 Mar 1958 at Hastings MN [Dakota Co, suburb of Minneapolis]
- survived by his wife of 6 years, Dorothy; his sister Alice Kevern; 2 sons, Paul (Ginny) Bonstrom of Eau Eau Claire, WI; and Bruce (Peggy) Bonstrom of Tucson AZ;
- preceded by his parents, his brother Owen Bonstrom ** and a sister Lynn ** and an infant grandchild
- internment at Fort Snelling

* Hildur/Hilda was previously married: 2 Jun 1914 in Douglas Co to Carl E Sletto [cert J-94]
her 2nd marriage to Axel Emanuel Bonstrom: 19 May 1926, Pine Co [cert G-633-1926]
*** children of Hildur and her 1st husband, Carl E Sletto [see 1930 US Census]
Owen Sletto; so he was a half-brother to Don Bonstrom
- he died 2 Jun 2011 and there is a brief mention on legacy.com - died in Denver; married, 2 sons, 1 died
AND Hildur's children from 1st marriage:
Charlotte Ethelyn Sletto, b 14 May 1915 in ND; died 26 Nov 2006 in NY; married and had at least one son
Michael Ralphn Maione, 1945-2003

Axel married Hildur Viola Wolfe on 19 May 1926 in Pine Co, Minnesota, United States. (Hildur Viola Wolfe was born on 19 Jan 1894 in Douglas Co, Minnesota, United States and died on 24 Nov 1988 in Chisago Co, Minnesota, United States.)