Minnie P. Street and Harry Knudsen

HARRY KNUDSEN was born May 19, 1886 in Dwight, Livingston, Illinois,⁴⁵⁶ and died October 25, 1956 in Missouri Pacific Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri.²²³² He is buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Pontiac, Livingston, Illinois.²²³²

He married MINNIE P. STREET on June 27, 1910 in Bloomington, McLean, Illinois,⁴²³⁸ daughter of JULIA EMALINE GARRETT and CHAUNCEY G. STREET. She was born June 29, 1890 in Pontiac, Livingston, Illinois,⁴²³⁸ and died April 27, 1953 in St. James Hospital, Pontiac, Livingston, Illinois.⁴²³⁸

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Children of MINNIE P. STREET and HARRY KNUDSEN:

1. EVERETT EDWARD KNUDSEN, b. March 1, 1913, Pontiac, Livingston, Illinois;⁷³⁷⁷ m. (1) RUTH KEELY on September 28, 1935 in Port Chester, Westchestser, New York⁴²³³, m. (2) RUTH C. GALLAGHER on June 22, 1941 in Congregational Church, East Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut²⁷³⁹; d. November 8, 1989.⁵⁶
2. JOHN KNUDSEN, b. January 10, 1915, Pontiac, Livingston, Illinois;¹⁸⁰⁶ d. January 15, 1937, Pontiac, Livingston, Illinois.¹⁸⁰⁶
3. RICHARD KNUDSEN, b. 1917;⁴⁵⁶ m. WANDA KERN on July 24, 1947 in Parsonage, Methodist Church, Palmyra, Marion, Missouri²²¹⁵; d. July, 1962.^{456, 2741}
4. HELEN L. KNUDSEN, b. June 14, 1920, Pontiac, Livingston, Illinois;^{56, 168} m. HAROLD CHAMBERLAIN on July 26, 1949²²⁵⁴; d. January 23, 1996, Saint James Hospital, Pontiac, Livingston, Illinois.^{56, 168}
5. ROBERT JAMES KNUDSEN, b. June 9, 1923; m. DOROTHY MAE GROVE on November 13, 1948 in Presbyterian Church, Pontiac, Livingston, Illinois^{2217, 507}; d. April 13, 2019, Manteno, Kankakee, Illinois.⁴⁵⁶
6. JANE ELIZABETH KNUDSEN, b. August 31, 1925, Pontiac, Livingston, Illinois;⁹³⁹⁹ m. RICHARD WINTERS TINKER on June 28, 1947 in Pontiac, Livingston, Illinois²²¹⁴; d. August 13, 2020, Baldwin, Georgia.⁹³⁹⁹
7. MARJORIE E. KNUDSEN, b. April 24, 1927, Pontiac, Livingston, Illinois;⁵⁰⁷ m. DONALD ELDON BRESSNER on January 1, 1947 in Pontiac, Livingston, Illinois^{507, 4234}; d. June 27, 2007, ASTA Care Center, Pontiac, Livingston, Illinois.⁵⁰⁷
8. HARRY KNUDSEN, b. July 26, 1928, Pontiac, Livingston, Illinois;¹⁸⁰⁶ d. July 31, 1928, Pontiac, Livingston, Illinois;¹⁸⁰⁶ bur. South Side Cemetery, Pontiac, Livingston, Illinois.^{1806, 456}
9. DONALD E. KNUDSEN, b. October 31, 1930;⁵⁶ m. ARLA SCHROLL in March, 1964 in Lockport Trinity Lutheran Church, Will County, Illinois²²³³; d. January 8, 2002, Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center, Joliet, Will, Illinois.^{56, 168}



Newspaper Articles

Amsterdam Recorder and Daily Democrat, April 28, 1953²⁷⁴⁰

Mrs. Everett Knudsen, Cranesville, will leave tonight for Pontiac, Ill., where she has been called by the death of Mr. Knudsen's mother, Mrs. Harry Knudsen. Mr. Knudsen has been in Pontiac since last week.

Daily Leader, July 31, 1956²²¹⁹

A family picnic was held recently at the home of Donald Bressner, Pontiac route 4, to bring together three brothers and three sisters, who had not been together for five years. They are: Everett Knudsen, Amsterdam, N. Y.; Donald Knudsen, Pontiac; Robert Knudsen, Kankakee; Richard Knudsen, Dwight; Mrs. Harold Chamberlain, Pontiac; Mrs. Richard Tinker, Aurora, and Mrs. Bressner. Also present, was their father, Harry Knudsen.

Obituaries

Daily Pantagraph, April 28, 1953⁴²³⁸

Mrs. Minnie Knudsen

PONTIAC — (PNS) — Mrs. Minnie P. Knudsen, 62, died at St. James Hospital Monday, 9:15 p. m. after a long illness.

She was taken to the Raleigh J. Harris Funeral Home where arrangements for services are being made.

Mrs. Knudsen was born June 29, 1890 here, a daughter of Chauncey and Julia Garrett Street. She had been a resident here all her life. She was married to Harry Knudsen in Bloomington, June 27, 1910.

Surviving are her husband, four sons, Everett, Amsterdam N. Y. Richard, Dwight, Robert Kankakee and Donald, Pontiac; three daughters Mrs. Helen Chamberlain, Pontiac, Mrs. Jane Tinker, Auroroa, and Mrs. Marjorie Bressner, Pontiac; five sisters Mrs. Harry Stang, Pontiac, Mrs. Louis Ramsey, Pontiac, Mrs. J. R. Conrad, Mackinaw, Mrs. Edgar Bruder, La Crosse, Ind., and Mrs. Carrie Moreland, Secor; 13 grandchildren, and two great grandchildren.

Three sons, a sister and four brothers preceded her in death.

She was a member of the Christian Church.

Daily Pantagraph, October 26, 1956²²³²

Harry Knudsen

PONTIAC —(PNS)— Harry Knudsen, 70, of 721 W. Cleary St. died at noon Thursday at a St. Lous Mo. hospital. He had been seriously ill about six weeks.

His funeral will be at 2 p. m. Saturday at the Raleigh J. Harris Funeral Home, with Dr. A. B. Morrow officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation was to begin at 4 p. m. Friday at the funeral home.

He was born May 19, 1886, in Dwight, a son of Jens and Martha Mahler Knudsen. He lived in Dwight 20 years and spent the rest of his life in the Pontiac vicinity. He was a flagman for the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad. He married Minnie Street June 29, 1910, in Bloomington. She died in April, 1953.

Surviving are four sons, Everett, Amsterdam, N. Y.; Richard, Dwight; Robert, Kankakee; Donald, Pontiac; three daughters, Mrs. Harold Chamberlain and Mrs. Marjorie Bressner, Pontiac; Mrs. Jane Tinker, Aurora; a sister, Miss J. Agnes, Niagara Falls, N. Y.; 16 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Two sons and three sisters preceded him in death.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 15, 19001651	Pontiac, Livingston, Illinois	Chauncey G. Street Julia Emaline Garrett William Burgess Street Della Mae Street Mary Melvina Street Carrie Viola Street Minnie P. Street Samuel Howard Street Myrtle Lucille Street Delmer Victor Street
April 26, 19101652	Pontiac, Livingston, Illinois	Chauncey G. Street Julia Emaline Garrett William Burgess Street Minnie P. Street Myrtle Lucille Street Delmer Victor Street Alverda A. Street Samuel Howard Street
May 6, 19102325	Deer Creek, Tazewell, Illinois	Harry Knudsen
January 12, 19201653	Pontiac, Livingston, Illinois	Harry Knudsen Minnie P. Street Everett Edward Knudsen John Knudsen Richard Knudsen
April 11, 19301654	Pontiac, Livingston, Illinois	Harry Knudsen Minnie P. Street Everett Edward Knudsen John Knudsen Richard Knudsen Helen L. Knudsen Robert James Knudsen Jane Elizabeth Knudsen Marjorie E. Knudsen
April 19, 19402736	Pontiac, Livingston, Illinois	Harry Knudsen Minnie P. Street Richard Knudsen Helen L. Knudsen Robert James Knudsen Jane Elizabeth Knudsen Marjorie E. Knudsen Donald E. Knudsen
April 4, 19509649	Pontiac, Livingston, Illinois	Harry Knudsen Minnie P. Street Donald E. Knudsen