They arrived just before ND became a state on Nov. 2. Halvor bought 155 acres south of the town of Wishek in 1892. They built a sod house. This was the homestead, about 5 miles east of the land purchased in 1892, for which he applied in 1896 and was approved 22 April 1901 - in Sect. 25 of Moscow Twnsp. In 1895, Halvor defaulted on his mortgage and was foreclosed on, but he bought the land back the next year in a sheriff's auction.
By May 1899, his family are in Township 131, McIntosh, ND. The 1900 census indicates he had 6 living children but only 2 remain at home that year. By 1905, he had moved again, to Bromhead, Saskatchewan, Canada. He had left his wife and ND behind to take up new homestead. His son Kristian had gone here a few years earlier; Halvor's wife Nellie stayed in ND near her sons John, Albert, and Charles.
In Canada's 1911 census, Halvor is widowered, living with the family of his son Charles (Karl) in Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. He died in August 1915 and is buried in Salem Lutheran Cemetery, 4 mi s.e. of his farm, in Torquay, Weyburn Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada; his homestead was sold in 1918.
Note: Halvor's birth name was Halvor Christiansen (Halvor, son of Christian) and in Amercia he used the name Halvor C (Christian) Johnson. He was born on Vermuden Farm in Hof Parish, Norway.
They arrived just before ND became a state on Nov. 2. Halvor bought 155 acres south of the town of Wishek in 1892. They built a sod house. This was the homestead, about 5 miles east of the land purchased in 1892, for which he applied in 1896 and was approved 22 April 1901 - in Sect. 25 of Moscow Twnsp. In 1895, Halvor defaulted on his mortgage and was foreclosed on, but he bought the land back the next year in a sheriff's auction.
By May 1899, his family are in Township 131, McIntosh, ND. The 1900 census indicates he had 6 living children but only 2 remain at home that year. By 1905, he had moved again, to Bromhead, Saskatchewan, Canada. He had left his wife and ND behind to take up new homestead. His son Kristian had gone here a few years earlier; Halvor's wife Nellie stayed in ND near her sons John, Albert, and Charles.
In Canada's 1911 census, Halvor is widowered, living with the family of his son Charles (Karl) in Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. He died in August 1915 and is buried in Salem Lutheran Cemetery, 4 mi s.e. of his farm, in Torquay, Weyburn Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada; his homestead was sold in 1918.
Note: Halvor's birth name was Halvor Christiansen (Halvor, son of Christian) and in Amercia he used the name Halvor C (Christian) Johnson. He was born on Vermuden Farm in Hof Parish, Norway.
Family Members
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Martin Halverson Johnson
1865–1908
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Kristian "Christ" Johnson
1866–1931
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Theodore Johnson
1869–1912
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Herbert Johnson
1871–1885
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John Ever Johnson
1872–1946
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Albert Julius Johnson Jr
1875–1943
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Karl Laurits Johnsen
1877–1878
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Otto Johnson
1878–1883
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Charles Louis Johnson
1880–1966
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Julius H. Johnsen
1882–1885
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Ema Josefine Johnsen
1884–1885
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Hagbart Julius Johnsen
1888 – unknown
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