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Albert J. Balken

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Albert J. Balken

Birth
Rothsay, Wilkin County, Minnesota, USA
Death
3 Jul 1921 (aged 28)
Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
Burial
Rothsay, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, USA Add to Map
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Fergus Falls Ugeblad, July 6, 1921
April 14, 1893 - July 3, 1921)
Albert J. Balken, 28, from here in the city, (Fergus Falls) died at Thomas Hospital in St . Paul, Hennepin County, last Sunday of Tuberculosis. The deceased was born by rural Rothsay.  He moved with his parents to Fergus Falls in 1908, when he was 15 years old.  He left home at 17.  At the age of 20, he enlisted in WWI and during his military service is where he contracted tuberculosis that would end his life.  For a time he stayed in a hospital in New Mexico, then in the Sanatorium at Otter Tail Lake and then to St. Thomas Hospital in Hennepin County.  That is where he died. The deceased was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John (Mathea) Balken, who now lives in the Town of Friberg.  He is survived by his  siblings:  Mrs. E.O. Flatin (Caroline) Rothsay; Mrs. David Zimmerman (Martha) Kensal ND; Julius (Emma) Balken, who lives on the home farm; Mrs. P.T. (Inga) Hegseth, Rothsay; Mrs. D.E. (Helga) Strass, Aurdahl (rural Fergus Falls); Edwin (Ida) Balken, Fergus Falls; Oscar (Mary) Balken, rural Fergus Falls, Mrs. A.M. (Alice) Erickson, not Anderson; Clara Balken, at home. and Ted Balken, Spokane, WA.
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A translation program had to be used as the newspaper article is in Norwegian. Some details were added or changed because the translation wasn't the best.
MNHS Death Certificates Index
Balken, Albert
Death Certificate Number: 1921-MN-018713
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Fergus Falls Ugeblad, July 6, 1921
April 14, 1893 - July 3, 1921)
Albert J. Balken, 28, from here in the city, (Fergus Falls) died at Thomas Hospital in St . Paul, Hennepin County, last Sunday of Tuberculosis. The deceased was born by rural Rothsay.  He moved with his parents to Fergus Falls in 1908, when he was 15 years old.  He left home at 17.  At the age of 20, he enlisted in WWI and during his military service is where he contracted tuberculosis that would end his life.  For a time he stayed in a hospital in New Mexico, then in the Sanatorium at Otter Tail Lake and then to St. Thomas Hospital in Hennepin County.  That is where he died. The deceased was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John (Mathea) Balken, who now lives in the Town of Friberg.  He is survived by his  siblings:  Mrs. E.O. Flatin (Caroline) Rothsay; Mrs. David Zimmerman (Martha) Kensal ND; Julius (Emma) Balken, who lives on the home farm; Mrs. P.T. (Inga) Hegseth, Rothsay; Mrs. D.E. (Helga) Strass, Aurdahl (rural Fergus Falls); Edwin (Ida) Balken, Fergus Falls; Oscar (Mary) Balken, rural Fergus Falls, Mrs. A.M. (Alice) Erickson, not Anderson; Clara Balken, at home. and Ted Balken, Spokane, WA.
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A translation program had to be used as the newspaper article is in Norwegian. Some details were added or changed because the translation wasn't the best.
MNHS Death Certificates Index
Balken, Albert
Death Certificate Number: 1921-MN-018713
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  • Maintained by: TJBB
  • Originally Created by: Marjorie
  • Added: May 26, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52862567/albert_j-balken: accessed ), memorial page for Albert J. Balken (14 Apr 1893–3 Jul 1921), Find a Grave Memorial ID 52862567, citing Hamar Cemetery, Rothsay, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, USA; Maintained by TJBB (contributor 47303118).