Lars F. Monseth, Orkdal

Lars Fredriksen Monseth was born October 1st 1872 to Elen Larsdatter Asbølmo, Orkdal, Norway and Fredrik Fredriksen Rø, Hølonda (now Melhus), Norway. The parents were not married. His mother later (in 1878) married Løden Andersen Melby from Skaun, and since they settled at the cotter place "Hesthaugen" under one of the Monset farms, they took the family name Monseth (sometimes written with an h, sometimes not). As far as I can tell, Lars grew up at her mother's and stepfather's cotter place at Hesthaugen, Monset in Orkdal. Some details about his school days and confirmation ceremony in 1887 supports that. In 1895 he left for Minneapolis, Minnesota. The date March 13th 1895 I guess is the date for departure from Trondheim. "The Berlin" left Southampton, and arrived at Ellis Island April 2nd 1895. In 1932 he writes my great grandmother's brother, saying that he has a farm, is married, and has one son, four daughters. He is concerned about his farm, since the son is going to a seminary, going to be a minister, so he won't take over the farm, and two of the daughters are married, and two are teachers. So to my problem: Since there are many providers of census information and so on, I wonder if there are anyone who can find information about this man and his family. My provider can't find any Monseth in Minnesota, which is NOT true. Are there anyone of you who can find information about Lars F. Monseth in Minnesota? You can read more about Lars here (in Norwegian), together with the scanned letter: http://www.monset.slektssider.org/nedlastingsdokumenter/Lars%20Fredriksen%20Monseth.pdf For more information about the cotter place Hesthaugen, you can look here (also in Norwegian): http://www.monset.slektssider.org/nedlastingsdokumenter/Hesthaugen.pdf The main page for my web cite for family history and farm history concerning the Monset farms and the Monset school district in Orkdal is here: http://www.monset.slektssider.org/index.htm Best regards Aasmund Solem