MARTINSON, Albert Gustav ^225,308

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In 1924, Albert and Ada Martinson Family moved to Idaho

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1930 US Census
Albert Martinson & son Lawrence Martinson
Custer Township, Whatcom Co., Washington
Enumeration Date: Apr. 4, 1930
Enumeration Number: 27
Page: 2A
Family Visitation Number: 25
Lines 6 & 7
Ancestry.com Image: 9
(The Ancestry page search is found in Cresent Twnsp., not Custer for some reason?)
Martinson, Albert, Head, lives on farm, male, white, 48 yrs. old, married, age at first marriage: 27, B: Minnesota, Father and Mother B: Norway, Laborer, Dairy Farm, worker, not a veteran
Martinson, Lawrence, son, male, white, 19 yrs. old, single, B: Canada-English, Father B: Minnesota, Mother B: Ohio, Laborer, Dairy Farm, worker.

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1930 US Census
Albert & Ada Martinson & Family
South Wilbur Precinct, Lincoln Co., Washington
Enumeration District: 22 - 50
Enumeration Date: None shown
(previous page dated: April 23 - 26, 1930)
Page: 2A
Ancestry.com Image: 3
Family Visitation Number: 32
Lines: 29 - 39
Martinson, Albert, head, owns, 600 value of home, Radio set, Not on farm, male, white, 47 years old, married, 26 yrs old at time of first marriage, reads and writes, B: Wisconsin, Father and Mother B: Norway, speaks English, Laborer, Farm,
Worker, Not veteran.
Martinson, Ada E., wife, female, white, 43 yrs. old, married, 21 yrs. old at time of first marriage, reads and writes, B: Ohio, Father and Mother B: Ohio, speaks English, no occupation.
Martinson Helen, daughter, female, white, 20 yrs. old, single, attended school or college since Sept. 1, 1929: yes, can read and write, B: Washington, Father B: Wisconsin, Mother B: Ohio
Martinson, Lorrance, son, male, white, 19 yrs. old, single, attended school, reads and writes, B: Canada-English (Am Cit.), Father B: Wisconsin, Mother B: Ohio
Martinson, Anton, son, male, white 17 years old, single, attended school, reads and writes, B: Canada-English (Am Cit.), Father B: Wisconsin, Mother B: Ohio
Martinson, Hazel, daughter, female, white, 15 years old, single, attended school, reads and writes, B: Washington, Father B: Wisconsin, Mother B: Ohio
Martinson, Lucy, daughter, female, 13 yrs. old, single, attended school, reads and writes, B: Canada-English (Am Cit.), Father B: Wisconsin, Mother B: Ohio
Martinson, Laura, daughter, female, white, 9 yrs. old, single, attended school, reads and writes, B: Canada-English (Am Cit.), Father B: Wisconsin, Mother B: Ohio
Martinson, Elmer, son, male, white, 7 years old, single, attended school, reads and writes, B: Canada-English (Am Cit.), Father B: Wisconsin, Mother B: Ohio
Martinson, Cleon, son, male, white, 5 yrs. old., single, no in school, B: Washington, Father B: Wisconsin, Mother B: Ohio
Martinson, Mary, daughter, female, white, 2 yrs. old., single, not in school., B: Washington, Father B: Wisconsin, Mother B: Ohio
Albert MARTINSON
Birth Date: 10 Aug 1881
Death Date: Oct 1963
Social Security Number: 538-26-2566
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Washington
Actual Death Residence: Washington

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History of the Martinsons
As written by Lucy Martinson Hamilton, Daughter of Albert Martinson.
A priceless little story for our family tree, exactly as told by Albert Martinson one spring day in Deming Washington. He sat at his usual place at their oil cloth covered round table, while I (his daughter Lucy Hamilton) sat with my back to
the window, beside the door. The picture remains clear and beautiful in memory. We must not let such priceless memories bring sorrow, but to kindle the flame he gave us for the wonders of living. I hope that you will laugh as he and I did,
at the end, when he closed with a flourishing joke about himself… This is the only story I know of taken from Albert Martinson…

Albert's mother was Dorothea Knutson (called either Thea or Dora). She was born near Shean in Southern Norway. She had one brother who remained in Norway and was believed to be a preacher. Dorothea's father, Knut Knutson was killed by a
falling tree while logging, after which, her mother, Rosa, went on to America alone. She was out to sea for 40 days in a sailboat. The boat his some terrible storms which turned the mast sideways. They never expected to see land again.
Imagine Rosa's relief when she landed on American soil. Dorothea came next, when, at age 15 she joined a group and sailed to America to help her mother farm. They came to a southern Minnesota town called Fairbolt and lived there during the
Jesse James days. Dorothea saw the campfire where Jessie James and his men had been after the last big robbery at Fairfield, where one of the men was shot.

They moved to Minneapolis and lived there while mules pulled streetcars, after which, they homesteaded in the Red River Valley. Dorothea went to work for Jim Hill. He was a great railroad builder. Dorothea was the cook. Jim Hill took
Dorothea to the circus. (Aunt Tillie (Mathilda Oleana, Albert's sister) later saw Jim Hill at Glacier Park in Montana, where there is a monument to him, or by him. Not sure which.)

A little town called Grand Forks sprung up around Dorothea and Rosa's homestead in the Red River Valley…

Now in this little town was a blacksmith named Olaus Martinson. (A report in the 1904 edition of the "History Of The Big Bend Country" claimed that he came from "the stock which first discovered the new world." I believe they are referring
here to the Vikings, but I have no proof of this.) He was the son of Martin Olson. (In the early days in Norway, "son" was added to a father's first name to produce a son's last name. Thus, Olaus Martinson was Martin's son.) Martin was a
glassmaker in Kongsberg Norway. They called him a glass master. Albert seems to think that his grandfather's glass factory continued to grow and is a major one in Norway now. There is some confusion as to what his grandmother's name was.
Some reports call her Anna, while at least one called her Gevea. Either way, her maiden name is unknown, but she and her husband Martin Olson were both natives of Norway.

Olaus Martinson's sister Anna married another Knutson. They had two daughters, Mary and ?. One went to California. The other one lived in Dakota on a 320 acre potato farm.

Olaus' other sister Martina married Carl Torgerson of Buxton North Dakota. They had four children. Gustav, Alfred, Laura and Lilly. Laura married twice. First to John Lawrenson, and then to Ingvol Ingvolson. They had a boy, and then
twins…a boy and a girl. (The girl, Mildred married George Aimee's nephew. George Aimee was Albert's sister Mathilda's second husband.)

Olaus himself was married twice. He lost his first wife in death, but they had one daughter together named Deena. She married Mike Ryan who was said to be a great hunter. They lived in Morris Minnesota. He then married Dorothea, and
together they had six children. Albert, Mathilda, Emma, Clara, and two children (one named Emma) who died in infancy. Albert was born in Fisher Minnesota on August 10, 1881. At one point, Olaus, Dorothea, Clara, and one of the baby girls
(Albert stayed home) hooked up the horses and buggy to travel across the Red River by Ferry. The ferry had problems, and the family ended up in the river. The only one able to swim was Olaus, and after saving Dorothea and the baby, he didn't
have the strength left to save nine-year-old Clara, and she slipped from his grasp and drowned.

The Martinson's left Fisher Minnesota and pioneered in Wheat Country at "Steam Boat Rock" near Coulee City, Washington.

When Albert was about 21, his parents sold out at Steam Boat Rock and pioneered again near Wilbur Washington. They settled on the Keller Grade which leads to the Columbia River. Albert became ill with inflammatory Rheumatism and was confined
to a bed, but that didn't stop his peppy sister Emma from planning a way for him to meet their pretty neighbor Ada Caufield. Emma herself married Joe Gabriel, and their other sister Mathilda Oleana (Tillie, or grandma Aimee as we know her)
married Nick Johnsen.

Joe and Emma had three children on the homestead on the prairie. A little boy was born premature and died soon after birth. The family buried him on the homestead. Emma then gave birth to Earlo, who, as a young man was hauling wheat in a
model A truck near Wilbur when it turned over and killed him. His family remembered his beautiful harmonica music. Evelyn was the last child born to Joe and Emma. She was very close to her cousin Hazel.

Nick and Mathilda had three children. Delia, Lela and Gerald (Jerry). I am sorry to say these cousins and Albert Martinson's children missed knowing each other much. We are thankful to know Delia and Jerry now. I remember seeing Lela when
I was a teenager, thinking she was so beautiful in her long pink dress. It's been such a pleasure to know Gerald and his wife Ona and some of Delia's family in my later years.

Albert Gustav Martinson married Ada Estelle Caufield, daughter of David Agnew Caufield and Rebecca Eve Peters. David Caufield was the son of Samuel Caufield, who sailed from Ballymulderg, Magherafelt County, Londonderry, Ireland on May 22,
1844 with his three brothers, John, Thomas, and Timothy. They arrived at Brookfield, Ohio on August 10, 1844. They spelled their last name Caulfield. He changed it to Caufield after coming from Ireland. Samuel married Susan Peters (no
relation to David's Rebecca). They had four children. William Richey, David Agnew, Elizabeth and Mary.

Rebecca Eve Peters Caufield was a teacher and a piano teacher when David Agnew courted her. They were married on 11/6/1856. Rebecca's parents were Alfred Louis Peters (Born 6/19/1834 and died in 1905) and Rachel Ann Wise (Born 4/28/1832 and
died 5/30/1884).

David and Rebecca Caufield had Ada, Willis and Baby Howard when David's dream to pioneer in the new state of Washington became a reality. They sold their stock and equipment and he caught the immigration train west to find their homestead.
David reached Davenport Washington on 3/23/1891. He bought horses and a wagon, and began to follow leads to find the fertile acres which they would call home. David found land that a broom maker named Martin Hansen had lived in a "Dug Out" on
until he went blind and had to sell his homestead. When David went in that "Dug Out" he found a beautiful coal-oil lamp that is still in the family. Determined to be a help to her mate, Rebecca packed up everything, said good byes and with
her three children and brother Stanley, took the train to where David was. Added to their family on their struggling homestead were Elsa, Mabel, Lucy, Arden and Frances. David helped with some of the deliveries. Frances, tragically, passed
away just before graduating from college.

After marriage, Albert and Ada Martinson had Helen, Lawrence, David Anton (Tony), Hazel, Lucy, Laura, Elmer, Cleon, Mary and Elma. Some were born in Washington, and some in Fleet, Alberta, Canada where they pioneered for a while, then
returned to Washington.

Willis Caufield married Allie Taylor. With their children, Dorothy, Hazel and Glenn, they continued farming near Wilbur, company to David after Rebecca died from a stroke on 5/10/1913.

Howard Caufield homesteaded with Albert and Ada. He never married, but was a gentle and loving helper to Ada in raising her children. The stayed in Alberta until he died and was taken to Wilbur for burial.

Elsa Caufield, a teacher, married Harry Hansen and raised their family in Poulsbo Washington. They had Leon, Marvin, Irene and twins Loren and Lorraine. Faithfully this family sent Christmas gifts to Albert Martinson's family in Canada.
What a blessing to Ada when times were tough.

Mabel Caufield, a teacher, married George Smith. They were wheat farmers near Walla Walla, Washington. Their children are George Jr., Elmer, Marguerite, Rebecca, Frances, Lillie, Grace, Louise, Lavonne and Shari. All of us Relatives should
be thankful that the Smiths preserved our Grandma Rebecca's beautiful Piano through many hard times and it is still protected by grandma's descendants. She got the piano at age nine. It must have been hard to leave it in Ohio when pioneering
west. She loved music and loved to teach piano. She finally did get it back, but not until twenty years later.

Lucy Caufield, a teacher, married Mark Young and wheat ranched with daughters Maxine and Darlene. They retired in a huge and beautiful old home in Spokane where all relatives were warmly welcomed.

Arden Caufield, like Howard was a wheat-farming bachelor. But he stayed near Wilbur until he died. He had been very close to his sister Frances from her birth to her death. Then they cleaned out some of his things, they found he had
faithfully kept her clothes form her death on 3/11/1918 at age twenty.

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Bellingham Herald or Lynden Tribune
Date: Unknown
Date of Death: 22 Oct. 1963
Albert Martinson, 82 of Deming Dies
A retired Deming farmer, Albert G. Martinson, 82, died Sunday in a Tacoma hospital after a long illness. He had lived in the Deming area for 31 years.
Surviving are four sons, Anton of Kendall, Lawrence of Sedro Woolley, Elmer and Cleon, both of Bellingham; six daughters, Mrs. Helen Jacobus and Mrs. Laura Steiner of Vancouver; Mrs. Hazel Hitchock of Everett, Mrs. Lecy (should be Lucy)
Hamilton of Kendall, and Miss Alma (should be Elma) Martinson and Mrs. Mary Hickok both of Bellingham, a sister, Mrs. Emma Christensen of Bellingham and 39 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren.
Services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Westord Funeral Home with Burial in Bay View Cemetery.

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Washington State Death Certificate for Albert Martinson
State File No.: 1050
Registrar's No.: 176
Place of Death: Fort Steilacoom, Pierce, Washington
Name of Hospital: Western State Hospital
Usual Residence: Box 71, Deming, Whatcom, Washington
Residence inside city: No
Is Residence on a farm? Yes
Name of Deceased: Albert Martinson
Date of Death: Oct. 20, 1963
Sex: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Widowed
Date of Birth: Aug. 10, 1882
Usual Occupation: Farmer, Farm
Birthplace: Minnesota
Father's Name: Oles Martinson
Mother's Name: Unknown
Was deceased ever in U.S. Military: No
Social Security No.: Unknown
Informant: Western State Hospital Records
Cause of Death:
Immediate: Penetrating gastric ulcer
Due to: Bilateral chronic pulmonary tuberculosis
Due to: Productive pericarditis with complete synechia
Part II. other significant conditions contributing to death but not related to the terminal disease condition given in part 1a: Chronic brain syndrome associated with cerebral arteriosclerosis
Autopsy: Yes
Dr. attended the deceased from July 27, 1962 to Oct. 20, 1963 and last saw him alive on Oct. 20, 1963.
Death occurred: 8:30 a.m.
John Srail, M.D. Fort Steilacoom, Washington
Burial, Cremation, Removal: Removal
Date: Oct. 21, 1963
Name of Cemetery: Blank
Location: Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington
Funeral Director: Westford Funeral Home -- Bellingham
Date rec'd by local Reg.: Oct. 25, 1963

Albert heiratete Ada Estelle CAUFIELD, Tochter von David Agnew CAUFIELD und Rebecca Eve PETERS, am 24. Nov. 1908 in Wilbur, Lincoln Co., Washington. (Ada Estelle CAUFIELD wurde geboren am 29. Nov. 1886 in Austintown, Mahoning Co., OH, starb am 4. Jan. 1952 in Bellingham, Washington (Whatcom County) und wurde bestattet in Bellingham, Washington (Whatcom County).)