Anton Peter "Tony" Mickelsen was born in Aarhus, Denmark. In 1904 he emigrated to America.
Soon he was farming for himself near Walnut, Iowa.
When he was 30 years old, he married Sena, who was 27 at that time (would have been about 1916)
On September 12, 1918, his new country was at war, and this short young man, with blue eyes and light hair, walked into the draft registration office in Harlan, Iowa. His address was R.F.D. #3 Walnut, Iowa, he was farming for himself, and his nearest relative was Jensine Mickelsen.
In 1920, Anton Peter was farming in Clay Township, Shelby County, Iowa. He was 32, his wife "Sine" was 27, and their children were Lawrence, 2, and Emery, 9 months old. Though the farm was mortgaged, the family had a hired man, Elmer Jepsen, 18, b. IA, who lived with them.
Though Tony himself was not called up to fight, when the World War II draft came up, Tony's son, Emory Milan Mickelsen, walked into the WWII draft board, and listed Tony as his nearest relative.
By 1930, the family were still farming at the same place, and Tony and Sena had been blessed with another child, Howard (who was 5 that year). They no longer had a live-in hired man.
Funeral Leaflet
In Memory of Anton Peter (Tony) Mickelsen
Born April 22, 1886 Aarhus, Denmark; Entered Into Rest Sunday, November 4, 1973 Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 87 years, 6 months, 12 days
Funeral Service Tuesday, November 6, 1973 One-thirty p.m. Roland Funeral Home, Atlantic, Iowa.
Officiating: Pastor Allen E. Hermeier, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Atlantic, Iowa. Musical Selections: “The Old Rugged Cross”, “In The Garden”. Organist: Mrs. Kenyon V. King
In Charge of Flowers: Mr. and Mrs. John F. Sorensen, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Christensen
Bearers: Walter Christensen, Dale Christensen, Andrew Juhler, J. Emory Fredrickson, Harry Steffens, Milo Andersen.
Honorary Bearers: Danish Brotherhood of America: Peter C. Jensen, Peder K. Petersen, Chris Fuglsand, Walter P. Nelson, Elmer B. Anderson
Concluding Services: Elk Horn Cemetery, Elk Horn, Iowa
Friends and relatives are invited to the church parlors of the Elk Horn Lutheran Church after the committal service
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Sources: National Archives; Funeral leaflet courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings and leaflets on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska. Note: Tony shares a headstone with Sena. When Tony went to the WWI draft board in 1918, he listed his nearest relative as "Justine" but in Danish, the diminutive "Sine" sounds like "Sena"--and that is her name on the tombstone; Note: In 1930, one question on the US Census was whether the men were veterans. Tony said he was not a veteran, so he had not been drafted for WWI
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Soon he was farming for himself near Walnut, Iowa.
When he was 30 years old, he married Sena, who was 27 at that time (would have been about 1916)
On September 12, 1918, his new country was at war, and this short young man, with blue eyes and light hair, walked into the draft registration office in Harlan, Iowa. His address was R.F.D. #3 Walnut, Iowa, he was farming for himself, and his nearest relative was Jensine Mickelsen.
In 1920, Anton Peter was farming in Clay Township, Shelby County, Iowa. He was 32, his wife "Sine" was 27, and their children were Lawrence, 2, and Emery, 9 months old. Though the farm was mortgaged, the family had a hired man, Elmer Jepsen, 18, b. IA, who lived with them.
Though Tony himself was not called up to fight, when the World War II draft came up, Tony's son, Emory Milan Mickelsen, walked into the WWII draft board, and listed Tony as his nearest relative.
By 1930, the family were still farming at the same place, and Tony and Sena had been blessed with another child, Howard (who was 5 that year). They no longer had a live-in hired man.
Funeral Leaflet
In Memory of Anton Peter (Tony) Mickelsen
Born April 22, 1886 Aarhus, Denmark; Entered Into Rest Sunday, November 4, 1973 Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 87 years, 6 months, 12 days
Funeral Service Tuesday, November 6, 1973 One-thirty p.m. Roland Funeral Home, Atlantic, Iowa.
Officiating: Pastor Allen E. Hermeier, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Atlantic, Iowa. Musical Selections: “The Old Rugged Cross”, “In The Garden”. Organist: Mrs. Kenyon V. King
In Charge of Flowers: Mr. and Mrs. John F. Sorensen, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Christensen
Bearers: Walter Christensen, Dale Christensen, Andrew Juhler, J. Emory Fredrickson, Harry Steffens, Milo Andersen.
Honorary Bearers: Danish Brotherhood of America: Peter C. Jensen, Peder K. Petersen, Chris Fuglsand, Walter P. Nelson, Elmer B. Anderson
Concluding Services: Elk Horn Cemetery, Elk Horn, Iowa
Friends and relatives are invited to the church parlors of the Elk Horn Lutheran Church after the committal service
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Sources: National Archives; Funeral leaflet courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings and leaflets on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska. Note: Tony shares a headstone with Sena. When Tony went to the WWI draft board in 1918, he listed his nearest relative as "Justine" but in Danish, the diminutive "Sine" sounds like "Sena"--and that is her name on the tombstone; Note: In 1930, one question on the US Census was whether the men were veterans. Tony said he was not a veteran, so he had not been drafted for WWI
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Anton Peter "Tony" Mickelsen was born in Aarhus, Denmark. In 1904 he emigrated to America.
Soon he was farming for himself near Walnut, Iowa.
When he was 30 years old, he married Sena, who was 27 at that time (would have been about 1916)
On September 12, 1918, his new country was at war, and this short young man, with blue eyes and light hair, walked into the draft registration office in Harlan, Iowa. His address was R.F.D. #3 Walnut, Iowa, he was farming for himself, and his nearest relative was Jensine Mickelsen.
In 1920, Anton Peter was farming in Clay Township, Shelby County, Iowa. He was 32, his wife "Sine" was 27, and their children were Lawrence, 2, and Emery, 9 months old. Though the farm was mortgaged, the family had a hired man, Elmer Jepsen, 18, b. IA, who lived with them.
Though Tony himself was not called up to fight, when the World War II draft came up, Tony's son, Emory Milan Mickelsen, walked into the WWII draft board, and listed Tony as his nearest relative.
By 1930, the family were still farming at the same place, and Tony and Sena had been blessed with another child, Howard (who was 5 that year). They no longer had a live-in hired man.
Funeral Leaflet
In Memory of Anton Peter (Tony) Mickelsen
Born April 22, 1886 Aarhus, Denmark; Entered Into Rest Sunday, November 4, 1973 Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 87 years, 6 months, 12 days
Funeral Service Tuesday, November 6, 1973 One-thirty p.m. Roland Funeral Home, Atlantic, Iowa.
Officiating: Pastor Allen E. Hermeier, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Atlantic, Iowa. Musical Selections: “The Old Rugged Cross”, “In The Garden”. Organist: Mrs. Kenyon V. King
In Charge of Flowers: Mr. and Mrs. John F. Sorensen, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Christensen
Bearers: Walter Christensen, Dale Christensen, Andrew Juhler, J. Emory Fredrickson, Harry Steffens, Milo Andersen.
Honorary Bearers: Danish Brotherhood of America: Peter C. Jensen, Peder K. Petersen, Chris Fuglsand, Walter P. Nelson, Elmer B. Anderson
Concluding Services: Elk Horn Cemetery, Elk Horn, Iowa
Friends and relatives are invited to the church parlors of the Elk Horn Lutheran Church after the committal service
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Sources: National Archives; Funeral leaflet courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings and leaflets on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska. Note: Tony shares a headstone with Sena. When Tony went to the WWI draft board in 1918, he listed his nearest relative as "Justine" but in Danish, the diminutive "Sine" sounds like "Sena"--and that is her name on the tombstone; Note: In 1930, one question on the US Census was whether the men were veterans. Tony said he was not a veteran, so he had not been drafted for WWI
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Soon he was farming for himself near Walnut, Iowa.
When he was 30 years old, he married Sena, who was 27 at that time (would have been about 1916)
On September 12, 1918, his new country was at war, and this short young man, with blue eyes and light hair, walked into the draft registration office in Harlan, Iowa. His address was R.F.D. #3 Walnut, Iowa, he was farming for himself, and his nearest relative was Jensine Mickelsen.
In 1920, Anton Peter was farming in Clay Township, Shelby County, Iowa. He was 32, his wife "Sine" was 27, and their children were Lawrence, 2, and Emery, 9 months old. Though the farm was mortgaged, the family had a hired man, Elmer Jepsen, 18, b. IA, who lived with them.
Though Tony himself was not called up to fight, when the World War II draft came up, Tony's son, Emory Milan Mickelsen, walked into the WWII draft board, and listed Tony as his nearest relative.
By 1930, the family were still farming at the same place, and Tony and Sena had been blessed with another child, Howard (who was 5 that year). They no longer had a live-in hired man.
Funeral Leaflet
In Memory of Anton Peter (Tony) Mickelsen
Born April 22, 1886 Aarhus, Denmark; Entered Into Rest Sunday, November 4, 1973 Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 87 years, 6 months, 12 days
Funeral Service Tuesday, November 6, 1973 One-thirty p.m. Roland Funeral Home, Atlantic, Iowa.
Officiating: Pastor Allen E. Hermeier, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Atlantic, Iowa. Musical Selections: “The Old Rugged Cross”, “In The Garden”. Organist: Mrs. Kenyon V. King
In Charge of Flowers: Mr. and Mrs. John F. Sorensen, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Christensen
Bearers: Walter Christensen, Dale Christensen, Andrew Juhler, J. Emory Fredrickson, Harry Steffens, Milo Andersen.
Honorary Bearers: Danish Brotherhood of America: Peter C. Jensen, Peder K. Petersen, Chris Fuglsand, Walter P. Nelson, Elmer B. Anderson
Concluding Services: Elk Horn Cemetery, Elk Horn, Iowa
Friends and relatives are invited to the church parlors of the Elk Horn Lutheran Church after the committal service
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Sources: National Archives; Funeral leaflet courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings and leaflets on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska. Note: Tony shares a headstone with Sena. When Tony went to the WWI draft board in 1918, he listed his nearest relative as "Justine" but in Danish, the diminutive "Sine" sounds like "Sena"--and that is her name on the tombstone; Note: In 1930, one question on the US Census was whether the men were veterans. Tony said he was not a veteran, so he had not been drafted for WWI
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