Lerbakken Mathia J. Amundsdatter

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• Location: 7 Jan 1920, Pelican Township, Pelican Rapids Village, Ottertail County, Minnesota.
• Location: 9 Apr 1930, Fergus Falls, Ottertail County, Minnesota

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Notes - Before leaving for the west coast to make her future home, Mrs. Lars Welo, of this city, gave the society a cane used by her grandfather for many years. Her grandfather's name was Andreas O. Bakken and before coming to America he had the misfortune to freeze his feet very badly. He had gone up into the mountains to get fire wood and before he realized his condition, one foot particularly was almost beyond help. He managed to get home and immediately started thawing out his feet. He soon found however that mortification was setting in on the bad foot. It was a long distance to any doctor so he commenced by cutting off the toes but this did not heal and so a little later he amputated still further up. This also did not heal and so a third operation still further up toward the instep was done. The skin was drawn down over the stump and this time healed nicely. He left Norway for America about 1865 and a little later came to Ottertail county and settled in the Trondhjem neighborhood. The cane above was given by his grand daughter Mrs. Lars Welo. The courage of some of these Norsmen is almost beyond belief. Another settler in that neighborhood, I think his name was Engebret E. Wee got caught in the great blizzard of 1872 and froze his fingers on one hand so badly that amputation was necessary. It was a long distance to Fergus Falls and so Andreas Bakken took his knife and cut all the fingers off to the second joint. Then held the hand against a grind stone and rounded the edges of the bones and then lapped the skin over the end and they all healed nicely. However, the ends of the fingers were like a knobs and while conspicuous still he was able to do a hard days work for many years afterwards. Mrs. Welo also gave a pair of plyers which her grandfather used for making hooks and eyes for the ladies' dresses. The plyers were made by hand and she feels quite certain are 150 years old having come down through several generations.

Notes (Fergus Falls Historical Society) - Mrs. Lars L. Welo, this city, has given a black dress and blouse work by her mother Mrs. Amund Lerbakken (Karen) when she came to Oscar township in 1869. The style of dress worn by the pioneers of this or any other country is interestng and always attracts attention. I wish we had more of it as well as a nice cabinet to display it in.

Mathia married Velo Lars L. on 12 Nov 1894. Lars (son of Velo Lars Andersen and Falang Elie Gulbransdatter) was born on 12 Jan 1863 in Hadland, Norway; died on 7 Nov 1939 in Fergus Falls, Ottertail County, Minnesota at 2:00 o'clock following an illness of two years duration from cancer. He is buried at South Immanuel Church.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Velo Kalma Elvine was born on 25 Sep 1895 in Ottertail County, Minnesota; died on 25 Sep 1982 in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California.

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• Emigration: 6 Jul 1869, At age 33, from the Massinglokkken farm in Kvikne, Nordre Fron, Oppland, Norway, he and his wife and daughter boarded the "Schandinavia" to Glasgow, Scotland.
• Emigration: 24 Jul 1869, Boarded the SS. Columbia in Glasgow, Scotland and arrived in New York on July 24, 1869. Next, went to Coon Valley, Wisconsin, and then in 1871 moved to Oscar Township, Ottertail County, Minnesota.

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A second marriage is listed for him:

Halvorson Betsy - I2358 (F633)
Married: 18 MAR 1898


There is a farm listed for Nord-Fron, Oppland, Norway called Vistad og Tune sondre

Amund married Graupehaugen Karen Andreasdatter on 26 Jul 1859 in Kvikne, Nordre Fron, Oppland, Norway. Karen (daughter of Bakken Andreas Olsen and Volden Anne Olsdtr) was born on 1 Apr 1837 in Kvikne, Nordre Fron, Oppland, Norway; died on 21 Sep 1896 in Oscar Township, Ottertail County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 15 May 1837, Kvikne, Nordre Fron, Oppland, Norway
• Emigration: 6 Jul 1869, At age 32, from the Massinglokkken farm in Kvikne, Nordre Fron, Oppland, Norway, boarded the "Schandinavia" in Oslo with her parents and her husband and their daughter and landed in Glasgow, Scotland
• Emigration: 24 Jul 1869, Boarded the SS. Columbia in Glasgow, Scotland and arrived in New York on July 24, 1869.

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There are two farms listed for Nord-Fron, Oppland, Norway:

Graupe nedre and Graupe ovre

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• Baptism: 21 Feb 1808, Sor Fron, Oppland, Norway

Morten married Stenhaugen Synne Amundsdtr on 3 Jul 1831 in Sodorp, Oppland, Norway. Synne (daughter of Amund Jakobsen and Fossen Ingeborg Eriksdtr) was born on 3 Oct 1806; was christened on 12 Oct 1806 in Fron, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _NAMS: Andreas and his half brother Ivar, grew up on the farm, Little Klevstad in Kvam. Andreas' name at that time was Andreas Olsen Klevstadlien.
• Baptism: 1 Jan 1804
• Occupation: 1820; Worked on the Sandbakken farm in Skabu and also on the Grauphaugen farm.
• Emigration: 06 Jul 1869; At age 66, from the Bakken farm in Kvikne, Nordre Fron, Oppland, Norway, he and his wife (Anne) with their daughter (Karen) and her husband (Amund), boarded the Schandinavia in Oslo & landed in Glasgo
• Emigration: 24 Jul 1869; Boarded the SS. Columbia in Glasgow, Scotland and arrived in New York on July 24, 1869.
• Census: 1870; Township of Washington, LaCrosse County, Wisconsin

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The original "Bakken" farm site was in Kvikne, Oppland, Norway. Andreas Olsen Harboe Berg (Bakken) bought and owned the farm in 1835. Andreas was "sort of a doctor" and healer and born in 1803. Prior to Andreas, there are indications of people on the "Bakken farm dating back to 1722. Ola Arnesen Bakken and Reidar Bakken owned the farm in 1722. Ola Arnesen Bakken lived there in 1750 with his wife Ingrid Stenersdatter. They sold the farm in 1794 to Hans Hansen (Ola's nephew). Hans was married to Gjertrud Olsdatter. They had a son, Ola Hansen. Ola Hansen drown in a small lake called Slangen in Skabu.

Andreas Olsen Harboe Berg (Bakken) married Anne Olsdatter (Klevstad) in 1824. Klevstad is located in Kvam, Oppland, Norway. When King Oscar the first of Norway decided to garnish farm land in the 1860's making land owners virtual slaves, Andreas and Anna (both at age 64) emigrated to America in July, 1869 with their daughter, Karen Andreasdatter Bakken (33) and her husband Amund Mortensen (Massinglokken) (35) and their children, Mathias(8), Ane(4), and Amund(2) The Massinglokken name later became Lerbakken. They traveled from Christiana, Norway to New York via Glasgow, Scotland. The ship was the SS Columbia, built in 1866. The description of the ship reads: Clipper stem, one funnel, three masts (ship-rigged for sail), iron construction, single screw and a speed of 10 knots. There were accommodations for 80 cabins and 540 3rd class passengers. After arriving in America, they first settled near LaCrosse, in Washington Township, Wisconsin. The 1870 census shows their location as Washington Township, LaCrosse County, Wisconsin. Bohemia (the post-office for Washington Township), was also just a couple of miles from Timber Coulee, Wisconsin where Andreas' grandson, Ole Olsen the Elder Bakken would start raising his family (about 13 years later). In about 1871, hearing of wide open fields of land for home steaders in Minnesota, Andreas and his daughter Karen and her husband Amund and their children crossed the Mississippi and re-located to Oscar Township, Ottertail County, Minnesota near Rothsay, Minnesota. It was during this re-location, that Mathias J. Amundsen (Lerbakken) at about age 10, accidently drowned in the Mississippi River. Andreas' wife Anne Olsdatter survived the ocean voyage and trip to Wisconsin, but did not survive her first year in America. The reason for her death is unknown.

Andreas married Volden Anne Olsdtr in 1824 in Kvam, Nordre Fron, Oppland, Norway. Anne (daughter of Klevstadvolden Ole Larsen and Kari Svendsdtr, daughter of Svensdatter Kari) was born on 23 May 1805 in Kvam; died in 1875 in Westby, Wisconsin. Anne died the first winter in America. It was so cold there that she could not make it through the winter.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1805, The farm where Anne came from was Klevstad and located in Kvam. The nickname for the farm was Fensdervolden or Finskavolden.
• Emigration: 6 Jul 1869, At age 64, from the Bakken farm in Kvikne, Nordre Fron, Oppland, Norway, she and her husband (Andreas) with his daughter (Karen) and her husband (Amund), boarded the Schandinavia in Oslo & landed in G
• Emigration: 24 Jul 1869, Boarded the SS. Columbia in Glasgow, Scotland and arrived in New York on July 24, 1869.

Arne married Sylte Ragnhild Pedersdtr on 18 Oct 1807 in Fron, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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DoB Parish Local Parish Farm
1781 Froen Qvam Forbrigd
1790 Froen Qvichne Hage

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Parish Local Parish Farm
Froen Sødorp Byhre

Amund married Fossen Ingeborg Eriksdtr on 2 Jun 1803 in Fron, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: A "Regular" Doctor in Norway
• Location: 1811, Moved from Kvam to Kvikne to a small farm named "Skriubakken".

Ole married Guriplassen Mari Hansdtr. Mari (daughter of Guriplassen Hans Olsson and Sylte Inger Torgersdtr) was born in 1772 in Kvikne, Nordre Fron, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ole married Kari Svendsdtr. Kari was born in 1765; died on 19 Feb 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]