Einar Bernhart Ekren ^{1 2 3 4}

  Death Notes:

Name: Einar Bernhardt Ekran
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 30 Nov 1961
Event Place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 70
Marital Status: Married
Birth Year (Estimated): 1891
Father's Name: Andreas S Ekran
Mother's Name: Marie Ekran
Spouse's Name: Martha Egeland
Certificate Number: 61 18 2806

Citing this Record
"Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDV-8WST : 18 March 2018), Einar Bernhardt Ekran, 30 Nov 1961; citing Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, certificate , series 81448; Utah State Archives Research Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of 4 November 1892 and a birth location of Molde kommune, Møre og Romsdal fylke, Norway.

This birth date was given on Find a Grave Memorial 101077746. The birth year of 1892 appears on his gravestone. ⁴

• He has alternate birth date of 1895 and a birth location of NORWAY.

This birth year was referenced by his age of 45 on the 1940 US Census.
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• He immigrated in 1909.
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• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in Kensal, ND on 2 April 1930. ¹

1930 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 37, Family 10, Roll 1743
Kensal, Stutsman County, North Dakota
Main Street; Home owned, $2500
Einar B. Ekren..Head..38..NOR..Immig. 1909..Naturalized..Proprietor, General Store

(Living with wife and 3 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 14 Nov 1890, then his age should have been 39 instead of 38.
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• He appeared on the 1940 US Census in Kensal, ND on 3 April 1940. ²

1940 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 47-38, Family 17, Roll 3015
Kensal, Stutsman County, North Dakota
House owned, $3,000
Residence in 1935: Webster, Day County, South Dakota
Einar B. Ekren..Head..45..NOR..12th grade..Proprietor, Retail Hardware & Grocery Store..Naturalized

(Living with wife, 3 children, and widowed sister-in-law.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 14 Nov 1890, then his age should have been 49 instead of 45.

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• Death Image: 30 November 1961, in Salt Lake City, UT. ³

• He was buried after 30 November 1961 in the Kensal Cemetery in Kensal, ND.

Find a Grave Memorial 101077746
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Einar married Martha L. Egeland, daughter of Bertinius Halvorsen Egeland and Marte Hanson, about 1920.^{1 2} (Martha L. Egeland was born on 17 February 1894 in South Dakota,^{5 6} died on 17 November 1976 in Chicago, IL ⁶ and was buried on 20 November 1976 in Webster Cemetery, Webster, SD ⁶.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Kensal, ND on 2 April 1930. ¹

1930 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 37, Family 10, Roll 1743
Kensal, Stutsman County, North Dakota
Main Street; Home owned, $2500
Einar B. Ekren..Head..38..NOR..Immig. 1909..Naturalized..Proprietor, General Store
Martha L. Ekren..Wife..36..SD
Marguerite M. Ekren..Daughter..8..ND
E. Bartlett Ekren..Son..6..SD
Winston S. Ekren..Son..4..ND
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• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Kensal, ND on 3 April 1940. ²

1940 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 47-38, Family 17, Roll 3015
Kensal, Stutsman County, North Dakota
Home owned, $3,000
Residence in 1935: Webster, Day County, South Dakota
Einar B. Ekren..Head..45..NOR..12th grade..Proprietor, Retail Hardware & Grocery Store..Naturalized
Martha L. Ekren..Wife..40..SD..12th grade
Marguerite Ekren..Daughter..17..ND..11th grade
Bartlett Ekren..Son..15..ND..10th grade
Winston S. Ekren..Son..14..ND..8th grade
Celia Schillman..Sister-in-Law..65..SD..12th grade..Widowed
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