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6311

Emigrated 1901

Martin, Hattie, and Ruth were living at 2900 Lyndale Avenue in Minneapolis at the time of the 1910 census. Martin was a teamster. In that census, he claimed to have emigrated in 1906 and Hattie in 1882.

Registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Hopkins, Minnesota. At that time, he lived at Richfield Station, Route 3, Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was a plasterer for George Suffern of 3805 Park Avenue South in Minneapolis. Martin is described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and light hair.

In the 1920 census (as Klefstead), the family was living at 5852 2nd Avenue South in Richfield. Martin was a plastering contractor.

Martin and Hattie were farming in Lakeville at the time of the 1930 census.

KLEFSTAD, Martin John (I972)

6312

Emigrated from Inderøy in February of 1881. Martin Aarfald arrived in the U.S. at New York on April 14, 1881, aboard the Parthia.

In the 1885 state census, he and his wife Marie, along with 68 year-old Martha Aune, live in Fergus Falls next door to Theodore and Martha Johnson.

In the 1890-1891 Duluth city directory, there is an entry for Orfel & Co at 2101 W Superior for which the partners are Martin Orfel and Peter Aume. Martin Orfel lives at 2101 W Superior. Hans Bye is listed in that directory as a driver for Orfald & Aune. In the 1891-1892 and 1892-1893 Duluth city directories, there is an entry for “Orfald and Aune meats”, a business at “rear 2101 W Superior”, for which the partners are shown as Martin Orfald and Peter Aune. In that same directory, Martin Orfald of Orfald & Aune lives at 2230 W Michigan. In the 1891-1892 Duluth city directory, the particulars for Martin and the business are the same except that Martin lives at 2302 W Michigan.

In the 1895 Minnesota state census, Martin, 43, Mary, 44, and three month old George live in Duluth where Martin is a laborer.

In the 1895-1896 Duluth city directory, he may be the Martin Orfald, laborer for the Duluth Manufacturing Company, who resides at 211 60th Ave W. In the 1896-1897 directory, there is still a Martin Orfald, laborer, living at 211 S 60th Ave W.

Martin and Maria (Aune) Orfald lived in Mille Lacs County in 1900 and 1910 with a son George H. George H. married Dorothy Scott and together they had a daughter Sally Ann and, probably, a son George Scott. Maria and Martin died in St. Louis County in the 1930s.

According to the 1900 census, he came to the U.S. in 1880. In that 1900 census Martin’s occupation is day laborer.

He is probably the “Martin Orfold of West Duluth” mentioned in a brief note in the Minneapolis Journal in its 13 Nov 1901 edition. He had “returned from the Klondike where he cleared up $15,000 in two years.”

In the 1905 state census, Martin and his family live in Milaca. Martin is a butcher.

In the 1910 census, Martin is a laborer doing odd jobs.

Martin was a clerk in a general store. His brother John was the informant for his death certificate. Martin died from acute bronchitis.

According to the Iron Range Research Center’s database, Martinus B. Orfald applied for citizenship in Otter Tail County.

ORFALD, Martin Berntson (I2592)

6313

Emigrated from Kristiansund with his sister and her son (and his sister’s sister-in-law and her children) on May 4, 1887. A John Odegaard, age 19, arrived in New York on June 1, 1887, aboard the Circassia.

In the 1910 census, he is the John Anderson, saloon keeper, who lived in Duluth with his family at 217 Vernon Street. That John Anderson was 42 years old and had come to the U.S. in 1887. His wife was Lena and they had three sons: Arthur, Wallace, and Milton.

In the 1920 census, he and his family lived on West 4th Street. He was a stationary engineer.

ANDERSON, John (I2509)

6314

Emigrated from Luster in 1847 to participate in the California gold rush.

Living in Sterling township, Bad Ax County, at the time of the 1860 census with his wife, four children, mother or grandmother (Martha, age 85), and two farmhands.

Still living in Sterling Twp, in what was then Vernon County, at the time of the 1870 census. He was Christ Johnson, age 40, a farmer. The household consisted of, besides Christ, Gunelda, 31, Martha, 15, Bertha, 14, John, 11, Margaret, 10, Christine, 7, Ella, 4, and Martha, 84, born in Norway.

REESE, Christopher Nitter “California” Johnson (I8233)

6315

Emigrated from Norway in 1872 and first settled in Wisconsin. Sometime between 1872 and 1880 he had moved to Minneapolis where he married Mari Eriksen, who may have lived in Wisconsin also.

Charles was born to Henrik Hansen and Anna Christine Sendresen on an island close to Rorvik, Norway called Stone Island or Stensoya in a group of islands called Risvaersund. Karsten Henrik Henriksen came to the U.S. in 1872 and first settled in Wisconsin. Sometime between 1872 and 1880 he had moved to Minneapolis where he married Mari Eirksen, who may have lived in Wisconsin also.

Charles was a machinist for the Butler Manufacturing Co. for many years until 1922. In 1922, he joined his son Edgar in the Twin City Chandelier Manufacturing Co. In 1923-1925, and perhaps beyond, Charles was a fireman for the Strutwear Knitting Co.

Charles’s address at the time of the 1890-91 Minneapolis city directory was 2630 13th Avenue South. His occupation was fireman at Washburn C Mill.

In the 1885 Minnesota state census, he is Charley Hendrickson living in the 12th Ward of Minneapolis. The household consists of Charley, 30, Mary, 26, Henry, 0, and Charley Peterson, 25, probably a boarder. Everyone but Henry was born in Norway.

In the 1895 state census, he and his family live at 2630 13th Avenue S. Charles is an engineer and has lived at the present address for 8 years and been in Minnesota for 14 years. No wife is listed so Mary has died by this time. Edwin is still living with the family. There seems to be a “domestic” living with them named Anna Wang, age 32.

Charles and family were still living at 2630 13th Ave S. in Minneapolis at the time of the 1900 census (he was a widower by then). Charles is a stationary fireman. In that census, Edwin is not listed with the rest of Charles’s sons.

In the 1905 Minnesota state census, the family is still living at 2630 13th Avenue S. Living with them are Ines M. Jensen, 27, and her daughter (apparently) Elna, 2, and Hulda Carlson, 49, and (perhaps her mother) Annie Carlson, 90. The Jensens were born in Denmark and had been in Minnesota for 1 month. The Carlsons were born in Sweden and had been in Minnesota for 32 years. Ines Jensen was a domestic, Hulda Carlson was a dressmaker. Charles was a blacksmith, Henry was a day laborer, and George was a skilled mechanic. Edwin was not living with the family.

The 1909 Minneapolis city directory shows him living at 2630 13th Avenue South, occupation “oiler.”

Charles lived at 2630 13th Avenue S until about 1913 when they moved to 4036 11th Ave. S. In 1917, they moved to 4032 11th Ave. S. (which may be the same house). All of the lots on the west side of 11th between 40th and 41st Streets are empty in the 1914 Minneapolis plat book. Thus, Charles was probably the first owner of 4032 11th. The confusion about the correct house number probably arose because there would have been several empty lots on either side of Charles’s house when they first moved in. Although there is a house at 4036, Charles’s house was probably the one at 4032, the address that seems to have been settled on.

Charles’s obituary appeared in the Saturday, September 7th edition of the Minneapolis Tribune: “Charles Hendrickson, 81, a resident of Minneapolis for 56 years, died at St. Barnabas Hospital. His home was at 4032 11th Avenue S. Mr. Hendrickson was born in Namdalen, Norway. He is survived by his wife, seven sons, Henry, George, Theodore, Carson, Adolph, Edwin, and Arthur, a daughter, Mrs. Frank W. {sic} Carter, a brother, Christ Hansen of Minneapolis, four brothers and three sisters in Norway, 20 grandchildren, and a great-grandchild. Funeral services will be Monday at 3 PM at the Enger Funeral Home, Grant Street and Park Avenue. Burial at Crystal Lake Cemetery.” {We don’t know who that great-grandchild was.}

HENDRICKSON, Karsten Henrik (Charles) (I504)

6316

Emigrated in 1852 to Manitowoc County.

BØA-ØYDGAARDEN, Ove Zachariassen (I35318)

6317

Emigrated in 1857.

From IowaGenWeb, a contribution by Ruth M Hackett:

I. O. Myhre a Pioneer of High Lake Township is Dead.

I. O. Myhre, a pioneer of Emmet county who settled in High Lake township in the year of 1865, and has been a resident of the county ever since, passed away to his reward Monday afternoon. Mr. Myhre was in his usual health up to the time of his death. He was aged about 71 years and leaves a wife and eight children to mourn his loss. He came to this country and took up a homestead in the year above designated and through all the vicissitudes of pioneer life went steadily on his way, making for himself and family a home to be proud of. He has raised a family of sons and daughters who take their places among the best people of the county. Always a sturdy, honest and upright citizen he has accumulated a competency for himself and wife and has been able to give his boys and girls material assistance in getting started in the world.

The funeral will be held from the home in High Lake township, Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock conducted by Rev. Strand of the Norwegian Lutheran church, of which church he has been a lifelong member, and interment will take place in the Lutheran cemetery.

Iver was a son of Ole Trondsen Myhre and Dorthe Ivarsdatter Thune of Vang, Valdres, Norway. Iver came on a sailing vessel to America and went to Valders, Wisconsin, where his sister Marit and husband, the Rier Riersons. were living. On October 3, 1861, he joined Company G of the 15th Wisconsin Infantry. He was wounded in a battle at Kenesaw Mountain in Georgia and taken to a hospital in Washington, D.C. Gangrene had set in his wound. When he was well enough he was transferred to a hospital in Madison, Wisconsin. He was discharged on January 13, 1865 and continued his recuperation at the home of his sister, Ambjor, in Decorah. That spring he decided to go to Emmet county and walked 125 miles to get there. He filed a homestead claim on the southwest quarter of Section 28 in High Lake township. He returned to Manitowoc, Wisconsin and married Anne Berge in August, 1865, at the First Lutheran Church there. In September he and his bride, accompanied by his brother, Andrew and wife and baby, arrived in Emmet county. Iver and Anne's first child, Dorthea Marie, was born December 1, 1866. Seven more children were born; they were Oliver, Oscar, Martin, Caroline, Albert, Henry, Emma, Annie, Theodore and Emma. Iver died of a heart attack at the age of 72 years and 7 months.

The Neenah newspaper noted in its November 29, 1890, that three of the children of Iver Myhre had died in Emmettsburg, Minnesota, of diphteria in the span of one week.

MYHRE, Ivar Olsson (I35313)

6318

Emigrated in 1867 according to the 1900 census.

“Maria P. Balstede” on her marriage record.

Her funeral was at the “Viroqua main street Lutheran church.” Rev. O. M. Kleven officiated.

BOLSTAD, Anna Maria (Mary) (I4477)

6319

Emigrated in 1888. In the 1900 census, her birthdate is shown as February, 1861.

She is not the Bertha Larsen of 1945-MN-013442.

SIQULAND, Bertha (I9184)

6320

Emigrated in 1888. In the 1900 census, his birthdate is shown as October, 1862.

He was a 76 year-old widower living with Knute and Thora in Milaca in the 1940 census. He had lived in Brooklyn in 1935.

Lived in the sunroom of Knute and Thora’s house in Northfield. Shown as living with Knute and Thora in the 1950 census.

LARSEN, Theodore (I9183)