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muinn
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 Posted - 29/05/2012 : 17:30:25
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Lars Fredriksen Monseth was born October 1st 1872 to Elen Larsdatter Asbølmo, Orkdal, Norway and Fredrik Fredriksen Rø, Hølonda (now Melhus), Norway. The parents were not married. His mother later (in 1878) married Løden Andersen Melby from Skaun, and since they settled at the cotter place "Hesthaugen" under one of the Monset farms, they took the family name Monseth (sometimes written with an h, sometimes not).
As far as I can tell, Lars grew up at her mother's and stepfather's cotter place at Hesthaugen, Monset in Orkdal. Some details about his school days and confirmation ceremony in 1887 supports that.
In 1895 he left for Minneapolis, Minnesota. The date March 13th 1895 I guess is the date for departure from Trondheim. "The Berlin" left Southampton, and arrived at Ellis Island April 2nd 1895.
In 1932 he writes my great grandmother's brother, saying that he has a farm, is married, and has one son, four daughters. He is concerned about his farm, since the son is going to a seminary, going to be a minister, so he won't take over the farm, and two of the daughters are married, and two are teachers.
So to my problem: Since there are many providers of census information and so on, I wonder if there are anyone who can find information about this man and his family. My provider can't find any Monseth in Minnesota, which is NOT true.
Are there anyone of you who can find information about Lars F. Monseth in Minnesota?
You can read more about Lars here (in Norwegian), together with the scanned letter: http://www.monset.slektssider.org/nedlastingsdokumenter/Lars%20Fredriksen%20Monseth.pdf
For more information about the cotter place Hesthaugen, you can look here (also in Norwegian): http://www.monset.slektssider.org/nedlastingsdokumenter/Hesthaugen.pdf
The main page for my web cite for family history and farm history concerning the Monset farms and the Monset school district in Orkdal is here: http://www.monset.slektssider.org/index.htm
Best regards
Aasmund Solem |
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Edited by - muinn on 29/05/2012 19:05:39 |
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muinn
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Posted - 29/05/2012 : 17:50:47
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| I am also interested in information on his half brother Anders Lødensen/Lønsen Monseth, born July 15th 1880 in Orkdal. He was of course also from this place Hesthaugen, born to Løden/Løn Andersen Monseth (formerly Melby) and Elen Larsdatter Asbømo. He came to Minneapolis in 1903. He was certainly still there in 1923, when my grandfather visited him on his way to Tacoma. Anders L. Monseth then had a car, and when my grandfather was leaving for Tacoma, Anders and his son Lorentz drove my grandfather to the train station, my grandfather wrote in one of his letters home to my grandmother. |
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jkmarler
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jwiborg
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Posted - 29/05/2012 : 22:45:37
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Census-1930 for Nordland, Lyon county, Minnesota:
L F Morseth, b 1873
Marit Morseth, b 1874
Fridtjof Morseth, b 1905
Lillian Morseth, b 1907
LANS F. MONSETH
Date of Birth: 01 Oct 1872
Place of Birth: OUT OF STATE
Mother Maiden Name: ASPELMO
Date of Death: 05 Jan 1958
County of Death: LINCOLN
certid# 1958-MN-008902
MARIT MONSETH
Date of Birth: 13 Nov 1873
Place of Birth: OUT OF STATE
Mother Maiden Name: UNKNOWN
Date of Death: 30 Nov 1959
County of Death: LYON
certid# 1959-MN-009439
Their son and 4 daughters:
ELVINA M. KONSTERLIE
Date of Birth: 18 May 1900
Place of Birth: MINNESOTA
Mother Maiden Name: METLIE
Date of Death: 20 Dec 1987
County of Death: KANDIYOHI
certid# 1987-MN-032551
CORA ALICE MONSETH
Date of Birth: 24 Apr 1903
Place of Birth: MINNESOTA
Mother Maiden Name: METLIE
Date of Death: 04 Jan 1990
County of Death: LYON
certid# 1990-MN-001507
FRITJOF BERNHARD MONSETH
Date of Birth: 18 Dec 1904
Place of Birth: MINNESOTA
Mother Maiden Name: METLIE
Date of Death: 15 Jul 1969
County of Death: HENNEPIN
certid# 1969-MN-018848
LILLIAN LOLAND
Date of Birth: 30 Sep 1906
Date of Death: 09 Feb 1999
Last Residence: Spokane, Washington
MILDRED CLENORA MYRVIK
Date of Birth: 04 Jun 1909
Place of Birth: MINNESOTA
Mother Maiden Name: METLIE
Date of Death: 03 Nov 1999
County of Death: LYON
certid# 1999-MN-032119
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Edited by - jwiborg on 29/05/2012 23:15:45 |
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AntonH
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Posted - 29/05/2012 : 23:19:56
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Here is some further information on Lillian Monseth listed above. She married John Loland and had at least two children who may still be alive.
Martha Lillian Monseth
Birth 30 Sep 1906 in Minneota, Jackson, Minnesota, USA
Death Feb. 9, 1999 in Veradale, Spokane, Washington, United States of America
John Loland
Birth March 14, 1901 in Loland, Vest-Agder, Norway
Death Aug 31 1989 in Spokane, Spokane, Washington, USA
From the Family Tree on Ancestry.com owned by rjarvisajarvis |
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jkmarler
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Posted - 29/05/2012 : 23:44:36
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| Lars' son Fritjof did become a minister but was involved in some kind of legal hassle in the late 1960s. If you search in the historical newspaper section of www.genealogybank.com you can catch snippets of the action mentioned in the Aberdeen South Dakota newspaper. |
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jwiborg
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Posted - 30/05/2012 : 00:26:50
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Fran (Francis) Monseth (70) from Rogers, MN. Son of Fritjof Monseth.
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muinn
Junior member
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Posted - 30/05/2012 : 00:56:35
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Thanks to all of you! Of course Familysearch is better than the cites I am paying for! :)
I will use this more in the future. I am currently trying to collect more information about people from the valley where Lars and Andrew (Anders) came from, Orkdal. I want to learn more about the people who left for the USA before my grandfather Ingebrigt Monset (1891-1982) and his brothers Anders Monseth (1885-1963) and Ole Monseth (1899-1987).
Ingebrigt - lumberjack in Washington 1923-1928. His contact coming to the USA was Andrew Monseth (1880-1936)
Anders - sawmill worker in Tacoma 1909-1953
Ole - gold mine worker in Vancouver B.C. 1929-1936
These three all came back, but somebody contributed to their dreams before they went "over there"...
Some information has been collected in a book on emigration from Orkdal, but I am sure there is more to be found...
So, Familysearch then.... Of course! Thanks! |
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AntonH
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Posted - 30/05/2012 : 01:02:28
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Burial information on Elvina Konsterlie.
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AntonH
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Posted - 30/05/2012 : 01:06:18
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Anders Monseth arriving in Canada.
Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935
Name: Anders Monseth
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1881
Date of Arrival: 9 Apr 1903
Vessel: Numidian
Search Ship Database:
Port of Arrival: Halifax, Nova Scotia and St John, New Brunswick
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England via Moville, Ireland |
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AntonH
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Posted - 30/05/2012 : 01:10:34
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In 1905 Anders was living with his half-brother Lars and his family. I think you can ignore the reference to a Female.
Minnesota, Territorial and State Census, 1849-1905
Name: Anders Monseth
Census Date: 12 Jun 1905
County: Lyon
Locality: Nordland
Birth Location: Norway
Gender: Female
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1881
Race: White
Father's Birth Location: Norway
Mother's Birth Location: Norway |
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AntonH
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Posted - 30/05/2012 : 01:22:11
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Death record for Loren so of Anders (Andrew)
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
Name: Loren J Monseth
Service Info.: PFC US ARMY WORLD WAR II
Birth Date: 23 Jan 1918
Death Date: 4 Mar 1981
Service Start Date: 16 May 1942
Interment Date: 6 Mar 1981
Cemetery: Ft. Snelling National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 7601 34th Avenue, South Minneapolis, MN 55450
Buried At: Section R Site 4091 |
Edited by - AntonH on 30/05/2012 01:25:47 |
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