Résumé

Laborer, Typewriter Factory, Bridgeport, CT, 1910.

Assistant Chief Draftsman, Westcott and Mapes, Incorporated, Engineers, Bridgeport, CT, 06/05/1917. According to Rising's World War I draft registration card, he he was "doing naval construction work for the US Government." (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: Connecticut; Registration County: Fairfield Source Information: U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 01/30/2021.) A State of CT Military Census of 03/02/1917 listed his occupation as "structural engineer." (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. Connecticut, U.S., Military Census, 1917 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, accessed 01/30/2021.)

Architect, E.T. Osbourne, Seattle, WA, 1922.

Principal, Eric Carl Rising, Architect, Seattle, WA.

Traveling Engineer, Building Inspector, Seattle, WA, 1940. The US Census of 1940 indicated this occupation and that he made a $4,000 annual income. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Seattle, King, Washington; Roll: m-t0627-04376; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 40-67, accessed 01/30/2021.)

Architect, Floyd A. Naramore and Associates, Architects, Seattle, WA. This office operated in Room #1280 of the Dexter Horton Building in 1942. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147; Box or Roll Number: 171, accessed 01/30/2021.)

Architect, Naramore, Bain, Brady and Johanson (NBBJ), Architects, Seattle, WA, 1955-1958. The Seattle City Directory, 1955, indicated that Rising worked in "cost control" at NBBJ. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1955, p. 1197 and Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1958, p. 1292.)

Relocation

Eric Carl Rising was born in the Katarina-Sofia district of Stockholm, Sweden on 07/29/1892. The family left Sweden on 11/04/1892, traveling by ship from Goteborg, Sweden, to New York, NY. They arrived in the latter city on 11/16/1892. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Swedish Emigration Records, 1783-1951 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007, accessed 12/25/2020.)

On 06/05/1900, a US Census taker found the Rising Family living on Archer Street in Hempstead, Long Island, NY, where Eric's father, Karl Jakob, worked as a baker. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: Hempstead, Nassau, New York; Page: 6; Enumeration District: 0694; FHL microfilm: 1241079, accessed 12/25/2020.) Later that year, by 08/03/1900, the family had moved to Brooklyn, living at 388 Atlantic Avenue. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information: New York, U.S., Index to Petitions for Naturalization filed in New York City, 1792-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007, accessed 12/25/2020.)

They relocated to Bridgeport, CT, by at least 1903, where Eric's sister Elsa was born. They continued to live here in 1910, when the US Census was taken, in an apartment building at 44 Brittin Avenue. (See Ancestry,com, Source Citation Year: 1910; Census Place: Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut; Roll: T624_128; Page: 21A; Enumeration District: 0014; FHL microfilm: 1374141, accessed 12/25/2020.)

In 06/1917, Rising lived at 946 Iranistan Avenue in Bridgeport, CT, where he worked for the engineering firm of Westcott and Mapes, Incorporated, Engineers. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: Connecticut; Registration County: Fairfield Source Information: U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 01/30/2021.)

Rising and his wife lived in Cleveland, OH, where his first child, Carle, was born on 06/21/1920.

The Risings moved transcontinentally to Seattle, WA, by 1922, living at 4219 8th Avenue NE in the city's University District. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1922, p. 1232.)

Rising resided in Seattle's University District at 5033 17th Avenue NE in Seattle by 1930. According to the 1930 US Census, the residence had a value of $15,000, about three times the local average. The architect lived here with his wife Dorothy, and their children, Carle, Dorothy and Richard. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1930; Census Place: Seattle, King, Washington; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0037; FHL microfilm: 2342227, accessed 01/30/2021.)

They remained at 5033 17th Avenue NE in both 04/1942 and 1958. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147; Box or Roll Number: 171, accessed 01/30/2021 and Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1958, p. 1292.)

Parents

His father was Karl Jakob Rising (born 11/04/1863 in Sweden), who worked as a bagare or baker in 1892. The 1900 US Census confirmed that Karl Jakob continued baking as his profession. Karl Jakob, who changed his name's spelling to "Carl Jacob," was naturalized in Brooklyn, NY, on 08/03/1900. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information: New York, U.S., Index to Petitions for Naturalization filed in New York City, 1792-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007, accessed 12/25/2020.)

His mother was Elsa Augusta Rydell (born 03/18/1867 in Stockholm, Sweden, in the Storkyrkoförsamlingen neighborhood near Sankt Nikolai Church-d. 06/05/1902 in Brooklyn, NY). They married on 09/28/1889 in Stockholm. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Genline AB; Johanneshov, Sweden; Swedish Church Records Archive; GID Number: 100002.72.34900; Roll Number: SC-1486, accessed 2/24/2020.)

Her parents were Jonas Magnus Johansson Rydell (1822-1902) and Catharina Lovisa Holmberg (1821-1880). (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Genline AB; Johanneshov, Sweden; GID Number: 100002.44.29400; Roll/Fiche Number: SC-432, accessed 01/30/2021.)

Elsa was only 35 when she died of tuberculosis at her home, 1002 1/2 Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Genline AB; Johanneshov, Sweden; GID Number: 100002.109.42000; Roll/Fiche Number: SC-1494, accessed 12/24/2020 and Ancestry.com, Source Information: New York, New York, U.S., Extracted Death Index, 1862-1948 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014 and and Source Citation New York City Department of Records & Information Services; New York City, New York; New York City Death Certificates; Borough: Brooklyn; Year: 1902, accessed 01/30/2021.) After her death, Karl married another woman, Maria Olson (born c. 1865 in Sweden), on 10/25/1903 in Hartford, CT. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Connecticut State Department of Health; Hartford, CT; Connecticut Vital Records — Index of Marriages, 1897-1968, accessed 01/30/2021.)

Karl Jakob had at least six children, five of whom were alive in 1910. Alt least four were with Elsa including Carl Gustave Rising (born c. 11/1890 in Sweden), Carl Eric, Carl Henry Rising (born 09/15/1898 in Brooklun, NY-d. 03/25/1964 in Los Angeles, County, CA) and Ragnar Magnus Rising (born 01/08/1901 in Brooklyn, NY-d. 06/12/1902 in New York, NY). Ragnar lived only a year and a half. With Maria, he had two children,Elsa Maria Rising Wall (born 01/06/1904 in Bridgeport, CT-d. 12/19/1989 in Hartford, CT) and Edward Carl Rising (born 03/09/1907 in CT-d. 09/04/1988 in Sellersville, PA).

His parents traveled back to Sweden in 1897. Elsa left Stockholm, Sweden for the US on 08/18/1897. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. Sweden, Emigrants Registered in Church Books, 1783-1991 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016, accessed 01/30/2021.) Another record indicated the Karl Jakob Rising left Sweden on 08/26/1897, although this listing indicated that he was single. He may have traveled back home to Sweden in 1897 to see family or friends.

Spouse

He wed Dorothy J. Milne (born 09/13/1895 in Pierce County, WA-d. 05/22/1992 in Snohomish County, WA) on 05/28/1919 in Seattle, WA.

Her parents were Jeannette "Nellie" Miller (born 12/1873 in IA-d. 03/16/1969 in Seattle, WA) and Richard P. Milne (born 07/18/1870 in NY-d. 1966 in Seattle, WA). Jeannette and Richard married on 10/30/1894 in Pierce County, WA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Washington Marriage Records, 1854-2013; Reference Number: kingcoarchmc68791, accessed 12/25/2020.) Carl Rising's emergency contact in 1942 was R.P. Milne, who lived at 4742 15th Avenue NE in Seattle, the Milne Family's longtime residence. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147; Box or Roll Number: 171, accessed 01/30/2021.)

Children

Carl and Dorothy Milne had three children: Carle Milne Rising (born 06/21/1920 in Cleveland, OH-d. 01/26/2002 in Leavenworth, WA), Dorothy Jean Rising Dariotis Leghorn (born 12/03/1922 in Seattle, WA-d. 06/03/2009 in Kirkland, WA), and Richard Parker Rising (born 03/01/1930 in Seattle, WA).

Dorothy J. RIsing first married Chris Dariotis on 08/28/1943 in Seattle. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Washington Marriage Records, 1854-2013; Reference Number: kingcoarchmcvol120_452, accessed 01/30/2021.) They divorced on 08/28/1969 in King County, WA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Washington State Divorce Indexes, 1969-2014, accessed 01/30/2021.)

She then married Robert B. Leghorn on 02/16/1975 in King County, WA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Washington, Marriage Index, 1969-2014, accessed 01/31/2021.)

Carle, Dorothy and Richard all attended the University of Washington, nearby to their house at 5033 17th Avenue NE.

Richard, who served in the US Navy, married Nancy Ruth Luft in 1955, and they divorced in 1979. He married Judith Marie. Moss on 09/24/1988. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Washington, Marriage Index, 1969-2014 and Ancestry.com, Source Citation Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Washington State Divorce Indexes, 1969-2014, accessed 01/30/2021.)

Biographical Notes

His first and middle names in Swedish were spelled "Karl Erik," but they were reversed and Anglicized to "Carl Eric," when he reached the US.

According to his World War II draft registration card, Rising stood six-feet tall and weighed about 185 pounds. Caucasian, he had a ruddy complexion, with hazel eyes and gray hair in 04/1942. The draft card noted that he had a "birthmark on forehead." (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147; Box or Roll Number: 171, accessed 01/30/2021.)

SSN: 536-16-3478.