Edwin Arnold TORVIK

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1975-MN-012335
• Occupation: Painter, Paper-Hanger
• Social Security Number: 470-18-0554

Notes:

He and Hildreth lived in Fergus Falls when Harriette was born.

Not listed in the 1930 census.

In the 1935/36 Fergus Falls city directory, he was Edwin Torvick, painter, of 715 Court Street. Same in the 1937/38 Fergus Falls city directory. He isn’t in the 1939/40 or 1941/42 Fergus Falls city directories.

In the 1940 census, he and his daughter lived with his father and sister at 715 Court Street. He was a decorator at a paint shop.

At the time of his death he lived at 715 South Court in Fergus Falls and was married to Lenore Olson Torvik. The informant for the information on his death certificate was Mrs. Julian Johnson of Fergus Falls. He died of colon cancer.

Died:
at Lake Region Hospital

Family/Spouse: Hildred Ovedia LARSON. Hildred (daughter of Louis LARSON and Nanny NESVOLD) was born on 14 Jan 1904 in Dane Prairie Twp, Otter Tail County, Minnesota; died on 21 Jan 1994 in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota; was buried in Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Harriette Eldora TORVIK was born on 13 May 1922 in Otter Tail County, Minnesota; died on 25 Mar 2014 in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota; was buried on 29 Mar 2014 in Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota.

Edwin married Helen Constance ANDERSON on 7 Apr 1941 in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, and was divorced. Helen (daughter of Elmer ANDERSON and Ruth HENDRICKSON) was born on 27 Jan 1923 in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota; died on 25 Aug 2000 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 28 Aug 2000 in Stavanger Crematory, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
as Edwin Arnold Torvik and Helen Constance Gilbert

Edwin married Lenore Carrie OLSON on 15 Nov 1966 in South Dakota. Lenore was born on 5 Jul 1902 in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota; died on 7 Oct 1973 in Otter Tail County, Minnesota; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1950-MN-011880
• Occupation: Painter

Notes:

In the 1895 state census, Fredrik Torvik, 22, is a painter lodging with the Andrew Aaby family in Lee, Norman County, Minnesota. He had been in the U.S. for four years and three months.

In the 1900 U. S. Census, he was Frederick Torvik, 27, born Oct 1872, a single man, a painter, who was living with a family on the “county poor farms” in Fergus Falls Twp, Otter Tail County.

An article in the Duluth News-Tribune, dated November 6, 1912, is headlined Fergus Falls has a Sensation Suit. Datelined Fergus Falls, November 5th: A sensational damage suit, involving local men has been filed in the district court here. Frederick Torvik and Andrew E Bye have been in partnership as Torvik & Bye, and had some difficulty in connection with firm matters. The allegations are to the effect that Torvik went to the home of Mr. Bye and assaulted him and his wife. Mr. Bye asks $5,035 damages and Mrs. Bye $7,000.

In the summer of 1937, Fred took a trip back to Norway. He returned to the United States on the S.S. Stavangerfjord which sailed from Oslo on August 10th and arrived at New York on August 20, 1937. The ship’s manifest notes that Fred had been naturalized as U.S. citizen in Fergus Falls on February 5, 1900. At the time of his trip, he gave his address in Fergus Falls as 715 Court Street.

In the 1939/40 Fergus Falls city directory, he is a painter and lives at 715 Court Street. His telephone number is 1150R. Same in the 1941/42 Fergus Falls city directory.

In the 1940 census, Fred, Olga, Edwin, and Harriette live at 715 Court Street. Fred and Edwin are decorators at a paint shop.

His daughter Olga of 715 South Court was the informant for his death certificate. She had no idea who Fred’s parents were. Fred was a painter and paper hanger who died from pneumonia brought on by influenza.

Birth:
Oct 1872 in the 1900 census

Died:
St. Luke’s Hospital where he had been for 15 days

Fred married Anna BYE on 3 Jan 1901 in Otter Tail County, Minnesota. Anna (daughter of Elling Eliasen BYE and Anne Martha Pedersdatter (Annie) MYRON) was born on 23 Oct 1869 in Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; died on 20 Jan 1936 in Otter Tail County, Minnesota; was buried in Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1936-MN-011892
• Baptism: 12 Dec 1869, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
• Confirmation: 5 Oct 1884, Vinne, Verdal (Vårdalen), Nord-Trøndelag, Norway

Notes:

According to her confirmation record, she was born on Lerfaldvald and was living on Bÿ.

In the 1910 census, the family was living at 402 Douglas Avenue in Fergus Falls. The family consisted of Frederick, 38, Anna, 40, Edwin A., 6, and Olga M., 2. Also living with them was Martha Bye, “mother in law”, 65, a widow born in Norway, who had had 6 children, 3 still living. Frederick and Anna had been married for 9 years. Anna had had the two children. Frederick was a printer and had come to this country in 1891. There is no indication for when Anna or “Martha” came to this country. Fred owns the home, free of mortgage, and it is not a farm.

In the 1920 census, the Torviks were living at 724 Court Street in Fergus Falls. The family consisted of Fred, 49, Anna, age illegible, Elwin, 16, Olga, 11 or 12, and Annie M. Bye, 75, a widow, mother-in-law. Annie and Anna appear to have come to this country in 1886; Fred in 1891. Fred is a traveling salesman for a woolen mill. Elwin is a delivery boy for a grocery store. Up the street from the Torviks, and on the same census page, lived John E. Bye (Johannes).

In the 1930 census, the Torviks were at 715 Court Street. The household consisted of Fred, 58, a painter, Anna, 60, Olga M., 22, a school teacher, Anna “Ellingbye”, 85, grandmother, and Harriett Torvik, 7, grandchild.

In the 1935/36 Fergus Falls city directory, she and Fred, a traveling salesman, lived at 715 Court Street with their son and daughter.

Baptism:
date from her confirmation record

Notes:

Married:
First English Lutheran in Fergus Falls

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Husmann
• Baptism: 25 Dec 1848, Vinne, Verdal (Vårdalen), Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
• Confirmation: 9 Oct 1864, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway

Notes:

Not listed as part of Elias and Guruanna’s family in the 1865 census.

He was Elling Eliassen Leirfaldvald at the time of his daughter Berntine’s birth.

According to the Verdal out-migration register, he left Verdal on 2 May 1881 as Elling Eliasen Baglovald.

He departed Trondheim on 5 May 1881 aboard the feeder ship Tasso. His name was Elling E. Baglo, a 32 year-old laborer, with destination Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He arrived in New York on May 28, 1881, aboard the S.S. Samana as Elling E. Baglo. Took the name of Bye in America. His family had to wait five years before they joined him in Fergus Falls. He was living with his brother Martin Bye and family in Fergus Falls in the 1885 Minnesota state census.

In the 1895 Minnesota state census, Elling and his family live in Fergus Falls where he is a miller. He is 46, his wife Martha is 50, and his three sons still living at home are Peder E, 18, Andrew, 17, and Julius, 7.

“... died in this city [Fergus Falls] many years ago...” said Martin Bye’s obituary.

Dee Austring calls him Elling Eliassen, born 1848 in Storøren gård #265, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway.

Her research identifies Elling as “18yo Tjenestekarl” in the 1865 Norwegian census, living at Rosvold søndre farm, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway.

His marriage entry in the Verdal church book identifies him as Elling Eliassen Leirfaldvald, born in 1848 in Baglovald.

Her research identifies Elling as “Husmand med Jord og Telgrafarbeider” in the 1875 Norwegian census, living at Baglovald farm, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway.

Perhaps his naturalization record:

E. Bye
Otter Tail County
Reel 1
Volume B
Code 3
Page 175

The June 19, 1961, edition of the Fergus Falls Daily Journal had a “75 Years Ago” column that repeated the Journal files from June 17 to June 25, 1886. One of the entries was: “There have been two deaths from diphtheria is the city with the last few days, both of them children of Mr. Elling Bye, who resides in the southwestern part of the city. One was five and the other nine.”

Birth:
On Baglovald according to Sven Tore, cemetery records say 23 Nov 1848

Confirmation:
Stikelstad

Buried:
may also be called First Lutheran Cemetery, Dane Prairie Twp, Otter Tail County, Minnesota

Died:
date per cemetery records

Elling married Anne Martha Pedersdatter (Annie) MYRON on 6 Jan 1870 in Vinne, Verdal (Vårdalen), Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. Anne (daughter of Peder Pettersen KROGE and Bereth Johnsdatter) was born on 7 Sep 1844 in Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; died on 10 Apr 1933 in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota; was buried on 14 Apr 1933 in Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1933-MN-010675
• Baptism: 1 Dec 1844, Vinne, Verdal (Vårdalen), Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
• Confirmation: 14 Oct 1860

Notes:

The last name of Myron is the “mother’s maiden name” identified on Andrew’s and Edward’s death certificates. The farm name for her in the church book entry for her marriage is not intelligible; it seems to be something like Jacomastad. There is a Myren farm or set of farms in Verdal in Vinne.

Anne M. Baglo, 41, left Trondheim on 8 May 1886 aboard the Thingvalla line’s feeder ship to Christiania. Traveling with her was Anna E. Baglo, 13, Berntine Baglo, 11, Peder Baglo, 9, Erik Baglo, 5, and Julie Baglo, 4. The family’s destination was Fergus Falls, Minnesota.

She arrived in New York on May 28, 1886, aboard the S.S. Hekla which had sailed from Copenhagen. She was identified as Anne M. Baglo, 41, accompanied by her five children: Anne E., 11 and a half, Berntine, 11 and a half, Peder Edvard, 9, Erick, 5, and Julie, 4. This is the same boat that Johannes E. Bye, Anne’s brother-in-law, arrived on. The origin of the family was identified as “Throndhjem.”

In the 1900 census, the family lived at 405 Adelphia Avenue (?) in Fergus Falls. The family consisted of Anna, a 55 year old widow (born in Sept 1844), Anna, 30 (born Oct 1869) and single, P. Edward, 24, Andrew, 21, and Julius, 12. Anna the mother had had 6 children, 4 still living. Everyone was born in Norway except Julius who was born in Minnesota. Those born in Norway came to this country in 1886 and only P. Edward is shown as having been naturalized. Anna the mother owns her home free of a mortgage and it is shown to be a house and not a farm. P. Edward’s occupation is grocer. Andrew’s occupation is salesman at a grocery store.

In the 1902 Fergus Falls city directory, she “boards” at 411 Everett Avenue E with her son Edward.

In the 1903 Fergus Falls city directory, she lives at 411 Everett Avenue E with her son Andrew.

In the 1907 directory, she still lives at 411 Everett Avenue E.

In the 1909 directory, she lives at 402 Douglas Avenue E.

In the 1910, 1920, and 1930 censuses, she is living with her daughter and son in-law, Anna and Fred Torvik, in Fergus Falls. In 1910, she is a widow who had had 6 children, 3 still living.

In the 1911 directory, she lives at 402 Douglas Avenue E.

In the 1931 city directory, she lives at 715 Court Street.

“In her obituary, it stated that she had 6 children, of whom 3 were still alive. They were: Mrs. Fred Torvik, Fergus Falls, Edward Bye, merchant in Fergus Falls, and Andrew Bye of Dane Prairie.”

In the 1865 Norwegian census, she is most likely the Anne Pedersdatter, 21, unmarried, who is a servant on the “Rosvold store” farm in Stiklestad, Verdal. Another servant girl on that same farm is Else Pedersdatter, 22, who may be a sister or, more likely, a half-sister.

Living with Elling and Anne Marta in the 1875 Norwegian census was Anne Marta’s sister Ragnhild (b. 1836, “Logerende ernerer sig ved Vævning”).

Anne Bye died of pneumonia. Fred Torvik of 715 Court Street in Fergus Falls was the informant for her death certificate.

Birth:
Leirfald farm

Died:
she died at 10:45 PM at the home of her daughter

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Husm. m. Jord, “Kaarmann” at death
• Baptism: 1 Jan 1821, Stiklestad, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
• Confirmation: 1835, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway

Notes:

Elias and Guruanna lived at “one of the Bye farms in Verdal.” The Digitalarkivet says that Elias’s and Guruana’s farm was Baglovald at the time of the christening of their children. Other entries refer to the farm as Byvald. The entry for Elisæus Martin shows Elias and Guruanna’s residence as “By vestre, vald.”

Shown in the 1865 Norwegian census as Elias Eliassen, husfader of the Storøen domicile in Verdal.

In the church book entry for the marriage of his son Elling he is identified as Elias Eliassen Bÿvald.

Dee Austring calls him Stiklestad Elias Eliassen Stiklestad, born March 23, 1822, in Byvald gård #265, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway, and baptized May 12, 1822. (These dates are incorrect.) She agrees with the December 8, 1911, death date and she has the same children’s names and same approximate birth dates assigned to him and Guruanna.

Her research finds him at Storøren gård #265, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway, in the 1865 Norwegian census, occupation “46 yo Husmand med Jord.”

In the 1875 census, he was in the same place, also called “Storøren Bye søndre vestre,” and is a “Husmand med Jord.” Elisæus Martin, Oluf, Johannes, and Anna were still living at home with their parents.

In the 1900 census, he was in the same place and a “Jordbrug Selveier.” He was called Elias Eliasen, b. 1820.

His designation as kårmann meant that he was receiving support after giving his estate to another person. Sven Tore also includes “Rid jæg” which suggests that Elias was in the military.

Birth:
or 29 October; the church book is not clear

Confirmation:
of Byevald

Died:
of the Storøren farm according to one source, on Byvald according to Sven Tore

Elias married Guruanna (Guriana) Hansdatter BYVALD on 4 Jun 1847 in Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. Guruanna (daughter of Hans Hanssen STORØREN and Marith Anfindsdatter BAGLOVALD) was born on 12 Nov 1821 in Vinne, Verdal (Vårdalen), Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; was christened on 16 Dec 1821 in Halle, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; died on 9 Dec 1893 in Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 16 Dec 1821, Vinne, Verdal (Vårdalen), Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
• Confirmation: 1837, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway

Notes:

Sven Tore includes “Fæbyv.” in her name.

Jostein Molde states that all of Elias and Guruanna’s children “seem to have left Verdal.”

“Remarks” in the Digitalarkivit entry for her birth:

K.1837.
G.04.06.1847.
D.09.12.1893

The death date of 9/12/93 is also entered in her confirmation record as is her marriage date.

Confirmation:
of Bÿevaldet

Died:
on the Storøren farm according to Digitalarkivet, on Byvald according to Sven Tore

Notes:

Married:
per Sven Tore, and the church book agrees (”4/6 47”); the marriage date is included in the church book entry for his birth

Notes:

In the church book entry for the marriage of his daughter Anne Martha, he is identified as Peder Pederson Leirfaldvald.

Peder married Bereth Johnsdatter. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]