Walter A. Englund (1911 - 1951)

Born 29 Jan 1911 in Rock, Delta, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Edla Rajala — married 3 Jun 1936 (to 30 Apr 1945) in Ishpeming, Marquette, Michigan, United States

Died 15 Apr 1951 at age 40 in Covington Township, Baraga, Michigan, United States

Biography

Walter was born in 1911. He was the son of Nels Olsson and Emma Smith.

In May 1920, Walter lived with his father and seven siblings in Maple Ridge, Delta County, Michigan. He had attended school in the last year.^[1]

On 6 May 1930, Walter lived with his father Nels Englund and brother Edwin Englund in Maple Ridge Township. He was working as a laborer in the woods.^[2]

Walter was married on 3 June 1936 at Ishpeming, Marquette County, Michigan, to Ethel Rajala. Clergyman Theodore E. Matson conducted the ceremony, which was witnessed by Mr. Emil Koski and Mrs. Elsie Koski. ^[3]

In April 1940, Walter and Ethel and their daughter Carol Jean lived on North Rock Road in Maple Ridge Township. Walter was a W.P.A. roadwork laborer. The couple owned their home, valued at $700.^[4]

Walter registered for the World War II draft in 1942. He lived in Rock, Delta County. He was working for the W.P.A. Project.^[5]

Ethel filed for divorce, claiming extreme cruetly and habitual drunkenness, on 19 December 1944. The divorce was granted on 30 April 1945.^[6]

Walter died on 15 April 1951: "Walter A. Englund, 40, of Rock, jobber and logger for the Badger Paper Co., died at 9:30 Sunday morning at his camp near Covington, Baraga county, where he had been located since 1951.

A fall in which he struck the back of his head on a sharp object caused his death according to Michigan State Police who investigated and Dr. Arthur L. Amolsch of Marquette and Dr. I. Sicotte, Michigamme, who conducted an autopsy.

Mr. Englund was born in Rock January 29, 1911.

He is survived by a daughter, Carol, of Rock, and four brothers and two sisters, Earl Englund, McFarland; Herb Westlund, Rock; Edwin Englund, Cladstone; William Englund, Skandia; Mrs. Toiva Rajala, Seline, Mich.; and Mrs. Mae Saunders, Chicago,

The body was brought here to the Anderson funeral home where friends may call beginning Tuesday afternoon. Services will be held Wednesday with burial in Rock cemetery,^[7]

Walter was buried in Rock Cemetery in Maple Ridge.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZSL-16L : 2 February 2021), Walter Englund in entry for Nelson Englund, 1920.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQYC-BX1 : accessed 18 March 2022), Walter Englund in household of Nels Englund, Maple Ridge, Delta, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 24, sheet 9A, line 48, family 177, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 982; FHL microfilm 2,340,717.
3. ↑ Michigan Marriage Records, 1867-1952, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, MI, USA; Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952; Film: 145; Film Title: 52 Marquette 2251-5569; Film Description: Marquette (1932-1940), Citing 3 June 1936 Ishpeming, Marquette, Michigan, Marriage, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=9093&h=1911635&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=60525.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K42R-HQY : 30 June 2021), Walter Englund, Maple Ridge Township, Delta, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 21-27, sheet 1B, line 45, family 13, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1745.
5. ↑ National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Michigan, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 341.
6. ↑ Michigan Divorce Records, 1897-1952, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, Michigan; Michigan. Divorce records, Citing 30 Apr 1945 Delta, Michigan Divorce Decree, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=9092&h=6274808&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=9093.
7. ↑ Fall Fatal to Walter Englund. The Escanaba Daily Press (Escanaba, Michigan), 16 April 1951, page 3, column 1.
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20904332/walter-a-englund : accessed 18 March 2022), memorial page for Walter A Englund (29 Jan 1911–15 Apr 1951), Find a Grave Memorial ID 20904332, citing Rock Cemetery, Maple Ridge Township, Delta County, Michigan, USA ; Maintained by Barbara LeClaire (contributor 46903377) .