Martin Larson

Martin Larson
(1882-1939)

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Martin Larson ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸

Born: 11 Jan 1882, Hamilton twp, LaCrosse , Wisconsin ⁹
Marriage: Malla Christiansen on 19 Mar 1906 in Onalaska twp, La Crosse, Wisconsin ¹ ²
Died: 23 Jul 1939, Preeceville, Sask, Canada aged 57 ¹⁰ ¹¹
Buried: 25 Jul 1939, Preeceville Cemetery, Sask ¹² ¹³

bullet General Notes:

1900 census, Hamilton twp, La Crosse County, Wisconsin
supervisors district 7, enumeration district 65, sheet 4A

page 4A
Hauge, Lars Larson, white, Head, May 1836, age 64, married, married for 25 years, born in Norway, father: Norway, mother: Norway, immigration 1868, 32 years ago, Naturalized, occupation: Farmer, can read and write

", Nicolina, white, Wife, female, born Jan 1850, age 50, married, married for 25 years, 7 children, 5 children still living, birthplace: Norway, father: Norway, mother: Norway, immigration date: 1873, 27 years ago, can read and write

", Martin, Son, white, male, born Jan 1882, age 18, single, birthplace: Wisconsin, father: Norway, mother: Norway, occupation: Farm Laborer, can read and write

", Neltus, Daughter, white, female, born Apr 1884, age 16, single, birthplace ,Wisconsin, father: Norway, mother: Norway, occupation: Servant, can read and write
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1910 census, Hamilton twp, LaCrosse County, Wisconsin

Enumeration district 95, sheet 8a, family 157

Larson, Martin, head, male, white, age 28, married 4 years, born Wisconsin, father born Norway, mother born Norway, speaks English, Laborer, General Farm
--, Mollie, wife, female, white, age 27, married 4 years, 2 children, 1 child living, born Wisconsin, father born Norway, mother born Norway, speaks English,
--, Inez, daughter, female, white, age 1 6/12, single, born Wisconsin, father born Wisconsin, mother born Wisconsin
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1916 census,

Extensive search indicates that this family may have been missed on the 1916 census of Saskatchewan.. jca
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Extract from "Harvest of Memories, Sturgis and District. A Century of Memories (1900-2000) "

LARSON, MARTIN AND MALLA

The Martin Larson family, consisting of Martin, his wife Malla (Molly) and daughters Inez and Bessie immigrated from LaCrosse, Wisconsin, U.S.A. in the year 1912. The railway had come through from Swan River, Manitoba to Pelly, Saskatchewan in 1910 and then on to Sturgis in 1912. It is not known exactly where the family disembarked but they were met at the train and transported to their new home by Martin's brother-in-law, Christ Hanson, and his ox team and cart. Christ Hanson was the father of Tena Hedley from Sturgis. The Larson family took a homestead on land location SW 36-34-5, currently owned by Larry Skogen, about two miles west of Sturgis. Sturgis had formerly been known as Stanhope in the Assiniboine Territory. Mrs Fred Brooks, the wife of one of the first few settlers in the area had renamed the settlement after her hometown of Sturgis, South Dakota.
The Larsons settled in to the typical pioneer lifestyle, starting out in a soddy with a dirt floor, and progressing as the years passed to log and then lumber houses. The land was poor and gravely, but there were fish in the river there then, wild berries in abundance, and together with their livestock and gardens they were afforded a modest living. Both Martin and Molly worked out of the home for extra cash, when necessary. When the railway north to Hudson Bay was being built, the Larsons provided fresh produce and dairy products to the crews. During these years, there were four more children born to the family. Millie in 1914, Oliver in 1916, Gordon in 1917 and Kathleen who died shortly after birth. All of the Larson children attended the old brick schoolhouse in Sturgis.
By this time, the one room log cabin was pretty full with a family of seven. The children all slept in the attic. They could see the stars at night through the cracks in the roof and snow drifted in on their beds in winter. Flour was stored under the kitchen table to keep it dry on rainy days. Martin's brother Robert, who was too crippled by rheumatism to earn his living any more as a farm hand, came to live with them. In exchange for a cot in the corner of the main room and his meals, he gave to Martin his only earthly possessions, a fine team of horses. Robert was quite adept at woodworking, so when Martin heard that the school was expecting a new piano by rail, he rushed into town with the team and wagon to deliver it from the train station to the school. He kept the wooden crate, which Robert dismantled and fashioned into a large beautifully finished dresser complete with hand carved dovetailed drawers and a fancy backboard. The dresser held a place of honor in the home all through the years. Millie is still the proud owner of this piece from the past.
Robert and Martin both left this world at a young age. Coupling this with the years of the "Great Depression", life became hard for Molly and her young family. Millie went to work at the tender age of twelve years as a hired girl/ farm hand. She worked for many different people in various places. Eventually she answered an ad for a housekeeper from the Alfred Nightingale family in the Okla area. Mrs. Nightingale was in a wheelchair as the result of a stroke and Millie, always picking her places of employment where she thought she was most needed, answered the ad. There, she came to know and later marry the youngest son, Albert. In June 1940, Millie and Albert had a daughter Beverly Jane in March 1941. She died of infantile paralysis in April 1942, two weeks before their second daughter, Alice Marie arrived.
In the summer of 1942, Albert enlisted to go overseas to fight in World War II. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Engineers. He returned in 1945. In the meantime Millie and little Alice were left in a slab shack in the bush by Okla. Millie had the building moved by Ed Doyle and a horse powered moving outfit to a piece of land she had bought from Melvin Mattison about a half mile west of Sturgis. The shack slowly became a house and is still being lived in today in the town of Sturgis. In January of 1955, a son, Richard James was born to the Nightingales. He was a delightful little fellow but sadly lost his life in a car crash in 1973. Richard and Alice both attended the same brick schoolhouse that their mother had attended.
Alice completed her schooling in Sturgis and on February 17, 1961 married Victor Wasylenchuk of the Stenen area. They have four sons: Scott, a fire behavior specialist with the Saskatchewan Government in Prince Albert was born November 10, 1961. He and his companion Lynn, and son Alec reside at Meath Park, Saskatchewan. Kyron was born February 21, 1966. He hauls fuel to outpost regions of northern Saskatchewan for Superior Propane Ltd. He and his wife Susan and sons Luey, Trent and Kyle live in LaRonge, Saskatchewan. Darcy, born March 15, 1971 is a millwright working for Weyerhauser in Drayton Valley, Alberta, where he lives with his wife Kathy and their children Samantha and Jade. The youngest son Nyle, born August 7, 1973 lives at LaRonge, Saskatchewan. He is employed with the village of Air Ronge as a heavy equipment operator. Victor and Alice are retired and live on their farm near Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan.
Millie Nightingale at the time of this writing, June, 1999 is 85 years old, still resides in her own home in Hudson Bay and still does most of her own work. Her sisters, Bessie and Inez and brother Oliver are deceased. Her brother, Gordon lives in Quesnel, B.C.
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bullet Research Notes:

Western Land Grants, National Archives of Canada

SW Part, Section 36, Township 34, Range 5, Meridian W2
Reference: Liber: 743 Folio: 490 File reel number: C-6531
Names: Martin Larson

bullet Medical Notes:

LaCrosse County Record

November 18, 1897
While Lars Larson and son Martin, about seventeen years old, were working a stump machine at Rudolph Nesler's place last Friday afternoon, Martin had a leg broken below the knee. They were using the machine to do some grubbing and a branch about two inches in diameter struck him so as to cause the fracture. The young man was taken to La Crosse where he is with relatives while receiving treatment.

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: general farm laborer, 1910, Hamilton twp, LaCrosse , Wisconsin. ⁹

• Homesteaded: SW Section 36, Twp 34, Range 5, Meridian W2: Saskatchewan. ¹⁶

• Occupation: Farmer, 1929, Preeceville, Sask. ¹³

• Residence: SW section 36, twp 34, range 5, meridian W2, 1939, Preeceville, Sask. ¹³

Martin married Malla Christiansen, daughter of Mathias Kristiansen and Beathe Pedersdtr. Kirkeby, on 19 Mar 1906 in Onalaska twp, La Crosse, Wisconsin.¹⁷ ¹⁸ (Malla Christiansen was born on 5 Oct 1882 in Halfway Creek, Onalaska twp, LaCrosse County, Wisconsin ⁹ ¹⁹ ²⁰, christened on 10 Dec 1882 in Halfway Creek, Onalaska twp, LaCrosse County, Wisconsin, died on 10 Aug 1964 in Preeceville, Sask., Canada ¹⁰ and was buried in Preeceville, Sask., Canada.)

bullet Marriage Notes:

Reference Number:4

1 Larson / Christiansen, marriage record, 1906, Wisconsin Vital Statistics, Martin Larson, Malla Christiansen, marriage record, 1906, Vol 6, page 267, county LAC, Vol B. Martin Larson, and Malla Christiansen, married March 19, 1906, Onalaska, LaCrosse county, Wisconsin. witnesses Olmar Christiansen, Nina Christiansen, groom's parents Lars Larson and Nickoline Hanson, bride's parents Mat Christiansen and Beathe Kirkeby (means" by the church", actual name was Beathe Pedersdtr.) :
Vol 06, Page 0267. County, LAC, Vol B
No. 58, registration 02344 267

Full Name of husband: Martin Larson
Name of father of husband: Lars Larson
Name of mother of husband before marriage: Neckolini Hanson
occupation of husband: Laborer
Residence of husband: Hamilton, Wis.
Birthplace of husband: ", "

Full name of wife previous to marriage: Malla Christianson
Name of father of wife: Mat ,"
Name of the mother of wife before marriage: Beatha Kirkeby
Birthplace of Wife: Onalaska, Wis
The colour of the parties: White
No. and date of license: March 7, 1906
Time when marriage was contracted: March 19, 1906
Place where marriage was contracted: Onalaska, Wis. La Crosse Co.
By what ceremony contracted: Regular
Names of subsribing witnesses: Olmar Christianson, Nina Christianson
Name of person pronouncing marriage: W. H. Aldrich, address: Onalaska, Lax Co. Wis
Date of certificated or affidavit of marriage: Mch 19- 1906
Date of registration: Apr 11, "

2 Larson- Christiansen, marriage notice, 1906. :
Mar. 22, 1906
Martin Larson of the town of Hamilton and Miss Malla Chirstianson of Sweden
Coulee were united in marriage Monday morning March 19 at Justice of the Peace W. H. Aldrich

3 Martin Larson, death registration, 1939, Province of Saskatchewan, Martin Larson, certificate of death, province of Saskatchewan, born Jan 11, 1882, died July 23, 1939, birthplace Wisconsin, no parents names listed, age 57 years, 6 months and 12 days, occupation farmer. :
Province of Saskatchewan, record of registration of death
Registration Division of Preeceville, Municipality No 334
Place of death: SW -section 36 -township 34- range 5- meridian W2
Male, Canadian, Norwegian origin, Married,
birthplace: Wisconsin, U.S.A.
Date of birth: Jan 11, 1882, age 57 yrs, 6 months, 12 days
Usual occupation: Farmer, Agriculture
Date last worked at this occupation: 1929 (crippled)
Name of father: unknown
Name of mother: unknown
informant: Oliver C Larson, address: Sturgis, Sask. relationship: Son
place of burial: Preeceville Cemetery,
Date of burial: July 25, 1939
Undertaker: O. O. Mattison
Date of Death:
cause of Death: (edited out by govt. office)

4 1905 census, Hamilton twp, La Crosse cty, Wisconsin, 1905 census, Hamilton twp, La Crosse cty, Wisconsin, Martin age 23 with parents.

5 Oliver Larson, obituary, Sturgis, Sask, Oliver Larson, obituary, Sturgis, Sask, parents Martin and Malla. Obituary, Oliver Larson, Sturgis, Saskatchewan, 1991

Funeral service for Oliver Clifford Larson, 74 of Sturgis, who died July 25 in his home was held July 30 in St. Johns's Lutheran Church with Pastor Frank Armistead officiating. Burial was in Preeceville Cemetery with Preeceville Funeral Home in care of arrangements.
Born Oct 13, 1916 in Sturgis, he was educated at Sturgis. He was a farm laborer until the early 1940's. He trapped for several years until he began to hate the pain and suffering he was causing the animals. He became a deputy game warden and worked as a conservationist for many years.
He had his own carpentry business until about 12 years ago and built houses in many parts of Canada. In his retirement he built and repaired musical instruments, especially fiddles, which he had learned to play as a teenager.
Predeceased by his parents, Martin and Malla, and a sister, Kathleen Georgina, he is survived by a brother, Warren Gordon Larson of Armstrong, B.C. and three sisters, Inez Anderson of Kelowna, B.C. , Bessie Jensen of Medicine Hat, Alta, and Millie Nightingale of Hudson Bay. ( Saskatchewan)

6 Inez Adelie Larson, obituary, Kelowna Daily Courier, Jan 4, 1999, Inez Adelie Larson, obituary, Kelowna Daily Courier, Jan 4, 1999, parents Martin Larson and Malla Christiansen.

7 Dahlby, Minnie (Larson) , obit, 1931. :
Obituaries

Mrs. Carl Dahlby

Minnie Josephine Larson was born in La Crosse county, Town of Hamilton, April 17, 1878 and passed away at a La Crosse hospital, Tuesday October 13, 1931, at the age of 53 years. In 1899 she was married to Carl Dahlby.
Those left to mourn her going are her husband; five children, Levi and Chester of La Crosse, Marion of Elroy, Nellie and LeRoy of Onalaska; two grandchildren; four brothers, Ben of La Crosse, Austin of Onalaska, Robert and Martin of Canada; three sisters, Mrs. Thoe Munson of West Salem and Mrs. Christ Hanson and Mrs. Torgerson of Canada.
Mrs. Dahlby was a member of the R.N.A., S. A. F., Norwegian Lutheran Ladies Aid and President of the W. C. T. U.
Funeral services will be held Friday October 16, at 2 P. M. at the Norwegian Lutheran church in this city. Internment will be in the Onalaska cemetery.

8 1910 census, Hamilton twp, LaCrosse County, Wis, Hamilton twp, LaCrosse County, Wis.. :
Enumeration district 95, sheet 8a, family 157
Larson, Martin, head, male, white, age 28, married 4 years, born Wisconsin, father born Norway, mother born Norway, speaks English, Laborer, General Farm
--, Mollie, wife, female, white, age 27, married 4 years, 2 children, 1 child living, born Wisconsin, father born Norway, mother born Norway, speaks English,
--, Inez, daughter, female, white, age 1 6/12, single, born Wisconsin, father born Wisconsin, mother born Wisconsin

Enumeration district 95, sheet 11A, line 49
Larson, Lars, Head, male, white, age 73, married for 38 years, born Norway, father born Norway, mother born Norway, immigration 1877, Naturalized, speaks English, Farmer, General Farm,
", Lena, Wife, female, white, age 63, married 38 years, 8 children, 5 children living, born Norway, father Norway, mother Norway, immigration 1877, speaks English, occupation: None
Larson, Robert, Son, male, white, age 36, widowed?, birthplace Wisconsin, father: Norway, mother Norway, speaks English, Laborer, Home Farm, can read and write
Hanson, Christian, Son in Law, male, white, age 27, married 5 years, birthplace Wisconsin, father Norway, mother Norway, speaks English, Farmer, can read and write
", Nellie, Daughter, female, white, age 26, married 5 years, 3 children, 3 children living, birthplace Wisconsin, father Norway, mother Norway, speaks English, can read and write
", Hulda, grand daughter, female, white, age 5, single, born Wis, father Wis, mother Wis.
", Lillian, grand daughter, female, age 2, single, born Wis, father Wis, mother Wis.
", Tena, grand daughter, single, age 3/12?, born Wis, father Wis, mother Wis.

9 1910 census, Hamilton twp, LaCrosse County, Wis, Hamilton twp, LaCrosse County, Wis..

11 Martin Larson, death registration, 1939, Province of Saskatchewan, Martin Larson, certificate of death, province of Saskatchewan, Martin Larson, died July 23, 1939.

12 Martin Larson, death registration, 1939, Province of Saskatchewan, Martin Larson, certificate of death, province of Saskatchewan, buried 25 July 1939 at Preeceville, Sask.

13 Martin Larson, death registration, 1939, Province of Saskatchewan, Martin Larson, certificate of death, province of Saskatchewan, born Jan 11, 1882, died July 23, 1939, birthplace Wisconsin, no parents names listed, age 57 years, 6 months and 12 days, occupation farmer.

14 Oliver Larson, obituary, Sturgis, Sask, Oliver Larson, obituary, Sturgis, Sask, parents Martin and Malla.

16 Western Land Grants, Martin Larson, collectionscanada.gc.ca (National Archives of Canada). :
Western Land Grants, (1870-1930)
Legal Land Description
SW part, Section 36, Township 34, Range 5, Meridian W2
Volume 743, Folio 490, Microfilm reel number: C-6531
Names: Martin Larson

17 Larson / Christiansen, marriage record, 1906, Wisconsin Vital Statistics, Martin Larson, Malla Christiansen, marriage record, 1906, Vol 6, page 267, county LAC, Vol B. Martin Larson, and Malla Christiansen, married March 19, 1906, Onalaska, LaCrosse county, Wisconsin. witnesses Olmar Christiansen, Nina Christiansen, groom's parents Lars Larson and Nickoline Hanson, bride's parents Mat Christiansen and Beathe Kirkeby (means" by the church", actual name was Beathe Pedersdtr.)

19 Halfway Creek Church records, Halfway Creek, Wisconsin, Halfway Creek Church records, Halfway Creek, Wisconsin.

20 1900 census, Onalaska twp, LaCrosse County, WI, 1900 census, Onalaska twp, LaCrosse County, Wisconsin. Enumeration district 89, sheet 11A, line 12

Christianson, Mathias, Head, white, male, born Mar 1845, age 55, married for 28 years, birthplace Norway, parents born Norway, immigration 1880 (20 years), Naturalization: Pa, occupation Day Laborer, can read and write
", Bjata, Wife, white, female, born Aug 1848, age 51, married for 28 years, number of children: 10, number of these children living: 9, birthplace Norway, parents Norway, immigration 1881 (19 years), can read and write

", Morise, Son, white, male, born Oct 1874, age 25 , single, birthplace Norway, parents Norway, immigration 1881 (19 years), Farm Laborer, can read and write
", Maria, Daughter, white, female, born June 1878, age 21, single, born Norway, parents Norway, immigration 1881 (19 years) , occupation Servant, can read and write
", Malla, Daughter, white, female, born Oct 1882, age 17, single, born Wisconsin, parents born Norway, Servant, can read and write
", Olga J, Daughter, white, female, born Mar 1885, age 15, single, born Wisconsin, parents born Norway, Servant, can read and write
", Olmar B, Son, white, male, born Jan 1887, age 13, single, born Wisconsin, parents born Norway, at School , can read and write
", Nina A, Daughter, white, female, born Aug 1889, age 10, single, born Wisconsin, parents born Norway, at School, can read and write
", Agnes M, Daughter, white, female, born Apr 1891, age 9 single, born Wisconsin, parents born Norway, at school, can read and write

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