Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameLouis Kriselius KAASA
Birth28 Feb 1878, Iowa, USA
Death30 Jul 1923, Freeborn, Minnesota
Spouses
Birth15 Sep 1882, Minnesota, USA
Death13 Jan 1919, Albert Lea, Freeborn, Minnesota
FatherHalvor INGVALDSON (1842-1905)
MotherAnna SIMONSON (1851-1927)
ChildrenIrven Henry (1901-1986)
Notes for Louis Kriselius KAASA
Grandfather of Aunt Edith.
US Lutheran Church records
Confirmation Louis Kriselius Kaasa, born February 28, 1878, baptism March 24, 1878, confirmation October 1, 1893, father Ingebr O Kaasa, mother Karoline Kravig, location Silver Lake, Winnebago, Worth, Iowa
[Some of the descriptions are in Norwegian]
Minnesota marriages index
Freeborn March 28, 1901, Lewis I. Kaasa, age 23 and Minnie Ingvaldson, age 18
In the 1905 Minnesota Census
City Albert Lea, Ward 3, County Freeborn, Enumeration District 4
East College Street
Lewis Kaasa, age 27, born Iowa, parents born Norway, clerk
Mrs Minnie Kaasa, age 23, born Minnesota, parents born Norway
Irvin Kaasa, age 3, born Minnesota
Alert [as spelled] Kaasa, age 1, born Minnesota
In the 1910 US census District 0041, Albert Lea Ward 3, Freeborn, Minnesota
212 East First Street, Freeborn
Head Lewis Kaasa, age 29, married, born Iowa, parents born Norway, teamster for wholesale grocery, worker, can read and write
Wife Minnie Kaasa, age 27, married 9 years, 3 children born alive all still living, born Minnesota, parents born Norway, can read and write
Son Irvin [as spelled] Kaasa, age 8, born Minnesota
Son Allerd Kaasa, age 6, born Minnesota
Son lloyd Kaasa, age 2, born Minnesota
2 roomers
US World War I Draft Registration Cards
Louis Kaasa, Albert Lea, Freeborn, Minnesota, age 40, born February 28, 1878
occupation farming
nearest relative Minni Kaasa, same address
Height medium, build medium, eyes gray, hair black
lost part of one finger on right hand
Date of Registration September 12, 1918
In the 1920 US Census
Riceland Township, Freeborn County, Minnesota
Head Louis [as spelled] Kaasa, age 41, born Iowa, parents born Norway, farmer
Wife Jennie Kaasa, age 42, born Minnesota, parents born Norway
Son Allard Kaasa, age 16, born Minnesota, father born Iowa, mother born Minnesota.
Son Loyd [as spelled] Kaasa, age 12, born Minnesota, father born Iowa, mother born Minnesota.
Daughter Della Kaasa, age 8, born Minnesota, father born Iowa, mother born Minnesota.
Daughter Lucille Kaasa, age 2, born Minnesota, father born Iowa, mother born Minnesota.
Step Daughter Irene Hovland, age 13, born Minnesota, both parents born Minnesota.
Step Daughter Ester Hovland, age 12, born Minnesota, both parents born Minnesota.
Sister in Law Emma Erickson, age 33, single, born Minnesota, parents born Norway,
1 servant
Albert Lea Freeborn County Standard
Albert Lea, Minnesota
July 26, 1923
Quarrel Ends in Shooting
Family Squabble ends in a near fatality at Alden farm Friday
Wife Charged With Deed
Louis Kaasa Paralyzed from One Wound. Two Children Witness Affair.
Mrs. Louis Kaasa, better known here as Mrs. Nellie Abbe is being held at the county jail without charge awaiting the fate of her husband, who is at the Naeve hospital suffering from a revolver bullet would which it is alleged she inflicted. The family reside on a farm about 3 miles east of Alden. It is said that the pair have quarrelled bitterly at times. The woman is about 50 years old and the man a little older.
The affair took place about 8:30 Friday morning. Kaasa had gone into the field to cut grain and was operating a harvester. According to available information, the wife followed him out there and there was a violent quarrel. Two children of the pair, lloyd and Margaret, anticipating trouble followed the woman and witnessed the shooting. It is alleged that after an altercation and scuffle, Mrs. Kaasa shot her husband and that he fell to the ground unconscious and then she hid the gun in a nearby oat shock. This Mrs. Kaasa denies. She claims that her husband shot himself in the scuffle after threatening her life.
The shooting was reported to the Alden constable by O. L. McColley, a neighbour. They arrived as soon as possible. Mrs. Kaasa was placed under arrest and the unconscious man was rushed to the Naeve hospital here.
For a time after her arrest the woman denied that she knew where the gun was, claiming that it must be on the ground on the scene. After considerable questioning, she finally admitted that it was in an oat shock and the sheriff found it there.
Lloyd, the the fifteen year old son of Louis Kaasa who saw the affair, is said to have made some damaging admissions, in regards to Mrs. Kaasa. The girl, Margaret, 14 years old, has made several contradictory statements. She is the daughter of Mrs. Kaasa.
Kaasa recovered sufficiently Sunday so that County Attorney Peterson was able to get him to answer some questions. He lost the power of speech but was apparently able to hear and understand. It is understood that he was able to give some very damaging testimony to the county attorney who has not revealed all that was said.
Mrs. Kaasa, who is known here as Mrs. Nellie Abbie has had a tempestuous career. She was for years a resident of this city and has been in court several times on various charges. She was at one time arrested for operating a dis-orderly house.
Until the fate of her husband is known, no particular will be placed against her. She is being held in the county jail without bail.
Mrs. Kaasa has been married twice and her husband three times. She has five children and her husband two. She claims that her husband has been very cruel to her getting mad and kicking and beating her.
All possible evidence at the farm that bears on the affair has been gathered by the county attorney but nothing further can not be done until the ultimate fate of the husband is known.
end of article.
Minnesota death index
Louis K. Kaasa, death July 30, 1923, Freeborn
Find a Grave Index
Louis Cornelius Kaasa, born February 28, 1878, died, July 30, 1923, buried Lakewood Cemetery, Albert Lea, Freeborn County, Minnesota, USA
Minnesota Cemetery Inscription Index
Louis Kaasa, died July 30, 1923, murdered by wife, Albert Lea Minnesota
[This would be his third wife Nellie.]
Albert Lea Evening Tribune
October 11, 1923
Mrs. Nellie Kaasa Found Guilty [Front Page Headline]
Manslaughter in First Degree is the Verdict; Jury reported at 12:15
After deliberating for more that Ten Hours the Jury Reported a Decision - Mrs. Kaasa Taken from her cell and brought into court - only few present as verdict is read - showed no outward emotion - when asked by Judge Peterson if she had anything to say she gave no answer - Eloquent and impressive pleas made by state and defense
[The Jury is listed by name and town.]
Later
The defence asked Judge Peterson to stay the sentence of Mrs. Kaasa at present to give time to consider a motion for a new trial will be made. Judge Peterson granted this request so Mrs. Kaasa will remain in the county jail for the time being.
Mrs. Louis Kaasa, charged with the murder of her husband Louis Kaasa on last July 20th was found “guilty” by a jury of twelve men, after over ten hours of deliberation. The jury had retired at 1:50 Wednesday. The verdict was signed by the foreman at fifteen past midnight of that same day. here it is:
The Verdict
We, the Jury, empanelled to try the above entitled action, find the defendant guilty of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree.
Geo. J. Cummings, Foreman
Manslaughter in the first degree is the killing of a human being without the design to effect death by a person in the heat of passion and by means of a dangerous weapon. The penalty is from five to twenty years in state’s prison.
The penalties attached to murder in the first and second degree are identical, life imprisonment. If the accused is found not guilty he or she is set free immediately.
The ten hours of deliberation showed that evidently there was some doubt in the minds of the jury in some direction and yet not enough doubt to bring a disagreement. At the hour of the decision, the bailiff came down stairs to the sheriff’s and announced that the jury was ready with the decision. The sheriff ordered to bring the prisoner to the court room. Judge N. E. Peterson, Clerk of Court Spenser and the attorneys on both sides were notified and in just half an hour court was called and received the verdict from the foreman, Mr. Cummings.
For eight days the jury had heard
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Louis Cornelius Kaasa
Birth 28 Feb 1878
Death 30 Jul 1923 (aged 45), Albert Lea, Freeborn County, Minnesota, USA
Burial Lakewood Cemetery
Albert Lea, Freeborn County, Minnesota, USA
Memorial ID 141210642
3rd wife: Nellie E. Abbe
Married: July 19, 1922 Sioux Falls, South Dakota
She is the wife that shot him in their field.
Louis Kaasa who since Friday, July 20th has been at the local hospital, suffering from a bullet at the base of his skull.
He passed away at 10:30p.m. Monday morning.
For days he was growing worse and since Saturday afternoon had been dying.
On the day Mr. Kaasa was shot at his farm home. Mrs. Kaasa was arrested and taken to the county jail.
Mrs. Kaasa denied doing the shooting.
She said that the gun could be found in the field by the binder.
The sheriff looked and found the gun.
During Mr. Kaasa's confinement in the hospital he regained his consciousness for a time. He answered questions asked by the sheriff.
The charging of Mrs. Kaasa was going to wait until after the funeral.
The funeral will take place at 1:30 p.m. from the home of Hans Eid. 2 p.m. at the First Lutheran church in Albert Lea. The interment will be in the cemetery north of Fountain Lake.
At the trial it was brought out that they had fought several times.
He had 3 children from a previous marriage and she had 2 from a previous marriage.
They married: July 19, 1922 . South Dakota.
It was said from the children that she got up and went to town with the car and got groceries. When she came home she put the groceries on the table, went into her bedroom and changed her clothes. She came out with a blue coat on and went to the fields after her husband.
Mr. Kaasa was in the field with one of his children at the time.
No one knows how the shooting took place. The children just remember them standing together in the field and then a shot and he fell down.
One son ran to the neighbors to get a doctor.
When the other children got to him she was knelt down beside him washing out the wound in his neck.
She denied the shouting at first. Then she told the sheriff that they fought and the gun went off and he was shot.
At the trial the children gave their testimony on what they saw. They never saw Mrs. Kaasa wear that coat into the field before? It was a coat that she would have worn into town.
The verdict was 1st degree manslaughter.
She was given no more then 10 years in the state penitentiary.
That was 1923 and she was out of prison in 1930 living in Wellington, Renville, Minnesota as a housekeeper to Ewald Schmechel, under the name of Nellie E. Abbe.
Mr. Kaasa is buried with his first wife, Minnie .
His estate went into probate and his children were given the money equally.
In 1950 she is living again in Albert Lea under the name of Nellie E. Abbe.
Contributor: julrene thornberg (47323751)
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US Lutheran Church records
Confirmation Louis Kriselius Kaasa, born February 28, 1878, baptism March 24, 1878, confirmation October 1, 1893, father Ingebr O Kaasa, mother Karoline Kravig, location Silver Lake, Winnebago, Worth, Iowa
[Some of the descriptions are in Norwegian]
Minnesota marriages index
Freeborn March 28, 1901, Lewis I. Kaasa, age 23 and Minnie Ingvaldson, age 18
In the 1905 Minnesota Census
City Albert Lea, Ward 3, County Freeborn, Enumeration District 4
East College Street
Lewis Kaasa, age 27, born Iowa, parents born Norway, clerk
Mrs Minnie Kaasa, age 23, born Minnesota, parents born Norway
Irvin Kaasa, age 3, born Minnesota
Alert [as spelled] Kaasa, age 1, born Minnesota
In the 1910 US census District 0041, Albert Lea Ward 3, Freeborn, Minnesota
212 East First Street, Freeborn
Head Lewis Kaasa, age 29, married, born Iowa, parents born Norway, teamster for wholesale grocery, worker, can read and write
Wife Minnie Kaasa, age 27, married 9 years, 3 children born alive all still living, born Minnesota, parents born Norway, can read and write
Son Irvin [as spelled] Kaasa, age 8, born Minnesota
Son Allerd Kaasa, age 6, born Minnesota
Son lloyd Kaasa, age 2, born Minnesota
2 roomers
US World War I Draft Registration Cards
Louis Kaasa, Albert Lea, Freeborn, Minnesota, age 40, born February 28, 1878
occupation farming
nearest relative Minni Kaasa, same address
Height medium, build medium, eyes gray, hair black
lost part of one finger on right hand
Date of Registration September 12, 1918
In the 1920 US Census
Riceland Township, Freeborn County, Minnesota
Head Louis [as spelled] Kaasa, age 41, born Iowa, parents born Norway, farmer
Wife Jennie Kaasa, age 42, born Minnesota, parents born Norway
Son Allard Kaasa, age 16, born Minnesota, father born Iowa, mother born Minnesota.
Son Loyd [as spelled] Kaasa, age 12, born Minnesota, father born Iowa, mother born Minnesota.
Daughter Della Kaasa, age 8, born Minnesota, father born Iowa, mother born Minnesota.
Daughter Lucille Kaasa, age 2, born Minnesota, father born Iowa, mother born Minnesota.
Step Daughter Irene Hovland, age 13, born Minnesota, both parents born Minnesota.
Step Daughter Ester Hovland, age 12, born Minnesota, both parents born Minnesota.
Sister in Law Emma Erickson, age 33, single, born Minnesota, parents born Norway,
1 servant
Albert Lea Freeborn County Standard
Albert Lea, Minnesota
July 26, 1923
Quarrel Ends in Shooting
Family Squabble ends in a near fatality at Alden farm Friday
Wife Charged With Deed
Louis Kaasa Paralyzed from One Wound. Two Children Witness Affair.
Mrs. Louis Kaasa, better known here as Mrs. Nellie Abbe is being held at the county jail without charge awaiting the fate of her husband, who is at the Naeve hospital suffering from a revolver bullet would which it is alleged she inflicted. The family reside on a farm about 3 miles east of Alden. It is said that the pair have quarrelled bitterly at times. The woman is about 50 years old and the man a little older.
The affair took place about 8:30 Friday morning. Kaasa had gone into the field to cut grain and was operating a harvester. According to available information, the wife followed him out there and there was a violent quarrel. Two children of the pair, lloyd and Margaret, anticipating trouble followed the woman and witnessed the shooting. It is alleged that after an altercation and scuffle, Mrs. Kaasa shot her husband and that he fell to the ground unconscious and then she hid the gun in a nearby oat shock. This Mrs. Kaasa denies. She claims that her husband shot himself in the scuffle after threatening her life.
The shooting was reported to the Alden constable by O. L. McColley, a neighbour. They arrived as soon as possible. Mrs. Kaasa was placed under arrest and the unconscious man was rushed to the Naeve hospital here.
For a time after her arrest the woman denied that she knew where the gun was, claiming that it must be on the ground on the scene. After considerable questioning, she finally admitted that it was in an oat shock and the sheriff found it there.
Lloyd, the the fifteen year old son of Louis Kaasa who saw the affair, is said to have made some damaging admissions, in regards to Mrs. Kaasa. The girl, Margaret, 14 years old, has made several contradictory statements. She is the daughter of Mrs. Kaasa.
Kaasa recovered sufficiently Sunday so that County Attorney Peterson was able to get him to answer some questions. He lost the power of speech but was apparently able to hear and understand. It is understood that he was able to give some very damaging testimony to the county attorney who has not revealed all that was said.
Mrs. Kaasa, who is known here as Mrs. Nellie Abbie has had a tempestuous career. She was for years a resident of this city and has been in court several times on various charges. She was at one time arrested for operating a dis-orderly house.
Until the fate of her husband is known, no particular will be placed against her. She is being held in the county jail without bail.
Mrs. Kaasa has been married twice and her husband three times. She has five children and her husband two. She claims that her husband has been very cruel to her getting mad and kicking and beating her.
All possible evidence at the farm that bears on the affair has been gathered by the county attorney but nothing further can not be done until the ultimate fate of the husband is known.
end of article.
Minnesota death index
Louis K. Kaasa, death July 30, 1923, Freeborn
Find a Grave Index
Louis Cornelius Kaasa, born February 28, 1878, died, July 30, 1923, buried Lakewood Cemetery, Albert Lea, Freeborn County, Minnesota, USA
Minnesota Cemetery Inscription Index
Louis Kaasa, died July 30, 1923, murdered by wife, Albert Lea Minnesota
[This would be his third wife Nellie.]
Albert Lea Evening Tribune
October 11, 1923
Mrs. Nellie Kaasa Found Guilty [Front Page Headline]
Manslaughter in First Degree is the Verdict; Jury reported at 12:15
After deliberating for more that Ten Hours the Jury Reported a Decision - Mrs. Kaasa Taken from her cell and brought into court - only few present as verdict is read - showed no outward emotion - when asked by Judge Peterson if she had anything to say she gave no answer - Eloquent and impressive pleas made by state and defense
[The Jury is listed by name and town.]
Later
The defence asked Judge Peterson to stay the sentence of Mrs. Kaasa at present to give time to consider a motion for a new trial will be made. Judge Peterson granted this request so Mrs. Kaasa will remain in the county jail for the time being.
Mrs. Louis Kaasa, charged with the murder of her husband Louis Kaasa on last July 20th was found “guilty” by a jury of twelve men, after over ten hours of deliberation. The jury had retired at 1:50 Wednesday. The verdict was signed by the foreman at fifteen past midnight of that same day. here it is:
The Verdict
We, the Jury, empanelled to try the above entitled action, find the defendant guilty of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree.
Geo. J. Cummings, Foreman
Manslaughter in the first degree is the killing of a human being without the design to effect death by a person in the heat of passion and by means of a dangerous weapon. The penalty is from five to twenty years in state’s prison.
The penalties attached to murder in the first and second degree are identical, life imprisonment. If the accused is found not guilty he or she is set free immediately.
The ten hours of deliberation showed that evidently there was some doubt in the minds of the jury in some direction and yet not enough doubt to bring a disagreement. At the hour of the decision, the bailiff came down stairs to the sheriff’s and announced that the jury was ready with the decision. The sheriff ordered to bring the prisoner to the court room. Judge N. E. Peterson, Clerk of Court Spenser and the attorneys on both sides were notified and in just half an hour court was called and received the verdict from the foreman, Mr. Cummings.
For eight days the jury had heard
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Louis Cornelius Kaasa
Birth 28 Feb 1878
Death 30 Jul 1923 (aged 45), Albert Lea, Freeborn County, Minnesota, USA
Burial Lakewood Cemetery
Albert Lea, Freeborn County, Minnesota, USA
Memorial ID 141210642
3rd wife: Nellie E. Abbe
Married: July 19, 1922 Sioux Falls, South Dakota
She is the wife that shot him in their field.
Louis Kaasa who since Friday, July 20th has been at the local hospital, suffering from a bullet at the base of his skull.
He passed away at 10:30p.m. Monday morning.
For days he was growing worse and since Saturday afternoon had been dying.
On the day Mr. Kaasa was shot at his farm home. Mrs. Kaasa was arrested and taken to the county jail.
Mrs. Kaasa denied doing the shooting.
She said that the gun could be found in the field by the binder.
The sheriff looked and found the gun.
During Mr. Kaasa's confinement in the hospital he regained his consciousness for a time. He answered questions asked by the sheriff.
The charging of Mrs. Kaasa was going to wait until after the funeral.
The funeral will take place at 1:30 p.m. from the home of Hans Eid. 2 p.m. at the First Lutheran church in Albert Lea. The interment will be in the cemetery north of Fountain Lake.
At the trial it was brought out that they had fought several times.
He had 3 children from a previous marriage and she had 2 from a previous marriage.
They married: July 19, 1922 . South Dakota.
It was said from the children that she got up and went to town with the car and got groceries. When she came home she put the groceries on the table, went into her bedroom and changed her clothes. She came out with a blue coat on and went to the fields after her husband.
Mr. Kaasa was in the field with one of his children at the time.
No one knows how the shooting took place. The children just remember them standing together in the field and then a shot and he fell down.
One son ran to the neighbors to get a doctor.
When the other children got to him she was knelt down beside him washing out the wound in his neck.
She denied the shouting at first. Then she told the sheriff that they fought and the gun went off and he was shot.
At the trial the children gave their testimony on what they saw. They never saw Mrs. Kaasa wear that coat into the field before? It was a coat that she would have worn into town.
The verdict was 1st degree manslaughter.
She was given no more then 10 years in the state penitentiary.
That was 1923 and she was out of prison in 1930 living in Wellington, Renville, Minnesota as a housekeeper to Ewald Schmechel, under the name of Nellie E. Abbe.
Mr. Kaasa is buried with his first wife, Minnie .
His estate went into probate and his children were given the money equally.
In 1950 she is living again in Albert Lea under the name of Nellie E. Abbe.
Contributor: julrene thornberg (47323751)
End of findagrave entry
Notes for Mina Roggine (Spouse 1)
Grandmother of Aunt Edith.
birth dates, death dates and known as Minnie from Houchin-Glasgow Family Webpage
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Minnie Ingvaldson Kaasa
Birth 15 Sep 1882
Death 13 Jan 1919 (aged 36), Albert Lea, Freeborn County, Minnesota, USA
Burial Lakewood Cemetery
Albert Lea, Freeborn County, Minnesota, USA
Memorial ID 141210600
At eleven Monday evening, Mrs. Louis Kaasa passed away at her home in this city.
Mrs. Kaasa has been ill about a week after having contracted double pneumonia.
She has been in poor health for four or five years past.'
Besides her husband, she leaves five children:
Irving: 17 years
Alice: 14 years
Lloyd: 9 years
Edella: 7 years
Lucile: 17 months.
She also leaves four sisters:
Mrs. Bagaason of Riceland
Mrs. William Anderson
Mrs. George Hanson
Mrs. Ole Bagaason
Mrs. John Christenson
One brother: Edward Ingvaldson
Her mother: Mrs. Hans Peterson of Eugene, Oregon.
Albert Lea Evening Tribune
Contributor: julrene thornberg (47323751)
End of fondagrave entry
birth dates, death dates and known as Minnie from Houchin-Glasgow Family Webpage
Findagrave.com
Minnie Ingvaldson Kaasa
Birth 15 Sep 1882
Death 13 Jan 1919 (aged 36), Albert Lea, Freeborn County, Minnesota, USA
Burial Lakewood Cemetery
Albert Lea, Freeborn County, Minnesota, USA
Memorial ID 141210600
At eleven Monday evening, Mrs. Louis Kaasa passed away at her home in this city.
Mrs. Kaasa has been ill about a week after having contracted double pneumonia.
She has been in poor health for four or five years past.'
Besides her husband, she leaves five children:
Irving: 17 years
Alice: 14 years
Lloyd: 9 years
Edella: 7 years
Lucile: 17 months.
She also leaves four sisters:
Mrs. Bagaason of Riceland
Mrs. William Anderson
Mrs. George Hanson
Mrs. Ole Bagaason
Mrs. John Christenson
One brother: Edward Ingvaldson
Her mother: Mrs. Hans Peterson of Eugene, Oregon.
Albert Lea Evening Tribune
Contributor: julrene thornberg (47323751)
End of fondagrave entry