Ole Tobiasen Movold

  Research Notes:

birth: 22 May 1849, bap 25 June 1849 ..... note born outside of marriage ...ugæte [notes recorded, 17 May 2025]
see, https://media.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/9225/13
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From: Decorah-Posten Og Ved Arnen
Feb 9 1904, page 3, col 2 [top 1/4 of page] • Decorah, Winneshiek, Iowa, USA

T. M[?]. Movold writes to us:

I see in the "Decorah-Posten" for January 26th, in Question 1684 {?}, that someone is asking for information about whether there is any Norwegian settlement in Alberta, Canada. I can inform you that I have a son there, and even several in my extended family, in addition to many others whom I know from here; they are all in the same settlement. One must take the railway to Wetaskiwin and then the road to Bitter Lake P.O. [Post Office], about 15 miles from Wetaskiwin. My son, Ole Movold, lives 5 miles from the Post Office. He has been there 7 or 8 years.

viewed by R D Grue, 17 May 2025
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1. Source: Footprints along the Stoney; page 133-135 (re, Tommy) and page 307-311 (re Ole)

- Came to Armena, AB Canada in 1894 along with Thore S. Grue; chose a homestead, and then went back to MN and brought up the family later in the summer of 1894

- Ole's first wife (Ingri) died after the birth of son, Tommy - this was written by Tommy's daughter on page 133; [he was born 22 Oct 1881 according to the 1901 Canada Census]

- BUT on page 307 there is an entry for Ole T Movold (submitter is not identified), it is written that Ole had met Ingrid Saether of Tugsingdalen and in 1881 they married in Norway and immigrated to MN the same year. Of course, Ole had left Norway with his parents in 1868 (but according the this entry Ole's father had traveled back to Norway, and so obviously, Ole also went back at least once). On page 308 (1st col), "To this union (Ole and Ingrid) Thomas and Ingval were born. Ingval passed away in infancy and Ingrid died shortly after his birth."

- see

**** Cemetery Index, Otter Tail Co Historical Society [I viewed at Fergus Falls, May 2008, and made rough notes]
- notes: - Ingri Movold (wife) died at age 23, 28 Oct 1881
- a note, although not clear of parents - Ingvald Morvold, d 23 April 1884

**** Otter Tail Co Courthouse (May 2008 visit)
- listing for a child Anne Marie Movold, age 10 (but not clear, but likely 10 months?); died 23 April 1884; parents Ole Movold and Gea Movold

=== Conclusion: (1) Ole Movold and Ingri likely had twins [ Thomas and Ingvald ], born 22 Oct 1881 - Ingri died on 28 Oct 1881, most likely due to complications from child birth. (2). Ingvald died 23 April 1884. Ole and Gea Grue had a daughter, Anne Marie [ if age 10 months, then birth would have been about June 1883; not recorded by descendants ] who died on 23 April 1884 [ NOTE: Ole remarried in 1884 to Gea Grue ]. (3). It is possible that something like a "flu" made both children - Ingval(d) and Anne Marie - very sick and they sucummed to the illness; if not an illness, some other "tragedy" or accident must of struck, since both died the same day ---- this is NOT CONFIRMED = it will be difficult to verify the above;


1. a. Ancestry Family Trees
Movold FT [gmovold] ; access 20 Aug 2023
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/169893531/person/292206752894/facts
- link to Martin Movold ......


2. Source: Bygebok for Os

- left for America with family in 1868
- came back to Norway and in 1880 married Ingri Estensdtr, born abt 1859 an Nordre Saetra, died 1884
- in 1881, both left for America over Kristiania

--- Norway Parish Records - 28 Dec 1880 marriage
- Ole Tobiasen, born at Movold 1849, father Tobias Torgersen ( k 1865 Sweden, l America [not sure of the abbreviation)
- Ingrid Estensdtr, born at Sater 1859, father Esten Ericksen


3. Land - US

a. Homestead, Otter Tail Co, MN; 151.84 acres: patent issued 24 June 1878 - Lot 6, South half of SW quarter Sec 21 and SE of SE quarter Sec 21, Twp 132 N, Range 41, W 5th

- this is adjacent to Simen T Grue's homestead ( May 2008 - this would be across the road to the north of Simen's homestead quarter)

b. Platt - 1884, Otter Tail Co, MN; 158.90 acres: the land of his father's homestead, West half of the NE and the SE of SE and Lot 2 (to the lake) of Sec 27, Twp 132 N, Range 41, W 5th

c. US Track Book .... MN, Vol 74, image 215 ... bottom of page [poor quality]
... intial payment, 5 Dec 1870 ... final 29 Sep 7876 ... no other comments
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9W3-39SN-W?i=214&wc=M7WW-S68%3A356163101%2C356180601&cc=2074276&lang=en


4. Land - Canada

a. Homestead - NW¼, Sec 14, Twp 48, Range 21, W 4th; Armena, Alberta;
AB Homestead records; reel 2054; file 516313; images 1344-1351
- entry on 9 Jun 1894; house built in 1895
... image 1347 .... application signed 18 Apr 1899
* taking personal possessions to the homestead? ..... 18 Jun 1895 and on the homestead from 18 Jun 1895 to Nov 1896; and from
16 Apr 1898 to 16 Apr 1899
- when absent ... Wetaskiwin boarding house
family ... wife and 8 children, as of 18 Jun 1895 on the homestead, same residence as myself
- house 16 by 18 with addition of 12 by 16
- application for patent, 18 Apr 1899
- support statements, Martin Steen [Sec 10, Twp 48, Range 21] and Ole A Bakken [Sec 2, Twp 47, Rge 20; Camrose]
- image 1350: naturalization
- patent letter, 29 Nov 1899
* image 1346 ... 'statement concerning"... above quarter
Post Office address: Tordenskjold, MN
- entry obtained 9 June 1894; house 1894 12 ft by 14 [168 sq ft]
- went onto the land on 12 Jun 1894, then on the 28 Jun went to the US - MN
- family - wife and 6 children
- he had broke 3-5 acres [from 12 June to 28 Jun .... ??]
- above statement is dated: 3 Oct 1894 at Fergus Falls, MN ... and a witness, signed by Oliver Olson

https://www.ancestry.ca/discoveryui-content/view/42657:60865?_phsrc=bfK564&_phstart=successSource&gsln=Movold&ml_rpos=4&queryId=1a0f760629b733b095a5b9a19306e742


c. CPR Land Purchase - 17 Oct 1901; NW/SW Sec 35, Twp 48, Range 21, W 4th - later the home of Arthur Movold

++ also: Karenius Movold purchase SE/SW of Sec 22, just north Ole Movold's place

and recorded on the Western Land Grants database under Ole T Movald Pt S 1/2 of NE of Sec 34, Twp 48, W 4th
Also: CRP purchase, NWA¼ sec 35, twp 48-21-4; purchased: 27 Jun 1911

5. 1901 Canada Census

- Ole, Gea, Thos, Ingwald, Ingar, Tilda, Lena, Maudy, Oscar, Arthur (Oscar and Arthur born in NWT; the other children in USA)
- emigrated in 1894, but after 20 July 1894 since Maudy was born in the USA, Ole naturalized in 1899

1901 Canada Census, 12 April

- on the schedule #2 (Buildings and Lands, Churches, Schools) for NW quarter of Sec 14, Twp 48, Range 21 [line 11]: number of families in house is 1, number of rooms in house is 3, number of dwellings 1 -- number of barns, sheds, outhouse - 1; grand total of acres (Real Estate owned) is 160 acres

- also listed on NW quarter of Sec 14 is a School, number of rooms is 1, number of students - 20; this would most likely be Tordenskjold School, built in 1897

http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1901/z/z004/jpg/z000179348.jpg [viewed 9 Jan 2023]
- page 1, line 8 to the left [line 24, does refer to Ole Movold]; no of dw etc, as above
then at the left, line 9 refers to line 34 on page 1 refers to a boarder at the Ole Movold farm:
Lizzie Shaw, b 10 Jan 1876 in Ontario [?] and she is a English nationality; occupation Teacher, employee, earnings of $248 [?] : NOTE: in "Dear Golden Old Rule Days" page 5 - Miss Lizzie G. Shaw, 1900-1901 school year

SEE above note


[ Note: Ancestry's images for the 1901 census, Alberta * Pretty Hill has posted page 8 - this is a schedule 2, but it is the WRONG schedule and is for "Priddis" in Southern AB ]
- after reseach, I found the above link from collections Canada

----------------added by Rueben D Grue, 7 Jul 2022

- using the "land locator" website, the NW¼ of Sec 14 [Twp 48, Range 21] and using Google and Bing Maps, it would appear that the Tordenskjold school was likely built near Ole Movold's homestead buildings and "quadrant 13"- the south east portion of 13 [in the 1950s-1970s this farmsite was the home of Adolph Peterson and Doris (Oscar Grue's daughter).

(http://legallandconverter.com )
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added by Rueben D Grue, 10 Jan 2023

In the Armena History book ... , page 297, Darren Moe had written the submission on the John Moe family, and has the following statement regarding the first Tordenskjold school: "This rough log building was sided and it still stands, being used by the Dyck family as a garage". The above statement was likely written around 1981 (the book was published in 1982). At the beginning of the article, Darren notes that the information in the article/submission was based on part by 'conversations' with his grandfather, Adolph Moe. Adolph died in 1972 and so Darren may have had some notes prior to Adolph's death, or Darren had other information collaborating the above quoted statement.

RE: Dyck family?





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-- Armena History book (and others) does not give location of the first school (other than it mentions the building on the Everett Grue farm); under the Grue, Movold, Moe, family sections, there is discussion of the building (logs from White Water Lake hauled to Thore Grue and sawed), etc, but does not say the location of the first building
--- Nels Grue's booklet says the school was built one mile north and 1 and 1/4 mile West of Armena "and can still be seen on the same farm" - this again, would be the farm of Everett Grue; --- Oscar Grue's booklet does not give location, but suggests it is on the farm of Everett Grue; +++ ++ not known when the school would have been moved from Ole Movold's farm (1914)


6. 1900 US Census, Dooly Co, Georgia

- Ole, Gea, Thomas, Engwald, Inga, Tila, Lena Clora, (Oscar born 1896 in MN - ?; 1901 Canada says born in Canada), Arthur (born, June 1898 in Canada)
- married 18 years, <1878>
- Gea - 8 kids, 8 living (?)
- to US 1880 - 20 yrs in US
- Ole, farmer


In the US after June 1898
---- Armena History Book says - Ole and Gea lived for about 2 years in Georgia (abt. 1894 to 1896) - this would conflict with their recording in the 1900 US Census in Georgia [ 12 Jan 2012 -- Georgia state census ??? ]


7. 1906 Canada Census; Alberta, District #21, Strathcona, sub-district #19B, p 10 [image 6 in Ancestry, 1st side]
Sec 14, Twp 48, Range 21, W 4th

- Ole, Gea, Thoms, Ingal, Tild, Gena, Amanda, Oscar, Arthur, Willie, Martin -- Oscar ,etc born in Alta
- 10 horses, 15 milch cows, 17 other cattle, 26 sheep, 4 hogs


8. 1911 Canada; Sec 14 (and 19), but difficult to make out the quarters, Twp 48, Range 21

- as 1906; added, Gilbert and Clifford, born Aug 1907

9. a. 1916 Canada, Victoria District , sub #17

- Ole, Gea, Lena, Amanda, Oscar, Arthur (overseas), Willie, Martin, Gilbert, Clifford;

---- and then Grava (sp?) daughter age 2, born in Canada and then Thom, son; not clear if this is Ole and Gea's daughter of if Thomas'

b. 1921 Canada Census - village of Hay Lakes

- Ole and Gea living with their daughter Lena (recorded as Gelina) and son in law, Olaf (but recorded as Elias) Olafson
- Ole age 73 born in Nor; immigrated 1893 [?] nat 1898; farmer - R
- Gea age 55 born in Nor; as above
- Orville age 25 <1896>, son; William age 20, son; Martin age 17, son; Gilbert and Clifford age 14, son


9. US Naturalization - MN Naturalization Records, 1854-1957

10. Ole T Movold Obit, from the Camrose Canadian,

- died on Sunday 12 Mar 1922 at age 73 - had been in failing health for a number of years
- born in Norway, came to MN in 1868
- came to Alberta, Armena district north of Camrose in the autumn of 1894
- he leaves his wife, 7 boys all of the district, Mrs Broen [ Inga, married to Iner Broen ] and Mrs Olafson [ Lena, married to Olaf Olafson ] of Hay Lakes and Mrs Johnson [ Amanda, married to Nester Johnson, living at Birch Island, BC (near Vavenby) ] living in British Columbia

11. see his father's research notes, update: Tom Movold's email of 23 Aug 2018 ^82,1162,1997

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Homestead Land Purchase - 1870, 5 Dec 1870, Tordenskjold Twp, Otter Tail Co, Minnesota, United States. ¹⁹⁹⁸ Lot 6, S 1/2 of SW and SE of SE Section 21, Twp 41 W or 5th PM. Date of receipt 5 Dec 1870 (receipt #1045) with final receipt (#1651) on 29 Sept 181876

2. Homestead - 1878: land patent issued on 6 June 1878 for 151.8 acres, Lot 6, S 1/2 of SW and SE of SE Section 21, Twp 41 W or 5th PM, 1878, Tordenskjold Twp, Otter Tail Co, Minnesota, United States. ¹⁹⁹⁹

3. Residence - 1899, 1899, Armena, Alberta, Canada. ²⁰⁰⁰

4. Residence - 1900, 1 Jun 1900, Militia District, Dooly Co, Georgia, United States. ²⁰⁰¹

5. Residence - 1901, 31 Mar 1901, Armena, Alberta, Canada. ²⁰⁰²

6. Land - 1901: CPR Land Purchase, 17 Oct 1901, Armena, Alberta, Canada. ²⁰⁰³

7. Residence - 1906, 1 Jun 1906, Armena, Alberta, Canada. ²⁰⁰⁴

8. Residence - 1911, 1911, Armena, Alberta, Canada. ²⁰⁰⁵

9. Residence - 1916, 1916, Armena, Alberta, Canada. ²⁰⁰⁶

10. Residence - 1921, 1921, Strathcona District, Alberta, Canada. ²⁰⁰⁷ Village of Hay Lakes

Ole married Ingrid Estensdtr Sæther on 28 Dec 1880 in Os, Tolga, Hedmark, Norway.¹⁹⁸⁹ (Ingrid Estensdtr Sæther was born on 12 Jan 1859 in Nørdre Sætra, Tolga, Hedmark, Norway,¹⁰⁵⁸ died on 28 Oct 1881 in Tordenskjold Twp, Otter Tail Co, Minnesota, United States ²⁰⁰⁸ and was buried in Tordenskjold Lutheran Church Cemetery, Otter Tail Co, Minnesota, United States ²⁰⁰⁸.)

Ole next married Gea Thoresdatter Grue, daughter of Thore Thoresen Grue and Ingeborg Johnsdtr Ryen, on 8 Dec 1883 in Vining, Otter Tail Co, Minnesota, United States ¹⁹⁹⁰.^,1991 (Gea Thoresdatter Grue was born on 29 Apr 1863 in Tolga, Hedmark, Norway ^1990,2009, baptized on 7 Jun 1863 in Tolga, Hedmark, Norway,²⁰⁰⁹ died on 25 May 1945 in Hay Lakes, Alberta, Canada ¹⁹⁹⁰ and was buried in Old Scandia Cemetery, Armena, Alberta, Canada ^{1990,2010,2011}.)