Erickson Gathering Circ. 1920 ••••••••••••
Photo above is in the driveway of the Erickson farm.
Note:
John Albert must have just given son John Clifford a good piece of his mind. John Clifford has a classic “I’m sorry”, sloped shoulders posture, but he is still smiling. He’s also holding a hat. Maybe he was wearing it and was told to take it off?
Back Row:
Ole Pederson Schjodt, John Clifford Erickson, John Albert Erickson. Karen BERG Erickson, Borghild Schjodt, Peter Schjodt.
Second Row starting with woman wearing glasses:
Maria BERG Schjodt, rest unknown.
Seated LR:
Unknown, Ole Stenseng, Gertrude Erickson?, Peter Erickson?, Unknown.
Erickson Cars ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Carl Sandness WWI Draft Card •••••••••••
His job is “Blasting Rock”.
Here’s Sivert Erickson’s Card as a pdf file. Easier to read and useful for comparison. Link
1913 • Brother Ole Johannes travels to Sioux Falls
He’s traveling in May and his sister is married in June. He must have come for the wedding.
Liverpool to New York, Final Destination Sioux Falls, SD.
He is number 2. LINK
Liverpool to New York, Final Destination Sioux Falls, SD.
Another version. He is number 2. LINK
Family Tree Norwegian Book 1910 •••••
“Stamtavle over Skjeflo-slegten” Translates roughly to: "Pedigree of Skjeflo - Slegten" Erik Skei’s father was Peter Andreas Schjeflo. There are many different spellings of the name, but we are in the book. Click the image for a link to the book in the Norwegian National Library.
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NOTE:
Great photos and history of the family, but VERY confusing. I’m looking forward to unraveling this.
Gertie Moan (Moen) ••••••••••••••••••••••••
Once again, I need to do more research, but she’s very interesting. In the “Additional Photos” page you’ll see how she’s related. Her brother Edward is in the “Amazing Feats” photo in the left column of this page.
Gertie and Edward were children of Esten Moan, who was a son of Esten Eggen. Esten Eggen was one of Guru and Ellen Berg’s brothers. They were wives of Jens and Sivert Berg. Gertie and Ed never married. Gertie died in 1972 with no one to pass all of her old photos and family history to. She decided to give it to Augustana College. It’s in their Western Studies Archive.
Gertie Moen Papers
Papers, 1830-1872
Folder # 30145
Photocopies of papers relating to Moen's grandfather, Esten E. Eggen, a homesteader near Sioux Falls c. 1871. The collection includes a copy of a family history and photos.
Gertie (Moen) Moan
More on this later.
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Gertie (Moen) Moan
Very small photo. It was already opened on the back, so I scanned it without the frame.
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She’s reading the November 1905 edition of “The Designer” magazine.
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Here’s a couple collections of “The Designer” magazine covers.
Gertie (Moen) Moan
Here’s a scan with my hand. The original photo is no larger than my thumb.
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Ole & Maria Schjodt Family 1915 ••••••••
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Back row:
Severin P. Brende, Clara Schjodt Orstad, John Orstad, Emily O. Schjodt, Jens Myrmoe, Tilda Schjodt Myrmoe, John Albert Schjodt
Middle Row: Oscar Martin Schjodt, Emma Schjodt Brende, Ole Pederson Schjodt, Martha Schjodt, Maria Berg Schjodt, Netta Warwick Schjodt
Front Row: (Kids) Myra Brende, Paul Brende, Edwin Morris Schjodt, Lawrence Oliver Schjodt, Agnes Schjodt, Alice Schjodt, Mabel Schjodt
1900-telling for Skei •••••••••••••••••••••••••
John’s family in the 1900 telling for Skei, Norway.
Father: Erik Petersen Skei
Mother: Ingeborg Josephine Jonsdatter Skei
There are 11 people living on the farm. John has already emigrated to America, but you can see his brothers & sisters here.
Farm: Kirkskei Vestre
(Kirke: Church • Skei: the town • Vestre: Western)
Erik’s Occupation is listed as a Gaardbruger Selveier
which means he was farmer, owner - occupier/freeholder.
1910-telling for Skei •••••••••••••••••••••••••
John’s family in the 1910 telling for Skei, Norway.
Father: Erik Petersen
Mother: Eln Johsdatter
Farm: Kirkskei Vestre
(Kirke: Church • Skei: the town • Vestre: Western)
Erik and his wife are retired and Ole is running the farm.
Skei - Ogndal - Steinkjer- Sparbu •••••••
Ogndal, Ogndalen or Ognedalen is a former municipality in
Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway.
It was created by a split from Sparbu on January 1, 1885.
The municipality, which was known as Skei at that time, had
a population of 1.441. On 13 December 1900 the name was changed from Skei to Ogndal.
Small territories of Ogndal were moved to Steinkjer in 1902, 1941 and 1948. On 1 January 1964 the rest of Ogndal, then with 2,678 inhabitants, was incorporated into Steinkjer.
Jon Albert from Norway to Dakota ••••••
In the spring of 1892 Jon was living with his family on the farm “Kirkskei Vestre” in Skei, Ogndal, Norway. To prepare for his emigration to America he labeled the two steamer trunks that would accompany him on his voyage and the “Erickson” family name was born.
Skei Church Baptism Records •••••••••••
Erik Petersen and Ingeborg are listed in these records for several Baptisms. Below is a photo of the church from ogndal.net. LINK
Several of John’s brothers and sisters are listed in this digitized index of baptism records. Link Here
Here’s a link to John’s Baptism Record.
Source information: Nord-Trøndelag county, Skei in Sparbu, Parish register (official) nr. 735A09 /2 (1873-1883), Birth and baptism records men 1874, page 72.
John Erickson Emmigration Norway •••
"Emigrants from Trondheim 1867-1930"
One paid for the trip in Trondheim and then took a train to Christiania (Now Oslo). You would then board a ship and depart from there. Skei was written as it's pronounced. Schei. (Shy)
Departure: 14 March 1892, unmarried male John Eriks. Schei.
Occupation: worker age 18 from Sparbo, Norway
Destination: Sioux Falls, S. Dacota. He was on a ship registered with the Thingvalla line. The ticket was prepaid in Trondheim, and he had all the necessary Travel Permissions. It doesn't tell us what the name of his ship is until we look at his arrival at Ellis Island.
John Erickson Arrival Ellis Island •••••••
He arrived 01 Apr, 1892 on the ship "NORGE" .
• LINK Screenshot of Ellis island’s website info.
• LINK Ellis island passenger List
Story of the “Norge” ••••••••••••••••••••••••
LINK DigitalArkivet story
LINK Wikipedia Norge
Here’s another photo of the ship. LINK
The Thingvalla Line
LINK Norway Heritage LINK The Ships List
Thingvalla Line promotional pamphlet 1887
LINK Norway Heritage
"For People Who Are Not in a Hurry"
LINK Article about why Norwegians felt comfortable on this line.
Naturalization Record John Erickson •••
Name: John Albert Erickson
Originated From: Norway
Record Type: Petition ('O'=oath, 'DI'=declaration of intent, 'N'=naturalization)
Date: 27 September 1906
Source: Nat Record (1905-06), 105
Record #: 2755
County/State: SD
Court: US District Court, Sioux Falls
1895 Marriage Record John A. Erickson and Carrie S. Berg ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
John A. Erickson age 22 and Carrie S. Berg age 20 were married September 14, 1895 in Sioux Falls by minister Nils N. Boe.
He was the father of the 23rd Governor of South Dakota:
Nils A. Boe (Governor from 1965-1969). LINK to State Portrait
Witnesses were P.E. Lassesen and Alive Lassesen.
Peder E. Lassesen immigrated to Sioux Falls from Meråker in 1882 and opened a Photography studio. He immigrated to Canada in 1905 and was married to Oline. I suspect the record should say Oline Lassesen and not “Alive” were witneses. John & Carrie’s wedding photo and Sivert Berg holding his Grandsons are Lassesen photos.
Peder E. Lassesen Photgraphy Ad from the Norwegian language “Fremad”. It was published weekly from 1894-1935 in Sioux Falls. In english it means “Forward”.
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Oline Lassesen and Karen Erickson
Probably abt. 1900.
There are MANY photos of Karen that were taken at Lassesen.
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Performing a Wedding in 1906
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Photo Rev. Nils N. Boe and family 1905
John and Karen Erickson in
“Pioneer History” ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Pioneer history: Minnehaha County's Norwegian pioneers: history from the year 1866 to 1896.
1976 gathered and published by Minnehaha County's Norwegian Pioneer Organization; editors, Iver I. Oien ... [etal.]; translated and reprinted 1976 by Emily Brende Sittig and Clara Brende Christenson.
There are two entries for John in the book. One mistakenly identifies him as John “Alfred” Erickson.
Link to Gorm Eriksen’s Family Tree ••••
Family tree that goes back to the 1500’s. (I believe the link is dead, but I’ll leave it here for reference)
Family Tree With the Skei family •••••••••
This is run by Frank Asphaug. We are related to his wife. He’s in the process of moving the entire tree into Ancestry.
Gertrude & Jim Lofgren Marriage ••••••••
Wedding Announcement
from the “Out in Society” page of the
September 29, 1921 “Sioux Falls Press”
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Karen & John are in the background. The view is from the side of the house before additions were made. The large chimney is long gone and a sunroom was added. The modern indoor plumbing (bathroom) addition is missing from the far side of the house.
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Gertie Erickson
Gorgeous photo.
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