Sofia Mikkelsdtr Bakken

   Other names for Sofia were Elizabeth Sofia and Lisbet Sofia.

  Research Notes:

1. source: "Each Step Left its Mark", Hay Lakes community history book, 1982; pages 418-420

- Ole was born in Røros (recorded by son Arnold); son Peder records Brekken district of Røros
- arrived in Alberta in July 1906
- homestead SW Sec 36, Twp 49, Range 21, W 4th
- 1914 moved to NW Sec 20, Twp 49 and west half of W1/2 of NW of Sec 17, Twp 49 (purchased from Mr Martinson) and later purchased the W1/2 of SW, Sec 17, Twp 49
- eleven children

- family photo, 1950; page 418
- photo of Ole and Sofia, 50th Wedding Aniversary, 1950; page 212



2. 1900 Norway Census: Feragen north, Røros

- lists Sofie Johnsdtr (born 1873) - family position as "Hørende til familien" -- hørende has to do with hard of hearing or deaf -- someone in the family is deaf and she translates??;;; --- under Occupation she is listed as "Verksarbeiders hustru" - worker's (arbeider) wife (hustru) -- wife of Ole Pedersen (b 1878) living with and on his parent's farm; Ole was a worker with the Røros copperworks (kopperverk)

3. Quebec Passenger lists

- Ship Lake of Manitoba
- Ole Peter, Lisbet, Kristine, Peder, John
- designation - Wilhelmina, Alberta

4. 1911 Canada, Alberta, Strathcona, sub-district 27, page 17

- SW Sec 36, Twp 49, Range 21
- Ole and Elizabeth Sofia, Louise ....? (March 1900), Peder (Dec 1902), John (June 1904), Ingwald (Sept 1907), Clara Louise (Aug 1909)
- emigrated 1906; naturalized 1910

5. 1916 Canada, Alberta, Strathcona, sub-district 14, page 11

- Twp 49, Range 21
- Ole and Sophie, Christine, age 16 <1900>, Peder, John, Ingwald, Lucy (age 7, <1909>), George, age 3 <1913>, and Sigrud and Edmond, twins (although they appears to be recorded as Ziggar and Audvey), age 1 <1915>


6. Land

- Western Land Grants - SW Sec 36, Twp 49, Range 21; 1906 ++ not on AB Homestead Index

- CPR - SE Sec 23, Twp 49, Range 21, W 4th; with Mikkel Bakken ¹⁵⁴⁸

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Residence - 1900, 3 Dec 1900, Røros, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. ¹⁵⁵¹

2. Emigration - 1906: arrived on the ship Lake Manitoba that embarked on 6 July from Liverpool, 16 Jul 1906, Quebec, Canada. ¹⁵⁵²

3. Land - 1911, 1911, Hay Lakes, Alberta, Canada. ¹⁵⁵³

4. Residence - 1911, 1911, Hay Lakes, Alberta, Canada. ¹⁵⁵⁴

5. Residence - 1916, 1916, Hay Lakes, Alberta, Canada. ¹⁵⁵⁵

Sofia married Ole Feragen on 6 Jul 1900.¹⁵⁴⁸ (Ole Feragen was born on 12 Oct 1878 in Røros, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway, died on 20 Aug 1966 in Hay Lakes, Alberta, Canada and was buried in St Joseph's Lutheran Church, Hay Lakes, Alberta, Canada ¹⁵⁵⁶.)