The Brothers Schulstad

I have already introduced the girls of this family.  Now the boys.

Lars Schulstad = Elen Meling

Lisbeth Larsine   (1870 - 1950)

Betty Hendriette (1873 - 1878)

Elma Lucie (1875 – 1875)

Ludvig Erenst (1876 – 1956)

Otto Leonard (1878 – 1901)

Betty Henriette (1880 – 1973)

Hilde Marie (1882 – 1977)

Ellen Lucia (1884 – 1956)

Melvin Norman (1887 – 1947)

Richard Hubard (1889 – 1959)

Marguerite Louise (1892 – 1969)

Of the 11 children born to Elen Schulstad only 4 were boys.

Otto was born in Bergen, Norway and made the trip to America with his family.  He died in 1901, in Chicago at the age of 23.  He hadn’t married nor had children.  He was a printer, in 1900, as was his brother Ludvid (as it is written in the census record).

Ludvig was also born in Bergen, Norway and made the trip with his family to America.  Lars and his daughter Lisbeth immigrated in 1882.  This is the year Hilde was born and Ludvig was 6 years old.  It looks like dad came ahead to get the lay of the land and brought his oldest to help, even though she was only 12.  They went to Austin, Minnesota, where his brother, Ludvig, lived with his wife and child.  The next year Elen came from Norway to Minnesota with Ludvig, Otto, Betty and baby Hilde.

Ludvig married Mary Carlson and had three children: Edwin, Bernice and Carl.  Ludvig died in 1956 in Chicago.

Melvin was the first child in this family to be born in Chicago.  This was 1887.  Ellen the previous child was born in Minnesota in 1884.  I have not yet discovered, exactly when they came, or the cause of the move.  I do know that their father, Lars’, brother Ludvig was living in Iowa in 1886.  For some reason both of the brothers left Minnesota and did not go to the same place.  Melvin met and married Mamie Konwinskich and they had 4 four daughters: Marguerite, Mildred, Edna and Louise.  Melvin died in Chicago in 1947. 

Growing up I “knew” this family had 13 children in Norway and went from Norway to Chicago.  I “knew” that grandma was the youngest and the only one born in the US.  That is some of that information I would list under “family tradition”.  The truth of the matter is there were 11 children.  Two died in Norway.  Five of them were born in the US, and only the last three were born in Chicago.

Richard is the youngest brother and 3 years older than Grandma Langbauer.  He married Adelaide Jacobson in Chicago.  They must have been around a lot as dad (Ernest Phillips) was growing up.  Dad spoke several times about Uncle Richard and Aunt Adelaide.  I have a lot of pictures of their two daughters: Adelaide (called Wee Adelaide) and Ruth.  My grandfather, Frank Phillips, kept a journal and I think he might have been friends with Richard before he became “interested” in Marguerite.  (It’s all coming.  Be patient.)  Richard died in LaGrange, Illinois in 1959.