Joseph Edgar KILDE

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1969-MN-025154

Family/Spouse: M.L. CARTER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1942-MN-000683

Notes:

Apparently registered for the draft in Otter Tail County and designated his local board as Richland County, North Dakota. He gave his mother, Jennie Kilde of Parkers Prairie, as his nearest relative. He was described as short and of medium build with blue eyes and light hair.

Living with the Moons in Beltrami County in the 1920 census. Shown as “nephew.” Bertha’s mother and August’s mother were sisters so August married his first cousin.

Living in Hornet Twp, Beltrami County, Minnesota, in the 1930 census.

Died of a cerebral hemorrhage.

August married Bertha Annie MOON. Bertha (daughter of William MOON and Anna Bergetta JOHNSON) was born on 2 Apr 1901 in Otter Tail County, Minnesota; died on 1 Sep 1971 in Beltrami County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1901-17294
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1971-MN-022677
• Baptism: 7 Nov 1903, Otter Tail County, Minnesota

Notes:

Her birthdate is shown as April 2 on her birth certificate and April 3 on her death certificate. In addition, SSDI shows her date of death as September 15th.

One source gives her death location as Cook farm, Hornet, Minnesota.

Bertha’s mother and August’s mother were sisters so Bertha married her first cousin.

Baptism:
Elmo Lutheran

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1916-MN-010126
• Baptism: 5 Jan 1851, Aamot, Hedmark, Norway

Notes:

In the 1865 Norwegian census as Karstein Engebretssen, age 15, born in Aamot. Confirmed by the Aamot birth register which shows a Carsten Engebretsen born 7 Nov 1850 (and baptized 5 Jan 1851) to Engebret Bergsvensvien (sp?), apparently of Kilde, and Inger Tollefsdatter. Sponsors for the baptized child appear to be Gunder Gudmandsen, Niels Gudmandsen of Kilde, Margrethe Olsdatter of Kilde, and Oliana Gundersdatter of Kilde.

In the 1895 state census, Carsten, Jennie, Emelie, and 78 year-old Berta Olson (perhaps Jennie’s mother?) are living in Effington Twp, Otter Tail County.

Farming in Elmo Twp, Otter Tail County, at the time of the 1900 census. He came to the U.S. in 1882, his wife Jennie in 1885.

In the 1905 state census they are in Elmo Twp. Carsten has been a resident of the state for 20 years but only 7 years and 8 months in the local district. Jennie has been in the state for 18 years, 16 years and 10 months in the local district.

Farming in Elmo Twp in Otter Tail County, as Carsten B., at the time of the 1910 census. Called K. B. Kilde on Joseph’s birth certificate. Came to the U.S. in 1882.

Birth:
or Åmot

Baptism:
or Åmot

Carsten married Inga G (Jennie) JOHNSON about 1893. Inga (daughter of Johannes JORGENSON and Anna NELSON) was born on 6 May 1872 in Norway; died on 1 Sep 1932 in Otter Tail County, Minnesota; was buried in Gausdal Lutheran Cemetery, Elmo Twp, Otter Tail County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1932-MN-010628

Notes:

One source has her middle name Jorgine. Referred to as Jennie on Joseph’s birth certificate. One source has her last name as Peterson although most of her childrens’ death certificates (except Joseph’s and Annie’s which show Peterson) show Johnson.

In the 1900 census, she had had 4 children, all 4 still living.

According to the 1910 census, she had had 9 children, 8 of whom were still living. She came to this country in 1886.

In the 1920 census she is a widow living in Elmo Twp with her five youngest sons, all single.

The informant for her death certificate was her son John Kilde. She died from apoplexy caused by hypertension.

William married Anna Bergetta JOHNSON about 1890. Anna (daughter of Johannes JORGENSON and Anna NELSON) was born on 6 Mar 1870 in Norway; died on 18 Dec 1955 in Beltrami County, Minnesota; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Blackduck, Beltrami County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Allen says that Annie was the community midwife, attending births in the area into her late ‘70s.

Notes:

In the 1865 census, the 53 year old Engebret Bertranssen, a carpenter, and his family reside as lodgers on the Bjørslund farm in Aamot parish.

An Engebret was born to the unmarried Kari Engebretsdatter, and, apparently, a Bertrand Olssen, on 11 November 1813, in Åmot (p. 105, Åmot 1811-1814).

Engebret married Inger Tollefsdatter. Inger was born about 1815 in Elverum, Hedmark, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johannes married Anna NELSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]