Wilhelm SCOTT Aanestad

Wilhelm married Alana Rae Ness [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Cameron SCOTT Ness Aanestad
2. Graham Nigel Aanestad
3. Wilhelm Paul Ramon Aanestad, II

Wilhelm married Dorothy Mae Harreld [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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!STATUS: JULY 1989 CAP:
BAPTISM: Evangelical Lutheran Church, Axel Bergh, pastor.
RELIGION: Lutheran.
EDUCATION: High school, Esmond N.D.; State Teachers College, Valley City,
N.D., standard certificate; Concordia College, Moorhead Minn., B.A in
Education; Luther Theological Seminary, St. Paul, Minn., Candidatus
Theolgiae; education courses in California at Long Beach State Univ. and
U. of Calif. Irvine.
OCCUPATION: Teacher at Isabel Township, Esmond, N.D. and Poplar, Montana.
Teacher, Jr. High and Sr. High School Principal at Aitkin, Minn.
Teacher at Lake View School in the Ocean View School District in
Huntington Beach, Calif.
Lutheran Pastor: English Luth. Church, Mott, ND, 1944-47; Faith Luth.
Church, Chicago, IL, 1949-51; Zion Luth. Church, Stewartville, Minn.,
first resident pastor, 1951-57; Spring Lake Luth. Church and Gilman Luth.
Church, Spring Valley, WI, 1957-65. Visitation Pastor, Our Saviors Luth.
Church, Long Beach, CA. A-042 lists names and history of churches served.
LR: Huntington Beach, California.

Wilhelm married Harriet Ellen Wiita on 26 Jun 1936 in Esmond, Benson, North Dakota, United States. Harriet (daughter of Jaakko [Jacob] (Michelson) Wiita, * * and Maria karki, * *) was born on 8 Nov 1912 in Superior, Douglas, Wisconsin, United States; was christened on 22 Dec 1912 in Superior, Douglas, Wisconsin, United States; died on 26 Oct 1999 in Santa Ana, Orange, California, United States; was buried in Westminster, Orange, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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!STATUS: JULY 1989 CAP:
BIRTH: At home on the family farm.
BAPTISM: At home by Eveangelical Lutheran Pastor, F. Y. Kala
RELIGION: Lutheran.
EDUCATION: Young and Hursh Business College, Duluth, Minnesota, 1933.
Univ. of Wisconsin River Falls, B.S. in Education, 1965.
Post graduate education courses at State U. of Calif., Long Beach
State U. of Calif., Irvine; and at Pepperdine, 1965-1971.
NOTES: Raised on parents' farm on Glen Rte., Aitkin, Minn. Graduated fromAitkin High school 1930; Young and Hursh Business College, Duluth, Minn, 1931;
Crosby-Ironton Normal Training Dept., 1933. Taught in the Aitkin County school
system and worked as a secretary until 1936. Was a pastor's wife, serving in
the various congregations with her husband for many years. Received a B.S.
degree from U. of Wisconsin River Falls in 1965, moved with her husband and
family to California and taught there in the Huntington Beach public school
system until 1973. She and her husband bought their first house in 1971,
which is located in Huntington Beach, and are now retired.
LR: Huntington Beach, CA.

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!STATUS: JUL 90 INC
SO: H-004, H-025
OCCUPATION: Farmer.
MARRIAGE: Methodist Church, George A. Osborn, Pastor.
Original Marr. Certificate in possession of Dallas Harreld-1843.
LR: Farm home, West of Stewartville, MN.
BURIAL: Woodlawn Cemetery.

DON married Harriet Sarah Lockwood on 16 Aug 1930 in Primghar, O'Brien, Iowa, United States. Harriet (daughter of Robert Floyd Lockwood and Mae Estella Wilkie) was born on 29 Jul 1914 in Cherokee, Cherokee, Iowa, United States; died on 6 Aug 1964 in Stewartville, Olmsted, Minnesota, United States; was buried on 11 Aug 1964 in Stewartville, Olmsted, Minnesota, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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!SO: H-025.
BURIAL: Woodlawn Cemetery.

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!SO: A-036, Several others.
STATUS: CAP
NOTES: Helge died 2 days after his 100th birthday. He and Anna were married
76 years.
BURIAL: Roselawn Cemetery.
EDUCATION: Luther Normal School, (now Augustana Normal), Sioux Falls, South
Dakota, 1896-1899.
Luther Theological Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1905-1908.
OCCUPATION: Lutheran minister, served Carpio, North Dakota, 1908-13; Esmond,
North Dakota, 1913-47; retired in St. Paul, Minnesota, 1948-77.
He taught school and was a church singing leader in Olmsted County,
1899-00. From 1900-1905 he farmed and carried mail at Sherman, S.D.
A-042 shows him as pastor of the English Lutheran Congregation in
Cottonwood, MN, 1904-05. A-042 lists the names and history of the
various churches he served.
From Milton Hackett we read, "Anna and Helge's first home was at
Sherman, where oldest child Ditlif was born. From there they moved
to Cottonwood where Anna lived while Helge attended Luther Seminary
at St. Paul. Three children were born meanwhile: Gerald, Wilhelm,
and Ragnvald. Helge was ordained into the ministry in 1908 and was
called to Carpio, N.D. They were in Carpio for 5 years: son Orwoll
was born there. In 1913 the family moved to Esmond, N.D. where
Helge became pastor in response to the Esmond call. He served
three congregations: Trinity (in town), Emanual and St. Olaf. In
Esmond were born Solveig Lois, Harald, and Alf. The retirement
years, beginning in 1947, were spent in St. Paul (at 2343 Carter
Ave.). Their home, near daughter Lois and son-in-law Woody
Thorstenson remained a haven for the family members and a gathering
place for the clan." (ORWOLL DOC 'A')
He was Pres. of Northwestern College Corporation, 1913-1914.
Helge was Secretary of the N.D. District of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church and witnessed the merger of the Norse-speaking
Lutheran congregations in 1917, the merger in 1942 of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church, and as Emeritus Pastor, the merger
forming the American Lutheran Church.
In the 1900 Federal census he is listed, with his parents on the farm at
Sherman, SD, single and working on the farm. In A-020-V he tells that he
thinks the family (then Hege, Raghnild, Helge, Alma, Carl, Henrietta and
Walter) moved to Sherman the fall of 1886. The Rosendal Church was just
west of the Ostedal place. That building blew down and the new church was
built 1/2 mile east of their home. While the church was being built,
services were held in the 2nd floor of the parsonage (the early home known
by Alert Palmer Aanestad). Then mentions the Rosendal
congregation, the size (no details), the split. He tells that his grandfather,
(Gunul), came to the U.S. with his family, but when asked about the name,
Gunhild Bekkeset, Helge does not know that name. Helge says he was born at the
Skarshaug's place (Groth place?) east of Clermont. Mentions that he believed
Holstein Groth went to Elgin to trade, but that we (Helge) knew Clermont best.
Says he (Helge) was born in Clayton Co., about 4 miles east of Clermont. When
Helge, Clara and Carl were kids they lived near Clermont. When their father
went to the semenery, they lived near Lansbobro, MN. When they later moved
west in 1884, the got on the train at Lansbobro. Speaks of visits to
Skarhaug's when kids. Mentions a play threshing machine. Goes on to tell of
living at Lansboro, the move to Laverne, the call to Rosendal and the first day
of school. Helge mentions something about an injured heel made by Rev. Turmo.
No details given but mention is made of visiting Skarshaugs, Langs (when Alert
Palmer Aanestad) was a small child, the Enersons (Enen and Tom, who had 1 son
and 5 daughters). Names the children: Theodore, Minnie, Alma, Julia, Stina,
Nora. Thinks Nora had written to Lois Thorstenson at one time and was living
in Austin, MN and might be a good source about "Faster" and the Bekkeset line.

Helge married Anna Dahl on 26 Jun 1901 in Cottonwood, Lyon, Minnesota, United States. Anna (daughter of Hans Christian Hanson Dahl and Siri Louise Orwoll) was born on 2 Mar 1879 in Lucas, Lyon, Minnesota, United States; was christened in 1879 in Cottonwood, Lyon, Minnesota, United States; died on 8 Jan 1979 in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States; was buried on 12 Jan 1979 in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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!STATUS: CAP
BIRTH: At home, on the family homestead in Lucas Township near Cottonwood.
BAPTISM: Easter Sunday, what is now the English Lutheran Church, Cottonwood.
BURIAL: Roselawn Cemetery.
EDUCATION: Luther Normal School (now Augustana College), Sioux Falls, South
Dakota, class 1900. It was here, at a basket social, that she met
her husband to be, Helge M. Aanestad, from Sherman, South
Dakota. An interesting finding from the 1900 census (CA-001 and
CA-002), taken June 1900, was that Anna's occupation was listed as
`at school' and Helge's was `works at home'. Helge's sister, Alma,
was listed as living as a boarder at that time with Anna's mother,
Sara. How did Alma come to board with Sara? Did Alma introduce
Helge to Anna?
RELIGION: Lutheran.
OCCUPATION: Milton Hackett, Anna's nephew writes, "their service was truly a
partnership affair, with Helge preaching and both of them teaching,
counseling, and leading and assisting in the numerous church-
centered affairs . . . musicals, festivals, and societies.
Ranking next in importance to church and family to Anna and
Helge, were interests in music and education. These interests they
imparted to their children. Somehow, on the less than adequate
resources available to a country preacher in the depression days,
they managed to see that all eight children attended college.
Life in a country parish on the prairie is aptly described by
the title of Anna's memoir. 'Chuckles and Tears'". (ORWOLL DOC 'A')
Anna was the N.D. District Historian of the Women's Missionary
Federation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.
NOTES: Anna and Helge were married 76 years. He died 2 days after his 100th
birthday. She died just 2 months before reaching her 100th
birthday.
PROBLEM: A-035 lists name with middle initial, Anna C. Dahl.

Notes:

!STATUS: 1989 CAP
SO: Harriet Wiita
BAPTISM: Baptised and confirmed in Finland.
RELIGION: Lutheran.
OCCUPATION: Farmer.
BURIAL: Oneota Cemetery.
NOTES: Daughter Harriet relates, "A tribute to my father who was a young
bachelor of about 24 or 25 in a new country married a widow with 5 living
children and supported them on a farm he built from virgin land on Glenn
Route, Aitkin County, Minnesota. During the winter months he worked in
the coal mines of the Cuyuna Range, Crosby-Ironton, Minnesota to earn
supplimentary income."

Jaakko married Maria karki, * * in Superior, Douglas, Wisconsin, United States. Maria (daughter of Elias karki and Maria ELIASDTR.) was born on 14 Aug 1876 in Vasa, Kuortane, Finland; died on 20 Apr 1950 in Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States; was buried in Proctor, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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!BAPTISM: Baptized and confirmed in Finland.
!BURIAL: Oneota Cemetery.
!RELIGION: Lutheran.
!NOTES: Maria was first married to Nestor Jacob Mackey but was widowed at
approximately the age of 29 or 30 with 6 children in a new country.
She supported them by taking in roomers and boarders until she married
Jacob Wiita and they bought virgin land in 1913 and built a
farm on Glen Route in Aitkin County, Minnesota.

Notes:

!STATUS: MAY 90 INC
SO: MRIN 698, MRIN715, H-004
PROBLEM: Death Date listed as 12-15-1959 and Dec 1960.

Mont married Bessie Durbin on 6 Sep 1904 in Brighton, Washington, Iowa, United States. Bessie (daughter of Charles William Durbin and Katherine Elizabeth trent) was born on 30 Nov 1885 in Competine, Wapello, Iowa, United States; died on 5 Jan 1972 in Grass Valley, Nevada, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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!STATUS: MAY 90 INC
SO: MRIN 698, H-004, H-018
DEATH: Holiday Convelescent Hospital.
PROBLEM: MRIN-698 lists BD as APR 30 1885; H-004, H-018 list it NOV 30, 1885.
(NOV 30, 1885 is the date listed in 1880-1899 Jefferson Co., Iowa
Birth Records)

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!SO: H-008, H-024.
BIRTH: PROBLEM: H-022 (1900 Census) lists b.date as Jan 1893.
NOTES: H-022 shows in 1900 Floyd was 7 years old and `at school'.
and lists his name as `Floyd'.
BURIAL: Cedar Cemetery.

Robert married Mae Estella Wilkie on 19 Mar 1913. Mae (daughter of George W. Wilkie and Harriet Mathew) was born on 18 Sep 1893 in Cherokee, Cherokee, Iowa, United States; died on 2 Aug 1964 in Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, United States; was buried in Cherokee, Cherokee, Iowa, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!SO: H-008, H-009, H023.
BIRTH: H-023 says B.place was Cedar Twp., in Cherokee Co.
MARRIAGE: Date (H-023)
NOTES: H-023 relates that as a child she attended country schools in Cedar Twp.
That she was, in those years a member of the Presbyterian church and
later of the Larrabee Methodist Church, where her funeral service was
held.
BURIAL: H-009. Cedar Township Cemetery.