Margaret (Margery) GUSTAD

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1988-MN-009697
• Social Security Number: 470-20-4369 issued in Minnesota

Notes:

Shown as Margery Gustad on Rolf’s birth certificate.

Shown as 2 year-old “May” in the 1900 census, born “Mar 1898.”

In the 1919 St. Paul city directory, Margery Gustad was a student nurse at Bethesda Hospital.

Not living with her parents at the time of the 1920 census. In that census, she was 22 year-old Margaret Gustad, a lodger, living in St. Paul with no occupation.

In the 1921 and 1922 St. Paul city directories, Margaret Gustad was a stenographer/clerk for Bradstreet Co and boarded at 618 Dayton Avenue.

In the 1927 and 1928 St. Paul city directories, she was Margery Gustad, a surgical nurse at Bethesda Hospital.

In the 1929 Minneapolis city directory, she may be the Margt Gustad, student, living at 325 6th Avenue S E, apartment 12.

In the 1930 census, she was Marjorie Gustad (indexed as “Guitard”), a 32 year-old single registered nurse living in St. Paul.

In the 1930 and 1931 and 1932 and 1933 St. Paul city directories, she was Margery Gustad, nurse, Bethesda Hospital.

At the time of her mother’s WPA interview in June of 1937, she and Knute lived in Ft. Peck, Montana.

At the time of her father’s WPA interview in the spring of 1939, she and Knute lived in Los Angeles.

In the 1940 census, Marjorie and Knute lived with Annett Brett at 3447 Elliott Avenue in Minneapolis. Knute had an eighth-grade education, Marjorie had had one year of college. Knute was a foreman carpenter for a construction company. Marjorie had no occupation. Five years earlier, the couple had lived in Glascow, Valley County, Montana.

The July 13, 1946, edition of the Brainerd newspaper mentions that “Mr. and Mrs. Knute Johnson and son Rholf of Minneapolis spent the weekend at Mrs. Annie Everson’s.”

Margaret, Knute, and Rolf attended Anna Bye Everson’s funeral.

Death information shown is for Margery G. Johnson, mother’s name Junge.

Her sister Agnes was the informant for her death certificate. Marge had been a surgical specialist. She died of unknown causes. A stroke from diabetes was suspected.

Birth:
the birth date in the MHS death index and in the SSDI

Died:
Kenyon Sunset Home

Family/Spouse: Knute Emanuel JOHNSON. Knute (son of Magnus JOHNSON and Matilda) was born on 26 Mar 1893 in Sweden; died on 11 Sep 1961 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Sunset Memorial Park, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1942-MN-003218
• Occupation: Day Laborer, Building Contractor
• Baptism: 17 Jun 1866, Kvernes, Averøy, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
• Confirmation: 2 Oct 1881, Kvernes, Averøy, Møre og Romsdal, Norway

Notes:

Not listed in the 1865 Norwegian census.

Edvard E. Gustad of Kvernes, born 1866, and a Korporal in the Army, emigrated from Kristiansund on 25 June 1891 aboard a Cunard ship bound for Duluth. Notes indicate with permission.

Ed spoke to a WPA interviewer ( N. K. Long) in April of 1939. Some of what transcribed from the interview was erroneous, presumably the fault of the interviewer. In the interview, Ed said that he had started school at the local parish school at age 7 and was confirmed at age 16. “Then he had a short course of high school at Vebensad, Norway, graduation when 17.

“Between the ages of 19 and 22 he went through a military school in Trondhjem, graduated in 1879. He was a corporal in the Norwegian army and served for three years.

“Then he obtained permission to come to America. He reached Duluth in 1891 and soon found himself doing carpenter work for the contractors Everson and Christianson. He stayed there until the spring of 1893.

“Then he moved out to Aitkin County and bought railroad land. He had three brothers, Andrew, Ever, and Halvor who had preceded him and among them they secured the whole half Section 5 in Farm Island Twp. from the railroad company. Edward cleared about 16 acres of his farm, built a house, barn, and granary, and lived there 16 years. He sold this farm in 1910 to a man named Bergman from Carver County. Mr. Bergman lives on this land today.

“Edward’s brothers, Ever and Halvor, lived with their parents on the father’s place. Both are dead. Ever had a family. Two sisters who lived in Duluth are dead and there is one sister still living, Mrs. Peteine Skogan.

“The Gustads moved from Aitkin County to Cuyuna in 1910 and Edward was elected to be the first mayor of Cuyuna. According to Ed, there were then three or four hundred people and six or seven residences.

“He secured contracts and built a store for John Petersborg, the Spaulding Hotel, the other Crosby Hotel, the school house, a bank, and many private homes.

“In 1913 he moved to Crosby. He built the Albert Hummel building, the Will S. Pitt and Co. building, at least 20 houses for Roger Brown Co., an addition to the Crosby bank, and a whole block of residences in the 100s of 2nd Street. Then he moved to Lot 2 on Crosby Beach and built a splendid residence for his family.

“The Gustads belong to the Norwegian-Lutheran church of Deerwood. Politically, they are ‘usually Republican.’ Mr. Gustad was a member of the Farm Island Town Board and was treasurer of school district No. 2 in Aitkin County.

“When asked about the additional building he had done in the county, he mentioned: the N.P. depot at Deerwood in 1915, the sanitarium at Deerwood, the Swartara school, the Tamarack school, the Lawler school, the Autumba school, and the community hospital at Moose Lake. In two years work at Crosby he worked on more than 50 houses. He build 20 houses for Geo. Crosby and all of ‘Honeymoon Row’ which are all yet in use. Sometimes he used a construction crew of as high as 25 or 30 men. He built several residences in Aitkin before Crosby started. He built a store building there for Ed. Howard.”

He also built the Lutheran Church in Deerwood.

He first shows up in the 1892-93 Polk’s City Directory for Duluth as Gustad Edward, carp, bds Andrew Everson, W P. He has the same entry in the 1893-94 directory. He is not in the 1894-95 city directory.

Living in Farm Island township, Aitkin County, next door to his half-brother Ever, at the time of the 1900 census. Shown as 34 years old, born in January of 1866. His occupation is shown as day laborer and he is shown as able to read and write and to speak English. He lives in a house (and not a farm) which he owns, free and clear, no mortgage. He and his wife emigrated to the U.S. in 1894.

In the 1905 state census, “Edd” Gustad lives with his family in Farm Island Twp. The household consists of Edd, 39, a carpenter, Elisa, 39, Margett, 7, Agnes, 9 months, Erick, 76, and Anna, 76. Living next door are the “Mackemans.” The Ever Eversons are no longer living nearby.

Had an appendix operation in Duluth in September of 1906.

Moved to Cuyuna in the spring of 1909 according to a 1910 Duluth Herald article.

In May of 1910, he was building “Dr. R.J. Sewall’s hospital” in Cuyuna.

In July of 1910, he was elected president of the village council in Cuyuna.

Living in Rabbit Lake township, Crow Wing County, at the time of the 1910 census in April of 1910. Shown as age 44, married 15 years, a building contractor.

One of the three incorporators of the Cuyuna Range Publishing Co., incorporated in December of 1911.

Was Cuyuna Village President in 1912.

Was a member, and and an officer, in the Moose Lodge in Crosby as early as February of 1915.

Living in Irondale township, Crow Wing county (ED 123) at the time of the 1920 census (March 9th). Shown as age 53 which agrees with a birthdate in 1866. Immigrated in 1891, naturalized in 1896.

Still living in Irondale township in the 1930 census. The household is shown as not having a radio set.

The 1937-38 and 1939-40 Brainerd city directories, which include other communities in Crow Wing County, lists an Edw Gustad in Irondale.

In the 1940 census, he and “Elesa” lived in Irondale Twp. He was a carpenter and a contractor but he was not employed. He and Elesa had fourth-grade educations.

His death certificate says that he was a building contractor, with wife Elise, and his usual residence was Irondale. The informant for his death certificate was Mrs. Fred Gustad of Crosby. He died of heart problems but he also had chronic intestinal obstructions due to adhesions.

The Duluth newspaper of November, 1915, notes that Edward Gustad had the contract for building the Northern Pacific Railway’s new Deerwood depot.

The Duluth Herald of August 22, 1911, notes that Ed Gustad of Crosby was awarded the contract for two identical schools, one in Crosby and one in Ironton, at a cost of $6000 each.

The “Remember When” columns in the Crosby Courier note some of the buildings that Ed Gustad worked on: an addition to the First National Bank in September, 1927; the Range Tea Company store in July, 1929; the carpentry work on the Koop Funeral Home in September of 1935; and the R. J. Libby home on Serpent Lake in the spring of 1936.

His naturalization records are likely these, under Aitkin County for Edward Gustad:

Reel 1
Volume 1
Code 1
Page 240

Reel 2
Volume 1
Code 7
Page 263

Birth:
death certificate says he was born May 16th in Christiansund

Died:
Miners Hospital

Edvard married Elise Marie JUNGE on 27 Oct 1894 in Aitkin County, Minnesota. Elise (daughter of Jens Christian JUNGE and Marit Eriksdatter ØVERAAS) was born on 24 Mar 1866 in Bremsnes, Kvernes, Møre og Romsdal, Norway; was christened on 3 Jun 1866 in Kvernes, Averøy, Møre og Romsdal, Norway; died on 5 Oct 1944 in Irondale, Crow Wing County, Minnesota; was buried on 7 Oct 1944 in Lakewood Cemetery, Crosby, Irondale Twp, Crow Wing County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1944-MN-003211
• Baptism: 3 Jun 1866, Kvernes, Averøy, Møre og Romsdal, Norway

Notes:

She came to the U.S. in August of 1894 with the Gustads as “L. Gustad.” She would not have had to have been married to Edward yet at that time to use the surname Gustad because she was also born on the Gustad farm on Averøy.

Called Eliza Young on at least two (Agnes, Eva) of her children’s birth certificates.

Called Elisa in the 1900 census and shown as 34 years old having been born in May of 1866 and having been married for 6 years. She emigrated in 1894. Shown as being unable to read, write or to speak English. Shown as having had 3 children, only two living.

Called Lucy in the 1910 census, 44 years old, married for 15 years. By this time she’s able to demonstrate that she can read and write and can speak English. Shown as having had 7 children, only 4 living. {These were Margaret, Agnes, Elsie, and Eva.}

Called Eliza in the 1920 census. Shown as age 52 which would suggest that she was born in 1867. Immigrated in 1894, naturalized in 1896.

She spoke to the WPS interviewer Mildred Monson in June of 1937. She said that they lived at the Cedar Lake farm for 16 years. In 1910 they sold this farm and came to the Cuyuna Range. Ed built their Cuyuna home in 1913. They lived in it for three years and then sold it. Then in 1917 they build not far from Serpent Lake, ‘where they now reside.’”

In that interview, Elise listed her four living children and said that she had four children that died very young. Elise made no mention of her daughter Elsie who had died 8 years earlier at the age of 20.

In his letter to Harold dated October 15, 1944, George mentions going to “Mrs. Gustad’s” funeral on October 7th. He says that Eva, Freddie, Agnes, and Margaret were all there.

Her daughter Eva (Mrs. W. C. Hartland of Ohio) was the informant for her death certificate. Elise died from pneumonia complicated by pernicious anemia.

Birth:
her death certificate says that she was born in Christiansund

Notes:

Married:
Indexed in MOMS as Edward Gustad and Eliso M Jungo

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1913-MN-002953
• Occupation: Gaardbruger Selveier, Fisherman
• Baptism: 6 Dec 1829, Næssæt, Møre og Romsdal, Norway

Notes:

Shown as Erik Ingebrigtsen, the Husfader of the Gustad domicile in Kvernes in the 1865 census. His year of birth is shown as 1830, from Næssæt. The November, 1829, date comes from the parish birth record for Rød, Nesset which also shows a farm name of Flaahammer (as does the record for his marriage to Ane).

Erik is shown as the owner (”Gaardbruger Selveier”) of the farm (on 216, Gustad) in the 1865 census. However, in the 1886 land register, H. Iversen is listed as the “land owner or user” of the holding (16-6, old 127-216a) on Gulstad (”commonly written Gustad”) in Kvernes. This suggests that primogeniture prevailed and that Halvor inherited the farm after his father perished. Perhaps Erik and/or Ane held the property in trust until Halvor reached majority. This possibility may be consistent with the 1891 census in which Erik is called “Føderådsmand og bruger.”

Erik Ingebrigtsen Gustad of Kvernes, age 65 and born 1829 and a farmer, emigrated from Kristiansund on 2 August 1894 aboard a Dominion liner, bound for Minnesota. Accompanying him were his 65 year-old wife, Anne, his 41 year-old son, a laborer, Halvor, 24 year-old Lise Gustad, an unmarried maid, and 23 year-old Petrine Gustad, an unmarried maid.

Five Gustads arrived in Quebec (Quebec City or Montreal) in August of 1894 aboard the S.S. Vancouver which had sailed from Liverpool. The destination of all five was “Aitken, Minnesota.” The five were: E. Gustad, a 65 year-old male, A. Gustad, a 65 year-old female, “wife”, H. Gustad, a 41 year-old male laborer, L. Gustad, a 24 year-old female “servant”, and P. Gustad, a 28 year-old female “servant.”

According to his death certificate, the informant was Dr. Sewall of Crosby, the doctor who treated him. Sewall indicated that Erik died of old age.

Birth:
His death certificate indicated that he was born on the 22nd. Ole Weflaat calls him Erik Flåhammer (Rød).

Erik married Ane Arntsdatter VINJE on 22 Jul 1861 in Kvernes, Averøy, Møre og Romsdal, Norway. Ane (daughter of Arne Andersen VINJE and Eli Olsdatter) was born on 6 Nov 1828 in Grytten, Møre og Romsdal, Norway; died on 7 Aug 1914 in Crow Wing County, Minnesota; was buried on 9 Aug 1914 in Dorris Cemetery, Cedar Lake, Farm Island Twp, Aitkin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1914-MN-003173
• Baptism: 7 Jan 1829, Grytten, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
• Confirmation: 20 Oct 1843, Grytten, Møre og Romsdal, Norway

Notes:

She was shown as Ane Arnesdatter Vinje, age 25, of Grytten, when she married.

In the 1865 census, shown as Ane Arndtsdatter, born in 1830 in Gryttens.

In the Grytten records, an Anne Arnesdatter Vinje was confirmed October 20, 1843. This Anne was born 6 Nov 1828. This Anne was born of Arne Anderssen and Eli Olsdatter in Tiva (or Fiva?).

In the IGI, through FamilySearch.com, as the mother of Anders Iversen, she is shown as Ane Arnesdatter.

Called Ane Arneson in the marriage record of Andrew and Annie.

Emigrated to the U.S. in 1894 according to the 1900 census.

In the 1895 state census, the newly-arrived Erick and Anna were living with their son Edvard and wife as well as the Rasmussens and the Eversons in Farm Island Twp.

In the 1900 census, Annie (69, born in January of 1831) and Erick (70, born in April of 1830) were living with son Edward and next door to son Ever in Farm Island township in Aitkin County. They are shown as having been married for 40 years. Annie is shown as having borne 7 children, 5 still living. (The dead ones must have been daughters Ellen and Anna.) In the 1900 census, Annie is shown as being unable to read or write or to speak English. Erick can’t read or write either but can speak English. Erick is shown as “fisherman.” Also living with Edward Gustad at the time of the 1900 census is a 25 year old man named Charles Gustad and shown as “brother.” Perhaps this was Elise Gustad’s brother and the indication of Gustad as his last name is in error.

In the 1905 state census, the Gustads are in Farm Island, living next door to the Mackamans. The household consists of Edd, 39, Elisa, 39, Margett, 7, Agnes, 9 months, Erick, 76, and Anna, 76. Ed is a carpenter. He had been in the state for 14 years and in the present enumeration district for 12 years. For Elisa, Erick, and Anna those numbers are 11 and 11.

Annie and Erick are still living with son Edward and family at the time of the 1910 census in April but they have now moved to Rabbit Lake Twp in Crow Wing County. Anna is shown as having been married for 48 years which would put their marriage in 1861 or early 1862 instead of the 1860 suggested in the 1900 census. In the 1910 census, both Erick and Anna are shown as being able to read and write but they speak Norwegian and not English. In this census, Anna is also shown as having had 7 children, 5 still living.

Her death certificate gave the cause of death as senile debility.

Birth:
Born and baptized in Tiva or Fiva, Grytten sub-parish of Grytten parish. The 1875 census has her place of birth as “Rø Sogn Næsset Prgj.” That is the birthplace of Erik Ingebrigtsen. The census enumerator, or the scribe, got the two locations mixed up.

Died:
her death certificate shows her date of birth as November 6, 1829

Notes:

In Anna Frederikke’s birth record, Jens is shown as “skolelærer.”

In the 1865 Norwegian census, he is Gaardbr og Skolelærer (farmer and schoolteacher) on the Kristvik 261 farm in Kvernes and Bremsnes. The household consists of Jens Junge, 47, Marit Eriksdatter, 38, Johan Christian Junge, 15, Hans Christian Junge, 3, Peder Larsson, 13, Ellen Bertine Junge, 9, Anna Frederike Junge, 7, Hans Ellingsen, 71, and Guraa Iversdatter, 69. Jens and Johan Christian were born in Thingvolds parish, Marit was born in Næssets parish, and everyone else had been born in Qværnæs parish.

In the 1886 land register, Hans Junge is listed as the “land owner or user” of the holding (16-7, old 127-216b) next to the holding of H. Iversen (16-6, old 127-216a) on Gulstad (”commonly written Gustad”) in Kvernes.

He was identified as Jens Junge in his daughter Elise’s death certificate.

Birth:
The 1865 census says he was born in Thingvolds

Jens married Marit Eriksdatter ØVERAAS on 16 Apr 1857 in Kvernes, Averøy, Møre og Romsdal, Norway. Marit was born on 22 Oct 1828 in Eridsfjord, Nesset, Romsdal, Møre og Romsdal, Norway; died on 28 Feb 1903 in Kvernes, Averøy, Møre og Romsdal, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Marit was Jens’s second wife. She had 8 children with Jens.

Living with Petrine and Peder on the Gustad 16/7 farm in Kvernes in the 1900 Norwegian census.

Marit had an illegitimate son Peder with a man named Lars Knudsen. Peder was born 18 May 1853 in Kvernes.

Birth:
The 1865 census says that she was born in Næssets

Notes:

Or Ingebrigt Eriksen Rød.

Ingebrigt married Anne Pedersdatter. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Anne Pedersdatter Nerland.

Her name, according to Erik’s death certificate, was Annie Boe.

Ancestry speculates that she is Anne Pedersdatter Nerland, b. 10 Jun 1792 on Storhaugen farm, Nerdal, Vistdal, Møre og Romsdal, and d. 30 Dec 1862 on Rød in Nesset, Møre og Romsdal. Her spouse, and Erik I’s father, was Ingebrigt Eriksen Flaahammer.

Notes:

In the 1801 census he is Arne Andersen, 16, living with his parents, Anders Roesen, 61, and Ane Arnesdatter, 58, on the Nora farm in Grytten in Romsdal.

In his marriage record he is shown as unmarried, 43 years old, of Norah.

Arne married Eli Olsdatter on 12 Oct 1828 in Grytten, Møre og Romsdal, Norway. Eli (daughter of Ole Knudsen) was born about 1790; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is shown as 37 years old in her marriage record. She is also shown as pige so this may be her first marriage.