Erik Pedersen Gilseth

1865 census for Gilsæth, Støren:

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Burial record and obituary:

Birth: Aug. 28, 1836, Norway

Death: Jan. 19, 1916 Chetek Barron County Wisconsin, USA

Son of Peder Larsson and Gunhild.

The back of stone says:

A precious one from me has gone. A voice we loved is stilled. A place is vacant in our home which never can be filled.

Erik Gilseth, farmer, P O Chetek, Barron county, was born in Norway, August 28, 1837. After leaving school he learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed for some time, as well as being engaged in farming.

In 1868 he immigrated to America and settled in the Chippewa Valley, near Menomonie, Dunn county, where he bought a farm, and also worked for the Knapp, Stout Lumber Co. one year. In 1873 he sold his farm and moved to Barron county, where he entered 160 acres of land under the homestead law, on section three, Chetek township. He has since added 120 acres, and has about 100 improved.

Mr. Gilseth married, in Norway, April 29, 1862, Mary A. Bordahl, and they have four children living: Annie, Johnnie, Julia and Sarah, all of whom are at home. When Mr. Gilseth first came to Chetek there were but four settlers east of the lakes. In politics he is a strong republican, and is a member of the Lutheran church. Since coming here he has been fairly successful as a farmer, and is a fair representative of the Norwegian class of farmers.

-Transcribed from the "Historical and Biographical Album of the Chippewa Valley Wisconsin, 1891-2", page 843.

Erick Gilseth, one of the earliest settlers of Chetek Township, was born in Norway, Aug. 28, 1836, and was there reared and educated. He married Mary Bordahl, who was born in the same country, Feb. 16, 1837. They came to America in 1867, and located in Menomonie, Dunn County, this state, where they lived for about a year.

In 1869 they came to Barron County where he homesteaded 160 acres in Section 3, Chetek Township. Much of this early work was done in company with Severt Solum, his neighbor and brother-in-law. They helped each other build their cabins, and shared an ox in getting their land cleared. Those were the pioneer days of the county's development, comforts were few and luxuries unknown. There was often a lack of the real necessities. There were no roads, no schools, no churches. The trip to Chippewa Falls for provisions had to be made afoot, through trees and brush and swamps, and over creeks and rivers.

But as the years passed, hard work had its reward, and prosperity crowned their efforts. Mr. Gilseth added to his land until he owned 280 acres. He became one of the substantial and solid men of the community, and served with credit as assessor of the township. He was interested in the establishment and growth of the Norwegian Lutheran Church at Chetek and served as one of its trustees. After a long and useful life, he died in 1911 at the age of 75 years. His good wife died in 1907 at the age of seventy.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 922.

Spouse:

Marit Bordahl Gilseth (1838 - 1908)*

Children:

• John Peter Gilseth (1872 - 1949)*
• Siri Oline Gilseth (1883 - ____)*

Burial: Johnson Cemetery Chetek Barron County Wisconsin, USA

Created by: Sandi K Record added: Feb 05, 2013 Find A Grave Memorial# 104713728

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