John Theodore MATTSON

1875 - 1955  (80 years)

• Birth	6 Sep 1875	Finström, Ahvenanmaa, FINLAND
  Christening	12 Sep 1875	Finström, Ahvenanmaa, FINLAND   [1]
  Census	28 Apr 1910	Darling Township, Morrison, MN   [2]
  	1910 census shows John T. Mattson, 33, married 9 years, b. Fin-Swedish, parents b. Fin-Swedish, immigrated 1893, naturalization papers submitted, farmer; Olga A., 32, 6 children born/5 living, b. Fin-Swedish, parents b. Fin-Swedish, immigrated 1894; children b. MA: John A., 9; Hollis, 7; children b. MN: Edith E., 3; Leonard T., 2 1/12. Right next door is a Frank Skoberg, I suspect he is a brother to Olga. He is first found in Norwood, MA as was his sister.
  		1910 Census John and Olga (Skoberg) Mattson
  Census	9 Jan 1920	Darling Township, Morrison, MN   [3]
  	1920 census shows John T. Mattson, 44, married 9 years, b. Finland, parents b. Finland, immigrated 1895, naturalization 1916, farmer; Olga A., 42, immigrated 1896, naturalized 1916, b. Finland, parents b. Finland; children b. MN: Hollis, 17; Edith, 12; Hilmar, 11; Olga, 10; Astrid, 8 6/12; Einar, 4 4/12.
  		1920 Census John and Olga (Skoberg) Mattson
  Census	12 Apr 1930	Darling Township, Morrison, MN   [4]
  	1930 census shows John T. Mattson, 54, married at age 23, b. Finland, parents b. Finland, immigrated 1895, farmer; Olga E., 52, married at age 21, immigrated 1896, naturalized 1916, b. Finland, parents b. Finland; children b. MN: Einar L., 14. Also enumerated is Norris Stanley, aged 2 1/2 and listed as a grandson. I can't tell who he "belongs" to as no daughter married a Stanley.
  		1930 Census John and Olga (Skoberg) Mattson
  Census	4 Apr 1940	Darling Township, Morrison, MN   [5]
  	1940 census shows John T. Mattson, 64, b. Finland, farmer; Olga, 61, b. Finland, Norris Mattson, grandson, 12, b. MN. The grandson Norris Stanley has now become Norris Stanley Mattson. Further research shows he was born June 14, 1927 in St. Paul, the son of Edith. He died 22 May 2012. His obituary names Edith as his mother and her husband Walter Olson his step-father. Edith lived to be 109 years old, she died in 2016, her obituary does not mention him. In 1930 Edith is living in Minneapolis and working as a maid for a private family. She does not marry until 1933.
  		1940 Census John and Olga (Skoberg) Mattson
  Immigration	1895
  	John probably immigrated in 1895 as this is the answer he gives most often. I have been unable to find his record of entry to the US.
  Death	28 Sep 1955	Hennepin Co., MN
  Burial	Hillside Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN   [6]
  	Find A Grave e-Memorial

  
  

  Father	Mathias August MATTSSON,   b. FINLAND
  Mother	Ida Kristina SAMUELDR,   b. 1844, Åland, FINLAND
  Family ID	F6466	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Olga Alina SKOGBERG,   b. 10 Apr 1878, Jomala, Åland, FINLAND d. 21 Jun 1965, Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	29 Jul 1899	Boston, Suffolk, MA   [7, 8]
  	John and Olga were born and raised with 6 or 7 miles apart. According to the family story they did not know each otherin Finland. They met and married in Massachusetts.
  Children	1. Allen John MATTSON,   b. 5 Feb 1901, Norwood, Norfolk, MA d. 4 Apr 1970, Rockford, Winnebago, IL (Age 69 years)   2. Hollis Sigurd MATTSON,   b. 17 Jul 1902, Norwood, Norfolk, MA d. 6 Jun 1993, Kalispell, Flathead, MT (Age 90 years)   3. Karl Lennart MATTSON,   b. 7 May 1904, Norwood, Norfolk, MA d. 21 Feb 1905, Norwood, Norfolk, MA (Age 0 years)   4. Edith E MATTSON,   b. 13 Mar 1907, Darling Township, Morrison, MN d. 18 Dec 2016, Brainard, Crow Wing, MN (Age 109 years)   5. Leonard Theodore MATTSON,   b. 28 Feb 1908, Little Falls, Morrison County, MN d. 25 Jul 1946, Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN (Age 38 years)   6. Olga Lennea MATTSON,   b. 9 Apr 1909, Darling Township, Morrison, MN d. 28 Sep 2008, Moose Lake, Carlton, MN (Age 99 years)   7. Austrid Mildred MATTSON,   b. 24 Aug 1911, Darling Township, Morrison, MN d. 1 Dec 2001, Hennepin Co., MN (Age 90 years)   8. Einar Leroy MATTSON,   b. 29 Sep 1915, Darling Township, Morrison, MN d. 5 Nov 2000, Grand Rapids, Itasca, MN (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F6441	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 29 Jul 1899 - Boston, Suffolk, MA Census - 28 Apr 1910 - Darling Township, Morrison, MN Census - 9 Jan 1920 - Darling Township, Morrison, MN Census - 12 Apr 1930 - Darling Township, Morrison, MN Census - 4 Apr 1940 - Darling Township, Morrison, MN Death - 28 Sep 1955 - Hennepin Co., MN Burial - - Hillside Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1973] Ancestry.com, Finland, Select Baptisms, 1657-1890, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 1973. [S1910] 1910 United States Federal Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D. C., 1910), 1910. [S1920] 1920 United States Federal Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D. C., 1920), 1920. [S1930] 1930 United States Federal Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D. C., 1930), 1930. [S1940] 1940 United States Federal Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D. C., 1940), 1940. [S500] Find A Grave, 500. [S1] MKM, 1. [S925] Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts), 925.