Notes:

marriage 3-15-1899 to charles smith in blue earth, mn at 26 yrs name spelled gravin born 1873 groom born 1875

MN 1895 census show born 1873 born norway age 22 living Windom village, Cottonwood, Minnesota spelled graven stated 1st census living rooming house? no other graven there

death 03 Sep 1942 age 70 yrs Minneapolis husband charles albert smith parents iver graven & Asborg Dahlen age 70 named julia born 14 jun 1872

1900 census julia smith born jun 1871married charley smith 1899 Decoria Township, Blue Earth, Minnesota parents born norway immigated 1887

1920 census living hennepin county born 1873 norway husband charles a child esther m 18

1910 census 35 yrs married charley a and child esther living Erskine, Polk, Minnesota born norway immigated 1884

1905 Census living with Charley & Ester at Erskine, Polk, Minnesota age 31 born Norway

1940 Census living Mpls with Esther widowed

Birth: 1872
Death: Sep. 3, 1942

JULIA SMITH, 1872 – 1942
Note: Died at the Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis, Age 70, of Myocarditis. Inscription: Mother [with Charles Albert Smith,husband].

1930 Census, MN, Hennepin County, Minneapolis, Chas Albert Smith, head, age 52, married, born MN, signal, railroad; Julia, wife, age 56, married, born Norway, year of immigration 1888, naturalized; Esther, daughter, age 26, single, born MN, typist.

Born Julia Graven, Norway. Married Charlie Smith in 1899 in Decoria, MN. They had one daughter, Esther, who married Ludger Beauchaine. Esther did not have any children. She died in 1987 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN.

From Decoria Cemetery site.

Julie married Charles Albert Smith on 15 Mar 1899 in Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States. Charles was born on Sept 15, 1875 in Decoria Township, Blue Earth, Minnesota; died on 7 Jan 1938 in Minneapolis, Minnesota; was buried in Decoria Cemetery Blue Earth County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Esther Mildred Smith was born on 22 Nov 1901 in Minnesota; died in May 1987 in Minnesota; was buried in Crystal Lake Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Notes:

June 19, 1900 Census Info
Iver living with Julia and her husband Charley Smith on 1900 census showing born June 1830 and occuation farmer. Living in Decoria Township.Immigrated in 1887. Can read but not write and no English language.

1885 Census - Ever Griven living in Decoria. 66 yrs old and 10 years in country. Laborer, widowed.

Iver married Asbjor (Audrey) Oldsdater. Asbjor was born in 1838 in Norway; died on 6 May 1890 in Blue Earth, Minnesota; was buried in Decoria Cemetery, Blue Earth, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

ASBJOR ‘HANNAH' GRAVEM, 1838 – 1890
From her death record on file at the Blue Earth County courthouse: she was born in Norway and died of consumption. Her parents are Ole Oleson & Britha Peterson; she is the wife of Iver P. Gravem.
1900 Census, MN Blue Earth, Decoria, district 6; Iver Gravem, age 70, Jun 1830, farmer, widowed, born Norway, immigrated 1887, years in US, 13.
Notes: From original Decoria Cemetery Assn. record book; Mrs. Graver, Norwegian, died of consumption. Lot Owner, John Peterson.

From Decoria Cemetery site