Ole Jørgen Bentsen, 1880–1976?> (aged 95 years)
- Name
- Ole Jørgen /Bentsen/
- Name
- Ole /Bentzen/
Birth
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Note: His Declaration of Intention to become a citizen lists his birth date as October, not September. |
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Baptism
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Death of a sister
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Burial of a sister
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Confirmation
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Anecdote
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Citation details: page 7 Note: Ole served as required in the Norwegian military, earning an award in marksmanship. While in the service, he spent some time on the arctic island Spitsbergen which is the home of the fairy tale Snow Queen. Today it houses the Global Seed Bank. |
Occupation
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Marriage
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Citation details: page 7 Note: Sofie's name in this register is "Marie Sofie". They were married on Easter Sunday. |
Emigration
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Note: bound for Liverpool on the ship Salmo of the Cunard line. From there he left for American on 26 April 1904 on the Ivernia. |
Immigration
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Birth of a daughter
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Citation details: page 11
Source: Social Security Death Index, Subject: Riborg Bedwell, Series: database, File Number: no. 516-14-0404
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Baptism of a daughter
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Birth of a son
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Anecdote
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Citation details: page 9 Note: They traveled together to Montana by train in 1907 and landed in Culbertson on July 30, Sofie's 29th birthday. They settled on a quarter section of land in a Scandinavian community and built a two-room sod house that was lined with wood boards. |
Birth of a daughter
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Citation details: page 9 |
Anecdote
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Note: Ole filed a Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States. |
Anecdote
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Citation details: page 9 Note: New areas opened for homesteading where they could have a half-section of land, so they sold their quarter section and filed on land 13 miles southeast of Redstone, MT. Ole built a 10x12 foot shack, and they had three horses, some cows, sheep, and chickens. The area had been surveyed only by township units at that time, so Ole estimated where his section line would be. He plowed a furrow to mark it, using his three horses and a walking plow. When the rest of the surveying was done, most of his fence posts were in that furrow. |
Anecdote
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Citation details: page 9 Note: The first winter on the new homestead, Ole took a team and sled on a 35-mile trip to Medicine Lake for supplies. While stopping over at his parents' home near Homestead, he became ill with typhoid fever. |
Occupation
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a homesteader who planted flax that year. He later added oats and wheat.
1910
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Anecdote
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Citation details: page 9 Note: During the summer of 1910, Ole built a two-room house which they added on to in later years. Originally, they used kerosene lamps, which they cleaned and filled daily, for light. For the first plowing, he used three horses and a walking plow. He hauled the first crop to the nearest railroad at Medicine Lake. |
Anecdote
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Citation details: page 9 Note: The free range cattle in the area were very dangerous and would attack anyone on foot. One day Ole's horses broke loose and strayed, so Ole walked 30 miles to see if they had gone back to the Homestead area. On the way there, he was semi-surrounded by range cattle ready to attack. He waved his jacket at them. They retreated just enough to allow him to duck below a nearby creek bank. He walked in a crouch along the creek until he was out of their sight. He later found the horses near Homestead and was able to ride back home. |
Anecdote
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Citation details: page 10 Note: Ole and his neighbors Jim Michaels, Ole Johnson, and William Ertner hauled lumber from Culbertson and built a schoolhouse, the Two Tree. The community also used the building as a community hall, church, site for pie and basket socials, and even an occasional dance. |
Anecdote
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Citation details: page 9 Note: One of the first years on the homestead, the family wanted a Christmas tree. Ole cut a poplar pole and drilled holes in it. He inserted juniper branches and they decorated it with little baskets and chains made of tissue paper. They also drained some eggs, wrapped the shells in tin foil, and hung them on the tree. |
Anecdote
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Note: Ole filed a Homestead Entry Application for lands near Redstone, Montana |
Birth of a daughter
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Citation details: page 9 |
Death of a mother
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Citation details: page 7 |
Naturalization
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Anecdote
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Citation details: page 10 Note: In the summer of 1918 Ole bought his first car, a 1918 Overland touring car. They did not use it much in the winter because the roads were poor and not plowed. |
Anecdote
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Citation details: page 9
Source: The Plentywood Herald: Monday Rites for Ole Bentsen, Location: Plentywood, Montana, Page: page 1
Note: He left Norway for America to make a home for his bride. The trip took about 2 weeks. He arrived in Lake Park, MN by train and worked there for the Northern Pacific Railroad. |
Burial of a father
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Burial of a mother
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Baptism of a daughter
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Citation details: page 15 |
Description
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5 feet, 10 inches tall with brown eyes and black hair on his naturalization certificate. His draft registration card says he had light hair.
September 12, 1918
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Birth of a son
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Citation details: page 21 |
Death of a father
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Anecdote
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Note: Ole received a Patent on 320 acres in T34N, R52 E in Sheridan County, Montana. |
Occupation
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Marriage of a daughter
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Citation details: page 11
Source: The Plentywood Herald: Services for Mrs. Bedwell, Location: Plentywood, Montana, Page: page 8
Note: The Lutheran pastor was A. M. Egge. The witnesses were L. Laurette Egge and Agnes Stenehjem. |
Death of a sister
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Citation details: page 7 |
Burial of a sister
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Anecdote
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Note: After decades of using horses to operate his farm, Ole bough a steel-wheeled Twin Cities tractor. He later purchased a Twin Cities tractor with rubber tires. |
Description
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5' 10", 160 pounds, with gray hair, brown eyes, and a light complexion.
April 27, 1942
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Anecdote
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Citation details: page 10 Note: In 1952, Ole and Sofie moved to Plentywood. Ole did wood carving and made model boats. He also built a two-room house for storage behind the small house they lived in. Sofie called it "Ole's dog house". |
Real Estate Grantor
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Note: 439 acres of land in T34N, R52E, Sheridan County, Montana, reserving 1/2 the minerals, to their son Otto and his wife Bernice. |
Marriage of a daughter
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Citation details: page 18 |
Marriage of a son
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Anecdote
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Citation details: page 10 Note: After Sofie died, Ole continued to live alone but spent winter months with his daughter Jennie in Havre, MT. This continued until 1972 when he moved into Pioneer Manor at age 92. At the end of his life he still had a full head of white hair. |
Death of a wife
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Citation details: page 10 |
Burial of a wife
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Cause of Death
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Note: uremia and chronic urinary infection |
Death
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Burial
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father |
1854–1919
Birth: July 5, 1854
30
34
— Fjærvold farm, Bø, Vesterålen, Nordland, Norway Death: April 25, 1919 |
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mother |
1851–1916
Birth: April 7, 1851
27
35
— Titternes farm, Dønnes Municipality, Helgeland District, Nordland, Norway Death: November 14, 1916 |
Marriage | Marriage — August 11, 1873 — Bø, Vesterålen, Nordland, Norway |
13 months
elder brother |
1874–1875
Birth: September 13, 1874
20
23
— Barstrand Farm, Gimsø Municipality, Vågan, Nordland, Norway Death: December 5, 1875 — Barstrand farm, Vågan, Lofoten, Nordland, Norway |
17 months
elder sister |
1876–1932
Birth: January 29, 1876
21
24
— Skæringstad Farm, Bø Municipality, Vesterålen District, Nordland, Norway Death: January 19, 1932 — Seattle, King County, Washington |
2 years
elder sister |
1878–1894
Birth: April 18, 1878
23
27
— Skjæringstad Farm, Bø Municipality, Vesterålen District, Nordland, Norway Death: July 13, 1894 |
2 years
himself |
1880–1976
Birth: September 6, 1880
26
29
— Svinøya, Bø Municipality, Vesterålen District, Nordland, Norway Death: August 26, 1976 — Sheridan Memorial Hospital, Plentywood, Montana |
himself |
1880–1976
Birth: September 6, 1880
26
29
— Svinøya, Bø Municipality, Vesterålen District, Nordland, Norway Death: August 26, 1976 — Sheridan Memorial Hospital, Plentywood, Montana |
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wife |
1878–1966
Birth: July 3, 1878
34
37
— Valfjord, Nordland, Norway Death: January 19, 1966 — Sheridan Memorial Hospital, Plentywood, Sheridan County, Montana |
Marriage | Marriage — April 3, 1904 — Hadsel Church, Stokmarknes, Nordland, Norway |
5 months
daughter |
1904–1984
Birth: September 11, 1904
24
26
— Stokmarknes, Norway Death: May 14, 1984 — Sheridan Memorial Hospital, Plentywood, Sheridan County, Montana |
2 years
son |
1906–1986
Birth: August 26, 1906
25
28
— Lake Park, Becker County, Minnesota Death: February 13, 1986 — Rapid City Regional Hospital, Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota |
21 months
daughter |
1908–1989
Birth: May 13, 1908
27
29
— the sod house, between Froid and Homestead, Valley County, Montana Death: December 4, 1989 — Sheridan Memorial Hospital, Plentywood, Montana |
8 years
daughter |
1916–1989
Birth: June 12, 1916
35
37
— the homestead southeast of Redstone, Sheridan County, Montana Death: December 30, 1989 — Seeley Lake, Missoula County, Montana |
3 years
son |
1918–2013
Birth: November 16, 1918
38
40
— the homestead southeast of Redstone, Sheridan County, Montana Death: January 16, 2013 — Highgate Assisted Living, Great Falls, Montana |
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Confirmation |
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Anecdote |
Citation details: page 7 |
Occupation |
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Marriage |
Citation details: page 7 |
Emigration |
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Immigration |
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Citation details: page 9 |
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Occupation |
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Citation details: page 9 |
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Citation details: page 10 |
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Citation details: page 9 |
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Naturalization |
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Citation details: page 10 |
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Citation details: page 9
Source: The Plentywood Herald: Monday Rites for Ole Bentsen, Location: Plentywood, Montana, Page: page 1
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Citation details: page 10 |
Real Estate Grantor |
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Citation details: page 10 |
Cause of Death |
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Name |
Source: Ole Bentsen family information, Recipient: Hjelmstad, Teri Reed, Author Address: Plentywood, Montana
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Death |
Source: The Plentywood Herald: Monday Rites for Ole Bentsen, Location: Plentywood, Montana, Page: page 1
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Burial |
Source: The Plentywood Herald: Monday Rites for Ole Bentsen, Location: Plentywood, Montana, Page: page 1
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Media object
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Sofie M and Ole J Bentsen |
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Media object
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/CEMETERY MARKERS REED/MONTANA/REDSTONE VALLEY VIEW CEMETERY/Sofie M and Ole J Bentsen.JPG |
Media object
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Sofie M and Ole J Bentsen |
Birth |
His Declaration of Intention to become a citizen lists his birth date as October, not September. |
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Anecdote |
Ole served as required in the Norwegian military, earning an award in marksmanship. While in the service, he spent some time on the arctic island Spitsbergen which is the home of the fairy tale Snow Queen. Today it houses the Global Seed Bank. |
Marriage |
Sofie's name in this register is "Marie Sofie". They were married on Easter Sunday. |
Emigration |
bound for Liverpool on the ship Salmo of the Cunard line. From there he left for American on 26 April 1904 on the Ivernia. |
Anecdote |
They traveled together to Montana by train in 1907 and landed in Culbertson on July 30, Sofie's 29th birthday. They settled on a quarter section of land in a Scandinavian community and built a two-room sod house that was lined with wood boards. |
Anecdote |
Ole filed a Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States. |
Anecdote |
New areas opened for homesteading where they could have a half-section of land, so they sold their quarter section and filed on land 13 miles southeast of Redstone, MT. Ole built a 10x12 foot shack, and they had three horses, some cows, sheep, and chickens. The area had been surveyed only by township units at that time, so Ole estimated where his section line would be. He plowed a furrow to mark it, using his three horses and a walking plow. When the rest of the surveying was done, most of his fence posts were in that furrow. |
Anecdote |
The first winter on the new homestead, Ole took a team and sled on a 35-mile trip to Medicine Lake for supplies. While stopping over at his parents' home near Homestead, he became ill with typhoid fever. |
Anecdote |
During the summer of 1910, Ole built a two-room house which they added on to in later years. Originally, they used kerosene lamps, which they cleaned and filled daily, for light. For the first plowing, he used three horses and a walking plow. He hauled the first crop to the nearest railroad at Medicine Lake. |
Anecdote |
The free range cattle in the area were very dangerous and would attack anyone on foot. One day Ole's horses broke loose and strayed, so Ole walked 30 miles to see if they had gone back to the Homestead area. On the way there, he was semi-surrounded by range cattle ready to attack. He waved his jacket at them. They retreated just enough to allow him to duck below a nearby creek bank. He walked in a crouch along the creek until he was out of their sight. He later found the horses near Homestead and was able to ride back home. |
Anecdote |
Ole and his neighbors Jim Michaels, Ole Johnson, and William Ertner hauled lumber from Culbertson and built a schoolhouse, the Two Tree. The community also used the building as a community hall, church, site for pie and basket socials, and even an occasional dance. |
Anecdote |
One of the first years on the homestead, the family wanted a Christmas tree. Ole cut a poplar pole and drilled holes in it. He inserted juniper branches and they decorated it with little baskets and chains made of tissue paper. They also drained some eggs, wrapped the shells in tin foil, and hung them on the tree. |
Anecdote |
Ole filed a Homestead Entry Application for lands near Redstone, Montana |
Anecdote |
In the summer of 1918 Ole bought his first car, a 1918 Overland touring car. They did not use it much in the winter because the roads were poor and not plowed. |
Anecdote |
Ole received a Patent on 320 acres in T34N, R52 E in Sheridan County, Montana. |
Anecdote |
After decades of using horses to operate his farm, Ole bough a steel-wheeled Twin Cities tractor. He later purchased a Twin Cities tractor with rubber tires. |
Anecdote |
In 1952, Ole and Sofie moved to Plentywood. Ole did wood carving and made model boats. He also built a two-room house for storage behind the small house they lived in. Sofie called it "Ole's dog house". |
Real Estate Grantor |
439 acres of land in T34N, R52E, Sheridan County, Montana, reserving 1/2 the minerals, to their son Otto and his wife Bernice. |
Anecdote |
After Sofie died, Ole continued to live alone but spent winter months with his daughter Jennie in Havre, MT. This continued until 1972 when he moved into Pioneer Manor at age 92. At the end of his life he still had a full head of white hair. |
Cause of Death |
uremia and chronic urinary infection |
Anecdote |
He left Norway for America to make a home for his bride. The trip took about 2 weeks. He arrived in Lake Park, MN by train and worked there for the Northern Pacific Railroad. |