Ole Pedersen BJERKE
- Born: 19 Feb 1832, Jevnaker, Oppland, Norway
- Baptized: 26 Feb 1832, Jevnaker, Oppland, Norway
- Marriage (1): Inger Toresdatter RUUD on 15 Nov 1853 in Nannestad, Akershus, Norway
- Marriage (2): Mari Ingelsdatter ENGELSRUD on 25 Sep 1865 in Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA 1
- Died: 20 Feb 1905, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, USA at age 73 2
Other names for Ole were O. P. BJERKE, Ole Peterson BJERKE, Ole Peterson BURKE, Ole Pedersen MORTVETEN and Ole PEDERSEN.
Noted events in his life were:
• Immigration: from Norway, 1863, America. 3 leaving Nannestad 20 Apr 1863...
16. Ole Pedersen Bjerke 31aar
17. Inger Toresd 29
18. Marthea 14 Dec 1853
19. Kristian 26 Jun 1856
20. Gustav 25 Apr 1860
21. Johan Petter 31 Jan 1862
22. Mari Inglesd ? 26 Aug 1834 [Ole's future wife]
• Census: Yucatan, 1870, Houston County, Minnesota, USA. 92 92 Peterson Ole 37 Norway
--- Mary 36 Norway
--- Gustiff 11 Norway
--- John 9 Norway
--- Dora 2 MN
--- Mary 1 MN
Nelan Anne 74 Norway
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• Land: 40 acres, 1882, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, USA. WI0230__.429 BJERKE, OLE P 6/30/1882 5570 WI 4th PM - 1831 MN/WI 031N - 005W NE¼NW¼ 13 Chippewa
• Land: 160 acres, 1885, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, USA. WI0340__.182 BJERKE, OLE P 5/20/1885 3209 WI 4th PM - 1831 MN/WI 031N - 005W E½NW¼ 23 Chippewa
031N - 005W SW¼NW¼ 23 Chippewa
031N - 005W NE¼SW¼ 23 Chippewa
• Cemetery: Yellow River Cemetery, Colburn, 1905, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, USA. Bjerke Mary 1834 1908 Mary, his wife
Bjerke Ole P 1832 1905
• Reference: Chippewa County, Wisconsin: Past and Present, 1913, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, USA. JOHN BJERKE
Among the substantial farmers of Chippewa county is John Bjerke [son], who owns one hundred and twenty acres of land, forty of which have been cleared while the remainder is used for pasture. A native of Norway, he was born four miles north of Christiania, January 24, 1862, and is a son of Ole and Mary (Engelson) Bjerke, both natives of Norway. The father came to the United States in 1863, settling in Fillmore county, Minnesota, where he engaged in farming on rented land. Ten years later [1873] he came to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, find employment as a lumber jack. Five years later [1878] he moved to township 31, range 5, [section 23] and after working in the woods for a few years purchased one hundred and sixty acres of unbroken land covered with pine timber. There he built a home and lived until his death in 1905. His wife also passed away on the old homestead. In religious faith there were Lutherans. Their family numbered three sons: Gustav Peterson, who now lived on the old homestead nad uses the name of Peterson as it was the family name with the parents came to America, the father, however, adopted the Norwegian farm name for himself and his other children; Charles, who also live on a farm in this township; and John, our subject.
[Chippewa County, Wisconsin: Past and Present : a Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, Volume 2, S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913, pp83-84]
• Reference: Pioneer Norwegian Log Home, Irvine Park: Chippewa County, Minnesota, USA. This log house, constructed of hand-hewn White Pine logs was built by Norwegian immigrant Ole Pederson Bjerke about 1881. Ole and his wife Mari had three sons: Gus, John, and Charles.
Around 1880, Ole had applied for a Homestead in the Chippewa County township of Colburn, nine miles east of Cornell. The log home was built at that site and lived in by Ole and Mari until their deaths in 1905 and 1908. Their descendants occupied it until 1953.
In February of 1979 the Clement Bayerl family, a great-grandson of Ole Bjerke, donated the log home to the Chippewa County Historical Society. It was moved to this site by the Mitchell House Moving Company and restored to pioneer standards by Mike Young. The Chippewa County Historical Society furnished the log home and in 1987 donated it to the City of Chippewa Falls for Irvine Park.
Chippewa County Historical Society
Historic Sign #24
Erected by the Chippewa County Historical Society. (Marker Number 24.)
Location. 44° 57.181' N, 91° 24.19' W. Marker is in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, in Chippewa County. Marker can be reached from the intersection of Ermatinger Drive and Wolfe Drive, on the right when traveling south. Click for map. Marker is in Irvine Park. Marker is in this post office area: Chippewa Falls WI 54729, United States of America.
Ole married Inger Toresdatter RUUD on 15 Nov 1853 in Nannestad, Akershus, Norway. (Inger Toresdatter RUUD was born on 15 Mar 1834 in Nannestad, Akershus, Norway and died between Apr 1863 and Sep 1865.)
Ole next married Mari Ingelsdatter ENGELSRUD, daughter of Ingel Gulbrandsen UCHESTAD and Martha Olsdatter UKKESTAD, on 25 Sep 1865 in Fillmore County, Minnesota, USA.1 (Mari Ingelsdatter ENGELSRUD was born on 26 Aug 1834 in Nannestad, Akershus, Norway, baptized on 7 Sep 1834 in Nannestad, Akershus, Norway and died on 2 Aug 1908 in Chippewa County, Wisconsin, USA.)
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