Elmer P Movold

  Research Notes:

1. a. 1911 Canadian Census: Saskatchewan, District Moosejaw, Sub District #84 [ group file #105 ], page 9 (twp 3, range 18, West of the 3rd) (south of the Frenchman River, north of Climax, Saskatchewan - www.collectionscanada.ca (Western Land Grants)

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

b. 1916 Canada Census; Dist 25 - Maple Creek, SK; Twp 5, Range 25, W3; Village of Robsart

- Elmer, age 26, Annie, age 31 <1885> and Kathleen, age 1 <1915>, born SK
- Elmer emigrated 1910; naturalized 1913; Annie emigrated 1911
- Elmer, merchant, Hardware; working "as own account, O.A."

c. 1921 Canada Census [ 14 aug 2013 ]

- not found on scan of Robsart, Climax or Gull Lake, SK


2. 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
- 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)



[ 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 ]

Elmer Movold --- SK Provincial Records, familysearch.com - general link to Sk homestead files record collection 'Saskatchewan Provincial Records, 1879 - 1987; https://familysearch.org/search/image/index#uri=https://familysearch.org/recapi/sord/collection/1916143/waypoints


Then, Homestead File #2126710, images 60-69 ; SE¼ and Sec 15, Twp 3, Range 18, W3rd
- image 62 & 63 - Proxy application by William T Movold for brother Elmer, age 21, from Fosston, MN, born in MN; 1 male; Scandianvian; stamped Dominion Land Office, Swift Current, 11 Apr 1910
- image 64 - Affidavet signed by William T Movold in support of application for brother Elmer; stamped Dominion Land Office, Swift Current, 11 Apr 1910
- image 65 - Sworn Statement by John Fallis of Waldville, NW ¼, Sec 24, Twp 3, dated at Gull Lake, 24 Apr 1914
- image 66 & 67 - Sworn Statement by Elmer P Movold of Waldville; natuaralization; application for entry on homestead on 11 Apr 1910, built house on 10 May 1910 and began living on the homestead same date; 1910 residence (on homestead) - 10 May to 20 Nov; 1911 residence - 20 Apr to 20 May 1912; 1912 residence - 20 July to 1 May 1913; 1913 residence - 3 Aug to 20 Dec 1913; when absent from homestead, where and what were you doing -- response, "Gull Lake, Vanguard visting"; "wife same residence as myself"; question 8 - how much land has been broken and cropped ... -- response, 1910, broke 0 acres, cropped 0 acres; 1911, broke 10 acres, cropped 10 acres; 1912, broke 10 acres, cropped 20 acres; 1913, broke 17 acres, cropped 20 acres; 1914, broke 1 acres, cropped 37 acres; 2 horses in 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913; house - 14 x 24 value of $300; Stable value of $200; 1 well, 18 foot value of $25; no fencing; farming; signed 24 Apr 1914 at Gull Lake; with stamp Dominion Land Office, Swift Current, 29 Apr 1914; recommended for approval 20 June 1914 and approved at Ottawa with date of 6 Jul 1914;

Elmer Movold ---- SK Provincial Records, familysearch.com; Homestead File #2136446, SW¼ Sec 15, Twp 3, Range 18, W 3rd; images 421-429
- image 423 - application for Pre-emption; from Fosston, MN; stamped Dominion Lands Office, Swift Current; received $10.00, 16 Apr 1910
- image 424 - affidavet sworn by Elmer Movold; stamped Dominion Lands Office, Swift Current; 16 Apr 1910
- image 425 - Sworn Statement by John Tydall in support of Elmer Movold, Pre-emption; signed 6 Nov 1915 at Shaunavon;
- image 426 & 427 - Sworn Statement of Elmer Movold, Pre-emption; signed 6 Nov 1915 at Shaunavon; ; farmer at Waldville PO; British subject [?]; homestead entry, 11 Apr 1910, Pre-emption entry, 16 Apr 1910; patent for homestead in Apr 1914 - lived on homestead after patent, 1 Oct 1914 to 20 Apr 1915; 1 Oct 1915 to present; when absent? - hardward clerk at Gull Lake; family - myself, wife, 1 child, same residence as myself; since patent homestead, acreage - 1914, broke 10 acres, cropped 35 acres, 1915, broke 45 acres, cropped 55 acres; no stock; 14 x 24 house [336 sq ft] with value of $400, well value of $40;;; recommended approval stamped Dominion Lands Office, Swift Current, 21 Feb 1916; Certificate of ownership of Homestead - stamped in Ottawa 4 Apr 1916
- image 428 - Sworn Statement by Theodore Taarud in support of Elmer Movold, Pre-emption; in addition notes a stable on the homestead with value of $200; signed 6 Nov 1915 at Shaunavon;
- image 429 - Letter of Patent dated 13 Apr 1916



3. (a) source: Prairie Wool, local history book Climax and area, Saskatchewan (1980)

- indicates that after the railroad came in "north of the White Mud", Elmer and family moved to Eastend, SK where "Elmer went into the hardware business". Also says that "he paid taxes here for many years" and that in the late forties, Tom Jarman bought Elmer's farm.
-http://www.shaunavon.com/railroad.htm - town lots for sale in 1913 due to the railroad coming

(b) Range Riders & Sodbusters, local history book for Eastend, Saskatchewan (published 1980; reviewed July 2006)
- no listing or mention of Elmer Movold or family
- there were two hardware stores indicated in the book, but they were not mentioned to be owned or managed by Elmer Movold

(c) Our Side of the Hlls, local history book for Robsart
- no listing or mentioning of Elmer
- nothing in the business section - there is a "pictural map of the town" - listing business, etc,; however, can not read all of the businesses
- nothing in the section on the first members of the Lutheran Church


4. a. 1930 US Census for Alexandria, Douglas Co, MN

- lists Elmer, Annie A and the two girls - Kathleen is listed as being born in Canada; Una born in MN - therefore they must have moved back to the US before 1919 (however, no listing for family in 1920 US Census)
- lists Elmer as a Manager, Hardware


+++ NOTE: not indexed/found in 1920 US Census [ 14 Oct 2009 ]

4. b. 1940 US Census for St Cloud, Stearns Co, MN

- Elmer, age 50 born in MN; 2 years College; worked 50 hours the wk of Mar 24; worked 52 wks in 1939 earning $1850; usual job Department Manager, Retail and Mail Order; rents own for $33
- Annie, wife, age 54 born in MN; 1 yr high school; Homemaker
- same house on 1 Apr 1930
- also listed in the household are two Lodgers: John P Mercer age 21 born in IL; Anges Downs, age 24 born in MN


5. Border Crossings, 1908-1935

a. May 1910; indexed as E Mobuld (but likely Movold), age 20 <1890>, farmer, born in MN; traveling to Sask; traveling by train; crossing, Emerson, MB

b. 15 April 1911; E Movold and Mrs Movold (age 24, <1887>), from MN traveling to Sask; traveling by train; crossing, Emerson, MB

** from marriage article of 30 Apr 1911 - they were going to Fosston, and then traveling to Gull Lake, SK, "the future home of the happy couple"

c. June 1929; Elmer Movold; born in Fosston, MN; living in Alexandria, MN; in Canada before - from 1910-1922 at Gull Lake, Sask; speaks English; religion Lutheran; destination as Climax, Sask; nearest relative, Clifford Movold from Brainerd (although difficult to read), MN; some other information, but diffcult to read, some of it appears to be the amount of money

d. ancestry.com, Border Crossing - Portal, ND: Aug 1922 (viewed 21 Dec 2008)

- Annie Movold (indexed/written as Mobuld, age 36 <1886>, married and daughter Kathleen, age 8, from Assiniboia, SK; friend or relative - J W Anderson, Assinibioa, SK; destination as Oslo, MN [abt 40 kms north or Grand Forks, ND]


6. US Cities Directories, Ancestry.com - R L Polk (1938-1940); Wright Directory, 1950

a. 1938-1944; 319-4th Ave S, St Cloud, MN (same address in 1940); Elmer listed as a Salesman with Sears Roebuck; in 1938, Kathleen as Teacher and Una as a student; 1940, Una is listed as a Teacher; and in 1943, Annie is listed as a cleck with Sears Roebuck

b. 1946; 924 E Mifflin, Madison, Dane Co, WI; Elmer (Annie) is listed as a Salesman with Wolff Kubly and Hirsig Co

c. 1950; 15 Wirth Ct, Madison, Dane Co, WI; same as 1946


d. 1940; 515 Dovry Ave, East Grand Forks, MN; Una is listed as a Teacher, Central High School



7. Death ; 1972 Tucson


- US Social Security Death Index lists date of death, last residence, and issued (MN) and date of birth as 27 Dec 1889

- Tucson Daily Citizen; survived by sister-in-law, Mrs Ruby Movold and brother Melvin Movold (? - Milton ?); pre-deceased by daughter, Mrs Kathleen Evans; residence (same as daughter); "arrangements pending";

== doesn't mention his wife (she died in 1962 in WI) or other daughter, Una, re; Una died in 1960


8. Ancestry.com Public Member Tree "Kuhne Family Tree owner Mark Kuhne56", with last login Sep 2014 [ no direct relationship - likely through Elmer's wife, Anna ;; http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/39140948/person/19975182466?ssrc= [ last accessed: 7 Mar 2015 ]

from marriage newspaper article, but newspaper is not sourced
- marriage in 1911 at Bagley
- leaving to Gull Lake, SK where they are making their home
- attendance at the wedding - Karenius, wife, Clifford; Mr and Mrs Albert Torgerson of Crookson
- her obit - lived in Madison, WI for the last 20 years [therefore since 1942]

- nothing on their children; nothing on Elmer's parents



9. From Mocavo.com; index

Duluth Evening Herald, June 1915

Bagley, Minn., June 26.'97(Special to The Herald.)-'97Mrs. Elmer Movold of Robsart, Can., is the guest of her sis-
ter, Mrs. Axel Ringborg. Mrs. Movold has spent a couple of months with her parents at Alexandria and will leave
shortly for Fosston and Alexandria before returning to Canada. ^{711,2176,2177}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence, 1911, Climax, Saskatchewan, Canada. ²¹⁷⁸

2. Land: SE & SW Sec 15, Twp 3, Range 18, W3, 1911, Climax, Saskatchewan, Canada. ^{2179,2180,2181}

3. Residence - 1916, 1916, Robsart, Saskatchewan, Canada. ²¹⁸²

4. Residence - 1930, 1 Apr 1930, Alexandria, Douglas Co, Minnesota, United States. ²¹⁸³

5. Residence - 1938-1944, 1938-1944, St Cloud, Stearns Co, Minnesota, United States. ²¹⁸⁴

6. Residence - 1940, 1 Apr 1940, St Cloud, Minnesota, United States. ²¹⁸⁵ Enumeration on 9 Apr 1940; address - 319 - 4th Ave, South; same house in 1935

7. Residence - 1946, 1946, Madison, Dane Co, Wisconsin, United States. ²¹⁸⁶

8. Residence - 1950, 1950, Madison, Dane Co, Wisconsin, United States. ²¹⁸⁷

Elmer married Anna Albertina Bylund, daughter of Unknown and Unknown, on 12 Apr 1911 in Bagley, Clearwater Co, Minnesota, United States ⁷¹¹.^,717 (Anna Albertina Bylund was born on 24 Apr 1885 in Alexandria, Douglas Co, Minnesota, United States,^713,714 died on 7 Dec 1962 in Madison, Dane Co, Wisconsin, USA ^714,715 and was buried on 11 Dec 1962 in Evergreen Cemetery, Alexandria, Douglas Co, Minnesota, United States ⁷¹⁴.)