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22041

The Ole Forstrom (shown as Fostrom) family were farming in Eureka Township at the time (June 5th) of the 1880 census. The family consisted of Ole, 39, Betsey, 26, Thomas, 6, and Eda, 3. Also apparently living with them was Thomas Thompson, 21, shown as “cousin.”

By the 1900 census, Betsy is a widow and still living in Eureka Township not far from Peter Thompson. She is 46 (born Oct 1853 in Norway) and came to the U.S. in 1855. Living with her is her sons Olai B., 16 (born Feb 1884) and Arthur J., 9 (born Nov 1890). Arthur is still in school but Olai is shown as a farm laborer. Betsy is shown as having borne 7 children, 5 still living. Also living with her, although also shown as “head,” is her son Thomas, 25 (born June 1874), and Thomas’s wife Tina, 24 (born May 1876). Thomas and Tina have been married for 5 years and have two children (Tina has had a third one who is now dead): Norris O., 3 (born Dec 1896), and Clarence T., 1 (born April 1899).

She is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books), as Mrs. Betsey Fostrom of Farmington. She was a member of the Samband between 1910 and 1916. In her entry she is erroneously listed as the daughter of Peter Thompson.

In the 1920 census, she is shown to have come to this country in 1855 and was naturalized as a citizen in 1857.

An obituary:

In the death of Mrs B. E. Forstrom, Dakota county pioneer for 82 years and highly respected woman of Lakeville, the community loses a beloved character, known and admired by everyone. To her friends she was Grandma Forstrom. News of her demise came rather suddenly Tuesday morning, September 27, 1938 at the home ofher son Arthur, where she has made her home. She was able to be out-of doors on Saturday for a walk. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 1:00 o'clock at the Arthur Forstrom residence and 2:00 o'clock at the Lutheran Free Church in Eureka. Burial will be beside her husband in the adjoining cemetery. Three ministers will have charge of the service, Rev J. R. Langsjoen, the pastor; Rev B. L. Sundal, former pastor; and Rev A. H. Gjevre, pastor of St. John's at Lakeville. Mrs. Sundal will sing several favorite requests of the deceased. Pallbearers will be Milford Halling, Rudolph Ruh, Sherman Torbinson, Oscar Shirley, Sylvester Steen and Carlton Leine. Betsy Thompson was born in Valders, Norway, October 14th, 1853. At the age of one and a half, she imigrated to the United States with her parents, arriving at Manitowoc, Wisconsin, from where they moved to Nerstrand, Minnesota, after a short period in Wisconsin. In the early spring of 1857, the family pre-empted a homestead near the Twin churches in Eureka township, where she lived until her marriage to Ole Forstrom, at which time they purchased the farm where Eureka Center is now located. There a family of seven children were born, two of whom died in infancy and a daughter, Ida (Mrs Ed Ruh) preceded her mother in 1905. Mr Forstrom, the husband, is also deceased. Those surviving to mourn the loss of a loving mother are Thomas of Montana, Edward, Robert and Arthur of Lakeville; also nine grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren. Mrs Forstrom will not only be missed by her family but a host of friends in Lakeville, Eureka and the surrounding territory will feel the loss of a kind friend and helpful neighbor. She had an unusual personality that won for herself friends wherever she went and this warm friendly spirit will live on through the years. 10-14-1853/09-27-1938 COMPILED BY JANE GILBERTSON NELSON

Jane Gilbertson Nelson also compiled the puzzling obit for “little Ole Forstrom” as well as this one for which there is no confirmation in either the birth or the death records of the MHS or of the cemetery record for Highview in the Dalby database:

HIGHVIEW CHRISTIANIA LUTH. CHURCH & CEMETERY, EUREKA TWSP. DAKOTA COUNTY, MN. COMPILED BY JANE GILBERTSON NELSON. Name: Gladys Caroline Forstrom Birth: July 19, 1926 Death: August 2, 1926 Father: Ole E. Forstrom Mother: Betsy Forstrom Little Gladys lived 15 days and is buried in the Christiania Lutheran Free Church cemetery, Eureka township. 07-19-1926/08-02-1926

{Clearly this could not have been a child of 72 year-old Betsy.}

THOMPSON, Berit Knudsdatter (Betsy E) (I1769)

22042

The only Argabright in the 1940 census who lived in San Diego was Richard, age 27, a Machinists Mate in the U.S. Navy on the U.S.S. Detroit. (The Detroit, a light cruiser, survived the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.) That Richard Argabright was born in Missouri and was married to Opal, 26, born in Nebraska, at the time of the census.

That Richard Argabright was Richard John Argabright. In November of 1940, he transferred to S-48, a submarine.

Opal apparently visited her husband in Honolulu in July of 1941.

An Opal Argabright, wife of Robert A Argabright, lived in San Pedro, California, in 1940. That Robert A was in the Navy. Robert A Argabright, husband of Mary Opal Argabright was killed in action in World War II.

ARGABRIGHT (I22368)

22043

The only Guri Tollefsdatter in Nordre Aurdal in the 1865 census was the 40 year-old Guri Tollefsdatter, a summer helper with the animals lodging on the Engebret Olson farm, Hagene in Ulnæs og Svænnæs. She had a five year-old daughter, Sigri Olsdatter. Engebret, age 41, had a wife Kari Tollefsdatter, age 37, who may be Guri’s sister.

Guri Tollefsdatter (I29469)

22044

The only Helge Juelson in Nordre Aurdal in the 1865 census was married, age 46, and gbr on Agervold, Svennes.

RAGNÆS, Helge Julsen (I29468)

22045

The only Torger Olsen in Jevnaker in the 1801 census is the 38 year-old Torger Olsen who is unmarried bonde og gaardbruger on the Waterud farm.

Torger Olson (I13233)

22046

The only white Moses Darby in the 1900 census lives in the “State Lunatic Asylum, Number Three” in WashingtonTwp, Vernon County, Missouri. That Moses can read, write, and speak English, but no other data is provided for him in the census.

He’s still there in the 1910 census, now shown as age 51 and born in Missouri. He is listed as being unable to read or write.

DARBY, Moses (I18745)

22047

The Oregon Death Index says Multnomah County, spouse’s name “Rickie.”

ELLINGBOE, Christine Ruth (I9187)

22048

The PACF Family Tree says Yorba Linda, California.

CARR, Charles Edgar (I4580)

22049

The person who shares a gravestone with Walter is Flora Chamberlain 1859-1928, apparently his grandmother. The person assigned to that gravestone pictured in Find A Grave is his mother, Florabelle Grove 1882-1932.

CHAMBERLAIN, Flora Belle (I24973)

22050

The Peterson-Krebsbach tree in Ancestry calls him Karinus Ingmar Hjelle, son of Ole Jonsen Hjelle and Martha.

HJELLE, Clarence O (I5788)