CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
Birth Date15 Jan 1892
Birth PlaceEast Grand Forks, Polk Co., Minnesota, United States
Death Date14 Mar 1926 [8427] Age: 34
Death PlaceBroe Twp., Benson Co., North Dakota, United States
MemoAge 34 yr. 2 mo.
Burial PlaceYork, Benson Co., North Dakota, United States [8427]
MemoSaint Petri Lutheran Cemetery
FatherJohn WATSON (~1866-)
MotherElisa BANTING (~1867-)
Spouses
Birth PlaceNord-Fron, Oppland, Norway
Memo1891 census says 1889; gravestone says 1880; 1910 census implies 1881. Official parish register proves the 1879 date. 1880 was the baptism. It is unclear at which farm the birth occurred.
Bapt Date15 Feb 1880 [8428] Age: <1
Bapt PlaceOppland, Norway
Census Date1 Jan 1891 [8422] Age: 11
Census PlaceSøndre Frons, Sør-Fron, Oppland, Norway
Immi PlaceSault Ste. Marie, Chippewa Co., Michigan, United States
MemoShip: “Mongolian” (Allen Line)
Census Date13 May 1910 [8424] Age: 30
Census PlaceBroe Twp., Benson Co., North Dakota, United States
Reside Date14 Sep 1942 [8426] Age: 62
Reside PlaceLeeds, Benson Co., North Dakota, United States
Natu Date25 May 1945 [8429] Age: 65
Natu PlaceMinnewaukan, Benson Co., North Dakota, United States
Death Date10 Oct 1959 [1498, MEMORIAL# 50344799], [8425] Age: 79
Death PlaceCando, Towner Co., North Dakota, United States
Burial Date15 Oct 1959 [1498, MEMORIAL# 50344799], [8425]
Burial PlaceYork, Benson Co., North Dakota, United States
MemoSaint Petri Lutheran Cemetery
Alias/AKAPeter Alfred NELSON [8426]
Alias/AKAPeter NILSON [8424]
FatherAnton NILSEN HOVEMOEN (1857-1924)
MotherBerthe PEDERSDATTER (1854-1924)
Misc. Notes
Many people have misread the birth records; Peter was actually born in Dec. 1879, but his baptism did not occur until Feb. 1880.
Research
Note: passenger lists for arrivals at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, are not available prior to 1903 (on Ancestry). Also checked the category of “border crossings” and did not find anything for that port.