Iver Anton Jonson ORFALD

1879 - 1956  (76 years)

• Name	Iver Anton Jonson ORFALD
  Birth	29 Jun 1879	Norway
  Gender	Male
  Confirmation	25 Aug 1895	Inderøy, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
  MN Death Cert Checked	Y
  Minnesota Death Certificate	1956-MN-015540
  Death	12 Jun 1956	Virginia, St. Louis County, Minnesota
  	Virginia Municipal Hospital where he had been for 1 day
  Burial	16 Jun 1956	Lakeside Cemetery, Biwabik, St. Louis County, Minnesota
  Notes	Anton may have been adopted by Bernt. His confirmation record in Inderøy is for Iver Anton Jonsen Aarfald, born in Gran, 29 June 1879, bapt. 27 July. He was living on Aarfald, “with Bernt.” The Gran birth records for that portion of 1879 are not in Digitalaarkivet. He is recorded in the Sakshaug, Inderøy, church book’s emigration records as Iver Anton Jonsen Aarfald, leaving the parish in 1900 for Amerika. He was not listed with Bernt and Ane in the 1900 Norwegian census. In the 1905 census he was a mechanical laborer in Itasca County, Minnesota. He had been in the state for 5 years and in the local area for 3 years. In the 1910 census he is a single, 30 year-old, diamond driller living in a construction camp, probably for a railroad, in Nashwauk Twp, Itasca County. He came to the U.S. in 1900. Registered for the WWI draft on September 12, 1918, as Anton Jonson Orfold. His address was general delivery, Buhl, MN. He was a naturalized citizen and was employed by the Duluth Diamond Drill Co. as a diamond drill runner. He lists his nearest relative as John Orfold of Biwabik. He is described as short, of medium build, with blue eyes and brown hair. Not in the 1920 census. In the 1930 census he was 50 years old and living with John and Marie Orfald in Biwabik. He had no occupation. In the 1940 census, he was 66 and worked as a laborer in an ore mine. In the 1950 census, he was living as a “lodger” with his niece Edna Cartwright and family in Biwabik. Mrs. A. Cartwright of Biwabik was the informant for his death certificate. He was totally blind. He died of uremia. He had been a diamond driller in the iron mining industry.
  Person ID	I237	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2025

  
  

  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