AMUNDSON, Amelia Christine

1875 - 1927  (52 years)

• Name	AMUNDSON, Amelia Christine
  Born	1875	Minnesota   [1]
  	Using census data. Is 0 in 1875 census.
  Gender	Female
  Census	Details of 1900 Federal census, Fergus Falls State Hospital for the insane, Otter Tail County, Minnesota: page 9B, ED: 171, Sup. Dist.: 7 min, line 65, 8 June Amundson, Christine patient, white, female, birth not known, age 25, single, born: Minnesota, parents born: Norway, can read, write and speak english Can find no record of her in the 1910 federal census in Minnesota. Details of 1920 Federal census, Fergus Falls State Hospital for the insane, Otter Tail County, Minnesota: page 4A, ED: 144, Sup. Dist.: 9, ward 3, line 27, 8 January Amundson, Christina inmate, female, white, 44, single, can read and write, born: Minnesota, parents born: Norway, speaks english  [2, 3]
  Census	1875	Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota
  	See Amund’s census notes for details.
  Census	1880	Vernon, Dodge County, Minnesota
  	See Amund’s census notes for details.
  Census	1885	Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota
  	See Amund’s census notes for details.
  Census	1895	Moose Lake, Carlton County, Minnesota
  	See Jorgina’s census notes for details.
  Census	1900	Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota
  	See census notes for details.
  Died	11 Dec 1927	Anoka, Anoka County, Minnesota   [1]
  	She died in the Anoka State Asylum
  Buried	14 Dec 1927	Anoka, Anoka County, Minnesota   [1]
  	buried at Forrest Hill, Anoka, A.C. Hosp. was the undertaker.
  Person ID	I2368	Shepard and John Tree
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2012

  
  

  Father	AMUNDSON MÅKESTAD, Amund,   b. 20 Apr 1852, Rogdaberg, Ullensvang, Hordaland, Norway ,   d. 16 Oct 1917, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota  (Age 65 years)
  Mother	JOHNSON, Kari Jorgina,   b. 31 May 1838, Tørdal, Drangedal, Telemark, Norway ,   d. 28 Apr 1907, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota  (Age 68 years)
  Married	2 Jan 1874	Leon, Goodhue County, Minnesota   [4]
  Family ID	F1911	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Christine Amundson Christine Amundson's asylum file picture. She was sent to an asylum when she was a young woman and lived her whole life in one. This is the picture they took possibly at her admittance in 1898.

  
  

• Notes

  Christina was placed in Fergus Falls Insane asylum, which was built in 1890 to alleviate crowding in other hospitals around the state. The hospital was built on the Kirkbride plan, sturdy, well planned, lots of light. It had three main ingedients spaciousness, airiness and light. Christina entered the asylum August 2, 1898. The records indicated that instances of her mental health problems started in 1893 when she was about 17 years old. It was also noted that it was an inherited condition, but it did not state from whom. She was at the Fergus Falls facility until at least April 6, 1902. She continued as a patient in an asylum for the rest of her life dying December 11, 1927 at the Anoka State Asylum. [1, 5]

  
  

• Sources

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