Yolanda Christina Tandberg (1902-2003)

Yolanda Christina Erlina Tandberg (1902-2003) Centenarian (b. December 01, 1902, Kristiania, Oslo, Norway - d. September 22, 2003, Troy, Oakland County, Michigan, 48098, USA) Social Security Number 384463321.

Parents

 * Thorvald Martin Tandberg I (1874-1970) of Maine
 * Alvilde Marie Naess (1875-1933) of Kristiania, Oslo, Norway

Siblings
Ethel Valborg Alfrida Tandberg (1898-1995) who was born in Norway and married Clifford Edward Milner (1892-1980); Thorvald Martin Tandberg II who may have died as an infant; Ralph Christian Andreas Tandberg (1901-1995) aka Thoralph Tandberg, who was a safety engineer, who married Sigrid Andreassen (1905-1940) and after her death married Esther Ruth Clyde (1895-1973) and after a divorce married JoAnn Losey; Thordis Tandberg who died when she was 14 of spinal meningitis; and Carl Frederick Tandberg (1910-1988) who was born in Massachusetts, and was a bass guitar musician, who married Alice Gonyer (1909-1992). All the other children were born in Kristiania, Oslo, Norway. There were two children stillborn.

Marriage
She married Joseph Nathaniel French I (1888-1975). He was an architect with Albert Kahn Associates, Inc. in Detroit, Michigan.

Children

 * Juanita Leslie French (1913-1978) who married Robert Murchie (c1915-1978)
 * Christina French (1916- ) who married William Charles
 * Carolyn Avilde French (1927-) who married Victor Kochajda
 * Natalie Joan French (1931- ) who married Anthony Mario Cangelosi (1928-1983) and after a divorce married George King Cheatham
 * Joseph Nathaniel French II (1933- ) who studied Shakespearean Theatre in England and married Reba (1928-2005)
 * Yolanda Erlenia French (1935-1976) who married Robert Mills and she died as a passenger in a drunk driver accident

Raised Children of Ralph Tandberg and Sigrid Andreassen
Sigrid Marie Andreassen (1905-1940) was married to Ralph Christian Andreas Tandberg (1901-1995). Sigrid died in 1940, and the children, Adelma and June were sent to live with Joseph and Yolanda in Detroit, Michigan.

Death
Yolanda died on September 22, 2003 in Troy, Oakland County, Michigan. She was buried in Roseland Park Cemetery at 29001 Woodward Avenue, Berkley, Michigan.