Charles Erick Noreen ^{1 2 3}

  Death Notes:

Name: Charles E. Noreen
Event Date: 07 Mar 1938
Event Place: Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois
Gender: Male
Race: W
Age: 60
Birth Year (Estimated): 1878
Birth Date: 25 Dec 1877
Birthplace: Uppsala, Sweden
Father's Name: Erick Noreen
Father's Birthplace: Sweden
Mother's Name: Marie Swadvall
Mother's Birthplace: Sweden
Occupation: Tool Maker
Residence Place: Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois
Spouse's Name: Addie M. Noreen
Burial Date: 09 Mar 1938
Burial Place: Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois
Cemetery: Cedar Bluff

Citing this Record
"Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N32N-FKN : 9 March 2018), Charles E. Noreen, 07 Mar 1938; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,818,556.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Rockford, IL on 3 February 1920. ¹

1920 US Census
Sheet 7B, District 216, Dwelling 132, Family 152
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois
1718 - 14th Street; home owned with mortgage
Charles E. Noreen..Head..43..SWEDEN..Immig. 1879..Naturalized..Foreman, Tool Factory

(Living with wife, 2 step children, and wife's ex-husband.)
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• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in Rockford, IL on 18 April 1930. ²

1930 US Census
Sheet 20A, District 101-55, Dwelling 400, Family 467, Roll 572
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois
1919 - 17th Avenue; home owned
Charles E. Noreen..Head..52..SWEDEN..Immig. 1880..Naturalized..Tool Maker, Tool Shop

(Living with wife and an adopted stepson.)
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• His obituary was published in the Morning Star on 8 March 1938 in Rockford, IL.

³ Arrangements were still incomplete last night for funeral services for Charles E. Noreen, 60, 1718 15th street, who died early yesterday at his home of a heart ailment.

Mr. Noreen was born in Sweden Dec. 24, 1877, and came to the United States with his parents when a baby. He had been a local resident 59 years, and had been employed by the Forest City Bit and Tool company the last 47 years.

Surviving are his widow, Addie M. Noreen, whom he married 25 years ago; three stepchildren; his mother, Mrs. Marie Noreen; three sisters, Mrs. William Gable, Mrs. Fred Wilmarth and Mrs. Carl Norberg; two brothers, Harry A. and Lawrence Noreen, all of Rockford; and five nieces and nephews.

(Source: Morning Star, Rockford, IL, 8 Mar 1938, pg. 2)
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• He was buried on 9 March 1938 in the Cedar Bluff Cemetery in Rockford, IL.

Plot: 17 014 12
Find A Grave Memorial #112133556
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Charles married Adeline Marie Holmes, daughter of Charles Tarbell Holmes and Mary Josephine Packard, after 20 November 1910.^{1 2} (Adeline Marie Holmes was born on 3 December 1869 in Cherry Valley, IL,^{2 4 5 6 7 8 9} died on 7 November 1943 in Rockford, IL ^{8 9} and was buried on 9 November 1943 in Rockford, IL ^{8 9}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Rockford, IL on 3 February 1920. ¹

1920 US Census
Sheet 7B, District 216, Dwelling 132, Family 152
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois
1718 - 14th Street; home owned with mortgage
Charles E. Noreen..Head..43..SWE..Imm. 1879..Naturalized..Foreman, Tool Factory
Adda Noreen..Wife..51..IL
Robert Legett..SSon..19..IL..Laborer, Foundry
Golden Legett..SDau..15..IL
Clarence A. Legett..Father(?)..61..IL..divorced..Night watchman, machine stop
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• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Rockford, IL on 18 April 1930. ²

1930 US Census
Sheet 20A, District 101-55, Dwelling 400, Family 467, Roll 572
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois
1919 - 17th Avenue; home owned
Charles E. Noreen..Head..52..SWE..Immigrated 1880..Naturalized..Tool Maker, Tool Shop
Addie M. Noreen..Wife..60..IL
Robert A. Noreen..Son..28..IL
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