| Summary: | Annie (Mrs. Clarence Lyste), Oliver, Elmer and Peter. John Melvin and Arvid died in infancy. Ole died Feb. 17, 1923 and Anne Maria died Aug. 5, 1948. mother having died in Norway. They first resided in Spring Grove, Houston county, Minnesota, and he plied his trade there for over ten years. He later resided in Allamakee County, Iowa, and about 1878 went to Dakota to make a home for his family. He went directly to Fargo and for six years followed carpenter work in that vicinity. He filed claim to his land in 1883 and in the Spring of the following year moved his family to the new home where they since remained. His sons operated the farm and Erick continued at his trade. He built many of the buildings in Northwood, N. D. Erick was married in 1862 to Anne Olson. She was born Feb. 22, 1832. They had seven children: Gilbert I, Michael, Mary (Mrs. 0. Field), Gilbert II, Emma, Christine (Mrs. G. Gronhovd) and Oscar. Gilbert is still living and is 89 years old. Kenneth Gronhovd now owns the homestead. Erick died March 1, 1927 and Anne died June 20, 1913. JULIUS E. BJERKE was born March 8, 1859 in Hadeland, Norway, and came to America with his parents, Erik and Berthe Maria Bjerke, when he was 18 years old. He married Eline Maria Martinson on March 26, 1885, at Hatton, N. D., by Rev. Waage. Eline Maria was born July 20, 1863, in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, of parents Hans and Inger Martinson. Julius homesteaded in Beaver Creek on section 18, the southwest quarter, and lived there until 1900 when the family moved to Fosston, Minn. They lived there until March, 1910 and then came back to Beaver Creek to farm where John L. Bjerke now lives. Julius died April 17, 1933, and his wife died July 12, 1936. They had 13 children: Ida, Mina, Edward and Martin died in infancy. Ella Mathilde (Mrs. Hans Thuen), Eddie Herbert— died at 20 years, Bernhard Melvin, John Edgar—died at 25 years, Albert, Emma, Clara Louise (Mrs. Ben Sordahl), Josephine (Mrs. Frank Kaufman) and Oscar. OLE COLTOM was born in Vestre Toten, Norway, May 25, 1824. His wife Johane was born in Vestre Toten, Aug. 16, 1823. They, with their family of ten children, came over the Atlantic in a sailboat, the trip taking over six weeks. They arrived in Milwaukee, Wis., in 1869, moving to Minnesota in 1870. They suffered many hardships with hostile Indians and severe winters. In 1882 they moved to Dakota Territory and into what was then called Golden Lake Territory. They had seven boys and three girls: August, Mads, Peter, L. O., Martin, Otto, Ole Jacob and Edward, Berte (Mrs. Halvor Roste), Jorgine (Mrs. Hans Tomte). Ole died Nov. 30, 1892 and Johane died Feb. 7, 1895. ERICK G. ERICKSON was born near Christiania, Norway, January 5, 1840, and was the only child of Gilbert and Marte (Hanson) Erickson. At the age of sixteen years he learned the carpenter's trade and in 1862 he and his father came to America, the came to Beaver Creek in 1881, settling in section 14. He later moved to Lind Township where his son Louis now lives. He married Ingrid Bale on Nov. 20, 1869 at Spring Grove, Minn. Ingrid was born June 17, 18'48. They had 13 children, all died during the diphtheria epidemic except the three who were born after the epidemic: they are Joseph, Louis and Martin. Ingrid died April 19, 1926 and Nels died Dec. 24, 1918. DANIEL BJERKE was born May 16, 1874, in Worth County, Iowa, of parents Daniel and Johanne Bjerke and came to Beaver Creek in 1882. Anna Tolen was born near Portland, N. D., June 2, 1882. They were married Easter Sunday, March 29, 1902, by Rev. Tollefson at the Goose River Parsonage. They settled in Beaver Creek and resided there until 1912 when they moved to Golden Lake Township. Anna died Oct. 22, 1944. They had nine children: Myrtle (Mrs. Leonard Christianson), David, Oscar, Esther (Mrs. Melvin Peterson), Lyla (Mrs. William Havig), Alice (Mrs. Marvel Wenaas), Henry, Hazel (Mrs. Eugene Johnson), Verna (Mrs. Irving Walsvick). Dan lives in Hatton now and is hale and hearty at 84 years. NELS JOHNSON-ROISEN was born March 6, 1844, in Norway and 64 JOHN O. BUAN was born in Stor- dalen, Norway, Feb. 2, 1863, of parents Ole Ness and Randi Lasseson.-He came to Goodhue County, Minnesota in 1883. He bought his farm from Jens Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited in Multi-page TIFF Editor.
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