Hans Jorgensen Hjelmstad, 18551933 (aged 77 years)

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Anecdote
Citation details: page 92
Note: Hans Hjelmstad married on his 21st birthday. He had a farm known as Vold, which became the surname of his children born in Norway. This was changed after they immigrated to the United States. The Hjelmstads left Norway on June 8, 1883, with their four children (Jorgen aka George, Ingeborg, Kristine, and Anton) and one on the way. This American son died unnamed as an infant.
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Anecdote
Note: Hans filed pre-emption claim no. 6615 to 160 acres in Sec. 26, T160N, R57W, Dakota Territory.
Anecdote
Note: They arrived on the W. A. Scholten from Rotterdam, Netherlands with their children Jorgen, Ingeborg, Kristine, and Anton.
Anecdote
Note: Hans declared his intent to become a U.S. citizen and renounced his allegiance to the King of Norway and Sweden.
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Census
1885 (aged 29 years)
Anecdote
Note: When they arrived in Dakota Territory, near the future townsite of Milton, the land was not yet surveyed, and there were at times unfriendly Indians lurking around. The Hjelmstads lived on one hill, and Beate's brother Lars Walstad lived on another. This took place four years before the railroad came to Milton.
Anecdote
Note: Hans changed his pre-emption filing to a homestead application on 160 acres in Sec. 26, T160N, R57W, Cavalier County, North Dakota. Due to the distance to the Land Office, he was unable to appear there in person and filed an affidavit with the District Court in Langdon instead.
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Citation details: page 92
Note: The West Mountain Lutheran congregation was organized with Mr. and Mrs. Hans Hjelmstad as charter members.
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Citation details: page 109
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Citation details: page 109
Anecdote
Note: Hans made final payment on Homestead Application no. 9791 for lands in Sec. 26, T160N, R57W. He had improved the land with a good house, two stables, a small granary, and a well, and he had broken 24 acres.
Real Estate Grantee
Note: receiving Patent Final Certificate no. 3434
Anecdote
Note: For the first few years Hans was known by the surname Jorgenson as recorded on the deed to his land. The older children were known by the surname Hanson before taking the name Hjelmstad.
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Note: Hans was unable to speak English in 1900.
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Anecdote
Note: He received an undivided 1/5 of his brother Simon's estate in Cavalier Co., North Dakota.
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Citation details: page 57
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Citation details: page 81
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Occupation
a farmer
1920
Census
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Anecdote
Note: Photo of the three farmhouses built by Hans
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Family with parents
father
18261880
Birth: November 28, 1826 24 27 Stolpestad Farm, Ringsaker, Hedmark, Norway
Death: March 28, 1880Ringsaker, Hedmark, Norway
mother
18291875
Birth: March 24, 1829 34 38 Dahlie Farm, Ringsaker, Hedmark, Norway
Death: August 28, 1875Ringsaker, Hedmark, Norway
Marriage MarriageJanuary 7, 1854Ringsaker parish, Ringsaker, Hedmark, Norway
elder sister
1853
Birth: December 3, 1853 27 24 Ringsaker, Hedmark, Norway
2 years
himself
Hans Jorgensen Hjelmstad
18551933
Birth: December 3, 1855 29 26 Ringsaker, Hedmark, Norway
Death: January 19, 1933Milton, East Alma Twp., North Dakota
15 months
younger brother
1857
Birth: February 18, 1857 30 27 Ringsaker, Hedmark, Norway
8 years
younger brother
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18651903
Birth: May 29, 1865 38 36 Ringsaker, Hedmark, Norway
Death: May 23, 1903Billings, Cavalier County, North Dakota
4 years
younger sister
1869
Birth: January 1, 1869 42 39 Ringsaker, Hedmark, Norway
6 years
younger sister
1875
Birth: April 10, 1875 48 46 Ringsaker, Hedmark, Norway
Family with Beate Thoresdatter
himself
Hans Jorgensen Hjelmstad
18551933
Birth: December 3, 1855 29 26 Ringsaker, Hedmark, Norway
Death: January 19, 1933Milton, East Alma Twp., North Dakota
wife
Tombstone Beatha and Hilda Hje
18491895
Birth: January 19, 1849 24 23 Kampen Farm, Ringsaker, Hedmark, Norway
Death: October 13, 1895Milton, East Alma Twp, North Dakota
Marriage MarriageDecember 1, 1876Ringsaker Church, Ringsaker, Hedmark, Norway
1 month
son
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18771919
Birth: January 9, 1877 21 27 Norway
Death: July 19, 1919
20 months
daughter
18781951
Birth: August 23, 1878 22 29 Norway
Death: May 5, 1951
20 months
daughter
18801907
Birth: April 2, 1880 24 31 Norway
Death: July 11, 1907
2 years
son
Anton Hjelmstad 2
18821957
Birth: March 31, 1882 26 33 Norway
Death: August 29, 1957Milton, Cavalier County, North Dakota
20 months
son
18831883
Birth: November 22, 1883 27 34
Death: December 24, 1883
13 months
daughter
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18841971
Birth: December 1, 1884 28 35 East Alma Twp., Cavalier, Dakota Territory
Death: January 10, 1971Pembina County Memorial Hospital, Cavalier, Pembina, North Dakota
2 years
daughter
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18871926
Birth: April 18, 1887 31 38 Alma Twp., Dakota Territory
Death: March 4, 1926
2 years
daughter
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18891889
Birth: August 19, 1889 33 40 Milton, Cavalier, North Dakota
Death: November 28, 1889Alma Twp., North Dakota
21 months
son
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18911961
Birth: May 9, 1891 35 42 Milton, Cavalier County, North Dakota
Death: February 11, 1961his home, Cavalier County, North Dakota
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Citation details: page 92
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Note: Record #9.
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Citation details: page 92
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Hans Jorgensen Hjelmstad
Hans Jorgensen Hjelmstad
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Hans Jorgenson Hjelmstad
Hans Jorgenson Hjelmstad
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Plat Walstad and Hjelmstad far
Plat Walstad and Hjelmstad far
Anecdote

Hans Hjelmstad married on his 21st birthday. He had a farm known as Vold, which became the surname of his children born in Norway. This was changed after they immigrated to the United States. The Hjelmstads left Norway on June 8, 1883, with their four children (Jorgen aka George, Ingeborg, Kristine, and Anton) and one on the way. This American son died unnamed as an infant.

Emigration

Record #9.

Anecdote

Hans filed pre-emption claim no. 6615 to 160 acres in Sec. 26, T160N, R57W, Dakota Territory.

Anecdote

They arrived on the W. A. Scholten from Rotterdam, Netherlands with their children Jorgen, Ingeborg, Kristine, and Anton.

Anecdote

Hans declared his intent to become a U.S. citizen and renounced his allegiance to the King of Norway and Sweden.

Anecdote

When they arrived in Dakota Territory, near the future townsite of Milton, the land was not yet surveyed, and there were at times unfriendly Indians lurking around. The Hjelmstads lived on one hill, and Beate's brother Lars Walstad lived on another. This took place four years before the railroad came to Milton.

Anecdote

Hans changed his pre-emption filing to a homestead application on 160 acres in Sec. 26, T160N, R57W, Cavalier County, North Dakota. Due to the distance to the Land Office, he was unable to appear there in person and filed an affidavit with the District Court in Langdon instead.

Anecdote

The West Mountain Lutheran congregation was organized with Mr. and Mrs. Hans Hjelmstad as charter members.

Anecdote

Hans made final payment on Homestead Application no. 9791 for lands in Sec. 26, T160N, R57W. He had improved the land with a good house, two stables, a small granary, and a well, and he had broken 24 acres.

Real Estate Grantee

receiving Patent Final Certificate no. 3434

Anecdote

For the first few years Hans was known by the surname Jorgenson as recorded on the deed to his land. The older children were known by the surname Hanson before taking the name Hjelmstad.

Anecdote

Hans was unable to speak English in 1900.

Anecdote

He received an undivided 1/5 of his brother Simon's estate in Cavalier Co., North Dakota.

Anecdote

Photo of the three farmhouses built by Hans