Notes:

40 yrs old at bertha's birth 1896

1885 census shows Ida 24 yrs - Rutherford 1 yr - Alice 4 yr living Mpls

1895 census Frank 45 yrs - Ida 35 yrs - Alice 14 yrs - Rudolf 12 yrs - Rosa 7 yrs - Effie 5 yrs - Mable 3 yrs - Ruth 1 yr living Mpls - Frank states in Us 25 yrs & 9 yrs in same district

1900 census Frank gone


In 1880 Fahlun, Ida was 18 yrs at home, Axel 10 yrs or 14 when school opened 1884 with Ida at 22 and school director Frank Fornell.

In 1885 Ida not listed in census with family. But in Mpls married to Frank Fornell and 1 yr old Rutherford and 4 yr old Alice. Means married around 1881.

In 1900 Ida w/o Frank in Wilmar with Effie, Mable, Bertha, Ruth, Rosie.

In 1905 Ida with Bertha and Ruth back in Fahlun


DISTRICT 79 (804)
On July 23, 1883 District 79 was established and covered the following territory: Sections 6, 7 and 18, W½ of Sections 5
and 8, Lake Elizabeth; and Sections 12 and 13, and E½ of Sections 1, 11, and 14 of Fahlun. The district was organized at
a meeting on Sept 1, 1883, and the following elected as officers: C. P. Quist, clerk; Frank Fornell, director; and G. J.
Boom, treasurer.

The site chosen for the schoolhouse was the SW corner of NW¼ of NW¼, Section 7, Lake Elizabeth. The 18x24x10
foot schoolhouse was built and the first term of school began on April 8, 1884, with Melvina Peterson as the teacher.

An 16x20 addition was built in 1894 at a cost of $225. Further improvements were made in
1898 at a cost of $250.

Enrollment in 1884 included Edith Quist, Hurby Quist, Earnest Quist, Kate Olson, Hannah
Olson, Christina Olson, Charles Peterson, Annie Peterson, Frank Eastlund, Christina
Engstrom, Henry Forsberg, Hilda Sjarstrom, Manda Sjarstrom, Betsy Norine, Axel Lindholm,
Sarah Engstrom, Augusta Sjarstrom, Willie Carlson, Erick Eastlund, Emma Olson,
Willie Peterson.

Teachers during the years 1905 to 1963 included Edith E. Quist, Edna M. Cassidy, Lucile A. Cashman, Mary A. Lipsit,
Ellen S. Skutle, Mabel E. Johnson, Julia M. Johnson, Victoria Peterson, Josephine W. Peterson, Emma Carlson Myrtle
Johnson, Mabel Johnson, Ruby Melin, Ruth Harrison, Edna Shosten, Ethel Newman, Esther Pederson, Clara Hallbom,
Anna C. Lindquist, Regina Donnay, Myrtle Kleberg, Hilda Hoekstra, Dorothy Gabriel, Bernice Flygare, Kenneth Elling,
Iona Nelson, Eleanore Norine, Mrs. Lowell Ekbom, Mrs. Wilbur Peters, Ruth Steinhilber, Leone Brown, Lorraine Linden,
Mrs. Lillian Danielson, Philles Whitcomb, Mrs. John Phillips, Mrs. Chester Nelson, Marcella Verhey, Mrs. Phyllis Madsen,
Anita Sauck, Mrs. Glenn Lemmonds, Mrs. Carol Lehnhoff.

This schoolhouse was located in Section 7 in the corner where 120th St SE meets 75th Ave SE. This district consolidated
with the Atwater School in 1962/63, after 80 years of existence. The building was purchased and torn down. The swings
went to Atwater.



May have brother August Fornell.

Birth: Oct. 22, 1856, Sweden
Death: Jun. 29, 1895
Kandiyohi County
Minnesota, USA

Burial:
Tripolis Lutheran Cemetery
Kandiyohi
Kandiyohi County
Minnesota, USA

Frank married Ida Marie Linderholm in 1881. Ida (daughter of Johan Linderholm and Anna Sofia Johansdotter) was born on 14 Sep 1861 in Linneryd, Kronoberg, Sweden; died on 2 May 1910 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mable L Fornell died on 1 Dec 1891 in Minneapolis, Minnesota; was buried in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
2. Alice M Fornell was born in 1882; died on 17 Jul 1897 in Minneapolis, Minnesota; was buried in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
3. Rudolf Fornell was born in 1884; died on 16 Apr 1900 in Minneapolis, Minnesota; was buried in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
4. Rose Fornell was born on 27 Jun 1888 in Minneapolis, Minnesota; died on 27 May 1912 in Minneapolis, Minnesota; was buried in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
5. Effie Fornell was born on 28 Oct 1890; died on 6 Oct 1908 in Minneapolis, Minnesota; was buried in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
6. Mable Fornell was born on 3 Jan 1892; died on 8 Jul 1906 in Minneapolis, Minnesota; was buried in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
7. Ruth Fornell was born on 17 Jun 1894 in Minneapolis, Minnesota; died on 28 Jan 1921 in Minneapolis, Minnesota; was buried in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
8. Bertha Sophia Fornell was born on 30 Aug 1896 in Minneapolis, Minnesota; died on 15 Jun 1981 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota.