Julia Torgerson

   Another name for Julia was Gurine Torgerson.

  General Notes:

Biographical Sketch: Julia (Gurine) Torgerson, 1874-1929


Written by Rueben D Grue, 31 Jan 2017; First Revision, 10 Sept 2017; © 2017. All rights reserved


Julia (Gurine) Torgerson's parents were Torger Olson and Kirsti Movold (1852-1917). Kirsti Movold's mother was Marit Olsdtr Røstbakken (1820-1904) who was a sister to my great great grandmother, Olava Olsdtr Røstbakken (1823-1919).

At some point, Gurine started to use the given name, Julia. She is known by family descendants as Julia and many of the source records use Julia. On my Legacy database, I have used Julia as her given name, but also note that she is also known as Gurine.


Part A, Birth: there is some discrepancy with Julia's birth date

Julia's birth of 12 Dec 1874 is based on family records, specifically a handwritten note by Orrin Torgerson (born 1910, died 1993; Julia was his aunt). The date of this note is unclear but possibly in the early 1980's (see my document on my PC folder, Kirsti Movold-Torgerson, re; Greggory Adams post on family search). This note records basic birth/death information on Torger Olson's family. His second marriage was to Kirsti Movold in 1871 and they had 6 children. The recorded birth date for Julia (birth name as Gurine) on this note is 12 Dec 1874 (died 29 Jun 192-). Most of the family trees that are available record this date and it was their likely source for the birth (Dawna Lund on familysearch and also on rootsweb.ancestry, Glen Torgerson email, Linda Petsch - Solhiem on myheritage).

However, Julia's tombstone inscription records her birth 1876. Is this an error?

In trying to determine her birth, I have looked at a number of records, including the above noted information and available census. These records are inconsistent. Three of the records record her birth as 1874, three as 1875, and 2 as 1876. Likely the most accurate record is the 1875 MN State Census. This records Gurine's age as '0'. Since the enumeration was 1 May 1875 and the age recorded is suppose to be as of last birthday, then Gurine was born in 1874. Some records record the month of her birth as Dec. In the 1875 MN State census, Gurine's age is '0' and if her birth month is Dec, then her birth must have been in Dec 1874. The informant was likely either Kirsti or Torger and it seems unlikely they or the enumerator would have been confused with the question or the age (even if the informant was an older child or a neighbor, it is likely that they knew Gurine was a baby and was less than a year old). In the 1885 MN State Census, Julia's age is recorded as '10', and if she was born in the month of Dec, then her birth date would have been Dec 1874. The 1880 US Federal census records her age as '5' and so her birth would be Dec 1874. The two MN State Census records are likely the most accurate, particularly the 1875 record since it is the record that is closest to the event and likely the informant was Gurine (Julia). Julia is not recorded with the family in the 1895 MN State Census.

Julia is not recorded with the family in the 1900 US census. One other source (Linda Petsch-Solhiem database on myheritage), notes she left home and went out west at the age of 14 (about 1888). The 1900 US census does have a record for a person named Julia Torgerson, born in Minnesota, living in Lewiston, Idaho. She is recorded as a 'boarder' to the head of household and that her occupation is a student. Her age is recorded as 23 with her birth month in Dec. However, this record records her birth year as 1876 (if her birth was Dec 1874, she would have to be abt 25 years old). It is likely that Julia would have been the person to tell the enumerator that she was born in Dec 1876, but it is not known why she gave this birth. Did she not know her actual birth year? Although this seems unlikely, there may not have been as much attention to birthdays at that time as it is today. Reporting her birth as 1876, may have meant she wanted to be younger than she actually was. But of course the enumerator could simply have mistakenly recorded the incorrect birth year.

The 1910 US Census records her living in Seattle and married 4 years earlier to Thomas A Korstad. Her marriage to Thomas Korstad is recorded on Washington states digital archives, with a date of 24 Dec 1905, with their marriage in Seattle (Thomas' surname is indexed as Kurstad, but on the image itself, it is more likely to be Korstad or Karstad). Thomas is from Bellingham and Julia is from Oakesdale [WA] (this is the same place location as her burial). Witnesses are M Korstad, possibly Martin who was a brother to Thomas, and S. J. Lund (this is likely Sam J Lund, married to Thomas' sister, Bertha Marie Korstad (see her marriage record on Washington digital). The 1910 US Census records her age as 28, but this would put her birth as 1882 or maybe as early as 1881. This date is most likely a mistake, since this is the only record that gives that birth year.

The 1920 US Census has Julia E Korstad and Thomas living in Treffy Twp in Benewah County, Idaho. Thomas is recorded as a farmer. Julia's age is 44, making her birth year as 1875 (if her birth was in 1874, her age should have been recorded as 45).

Finally, her death is recorded as 28 June 1929 in Spokane Washington. On her death certificate (WA digital archives, indexed with surname Karstad) and on her notices of death and funeral in the Spokane newspaper, her age is recorded as 53. If she was born in the month of December, then at age 53 her last birth date would have been in Dec 1875. And yet, on her tombstone her birth is recorded as 1876. Julia she is buried at the Oakesdale Cemetery in Oakesdale, WA (see findagrave post). Her tombstone also notes her middle initial as "E" with this initial also recorded in the 1920 US Federal Census record (other records do not record a middle initial).

Clearly, there is no consistent evidence that her birth was on 12 Dec 1874. I have not found a birth certificate or birth return (it is possible that a record of birth is recorded at the courthouse in Fergus Falls). The birthdate of 12 Dec 1874 is likely the most accurate and I have used this date on my Legacy database, and is my conclusion. The birth date on her tombstone is likely incorrect.




Part B, Julia's travels

The Linda Petsch-Solhiem database on myheritage includes a number of photos and copies of the written notes. One note (regarding a biography of Esther Petsch) mentions that Julia left home at an early age of 14 (about 1888) and went out west. This note also indicates that Julia "… had made her way through music school and after a few years became a much beloved music instructor of piano and violin." There is no source information for this note, nor have I found any collaborating evidence for that Julia was a piano or violin teacher. Although it is possible that Julia traveled on her own, it is unlikely. The most likely possibility is that she left with some other family member or relative or with another neighbor family, but I have not found any evidence.

What information I have been able to find is a record from the Spokane City Directories (R L Polk) on Ancestry.com's US City Directories Collection for the years 1896 and 1897. This records Julia Torgerson as a student with the Spokane Business College (image 300 for 1896; she is not recorded in the directories for 1895, 1899 or 1901). Reviewing the History of Spokane County published in 1900 (on archive.com), it seems that a business college was established in Spokane by 1887 "... it had normal, shorthand, collegiate, assaying and commercial departments … had suspended operation " few months ago " [about 1899] and another college (Blair College) had opened with courses in bookkeeping, shorthand, typewriting, penmanship, normal, English, elocution, music...".

As indicated above, Julia was living in Lewiston, Idaho in 1900 (1900 US census) and she was recorded as a student and had been in attendance at school for 9 months. This would mean she would have started school in the beginning of September 1899. At the time of writing, the only school for adults in Lewiston ID is the Lewiston State Normal School (the first class was in 1896; Normal Schools were established to train Teachers). I have found evidence that Julia attended this school (Normal school commencement for 23 students in the Lewiston Teller newspaper for 7 Jun 1900, but unfortunately the names of the students were not mentioned. However, in a Lewiston Teller newspaper article on 16 May 1900 there is an article titled, "Teachers' Institute". This records the names of the students with a transcription as follows: "The Teachers' Institute is now in session at the Normal School. Forty seven teachers are in attendance ..." Following are their names: [including] Martin Korstad, Thomas Korstad, Julia Targerson [? likely Torgerson]. This article confirms both Thomas Korstad and Julia Torgerson were at the Normal School in Lewiston and that they most likely graduated in Jun 1900 as "teachers." I have not found any other information that she was a "music teacher", as recorded in the biography of Esther Petsch (see page 2).

Julia was married on 12 Dec 1905 in Seattle (Washington Digital archives). The marriage took place that the "Lund house, 706 27 Ave, Seattle". Witnesses recorded were S J Lund (likely Sam Lund who was married to Thomas' sister, Bertha) and M Korstad, likely Martin Korstad, Thomas' brother. The marriage also notes that Thomas was from Bellingham and that Julia was from Oakesdale, Washington, about 70 kms south of Spokane (this is the same location where Julia was buried). Thomas is recorded living in Bellingham in 1904 and in 1906 and in 1907 in Wenachee (ancestry's US Cities Directories) and so likely Julia also lived in these places. In a newspaper article in The Wenatchee Daily World (6 Mar 1907, page 3, col 7): "Skookum Club Meets" ... at the roller rink ... among those present who are becoming proficient in the sport were: ..............., Mrs Korstad, .... ". Thus she lived in Wenatchee in 1907, which corresponds to the record that her husband, Thomas Korstad was a teacher in Wenachee.

In the 1910 US Federal Census, Julia and Thomas are recorded living in Seattle, WA. Julia's record shows she the wife of Thomas Korstad, married for 4 years, no children born in Minnesota. Thomas was born in Iowa (parents were Norwegian), rents home, was working as a 'mechanic in artificial limbs industry [as of 15 Apr 1910].

By May 1910, Thomas and Julia took a homestead in Idaho (Lots 1, 2, 3, SW¼NE¼, Sec 3, Twp 45N, Range 3W, Idaho [actually this was within Kootenai County]; see US Homestead Track Books). The date of the first receipt payment for entry was 13 May 1910, with the final payment on 23 Apr 1917 and the patent issued on 6 Aug 1917. They lived on this land, likely until her death in 1929 (Thomas continued to live on the farm into the early 1930's). Their mailing address in Sep 1918 was St Maries, Benewah Co, ID (Thomas' WW 1 draft registration card).

An interesting note to the homestead land in Idaho. In May of 1909, US President Taft had proclaimed what I understand named, the Allotment Act. What this act allowed was the opening of the Coeur d' Alene Indian Reservation lands that had not been selected by the tribe members to homestead (the same occurred for the Spokane Reserve in Washington and for the Flathead Reserve in western Montana). This "free land" generated a lot of interest with some 3,000 applications for about 1,250 claims. Names were randomly drawn, and one of the names was "T.A. Korstad".

Julia died on 28 Jun 1929 at Spokane. She had been in the Deacones hospital in Spokane since the 11 Jun 1929. Julia was buried in the Oakesdale cemetery in Oakesdale, Washington (funeral notice in the Spokane newspaper).

I have no evidence that Julia and Thomas had any children.


Part C, Thomas Korstad

Thomas A Korstad remarried 6 months Julia's death, on 29 Dec 1929 in Olympia, WA to Leonta Pauline Rees (she was from Seattle - see WA Digital archives). Thomas and Leonita are recorded in the 1930 US Census in Treffy Twp, Benewah Co, ID. Leonita died 12 Dec 1933 in Seattle. Thomas is recorded in the 1940 US Federal Census living in Seattle and working at a Gas station. Thomas married again on 26 Jan 1941 to Susannah L Lackorn, (her maiden name was Susanna L Grange) in Seattle. This was her second marriage with the first to Walter F Lackorn; she had 2 children from her first marriage, Walter E and Elizabeth. Susannah died in 1948 (obit from Seattle Times, 2 Jan 1949).

Thomas Albert Korstad died on 11 Mar 1953 in Seattle (WA Digital Archives). His obituary is posted on Seattle Times (15 Mar 1953, page 40, col 3; re, Genealogybank.com), but this obit does not mention Julia (his other wife's also are not mentioned). His obituary notes that he graduated from the Northern Idaho State Teacher's College in 1896 [likely the Lewiston State Normal School), and that he attended Western Washington State Teacher's College in Bellingham. The obituary also notes that he received a Bachelor of Science degree from University of Washington in 1903 (on genealogybank there are a couple of articles from The Seattle Times regarding Thomas graduating from the College of Liberal Arts and there is also page that has his photo). Although I am not certain, there are similarities to the photo of Thomas posted on the Linda Solheim Petsch, database). In the University of Washington school yearbook, Tyee, he is recorded in 1903 as a junior with his photo, and also in a group photo with the Debating Club (he was also the debating club President). There are a couple of other photos in the 1903 Tyee yearbook that include Thomas. In the 1904 yearbook, Thomas is noted as graduating in Economics and notes that he was a graduate of Whatcom Normal School in 1901. The yearbooks are a bit confusing since the 1903 book says he is a junior, but in fact he graduated in 1903 but this doesn't get recorded until the 1904 year book (image 62 on ancestry collection). On another article in The Seattle Times it is noted that he is visiting his sister in Seattle and that he is teaching at Whatcom High School in Bellingham (17 Apr 1904, page 19, col 4). The obituary further notes that he was a teacher in Bellingham and Wenatchee (and he is recorded in both Bellingham and Wenatchee on the US Cities Directories on Ancestry). In 1906 edition he is recorded living in Bellingham and in 1907 in Wenatchee, so it is likely that Julia was also living in both places since they married on 24 Dec 1905.

At least two of Thomas' brother's, Martin and Fred, had also attended the University of Washington in Seattle at the same time as Thomas. Martin graduated with a degree in Law and practiced in Seattle. Fred also had a Law but never practiced law (see his obituary and a newspaper article in the Seattle Times). Thomas' sister, Bertha, was also teacher (1900 census has her in Arlington, WA). Thomas' other brother, Hans Martinus Korstad had received a Bachelor of Education Degree in May 1900 (Tyee yearbook).

There is another record on Ancestry's school yearbook collection. In the 1916 yearbook Eleness for Lewiston State Normal school, Thomas is recorded on the Alumni page as an alumni, Class of 1900 (image 112). His brother Martin is also an alumni of 1900 and it noted he is an Attorney in Seattle. Julia Korstad is not recorded in this year book.

I have some additional information on the Korstad family that includes information on Thomas, his siblings, his parents, and siblings of Thomas' father. This is included on my PC computer folder Korstads, under Oliver and Mary Grue.

  Research Notes:

My 2nd cousin, twice removed; my great great grandmother's (Olava Olsdtr Røstbakken, married to Simen T Grue) sister's (Marit Olsdtr Røstbakken, married to Tobias T Movold) descendant;
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++ See "General Notes" for a Biographical Sketch for Julia (Gurine) Torgerson, 1874-1929


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1.
- there are a few people named Gurine in the 1910 US Census in MN - a couple in Polk Co (Alve P Brandvold) and one in Grant Co -- none in Otter Tail ---- no way to determine if any are Gurine Torgerson [ 21 Dec 2010 ]


2. from mother's obit (20 July 1917) , Kirste Olson (Movold) - survived by daughter, Mrs Julia Karstad from Idaho --- likely Gurine [ 3 Dec 2011 ]


3. Julia's death

a. - Julia Karstad - death - 29 June 1929 - Spokane Review newspaper; obit index from http://files.usgwarchives.net/wa/spokane/obits/obit-index-hn.txt

b. WA Digital, death cert
- Julia Karstad, death 28 June 1929, Spokane, age 53 <1876>
- father, Larger Torgerson; mother, Christina Movald; spouse T A Karstad

WA Digital, cemetery - Julia E Korstad, Oakesdale Cemetery, Whitman Co [ borders Benewah Co, ID], born 1876, died 1929

c 3 Dec 2011 --- abt 10:10 AM Pacific, I sent an email/request to the reference librarians for Spokane Public Library to send me the obit.
====== received 'death notice'
From: Spokane Daily Chronicle, 29 June 1929, page 2, col 1
"Idaho Women Dead: Mrs. Julia Karstad, 53 resident of St. Maries, Idaho [ about 80 Kms south of Coeur d'Alene; Benewah County ] died last night in a Spokane Hospital. She is survived by her husband, T. A. Karstad. The body is at Hazen and Jaeger's"


ADDED, 19 Jan 2017

(from: Spokane Daily Chronicle, digital images on Google newspapers - only the Jun 1-6, July 1-5 issues )


Spokane Daily Chronicle, 1 Jul 1929, page 2, Col 1, "Red Streak Edition" (image 2 on Google news)

"Karstad Funeral"
"Funeral services for Mrs. Julia Karstad, 53, St. Maries, Idaho, resident, who died last Friday at Deaconess hospital here, will be held at 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at Hazen and Jaeger's, the Rev. S. J. Chaney officiating. Interment will be in the cemetery at Oaksdale. Mrs. Karstad has been in hospital since June 11. She leaves her husband, T. A. in St. Maries."

and then, Spokane Daily Chronicle, 1 July 1929, page 21, Col 4, "Fireside Edition" (image 59 on Google news)

"Funeral" "Karstad, Julia - age 53. Her home was at St. Maries, Idaho. Survived by her husband, T. A. Karstad. Funeral Tuesday at 1 p.m. from HAZEN & JAEGER'S CHAPEL, Rev. S. Chaney officiating. Interment at Oaksdale, Wash."


c. Findagrave, Oaksdale Cemetery;
Julia E Korstad, born 1876 died 1929


4. can't find anything basic or good information from: Benewah Co, ID genealogy or Idaho genealogy general search


5. From www.myheritage.com; http://www.myheritage.com/person-1000070_138710202_138710202/gurine-julia-korstad-born-torgerson?show=family#!events

database of Linda Solheim Petsch -- includes photos (Linda's mother was Esther Torgerson - her great grandmother was Kjersti Movold, whose mother was Marit Olsdtr Røstbakken)

- Gurine, also known as Julia Korstad (born Torgerson), born 12 Dec 1874 and died 2 July 1929, married to Thomas Korstad (photo of Thomas, no details of birth, etc); also photo for Julia; - marriage date not recorded
- no children recorded
- birth date is from a handwritten note written by Orrin Torgerson, a nephew of Julia


6.

1900 US Census in East Lewiston Precinct, Nez Perce Co, ID, (district 86; ancestry p9)

Julia Torgerson, age 23, born Dec 1876 in MN, single, parents Norwegian; as a boarder; student (occupation 'at school' with column 21 '9 months' [attended school in months] -- thus since 1 Sept 1899; enumeration was on 5 June in this district

1900 US Census, West Lewiston Precinct, Nez Perce Co, Idaho (district 87, ancestry p23)
- surname recorded as Karstadt: Thomas A born Jan 1874 in Iowa, Martin July - 1875 in Iowa, Ben W Mar 1879 in South Dakota --- [ Donna L has Martin's birth as 19 Jul 1876; his marriage, 20 Jun 1911 in Seattle [ Donna L has Ben's name as Berdinus Wesley born 23 Mar 1880 in Brookings SD; marriage cert on WA digital, 2 Nov 1923 in Spokane, with his residence as Livingston, WA, about 50 kms NE of Vancouver WA; his name as Ben W ]
- all recorded as lodgers and recorded as student

++ schools for adults?
- there was a Normal School in Lewiston ID, established in 1893 (now Lewis-Clark College) with the first classes starting in 1896
- The first training school was opened in 1899 in two rooms in the old administration building. A training school building was erected in 1901 with two trained teachers in charge. The first dormitories were Reid and Morris Halls, frame structures built in 1899 at a cost of $3,750 each. The 35 male students in one of the halls and the 35 women in the other did all the work except the cooking.
- in 1906, Bulletin for the Lewiston State Normal School - training of teachers for "manual training" paper and cardboard, working with clay models, baskets, etc, and woodworking in later grades
- 1922 - department of public school music
- regilious school ??? music schools ??? --- nothing on a google search ... 17 Feb 2012

[ 29 Jan 2017 ]

The Lewiston Teller, 7 Jun 1900
- page 1, col 3, Normal School Commencement, last night (6 Jun); 23 students ( but no names recorded)
- page 4, col 3 mentions the name of 9 "Normalites" leaving on trains for their home; none Julia

reviewed editions in 7, 8, 9 Jun and the last couple in June 28; 14, 21, 23, 25, 28, 30 May [27 Jan 2017]; Chronicling America, Library of Congress, link, http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82007023/issues/
[29 Jan 2017 - reviewed early Sept 1899; last 13 Sep ]

28 May 1900, page 4, col 3; notes that plans for commencement for 10-14 Jun, but the 7 Jun 1900 edition has the article (see above)

1900, Great Northern Railway routes to Spokane

++ summary: so far no mention of names, Thomas Korstad or Julia Torgerson as students at Lewiston State Normal School

BUT:
The Lewiston Teller, 16 May 1900, page 1, col 4 (see clipping)
"Teachers' Institute". "The Teachers' Institute is now in session at the Normal School. Forty seven teachers are in attendance ... Following are their names: [including] Martin Korstad, Thomas Korstad, Julia Targerson [? likely Torgerson]

ALSO: The Lewiston Weekly Tribune, 30 Dec 1898, page 3 column 4 (genealogybank)
"State Teacher's Association" meetings. A series of meetings but it is hard to determine exactly what this is about. BUT Thomas Korstad and his brother Martin, both from Cheney, WA are listed in the "visiting members and their residence" -- Julia is not listed
- has Thomas Korstad already attended and graduated and is now teaching???



7. 1910 US Census; Seattle, Ward 9, Dis 0171, King Co, WA (ancestry p2) [ 9 Dec 2011 - couldn't save]

- Thomas, age 35 <1875>, born in Iowa; mechanic, artificial limbs
- Julia, age 28 <1882> [ ?? ], born in MN [ birth date is off; if born 1876, her age 34; if 1874, the age of 38 ]
- married 4 years <1906>

8. 1920 US Census; Treffry Twp, District 8, Benewah Co, ID, ancestry p3;

- ancestry indexed as Rorstad, but could easily be Korstad
- Thomas A, age 46 < 1874>, born in IA, parents Norwegian; farmer
- Julia E, age 44 <1876>, born in MN, parents Norwegian

9. 1930 US Census; Treffry Twp, District 26, Benewah Co, ID, ancestry p2
- Tom A Harstad (ancestry index), but could easily be Karstad or Korstad, born in IA, age 57 <1873>, logging; age at first marriage - 32 <1906>
-- wife is listed as Leonta P, born in WA
---- BUT of course Julia died in 1929
-- it appears that Thomas and Leonta were married 26 Dec 1929 and then he remarried again on 26 Jan 1941 in Seattle to Susannh Lillian Lockham (nee Granger)

10. 1940 US Census; Seattle (Precinct track R-4), King Co (ED 40-316, sheet 7A, image 13, #163)
- Thomas A Korstad, age 66 born in IA; Widow; working at a gas station, same place in Apr 1935)

--- Thomas died 11 Mar 1953 (WA Digital; father as Thosten H Korstad and Belle (Amber) Rovang ); Leonta died in 1933 (WA Digital); Susannh died 1948 (WA Digital) - Thomas and Susannh were married in 1941 (WA Digital)


11. US City Directories, ancestry --- Thomas A Korstad
1902 - both Thomas and Fred Korstad, student, U of WA
1904, 1906, - Thomas teacher at Bellingham - high school and in 1906 northside high school
1907 - Wentachee - teacher High School (this records a middle initial of "B")


12. US City Directories, ancestry.com

Spokane, WA
1896 Julia Torgerson, student, Spokane Business College; res, bsd 419-4th Ave; image 300

1897 Julia Torgerson, student, bsd 228 Howard

- likely she worked for a couple years and then decided to go to normal school - whether was a music teacher is unknown and not confirmed

b. from: History of Spokane County, by Rev Jonathan Edwards; published by W. H. Lever, 1900 [location unknown, but possibly San Franciso; (link to business college, https://archive.org/stream/illustratedhisto00edwa#page/266/mode/1up)

- started in 1887, grew year by year to have hundreds of students
- "... it had normal, shorthand, collegiate, assaying and commerical departments..."
- suspended operation " few months ago ", maybe 1899

- 1897 Blair Business College (one the professors from above paragraph) opened with courses in bookeeping, shorthand, typewriting, penmanship, normal, English, elocution, music, special.

c. from: Historical Sketches of Walla Walla ..... Whitman County ... pub 1882
link, https://archive.org/stream/historicsketches00gilb#page/n10/mode/1up

- nothing about Oakesdale, not mentioned, likely nothing in the area in 1882

1905 marriage cert from Seattle, King Co says Julia Torgerson from Oakesdale, WA
- 1900 population, 928 (1890 pop of 528)
- in The Wantechee Daily Herald, 6 Mar 1907, page 3, col 7 "Skookum Club Meets" ... at the roller rink ... among those present who are becoming proficient in the sport were: ..............., Mrs Korstad, .... ". There are a couple of articles that mention Thomas Korstad teaching at Wantechee.

from wikipedia: Oakesdale was first settled in 1876 by James McCoy. The community was named after Thomas F. Oakes, a railroad official. Oakesdale was incorporated in 1890.



13. Homestead

US BLO - homestead patent issued, 6 Aug 1917, for Thomas A Korstad: Benewah Co, ID; 160 acres
- Boise Meridian; Twp 045 N; Range 003 W; Sec 3, SW quarter of the NE Quarter, and Lots 1, 2, 3
- http://www.historygeo.com/maplib/index.php?st=ID&prj=FM_ID_Benewah&img=ID_Benewah_016_Boise_45-N-3-W_Patents ------ Surname: Korstad

US Track Books; Vol 16, image 51; Lots 1, 2, 3, SW¼NE¼ of Sec 3, Twp 45N, Range3W; 162.32 acres;
first receipt #04384, 13 May 1910; final 23 Apr 1917, Pal-595521, Aug 6 1917
- neighbors - reserve land, then William McMillan, then Sarah M Spencer


b.

- there are three articles from Chonicling America: (1) Coeur d'Alene Evening Press, 10 Aug 1909, page 1, and (2) The Spokane Press, 10 Aug 1909, page 3; (3) . Both of these articles records the name of "T. A. Korstad, Seattle" whouse name was drawn (in a type of lottery) for land that was opened from the Coeur d'Alene Indian reservation (see computer folder under Julia Torgerson, for the pdf of the page

- with some research: US President Taft proclaimed on 22 May 1909, the ..."all the nonmineral, unreserved lands classified as agricultural lands, grazing lands and timbered lands in the Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation in the State of Idaho under the Act of Congress approved June 21, 1906 (34 Stat. L., 335), shall be disposed of under the provisions of the homestead laws of the United States and said Acts of Congress; [called the Allotment Act of 1909 ??]

and be opened to settlement and entry in the following manner and not otherwise ..........."

- then, a reserve was negotiated in 1873, with about 400 thousand acres of reserve lands ... betweem 1891-1894, another 50 thousand acres were lost to the tribe. "... Taft's proclamation of 1909 allowed whites to settle on lands not specifically allotted to individual tribal members." ... " The Idaho Statesman in Boise reported (June 15, 1909), "At this time there is a great deal of interest all over the country in the opening of … the Coeur d'Alene Indian reservation in the state of Idaho … The Coeur d'Alene contains some valuable timber. There are some quarter sections which are reputed to be worth as much as $20,000. There is also some agricultural land upon this reservation which is very valuable, being located in the rich wheat belt of the north."

When the first drawing was held on August 9, around 105,000 applications had been submitted for the three thousand homesteads available on the Coeur d'Alene Reservation.
[ see, http://sfcompanion.blogspot.ca/2017/05/coeur-dalene-and-other-indian.html ]

- it appears that the Indians were able to select their land (there was some disputed areas

- about the same time, the same with the Flathead Reservation in Montana and around Spokane Reservation



14. Ancestry.com, WW1 Draft Registration; 12 Sept 1918

- Thomas Albert Korstad, born 23 Dec 1873 [Iowa, according to census info]
- address: St Maries, Benewah Co, ID
- work: farm Labor for Lee Jerermiah, Hooper, Whitman Co, WA [about 100 miles east of St Maries]
- contact: Mrs Julia Korstad, St Maries


15 . According to the bio by Esther Torgerson written in about 1933 when she was 19 ; Julia left home early, at age 14 <1888>, "...worked her way through school out west. She made her own way through music school and after a few years became a much beloved music instructor of piano and violin."

NOT Confirmed: Then, in the


16. Marriage. 12 Dec 1905, Seattle from WA digital


17. Korstad information, re; WorldConnect

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dawnajl&id=I393; this is the same person as the family tree information on familysearch.org -

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Residence - 1900, 1 Jun 1900, Lewiston, Idaho, United States. ³⁴⁵³ On line 10, Julia is recorded as a boarder and under 'occupation' she is recorded as a student.

2. Residence 1905, Dec 1905, Oakesdale, Whitman Co, Washington, United States. ³⁴⁴⁷ Julia's marriage record (24 Dec 1905) says that she is/was from Oakesdale, WA. It isn't clear when she came or left Oakesdale. If she was a graduate of the Lewiston State Normal School in June 1900, it may be possible that she obtained a teaching position in Oakesdale and continued to live there until her marriage. However, I have no evidence to this effect and more research would be needed.

3. Residence 1910, 15 Apr 1910, Seattle, King Co, Washingon, United States. ³⁴⁵⁴ Julia, wife of Thomas Korstad, married for 4 years, no children born in Minnesota, age 28. Thomas was born in Iowa (parents were Norwegian) age 35, rents home, was working as a 'mechanic in artificial limbs industry' as of 15 Apr 1910.

4. Land 1910, 13 May 1910, Kootenai Co, Idaho, United States. ^3455,3456 Homestead. At this time, Thomas and Julia's homestead was located in Kootenai Co (Benewah Co was formed in 1915). Lots 1, 2, 3, SW¼NE¼, Sec 3, Twp 45N, Range 3W, Idaho. The first entry payment was made on 13 May 1910 (US Track Books, family search). Final payment was made on 23 Apr 1917 and a patent was issued (US Bureau of Land Management.

5. Residence 1920, 1 Jan 1920, Treffy Twp, Benewah Co, Idaho, United States. ³⁴⁵⁷ Thomas Korstad, head of household, age 46 born in IA, farming, owns farm free of mortage. Julia, wife, age 44 born in MN

6. Burial - 1929, 28 Jun 1929, Oakesdale, Whitman Co, Washington, United States. ^3449,3452 Julia was buried in Oakesdale according to the death notice articles in the Spokane, WA newspapers. These articles also indicate that she was from St Maries, Idaho and was living there until her admission to the hospital in Spokane on 11 Jun 1929.

Julia married Thomas Albert Korstad, son of Unknown and Unknown, on 24 Dec 1905 in Seattle, King Co, Washingon, United States.³⁴⁴⁷ (Thomas Albert Korstad was born on 23 Dec 1873 in Iowa, United States ³⁴⁵⁸ and died on 11 Mar 1953 in Seattle, King Co, Washingon, United States ³⁴⁵⁹.)

  Marriage Notes:

Linda Solhiem-Petsch database does not record the date or location of Julia's marriage. However, the date and location is recorded on the WA Digital marriage certicate and notes that the marriage took place that the "Lund house, 706 27 Ave, Seattle". Witnesses recorded were S J Lund [Sam Lund] who was married to Thomas' sister, Bertha, and M Korstad, likely Martin Korstad, Thomas' brother. The marriage also notes that Thomas is from Bellingham and that Julia is from Oakesdale, Washington (of note, this is the same location where Julia was buried).