Imislund Family History -- Norway and Wisconsin
-- By Lisa Lindberg, Great-Grand-Niece of Herbert Imislund.
Herbert Imislund -- From Lillehammer, Norway to the San Francisco Bay Area.
Herbert Imislund's parents, Peder & Anne Imislund, were originally from the Imislund Farm Village, 3 miles northeast of central Hamar, Norway. These parents then moved northwest along Lake Mjosa to the newly developing community of Lillehammer. Peder Imislund was a tanner by trade, and their home was in the center of town.
The family's 4 children were born there, their 2nd being Herbert, b. 1860, the oldest of 3 sons. His birth name in Norway was Hagbark, which in Wisconsin was changed to Herbert.
In Spring 1867, Herbert's parents and all 4 children left Lillehammer, to emigrate to America. The family consisted of :
- Father Peder, age 36
- Mother Anne, 37
- Karen, age 9
- Herbert, age 7
- Marcus, age 5
- Anton, age 3
- Karen Imislund, age 25, b. 1841-- Anne's unmarried sister
The family sailed from Oslo for America, taking about two months or more to cross the Atlantic, having to bring along all their own food.
They first went to Vernon County in southwest Wisconsin, to the area between the two large towns of Viroqua and LaCrosse : near the hamlets of Westby and Coon Valley.
On April 25, 1868 in that area, Anne's sister Karen, age 26, married Peder Nelson, b.1843.
In 1866, he had immigrated from Gudbrandsdal, Norway.
Sometime between 1867-1869, the two brothers-in-law, Peder Imislund and Peder Nelson, applied for and were granted homestead rights to two adjoining pieces of land located one county north of Vernon County : Trempeleau County. These two families' homesteads were in the northern part of that county, in a valley northeast of the town of Strum, in an area newly opened to white settlers.
In 1869, the two Imislund sisters and their families travelled from Vernon County to their new homesteads in Trempealeau County, on a road now called Williams Road.
In that same year of 1869 in Romundstad Valley -- northwest of the Imislund sisters' farms and over a wooded hillcrest -- Ole J. Romundstad had also just claimed his homestead, and became their closest neighbor. When Peder & Anne Imislund saw smoke coming from Ole J's chimney, they were so glad to know they had neighbors.
In 1879 -- 10 years later -- the father of the Imislund family -- Peder Imislund, age 48 -- died from a traumatic falling thru the floor of his barn ( -- possibly thru the hay chute ?) .
Peder Imislund left to mourn these of his family members :
- Wife Anne, age 49
- Karen, age 21
- Herbert, age 19
- Marcus, age 17
- Anton, age 15
In 1888, nine years later, the family's youngest son -- Anton Imislund, age 24 -- married and lived in Eau Claire.
In 1889, the family's oldest son -- Herbert Imislund, age 29 -- left Strum for Fergus County, Montana. He made a new life there, and married in 1901.
In 1893, Marcus' sister, Karen, age 35, married Anders Romundstad, and lived on their farm in Romundstad Valley, over the wooded hill to the northwest.
Those three Imislund siblings' departures from the family nest left one remaining offspring on the Imislund Farm : Marcus Imislund, the family's second son.
In the early-mid-1890's, Marcus married Matilda Anderson of Strum, age __, b. 1876. From then until 1905, Marcus and Matilda Imislund and their children lived on the Imislund farm.
Possibly at the time of Marcus's marriage, the family's Mother, Anne Imislund, moved to live with her daughter Karen Imislund Romundstad and family in Romundstad Valley, northwest over the wooded hillcrest.
In 1905, Marcus Imislund sold the Imislund Farm, and he and his family moved to the Skagit area of Washington State.
Marcus sold this farm to Tobias M. Olson of Strum -- Karen Imislund Romundstad's cousin-by-marriage.
T.M. Olson passed the land in to his son, Edwin Olson, then Edwin passed the farm to his nephew, Harlan Isom.
In the 36 years from 1869-1905, the Imislund Farm was lived in by 3 generations of Imislunds. Since 1905, no one has lived on this farm, and over the years, the buildings have gone to wrack-&-ruin.
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From Ancestry.com message boards,
"Herbert P. Imislund, b. 1864, WI - 1889 MT - Bio"
www.ancestry.com/boards/surnames.imislund/1/mb.ashx
"A biography/family history of Herbert Imislund is included in 'Montana, Its Story & Biography,' Vol. 2, page 370.
See "Montana, Its Story and Biography: A History of Aboriginal and Territorial ..."
edited by Tom Stout
https://books.google.com/books?id=-CU6AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA371&lpg=PA371&dq=lewistown,+mt+%22margaret+charters%22&source=bl&ots=G4QMo5qlqQ&sig=ACfU3U2x5e4MRtOk9tBltkGjHZdGgD9BsQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjIv4PrjOToAhVrmuAKHTzlAU0Q6AEwAHoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=lewistown%2C%20mt%20%22margaret%20charters%22&f=false
"Herbert was born 7 Jul 1860, in Lillehammer, Norway to parents Peder H. and Anne (Andersdatter) Imislund.
In 1867 when Herbert was 7 years old, his family emigrated to Wisconsin. In 1869 they became pioneers of Trempealeau County, and established farm northeast of Strum.
"Herbert grew up on his family's farm, and in 1879 when Herbert was 19, his father died at age 48 from a traumatic fall in their barn.
"In 1889, Herbert, age 29, traveled by train to Billings, MT, and on by stage to Maiden, MT, where he worked for 3 or 4 years as a farm hand at the N Bar Ranch and others.
"Herbert then became a clerk at James Charters' general store in Grass Range, where he worked for three years. Then he bought the business and operated it under his own name for approximately 12 years. During this time, he was also in interest with B.F. Moulton in a large ranch raising sheep & cattle.
"On 12 Jun 1901, while in Grass Range, Herbert, age 41, married [the sister of James Charters : ] Margaret Charters, who was born near Portage, Wisconsin. On Dec 1, 1903, their daughter, Lillian Judith Imislund, was born.
"In 1906, Herbert, age 46, sold his general store in Grass Range and moved [ 32 miles west ] to Lewistown as an investment banker."
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" 'The Imislund Building' by Nancy Watts
https://lewistownlibrary.org/2018/08/14/the-imislund-building-by-nancy-watts/
In 1906, "Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Imislund, who have been making their home at Grass Range for several years, have moved to this city and will make their future home here." (Fergus County Democrat Apr 24, 1906).
"The Imislund Building located at 508 W. Main was built in 1906 by the Tubb Bros.
"Herbert P. Imislund was a prominent Lewistown businessman, city clerk, and president of the Montana and Eastern Corporation, a large investment concern." (Montana Historical and Architectural Survey by Ellen Sievert).
"Herbert P. Imislund…purchased of Joseph Jackson, 30 feet on upper Main Street [508 W. Main], joining the new building being erected by the First National Bank Building (502 W. Main)." [Joseph Jackson had erected a home on this property in Aug 1884.] "It is the intention of Mr. Imislund to commence at once the erection of a two-story stone building on his recently acquired ground." (Fergus County Democrat, May 1, 1906).
"Excavation for the business building which H. P. Imislund is building in the First National Bank block has begun…it will be a two-story stone with a brick front. (Fergus County Democrat, June 12, 1906).
"The Imislund building is rapidly nearing completion and presents one of the best fronts in the city. A fine marble floor is about to be laid…" (Fergus Co. Democrat, Nov 27, 1906)
"Imislund and Judd have purchased the large stock of wines and liquors of the firm of Poland and Robinson. The new firm has also secured the agency of the La Cross beer, which will be placed on the market. The bottling department will be discontinued for the present… Imislund and Judd will be located in the basement of the Imislund building." (Fergus Co. Democrat, Dec 11, 1906)
AD: "Judd and Imislund will be the Wholesale Distributers for Gund's Peerless Beer." (Fergus Co. Democrat July 2, 1907).
"Sheriff-elect W. R. Woods has so far announced but two-appointments, Herbert P. Imislund who has been the city clerk for a year and a half, will assume the duties of under-sheriff and John Reed will be jailer." (Fergus Co. Democrat, Dec.13, 1910).
"George R. Creel (funeral director, County Coroner, and licensed embalmer) was proprietor of the Lewistown Monument Co. in the Imislund Block before he moved his business to 603 W. Main in 1913. It also housed the Redman's Hall." (Montana Historical and Architectural Survey, Sievert). "
"Herbert P. Imislund died 22 April 1940, Oakland, Alameda, Alameda County, California, age almost-80." (Stout, Tom, Ed. "Montana, Its Story and Biography: A History of Aboriginal and Territorial ..."
[Note from this memorial maintainer, Lisa Lindberg:
Herbert and Margaret Imislund's daughter, Lillian Imislund Harward and family lived in Oakland, Alameda County. So it is likely that Herbert was living with or near their daughter when he died. Three years later, in 1943, Herbert's wife, Margaret Charters Imislund also died in Oakland. ]
"Daughter :
Lillian Imislund Harward,
b. 1 Dec 1903, Montana;
d. 22 Nov 1981, Los Angeles, CA "
-- By Lisa Lindberg, Great-Grand-Niece of Herbert Imislund.
Herbert Imislund -- From Lillehammer, Norway to the San Francisco Bay Area.
Herbert Imislund's parents, Peder & Anne Imislund, were originally from the Imislund Farm Village, 3 miles northeast of central Hamar, Norway. These parents then moved northwest along Lake Mjosa to the newly developing community of Lillehammer. Peder Imislund was a tanner by trade, and their home was in the center of town.
The family's 4 children were born there, their 2nd being Herbert, b. 1860, the oldest of 3 sons. His birth name in Norway was Hagbark, which in Wisconsin was changed to Herbert.
In Spring 1867, Herbert's parents and all 4 children left Lillehammer, to emigrate to America. The family consisted of :
- Father Peder, age 36
- Mother Anne, 37
- Karen, age 9
- Herbert, age 7
- Marcus, age 5
- Anton, age 3
- Karen Imislund, age 25, b. 1841-- Anne's unmarried sister
The family sailed from Oslo for America, taking about two months or more to cross the Atlantic, having to bring along all their own food.
They first went to Vernon County in southwest Wisconsin, to the area between the two large towns of Viroqua and LaCrosse : near the hamlets of Westby and Coon Valley.
On April 25, 1868 in that area, Anne's sister Karen, age 26, married Peder Nelson, b.1843.
In 1866, he had immigrated from Gudbrandsdal, Norway.
Sometime between 1867-1869, the two brothers-in-law, Peder Imislund and Peder Nelson, applied for and were granted homestead rights to two adjoining pieces of land located one county north of Vernon County : Trempeleau County. These two families' homesteads were in the northern part of that county, in a valley northeast of the town of Strum, in an area newly opened to white settlers.
In 1869, the two Imislund sisters and their families travelled from Vernon County to their new homesteads in Trempealeau County, on a road now called Williams Road.
In that same year of 1869 in Romundstad Valley -- northwest of the Imislund sisters' farms and over a wooded hillcrest -- Ole J. Romundstad had also just claimed his homestead, and became their closest neighbor. When Peder & Anne Imislund saw smoke coming from Ole J's chimney, they were so glad to know they had neighbors.
In 1879 -- 10 years later -- the father of the Imislund family -- Peder Imislund, age 48 -- died from a traumatic falling thru the floor of his barn ( -- possibly thru the hay chute ?) .
Peder Imislund left to mourn these of his family members :
- Wife Anne, age 49
- Karen, age 21
- Herbert, age 19
- Marcus, age 17
- Anton, age 15
In 1888, nine years later, the family's youngest son -- Anton Imislund, age 24 -- married and lived in Eau Claire.
In 1889, the family's oldest son -- Herbert Imislund, age 29 -- left Strum for Fergus County, Montana. He made a new life there, and married in 1901.
In 1893, Marcus' sister, Karen, age 35, married Anders Romundstad, and lived on their farm in Romundstad Valley, over the wooded hill to the northwest.
Those three Imislund siblings' departures from the family nest left one remaining offspring on the Imislund Farm : Marcus Imislund, the family's second son.
In the early-mid-1890's, Marcus married Matilda Anderson of Strum, age __, b. 1876. From then until 1905, Marcus and Matilda Imislund and their children lived on the Imislund farm.
Possibly at the time of Marcus's marriage, the family's Mother, Anne Imislund, moved to live with her daughter Karen Imislund Romundstad and family in Romundstad Valley, northwest over the wooded hillcrest.
In 1905, Marcus Imislund sold the Imislund Farm, and he and his family moved to the Skagit area of Washington State.
Marcus sold this farm to Tobias M. Olson of Strum -- Karen Imislund Romundstad's cousin-by-marriage.
T.M. Olson passed the land in to his son, Edwin Olson, then Edwin passed the farm to his nephew, Harlan Isom.
In the 36 years from 1869-1905, the Imislund Farm was lived in by 3 generations of Imislunds. Since 1905, no one has lived on this farm, and over the years, the buildings have gone to wrack-&-ruin.
++++
From Ancestry.com message boards,
"Herbert P. Imislund, b. 1864, WI - 1889 MT - Bio"
www.ancestry.com/boards/surnames.imislund/1/mb.ashx
"A biography/family history of Herbert Imislund is included in 'Montana, Its Story & Biography,' Vol. 2, page 370.
See "Montana, Its Story and Biography: A History of Aboriginal and Territorial ..."
edited by Tom Stout
https://books.google.com/books?id=-CU6AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA371&lpg=PA371&dq=lewistown,+mt+%22margaret+charters%22&source=bl&ots=G4QMo5qlqQ&sig=ACfU3U2x5e4MRtOk9tBltkGjHZdGgD9BsQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjIv4PrjOToAhVrmuAKHTzlAU0Q6AEwAHoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=lewistown%2C%20mt%20%22margaret%20charters%22&f=false
"Herbert was born 7 Jul 1860, in Lillehammer, Norway to parents Peder H. and Anne (Andersdatter) Imislund.
In 1867 when Herbert was 7 years old, his family emigrated to Wisconsin. In 1869 they became pioneers of Trempealeau County, and established farm northeast of Strum.
"Herbert grew up on his family's farm, and in 1879 when Herbert was 19, his father died at age 48 from a traumatic fall in their barn.
"In 1889, Herbert, age 29, traveled by train to Billings, MT, and on by stage to Maiden, MT, where he worked for 3 or 4 years as a farm hand at the N Bar Ranch and others.
"Herbert then became a clerk at James Charters' general store in Grass Range, where he worked for three years. Then he bought the business and operated it under his own name for approximately 12 years. During this time, he was also in interest with B.F. Moulton in a large ranch raising sheep & cattle.
"On 12 Jun 1901, while in Grass Range, Herbert, age 41, married [the sister of James Charters : ] Margaret Charters, who was born near Portage, Wisconsin. On Dec 1, 1903, their daughter, Lillian Judith Imislund, was born.
"In 1906, Herbert, age 46, sold his general store in Grass Range and moved [ 32 miles west ] to Lewistown as an investment banker."
+++++
" 'The Imislund Building' by Nancy Watts
https://lewistownlibrary.org/2018/08/14/the-imislund-building-by-nancy-watts/
In 1906, "Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Imislund, who have been making their home at Grass Range for several years, have moved to this city and will make their future home here." (Fergus County Democrat Apr 24, 1906).
"The Imislund Building located at 508 W. Main was built in 1906 by the Tubb Bros.
"Herbert P. Imislund was a prominent Lewistown businessman, city clerk, and president of the Montana and Eastern Corporation, a large investment concern." (Montana Historical and Architectural Survey by Ellen Sievert).
"Herbert P. Imislund…purchased of Joseph Jackson, 30 feet on upper Main Street [508 W. Main], joining the new building being erected by the First National Bank Building (502 W. Main)." [Joseph Jackson had erected a home on this property in Aug 1884.] "It is the intention of Mr. Imislund to commence at once the erection of a two-story stone building on his recently acquired ground." (Fergus County Democrat, May 1, 1906).
"Excavation for the business building which H. P. Imislund is building in the First National Bank block has begun…it will be a two-story stone with a brick front. (Fergus County Democrat, June 12, 1906).
"The Imislund building is rapidly nearing completion and presents one of the best fronts in the city. A fine marble floor is about to be laid…" (Fergus Co. Democrat, Nov 27, 1906)
"Imislund and Judd have purchased the large stock of wines and liquors of the firm of Poland and Robinson. The new firm has also secured the agency of the La Cross beer, which will be placed on the market. The bottling department will be discontinued for the present… Imislund and Judd will be located in the basement of the Imislund building." (Fergus Co. Democrat, Dec 11, 1906)
AD: "Judd and Imislund will be the Wholesale Distributers for Gund's Peerless Beer." (Fergus Co. Democrat July 2, 1907).
"Sheriff-elect W. R. Woods has so far announced but two-appointments, Herbert P. Imislund who has been the city clerk for a year and a half, will assume the duties of under-sheriff and John Reed will be jailer." (Fergus Co. Democrat, Dec.13, 1910).
"George R. Creel (funeral director, County Coroner, and licensed embalmer) was proprietor of the Lewistown Monument Co. in the Imislund Block before he moved his business to 603 W. Main in 1913. It also housed the Redman's Hall." (Montana Historical and Architectural Survey, Sievert). "
"Herbert P. Imislund died 22 April 1940, Oakland, Alameda, Alameda County, California, age almost-80." (Stout, Tom, Ed. "Montana, Its Story and Biography: A History of Aboriginal and Territorial ..."
[Note from this memorial maintainer, Lisa Lindberg:
Herbert and Margaret Imislund's daughter, Lillian Imislund Harward and family lived in Oakland, Alameda County. So it is likely that Herbert was living with or near their daughter when he died. Three years later, in 1943, Herbert's wife, Margaret Charters Imislund also died in Oakland. ]
"Daughter :
Lillian Imislund Harward,
b. 1 Dec 1903, Montana;
d. 22 Nov 1981, Los Angeles, CA "
Imislund Family History -- Norway and Wisconsin
-- By Lisa Lindberg, Great-Grand-Niece of Herbert Imislund.
Herbert Imislund -- From Lillehammer, Norway to the San Francisco Bay Area.
Herbert Imislund's parents, Peder & Anne Imislund, were originally from the Imislund Farm Village, 3 miles northeast of central Hamar, Norway. These parents then moved northwest along Lake Mjosa to the newly developing community of Lillehammer. Peder Imislund was a tanner by trade, and their home was in the center of town.
The family's 4 children were born there, their 2nd being Herbert, b. 1860, the oldest of 3 sons. His birth name in Norway was Hagbark, which in Wisconsin was changed to Herbert.
In Spring 1867, Herbert's parents and all 4 children left Lillehammer, to emigrate to America. The family consisted of :
- Father Peder, age 36
- Mother Anne, 37
- Karen, age 9
- Herbert, age 7
- Marcus, age 5
- Anton, age 3
- Karen Imislund, age 25, b. 1841-- Anne's unmarried sister
The family sailed from Oslo for America, taking about two months or more to cross the Atlantic, having to bring along all their own food.
They first went to Vernon County in southwest Wisconsin, to the area between the two large towns of Viroqua and LaCrosse : near the hamlets of Westby and Coon Valley.
On April 25, 1868 in that area, Anne's sister Karen, age 26, married Peder Nelson, b.1843.
In 1866, he had immigrated from Gudbrandsdal, Norway.
Sometime between 1867-1869, the two brothers-in-law, Peder Imislund and Peder Nelson, applied for and were granted homestead rights to two adjoining pieces of land located one county north of Vernon County : Trempeleau County. These two families' homesteads were in the northern part of that county, in a valley northeast of the town of Strum, in an area newly opened to white settlers.
In 1869, the two Imislund sisters and their families travelled from Vernon County to their new homesteads in Trempealeau County, on a road now called Williams Road.
In that same year of 1869 in Romundstad Valley -- northwest of the Imislund sisters' farms and over a wooded hillcrest -- Ole J. Romundstad had also just claimed his homestead, and became their closest neighbor. When Peder & Anne Imislund saw smoke coming from Ole J's chimney, they were so glad to know they had neighbors.
In 1879 -- 10 years later -- the father of the Imislund family -- Peder Imislund, age 48 -- died from a traumatic falling thru the floor of his barn ( -- possibly thru the hay chute ?) .
Peder Imislund left to mourn these of his family members :
- Wife Anne, age 49
- Karen, age 21
- Herbert, age 19
- Marcus, age 17
- Anton, age 15
In 1888, nine years later, the family's youngest son -- Anton Imislund, age 24 -- married and lived in Eau Claire.
In 1889, the family's oldest son -- Herbert Imislund, age 29 -- left Strum for Fergus County, Montana. He made a new life there, and married in 1901.
In 1893, Marcus' sister, Karen, age 35, married Anders Romundstad, and lived on their farm in Romundstad Valley, over the wooded hill to the northwest.
Those three Imislund siblings' departures from the family nest left one remaining offspring on the Imislund Farm : Marcus Imislund, the family's second son.
In the early-mid-1890's, Marcus married Matilda Anderson of Strum, age __, b. 1876. From then until 1905, Marcus and Matilda Imislund and their children lived on the Imislund farm.
Possibly at the time of Marcus's marriage, the family's Mother, Anne Imislund, moved to live with her daughter Karen Imislund Romundstad and family in Romundstad Valley, northwest over the wooded hillcrest.
In 1905, Marcus Imislund sold the Imislund Farm, and he and his family moved to the Skagit area of Washington State.
Marcus sold this farm to Tobias M. Olson of Strum -- Karen Imislund Romundstad's cousin-by-marriage.
T.M. Olson passed the land in to his son, Edwin Olson, then Edwin passed the farm to his nephew, Harlan Isom.
In the 36 years from 1869-1905, the Imislund Farm was lived in by 3 generations of Imislunds. Since 1905, no one has lived on this farm, and over the years, the buildings have gone to wrack-&-ruin.
++++
From Ancestry.com message boards,
"Herbert P. Imislund, b. 1864, WI - 1889 MT - Bio"
www.ancestry.com/boards/surnames.imislund/1/mb.ashx
"A biography/family history of Herbert Imislund is included in 'Montana, Its Story & Biography,' Vol. 2, page 370.
See "Montana, Its Story and Biography: A History of Aboriginal and Territorial ..."
edited by Tom Stout
https://books.google.com/books?id=-CU6AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA371&lpg=PA371&dq=lewistown,+mt+%22margaret+charters%22&source=bl&ots=G4QMo5qlqQ&sig=ACfU3U2x5e4MRtOk9tBltkGjHZdGgD9BsQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjIv4PrjOToAhVrmuAKHTzlAU0Q6AEwAHoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=lewistown%2C%20mt%20%22margaret%20charters%22&f=false
"Herbert was born 7 Jul 1860, in Lillehammer, Norway to parents Peder H. and Anne (Andersdatter) Imislund.
In 1867 when Herbert was 7 years old, his family emigrated to Wisconsin. In 1869 they became pioneers of Trempealeau County, and established farm northeast of Strum.
"Herbert grew up on his family's farm, and in 1879 when Herbert was 19, his father died at age 48 from a traumatic fall in their barn.
"In 1889, Herbert, age 29, traveled by train to Billings, MT, and on by stage to Maiden, MT, where he worked for 3 or 4 years as a farm hand at the N Bar Ranch and others.
"Herbert then became a clerk at James Charters' general store in Grass Range, where he worked for three years. Then he bought the business and operated it under his own name for approximately 12 years. During this time, he was also in interest with B.F. Moulton in a large ranch raising sheep & cattle.
"On 12 Jun 1901, while in Grass Range, Herbert, age 41, married [the sister of James Charters : ] Margaret Charters, who was born near Portage, Wisconsin. On Dec 1, 1903, their daughter, Lillian Judith Imislund, was born.
"In 1906, Herbert, age 46, sold his general store in Grass Range and moved [ 32 miles west ] to Lewistown as an investment banker."
+++++
" 'The Imislund Building' by Nancy Watts
https://lewistownlibrary.org/2018/08/14/the-imislund-building-by-nancy-watts/
In 1906, "Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Imislund, who have been making their home at Grass Range for several years, have moved to this city and will make their future home here." (Fergus County Democrat Apr 24, 1906).
"The Imislund Building located at 508 W. Main was built in 1906 by the Tubb Bros.
"Herbert P. Imislund was a prominent Lewistown businessman, city clerk, and president of the Montana and Eastern Corporation, a large investment concern." (Montana Historical and Architectural Survey by Ellen Sievert).
"Herbert P. Imislund…purchased of Joseph Jackson, 30 feet on upper Main Street [508 W. Main], joining the new building being erected by the First National Bank Building (502 W. Main)." [Joseph Jackson had erected a home on this property in Aug 1884.] "It is the intention of Mr. Imislund to commence at once the erection of a two-story stone building on his recently acquired ground." (Fergus County Democrat, May 1, 1906).
"Excavation for the business building which H. P. Imislund is building in the First National Bank block has begun…it will be a two-story stone with a brick front. (Fergus County Democrat, June 12, 1906).
"The Imislund building is rapidly nearing completion and presents one of the best fronts in the city. A fine marble floor is about to be laid…" (Fergus Co. Democrat, Nov 27, 1906)
"Imislund and Judd have purchased the large stock of wines and liquors of the firm of Poland and Robinson. The new firm has also secured the agency of the La Cross beer, which will be placed on the market. The bottling department will be discontinued for the present… Imislund and Judd will be located in the basement of the Imislund building." (Fergus Co. Democrat, Dec 11, 1906)
AD: "Judd and Imislund will be the Wholesale Distributers for Gund's Peerless Beer." (Fergus Co. Democrat July 2, 1907).
"Sheriff-elect W. R. Woods has so far announced but two-appointments, Herbert P. Imislund who has been the city clerk for a year and a half, will assume the duties of under-sheriff and John Reed will be jailer." (Fergus Co. Democrat, Dec.13, 1910).
"George R. Creel (funeral director, County Coroner, and licensed embalmer) was proprietor of the Lewistown Monument Co. in the Imislund Block before he moved his business to 603 W. Main in 1913. It also housed the Redman's Hall." (Montana Historical and Architectural Survey, Sievert). "
"Herbert P. Imislund died 22 April 1940, Oakland, Alameda, Alameda County, California, age almost-80." (Stout, Tom, Ed. "Montana, Its Story and Biography: A History of Aboriginal and Territorial ..."
[Note from this memorial maintainer, Lisa Lindberg:
Herbert and Margaret Imislund's daughter, Lillian Imislund Harward and family lived in Oakland, Alameda County. So it is likely that Herbert was living with or near their daughter when he died. Three years later, in 1943, Herbert's wife, Margaret Charters Imislund also died in Oakland. ]
"Daughter :
Lillian Imislund Harward,
b. 1 Dec 1903, Montana;
d. 22 Nov 1981, Los Angeles, CA "
-- By Lisa Lindberg, Great-Grand-Niece of Herbert Imislund.
Herbert Imislund -- From Lillehammer, Norway to the San Francisco Bay Area.
Herbert Imislund's parents, Peder & Anne Imislund, were originally from the Imislund Farm Village, 3 miles northeast of central Hamar, Norway. These parents then moved northwest along Lake Mjosa to the newly developing community of Lillehammer. Peder Imislund was a tanner by trade, and their home was in the center of town.
The family's 4 children were born there, their 2nd being Herbert, b. 1860, the oldest of 3 sons. His birth name in Norway was Hagbark, which in Wisconsin was changed to Herbert.
In Spring 1867, Herbert's parents and all 4 children left Lillehammer, to emigrate to America. The family consisted of :
- Father Peder, age 36
- Mother Anne, 37
- Karen, age 9
- Herbert, age 7
- Marcus, age 5
- Anton, age 3
- Karen Imislund, age 25, b. 1841-- Anne's unmarried sister
The family sailed from Oslo for America, taking about two months or more to cross the Atlantic, having to bring along all their own food.
They first went to Vernon County in southwest Wisconsin, to the area between the two large towns of Viroqua and LaCrosse : near the hamlets of Westby and Coon Valley.
On April 25, 1868 in that area, Anne's sister Karen, age 26, married Peder Nelson, b.1843.
In 1866, he had immigrated from Gudbrandsdal, Norway.
Sometime between 1867-1869, the two brothers-in-law, Peder Imislund and Peder Nelson, applied for and were granted homestead rights to two adjoining pieces of land located one county north of Vernon County : Trempeleau County. These two families' homesteads were in the northern part of that county, in a valley northeast of the town of Strum, in an area newly opened to white settlers.
In 1869, the two Imislund sisters and their families travelled from Vernon County to their new homesteads in Trempealeau County, on a road now called Williams Road.
In that same year of 1869 in Romundstad Valley -- northwest of the Imislund sisters' farms and over a wooded hillcrest -- Ole J. Romundstad had also just claimed his homestead, and became their closest neighbor. When Peder & Anne Imislund saw smoke coming from Ole J's chimney, they were so glad to know they had neighbors.
In 1879 -- 10 years later -- the father of the Imislund family -- Peder Imislund, age 48 -- died from a traumatic falling thru the floor of his barn ( -- possibly thru the hay chute ?) .
Peder Imislund left to mourn these of his family members :
- Wife Anne, age 49
- Karen, age 21
- Herbert, age 19
- Marcus, age 17
- Anton, age 15
In 1888, nine years later, the family's youngest son -- Anton Imislund, age 24 -- married and lived in Eau Claire.
In 1889, the family's oldest son -- Herbert Imislund, age 29 -- left Strum for Fergus County, Montana. He made a new life there, and married in 1901.
In 1893, Marcus' sister, Karen, age 35, married Anders Romundstad, and lived on their farm in Romundstad Valley, over the wooded hill to the northwest.
Those three Imislund siblings' departures from the family nest left one remaining offspring on the Imislund Farm : Marcus Imislund, the family's second son.
In the early-mid-1890's, Marcus married Matilda Anderson of Strum, age __, b. 1876. From then until 1905, Marcus and Matilda Imislund and their children lived on the Imislund farm.
Possibly at the time of Marcus's marriage, the family's Mother, Anne Imislund, moved to live with her daughter Karen Imislund Romundstad and family in Romundstad Valley, northwest over the wooded hillcrest.
In 1905, Marcus Imislund sold the Imislund Farm, and he and his family moved to the Skagit area of Washington State.
Marcus sold this farm to Tobias M. Olson of Strum -- Karen Imislund Romundstad's cousin-by-marriage.
T.M. Olson passed the land in to his son, Edwin Olson, then Edwin passed the farm to his nephew, Harlan Isom.
In the 36 years from 1869-1905, the Imislund Farm was lived in by 3 generations of Imislunds. Since 1905, no one has lived on this farm, and over the years, the buildings have gone to wrack-&-ruin.
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From Ancestry.com message boards,
"Herbert P. Imislund, b. 1864, WI - 1889 MT - Bio"
www.ancestry.com/boards/surnames.imislund/1/mb.ashx
"A biography/family history of Herbert Imislund is included in 'Montana, Its Story & Biography,' Vol. 2, page 370.
See "Montana, Its Story and Biography: A History of Aboriginal and Territorial ..."
edited by Tom Stout
https://books.google.com/books?id=-CU6AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA371&lpg=PA371&dq=lewistown,+mt+%22margaret+charters%22&source=bl&ots=G4QMo5qlqQ&sig=ACfU3U2x5e4MRtOk9tBltkGjHZdGgD9BsQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjIv4PrjOToAhVrmuAKHTzlAU0Q6AEwAHoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=lewistown%2C%20mt%20%22margaret%20charters%22&f=false
"Herbert was born 7 Jul 1860, in Lillehammer, Norway to parents Peder H. and Anne (Andersdatter) Imislund.
In 1867 when Herbert was 7 years old, his family emigrated to Wisconsin. In 1869 they became pioneers of Trempealeau County, and established farm northeast of Strum.
"Herbert grew up on his family's farm, and in 1879 when Herbert was 19, his father died at age 48 from a traumatic fall in their barn.
"In 1889, Herbert, age 29, traveled by train to Billings, MT, and on by stage to Maiden, MT, where he worked for 3 or 4 years as a farm hand at the N Bar Ranch and others.
"Herbert then became a clerk at James Charters' general store in Grass Range, where he worked for three years. Then he bought the business and operated it under his own name for approximately 12 years. During this time, he was also in interest with B.F. Moulton in a large ranch raising sheep & cattle.
"On 12 Jun 1901, while in Grass Range, Herbert, age 41, married [the sister of James Charters : ] Margaret Charters, who was born near Portage, Wisconsin. On Dec 1, 1903, their daughter, Lillian Judith Imislund, was born.
"In 1906, Herbert, age 46, sold his general store in Grass Range and moved [ 32 miles west ] to Lewistown as an investment banker."
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" 'The Imislund Building' by Nancy Watts
https://lewistownlibrary.org/2018/08/14/the-imislund-building-by-nancy-watts/
In 1906, "Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Imislund, who have been making their home at Grass Range for several years, have moved to this city and will make their future home here." (Fergus County Democrat Apr 24, 1906).
"The Imislund Building located at 508 W. Main was built in 1906 by the Tubb Bros.
"Herbert P. Imislund was a prominent Lewistown businessman, city clerk, and president of the Montana and Eastern Corporation, a large investment concern." (Montana Historical and Architectural Survey by Ellen Sievert).
"Herbert P. Imislund…purchased of Joseph Jackson, 30 feet on upper Main Street [508 W. Main], joining the new building being erected by the First National Bank Building (502 W. Main)." [Joseph Jackson had erected a home on this property in Aug 1884.] "It is the intention of Mr. Imislund to commence at once the erection of a two-story stone building on his recently acquired ground." (Fergus County Democrat, May 1, 1906).
"Excavation for the business building which H. P. Imislund is building in the First National Bank block has begun…it will be a two-story stone with a brick front. (Fergus County Democrat, June 12, 1906).
"The Imislund building is rapidly nearing completion and presents one of the best fronts in the city. A fine marble floor is about to be laid…" (Fergus Co. Democrat, Nov 27, 1906)
"Imislund and Judd have purchased the large stock of wines and liquors of the firm of Poland and Robinson. The new firm has also secured the agency of the La Cross beer, which will be placed on the market. The bottling department will be discontinued for the present… Imislund and Judd will be located in the basement of the Imislund building." (Fergus Co. Democrat, Dec 11, 1906)
AD: "Judd and Imislund will be the Wholesale Distributers for Gund's Peerless Beer." (Fergus Co. Democrat July 2, 1907).
"Sheriff-elect W. R. Woods has so far announced but two-appointments, Herbert P. Imislund who has been the city clerk for a year and a half, will assume the duties of under-sheriff and John Reed will be jailer." (Fergus Co. Democrat, Dec.13, 1910).
"George R. Creel (funeral director, County Coroner, and licensed embalmer) was proprietor of the Lewistown Monument Co. in the Imislund Block before he moved his business to 603 W. Main in 1913. It also housed the Redman's Hall." (Montana Historical and Architectural Survey, Sievert). "
"Herbert P. Imislund died 22 April 1940, Oakland, Alameda, Alameda County, California, age almost-80." (Stout, Tom, Ed. "Montana, Its Story and Biography: A History of Aboriginal and Territorial ..."
[Note from this memorial maintainer, Lisa Lindberg:
Herbert and Margaret Imislund's daughter, Lillian Imislund Harward and family lived in Oakland, Alameda County. So it is likely that Herbert was living with or near their daughter when he died. Three years later, in 1943, Herbert's wife, Margaret Charters Imislund also died in Oakland. ]
"Daughter :
Lillian Imislund Harward,
b. 1 Dec 1903, Montana;
d. 22 Nov 1981, Los Angeles, CA "
Gravesite Details
inurnment: 26 April 1940
S/W: Imislund, Margaret C.
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