Ingeborg Olsdatter Røstbakken

  Research Notes:

1. Sources: Conflict Birth for Esten Olsen Narjord

a. Young Men's Roll - 3 Feb 1827; birth place - Norway Young Men's Roll listed as Esten Olsen (also lists Ole Olsen, born 2 May 1823 at Sondre Narjordet - possibly his brother?); father not listed
b. Orville Movold - 3 Feb 1827 (type written pages - John Midtdal?)
c. Tolga Parish Register - 3 Feb 1827 (but then underneath, in brackets is 24 Jan, but no explanation on what that means)
d. Tombstone - 24 Jan 1827
e. 1900 US Census - Jan 1827
f. Bygebok for Os, 1827 (Tore J Grue, PDF)
g.

Klokkervang, page 8: Esten b 1827 was married to Ingbor Olsdtr. Røstbakk. They lived in a cottage/cabin/room on Nøren; they traveled to America. [ De bodde en stunn på Nøren; reiste så til Amerika ]

1. B Birth
Digitalarkivet - Norway Parish Registers
Tolga Ministerialbok, 1815-1836, p 52 [ also in the Klokkerbok, however handwriting harder to read with the witnesses unreadable ]

- name recorded as Esten Olsen Narjord, 3 Feb 1827, bap 27 May 1827; father, Ole Olsen Narjord; mother, Sigri Estensdtr Gru... [ ? difficult to make out, but the first 3 letters are very close to the handwriting for one of the witnessess, Peder Johnsen Gruen ]
- witnesses; Eli Estensdtr Grue[n], Ingeborg Mikkelsdtr Narjord, Jon Jonsen ... [?], Peder Johnsen Gruen, Esten Pedersen Narjord

- Klokkerbok -- NOTE - birth as 3 Feb 1827, but then right below in that column and in brackets, 24 Jan but it is not known what this means or why it is written ???


1. c. Marriage - 26 Dec 1851; Os i Tolga Klokkerbok

Esten Olsen - residence Narjord; age 25 <1826,1827>; father Ole Olsen Narjord
Ingeborg Olsdtr - residence Røstbakken; age 20 father, Ole Olsen

Conclusion: Since the Norway Parish Registers are recorded the closest to the actual event, I have concluded Esten's birthdate as 3 Feb 1827 and have used this date on the Legacy database




2. 1865 Norway Census for farm Skinnerhagen (Merknad 253d), Os, Tolgen
- Esten, Inebor, Ole Iver Olsen (age 15, born 1851) and Sigri Kerstine/Kjerstine Estensd. (age 6, born 1860).

- from the 1886 Matrikkel, Skinnerhagen is gard #111 (with old # of 103), with four 'bruk' - 253d (the old løpener) was owned by Ole Pedersen; under the column "merknad" (comments) on all the bruk is "kaldes Saragarden" [ meaning named or called Saragarden ]
- in 1838 Matrikkel, farm Skinnerhagen with new matrikkel # of 103 (old #) 27

from: http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:tl_read?urnread_imagesize=gigant&info=topp&hode=ja&show=139&uid=64365&js=j ; land register book - digitalized property book for Os = farm Skinnerhagen
under gard 103 (old 253) recorded on the 3 entry (page 138
"deed on 8 Feb 1857 from Ole Pedersen to Esten Olsen Narjord" and then it looks like the sum of 100 spd (speciedalar [an old currency] )

from Oluf Rygh farm names: Skinnerhagen - reference to 1723 as Skinnerhagen; also called in daily speech by the use of the women's name of Sara


Nøren - according to the property book, it is part the farm Holm
from: http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:tl_read?urnread_imagesize=gigant&info=topp&hode=ja&show=139&uid=64365&js=j ; land register book - digitalized property book for Os = farm Noren or Nøren
under gard #106, farm Holm, brn #2, Nøren sagbruk a/s [ sawmill aksjeselskap, meaning a shared company ]
- 1886 Matrikkel - gard Holm #106, bruk 1, owner Jon Ellevsen; old løpenr number 248, 247
- 1838 Matrikkel - gard name, Holm new #98 with two løpenr 247, 248 with owner of both, John Knudsen; old matrikkel # 32 , 29 (248?)

- Oluf Rygh - farm names: Holm: entered in 1723 Gard, as Skinnerhagen different from # 111

1801 Census - Skinnerhagen - Per Olsen, age 42 married to Ingbor Erichsdatter age 41, with son Ole Persen age 6 and daugther Sara age 3

Email to John Oberg, 6 Mar 2014:
Skinnerhagen and Nøren - both are farms, about 2 kms south-east of the town of Os and about 15-20 kms north of Narjordet (along the valley of the river Nøra). I have not found Nøren, but I have found Skinnerhagen on the following map, <http://gammel.norgeskart.no//adaptive2/default.aspx?gui=1&lang=1>
and on <http://www.visitnorway.com/us/vn/map/?aid=2983&articlex=262796&articley=6552462.5&source=arti>
These maps require using the zoom to find it. From what I have been able to find out, as early as 1723, there was a farm by the name of Skinnerhagen, also known locally as Saragarden. It is likely that in the 1600's Skinnerhagen was created from a larger farm or land holding. At some point in time, Skinnerhagen was divided into smaller units, with one unit named Holm. Holm was later divided with one unit called Nøren. So Skinnerhagen and Nøren would likely have been "next door to each other". From one source I found that at Nøren there was a sawmill that many people had a share in. In the digitalized property book for Os (on <http://www.arkivverket.no/>) there is a notation, roughly translated by me: "deed on 8 Feb 1857 from Ole Pedersen to Esten Olsen Narjord" and then it looks like the sum of 100 spd (speciedalar [an old currency]. That is the only reference I could find. Both the farms Skinnerhagen and Holm are recorded in the 1838 and 1886 Matrikkel listing of farm properties and are recorded in Oluf Rygh's listing of Norwegian farms.

In the 1865 Norwegian Census Esten Olsen's family is recorded on the farm Skinnerhagen. It is on this page that there are a number of information or "sorting" columns with one being "school district" with the name of Nøren. I don't the time frame for school district \endash current or 1865?



3. Tolga Parish Registers - Klokkerbok, 1845-1887

- birth and death of son, Ole Estensen Skinnerhagen - 2 years
- birth of son, Ole - parents as Esten Olsen Skinnerhagen and Kirstin Ingeborg Olsdatter

- birth of Ole Iver - see Oliver Olson notes

- birth of Sigri Kirstina Estensdtr Skinnerhagen - "witnesses" Olava Olsdtr Grue and Simon Thoreson Grue


4. Tolga Parish Registers - Klokkerbok, 1845-1887 - no recording of them leaving the parish, 1869

5. source: Emigrants from Throndheim: Esten Olsen Nøren (age 41), wife Ingeborg (age 36), son Ole Iver (age 17), daughter Sigrid (age 10), and son Ole (age 1 month); registration, 13 May 1869; ship Norway; designation as Lansing

6. Source: Quebec Passenger Lists (reel C-4524); Ship SS Peruvian, Liverpool to Quebec, - embarked from Liverpool 20 May 1869, from Londonderry 21 May 1869 and arrival at Quebec 31 May 1869 (ship was "sufficent" for 570 passengers on a 32 day voyage according to the Passengers Act)

- listed as E O Noren, age 41; Ingeborg, age 36; Ole I, age 17; Sigrid, age 10; Ole, infant male
- destination as Lansing
- family group # 2915

-- also on same ship, page 2, Mikkel & Johanna Narjord (Johanna is a sister to Esten) and family (with female, Sigrid, age 6) - Sigrid is Thore Thoreson Grue's daughter (he is a brother to Simon Thoreson Grue)

7. Listed on original land records for Tordenskjold Twp, Otter Tail Co, MN as Essten Olssen Narjord NE quarter, Section 27 and west half of NW quarter, Section 26, Twp 132, Range 41

8. Source: US Bureau of Land Records (www.glorecords.blm.gov)

- land patent: issued 30 December 1878, Fergus Falls Land Office (spelling as Essten Olssen Narjord)
- NE of NE Section 27, W half of NW and NE of NW Section 26 Twp 132, Range 41, W of the 5th; Otter Tail Co, MN containing 160 acres

9. Plat Books - 1884, 1902, 1912, 1933

- various spelling of his name (1884 and 1912 as Norgaard)
- 1902 - Oliver Olsen (Movold homestead)
- 1912 - Carl E Olsen (Movold homestead)
- 1933 - Ole Olson on NW quarter of sec 27 - part of the original homestead; Carle E on Movold homestead with some of the original family homestead


10. US Census - Tordenskjold Twp, Otter Tail Co

a. 1880 US Census
- name as Esten O Narjord
- family with Oliver Olsen (son), Kjerstina, and Ole

b. 1900 US Census for Tordenskjold Twp

- as Esten Olson - birthdate as Jan 1827; emigrated 1869; in US for 31 years; born in Norway, father/mother born in Norway; married to Ingeborg; farmer
- also listed is Ole, son, born April 1869; single; farm labor
- also: Edward, son, born Aug 1874, in MN as farm labor and Hannah, daughter-in-law, born June 1879 in MN (her parents born in Denmark); married 1 year
- 5th child ?? - see note under 1875 MN State Census AND from John Mason's book under C E Olson (Carl Edward) it is recorded that Carl is the youngest of 5 children, the third child "died in infancy", therefore likely born and died in Norway

c. 1910 US Census

- Esten & Ingeborg listed with Carl E as the head of household
- Ingeborg - 5 children, 4 living
- number of yrs married - 60 <1850>
- emigration 1869


11. MN State Census - Tordenskjold Twp, Otter Tail Co


a. 1875 - Scrambler Twp ??? (error by Ancestry ?? --- since Simen Grue, family 23, and Tobias Movold, family 27, also listed here )

- Esten Olson with Engeborg, Ole, and Carl Edward (age 0); family 29
- also listed is Ole Iver, age 24 born in Norway, and Sarah R, age 16 <1859>, born in Norway --- ?? is this the 5th child? (1900 US Census) but there is not another child listed in the 1865 Norway Census nor any US Census nor Emigrants from Trondheim or the Quebec Passenger lists --- most likely this is Sigrid Kjerstine, born 1860 -- --- this is the most likely, a recording error (see note under 1900 US Census

b. 1885 - 1 May 1885

- family recorded as Norgaard


c. 1895 - 1 June 1895

- family recorded as Norgaard
- Esten and Ole - yrs in MN State and in this jurisdicton as 25 yrs, <1870>; farmers - employed - Esten 10 mos; Ole 5 mos
- Ingeborg - housework - 12 mos
- Edward - works as a Teacher "c. sch." (c maybe an 'e') - 4 mos


d. 1905 - enumerated 5 June 1905

- lists Esten, Ingeborg, Ole E, age 36, Carl E age 30, Alvin E age 5
- occupation as Landlord
- Esten - yrs in this state - 36 yrs, 8 mos (Oct 1868?); in this jurisdiction, 35 yrs, 8 mos - Oct 1869
- Ingeborg - years in state - 36 yrs, 8 mos ?; in this jurisdiction - 35 yrs- June 1870
- Ole - years in state - 36 yrs, 10 mos ??; in this jurisdiction - 35 yrs - June 1870



12. Source: Orville Movold, personal correspondence, 1983

- gives birth and marriage dates for Esten and Ingeborg

13. Death, Fergus Falls Daily Journal - Esten

a. Fergus Falls Daily Journal - death notice 14 Sept 1918

- died at 12:15 AM at his home of cancer of the throat
- 92 years of age - would have been 93 in Dec
- came to US in 1869, one year in Iowa and then 1870 to Tordenskjold

b. Tomstone inscription death as 24 Sept 1918 (likely an error)


14. Death, Fergus Falls Daily Journal - Ingeborg

- came with her husband to Winneshiek County, Iowa, in the spring of 1869 and to Otter Tail in the summer of 1870

15. John Mason's book, History of Otter Tail Co, 1916

a - under Oliver Olson, page 448

- came to America in 1869, settling for 1 year in Winneshiek Co, IA (note: Esten's sister, Johanna and Mikkel Pederson settled there)
- while in Winneshiek, Esten "...made a trip to Tordenskjold township, Otter Tail county (also it is likely Simen Grue and Tobias Movold also traveled)
- in the fall of 1870, the family moved from Iowa to Otter Tail - first living in a dug-out and later in a log house
- "Mr. Olson was the first clerk in the district" - likely referring to the school, since the first school was held at Esten's home (see below)

b - under C E Olson, page 330

- Esten Olson Norgaard and Ingeborg are "...the oldest living settlers in Tordenskjold township."
- patenal grandparents (of Carl Edward) were Ole Narjord and Sigrid Estensdatter - Ole was a labourer, Sigrid the daughter of a soldier of the War of 1814 [ 15 Aug 2012; this may not be correct since Esten Jonsen Grue died in abt 1798 (accorrding to Klokkervang, page 8; the Napoleanic wars started around 1793, but Sweden became apart of the "Second Coalition" - "The Second Coalition was formed in 1798 by Austria, Great Britain, the Kingdom of Naples, the Ottoman Empire, Papal States, Portugal, Russia, Sweden and other states". See, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars; --- it is possible that Esten Jonsen Grue was killed in some type of action or in training in 1798; however, it doesn't appear that Sweden had sent forces during the "Second Coalition" against France and Napolean but much more research would need to be done; there was a 'war' in 1814 between Norway and Sweden known as the Swedish-Norwegian war that had resulted with Norway mustering an army against Sweden as a result of the Napoleanic wars Treaty of Kiel of 1814 where the King of Denmark and Norway ceded Norway to Sweden; Sweden was aligned with Russia and England; Denmark-Norway was aligned with France (this information is from Wikipedia.org, Swedish-Norwegian War of 1814; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish-Norwegian_War_(1814) ]

- they in 1869 came to America, settling at Waterloo Ridge, Winneshiek county, near Spring Grove, IA and worked on a farm until 1870
- 1870 to MN - travel by rail over to St Cloud and from there with an ox team
- 160 acre homestead, "...which at that time was not only a wilderness, but a very tangled wilderness"
- built a dug-out and there spent the first summer; later built a log house where the "present modern buildings stand"
- both [Esten and Ingeborg] are healthy - farm has prospered and grown (now owns 320 acres); "...associated with other citizens of the township in founding the church [Tordenskjold Lutheran Church]


16. History of School District #17 (from Otter Tail Historical Sociey Archives) & Fergus Falls Daily Journal, 17 Aug 1970 - Reunion of School district 1417 (old 71)

- on 24 Dec 1871, a petition for a school in the East Tordenskjold was made - some of the early settlers were Esten Olson
- on 26 July 1876, school district organized - the first term was taught at the home of Esten Olson (the second school board was chaired by Esten Olson)
- in 1877, log school house was built on section 23, although the 1884 Plat shows the school on the north half of the NW quarter of Section 26 - about 0.5 mile from Esten Olson's home


17. History - The Evangelical Lutheran Tordenskjold Congregation (from Otter Tail Historical Society)

- 28 July 1871 - an organizational meeting was held; 153 members
- 7 Aug 1871 - first officers were elected - one of the Trustees was Iver Mikkelson
- 27 Feb 1873 - building committee "empowered" to build a framed main building (18 feet by 26 and 1 1/2 stories with an addition 14 by 18 ft, 1 story) instead of a log building; each settler was to bring 100 feet of lumber instead of logs; one member of the building committee was S. Grue
- it is noted that the 1st business meeting on 3 July 1879 [implies the building wasn't used or possibly not completed until 1879]
- basement was built in 1903
- meeting of 7 Mar 1904, it was "resolved" that the church and cemetery were to be "fittingly dedicated" during the year - Professoor Sven Oftedal to be engaged [from Augsburg Seminary]
- location is/was about 1 mile from the junction of County highway #39 and #35; SE of the NW Quater of Sec 44; the 1884 Plat shows a parsonage close to the church buildings
- in 1924, the orginal church was destroyed by fire
- 30 July 1924 - planning committee to rebuild the church - one member C E Olsen; new church was dedicated on 25 June 1927
- Affiliatations: 1871-1890 - Norwegian Lutheran Conference (Norwegian-Danish Lutheran Conference) ; 1890-1896 - United Lutheran Church; 1897- - Lutheran Free Church
- first baptism 3 Nov 1871; first burial, 5 Feb 1872; first marriage; 1 Nov, 1871; first confirmation, 9 Sept 1872
- pastors -- .... T. Moen, 1885 (temporarly) .... [A Vold also served temporarly in 1885]

18. History of Tordenskjold Twp (from Otter Tail Historical Society)

- first organized as Blooming Grove township on 8 Sept 1869
- 10 May 1870 - name changed to Tordenskjold Township; it had 30 legal citizens (or properties), although population of 1870 was given as 140 and in 1875 as 536 and in 1880 as 444 (www.jsenterprises.com/ottertail/townships/tordenskjold.htm)
- Otter Tail Co seat was first located at Tordenskjold on 28 Feb 1870 with plans to build county buildings (at least a court house and jail at a cost of $1000) at Hoff's Mill's - a small nucleus of buildings, including a sawmill, general store and residence (a dam had also been constructed here, but it was washed away uring a heavy rainstorm in July 1874); the "town of Tordenskjold" location is at the very close to the junction of Back Lake Road and County highway #39; the Otter Tail Co seat was re-located to Otter Tail City on 16 Feb 1871; in 1872 the county seat was moved to Fergus Falls
- Tordenskjold's post office was not located at Hoff's Mills; 1884 Plat for Tordenskjold puts the PO on the north 1/2 of the SE of Section 29, just off the road (likely the initial road way for present County highway #39) on land owned by Niels Prestlien (son of Mikkel and brother to Iver Prestlien)
- School District # 20, called Rolling Prairie School, was organized on 14 Mar 1871, located on the NW quarter of Section 29 just off present County highway #39 and about .5-1 mile south of the junction with 180th Street - this was only about a mile (cross-country from Simen Grue's home place); initially a log building, with a frame building built in 1890 - when the school was closed, the building was moved to the "treshing grounds" museum at Dalton
- 5 April 1870 - first town meeting held - officers elected - one of the Supervisors was T Movold and "Overseer of Highways" for District 2 was Tobias Movold
- firsts - T Movold and E Olson shot the first bear; they also built the first bridge; Oliver Olson bought the first organ
- 25 Nov 1879 - first passenger train arrived at Fergus Falls - initially the St Paul and Pacific Railroad, then St Paul, Minneapolis, and Manitoba Railroad, and then Great Northern Railroad
- first white settlers were Christrofer and Peter Jensen (Danish) in 1866 - sections 17 & 18

- names of extracted from the orginal land records (by John Nelson) and Mason's history (by Karen Terry) [ at www.jsenterprises.com/ottertail/townships/tordenskjold.htm ]
--- Grue, Simen T; Movold, Ole T, Tobias; Narjord, Essten; Simonsen, Thore

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Residence - 1910, 1910, Tordenskjold Twp, Otter Tail Co, Minnesota, United States. ⁵³⁶²

2. Residence - 1920, 1 Jan 1920, Tordenskjold Twp, Otter Tail Co, Minnesota, United States. ⁵³⁶³