Melanchton Johannes Pederson (1890 - 1957)

Born 4 Apr 1890 in Paynesville, Stearns, Minnesota, United States

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Died 20 Dec 1957 at age 67 in Beltrami County, Minnesota, USA

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Biography

Melanchton Johannes “Tony” Pederson was born on April 4, 1890 in Paynesville, Stearns County, Minnesota, USA, to Mikal Pederson and Maren Mikkelsdatter.^[1]

Melanchton ("Melankton") Pederson can be found at the age of 10 on the 1900 US census for Irving Twp. ED 75, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, along with his parents, Mickal and Maren Pederson, and his siblings, Emil, Karl, Laura, and Minda Pederson. According to the census, his parents had been married for 28 years. His father had immigrated from Norway into the US in 1867, his mother arrived from Norway in 1871. They were married in 1872. His mother had given birth to 9 children in her lifetime, but only 8 survived until 1900, when the census was taken.

Melanchton ("Melancton") Pederson can be found at the age of 15 on the 1905 Minnesota State Census for Irving Town, Kandiyohi County, Irving Township, along with his widowed father, Mikal ("Mickal") Pederson, and his siblings, Carl, Laura, and Minda Pederson.

Melanchton J. Pederson can be found at the age of 40 on the 1930 US census for Enderlin, ED 9, Ransom County, North Dakota, along with his wife, Josephine, and their one-year-old son David Pederson. On the census, David is shown as "son-ad", which may indicate that David was adopted, and may be the reason that David's birth location, and those of his parents, were written as "Unknown", which was struck out and replaced with "US".

Melanchton Johannes Pederson registered for the US WW I draft on June 5, 1917 in Roberts (County), South Dakota. According to the information on the registration form, Melanchton Pederson was born on April 4, 1890 in Irving, Minnesota, USA. He was 17 years old when he registered. Citizenship: Canada. His physical description stated that he was "tall", "slender', with blue eyes and light hair. No disabilities. One notable statement on the form was the following (no punctuation on the original): "Born in Minnesota went to Canada became naturalized there and came back to SD and applied for Citizens papers" ^[5]

According to his Findagrave memorial page, which can be viewed at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62537133/melanchton-johannes-pederson, Melanchton Johannes “Tony” Pederson died at the age of 67 on December 20, 1957 in Beltrami County, Minnesota, USA, and was buried in Enderlin City Cemetery in Enderlin, Ransom County, North Dakota, USA. Family members whose Findagrave memorial pages are linked from Melanchton Pederson's memorial:

Parents: Michael Jacob Pederson (1847–1927); Maren Pederson (1849–1902)

Spouse: Josephine London Pederson (1889–1993)

Siblings: Marcus A Pederson (1873–1948); Peter Martin Pederson (1874–1951); Anne S Pederson Oman (1878–1976); Emil Arndt Pederson (1883–1971); Carl Mathias Pederson (1885–1978); Laura K Pederson Randall (1887–1966)^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62537133/melanchton-johannes-pederson: accessed 23 October 2022), memorial page for Melanchton Johannes “Tony” Pederson (4 Apr 1890–20 Dec 1957), Find a Grave Memorial ID 62537133, citing Enderlin City Cemetery, Enderlin, Ransom County, North Dakota, USA; Maintained by ginnyt (contributor 46777087) .
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6SS9-LGG?cc=1325221&wc=9B7R-MJG%3A1031098701%2C1033570601%2C1033597501 : 5 August 2014), Minnesota > Kandiyohi > ED 75 Irving Township > image 6 of 15; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "Minnesota State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-YSYD-VJ7?cc=1503056&wc=M8SL-CWR%3A67004101%2C67125901 : 21 May 2014), Kandiyohi > Irving township > image 8 of 18; State Library and Records Service, St. Paul.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RZF-WZZ?cc=1810731&wc=QZFW-DV5%3A648803501%2C650092101%2C650098001%2C1589282443 : 10 December 2015), North Dakota > Ransom > Enderlin > ED 9 > image 37 of 38; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).
5. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-L1WM-ZDR?cc=1968530&wc=9FC9-YWP%3A928420501%2C928431001 : 9 September 2019), South Dakota > Roberts County; O-Z > image 183 of 1317; citing NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).