Erik Ingebrigtsen FLAAHAMMER

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]

1. Ellen Eriksdatter GUSTAD was born on 30 Jan 1862 in Kvernes, Averøy, Møre og Romsdal, Norway; was christened on 17 Apr 1862 in Kvernes, Averøy, Møre og Romsdal, Norway; died on 19 Mar 1891 in St. Louis County, Minnesota.
2. Anna Eriksdatter GUSTAD was born on 12 May 1864 in Kvernes, Averøy, Møre og Romsdal, Norway; was christened on 5 Jun 1864 in Kvernes, Averøy, Møre og Romsdal, Norway.
3. Edvard GUSTAD was born on 6 May 1866 in Kvernes, Averøy, Møre og Romsdal, Norway; was christened on 17 Jun 1866 in Kvernes, Averøy, Møre og Romsdal, Norway; died on 9 Feb 1942 in Crosby, Crow Wing County, Minnesota; was buried on 12 Feb 1942 in Lakewood Cemetery, Crosby, Irondale Twp, Crow Wing County, Minnesota.
4. Petrine Eriksdatter GUSTAD was born on 10 Nov 1870 in Kvernes, Averøy, Møre og Romsdal, Norway; died on 2 Apr 1944 in St. Louis County, Minnesota; was buried on 5 Apr 1944 in Park Hill, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota.

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.