Helena Olava BENSTON
- Born: May 1886, MN
- Marriage: Carl Jenson SKARSTAD about 1905
- Died: 24 Mar 1921, Fillmore County, MN at age 34 1
Another name for Helena was Helene Olava Walstad BENSTON.
Noted events in her life were:
• Notes. After mother, Anna died, Helena was left at the home of her mother's parents - they raised Helena as their own. [note: Anna's mother was deceased before 1900]
• Census: Arendahl, District 15, 1900, Fillmore County, MN. line 60
121 143 Fretheim Atle 69 head Sept 1830 Norway Norway Norway
--- Ellend 73 brother Sept 1826 Norway Norway Norway
Benstan Olana 14 orphan May 1886 MN Norway Norway
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NOTE: in 1880, the above brothers appear in Arendahl, line 16 as:
82 88 Halvors Atte 40
--- Anna 75 mother
--- Magretta 20 servant
--- Ellend 53 boarder
[page 14 of 28]
North Prairie Cemetery
2 Fretheim Atle 15 Sept 1830 25 June 1920
Fretheim family stone
3 Fretheim Ellend H. 24 Sep 1826 1 Juni 1902
[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mnfillmo/cemetery/nprairie.htm]
• 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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http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=1058&iid=mnsc_117-0215]
• Census: Arendahl, District 15, 1910, Fillmore County, MN. line 62
79 80 Skarstad Carl 50
--- Helen 23
--- Gerhard 4
--- Archie 2
--- Clifford 6/12
Pederson Peder 78 uncle
[page 12 of 19
note: living by Benston's, married 5 years]
• Cemetery: Arendahl Cemetery, 1921, 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.
[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mnfillmo/cemetery/arendahl.htm]
Helena married Carl Jenson SKARSTAD, son of Jens Nielson SKARSTAD and Anna Olsdatter BOYUM, about 1905. (Carl Jenson SKARSTAD was born on 4 Mar 1880 in Arendahl, Fillmore County, MN 2.)
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