Charles Warren Bonstrom

  Research Notes:

Charles Donald Warren, b 30 Apr 1923, Hennepin Co; died 4 May 2019, Boynton Beach, Palm Beach Co, Fl
Married: 9 Sep 1944, Hennepin Co
Helen F McDonald, b 23 Aug 1922, Mt Vernon, Westchester Co, New York; died 21 Feb 1986, Minneapolis

Children:
Donna Ann, b 23 Nov 1945, Hennepin Co, MN; died 24 Jan 1946, Hennepin Co
Gary Allan Bonstrom b 5 Jun 1947 Hennepin Co
Cheryl Lynn Bonstrom, b 30 Sep 1950 Hennepin Co, m. 26 Sep 1969, Hennepin Co; Dale Sidney Tverberg
Robert Charles Bonstrom, b 25 May 1955, Hennepin Co; m. 15 Oct 1983, Anoka Co, MN, Jeanette M Martinka






2. some records for Charles

MOMS ........... 9 Sep 1944, Hennepin Co; cert 04890010

findagrave: Fort Snelling; id, 199040192
note: Age 96 of Boynton Beach, FL [Palm Beach Co, FL]. Formerly of Bloomington
Charles' findagrave links to wife, Helene C Bonstrom, b 23 Aug 1922; died 21 Feb 1986; Fort Snelling, id, 386368 - she was in US Army

Charles; OBIT: Star Tribune (Minneapolis) issue 12 May 2019, p B7
- died at age 96; from Boynton Beach, FL formerly of Bloomington
from funeral home: https://www.morrisnilsen.com/obituary/charles-d-w-bonstrom/
- Charles "Chuck" Bonstrom; died 4 May 2019 at age 96
- preceded by his mother Myrtle and father Ephriam; wife Helene and daughter Donna Ann
- survived by wife of 25 yrs [ Kathy Bonstrom*] [ sons Gary of Minneapolis, daughter Cheryl and her husband Dale of Coon Rapids, MN; son Robert and wife Jeannette of Orlando, FL

*** possibly, Elizabeth Catherine Woodcock, married 15 Dec 1988; Florida Marriage index
Pinellas Co, FL; Marriage Date:15 Dec 1988
- newspaper: Tampa Bay Times (St Petersburg), issue 17 Jul 1988, p 72
"Dissolutions of Marriages": Charles D. and Elizabeth C. Bonstrom

FL marriage index: marriage date: 28 Mar 1987, Pinellas Co, FL

NOTE: possibly the marriage date of 15 Dec 1988 was incorrect or a mistake on the record. Thus, the FL dept of health had to dissolve that marriage record and issue a new marriage date. Unfortunately, this doesn't explain the Charles' OBIT of 2019 that he was survived by his wife of 25 years - meaning about 1994. Nor does it explain a findagrave grave marker (id 218090478; Royal Palm North Cemetery, Pinnellas Park, Pinellas County) that records the death of Elizabeth C Bonstrom in 1990 and with a space for Charles D Bontstrom, b 1923 with no date of death

OR: was Charles married 3 times ?????


** re Charles wife Helen F McDonald - marriage license
Minneapolis Star issue 6 Sep 1944, p 10
Charles D Bonstrom, age 21 of 623 E 36 St and Helen F. McDonald, age 22; then
Mount Vernon, New York [Westchester Co, NY, north of the borough of the Bronx]
OBIT: Helene C Bonstrom, Star Tribune (Minneapolis), issue 24 Feb 1986, p 33
- age 63; from Bloomington
- preceded in death by daughter, Donna Ann
- Survived: by husband Charles D; sons Gary and Robert; daughter Cheryl; ... grandchildren ...


WW 2 Draft - MN; registered 30 Jun 1942


1940 US Census, Mount Vernon, Westchester Co, NY; ED 60-141, sheet 16B
family household number, 625; line 49
William McDonald (age 44); wife Elizabeth (age 46)
Helene, age 17; 2 other children

MN Birth Index, Ancestry
Gary Allan Bonstrom b 5 Jun 1947 Hennepin Charles Donald, Helene Catherine
Cheryl Lynn Bonstrom, b 30 Sep 1950 Hennepin Charles Donald Warren, Helena Catherine
Robert Charles Bonstrom, b 25 May 1955, Hennepin
** Donna Ann Bonstrom - not on the MN birth index
but Stokes/Cardinale FT [Casey Stokes) records her birth as 23 Nov 1945 but no sources
and records surname as Bondstrum
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/22307326/person/1224148334/facts
Another FT Hugo/Nelson FT [bhugo170] records Donna Ann Bonstrom birth as 1945 and
and death as 24 Jan 1946 in Hennepin Co, MN - this date corresponds to MNHS death cert 1946-MN-018502
** Star Tribune (Minneapolis) issue 30 Jan 1946 p4; deaths: Donna A Bonstrom, 2 months
but then records Mt Vernon, NY ---- I'm not sure of the reference to Mt Vernon - unless the baby
was born in NY; then mother and baby came back to Minneapolis

Ancestry FTs
Wisell FT [Dianewis01]
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/116779292/person/122097304945/facts
- records death on 4 May 2019 in Florida
- records Helene C birth as 23 Aug 1922 and died 21 Feb 1986 [no locations recorded]
Tverberg FT [Zachary Tverberg]
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/165321757/person/312147731627/facts
- as abov; notes Helene as a spouse and then another 'unknown spouse'

There are a couple more, but they are NOT complete with much information missing

Charles married Helene Catherine McDonald on 9 Sep 1944 in Hennepin Co, Minnesota, United States. (Helene Catherine McDonald was born on 23 Aug 1922 in Mt Vernon, Westchester Co, New York, United States, died on 21 Feb 1986 in Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, Minnesota, United States and was buried in Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Hennepin Co, Minnesota, United States.)