Albert M Torgerson

  Research Notes:

1. Census


1905 MN State - Turtle River Twp, Beltrami Co, MN

- Albert M, age 32, farmer; 32 yrs in the State; 2 yrs in this jurisdicton <1903>
- Ingebor A, age 30, 30 yrs in the State; 2 yrs in this jurisdicton <1903>


1900 US - Crookston, Polk Co

- Albert M, age 27, born May 1873, married for 7 months; occupation - carpenter
- Ingeborg, age 25, born Sept 1874, married for 7 months; no children

1910 US - Crookston, Polk Co

- Albert M, age 36, born in MN; carpenter; address 411 East Robert St; married 10 yrs
- Ingebor A. age 35, born in MN;
- then listed are: [ Ivar ? Ivan ? ] Cornelius, Clarence J Cornelius, Arthur V Cornelius and then Cyrus Mathias [ ? ], and then Ames Cornelius, age 45 - all are recorded as boarders, male, single and born in MN

- - NOTE: Albert is first listed with surname as Cornelius and then Cornelius is crossed off and Torgerson is written above; the first 'boarder' appears to be first written as a brother-in-law BUT it is difficult to make it out since it has been crossed off and Boarder written over

--- in the 1895 MN State Census, there is a listing for a Cornelius family, head is Peter, wife Barbro and then Ingeborg Anna, age 21 <1874> born in MN; also listed is Marie Kirsten, age 19, Malton, age 13, Paul Barnard age 10, Arthur Ames age 8, Francis Olava, age 6 ----- this same family is listed in the 1900 US Census, Crookston, Polk Co, ED 210 (page 7 ancestry.com)


1920 US - Crookston, Polk Co

- Albert M, age 47, born in MN; carpenter; address 329 Robert St
- Anna, wife, age 45
- Richard Cornelius, nephew, age 2 yr 11 mo <Feb 1917> *** MN Birth Index - Richard Peter Cornelius, born 6 Jan 1917, Polk Co, MN, mother's maiden name as Jones; ** MN Death - 10 Aug 1982, Polk Co (name and date of birth match)


1930 US - Crookston, Polk Co

- Albert M, age 59 <1871>, age 27 at first marriage <1898>, carpenter, house; owns home with value at $4000; residence as 133 Robert Street
- Anne, age 56 born in MN <1874>, age 26 at first marriage <1900>
- also: Richard Armslen Peter [ sp ? ] , adopted son, age 14 born in MN < 1916 > (his parents born in MN)


1940 US - [ 25 Jun 2012 - Anna/Ingeborg not found on East Robert - ED 60-22 or 17 ]




b. Richard Peter Cornelius

- MN Birth Index - Richard Peter Cornelius, born 6 Jan 1917, Polk Co, MN, mother's maiden name as Jones;
- MN Death Index - 10 Aug 1982, Polk Co (name and date of birth match)
- MACO - Richard Cornelius and Mae Last on 4 Jul 1938, Polk Co, MN
- MN Birth (ancestry.com) - 3 children born to Richard and Mae - Richard P born 12 May 1939, Frank Arthur born 29 Aug 41, Paul Bruce 12 Mar 1943



2. Findagrave.com NOT Confirmed, but likely

-- Albert M Torgerson, birth 1872; died 22 July 1939; buried, Oakdale Cemetery, Crookson, Polk Co, MN, block 4, lot 4
-- Anna Torgerson, birth 23 Sep 1874; died 30 Mar 1960, Oakdale Cemetery; block 4, lot 3


3. Sask Homestead Index www.saskhomesteads.com NOT Confirmed, but likely, 21 Mar 2013

- lists Albert M Torgerson at NW Sec 9, Twp 3, Range 18, W 3rd (SK homestead file # 2136531)
- lists Albert Martin Torgerson at NE Sec 9, as above (SK homestead file # 2144587 - not on-line)

--- Familysearch.org, SK Provincial Records; Homestead File # 2136531, NW¼ Sec 9, Twp 3, Range 18, W 3rd; images 398-404
- image 400 - Application for Pre-emption, Albert Torgerson of Crookston, MN; stamped Dominion Lands Office, Swift Current, 16 Apr 1910
- image 401 - Affidavit signed by Albert Torgerson, stamped Dominion Lands Office, Swift Current, 16 Apr 1910
- image 402 & 403 - Sworn Statement by Albert M Torgerson; age 44, address, PO Crookston, M...; married, family consists of wife; entry of Pre-emption; 17 Apr 1910; actual residence - Spring 1911 ( about Apr 1911); residence on homestead - Spring 1911 to spring 1915; when absent? - in Canada, out making a living; wife and family on homestead - about 6 months on homestead. Balance of time in Crookston, Minn; profession other than farming - Carpenter and builder; residence on the homestead (not on pre-emption); house erected in Apr 1911 value of $350; no other buildings; 1911, broke 10 acres, cropped 10 acres; 1912, broke 10 acres, cropped 20 acres; 1913, broke 20 acres, cropped 40 acres; 1914, broke none acres, cropped 40 acres; 1915, broke none acres, cropped 40 acres; 1916, broke 30 acres, cropped none acres; all of homestead and pre-emption can be cultivated; no acres of hay or swamp; timber - none; anything else? "My wife has been sick and under doctors care ever since entering said land. In 1915 I had an automobile accident and was disabled for 1 year. Was poor and to be out working earning living part of the time."; signed at Crookston, 19 Jun 1917
- image 404 - letter 1 May 1919 from Dominion Lands Office - appears that there was a letter or note sent to Albert on 19 Mar 1919 but no response, so the application for Pre-emption on NW¼ of Sec 9, Twp 3 was cancelled with note: "... this involves his pre-emption only . stamped Dominion Lands Office, Swift Current, 1 May 1919.

- images 405-421 - regarding application for entry for Homestead, on NW¼ Sec 9, Twp 3 by Gunder Dale of Shaunavon, stamped 12 Jun 1919; with a sworn statment in support of Gunder's application by Arthur Torgerson of Waldville dated 16 Oct 1922 at Shaunavon; patent 3 Jan 1923

[ 21 Mar 2013 ]
--- Homestead file # 2144587, re; NE¼ Sec 9, Twp 3, Range 18, W 3rd --- images are not on-line on familysearch.org this is likely the homestead quarter for Albert Martin Torgerson

-- However, Albert is not noted in the Climax "history book"

- Arthur is at NE Sec 6, Twp 3, Range 18


4. Research: Linda Solheim Petsch's database and images at www.myhertiage.com

5. [ 25 Jun 2012 ] Research: ancestry.com Public Member Tree 'Torgerson Family Tree owner doug7031' - last log in 7 Apr 2011; no source information provided

- indicates birth and death, marriage to Anna Cornelius, father Torger Olson and mother Kiersti Movold
- Cornelius relationship [?] is through Torger's first wife and their children ---- thus not a relation to me

6. [ 26 Jun 2012 ] www.genealogybank.com

- 3 articles from the Grand Forks Herald -- one in 1910 recording Albert and a number of other men from Crookston attending the fair in East Grand Folks; one in 1908 recording Albert traveling to Grand Forks to view the 'sanitary' conditions at the Fire Hall in Grand Forks for ideas to improve the conditions at the Fire Hall in Crookston; and on 13 Aug 1915, an article recording Albert had been in a car accident and was being released from the Grand Forks hospital to recuperate at home in Crookston with a serious cut/slash in the armpit ³⁴⁴⁰

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence - 1900, 1 Jun 1900, Crookston, Polk Co, Minnesota, United States. ³⁴⁴¹

2. Residence - 1905, 1 Jun 1905, Turtle Twp, Beltrami Co, Minnesota, United States. ³⁴⁴²

3. Residence - 1910, 15 Apr 1910, Crookston, Polk Co, Minnesota, United States. ³⁴⁴³

4. Residence - 1920, 1 Jan 1917, Crookston, Polk Co, Minnesota, United States. ³⁴⁴⁴ Address - 329 Robert St; Enumeration on 10 Jan 1920

5. Residence - 1930, 1 Apr 1930, Crookston, Polk Co, Minnesota, United States. ³⁴⁴⁵ Address - 133 Robert St

Albert married Anna Cornelius on 9 Dec 1899 in Polk Co , Minnesota, United States.³⁴³⁸ (Anna Cornelius was born in 1874 in Minnesota, United States ³⁴⁴⁶.)