Gertrude Elizabeth Olivia Carlson (1916 - 2000)

Born 10 Aug 1916 in Tower, St Louis, Minnesota, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Francis Lawrence Schmehl — married 14 Sep 1944 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Descendants

Died 20 Jun 2000 at age 83 in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA

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Biography

Gert Carlson has Swedish ancestors

Gert was born on 10 August 1916 in Tower, St Louis, Minnesota, USA. She was the daughter of Gustaf Daniel Carlsson and Anna Elizabeth (Pearson) Carlson.^[1]

She was raised in Tower, Minnesota in the Mesabi Iron Ore Range.^[2] She was the third of six children, two boys and four girls born to Gus and Annie Carlson. Her father worked as a miner in the nearby Soudan Mine. ^[3]

When she graduated from high school, she attended the American School of Business in Des Moines, Iowa. ^[4] Then she moved to Washington, D.C. to take a job in the Bureau of Engraving, printing money. There she met Francis Schmehl, whom she dated for seven years before finally agreeing to marry at the age of 28 on 19 September 1944 in District of Columbia, USA. ^[5] The couple had 4 children: Elizabeth Ann, Paul Lawrence, David Joseph, and James Walter.

After moving to Lincoln, Nebraska when her husband accepted a position at the university, she enrolled in classes and eventually earned her bachelor's degree in 1980.^[4]

She was a former member of the Sheridan ELCA Lutheran Church from 1968 to 1980, a member of Evangelical United ELCA Lutheran Church, the Faculty Wives of UNL, and the Historic Society, and a life member of the National Association of Retired Government Employees.^[4] She was a devout Christian whose last words to her daughter were, "Please don't read me the Bible anymore. I've read the Bible all my life. Tell me some jokes."

She died at the age of 83 on19 June 2000 in Lincoln, Nebraska.^[6] and was buried on June 22, 2000 in Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas, United States.^[6] beside her beloved husband.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: Gertrude Elizabeth Olivia Carlson in the Web: Minnesota, U.S., Birth Index, 1900-1934, Minnesota Birth Certificates Index. Minnesota Historical Society. http://people.mnhs.org/bci/: accessed 18 Nov 2014., Ancestry Record 9196 #1239310
2. ↑ A brief history of Minnesota’s Mesabi Iron Range
3. ↑ The Soudan Mine
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Obituary: Lincoln Journal-Star, 21 Jun 2000, page 1, Obituaries Section
5. ↑ Marriage: Washington, D.C., U.S., Marriage Records, 1810-1953 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Citing: Ancestry Record 61404 #69722 (accessed 27 March 2021)
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Death: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20474928/gertrude-elizabeth_olivia-schmehl : accessed 23 March 2022), memorial page for Gertrude Elizabeth Olivia Carlson Schmehl (10 Aug 1916–19 Jun 2000), Find A Grave: Memorial #20474928, citing Bentonville Cemetery, Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas, USA ; Maintained by Volunteer #46577499 (contributor 46577499) .

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW1V-D5L : 2 February 2021), Gertrude Carlson in entry for Gust Carlson, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3DK-DGF : accessed 23 March 2022), Gertrude Carlson in household of Gust D Carlson, Tower, St Louis, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 174, sheet 3A, line 16, family 47, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1128; FHL microfilm 2,340,863.
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3XS-RY7 : 10 January 2021), Gertrude C Schmehl, 20 Jun 2000; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKTF-5T7D : accessed 23 March 2022), Gertrude Schmehl, Nebraska, United States, 20 Jun 2000; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Lincoln Journal Star, born-digital text.