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Martin Walter Tangen

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Martin Walter Tangen

Birth
Kragnes Township, Clay County, Minnesota, USA
Death
9 Apr 1895 (aged 1)
Kragnes Township, Clay County, Minnesota, USA
Burial
Kragnes Township, Clay County, Minnesota, USA GPS-Latitude: 47.0208812, Longitude: -96.7421626
Plot
Block 11, Lot 5, Grave 1
Memorial ID
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Appears to be the oldest non-Tufton family member burial in the North Buffalo Cemetery and was buried there on April 13, 1895. Middle name was possibly spelled "Walther" and according to one source, he was referred to by his middle name. Martin was baptized in the Concordia Lutheran Church in Moland Township, MN on January 1, 1894. His baptismal sponsors were Christian & Gunhild Tangen, John & Anna Knutson. Kragnes Township records state his birth date as 15 Nov 1893.


DEATH NOTICE - Moorhead Daily News, Friday, 12 Apr 1895, page 1


On Tuesday a little son, about two years old of Ole Tangen, town of Kragnes, died. He was taken sick with measles, which changed to lung fever. Burial Saturday.

Appears to be the oldest non-Tufton family member burial in the North Buffalo Cemetery and was buried there on April 13, 1895. Middle name was possibly spelled "Walther" and according to one source, he was referred to by his middle name. Martin was baptized in the Concordia Lutheran Church in Moland Township, MN on January 1, 1894. His baptismal sponsors were Christian & Gunhild Tangen, John & Anna Knutson. Kragnes Township records state his birth date as 15 Nov 1893.


DEATH NOTICE - Moorhead Daily News, Friday, 12 Apr 1895, page 1


On Tuesday a little son, about two years old of Ole Tangen, town of Kragnes, died. He was taken sick with measles, which changed to lung fever. Burial Saturday.



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