Ivar Mæl

1844 - 1909  (65 years)

• Name	Ivar Mæl
  Born	13 Jan 1844	Norway
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 May 1909	Volga, Brookings, South Dakota, USA
  Buried	2 Jun 1909	West Cemetary, Sinai, Brookings, South Dakota, USA
  Person ID	I766	Mehl and Styve
  Last Modified	5 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	Anders Mikkjelson Mæl,   b. 1809, Balestrand, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
  Mother	Kristi Ivarsdatter Husebø,   b. Abt 1811, Leikanger, Norway
  Married	1838  [1]
  Family ID	F241	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna Brujeld,   b. 31 May 1840, Balestrand, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway ,   d. 6 Jun 1909, West Cemetary, Sinai, Brookings, South Dakota, USA  (Age 69 years)
  Married	Abt 1860	Balestrand, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
  Children	1. Selina Mehl,   b. Abt 1873, Balestrand, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway ,   d. 1953, Sinai, Brookings, South Dakota, USA  (Age 80 years)   2. Christina Mehl,   b. 1877, Balestrand, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway ,   d. 1950  (Age 73 years)   3. Sina Julia Mehl,   b. Abt 1880   4. Living
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2011
  Family ID	F498	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 29 May 1909 - Volga, Brookings, South Dakota, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  «b»Norwegian:«/b» Drog til Amerika saman med brødrene i 1873. «b»English (from an e-mail from Milton Sunde 16th Dec. 2001):«/b» Ivar went to America together with his brothers. Ivar and his wife Anna left Bergen on 25 on the "Valkyrie". The vessel was damaged and put into Dover England for a 10 day repair job. They then went to Quebec (9 week voyage). On the vessel were also the Bolstad 's who also eventually settled in Sinai. They arrived in Albert Lea on July 2, 1873. They lived at Spring Prairie near Madison WI for 7 years. They worked out their fare working for a brother Ole who lived there. They then moved to Sec l Lake Sinai Township NE 1/4. When they were in transit, their immigrant railroad car caught fire and he arrived without horses, wagon and very little clothing and food. In 1884 their family contacted small-pox and three of their children died-- Ole, Anders and Julia. They are buried in an unmarked grave at the East Cemetary Sinai S.D. It was thought that Ivar brought the small pox home on his clothes from a job on the railroad. The rest of the family had been vaccinated in Norway and did not get the disease except for Selina and Christina. He was instrumental in getting Lars Mehl to also homestead in the Dakota Territory. They had a son Michael that died in Norway. They named another son Michael that lived on the farm for many years. He liked the bottle and we would see him with his car going towards the gravel west of our place in the worst of weather conditions. [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Balestrand Bygd og Ætter, Jon Laberg, (Bergen 1934 AS John Griegs Boktrykkeri), 437 (Reliability: 3). [S25] Milton Sunde, Milton Sunde, (E-post mottatt fra Milton Sunde 16/12 2001), Mottatt 16/12 2001 (Reliability: 4).