Christian Olsen Broen

  Research Notes:

Note: I am NOT related to Christian Olsen Broen or his wife. There is only a family connection through his daughter Berthea married to Simon Grue and son Einar Broen married to Inga Movold. 14 Feb 2023

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Christian Olsen Broen and Gina Lomnes

1. Armena history book .... page 156
Christian Broen family

- born on 7 Jan 1850 at Tyldal parish, [Sør Trøndelag]
[prior to 1901 this area was a part of Selbu parish, Sør Trøndelag] [ about 90 kms north of Røros]
- in 1876 the family left for America - first to Dunsville [Dunn Co], Wisconsin
- they had 10 children [the Armena book, names the children and their birth date, but not the birth location]
- his wife Gina, died in 1893 in North Dakota.
- in 1901 Christian and his son Anton [born in 1889] came to Alberta, and choose a homstead north of Armena

- the Armena history book does not note his homestead, but Alberta homestead records:

SW¼ Sec 24, Twp 48 - 21 -4th
reel 2025, file # 381001, image 89-90;
entry July 1901; patent application 10 Nov 1904; and patent letter, 10 Apr 1905
- he and 3 children:
- in support of application: Halsten B Lomnes [a brother to Gina Lomnes, married Christian O Broen ??? ]
Halsten is living on
support statement by Severt Kringen on NW¼ Sec 18 - 48-20-4 [his homestead quartwee]

Christian O Broen children:

Ingab 1 Feb 1877
Karib 18 Nov 1878
Einarb 4 Nov 1880 [married Inga Movold; sometimes name is spelled Iner]
Oline5 Jan 1883
Gina Christine3 Feb 1885
Berthea5 May 1886 [ married Simon Grue]
Emma Gurine5 Dec 1887
Anton13 Apr 1889 [also known as Tony Broen, lived just north of dad's farm
see page 156-157 of Armena history book ]
Ragnab 29 Nov 1890
Helmer Gurinb 29 Apr 1892


2. 23 Dec 2022


Sheldon Community History : Sheldon, N.D. Centennial, 1881-1981. 1981
https://digitalhorizonsonline.org/digital/collection/ndsl-books/id/44248

Page 209-210, image 210-211. Note: some of this is NOT accurate

Broen family .... Christian Olson Broen with a surname also as "Olson"
- Christian Broen married Gina Lomnes, born in Norway 1854.
- their oldest daugther Inga born in 1877 may have been born in Norway before they left Norway [according to Armena ... they were married 1876 in WI]
- their second child, Kari (also known as Cora] was born in 1878, probably in MN
- the remaining 8 children were born in Owego on their homestead, NW¼, Section 10, filed 29 Mar 1880
- both Ragna and Helmer died in infancy and buired in Owego beside their mother who died in 1893
[cemetery is located on SW¼ of Sec 2 in Owego and not readily accesible
- Gina Lomnes Broen's brother ??? [this likely is Halsten B Lomnes and his wife, Guro, (1815-1911], likely section 10
2 children - Bertin [Bert] and Mina [Minnie], also homesteaded in Owego Twp near the Broen family ; - Guro moved to Alberta, as did Christain sometime after his wife died
- Daughters Inga and Emma remained in Owego.
Inga married Robert Oeder - Inga's sister Emma stayed with Inga until she married Einar was an excellent horsemand and carried mail for some time - later went to Canada
Kari married Ed Baguhn
- the Broen family lived in MN for a time before moving to Owego with a team and wagon (not covered)
Emma married Otto Oeder on 13 May 1913 at Lisbon, ND

the book has family photo - looks to be the same as the photo in the Armena book, page 156

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Note: Sheldon, Ransom Co, ND [about 90 kms south west of Fargo]


Ancestry Family Trees
https://www.ancestry.com/search/categories/42/?name=Christian_Broen&birth=1851_norway_5173&birth_x=1-0-0&defaultFacets=PRIMARY_YEAR.PRIMARY_NPLACE&residence=_owego-ransom-north+dakota-usa_60983&residence2=_alberta-canada_5001 ; some of these FTs may not be accurate - I haven't researched them



1880 US Census; Bonnersville, Ransom, Dakota Territory
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6742/images/4240106-00290?pId=34583670

1900 US Census, Sheynne, Richland Co, ND
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/57725540:7602

WI marriage: https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=4997&h=431829&ssrc=pt&tid=609221&pid=-1975502307&usePUB=true&_gl=1*1titi6c*_ga*MTAyNzg4NjgxMi4xNjcwMDg2NzQ5*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*MTY3MTcyNDQ0Ny4xOS4xLjE2NzE3NDExNTQuNC4wLjA.

Christian Olson ; US homestead
https://glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=ND0600__.213&docClass=STA&sid=an5utqhs.uzj

ND Death Cert: for Emma Oeder wife of Otto Oeder deceased, daughter of Christian O Broen and Gina Lomnes
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61747/images/49142_302022005541_0561-00079?usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&pId=60200485
- some info is blacked out

Christian married Gina Lomnes. (Gina Lomnes was born on 24 Mar 1854 in Norway and died in 1893 in North Dakota, United States.)