Bakken Andreas Olsen b. 30 Dec 1803 Kvam, Nordre Fron, Oppland, Norway d. 1893 Oscar Township, Ottertail County, Minnesota and is buried at Hedemarken Cemetery in Oscar Township, Ottertail County, Minnesota.

1803 - 1893 (89 years)

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Name	Bakken Andreas Olsen
Born	30 Dec 1803	Kvam, Nordre Fron, Oppland, Norway
Baptism	1 Jan 1804
Christened	19 Feb 1804	Fron, Norway
Gender	Male
Occupation	1820
	Worked on the Sandbakken farm in Skabu and also on the Grauphaugen farm.
Emigration	06 Jul 1869
	At age 66, from the Bakken farm in Kvikne, Nordre Fron, Oppland, Norway, he and his wife (Anne) with their daughter (Karen) and her husband (Amund), boarded the Schandinavia in Oslo & landed in Glasgo
Emigration	24 Jul 1869
	Boarded the SS. Columbia in Glasgow, Scotland and arrived in New York on July 24, 1869.
Census	1870
	Township of Washington, LaCrosse County, Wisconsin
_NAMS	Andreas and his half brother Ivar, grew up on the farm, Little Klevstad in Kvam. Andreas' name at that time was Andreas Olsen Klevstadlien.
Died	1893	Oscar Township, Ottertail County, Minnesota and is buried at Hedemarken Cemetery in Oscar Township, Ottertail County, Minnesota.
Notes	The original "Bakken" farm site was in Kvikne, Oppland, Norway. Andreas Olsen Harboe Berg (Bakken) bought and owned the farm in 1835. Andreas was "sort of a doctor" and healer and born in 1803. Prior to Andreas, there are indications of people on the "Bakken farm dating back to 1722. Ola Arnesen Bakken and Reidar Bakken owned the farm in 1722. Ola Arnesen Bakken lived there in 1750 with his wife Ingrid Stenersdatter. They sold the farm in 1794 to Hans Hansen (Ola's nephew). Hans was married to Gjertrud Olsdatter. They had a son, Ola Hansen. Ola Hansen drown in a small lake called Slangen in Skabu. Andreas Olsen Harboe Berg (Bakken) married Anne Olsdatter (Klevstad) in 1824. Klevstad is located in Kvam, Oppland, Norway. When King Oscar the first of Norway decided to garnish farm land in the 1860's making land owners virtual slaves, Andreas and Anna (both at age 64) emigrated to America in July, 1869 with their daughter, Karen Andreasdatter Bakken (33) and her husband Amund Mortensen (Massinglokken) (35) and their children, Mathias(8), Ane(4), and Amund(2) The Massinglokken name later became Lerbakken. They traveled from Christiana, Norway to New York via Glasgow, Scotland. The ship was the SS Columbia, built in 1866. The description of the ship reads: Clipper stem, one funnel, three masts (ship-rigged for sail), iron construction, single screw and a speed of 10 knots. There were accommodations for 80 cabins and 540 3rd class passengers. After arriving in America, they first settled near LaCrosse, in Washington Township, Wisconsin. The 1870 census shows their location as Washington Township, LaCrosse County, Wisconsin. Bohemia (the post-office for Washington Township), was also just a couple of miles from Timber Coulee, Wisconsin where Andreas' grandson, Ole Olsen the Elder Bakken would start raising his family (about 13 years later). In about 1871, hearing of wide open fields of land for home steaders in Minnesota, Andreas and his daughter Karen and her husband Amund and their children crossed the Mississippi and re-located to Oscar Township, Ottertail County, Minnesota near Rothsay, Minnesota. It was during this re-location, that Mathias J. Amundsen (Lerbakken) at about age 10, accidently drowned in the Mississippi River. Andreas' wife Anne Olsdatter survived the ocean voyage and trip to Wisconsin, but did not survive her first year in America. The reason for her death is unknown.
Person ID	I130689	Denbrook
Last Modified	25 Aug 2008

Father	Berg Ole Kristensen Harbo, b. 1769, Roros (a small coal miners city), Norway.
Mother	Guriplassen Mari Hansdtr, b. 1772, Kvikne, Nordre Fron, Oppland, Norway
Family ID	F43955	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Volden Anne Olsdtr, b. 23 May 1805, Kvam , d. 1875, Westby, Wisconsin. Anne died the first winter in America. It was so cold there that she could not make it through the winter. (Age 69 years)

Married 1824 Kvam, Nordre Fron, Oppland, Norway

Children

	1. Bakken Mari Andreasdatter, b. 8 Jan 1825, Kvikne, Nordre Fron, Oppland, Norway. , d. 20 May 1882, Kvikne, Nord-Fron, Oppland, Norway (Age 57 years)
	2. Bakken Ole Andreassen, b. 28 Jan 1829, Kvikne, Nordre Fron, Oppland, Norway , d. 15 Apr 1911, Kvikne, Nordre Fron, Oppland, Norway (Age 82 years)
	3. Bakken Ole Andreasen, b. 1830
	4. Graupehaugen Hans Andreasen, b. 23 Jun 1832
	5. Bakken Hans Andreassen, b. 23 Jun 1833, Kvikne, Nordre Fron, Oppland, Norway , d. 28 Aug 1913, Polk County, Minnesota (Age 80 years)
	6. Graupehaugen Karen Andreasdatter, b. 1 Apr 1837, Kvikne, Nordre Fron, Oppland, Norway , d. 21 Sep 1896, Oscar Township, Ottertail County, Minnesota (Age 59 years)
	7. Bakken Amund Andreasen, b. 11 Aug 1841, Kvikne, Nordre Fron, Oppland, Norway , d. 1903, Overly, ND (Age 61 years)

Family ID F43951 Group Sheet | Family Chart

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Christened - 19 Feb 1804 - Fron, Norway

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		emigration record out of Oslo emigration record for Andreas Olsen and Anne Olsdatter and Amund Mortensen and his family

Documents

Passenger list for Lerbakkens on Columbia
Passenger list for Lerbakkens on Columbia

Census Records		1880 Census record for Lerbakkens 1880 Census record for Lerbakkens
Census Records		1870 Census for Lerbakkens and Andreas Bakken 1870 Census for Lerbakkens and Andreas Bakken