Esten Mikkelsen Bakken

  Research Notes:

Modified Descendant

Esten Mikkelsen Bakken, b 30 Jul 1854, Tolga, Norway; died Mar 1893, Allamakee Co, IA
married: 6 June 1879, Waterloo Twp, Allamakee Co, IA
Dortea Eriksdtr Dahl, b 7 Aug 1856, Tolga, Norway; died 3 Sep 1944,
Spring Grove, Houston Co, MN

Children:

1].Mikkel E, b 17 Jun 1879, Waterloo Twp, Allamakee Co, IA;
died 25 May 1951, Spring Grove, Houston Co, MN. 10 children
Married: 1905
Sarah Marie Quandahl, b 28 Oct 1876, Waterloo Twp, Allamakee Co, IA; died 14 Feb 1959, Spring Grove, Houston Co, MN

2].Louise Irene, b 25 Dec 1880, Waterloo Twp, Allamakee Co, IA;
died 13 Feb 1957, Renton, King Co, WA. 1 child [Ray W, b 1912]
Married: 9 Feb 1903, Helena, Lewis and Clarke Co, MT
Noah Lund, b 8 Sep 1869, Sweden; died 21 Jan 1934, King Co, WA

3].Edward, b 28 Oct 1882, Waterloo Twp, Allamakee Co, IA;
died 11 Dec 1966, DeKalb, Illinois. 9 Children
Married: 17 Oct 1925, Locust, Winneshiek Co, IA
Myrtle Josephine Overhaug, b 11 Jan 1907, Winneshiek Co, IA; died, 17 Dec 1987, DeKalb, Illinois

4].Peter Martin Bakken, b 21 Oct 1884, Waterloo Twp, Allamakee Co, IA;
died 10 Jun 1921, Spring Grove, Houston Co, MN. 6 Children
Married: 14 Nov 1907, Waterloo Twp, Allamakee Co, IA
Etta Mathilda Opheim, b 21 Jul 1890, Allamakee, Co, IA; died 9 Sep 1979, Jordon, Scott Co, MN


Compiled by Rueben D Grue, 25 Aug 2024. All Rights Reserved

note: I have not researched Esten's children and their descendants in any detail. The above information is taken from a couple of Family Trees, from Findagrave, and from some records
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Swanson FT [smartman12]; last access 31 Aug 2024
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/1842441/person/-163410045/facts
- link to Canada Passenger List, 1872


findagrave [on a hunch] ... Waterloo Ridge Lutheran ... Dorchester ..
id, 89915687 links to his wife, Dorthea Olsen Bakken* and 3 children
.. Michael Bakken, 1879-1951; Edward Bakken, 1882-1966; Peter M Bakken, 1884-1921
each of the 3 boys were married and links to their children grave marker are noted, and some obits are posted
* findagrave also has her posted obit .... and gives some of her background in Norway ... I don't know the origin of name, "Olsen"
.. her parents Erik and Marit Dahl ... her mother died when Dorthea was 6 days old

Waterloo Ridge Lutheran Church records on ancestry ..... congregation members
image .... 205 .... https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/154239023:60722 ... fam 31 - Johannes Narjord
Esten Bakken
?? Mrs E Bakken ??
Edward
Peter

funeral, image 158 ... funeral, 6 Mar 1893

image 151 ... marriage ... 6 Jun 1879 ... Esten Mikkelsen and Dorthea Erikssen. witness.. Elias Hansen, Esten Lasseson

image 126 .. birth ... Mikkel ... Esten Mikkelsen and Dorthea .. Esten and kone Lassesson.. John Lassesson, A Mikkelson
image 127 .. birth ... Lovise, b 1881 .. Esten M Bakken and Dorthea ... J Narjord and wife, E Mikkelson, Gea Pederson
image 127 .. birth .. Edvard, b 1882 .... Esten Mikkelsen and Dorthea .. Anders Mikkelson, Dorthea Marie Mikkelson
image 129 ... birth ... Peder Martin ... Esten M Bakken and Dorthea ... witness ... Ingeborg Engen ?


Norway Parish Register, out-migration: 14 Nov 1874 ... to Sweden
https://media.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/5026/95
BUT 1875 Norway Census, Bakken Vestre, Tolga-Os ... Esten is with his brother John and family and his mother


Norway, Emigration Records, 1867-1960 Ancestry collection ... image 14, Trondheim, 1878-1880 ... leaving 24 Apr 1879
https://www.ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/61757/images/61757_b1059900-00013?usePUB=true&_phsrc=EiX213&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=737461
Esten Bakken, age 25 ... line 348 from Tolgen .. going to Lansing, IA
Dortea Bakken, age 22 .. line 349
** note that this records Dortea as the wife of Esten [kone], but they were not married until later in Iowa
However, it is also noted that their eldest son, Michael / Mikkel was born on 17 June only 11 days after Esten and Dortea were married. So, she was pregant while crossing the ocean and traveling from Quebec to Iowa which likely was not the most comfortable forms of traveling.

Canadian Passenger Lists, Lib and Archives Canada
SS Canadian, Allan Line, Arrival at Quebec on 15 May 1879
Port of Departure: Liverpool, 3 May 1879
Glasgow, 1 May 1879
image 3, ticket 1649 ... Esten M Bakken, age 25 .. and Dortea ? E. ..??? age 22
ticket 1648 ... Ane L Mikkelsdtr age 22
note: image 3 ... ticket 1619 ... Johan ? S Bakken, age 21 - Norway Heritage .. But NOT a relation ..... from Singass
https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/immigration-records/passenger-lists/passenger-lists-1865-1922/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=1512& tickets 1646 - Johannes Narjord, wife 'Eugenia"?, dau Gea, dau Marie, son Sonvis age 6
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1263/images/e003540072?pId=320910


also a transcription from Norway Heritage
https://www.norwayheritage.com/p_list.asp?jo=2452&ps=52575

# 120 - Ane Mikkesd. Mikklust ??? 121 - Esten and Dortea E ... 122 ... Tolgen designation, Lansing IA
# 114 Johannes S Narjord 115 .. wife ..116, Gea ...118 Johannes J Narjord, age ¾... Tolgen designation, Lansing IA


US Census records

1880 US Census, Waterloo Twp, Allamakee Co, IA, page 5; dw/fam 37, line 33
Esten M Bakken, age 25 b Nor .... community?? laborer
wife Dorthea, age 23 b Nor
son Mikkel, age 20 weeks of 52wks
brother Anders Bakken age 29 b in Nor ... shoemaker [horses
image 32
https://archive.org/details/10thcensus0326unit/page/n31/mode/1up?view=theater

image 5, familysearch .. maybe a bit clearer
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBM-9LNG?i=4&wc=XWXJ-829%3A1589394762%2C1589402952%2C1589395045%2C1589395471&cc=1417683
then, image 1 ...
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBM-9LD8?wc=XWXJ-829%3A1589394762%2C1589402952%2C1589395045%2C1589395471&cc=1417683

https://www.ancestry.ca/discoveryui-content/view/47558285:6742 .. 1880 US Census .. poor copy

1885 IA State Census, Waterloo Twp, Allamakee Co, IA; dw 14, line 9
Esten Bakken; Sec 7, SE NW; age 30 b in Nor
wife Dorthea, age 28 b in Nor
dau Lovisa, age 4 ??
son Mikkel, age 5
son Edward, age 2
son Peder Martin, age 0
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1084/images/IA1885_143-0681?treeid=&personid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=evn1962&_phstart=successSource&pId=7094317

1895 IA State, Highland Twp, Winneshiek Co, IA; dw/fam 24; image 6 Ancestry
Doretha E Bakken, age 38, wd
son Mikkel Bakken, age 15 b in Winneshiek [all children b in Winneshiek
day Lovise E Bakken, age 14 *
son Edvard E Bakken, age 12
son Peder M Bakken, age 11
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1084/images/IA1885_413-0526?pId=5082695

1900 US Census, Highland Twp, Winneshiek Co, IA; ED 0134; sheet 7B
dw/fam 128/129
Dortea Bakken, age 43 bo Aug 1856 in Nor; mother of 4 children 4 living, widow em 1880?, farm
next page
son Peter Bakken, age 15, b Oct 1884 in IA, farm labor https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7602/images/4120129_00331?pId=4540024

1910 US Census, Highland Twp, Winneshiek Co, IA; ED 0157; sheet 6B
dw/fam 94/98
Dortia Bakken, age 53 b in Nor; widow; em 1879; poultry farm
note: she is on her own
note: on previous page, sheet 6A, line 1 is Micheal and Johnanna Peterson

1920 US Census .... Dortea on farm in Highland twp ... but
1930 US Census ... Dortea with her son, Michael in Spring Grove, MN

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Emirgration, 1879, 24 Apr 1879, Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. ^{1458,1459,1460} Esten M Bakken and Dorthea Eriksdatter [Dahl] (his finance), and Esten's sister, Ane Lucie Mikkelsdatter Bakken, register at Trondheim for their trip to North America. They are traveling with the Johannes and Ingrid Mikkeldatter Bakken and their family. Their stated designation is Lansing, Iowa.

Esten married Dortea Eriksdtr Dahl on 6 Jun 1879 in Wateroo Twp, Allamakee Co, Iowa, United States.¹⁴⁵⁵ (Dortea Eriksdtr Dahl was born on 7 Aug 1856 in Tolga, Hedmark, Norway,¹⁴⁶¹ died on 3 Sep 1944 in Spring Grove, Houston Co, Minnesota, United State ^1461,1462 and was buried in Waterloo Ridge Cemetery, Waterloo Twp, Allamakee Co, Iowa.)