Harold Alban Ryden1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 3734, (1900 - 1975)
FatherCharles A. Ryden4,5,6 (1859 - 24 Dec 1944)
MotherMathilda [surname unknown]4,7,8 (1858 - 14 Sep 1939)

Key Events:

Birth: 3 Jul 1900, Fridhem, Kittson Co., Minnesota9,10,11
Marriage: 12 Apr 1925, Urbana, Champaign Co., Illinois, Ada Margaret Schuck (12 May 1903 - Jan 1986)12,13,14
Death: Jun 197515
ChartsDescendants of Jakob and Anna Katharina Glebe

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Narrative:

     Harold Alban Ryden was born on 3 Jul 1900 in Fridhem, Kittson Co., Minnesota. The location of the Fridhem community in Kittson Co. as been lost. Only a few references can be found to a former Lutheran congregation of that name.9,10,11 He was baptized on 22 Jul 1900 in Grace Lutheran Church, Hallock, Minnesota.4 He was baptized as Alban Harold but seems to have been called Harold Alban from a young age.4
     He appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Thompson Twp., Kittson Co., Minnesota, in the household of his parents, Charles A. Ryden and Mathilda [surname unknown].5
     Harold registered for the draft for World War I on 12 Sep 1918, while living at Hallock, Kittson Co., Minnesota, reporting he was employed as as a farm laborer, working for his father.1 He appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Thompson Twp., Kittson Co., Minnesota, in the household of his parents.6
     He was a farm laborer in Minnesota.16 Harold went to Canada to work, crossing the border 22 Apr 1921 about 25 miles from his home, at Emerson, Manitoba.17 He said he was carrying $25, and was going to work on the farm of J. M. Lohr, about 90 miles further north, in Sperling. Mr. Lohr had farmed 7,500 acres in Minnesota, but disposed of it in 1919 to move his operations to Manitoba where he purchased 7,200 acres near Gunton, and rented 3,200 acres near Sperling.18,17
     Lohr died in Feb 1924. Whether Harold stayed in Canada until then is not known, but he had moved to Illinois by 1925.19
     Harold married Ada Margaret Schuck, daughter of George W. Schuck and Katherine Elizabeth Oetzel, on 12 Apr 1925 in Urbana, Champaign Co., Illinois, with Rev. E. A. Watkins officating.12,13,14
     Harold and Ada appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Urbana, Champaign Co., Illinois, at 303½ E. Green, enumerated 3 Apr 1930, reporting they were renting their home, for $35 per month and owned a radio. Their son William was listed as living with them. They were living around the corner from her parents, who were living on South Vine.20
     By 1930 he was an electrician, working for the University of Illinois. In 1940 he reported he had worked 40 hours the last week of March, and 52 weeks the prior year, earning $2,160.21,22
     Harold and Ada appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Urbana, Champaign Co., Illinois, at 204 Urbana Ave., enumerated 14 Apr 1940, reporting they were renting their home, for $30 per month, and had lived in the same town in 1935. Their children William and Robert were listed as living with them.23
     Harold died in Jun 1975 at age 74.15

Children:
     Children with Ada Margaret Schuck:

  • William Charles Ryden20,23,24 (15 Oct 1927 - 13 Dec 1985)
  • Robert Eugene Ryden23,25 (7 Oct 1930 - 9 Sep 2010)

Citations

  1. [S8236] Harold Alban Ryden, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
  2. [S8232] Carl A. Ryden household, 1920 U.S. Census, Otter Tail Co., Minnesota, shows name as Alban Herald Ryden.
  3. [S8233] Marriage Register, Champaign Co., Illinois, 6:141, no. 10404, Harold Albin Ryden and Ada Margaret Schuck.
  4. [S8239] Register of Grace Lutheran Church of Hallock, Minnesota, Baptisms, pg 40, no. 568, Alban Harold Ryden.
  5. [S8230] Charles Ryden household, 1910 U.S. Census, Kittson Co., Minnesota.
  6. [S8232] Carl A. Ryden household, 1920 U.S. Census, Otter Tail Co., Minnesota.
  7. [S8230] Charles Ryden household, 1910 U.S. Census, Kittson Co., Minnesota, shows him as the son of her husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  8. [S8232] Carl A. Ryden household, 1920 U.S. Census, Otter Tail Co., Minnesota, shows him as the son of her husband.
  9. [S8239] Register of Grace Lutheran Church of Hallock, Minnesota, Baptisms, pg 40, no. 568, Alban Harold Ryden, shows date, town, as Fridhem, county, and state.
  10. [S8236] Harold Alban Ryden, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, shows date.
  11. [S8230] Charles Ryden household, 1910 U.S. Census, Kittson Co., Minnesota, shows age 9 and state.
  12. [S8233] Marriage Register, Champaign Co., Illinois, 6:141, no. 10404, Harold Albin Ryden and Ada Margaret Schuck, shows date and officiant.
  13. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, pg 32, shows date, city, and state.
  14. [S8234] Harold A. Ryden household, 1930 U.S. Census, Champaign Co., Illinois, shows married, with his first marriage at age 23 and hers at 20.
  15. [S1000] "Social Security Death Index," Ancestry.com, record for Harold Ryden, Soc. Sec. No. 334-10-1902, shows month, year, and last residence as 61801 Urbana, Champaign, Illinois.
  16. [S8232] Carl A. Ryden household, 1920 U.S. Census, Otter Tail Co., Minnesota, shows occupation as laborer, industry as farm.
  17. [S8237] Harold Ryden, Border Entry, Form 30, 1919-1924.
  18. [S8238] "Buys 7,200 Acres; Rents Five Sections," Manitoba Free Press, 15 Jun 1920, describes Lohr's farming.
  19. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 160753886, John M Lohr, Saint Marys Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, shows death date as 18 Feb 1924 and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  20. [S8234] Harold A. Ryden household, 1930 U.S. Census, Champaign Co., Illinois.
  21. [S8234] Harold A. Ryden household, 1930 U.S. Census, Champaign Co., Illinois, shows occupation as electrician, industry as University of Illinois.
  22. [S8235] Harold A. Ryden household, 1940 U.S. Census, Champaign Co., Illinois, shows occupation as electrician, industry as University of Illinois.
  23. [S8235] Harold A. Ryden household, 1940 U.S. Census, Champaign Co., Illinois.
  24. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for Bill Ryden, Soc. Sec. No. 327-20-1017.
  25. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, pg 32.