Here is a report on my great grandparents and grand father Lars P. This is all I know of their life near and in Barnseville. Wondering if there is a way to find the farm near Wolverton they had (I could not find and land records ), what type of farming they did, and did Lars P. live there also. He married my grandmother in Hudson Wisc. so I am curious as to how long he lived with his parents in Wolverton such a great distance back then from Hudson Wisc. I do have some information on Peter Melbostad who I believe was a prominent citizen of Barnesville. Descendants of Anders Pederson Pederson (Andrew P. Melbostad) Generation No. 1 1. ANDERS PEDERSON PEDERSON (ANDREW P.4 MELBOSTAD) (PEDAR LARS SON3 MELBOSTAD, LARS PEDERSON2 BJERKE, PEDER A.1 ROSSUM) was born September 23, 1827. He married SIRI ELLINGSDATTER (SIGRID LYNNE). Notes for ANDERS PEDERSON PEDERSON (ANDREW P. MELBOSTAD): He arrived in the US in 1854 and was married at Muskego Wisconsin that same year. In Norway his name had been Anders Pederson , but because of the commonnes of that name he changed it to Anders P Melbostad. Melbostad was the name of their farm in Norway and he adopted the first letter of Pederson for a middle initiial as did his son Lars. After their marriage they lived at Muskego until 1858, then moved to a farm in Dakota County, Minnesota near Lakeville. From the date you can readily see that they were among the early pioneers in Minnesota. They lived there for twenty-four years, until 1882 when they moved to another farm near Barnesville (Wolverton). In 1900 he retired from farming and moved into a small home in the town of Barnesville. Mrs. Melbostad died there on Sept. 6, 1905 after a long illness resulting from an accident.Mr Melbostad also died in the same town on August 21, 1907. i. CAROLINE (CARRIE5 MELBOSTAD. ii. PEET (PETER) MELBOSTAD, b. October 06, 1861. Lars P. Melbostad b. 1870 -----Original Message----- From: Margit <margit@eot.com> To: NOR-OPPLAND-L@rootsweb.com <NOR-OPPLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, October 16, 2003 7:44 PM Subject: Re: [Oppland] Oppland Mail List >Hi Susan, >I live about 45 miles NE of Barnesville, Clay County, Minnesota. What type >of information are you looking for? I get to the Hjemkomst Center in >Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota about once a month. They have a >genealogical center with lots of books. >Margit > >> I have ancestors who emigrated from Gran and I have information on >> their Norwegian roots but would like more on there location in >> Minnesota..Wolverton in Wilkens county and then Barnesville in Clay >> county. Do you know of any resources that may help me find Anders P >> Melbostad died 1907 in Barnesville where he had retired after moving >> from Wolverton. Wife d. 1905 named Siri or Sigrid. His original name >> was Anders Peterson and took the Norwegian family farm name of >> Melbostad which is located in Gran. > > >==== NOR-OPPLAND Mailing List ==== >Make sure you check out the other lists available here for Norway: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/NOR/ > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >