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Letters of Susag Kin
Letters of Susag Kin
The following information was taken from a letter from Sigvart Susag to Nina (Johnson) Trostad
A copy of the letter is below.
Sivert Jonsen and his wife, Andreanna, nee Nibe lived on a small place "husmann's plass" on the Susag farm in Sparbu "herred" (twp) near Steinkjer in Norde Trondheim Fylke.
They had four sons - Antonius (Anton Sivertson); Edvard Susæg (Edward Susag); Johannes (John Sivertson); and David Susag. Edvard and David took the name Susag. Anton and John used the name Sivertson.
Anton came to America and homesteaded in Sargent County, ND. About 1890 he brought his parents over from Norway. Grandfather Sivert Jonsen died in 1902 at Rutland, ND, and is buried in a cemetery two miles east of there. There is a marker on his grave, put there by cousin Sigvart.
Anton moved to New Norway, Alberta, Canada, east of Edmonton. Grandmother Andreanna Jonsen went with them to Canada. She lived to be quite old, over ninety and is buried in New Norway. Anton died and is buried there, too. His wife later remarried. There were no children.
Edvard stayed in Norway. His son, Sigvart, came to North Dakota in 1909 and lived near Rutland. He and his wife, Mabel, have two children, Lloyd and Grace. Sigvart's brothers and sisters are Ingrid, Aasta, Valborg, and brother Joachim.
John had a farm south of Tioga in Williams County. He was married but, had no children. They lived near Stanley, ND in later years and presumably died there.
David married Julianna Michaelson in 1891. She was born near Levanger not far from Steinkjer. She had two sisters, Bergitte Vaerdal and Karen Vaerdal who stayed in Norway, and one brother who is deceased. Julianna was the only one in her family to come to America. She came to the Rutland-Abercrombie area about 1890 and married David Susag. They had known one another in Norway. David and Julianna had eight children.
Letter from Sigvart Susag to Nina (Johnson) Trostad dated October 10, 1971 Sigvart & Nina are First Cousins once removed
Dear Cousin:
Please excuse me for not having answered your letter sooner. I will try to answer your questions regarding your mother's, and which includes my family on my father's side, as far as I can, which isn't very far.
My and your mothers' grandparents (Sivert and Andreanna Jonsen), lived on a small place (husmann's plass) on the Susag farm in Sparbu "herred" (tsp) near Steinkjer in "Norde Trondheim Fylke". Sivert Jonsen and wife Andreanna born Nibe. They had four sons: Antonius (Anton Sivertson), Edvard Susæg (my father), Johannes (John Sivertson), and David Susag (your grandfather). Two of them took the name Susag and the other used the name, Sivertson. I think there was a girl also who died quite young, but I never heard any details.
Sometime after Anton homesteaded in Sargent County, ND, he brought his parents (Sivert and Andreanna Jonsen) over from Norway. I don't know the exact time but it must have been about 1890. After I came to this country I saw a letter my father (Edvard Susæg) had written to his parents shortly before they left Norway. In it, he said that I was a little fellow and I will be 84 this week.
Grandfather (Sivert Jonsen) died at Rutland and was buried in a cemetery two miles east of town. I had a marker placed on his grave with the date of birth and death, but I can't remember now what the dates are.
Anton moved to Canada in the Spring of 1910. He left Grandmother (Andreanna Jonsen) with me for the summer and came here in the fall. He bought a farm near a small town named New Norway which is east of Edmonton. I don't know what year grandmother died or how old she was, but it must have been quite a bit over 90. Anton's wife (Ellen Sivertsen) had relatives near Cayuga and I heard from them that he had died and that his widow had remarried. They were not of the letter-writing kind, so I had no direct contact with them. They had no children.
Uncle John had a farm south of Tioga in Willams County, on what is know as Hoglund Flats. I visited with them one fall. I threshed north of Tioga. They had no children and heard later that they had moved to Stanley. That's all I know about him, but they are very likely both of them dead by now.
I forgot to mention that my grandfather (Sivert Jonsen) died before I came to this country in 1909. All I can tell you about your grandmother (Julianna Susag) is that she told me that she was born near Levanger which isn't very far from Steinkjer. She didn't mention anything about her family that I can remember.
I am sorry that the information I am able to give you is pretty sketchy, but is the best I can do.
If and when you come this way again it would be very nice if you could stop in and visit awhile. Deline is moving to Fargo this week to stay over winter with an elderly lady, which, is all for the good.
Greetings, Sigvart
Letter from Sigurd to his sister, Alfrida, dated December 5, 1969
Hi Alfreda,
How goes the battle, plenty grim, would be my guess. We are pretty good. Poking around like two old plugs once in a while we misfire.
Just now we have a carpenter putting in a new sink and cupboards in the kitchen. This could have been done years ago but, when a person does not know what they want there is not much a person can do about it. I'm feeding 56 head of cattle and two of nags. This last week I have been cutting cook stove wood, am not through yet but yesterday the saw quit so am going to town today for repairs. The weatherman has been pretty good no snow here yet until last night it snowed about half inch and there is little frost in the ground. I have to feed in different places every day to keep the hay out of the mud.
We had it hell here for hot last June and early July. I got my hay in early but those that did not hay early had a bad time of it, it sure did rain. It was a nice piece of luck that we took off to Seattle to the wedding. I had not expected to see your boys from Minnesota there. It was a pleasant surprise. (Note from Kristin: This may have been Larry Johnson's wedding that took place in the Seattle area on June 21, 1969).
Raymond was here last Sunday. He is hard at it back there in the backwoods. He seems to like his work very well.
Frances might be here tomorrow as they have not been here for a while, last time they were here Brian picked up a rifle and went down to the hayfield and a three-point buck walked into the field for him too, it was his first deer. The next day he went to the Cottonwood River and spotted a black bear. I went out one day looking for deer tracks but I saw no fresh signs of anything so I did not go out anymore.
Had a letter and a card from Alfred and Leona last month. They seemed quite happy with themselves.
Bye for now, Sig and Lilly
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