Martin Berntson ORFALD

1852 - 1935  (83 years)

• Name	Martin Berntson ORFALD
  Birth	4 May 1852	Inderøy, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
  	birth record says May 4th, death certificate says May 4th; confirmation record says June 4th, emigration record says June 4th
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	30 May 1852	Saxhaug, Inderøy, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
  Confirmation	22 Sep 1867	Saxhaug, Inderøy, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
  MN Death Cert Checked	Y
  Minnesota Death Certificate	1935-MN-013726
  Death	12 Dec 1935	Biwabik, St. Louis County, Minnesota
  Burial	17 Dec 1935	Biwabik, St. Louis County, Minnesota
  Notes	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.
  Person ID	I2592	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2018

  
  

  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

  
  

  Family	Marie Lorenzdatter AUNE,   b. 7 Apr 1851, Inderøy, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway d. 25 May 1938, Biwabik, St. Louis County, Minnesota (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	13 May 1883	Otter Tail County, Minnesota
  Children	1. George Hilmar ORFALD,   b. Abt Apr 1895, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota d. 27 Jul 1896, West Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota (Age 1 year)   2. George H ORFALD,   b. 7 Jun 1896, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota d. 23 Jun 1967, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F1843	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Sep 2015