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Ervin Theodore Blix | |
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 Ervin T. Blix in his navy uniform, ca. 1918. | |
| Born | November 13, 1898 |
| Died | 4 Oct 1918 (age 20) |
| Cause of death | Drowned |
| Burial place | Suresnes, Departement des Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France |
| Other names | Erwin and Irvin |
| Citizenship |  America |
| Years active | 1917-1918 |
| Known for | Clearwater County's first fatality in World War I |
| Parent | Albert Nicolai Blix (1856–1918) Anna Marie Paulsdatter (1861–1921) |
| Relatives | Lars Schjonning Blix 1818-1900 (grandfather), Engebor "Ingeborg" Anne Hansdatter Klaeboe 1824-1917 (grandmother), Dr. Adolph Leonard Blix 1881-1942 (brother), Henry Garfield Blix 1882-1946 (brother), Antony Oscar Blix 1887-1932 (brother) |
| Awards |  World War I Victory Medal |
Ervin Theodore Blix (November 13, 1898-4 October 1918) was a Lutheran Electrician's Mate Third Class on the USS Herman Frasch (ID-1617) and died when the ship collided with the USS George G. Henry
Early Life
[edit]Ervin was born in Granite Falls, Clearwater County, Minnesota to Norwegian immigrants Albert (1856–1918) and Anna Marie Blix (1861–1921), he was baptized as a Lutheran at the Wegdahl Trinity Lutheran Church on Christmas day of 1898.[1][2]
Ancestry
[edit]Albert Nicolai Blix
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Albert was born on December 19, 1856 in Meloy, Nordland, Norway to a Norwegian gardener Lars Schjonning Blix (1818–1900) and Ingeborg Anna Bernhoft Klaeboe (1824–1917).[3] The family moved to Quebec, Canada in 1859[4] and later Minnesota in 1870.[3] Albert married a woman named Ann Elisa Ragnette Cammen on October 11, 1875 in Chippewa, Minnesota and had 5 children with her, the pair divorced sometime after 1884.[5] On May 28 1892 Albert married Anna Marie Paulsdatter in Duluth and had 3 sons including Ervin.[2] In 1918 Albert suffered a mental breakdown and he was put into the St. Peter State Hospital and died in December of the same year.[1]
Lars Schjonning Blix
[edit]Lars was born on September 13, 1818 in Meloy, Norway to Jacob Andreas Schiønning (1784-?) and Karen Bye Nielsdatter (1782–1825).[6] little is known of Lars' young life other than he was baptized as a Lutheran shortly after his birth, and his mother died when he was only 6-years-old.[6] On October 12, 1851 Ingeborg Anna Klæboe in his home town and had 8 children with her.[7] In 1859 at the age of 40 he moved his family to Quebec, Canada[4] 11 years later he moved to Minnesota and found work as a gardener.[5] He moved one last time to Spooner, Wisconsin sometime after 1895 and died on August 19, 1900 at the age of 81.
Military Service
[edit]USS Herman Fransch
[edit]The ship was built in 1910 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts and was named after the Company's president Herman Fransch, the ship was made to transport sulfur for the Union Sulpher Co.[8][9]
Military Service and Death
[edit]Ervin traveled to Minneapolis to enlist in the Untied States Navy on May 3, 1917, he began training as a radio operator attaining the rank of EM3. In late September 1918 he was sent to Europe on the large bulk cargo ship, USS Herman Frasch. On October 3, 1918 near Nova Scotia, Canada the Fransch crashed into the USS George G. Henry and the ship sunk. The following day a search party was sent to the wreck and 65 men were saved and 23 men including Ervin Blix drowned at sea.[1][2] He was posthumously awarded the World War I Victory Medal and the American Legion Post in Clearwater County was named in his honor.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "ERVIN T. BLIX". Clearwater County Veterans Memorial. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
- ^ a b c "Blix, Ervin Theodor (1898–1918) | MNopedia". www.mnopedia.org. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
- ^ a b 1870 United States Census
- ^ a b 1861 Quebec census
- ^ a b 1885 Minnesota census
- ^ a b Norwegian Religious books 1815-1930
- ^ Norway Marriage records, 1660-1926
- ^ "Civilian Ships--Herman Frasch (American Freighter, 1910)". www.shipscribe.com. Retrieved 2024-10-06.
- ^ "Herman Frasch (ID 1617)". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 2024-10-06.