The Old Settlers' Memorial Monument Ass'n, Inc., presents a look into the past.

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• Published: North Dakota State Library
• Subjects: Berget; Homestead; Ida; Inga; Ingeborg; Neby; Norway; Oliva; Paulina; Satter; Northern Norway
• Online Access: http://cdm16921.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/ndsl-books/id/28940

MINNESOTA PIONEERS Ole Jevening was born near Bardw, northern Norway, April 12, 1845. He arrived in Freeborn County Minnesota August 29, 1866. He worked there as a carpenter for two years after which he came to Ottertail County. In 1869 he joined the government supply train leaving St. Cloud for Ft. Abercombie and worked as a cook. He took a homestead claim in Ottertail County in 1869 and after holding the claim for two years he let the land revert back to the government. He came to the Red River Valley in 1871 with the Estenson Family. He lived there as a bachelor until February, 1872 at which time he married Miss Ingeborg Estenson. This was the first marriage in Polk County. Mr. and Mrs. Jevening were the parents of the following children, fngeberg, Johann Ragnolf, Ole Elmer, Ingvard Anton, Ida, Inga, Anna Johanna, Rebekke, and Oliva. Mr. Jevening died July 19, 1920, and Mrs. Jevening died in 1939. Peter S. Jacobson was one of the earliest settlers in Polk Co. He was born in Finnoy, Norway. He arrived in Polk Co. in 1872, and settled on S.W. 'A—36 Hubbard Township, on the bank of the Red River. His wife and one son came with him from Norway. They were members of the St. Petri Luth. Church, which was located on the old Nielsville site, and which was built in 1887. He is buried in the St. Petri Cemetery. Ole O. Estenson was born in Tyn- set, Norway in 1848. In 1857, the family consisting of the parents and four children, started for the United States. After arriving in New York, they traveled by train to Green County, Wisconsin, in the summer of 1861 they moved to Pierce County and in the summer of 62 they moved again this time to Freeborn County, Minnesota and from there to Ottertail County, near Fergus Falls. In the spring of 1871, Ole O. Estenson, then 21 years old, started for the Red River Valley, where he took a squatters claim to land in section 23 of Vineland Township. Mr. Estenson was married in June, 1875, to Miss Paulina Evenson who had also come from Norway. Five children were born to this union, they were: Emma, Helmer, Peter, Ida, and John. He was the first assessor for his township and was county commissioner at the time the first court house was built in Crookston. At different times, Mr. Estenson owned and operated the general store at Neby and Climax, Minnesota. In 1917, Mr. & Mrs. Estenson retired and moved to Climax. At the time of his wife's death in 1925 Mr. Estenson moved to the farm and lived with his son, Peter E. Estenson, until his death in 1945. Arnie Grundyson was born in Satter- daln, Norway, July 8, 1860. The family immigrated to America in 1861. They located first in Fillmore County. Mr. Grundyson taught school at various times from 1879 to 1895 and in 1881 he arrived in Polk County for a visit with relatives. He then took a claim near Foston, Minnesota and moved his home there for two years. In that year he was appointed Deputy Sheriff of Polk County and in the fall of 1890 he was elected to the office of Sheriff, which he held for four years. Mr. Grundyson was married to Miss Berget Torbjoinson in October of 1885. Esten Estenson was born February 22, 1860, in Green County, Wisconsin, and came to the Red River Valley at the age of eleven years. Mr. Estenson was married to the Miss Karen Gjolhaug, who came to Fosston, Minnesota, in 1883. She was born in Norway. Mr. and Mrs. Estenson were the parents of 10 children four of whom died in infancy. They are: Oliver, Mrs. Chester Green (Ruby), Thomas, Ester (now Mrs. Johnson), Haa- ken, and Mrs. Howard Berger. The Estenson home was the stopping place for James. J. Hill, prior to the building of the railroad through the Red River Valley. Mrs. Estenson died 1950 and Mr. Estenson passed away 1954. Hans Samuelson was born in Norway, November 6, 1864, and emigrated to the United States in the summer of 1882. He landed in New York, and from there came to Grant County, Minnesota. He was there until 1866 when he went to North Dakota. Later he went back to Minnesota where he took up a timber claim in the neighborhood of Bemidji where he lived for three years. Early in the nineties Mr. Samuelson moved to Polk County, Minn., where he bought 160 acres of land in Vine- land Township. On October 20, 1890 he was married to Miss Anne Steenerson, who was born in Houston County, Minnesota, May 1. 1860. They were the parents of four children: Stanley B. who died at the age of two years, Berget, Hans and Stanley. Mrs. Samuelson died in 1936 and Mr. Samuelson in 1934. They are buried in Bergit's Cemetery. 96 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.