Matson Project
By Don Taylor
As part of my normal research process, I like to find the BMD (births, marriages, and death) for each of the Ancestor’s siblings. When I first looked at Edward William Matson’s family, I had very little information regarding Edward’s siblings. Here is an updated list
Children of Lars and Christine (Erickson) Mattson[i]
All children were born in Wright County, Minnesota[ii].
| Name | Birth | Marriage(s) | Death |
| Carl August | 21 Apr 1882 | Elizabeth Guintire, Gina Tonette Syverson |
01 Jan 1963[iii] |
| Gertie Caroline | 18 Jun 1883 | Alfred Abiel Hill,
Anthony Guintire |
20 Oct 1965 |
| Emma Christine | 26 May 1885 | Desire Gerard | 23 Sep 1967 |
| John Emil | 09 Dec 1886 | Anne Theresa Utterberg | 26 Jan 1962 |
| David Lauretsius | 22 May 1888 | – | 02 Feb 1963 |
| Minni Sofia | 28 Jan 1890 | O. August Nyholm | 31 Oct 1968 |
| Hannah Elizabeth | 30 Mar 1892 | – | 28 Dec 1938 |
| Anna Maria “Mary” | 21 Jul 1894 | Chell Levi Peterson | 14 Jun 1962 |
| Louis Osker | 25 Apr 1896 | – | 11 May 1962 |
| Edward William | 01 Apr 1898 | Hildur Christine Krafve | 09 Oct 1977 |
| Edith Elvina Emelia | 09 Sep 1900 | 03 Jul 1902 | |
| Rudolph Martin | 12 Nov 1902 | Florence A Bringen | 02 Jan 1982 |
| [Unnamed Baby] | 12 Nov 1902 | 1902 |
Endnotes:
[i] All the birth records I have found use Mattson. However, many of the children began to use Matson beginning about 1917. For them, various records may indicate Matson and others Mattson.
[ii] Various records indicate that all of the children were born in Wright County, however sometime Cokato and sometime French Lake are used interchangeably.
[iii] 1962 and 1963 were very bad years for the Mattson family. Five siblings died during the 13 months between January 1962 and February 1963.
