Edward N.Tilsen

Edward Nahman Tilsen was born (presumably) in Vynhorad (Виноград, Vinograd, Winograd, Winorad) (49° 15' N 31° 45' E), about 20 miles northwest of Zvenigorodka near Kiev, Ukraine on 2 April 1891 to Hirshel "Harry" Teplitszky & Haya "Clara" Cohen. He married Esther Nesa Reuben on 31 December 1915. He died in St. Paul, MN, on 21 October 1984.

Pictured at right: Edward N. Tilsen, Bismarck, ND, 1914.

These are the children of Edward N. Tilsen & Esther N. Reuben.

• Mirel "Mimi" Adossa, born 2 March 1917, in Ashley, ND.
• Benjamin "Ben" Leonard, born 24 October 1918 in Ashley, ND.
• Jean, born 31 August 1921 in Elgin, MN; died 24 November 1997 in St. Paul, MN.
• Robert "Bob" Stanley, born 10 January 1925 in Bismarck, ND.
• Kenneth "Ken" Earl, born 4 November 1927.

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Learn more about Ed Tilsen

• Read about Ed Tilsen, Pioneer of Open (desegregated) Housing, in "Families May Purchase New Homes on 'Open' Market for First Time," St. Paul Minnesota Recorder 21 May 1954


• Read about Ed as Pioneer of Open Housing in "Home Project Without Color Line Opens" from the Minneapolis Tribune 24 May 1954


• Read the account of Edward's Open Housing initiative in The National Real Estate & Building Journal May 1955


• Explore a Tilsen Family Tree

For more information contact Jon-Jay Tilsen at jjtilsen@beki.org