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| Notes for Erik Pedersen Gilseth | ||||||||||||
| Listed as 1837 on gravemarker. Died from Chronic Jonterstitial Niphrits according to Death Cert. Buried at Laaland/Johnson cemetery Chetek, Barron co, WI. Listed in 1865 census for 1648 Sogndalen Storen Gilsaeth Norway as Erik Pe ders. age 29 occupation Gaardbruger wife Marit Arntsd.age 28 son Peder Eri ks. age 3. Son Peder Eriks.died on boat to USA after 5 Dec 1868. Also on b oat was Eric Ols Fossum, Olaug Pedersd, and Gunhild Arntsd. George Johns on suggests that the boat was hit or hit another boat within sight of US s oil. Records indicate that ship was the Bark Neptunus. Passengers h ad to be moved from one ship to the other. First lived in Menomonie, Dunn co, WI. working for Knapp and Stout Lumb er company then in 1869 moved to Chetec. Erik's middle name is Peters en on death cert. Listed in 1880 census Shetec,Barron co,WI age 42 farm er born Norway. Died at his son John's home Chetek (which was Erik's) Mu ch of his early work was done with his neighbor and brother in law Seve rt Solum. They each helped build cabins and shared an ox in getting the re land cleared. There were no roads,no schools,no churches. The trip to C hippewa Falls was done afoot through trees and brush and overcreeks and ri vers. As the years passed hard work had it's rewards and prosperity crown ed there efforts. Added to his landholdings until he owned 280 acres. He b ecame a substantial and solid member of the community and served with cred it as assessor of the township. He was interested in the establishment a nd growth of the Norweigen Lutheran Church in Chetek and served as o ne of there trustees. Taken from The History of Barron co., Wisconsin, H.C .Cooper, Jr., & Co.,1922, pg. 922 George Johnson say's Erik had a lathe a nd helped to turn all the wood for the Alter at Norweigian Lutheran Churc h. The church burned to the ground 25 Apr 1934. Have death certificate. H ave Pinky Hamilton's notes he collected with Glady's Adleon Colbert his mo ther. Have newspapper article from The Chetec Alert from Treva Solum on t he History of Johnson cemetery date 4 Nov ???? It is suggested that in the early 20's a tornado came through and forced t he Gilseth's and Fred Colbert sr off their farmsteads. Treva Solum grew up in the sma ehouse which was abandoned about 1970 and s uccumbed to arson as it was burned down about 1973. The log cabin school h ouse was also burned down. Apparently a young woman had gone off cent er so to speak and just enjoyed watching things burn. Visited Soknedal Norway Aug 29, 2004. One of the most beautiful valleys I' ve ever seen. We visited with Erik and Oddny Lokken current owners of wh at was called Gilset farm. It is now called Volden. These people were ve ry kind to us and answered many questions about Gilset. She had a co py of a photo of Eric, Marit, Eric's sister Olaug and first son John Pede r. To my knowledge no one else has seen this picture. It is on file. The G ilset farm was sold to Erik b 1867 d 1951, Ole b 1869 d 1951 og Ola b 18 75 d 1936, Ragnild b 1876 d 1973 og Gjertrud b 1835 d1925. The Gilset fa rm was sold to Karl Jensen Lokken b 1909 d1989 the house that Erik liv ed in was moved from a different location on the farm next to a barn. A n ew house was built and the original Gilset house was removed. I have a pic ture of a picture showing the Gilset farm after it was moved near thebar n. It is on file. | ||||||||||||
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