Aadne Hanssen BREILAND

   Other names for Aadne were A. H. BREILAND, Aadne Hanson BREILAND and Arne Hansen BREILAND.

  Birth Notes:

Tvedtaas?

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: farm Rinden (Breiland), 1865, Moland, Fyresdal, Telemark, Norway. District no. Page School distr. Local parish Parish Farm Remarks (farm) Title
153 4 199 Aasland og Momerak-Napers Moland Moland Rinden (Breiland) 79 1

Pers.no. Household Given name Last name Family pos. Occupation Marital status Age Sex Birth place Horses Cattle Sheep Goat Barley Potatoes
799 30 1 Hans Aadnes. Husf Gaardb og Selveier g 58 m Molands Prgj. 1 4 2 2 1 6
800 32 Tone Bjørgufsd. hans Kone g 61 k Molands Prgj.
801 1 Aadne Hans. deres Søn hjelper Faderen med Gaardsbruget ug 20 m Molands Prgj.
802 2 Anne Hansd. deres Datter ug 13 k Molands Prgj.
803 3 1 Knud Hans. Inderst Dagarbeider ug 26 m Molands Prgj.

• Immigration: from Norway, 1868, America. ⁶ leaving Fyresdal 16 Mar 1868...
22 Aadne Hanson Breiland, 22
23 Else Kittelsdatter Eiken, 39 1/2
24 Thone Amundsdr, 9 1/2
25 Gro Amundsdr, 7 1/4

[note: traveling with future wife Gro's aunt]

• Migration: America. [1868] first stopping at the home of his sister in Dane county, Wisconsin

[ca 1870] from there to the residence of an aunt in Houston county, Minnesota

[1871] spring of 1871 Mr. Breiland joined a party of some fifty men going with ox teams to the Red river valley [...]took a pre-emption claim in the town of Moland, Clay county

[1875] back to Norway for 6 months

["Compendium of History & Biography of Northern Minnesota"
George A. Ogle and Company, Chicago 1902
Page 642-645]

• Notes: Stone Church, 1867-1879, Houston County, Minnesota, USA. ⁷ Names found in Stone Church [Norwegian Evangelical Church] Records 1867-1879

Aadne H. Breiland (& Gro)-from Fyresdal-nephew of Gro Lee in Badger-adopted daughter Gena Braland-moved to Buffalo River.

• Census: Kragness > 186, 1880, Clay County, Minnesota, USA. A. H. Brailand33
Gayette Brailand26

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• Census: Kragnes, 1885, Clay County, Minnesota, USA. 12 Breiland A. H. 39 Norway
Gro 31 WI
Gilberson Gustav 14 MN

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• Census: Kragnes, 1895, Clay County, Minnesota, USA. 51 Braeland Adende 49 Norway
Braeland Gro 41 WI
Torgerson Kittle 16 Norway [1879]
Braeland Tena 9 Norway [1886]

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"Kittle" is possibly Kittel Targesen born 3 Aug 1879 to Tarje Kittilsen Bratland and Kristi Olsd in Fyresdal.

• Census: Kragnes > District 306, 1900, Clay County, Minnesota, USA. Anorde H Brayland 44
Gro Brayland 47
Gina Torgerson 14

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• Reference: Compendium of History & Biography of Northern Minnesota, 1902, Clay County, Minnesota, USA. Adna Hanson Breiland is one of the very oldest settlers of Kragnes township, Clay county, Minnesota, though he is by no means bent and bowed with age himself, such a statement indicating the newness of settlement in this part of the valley. He was born in Bradsberg Amt, Christiansand Stift, Norway. March 3, 1846, and was the second member of a family of five children born to his parents, Hans and Tone (Bjurfsdatter) Odnason, both of whom are now dead.

Mr. Breiland came to this country in 1868, with the plan of remaining here about three years, first stopping at the home of his sister in Dane county, Wisconsin, and going from there to the residence of an aunt in Houston county, Minnesota. For some five years he was employed in various labors in this state, spending two winters in the woods. In the spring of 1871 Mr. Breiland joined a party of some fifty men going with ox teams to the Red river valley. He found a desirable location, and took a pre-emption claim in the town of Moland, Clay county, where he remained for about a year. In the grasshopper plague every green and growing thing on his place was destroyed, and Mr. Breiland threw up his farm in disgust, returning to his home in Houston county. In 1875 he went back to Norway, thinking to stay there the rest of his life. Instead he only stayed six months, and was glad to come again to the United States. In the spring of 1877, convinced that the grasshopper was not a permanent institution of the Red river country, Mr. Breiland bought land in Clay county and established himself where he is living today. His land is situated on the Buffalo river, and comprises a half-section of very desirable soil. Mr. Breiland brought with him on the occasion of his second settlement about a thousand dollars, and has provided himself with good buildings, a flowing well and other conveniences of modern life. A view of his residence is shown upon another page of this work. He is a Republican, and belongs to the Lutheran church. He was a member of the first town board of Kragnes township, and has at one time or another held different offices in the town. In 1876 he was married to Gro Torgensdatter Aken [Eiken], and they have one adopted daughter, Gena Breiland. In 1896 Mr. Breiland, with his family, made an extended visit to Norway. He is one of the successful men of the Red river valley.

["Compendium of History & Biography of Northern Minnesota"
George A. Ogle and Company, Chicago 1902
Page 642-645]

• Census: Kragnes, 1905, Clay County, Minnesota, USA. 71 Breiland Adne H 59 Norway
72 Breiland Gro T 51 WI
73 Bergland Clarence E 25 MN
74 Bergland Gena 19 Norway

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• Reference: Telelaget i Amerika, 1907. Founders
Aadne Breiland was a successful farmer in Moland and Kragnes Townships, Clay County MN.

• Census: Kragnes > Disstrict 0052, 1910, Clay County, Minnesota, USA. Aadne H Brieland64
Gro Brieland56
Edward Nelson24 Norway

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• Census: Moorhead > District 0043, 1920, Clay County, Minnesota, USA. Aadna H Braland73
Gro Braland66
Urannd Braland32 niece [Joraand]

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• Cemetery: Concordia Lutheran Church Cemetery, Glyndon, 1925, Clay County, Minnesota, USA.

Aadne married Gro EIKEN, daughter of Torjus Kjetilson EIKEN and Gunhild Gjermundsdatter HOLER, on 31 May 1876 in Houston County, Minnesota, USA.¹ (Gro EIKEN was born on 22 Dec 1853 in Dane County, Wisconsin, USA and died on 28 Jul 1924 in Clay County, Minnesota, USA ^{8 9}.)