Marriage: Arne and Johanne HUSEBY

On 22 Apr 1847 Arne married Johanna Margrete Johansdtr according to the Grue parish records.


SAH, Grue prestekontor, Ministerialbok nr. 7, 1830-1847, s. 143.

On 3 Aug 1984 Verla Williams wrote a letter to the State Archives in Hamar asking for information about Arne Johansen and received the following letter confirming his marriage to Johanna.


Letter. Per-Øivind Sandberg to Verla A. Williams (13 Aug 1984). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Johanna was born 11 Apr 1827 (baptized 3 May), the daughter of Johan Johansen HUSEBYE and Marthe Jorgensdtr Povelsrud.


Detail of SAH, Grue prestekontor, Ministerialbok nr. 6, 1814-1830, s. 159.

Arne and Johanna had seven children: Maren (b. 1 Dec 1847), Marte (b. 24 Jun 1850), John Albert (b. 19 Oct 1855), Mathilda (b. 10 Apr 1858), Martin J. (b. 29 Dec 1867), Anna (b. 20 Jul 1870), and Henry Nicholas (b. 7 Oct 1872).

1880 US Federal Census: Arne HUSEBY Family

In 1880 Arne and his family were living in Glenwood Township.


1880 US Federal Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

201 / 203 / Huseby, Arne / W / M / 55 / Farmer / Norway
________, Johanna / W / F / 53 / Wife / Keeping House / Norway
________, Martin / W / F / 12 / Son / Servant / Iowa
________, Anna / W / F / 9 / Daughter / Iowa
________, Nicholas / W / F / 7 / Son / Iowa

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Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Glenwood, Winneshiek, Iowa; Roll: 370; Family History Film: 1254370; Page: 141D; Enumeration District: 346; Image: 0472.
Source Information: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.
Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

1895 Iowa Census: Johanna HUSEBY Family

A year after Arne passed away, Johanna and the remaining family appear in the 1895 IA Census. Her son, Martin and his wife, Kjersti Helena (Bakkemoen) Huseby, are also living with them.


1895 IA Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

27 / 32 / Johanna Huseby / 68 / F / W / Norway / Housekeeper
     Anna Huseby / 27 / F / S / Winneshiek
     Henry Huseby / 22 / M / S / Winneshiek
     33 / Martin A. Huseby / 27 / M / M / Winneshiek / Farmer
     Kirsti M. Huseby / 32 / F / M / Winneshiek

Anna's age is probably incorrect. Judging from her birthdate, in 1895 she should only be 25.

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Source Information: Ancestry.com. Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Original data: Microfilm of Iowa State Censuses, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925 as well various special censuses from 1836-1897 obtained from the State Historical Society of Iowa via Heritage Quest.

1900 US Federal Census: Anton Erickson Family

By 1900, Johanna was living with her daughter Anna's family in Decorah Township. Anna had married Anton Erickson in 1896. Apparently Anna's brother, Henry, was also living with them and helping with the farm.

It is interesting that the record shows Johanna arrived in the USA in 1866 as we have no other records showing where Arne, Johanna, and their family were living from 1851 until then.


Detail of 1900 US Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

Erickson, Anton / Head / W / M / May 1858 / 41 / M / Iowa / Norway / Norway / Farmer
________, Anna / Wife / W / F / Jun 1870 / 29 / M / Iowa / Norway / Norway
________, Jesse A. / Son / W / M / Jan 1897 / 3 / S / Iowa / Iowa / Iowa
Huseby, Henry / Servant / W / M / Oct 1872 / 27 / S / Iowa / Norway / Norway / Farm laborer
________, Johanna / M-in-law / W / F / Apr 1826 / 74 / W / Norway / Norway / Norway / 1866

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Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Decorah, Winneshiek, Iowa; Roll: 466; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0128; FHL microfilm: 1240466.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.

1895 Iowa Census: Martin HUSEBY Family

In 1895, the Iowa Census shows Martin and Kjersti living in Glenwood next to (or possibly with) his widowed mother, Johanna, and sister Anna and brother Henry. It is not clear why their daughters, Alma and Mabel, are not listed, and also why Martin is listed as Martin A. as opposed to Martin J. It is possible he was using Arneson (the patronymic) as his middle name, or perhaps it was an error by the census taker.


1895 Iowa Census. Martin A. HUSEBY. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.
Tragedy struck the HUSEBY household in 1897 when their daughter Alma passed away on 6 Dec. Sadly her twin sister Mabel also passed away the following year on 19 Jun 1898. On a happier note another daughter was born to them on the same day who they named Mabel Hazel.