Jens Nielson SKARSTAD

   Other names for Jens were Jens HELDESKAAR, Jens Nilson HILDESKAR, Jens N. PETERSON, Jens SKARSTAD, Jens N. SKARSTAD and Jens Peterson SKARSTAD.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Immigration: from Norway, 1861, America. Flytting i delar av Sogn og Fjordane i perioden 1816-1926

9869 18731 u 1861 m 15 4 1861 0 Jens Nilss. Hillesgaard Balestrand H 1839 0.00 Amerika KB 1418 932 0.00 1418 0 m jens nilss. hillesgaard balestrand 1861

• Census: Arendahl, 1870, Fillmore County, MN. page 9, line 2

63 63 Peterson Jens N 32
" Annie 26
" Ole 5
" Iver 3
" Susan 2
" Anna 4/12

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• Census: Arendahl, 1875, Fillmore County, MN. line 21

127 Jens N. Peterson 36 Norway
Anna " 31 Norway
Ole " 10 Minn
Iver " 8
Senva " 6
Anna " 5
Nelsine " 2
Maria " 0
Ann " 40 Norway

[boyums]

130 Nils Pederson 65
Peder " 40
Anna " 23
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• Census: Arendahl, 1880, Fillmore County, MN. Nordmenn i Minnesota i 1880-teljinga
24044 Jens N Peterson m 41 f N N N 207 Arendahl Fillmore Minnesota
24045 Anna Peterson f 36 N N N 207 Arendahl Fillmore Minnesota
24046 Ole Jenson m 15 Mn N N 207 Arendahl Fillmore Minnesota
24047 Iver Jenson m 13 Mn N N 207 Arendahl Fillmore Minnesota
24048 Susan Jenson f 11 Mn N N 207 Arendahl Fillmore Minnesota
24049 Anna Jenson f 9 Mn N N 207 Arendahl Fillmore Minnesota
24050 Sina Jenson f 7 Mn N N 207 Arendahl Fillmore Minnesota
24051 Maria Jenson f 5 Mn N N 207 Arendahl Fillmore Minnesota
24052 Johan Jenson m 3 Mn N N 207 Arendahl Fillmore Minnesota
24053 Karl Jenson m 3/12 Mar Mn N N 207 Arendahl Fillmore Minnesota

• Census: Arendahl, 1885, Fillmore County, MN. line 15

45 Jens N. Peterson 46
Anna N. Peterson 41
Ole J. Peterson 20
Iver J. Peterson 18
Susan J. Peterson 16
Anna J. Peterson 14
Lisa J. Peterson 12
Maria J. Peterson 10
John J. Peterson 8
Karl J. Peterson 5
Julia J. Peterson 2

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• Census: Arendahl, 1895, Fillmore County, MN. 33 Skarstad Jens 56
Skarstad Anna 51
Skarstad Iver 28
Skarstad John 18
Skarstad Carl 15
Skarstad Mary 20
Skarstad Julia 12
Skarstad Ole 9
Skarstad Alfred 6

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• Census: Arendahl, District 15, 1900, Fillmore County, MN. line 15

64 42 Petterson Jens 61 Feb 1839 m35
--- Anna 56 Feb 1844 m35
--- Sina 27 Mar 1873
--- Carl 20 Mar 1880
--- Julia 17 Sep 1882
--- Ole 14 Dec 1885
--- Alfred 11 Aug 1888

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• Census: Arendahl, 1905, Fillmore County, MN. 7 Skarstad Jens N. 67
" Anna 61
" John 28
" Ole H 19
" Alfred N. 16
" Julia A. 22
" Carl 25
" Helen O 19

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• Census: Peterson, District 34, 1910, Fillmore County, MN. line 28

49 55 Skarstad Jens N 71 i1861
---- Annie 66 11 kids/9 living i1861
---- Julia 27
---- Alfred N 21


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• Biography: History of Fillmore County, MN, 1912, Fillmore County, MN. SKARSTAD JENS N.
BOOK - HISTORY OF FILLMORE COUNTY, MN., VOLS. 1 & 2, PUBLISHED IN 1912. Jens N. Skarstad was born in Norway in 1839, son of Nels Peterson and Susie Iverson (Svedal) Peterson, natives of that country, who came to America in 1875. Jens, the subject of this biography, was educated in the common schools of Norway and came to the United States in 1861. Three years later he settled in Arendahl township and for some time operated a farm owned by John Agrimson. This farm was wild land and required a great deal of arduous toil to prepare it for cultivation and the production of valuable crops. In 1864 Mr. Skarstad married Anna O. Boyum, daughter of Ole Erickson and Anna (Larson) Boyum. To this marriage a family of eleven children were born, of whom Ole is deceased; Susie married Iver A. Boyum; Annie is the wife of Lars J. Benston; Nelsina married Ole L. Berge and is deceased; Iver and Carl are farmers; Julia is deceased; Ole Henry graduated from commercial course in Southern Minnesota Normal School at Austin in June, 1905, and died at the age of twenty-four years; John graduated from the same course in the same school in 1906; Alfred is a student in a veterinary college, Chicago. Mr. Skarstad now lives a retired life making his home with his son, John, in Peterson. He has long been affiliated with the Republican party and for three terms was a member of the school board. He owns stock in the Arendahl creamery and has various other business interests. He is a respected member of the Hauge Lutheran Church.

• Cemetery: Arendahl Cemetery, 1916, Fillmore County, MN. SKARSTAD, ANNA J. FEB. 9, 1844 - FEB. 24, 1911 WIFE OF JENS, DAU OF OLE
ERICKSON and ANNE LARSDTR. BOYUM
SKARSTAD, ANNA JULIA SEPT. 23, 1882 - SEPT. 10, 1911 DAU OF JENS and ANNA J.
SKARSTAD, ARTHUR 1901 - 1919 SON OF IVER and JOSEPHINE
SKARSTAD, CHRISTIAN CARROLL 1946 SON OF ARCHIE and MATHILDA
SKARSTAD, HELENE OLAVA 1886 - 1921 1ST WIFE OF CARL, NEE BENSTON
SKARSTAD, IVER 1866 - 1947 HUSBAND OF JOSEPHINE ,
SON OF JENS N. and ANNA J.
SKARSTAD, JENS N. FEB. 6, 1839 - (APR. 25, 1916) HUSBAND OF ANNA J.
SKARSTAD, JOSEPHINE 1871 - 1951 WIFE OF IVER, DAU OF KARI and
JOHANNES MUNDAHL
SKARSTAD, JULIUS 1898 - 1983 SON OF IVER and JOSEPHINE
SKARSTAD, OLE MAY 22, 1865 - AUG. 20, 1885 SON OF JENS N. and ANNA J.
SKARSTAD, OLE HENRY DEC. 8, 1885 - FEB. 6, 1910 SON OF JENS N. and ANNA J.

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Jens married Anna Olsdatter BOYUM, daughter of Ola Erikson BØYUM and Anna Larsdatter KRINGLA, on 24 Jul 1864 in Arendahl, Fillmore County, MN.¹ (Anna Olsdatter BOYUM was born on 9 Feb 1844 in Balestrand, Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway ⁴, baptized on 25 Feb 1844 in Fjærland, Balestrand, Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway ⁵ and died on 24 Feb 1911 in Fillmore County, MN ⁶.)