Marit Mikkelsdtr Prestlien

  Research Notes:

1. birth, 1853

- father - Michel Nilsen Prostelien; mother - Anne Beate Iversdtr
- one witness - Marit Iversdt Prostelien; another - Nils [?] Söndmör

2. Census

a. 1880 US - Ausdal Twp, Otter Tail Co, MN

- Michael - farmer
- Mary, wife, age 25 <1854,1855> born in Nor
- Isabell daughter, age 14; Sina, daughter age 12; Anna, daugther age 10; Inger daughter age 5 <1875>; -- all children born in MN

b. WA State Census - 1885, Whatcom Co ;; ancestry p 33
- Michael, age 48, occupation 'Under Sheriff'
- Mary, age 29; Isabel, Thoelina, Annie, Inger age 10, Amanda age 3 <1882> (all of the children born in MN)


c. 1900 US Bossburg Twp, Stevens Co, WA

- Michael Anderson, head of household along with daughters, Amanda (age 20 born May 1882 in MN), Ellen (age 14 born Jul 1886 in WA) and Annie (age 24)
- Dwelling #130, Family #130:

BUT 1900 US Marit (age 46 born 1853 in Norway) and daugther Cecile (age 8 Jul 1891 born in WA) are enumerated with the Iver M Prestlien family at Silvana/Norman, Snohomish Co. ---- likely Marit went to stay with Iver for awhile after the death of Kjersti Grue

3. Death - Whatcom Co obits, 1903

- died at age 49; grew up in MN
- came with husband, Michael, to Bellingham in 1883
- "... were among the advanced guard that prepared the way for metropolitan life'
- survived by husband and 4 daughters


4. From BLM - Track Books; Vol 7, page 150 .... Whatcom Co

- Land Purchase on 24 Jun 1886 (receipt 9852) for $150 at 1.25/acre; E½SE¼ and Lot 4, Sec 27, Twp 37N, Range 4E of Willamette Meridian (head of Whatcom Lake); initially on this land, Jul 1884 - this is lightly written (different pen or pencil) just above the main entry
- assume that Lot 4 is actually on the NE¼ of Sec 27 and is considered a 'lot' since the northern part of the NW¼ is lake front

- Land Patent certificate issued 9 Mar 1889 (above land) - Cash Entry Sale (not a homestead)


Why ? did they settle here?

5. Ellen's birth/baptism

- US ELCA (ALC) Archive Records, Our Savior's, E Stanwood - records birth as 19 Mar 1889, but Public Trees record birth 19 Mar 1886. Likely the church records more accurate since the record is close to the actual event.

- sponsors: Iver M and Kersti Prestlien, Sara N Prestlien, Gjertine Ingebrigtson

b. Other records from US ELCA (ALC) Archive Records;
image 96, Silvana - 26 Dec 1895, bap; 8 Oct, birth
-- sponsors for bap of Hilmar Sather, son of Nils and Dora Sather -- Mr and Mrs Mike Anderson ^5109,5114

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Residence - 1880, 1880, Ausdal Twp, Otter Tail Co, Minnesota, United States. ⁵¹¹⁵

2. Residence - 1883, 1883, Bellingham, Whatcom Co, Washington, United States. ⁵¹¹² "...Coming here [Bellingham Bay] in 1883 while the country was new they [Michael Anderson and Marit] went to work with a will to make it"

3. Residence - 1885, 2 Feb 1885, Whatcom Co, Washington, United States. ⁵¹¹⁶

4. Land Purchase - 1886, 24 Jun 1886, Whatcom Co, Washington, United States. ⁵¹¹⁷ Land Purchase; E½SE¼ and Lot 4, Sec 27, Twp 37N, Range 4E of Willamette Meridian (head of Whatcom Lake); initially on this land, Jul 1884

5. Land Patent - 1889, 9 Mar 1889, Whatcom Co, Washington, United States. ⁵¹¹⁸ Land Patent Certificate issued on 9 Mar 1889, E½SE¼ and Lot 4, Sec 27, Twp 37N, Range 4E of Willamette Meridian (head of Whatcom Lake)

Marit married Michael Anderson on 8 Jun 1875 in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail Co, Minnesota, United States ⁵¹⁰⁹.^,5110 (Michael Anderson was born on 2 Sep 1836 in Bergen, Norway,⁵¹⁰⁹ died on 30 Jun 1926 in Seattle, King Co, Washingon, United States ^{5109,5119,5120} and was buried in Bayview Cemetery, Bellingham, Washington, United States ⁵¹¹³.)