Erik Erikson VIKEN

1846 - 1885  (39 years)

• Name	Erik Erikson VIKEN
  Birth	23 Feb 1846	Viken Vs
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	farmer
  Residence	Renville City, Renville Co MN USA
  Death	12 Nov 1885
  Burial	Vestre Sogn Cementary, Renville, MN. USA
  Notes	Han kom til USA sammen med moren og stefaren Nils Haugerud. Han ble konfirmert i Bostwick Valley nær LaCrosse i 1865 og bodde senere sammen med moren på hennes farm i Goodhue County. I 1871 reiste han til Renville County, hvor han fikk tatt ut land til seg selv. Marilyn Holien Ettesvold skriver: "On his visits back home, he persuaded his brothers and mother to join him. The region was newly opened for settlement and each of the boys wanted land of their own. Erik Erikson had worked for nearby farmers in Goodhue County and had saved a little money before going to Renville. He met Berith Olsdtr Kattevold while she was working in Northfield and they were married 12 January 1874 at farm home of Marit (hi s sister Hbs anmrk.) and her husband Torger. Official witnesses of the ceremony were neighbors, Ole Knutsen Holien and Ole Jensen Broin. Erik and Berith worked hard that first summer to get things in readiness for the long winter ahead. Exactly nine months from the date of their wedding, Berith gave birth to two twins, Maria and Erick. The timing of the birth was a source of amusem ent to the couple all during their wedded lives! The boy was small and weak, however, and died soon after birth. Two years later another Erick was born, who lived to almost the age of three. In 1887, Ole was born, in 1880, Bertha, in 1883, Edwi n and in 1885, Eric. Wang Township was organized in 1875 and Erik was elected a supervisor. The first church in the township was Vestre Sogn, organized in 1868, and build in 1881. Erik and Berith were early members, helped build the church, and Re. Johannes Bergh bapt ized their first six children. Vestre Sogn had been sister church to Our Savior's Lutheran in Sacred Heart, but a rift separated the two and a group split off and formed Wang Lutheran Church, which was built in 1885. Pastor A.H. Gjevre baptized Yo ung Eric there. One fall, when he was plowing, he became thirsty and paused to drink water from a small pond. The water was polluted and Erik contracted typhoid fever, from which he died on 12 November 1885. He was buried in the cemetery at Vestre Sogn, the churc h he helped to build and support.
  Person ID	I6721	Valdres Slekt
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2007

  
  

  Father	Erik Jensen LØKEN,   b. 17 Jan 1779, Løken 37/1, Øvre Vs d. 22 Nov 1847 (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Marit Olsdtr RYE,   b. 4 Oct 1816, Rye, Ulnes, Nord Aurdal d. 1898, Vestre Sogn Cementary, Renville, MN. USA (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	6 Jun 1841
  Family ID	F3161	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Berit Olsdtr KATTEVOLD,   b. 10 Dec 1852, Kattevold 45/ Øvre d. 3 Nov 1936, Detroit Lakes MN USA (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	12 Jan 1874	Goodhue Co., MN, USA
  Children	+ 1. Maria Eriksdtr VIKEN,   b. 12 Oct 1874, Renville City, Renville Co MN USA d. 24 Mar 1952, Montevideo, Chippewa, MN., USA (Age 77 years) + 2. Ole Erikson VIKEN,   b. 22 Sep 1878, Renville City, Renville Co MN USA d. 16 Jan 1949, Detroit Lakes MN USA (Age 70 years) + 3. Bertha E VIKEN,   b. 21 Apr 1883, Renville City, Renville Co MN USA d. 31 Dec 1978, Bismark ND USA (Age 95 years) + 4. Edwin Erikson VIKEN,   b. 21 Apr 1883, Renville City, Renville Co MN USA d. 23 Apr 1954, Moorhead MN USA (Age 71 years) + 5. Eric Erikson VIKEN,   b. 4 Sep 1885, Renville City, Renville Co MN USA d. 25 Jun 1934, Bismark ND USA (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F2659	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2007

  
  

• Sources

  [S311] Marilyn Ettesvold: "Hollien-Viken history", 23-24 og 187 (Reliability: 3).