John Ingulfsen Bakken ⁴⁸³¹

  General Notes:

John Ingulfsen Bakken (1890-1959) Biographical Sketch


Written by Rueben D Grue, 15 Aug 2013; updated 21 Jul 2015


John Ingulfsen Bakken was born on 2 Nov 1890 on the Midtdalen farm in the Tufsingdalen area of the Os/Tolga clerical district in Hedmark county, Norway. John was a distant cousin (sixth cousin twice removed) of my grandfather Lars Thoresen Grue (1887-1958) through Lars' mother (Berit Sophie Mikkelsdtr Mikkelson, 1861-1952) and her mother's and father's side of the family.

John died in hospital on 1 Nov 1959 in Vancouver, BC, although his residence prior to his death was Creston, BC, Canada.

John Ingulfsen Bakken (born 1890) was the son of Ingulf Jonsen Midtdal (1870-1960) and Sigrid Nilsdtr Bakken (1865-1946). On 22 June 1910 John Bakken married Mina Estensdtr Kvilvang (1891-1950) at the Narbovoll chapel in the Tufsingdalen district. In the 1910 Norway Census they were living on the Bakken nordre (north) farm in the Tufsingdalen district with his parents. Records show that John Bakken left Norway in 1911 and traveled to Alberta, Canada. He likely stayed for awhile with a distant cousin (John John Midtdal) in the Westerose/Falun area west of Wetaskiwin, Alberta. John Bakken obtained a homestead on NE quarter of Sec 18, Twp 45, Range 1, W5th in what is known as the Springdale district of Alberta (about 30 kms south and west of Westerose). In 1912 Mina and their two young children (Ingulf and Ingrid) joined John on the homestead; however, it is not clear if the oldest son, Ingulf Johnsen Bakken came to Canada. Ingulf was born in 1910 and died in 1932 in Norway. He is not recorded with the family in the 1916 or 1921 census for Canada.

John Bakken and Mina had 12 children. Both Ingulf and Ingrid were born in Norway. Ingrid married Olav Johnsen and she died in 1999 in BC. Edwin, Sigfred, Nils, Alfred and Allen were born in Alberta (Nils was born in 1918 and died as an infant in 1918). Mabel, Ralph, Benjamin, James and John were born in British Columbia, likely Cranbrook (John was born in 1938 and died in 1938. The family is recorded on the 1916 Census of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba (his surname is recorded as Buchan). In the 1916 record, it is noted that both John and Mina emigrated in 1912. However, in the 1921 Canada Census, emigration for John is recorded in 1911 and for Mina and Ingrid as 1912.

Records show that John and Mina Bakken moved to BC around Dec 1922. John and his family moved to Wardner, BC area (west of Jaffrey, BC) where he worked for the Crows Nest Lumber Company. John worked in the logging industry and likely continued working in various logging related jobs until his death. John's death certificate indicates that his occupation in 1956 was as Lumber Grader; the death certifcate also he had cancer for about 1 year prior to his death in 1959. Mina Bakken died in 1950 due to a fracture of her skull because of a train accident. According to the death certificate, obituary and newspaper article she was struck by the train while walking across the railroad tracks in Creston - she had not seen the train due to the curve of the tracks.

Around 1926, John and his family moved to Cranbrook. In Cranbrook he started worked in the Cranbrook Sash and Door Company. In the 1930's John operated the Royal Hotel (later known as the Allen). In 1940, John and Mina moved to Creston. He again worked in the logging industry and it appears that he also worked some on the coast. As mentioned he died in 1959.

Many of John's children lived most of their time in the Cranbrook area and vicinity. However, Ben had joined the army and lived most of his time in Ottawa. At some point Sigfred moved to Oregon. Alfred moved to New Westminster, BC and Ingrid lived at Merrit, BC



Sources:


1916 census of the Northwest Provinces, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, district Alberta - Strathcona, sub-district 24, Twp 45, Range 1, W 5th, p. 13

1921 census of Canada, district Alberta - Strathcona, sub-district 17, Columbia Municipality (Sec 18, Twp 45, Range 1, W 5th), p. 10 (ancestry.com)

1910 Census of Norway, Tufsingdalen, Tolga, Hedmark, Ingulf Jonsen Midtdal household; digital images, National and Regional State Archives of Norway, Digitalarkivet (www.digitalarkivet.uib.no : accessed 28 Jul 2013); Enumeration as of 1 Dec 1910

Ancestry.com, "Ancestry.com Public Member Tree 'All the Folks That We Call Family owner Shella Scheller'; last login Jul 2013," database(www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 Jul 2015), John Bakken family data. Rec. Date: 21 Jul 2015. Cit. Date: 21 Jul 2015.

Ancestry.com Border Crossings: From Canada to US, 1895-1956," database; Ole Moen family; (www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 Jul 2013); Canada-US

British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, "BC Archives," database (http://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/archives-collections/ : accessed 27 Jul 2013), John Bakken and Mina Bakken; James Allen Bakken; BC Vital Stats - Death Registration.

Cranbrook Genealogy Interest Group, "Searchable Online Resources - Index to Cranbrook Newspapers," database(http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bccgig/downloads.html : accessed 28 Jul 2013)

Cranbrook and District Key City Chronicles, 1898-; ( Fort Steele, British Columbia Canada: Cranbrook and District History Book Committe); 2002, 2003

Falun Historical Society, editor, Freeway West (Falun, Alberta, Canada: Falun Historical Society, 1974), 1025-1026; Article submitted by Mrs Ingrid Johnson

Genealogy Bank database, www.genealogybank.com (www.genealogybank.com; accessed Jul 2013).

Grue Family Records and Papers: John Bakken family obituaries; privately held by Rueben D Grue, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Penticton, British Columbia, Canada. 2015. Various papers, documents, letters, emails, photos, complied by Rueben D Grue and Mary E Grue (Lofgren).. Rec. Date: 2015. Cit. Date: 21 Jul 2015. Also includes photographs taken on 17 Jul 2015 of tombstones of John, Mina, and Alfred at Westlawn Cemetery, Cranbrook, BC.

John Midtdal database, www.geni.com <http://www.geni.com/> (accessed 17 Jun 2013), Mikkel Larsen Midtdal (1793-1877) family data. Includes photos of John and Mina.

"Norway Parish Registers", National Archives of Norway, "Digitalarkivet - Digitized Parish Records," database and images (www.digitalarkivet.uib.no <http://www.digitalarkivet.uib.no/>). 2013

Western Land Grants, Library and Archives Canada database, Library and Archives Canada (www.collectionscanada.gc.ca : accessed 28 Jul 2013), John Bakken - homestead; Vol 845, Folio 367, Microfilm C-6615.

  Research Notes:

1. Birth - 1890 - Narbuvoll

- parents - Ingulf Johnsen Midtdalen og Sigrid Nilsdtr
- place/resdence - Midtdalen

2. Death
- Johannes Rye Røste database - doesn't record place of death as BC, only "USA", but under Mina's informaiton place of her death is "USA, BC"
- see below - only source citation - BC Death Index


3. Ancestry.com Public Member Tree 'All the Folks we Call Family owner Shella Scheller' from Edmonton with last login on 20 July 2013 [last week]

- has a lot of information but very little in sources;
- information and some photos - the same as from Johannes Rye Røste / John Midtdal -- I have only recorded John Midtdal data as a source on this family

- also see, ancestry.com Public Member Tree 'Eltedalens familier og tilhørende / Inngifte' - owner Karl Edvin Fjell from Nordvi Østre, Eltedalen, Trysil, Hedmark, Norway (last login Jun 2013) BUT again no source information


4. Leaving - Norway Parish Registers, Narbuvoll i Tolga Klokkerbok page 99, line 1 (2nd page)

- John Ingulfsen Bakken - 1911 for Amerika (born 1890)
- Mina Estensdtr Kvilvang - 1912 (born 1891) --- no children are recorded

1910 Norway Census
- John and Mina are listed with his parents Ingulf Johnsen; farm - Bakken nordre


4. b. 1916 AB, SK, MB Census - Alberta - Strathcona, sub 24, p13 ancestry; Twp 45, R 1, W5th [see point 6]

- John (recorded as Buchan) head, age 25 born in Nor; emigrated 1912, nat 1915; Norwegian; farmer - own account
- Mina, (recorded as Minna), wife age 24 born in Nor; emigrated 1912, nat 1915
- Ingrid, daughter age 4, born in AB [ ? not correct ]
- Edwin, son age 2 born in AB
- John, son age 4/12 born in AB

-- Note - previous family, John Moen and previous to John, is John Midtdal


4. c. 1921 Canada Census - Alberta - Strathcona, sub-district 17, p 10 ancestry

- John, age 30 born in Nor; emigrated 1911, nat 1915; Norwegian .. Lutheran; farmer - own account; own home of wood construction
- Mina, wife age 29 born in Nor; emigrated 1912, nat; Norwegian .. Lutheran
- Ingrid, daughter age 9 born in Nor; emigrated 1912, nat; Norwegian .. Lutheran
- Edwin, son age 7; Sigrid, son age 5; Alfred, age 2 ---- all born in AB

- also recorded is Florence Rhodes [?], lodger, age 19 born in USA; Teacher



5. BC Death Registration -- images now available on BC Archives website

John

- death - 1 Mar 1959; cause - widespread lymphatic cancer
- address - 680 W 10th, Vancouver -- at this address since 30 Jan 1959 [ older site for Vancouver General ?? ]
- permament address: Creston, BC
- occupation - lumber grader - last worked in 1956
- date of birth as 1 Nov 1889, Tufsingdalen Norway
- widower - Mina Kvilvangen
- father - Ingulf Bakken; mother - Sigrid
- # of yrs in Province - 30; in Canada 30 [
- place of burial/cremation - Cranbrook, BC;

-- information provided by S W Bakken, son, address: 5654 Bruce St, Vancouver

- NOTE: the death cert indicates that his birth was 1889 - this conflicts with the birth record in the Norway Parish Register -- Conclusion: birth as 1890 since this is likely more accurated as it was recorded close to the date of the birth

Mina
- death - 22 Jun 1950; cause - fracture of skull due to accident - struck by the engine of a train
- place - Creston Hospital
- address - 4th Street, Creston
- length in municipality - 8 yrs; in province - 22 yrs <1928>; in Canada - 38 yrs <1912>
- spouse - John Ingram Bakken
- born 1 Nov 1891; father - Esten Kvilvang; mother - Ingrid Ryen
- place of burial - Cranbrook Cemetery, Cranbrook

-- information provided by Alfred Bakken, son, Cranbrook



6. Freeways West - Falun and District community history book; page 1025-1026

- submitted by Mrs Ingrid Johnson - short entry
- John came in 1911 - settled on NE of Sec 18, Twp 45, Range 1, W5th (corresponds with Western Land Grants; AB Homestead Index also)
- Mina came in Sept 1912 along with Ingrid [ what happened to Ingulf ??]
- Edwin, Segfred, Alfred, and Allen - all born in AB
- 1922, John found work in the East Kootenay area and the family moved in Dec 1922 - travelled by train - Hoadley

7. www.geni.com - John Midtdal database

- indicates birth of children as East Kootenay, BC but nothing more specific
- records some marriages and some of the 'grandchildren' of John Ingulfsen Bakken
- no sources for information is given -- BUT generally his information is fairly accurate - I have used '2' sureity level, although more accurately it likely should be '1' (mariginal evidence)
- some of his information corresponds to ancestry.com Public Member Tree, but he adds the name and birth, etc of the last 3 children


8. Address as of Apr 1940 - Cranbrook (re; son Sigfred - Border Crossings)
Address as of Aug 1945 - Creston (re; son Benjamin - Border Crossings)


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See: John....Bakken file for copy of Cranbrook history book pages, 386-387
Cranbrook and District Key City Chronicles, 1898-

PDF - under John Johnsen Moen, b 1822 folder and sub folder



from: Cranbrook Genealogy Interest Group ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bccgig/downloads.html

MARRAIGES AND OBITUARIES 1 JANUARY 1931-31 DECEMBER 1960
AKEN FROM THE CRANBROOK COURIER AND IT'S INCLUSIVE SUPPLIMENT, KIMBERLEY COURIER IN THE POSSESSION OF THE CANADIAN MUSEUM OF RAIL TRAVEL; BOX 400 CRANBROOK B.C. V1C-4H9 PHONE (604) 489-3918 FAX (604) 489-5744


BAAKEN JOHN AGE 70 O/CC 5 MAYCH 1959 P12C5 (O- obit; CC- Cranbrook Courier)
BAKKEN MRS. JOHN AGE 59 O/CC 29 JUNE 1950 P1C2,P11C4
BAKKEN ALLAN E. M/KC 20 JULY 1944 P1C2 KELLY ELIZABETH S. (M-marriage; KC - Kimberly)
BAKKEN MABLE M.-DAKIN DAVID D. M/KC 15 JANUARY 1942 P1C6
BAKKEN ALFRED M/CC 25 SEPT. 1941 P6C4 HYDE RUBY ^4837,4838

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence - 1910, 1910, Os, Tolga, Hedmark, Norway. ¹¹⁵⁰ Farm: Bakken nordre (#89, property 3)
Tufsingdalen census district

2. Land - 1911, 1911, Falum, Alberta, Canada. ⁴⁸³⁹ Homestead: NE¼ Sec 18, Twp 45, Range 1, W5th

3. Migration - 1911, 1911, Os, Togla, Hedmark, Norway. ⁴⁸⁴⁰ Leaving Parish (Narbovoll i Tolga) for America

4. Residence - 1911-1922, 1911-1922, Falun, Alberta, Canada. ⁴⁸⁴¹ NE¼ Sec 18, Twp 45, Range 1, W5th

5. Residence - 1916, 1 Jun 1916, Springdale, Alberta, Canada. ⁴⁸⁴² Farm: Twp 45, Range 1, W 5th

6. Residence - 1921, 1 Jun 1921, Springdale, Alberta, Canada. ⁴⁸⁴³ Farm: Sec 18, Twp 45, Range 1, W 5th; Columbia Municipality

7. Residence - 1923-1926, 1923-1926, Wardner, British Columbia, Canada. ⁴⁸³⁷

8. Residence - 1926-1940, 1926-1940, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada. ⁴⁸³⁷

9. Residence - 1940-1959, 1940-1959, Creston, British Columbia, Canada. ⁴⁸³⁷

John married Mina Estensdtr Kvilvang, daughter of Unknown and Unknown, on 22 Jun 1910 in Narbuvoll, Tolga, Hedmark, Norway ⁴⁸³⁰.^,4831 (Mina Estensdtr Kvilvang was born on 1 Nov 1891 in Tufsingdalen Os, Tolga, Hedmark, Norway,⁴⁸³² died on 22 Jun 1950 in Creston, British Columbia, Canada ^{4831,4834,4844,4845} and was buried in Westlawn Cemetery, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada ⁴⁸⁴⁶.)