My Jacobson Great Grandparents

Austevoll Kommune Crest where both Jacobson and Nilson Families Came From

Above is picture of Blænes, Huftarøy, Norway where Marthines came from Picture of Mathines Jacobson Kolbeinsvik and Martha Dorthea Baardsen on their wedding day July 13,1893, Milnor, North Dakota [They were First Cousins]

Mathines Jacobson Kolbeinsvik 1863-1942
Marthines Jacobson was born February 25,1863 at Blænes, Huftarøy, Norway to Jacob Baarsen Kolbeinsvik and his wife Kristi Andersdatter Blænes. He was the fourth child of eight. He was baptized at home on Blænes and confirmed in Ostervold Church, Storeboe, Norway. He went to school at Ostervold as well. During his growing up years he moved with his family from Blænes to Vik to Trollholmen on Kolbeinsvik. He is also listed as living as a fosterson at his Auntie Ann Baarsdatter on Uglenes. When he was older he went to live with his grandparents Anders Knudsen Raunholm and Marthe Jacobsdatter Blænes on Blænes. On May 15,1882 he left Bergen to travel to DeLamere, North Dakota, where his uncle Knud Baarsen lived with his wife Marthe Vincentsdatter Kvalvaag and their daughters. The oldest of these daughters who were his cousins was Martha Dorthea Baarson who was seven years old when Marthines arrived. She became Mathines wife ten years later on July 13,1893. After they were married they lived near Delamere, North Dakota but on the South Dakota side of the border. Marthines had filed for a homestead in the early 1890s. By 1903 they moved to Hamar, North Dakota then to Finley, North Dakota. Marthines filed for a homestead in Canada, near Parkbeg, Sk. on November 27,1911. He started living there on June 15,1912. In the early 1920's they moved from the homestead to the John Ellingson farm about five miles north of Parkbeg. When Martha died in 1933 Marthines moved to Moose Jaw with his son Thomas and family. He lived in Moose Jaw until his death in 1942. He is buried at Bethany Lutheran Church, Parkbeg, Sk.
Martha Dorthea Baardsen 1875-1933
Martha Dorthea Baardsen was born May 28,1875 to Knud Baardsen Kolbeinsvik and his wife Marthe Vincentsdatter Kvalvaag in Ridgeway,Winneshiek County, Iowa. She was baptized at Lincoln Lutheran Church, Winnesheik County Iowa on July 25,1875. My wife and I visited Lincoln Lutheran in June of 2005. The church is no longer standing because it burned but the cemetery is still there and a cairn listing the names of the Pastors who served there. In about 1879 the family moved to DeLamere, North Dakota. She was confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church, DeLamere and was living there with her family until she married Marthines Jacobson in 1893. My wife and I visited Immanuel Lutheran, DeLamere in June 2005, it was a beautiful well kept country church still very active. The secretary of the parish also sent me a history book of the church. I was amazed to see that some of the pastors who served there were well known in Lutheran circles like Jacob Tanner who wrote the confirmation textbooks that I used and a Pastor Lavik whos son later became the president of the seminary in Saskatoon. She moved with Marthines to Hamar, Finley and they moved to Canada to their homestead at Parkbeg in June 1912. Martha suffered a paralytic stroke in April 1931 and was bedridden until she died November 3, 1933. She is buried at Bethany Lutheran Church, Parkbeg, Sk.