Cecil Milend JOHNSON

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2005-MN-037412
• Occupation: Lutheran pastor

Notes:

Of Pelican Rapids at the time of his father’s death in 1963.

By 1970, he was Bishop Cecil Johnson, bishop of the Northern Minnesota District of the ALC.

His obit, from Find A Grave:

The Rev. Cecil M. Johnson, 87, Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, died Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2005, in the nursing home.

Mr. Johnson was born Nov. 24, 1918, in Minot, N.D., where he grew up and graduated from high school in 1935. In 1940, he earned an education degree from Minot State University. From 1940 to 1941, he taught high school in Zahl, N.D. From 1941 to 1943, he worked for Lockheed Aircraft, Los Angeles. On Dec. 24, 1941, he married Eleanor Granstrom in Appam, N.D. He served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from 1943 to 1946. He graduated from Luther Seminary, St. Paul. From 1949 to 1956, he served at a four-point parish in Starkweather, N.D. He then served at a two-point parish in Pelican Rapids, Minn., until 1969. He received an honorary doctorate from Concordia College in 1969. From 1969 to 1981, he served as district president (bishop) of the northern Minnesota district of the American Lutheran Church. He worked for Oak Grove (Minn.) Lutheran High School from 1981 until his retirement in 1983. She died in 2004.

He is survived by a son, The Rev. Timothy (Susan), Anoka, Minn.; two daughters, Kathryn Benson, Moorhead, Sita (Norman) Johnson, Richfield, Minn.; eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Visitation: Monday from 5 to 7 in Wright Funeral Home, Moorhead, and Tuesday from 10 to 11 in Trinity Lutheran Church, Moorhead.

Funeral: Tuesday at 11 in the church.

Died:
Eventide Lutheran Home, a nursing home

Cecil married Eleanor Delphine GRANSTROM on 24 Dec 1941 in Williams County, North Dakota. Eleanor was born on 18 Dec 1917 in North Dakota; died on 10 Oct 2004 in Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota; was buried on 14 Oct 2004 in Prairie Home Cemetery, Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1963-MN-014803
• Baptism: 2 Mar 1884, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota

Notes:

He was an apprentice carpenter in the 1900 census.

In the 1902 Fergus Falls city directory, he lives with his parents and works for the J M Bye and Co.

In the 1905 Fergus Falls directory, she was Miss Hilga L and was employed at the State Hospital.

A 21 year-old Gust Johnson, both parents born in Norway, was listed as a nurse at the state hospital in the 1905 state census.

Cecil Johnson of Pelican Rapids was the informant for his death certificate. Gustaf was a car man for the Great Northern Railway. Gustaf was a widower and his usual residence was 1006 Sheridan Street in Fergus Falls. He died of uremia and kidney failure.

In the 1910 census, he and Helga live in Devils Lake, North Dakota. The couple had been married for 2 years and had had no children. Gust was a tin smith in the “shops.” According to the birth record for Alice, he was a coppersmith.

In the 1920 and 1930 censuses, he and his wife and son lived in Minot, North Dakota. Gust was an air man for the steam railroad.

His obit noted that he was a carman for the Great Northern Railway for 41 years, and a member of the railroad carmens and pensioners association.

Birth:
His obit said 2 January.

Died:
Lake Region Hospital

Buried:
buried with Helga

Gustave married Helga L BYE on 19 Jun 1907 in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota. Helga (daughter of Henry Hendrikssen BYE and Lena Christena SEVERSON) was born on 21 Sep 1881 in Minnesota; died on 8 Oct 1951 in Ward County, North Dakota; was buried in Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1903 Fergus Falls city directory, she was Miss Hilga L Bye and boarded with her parents at 702 Cascade Street S.

Buried:
buried with Gustave

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1916-MN-010235
• Occupation: Butcher
• Confirmation: 6 Oct 1867, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway

Notes:

Known in the U.S. as Charles Henry Johnson.

Shown in the 1865 Norwegian census as Charl Henrik Johannessen, the only child still living with his parents, born in 1851.

Married and had 12 children, 7 of whom died before he did.

Noted in the Remarks column of his birth entry: “Att. Levanger 25.0.”

In the 1895 Minnesota census he is Chas Johnson, 44, butcher. He had been a resident of Minnesota for 20 years and 1 month and a resident of “this enumeration district” for 5 years and 2 months.

In the 1900 census he is Charles H. Johnson, 48 (b. Dec 1851), living with his wife and family at 323 Bismark Avenue in Fergus Falls. He was a butcher. He had come to the U.S. in 1872.

In the 1902 Fergus Falls city directory, he, as Charles H Johnson, works for his brother and, with wife Mary, resides at 323 Bismarck Avenue E.

In the 1905 state census he is Charles S. Johnson, 53, a laborer living at 323 Bismark Avenue East with his wife and family. The family consists of Mrs. Mattie, 42, Constance, 13, Julia L, 11, and Ruth 4. Charles S. had been in Minnesota for 25 years and in this enumeration district for 14.

Charles Johnson, 58, is still living in Fergus Falls with his wife and family in the 1910 census. That Charles married his wife in about 1881 and came to this country in 1872. The children at home were four daughters: Constance, 17, Judith, 15, Gyda, 12, and Ruth, 9.

He died from chronic nephritis. The informant for his death certificate was his daughter Constance Johnson. His residence at death was 323 Bismark in Fergus Falls.

Carl married Mary Christine Marie BJERTNESS on 17 Mar 1881 in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota. Mary (daughter of John BJERTNESS and Louisa) was born on 24 May 1862 in Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; died on 5 Jul 1935 in Otter Tail County, Minnesota; was buried on 8 Jul 1935 in Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1935-MN-011299

Notes:

In the 1900 census she had had 9 children, 6 still living. She came to the U.S. in 1880. In the 1910 census, as Marie, she had had 12 children, 6 still living. She had come to the U.S. in 1863.

In the 1920 census, she is probably the Marie Johnson living with her daughter Judy and some woman named Ella at 323 somewhere (probably Washington Avenue, see below) in Fergus Falls. Judy is a clerk in a dry goods store.

In the 1930 census, she and her daughter Judith L. and granddaughter Edith are living in Fergus Falls at 323 Washington Avenue.

In the 1935/36 Fergus Falls city directory, she is listed as Mrs. Mary C. Johnson, died July 5, 1935, age 74.

The informant for her death certificate was Mrs. Elias Pederson who was probably her daughter Judith. Mary’s residence at the time of her death was 323 Washington Avenue. Mary died of uterine cancer.

Birth:
other sources say 1863

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1933-MN-010635
• Confirmation: 7 Oct 1866, Stiklestad, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway

Notes:

In the 1865 Norwegian census he was Henrik Henriksen, 16, living with his mother, step-father, and half-brother on the Storøen farm in Vinne, Verdalens. His mother was Marit Andersdatter, 53, his step-father was Peder Hanssen, 63, and his half-brother was Carl Peter Pedersen, 9.

He was confirmed as Henrik Bÿvald on 7 October 1866. His place of birth was Valstadvald.

He left Trondheim on 2 Jun 1870, bound for Black River Falls. He arrived in New York aboard the Sidonian on June 24, 1870.

In the 1880 census, he is a farmer in Dane Prairie Twp, Otter Tail County. With him is his wife Lina C., 22, and their daughters Matilde Cicilie, 4, and Marie Christine, 1. Also living with them on the farm is his mother-in-law Marta, 58, his brothers-in-law Ove Hansen, 26, and Christian Siverson, 19.

In the 1900 census he was a farmer living between Carl Bye (b. Oct 1859 in Norway) and Ole O. Bye (b. Jan 1839 in Norway) in Sherman Twp, Sargent County, North Dakota. Both Henry and Lina came to the U.S. in 1870 and have been married for 28 years.

In the 1903 and 1905 Fergus Falls city directories, he was Henry H Bye of the business Jackson & Bye. He and Lena lived at 702 Cascade Street S.

Henry Bye and his family were living on Cascade Street in Fergus Falls in the 1905 state census. The household consisted of Henry, 55, Mrs. Lena, 48, Helga, 23, Arthur, 21, Nettie, 17, Cecil, 8, and Charles, 48, born in Norway. Arthur, Nettie, and Cecil had been born in “Dakotah” and Helga had been born in Minnesota. Henry was a merchant.

In the 1907 Fergus Falls directory, he and Lena are still at 702 Cascade but Henry is no longer associated with Jackson & Bye and is now working as a carpenter.

In the 1909 directory, he is a carpenter for John Lauritzen. He and Lena reside at 212 Alcott Avenue E.

He was at one time an officer of the Park Region Mutual Telephone Company incorporated on March 10, 1906, with switchboards in Underwood and Dalton.

In the 1910 census he was a carpenter living with his wife, son, and granddaughter in Trondhjem Twp, Otter Tail County.

In the 1920 census he was a carpenter living with his wife Lina and son Cecil (b. North Dakota) in the Village of Dalton. He came to the U.S. in 1870 and his wife in 1869.

He was the informant for his brother Stephen’s death certificate.

He was a 76 year-old widower lodging in Fergus Falls in the 1930 census. He had no occupation and came to the U.S. in 1870.

In the 1931 Fergus Falls city directory, he boarded at 116 Bancroft Ave E.

According to his death certificate, his father was Henry Bye, his mother was Marit Sivertson. When he died he was a widower. His occupation had been carpenter. He died of pneumonia. He lived at 116 Bancroft in Fergus Falls.

Birth:
May 1850 in the 1900 census, 31 May 1850 in his confirmation record, 31 May 1851 in the cemetery records according to Find-A-Grave

Died:
St. Luke’s Hospital

Henry married Lena Christena SEVERSON about 1872. Lena (daughter of Marta) was born on 22 Oct 1857 in Norway; died on 25 May 1927 in Dalton, Otter Tail County, Minnesota; was buried on 29 May 1927 in Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1927-MN-010358

Notes:

Shown as having had 6 children, 4 still living, in the 1910 census. Those number were 6 and 5 in the 1900 census.

Her death certificate identifies her father as Severson. Her mother’s name was unknown to her son Arthur who was the informant. She died from a cerebral hemorrhage.

In a 1912 land ownership map, Lena H Bye owned about 180 acres in the northeast quarter of Section 24 of Tumuli Twp in Otter Tail County. That parcel is still ascribed to her (Lena H Bye) in the 1934 Fergus Falls rural directory. The particulars were 156.61 acres in section 24 of the Tumuli township.

Birth:
the date on her gravestone

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Selveier med Jord, Inderst, Strandsitter
• Confirmation: 25 Sep 1823, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway

Notes:

Occupation shown as “Rid jæg u k” in source 95 for Anne’s birth. This suggests that he may have been a soldier.

Shown in the 1865 Norwegian census as living in or on the Maritvoldvald domicile in Verdal with his wife and son Charl Henrik. He is shown as “Selveier med Jord.”

In the listings of his children’s births in Digitalarkivet, his residence is shown variously as Ør, Østvoldvald, Øhr, Maritvoldvald Øren, Øren, and Maritvoldvaldet.

He was a strandsitter, “a person who rents a house on a larger farm near or at the coastline.” At his death he was a husmann on Borgenvald and his last name was Maritvoldvald.

Kari Yamane calls him Johannes Hansen Borgen.

Birth:
On Borgenvald according to his entry in the Death Register for Verdal 1801-1922. Birth record in parish registry says born on Borgen.

Died:
Maritvoldvald husmann

Johannes married Gürü Halvorsdatter NESS on 30 Nov 1832 in Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. Gürü (daughter of Halvor Olsen NESS and Anne Gundbjørnsdatter FÅREN) was born on 21 Jun 1808 in Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; was christened on 26 Jun 1808 in Stiklestad, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; died after 1875. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: “Kvinne” in Oleanna’s birth entry in Digitalarkivit

Notes:

Among the baptism sponsors listed for her were Guru Olsdatter Leerfald and Biret Olsdatter Ness, her aunts. Her name was entered in her birth record as Gürü.

The November 30, 1832, date is the marriage date shown in Olianna’s birth record. It is also the marriage date shown in the Verdal church book. Other sources suggest March 1, 1833.

Shown in the 1865 Norwegian census as Gurru and having been born in 1809.

Shown in the 1875 Norwegian census as the widow Guru Halvorsdatter, b. 1809 in Vinne, Verdalen, “Svigermoder” and “for 2 Maal Jord”, living with Martinus and Olianna on Maritvoldvald.

Their first child was born out of wedlock.

None of the children remained in Verdal; four of them emigrated to the U.S.

In the listings of her children’s births in Digitalarkivet, her residence is shown variously as Folloe, Østvoldvald, Øhr, Maritvoldvald Øren, Øren, and Maritvoldvaldet.

A Guru Haldorsdatter, age 56, died in Verdal/Stiklestad on 30 Apr 1877. Farm name illegible.

Kari Yamane calls her Guru Halvordatter Folloe or Ness.

Notes:

Married:
As Johannes Hansen Øren and Guru Halvorsdatter Folloe.

John married Louisa. Louisa was born in Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Of Valdstadvaldet at the time of Oline’s birth and Henry’s birth. His farm in Stephen’s birth record is not legible.

Called Henry Winge in Stephen’s death certificate.

Hendrik married Marit Arendsdatter. Marit was born about 1813 in Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is Marith Arendsdatter in Stephen’s birth and confirmation records, in Hendrik’s birth and confirmation records, and in Carl’s confirmation record although she is shown as Marit Andersdatter in the 1865 census. She is shown as Marit Andersdatter in FamilySearch’s record for Oline’s birth and death.

Notes:

She is living with Henry and Lina in Dane Prairie Twp in the 1880 census.