William Theodore Movold

   Another name for William was William Theodore.

  Research Notes:

1. 1911 Canadian Census: Saskatchewan, District Moosejaw, Sub District #84 [ group file #105 ], page 9 (twp 3, range 18, West of the 3rd)

- lists at dwelling 29, Elmer Movold, age 21 and wife (possibly Annie ?), age 20; emigrated to Canada 1910
- lists at dwelling 30, WT Movold, age 22; emigrated 1911

2. source: Prairie Wool, local history book Climax, Saskatchewan (1980)

- lists Clara's name (sister to Hans Jensen, presumely from the area); moved (after a "few years") back to the states; Clara (as of 1980) lives in Michigan, near her two sons
- indicates William was also known as Billie


3. Western Land Grants - Canada

- Elmer Movold: SE and SW Section 15, Twp 3, Range 18, West of the 3rd
- William T Movold: SW Section 14, Twp 3, Range 18, West of the 3rd; recorded as William T Movald, NW Section 14, Twp 3, Range 18, West of the 3rd
- Clifford Movold: NE Section 15, Twp 3, Range 18, W 3rd - www.saskhomesteads.com (not listed in the Western Land Grants from collectionscanada.ca or in the 1911 Canadian Census)

- image of map on Library and Archives Canada is very small and very hard to read

[ 20 Mar 2013 - partially transcribed by Rueben D Grue ] [ pre-emption - using the land for agriculture but not living on it - he lived on NW ¼

William T Movold --- SK Provincial Records, familysearch.com; Homestead File #2126660, images 633-645 ; SW¼ and N W ¼ Sec 14, Twp 3, Range 18, W3rd
- image 635 - application for a "pre-emption" homestead application; age 22 born in US, address Fosston, MN; stamped Dominion Land Office, Swift Current, 11 Apr 1910
- image 636 - refers to NW¼ Sec 14
- image 637 - pre-emption SW¼ Sec 14, homestead NW¼ Sec 14; William Theodor Movold, age 29, born 11 July 1913; P O Waldville; wife and child; Swift Current Land office - entry for homestead, 11 Apr 1910; residence on 1 Apr 1911; 1911 residence (on homestead) - 1 Apr to 27 Oct; 1912 residence - 1 Apr to 29 Oct; 1913 residence - 11 Mar 1913 continuous to 29 Nov 1915; 1916 residence - Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov; 1917 residence - 29 Apr 1917 up to date (11 Jun 1917); when absent from homestead, where and what were you doing -- response, "working around the neighborhood 1911, 1912. 1916 I was down at Fosston, Minnesota working on my fathers farm til I came out here."; question - for what period have your wife and family lived on homestead.... -- response, "4 Sep 1914 to 12 Jul 1915"; no professsion; residence is on the homestead and house was erected in May 1911 with value of home at $350; stamped Dominion Land Office, Swift Current, 19 Jun 1917
- image 638 - question 14 - how much land has been broken and cropped ... -- response, 1911, broke 10 acres, cropped 0 acres; 1912, broke 10 acres, cropped 10 acres; 1913, broke 24 acres, cropped 20 acres; 1914, broke 0 acres, cropped 44 acres; 1915, broke 26 acres, cropped 70 acres; total possible acreage is 300 acres; land has 10 acres hay and 10 acres swamp; question 18 - any other information ... response - "lack of means mostly"; delcared 11 Jun 1917 at the PO Waldville
- image 639 - Pre-Emption Sworn Statement of Louie Brabender [sp?], sworn at Shaunavan, 10 Nov 1917; his occupation as a Farmer, on Sec 22 on his homestead from 1913-1917; states that William lived on homestead 10 Sept 1917 10 Nov 1917; broke land, has cattle, horses etc but # not state; William as frame house, 16 x 20 with value of $350; no fencing; well value of $50
- image 640 & 641 - Pre-Emption Sworn Statement by William T Movold, sworn at Shaunavan, 27 Oct 1917; only addition is that William states he has 2 wells and that his wife owns same amount as him; government agent recommended patent to be issued, with stamp Dominion Land Office, Swift Current, 6 Apr 1918 and approved at Ottawa with date of 19 Jul 1918;
- image 642 - another Sworn Statement by Fred E Morrison of Sec 23, 27 Oct 1917
- image 643 - correct spelling for Fred Edgar Morrison
- image 644 - correct spelling for William - William Theodore Movold, PO Waldville, SK
- image 645 - Land Patent, 15 Aug 1918, for SW¼ of Sec 14

William T Movold --- SK Provincial Records, familysearch.com; Homestead File #2126662, images 656-666 ; SW¼ and N W ¼ Sec 14, Twp 3, Range 18, W3rd
- image 658 - refers to NW¼ Sec 14
- image 660 & 661 - Statuary Declaration for SW¼ Sec 14 - Pre-emption; for NW¼ Sec 15- Homestead; sworn 25 of Oct 1917 at PO Waldville; for
the most part same questions/same answers as image 638; at the bottomn of page, William writes "Would like to hear from you right away to this effect as I would like to prove up right away and the money is ready for you as soon as patent is issued"; last question on "anything else" - wife was sick for awhile but mostly lack of means;
- image 662 - Sworn Statement of George F Kuhl of Sec 31, sworn at Gull Lake, 13 Jul 1915; adds - Stock in each year; 20 acres fenced with value of $30, two wells
- image 663 & 664 - Sworn Statement of William T Movold, sworn at Gull Lake, 13 Jul 1915 says he is naturalized and there is a stamp on the sheet "Date of Certificate of Natuarlization, 27-10-13 and returned to homesteader; question 5, absent from homestead... -- response, Gull Lake working at Livery Barn; recommended for a patent, with stamp Dominion Land Office, Swift Current, 11 Feb 1918 and approved at Ottawa with date of 19 Jul 1918
- image 665 - another Sworn Statement of John M Swensen of Sec 21, sworn at Gull Lake, 13 Jul 1915
- image 666 - Letter of Patent from Ottawa, date 18 Mar 1918






4. 1920 US Census for Rosebud Twp, Polk Co, MN

- lists family - Clara's mother and father born in Denmark; children Sterling, age 4, Clinton, age 1, both born in MN


- 1930 William T with his father - see below listing in 1930 US Census (all states)

[ 1 July 2012 ]
=== not listed in 1916 Canada Census, Twp 3, Range 18, W3; Maple Creek, SK, sub-dis 6 (pages 24-26) [ 11 Oct 2009 ]
- 1920 US Census has Sterling, age 4 <1916> born in MN -- actual birth (MN birth index) was 11 Dec 1915 so presumably they left SK by late 1915 (thus, William was in Canada for about 4-5 yrs)



5. US Census

a. 1930 US Census Rosebud Twp, Polk Co; enumerated April 10-16

- listed with his father's household
- listed as a daughter-in-law to head of household (Karenius), Olga, age 25 <1905> in MN, married at age of 21 <1926>
- works - General farm

++ also, 1930 US, Columbia Twp, Polk Co, (ancestry p13); enumerated April 23-24
- listing for Mrs Olga Movold, age 23, married at age 20; as a servant to Ole J Lomen
- Olga Egeland - MN Marriage to William Movold in 1927 and then in 1933 married to Clifford A Thies in Mahonen Co (just south of Crookston/Fosston); (Clifford born 8 Jun 1902; died 26 Nov 1999 in Polk Co - MN Death index); MN Death Index has Olga Thies dieing on 19 Feb 1990 (born on 31 Mar 1907) in Polk Co

b. 1940 US Census, Fosston Village (image on ancestry.com very faint - use 'invert' function at familysearch.org)

- William T, (recorded as a Lodger) age 51 born in MN; grade 8 education; divorced; not working, no usual occupation given -- OR at least nothing is recorded; he was also asked supplemental questions, but nothing recorded


6. US Draft Reg, 1917-1918


- age 30, born in Fosston, 10 July 1888
- farmer
- contact: Mrs Clara Movold


7. ++++++++++ search.labs.familysearch.org -- Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925

--- Clara L Movold (Jensen); birthplace, Hudson Wis; occupation, housework; father, Hans Jensen; mother Georgina Nelson; times previously married, one; marriage, 18 Nov 1922 at Flint, Genesee Co, Michigan to Alexander Collins -- although newspaper announcement re; marriage license 20 Nov 1922, The Flint Journal, page 15: Carl G Nelson and Clara L Movold
AND
[ 17 Nov 2011 ] from Flint Genealogical Society, Genesse Co Marriage Index to 1934
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mifgs/marriages/myea-newa_1.html ----- Book V10, page 570, (also available on familysearch.org)
Record 4269
18 Nov 1922
- Nelson, Carl G (groom) (age 40 <1882> and Movold, Clara L (bride) (age 29 <1893> with previous name as Jensen, Clara L
AND
1930 US Census - re; Sterling and Clinton - household of Carl Nelson and Clara


==== The Flint Journal, 8 July 1922 - - Divorce decree granted: Clara Movold versus William Movold, non-support


8. Obit of 1954 from the Thirteen Towns, Fosston, MN;

- died in Alexandria, after taken sick suddenly
- born in Fosston
- at age of 20 [ abt 1908 ] moved to Canada and homesteaded for 15 years [ thus, until about 1923 --- however, he is recorded in Rosebud Twp, Polk Co, in 1920 US Census
- after Canada, he returned to Fosston for 6 ys [ 1923+6 = 1929 ] and then moved to Montona for 5 years[ 1929 + 5 = 1934 ] -- however, is recorded in Rosebud Twp, Polk Co, in 1930 US Census
- 5 years ago he went to Alexandria to work with his brother Clifford [ thus he went there about 1949 ]
- survived by his sons, Sterling and Clinton of Detroit, MI; 5 brothers; Elmer of Madison, WI, Clifford of Alexandria, Ralph of Fosston, Leo of Everett, WA, and Milton of Los Angeles


NOTE: findagrave - tombstone has incorrectly recorded death as 19 Feb 1955 (should be 7 Jan 1954 - see obit and MN death index)


9. Ancestry.com US City Directories

1919 - Billings, MT (R L Polk) -- Movold, Wm, clk Baldwin Lbr Co ^1739,2060

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence, 1911, Climax, Saskatchewan, Canada. ²⁰⁶¹

2. Land: SW Sec 14, Twp 3, Range 18, W3, 1911, Climax, Saskatchewan, Canada. ^{2062,2063,2064}

3. Residence - 1920, 1 Jan 1920, Rose Bud Twp, Polk Co, Minnesota, United States. ²⁰⁶⁵

4. Residence - 1930, 1 Apr 1930, Rose Bud Twp, Polk Co, Minnesota, United States. ²⁰⁶⁶

5. Residence - 1935, 1 Apr 1935, Polk Co , Minnesota, United States. ²⁰⁶⁷

6. Residence - 1940, 1 Apr 1940, Fosston, Polk Co , Minnesota, United States. ²⁰⁶⁷

William married Clara Lenora Jensen. (Clara Lenora Jensen was born in 1894.)

William next married Olga Egeland on 16 Jun 1927 in Polk Co , Minnesota, United States ¹⁹⁰⁶.^,2059 (Olga Egeland was born about 1905 in Minnesota, United States ¹⁹⁰⁶.)