Individual Details

Otto Louis MADSEN

(30 Apr 1882 - 28 Jun 1935)

Otto Madsen was born in Germany on April 30, 1882 of Danish parents. Madsen came to the U.S. as a young man. He was a pupil of O. E. Berninghaus and Ivan Summers. He painted decorative panels for the California State Bldg at the Panama-California Expo, San Diego, 1915. By 1920 he had settled in Kansas City, MO as a sign painter for the Thomas Cusack Company while spending summers on Point Loma near San Diego. Many trips were made to California paint murals in churches and office buildings.

Events

Birth30 Apr 1882Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Emigration-shared11 Oct 1889(Clara C. "Christina" MADSEN) ) from the port of Hamburg to North American via Liverpool. Destination Pender, Nebraska, Schleswig (Schleswig-Holstein), Preußen (Germany)
Immigration1890United States Census, 1900,
Alt name1900Otto MADUSEN
Census1900Pender Precinct, Thurston, Nebraska, United States
Military30 Jan 1902
Residence1907Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Residence1917Kirkwood, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Naturalization1918Upper South District, Court for the Northern District of California
Death28 Jun 1935Kirkwood, Saint Louis County, Missouri, United States
BurialManchester, Saint Louis County, Missouri, United States of America

Families

FatherHeinrich "Henry" MADSEN (1848 - 1895)
MotherCornelia Charlotta BENGTSSON (1855 - 1909)
SiblingClara C. "Christina" MADSEN (1876 - 1947)
SiblingCarl MADSEN (1877 - )
SiblingEdith V. MADISON (1880 - 1969)
SiblingEmil Thomas MADSEN ( - 1945)
SiblingGeorge H. MADSEN (1885 - 1914)
SiblingBerta Christina MADSEN (1888 - 1959)
SiblingElla Constance MADSEN (1891 - 1980)
SiblingCora MADSEN (1892 - )
SiblingHarriett "Babe" "Babe" MADSEN (1895 - 1960)

Notes

Immigration

The 1890 immigration year was per 1900, United States Census.

Alt name

1900 Census.

Residence

He was living at his sister's house.

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com, U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007).

2. Ancestry.com, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), Registration State: Missouri; Registration County: St Louis; Roll: 1683926; Draft Board: 3.

3. Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).

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5. 1900 United States Census, , , , Clara Madusen in household of Cornelia Madusen, Pender Precinct, Thurston, Nebraska, United Statesng ; NARA microfilm publication citing sheet 12A, family 227, NARA microfilm publication T623; FHL microfilm 1,240,941.

6. Ancestry.com, U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007).

7. Ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).

8. Ancestry.com, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), Registration State: Missouri; Registration County: St Louis; Roll: 1683926; Draft Board: 3.

9. Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).

10. Ancestry.com, U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).

11. Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).

12. Ancestry.com, U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).