Arvid Benjamin OSTLUND

Notes:

Shown as Arvid C. in the 1920 census.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Bricklayer

Notes:

In the 1900 Norwegian census, he was Karl Olsen, Murerarbeider (mason), living with his family in Hamar in an 8-flat apartment on Lille Strandgade 29 street. The family consisted of Karl, b. 1867, Julie Berthine Olsen, b. 1870, Anna Margrethe Olsen, b. 1891, Olga Bergliot Olsen, b. 1893, Jenny Konstanse Olsen, b. 1896, and Thorvald Marius Olsen, b. 29 Apr 1899. Everyone in the family had been born in Hamar except for Julie Berthine who was born in Elverum.

In the 1910 census, he and his family were living on a rented farm in Trondhjem Twp, Otter Tail County. Carl apparently came to the U. S. in 1907 and the rest of his family followed in 1908.

In the 1920 census, he and his family were living in the city of Fergus Falls on Laurel Avenue. His three oldest daughters were not listed with the family.

Birth:
The North Dakota Public Death Index had 1868 but it also had his age at 61 which makes more sense

Carl married Julia Bertina Christiansdatter. Julia (daughter of Ole Christiansen VESTAD and Anne Olsdatter) was born on 7 Jul 1870 in Elverum, Hedmark, Norway; died on 2 Aug 1943 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 4 Aug 1943 in Rothsay, Otter Tail County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1943-MN-021370
• Baptism: 13 Nov 1870, Elverum, Hedmark, Norway

Notes:

Her birth record in the Elverum church book has the number 4 after her name which may mean that she was her parents’ fourth child. Olga’s birth record cites her (Olga’s) mother as Julie Christiansdatter.

She arrived in New York with her children on October 29, 1908, aboard the S.S. Adriatic which had sailed from Liverpool on October 21st. The family name was shown as Olsen on the ship’s manifest. She is shown as Julia Bertine, age 38, of Hamar. Her closest relative back in Norway is her father Ole Christiansen of Oksns Station, Osterdalen. She and her family are bound for Rothsay, Minnesota.

In the 1910 census, she is shown as having had 8 children, all still living.

Her maiden name is inconsistent in her children’s birth certificates. For Agnes, it is Christofferson. For Woodrow, it is Johnson. It is Christianson on Anna’s death certificate. It is Kristiansen in Anna’s confirmation record in the Hamar church book.

According to her death certificate, she was a widow living in Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota. She died of liver cancer.

Baptism:
as Julia Berntine

Died:
died at St. Barnabas Hospital

Ole married Anne Olsdatter. Anne was born in 1833 in Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]