Martinus Berntson ORFALD

1861 - 1915  (53 years)

• Name	Martinus Berntson ORFALD
  Birth	2 Jun 1861	Inderøy, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
  	His death certificate says 2 Jun 1862. His baptism record in FS’s Norway-EASy (for Mortinus Berntsen) says 1861.
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	25 Jul 1861	Inderøy, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
  Confirmation	8 Oct 1876
  	date according to his emigration record from Sakshaug
  MN Death Cert Checked	Y
  Minnesota Death Certificate	1915-MN-004676
  Occupation	Farm Laborer
  Death	14 Mar 1915	Herman, Grant County, Minnesota
  Burial	18 Mar 1915	Lakeside Cemetery, Biwabik, St. Louis County, Minnesota
  Notes	Or Mortinus. According to the Sakshaug church book emigration record, he left for Amerika in March of 1882 as Martinus Berntssen Aarfald. He may have been the 23 year-old M. Orfald in Fergus Falls in the 1885 state census. In the 1895-1896 Duluth city directory, he is probably the Martinus B Orfald, who lives at “e s 57th Avenue W 2 s of Gosnold.” That Martinus B is a butcher for C O Balstad. In the 1894-1895 city directory, there is a Martin Orfod, butcher, living at “e s 57th av 2 s of Gosnold.” An article in the November 13, 1901, edition of the Duluth News-Tribune claims that Martin had just returned from the Klondike gold country $15,000 to the good. “However, that was acquired with much hardship as he remarked that he nearly starved for three months shortly after reaching Alaska.” He was unmarried according to his death certificate. The informant was his brother John B. of Biwabik. He died from crupous pneumonia.
  Person ID	I10194	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2016

  
  

  Father	Bernt Andreas Monson AARFALD,   b. 4 Jul 1825, Inderøy, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway d. Aug 1909, Inderøy, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Anne Johannesdatter,   b. 3 Sep 1830, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway d. 1905, Inderøy, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	25 Nov 1853	Saxhaug, Inderøy, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
  Family ID	F306	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart