Kjebekk/Erickson-Hofstad Family

Erickson-Hofstad Photo Collection Mother (Frances Erickson) and I scanned a collection of photos that she had gathered from Gunhild Erickson. Mother's help was invaluable. She was so helpful in being able to identify, people, places, events, etc. The notes gathered from mother will be added later. Please overlook any spelling or grammar until I have more time to proof. I will be adding the nearly 200 photos as time permits. If you see a photo that is of interest to you, click on the image to enlarge it. You can download the image if you "Right Click" on the image and then choose "Save Image As..." if you are using the Firefox web browser. If you are using Internet Explorer or another web browser, you will have a similar choice to save the image. Depending on your browser, you may be able to "Right Click" on an image and choose a menu item that will allow you to view the image at full resolution without downloading. In order to make a good quality print from these images, you should print them on 4" x 6" paper. Using a larger paper size may result in a grainy print. I have numbered each image. If you have any information about these photos that should be added or if you have any questions, please email me at david56er@aol.com and refer to the "Photo" number.
Erickson (Kjebekk)-Hofstad Family
The Tom Erickson Family & Homestead
	Photo 098 Tom (Kjebekk) Erickson, Gunhild (Hofstad) Erickson Harvey Erickson, Allen Erickson and Edith Erickson (Goodspeed) This is the original log home on the Erickson Homestead. Tom was formally allowed to homestead on April 26, 1916. Notice of Allowance His claim was formally granted by President Woodrow Wilson on May 22, 1920. Claim Grant
	Photo 100 Tom and Gunhild's new home built in 1936.
	Photo 004 This is Dewy Peterson. Harvey Erickson is on the right. A written note on this photo indicates that it was taken in 1947. There was a log barn in addition to the log home. It is difficult to say for sure if this is the barn or the home.
	Photo 005 L: Allen Erickson R: Harvey Erickson It is neat that Dad has his arm around the cow. I believe that Dad and Harvey are standing by the old log barn. We don't have a good picture of the log barn. I do remember when dad moved the hay shed from his farm to the homestead. I remember watching dad, grandpa and others mixing cement for the corner posts and those along each side. Although I don't specifically remember the log barn, I believe it was raised and pushed down the hill to the east to make room for thee hay shed. The reason I am almost sure of this is because I specifically remember playing on the logs and roof material. I remember an old tom cat that made his home under the remains of the log barn.
	Photo 080 Edith and Allen. Can't tell which is which. In the background is a wood shed and pile of wood. There is some type of implement to the right of the wood pile. This and photo number 093 shows the enormous amount of wood it took to heat their home. While living on the homestead, we continued to heat the home with wood. I remember dad would bring hay wagon home piled with wood. I can't remember if Dean and Dennis were big enough to help but it was our job to throw the wood through the basement window on the west side of the house. I remember stacking the wood in the furnace room. Dad kept the furnace going throughout the winter. Occasionally mother and I put wood on the fire.
	Photo 079 This is Allen and Edith. Although it is not easy to tell for sure, it appears that this is Gunhild holding the twins.
	Photo 078 This is Art and Anna Erickson holding the the twins Edith and Allen.
	Photo 085 Allen, Edith, (?) and Gunhild
	Photo 084 Allen and Edith, not sure who they are sitting with.
	Photo 090 Gunhild's sister Christine with Allen, Edith and Harvey. Not sure who Christine is holding.
	Photo 91 Gunhild, Allen, Edith and Harvey
	Photo 094 Gunhild, her sister Christine, Allen and Edith
	Photo 081 Allen. Both this picture and the next one shows a newer addition to the log cabin.
	Photo 82 Tom, LR: Allen and Edith.
	Photo 83 LR: Allen and Edith
	Photo 107 Edith and Allen
	Photo 101 Front Allen and Edith in the middle. Ardean Aakhus in the back Not sure yet who other two are.
	Photo 096 Allen and Edith on the right. Not sure yet who we have on the left.
	Photo 087 Allen and Edith. Not sure yet who the other four are.
	Photo 086 Allen and Edith
	Photo 108 Allen and Edith
	Photo 093 Allen and Edith. Notice they have their arms around each other. Heating the home.
	Photo 114 Harvey and Allen
	Photo 105 Family dog. It would be fun to know the name.
	Photo 103 Allen and his dog.
	Photo 089 Tom, Gunhild, Harvey, Allen and Edith.
	Photo 097
	Photo 102 Front row, Allen (Second the right) and Edith left.
	Photo 109 Edith, back row, third from the right.
	Photo 110 Edith (3rd row)and Allen (2nd row), partially hidden, just right of center.
	Photo 119 (?) and Allen
	Photo 099 Tom, Gunhild, Harvey, Edith and Allen.
	Photo 035 Gunhild
	Photo 121 Harvey, Edith, Allen, Tom and Gunhild.
	Photo 135
	Photo 136 Allen, Harvey and Edith
	Photo 138 (?) Allen
	Photo 137 Edith, Harvey and Allen
	Photo 149 Edith and Allen
	Photo 140 Edith and Allen
	Photo 148 Allen and Harvey
	Photo 152 Allen, Edith and (?)
	Photo 155 (?) Edith and Allen
	Photo 036 Gunhild and Tom. The location is unknown.
	Photo 158 Allen and Edith
	Photo 159 Allen, Tom, Gunhild, Harvey and Edith
	Photo 160 Edith, Gunhild, Tom and Allen
	Photo 161 Edith, Bergit Anderson, Allen and Tom
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	Photo 151
	Photo 123 Back Row: Harvey, Allen and Bill Elstad Front Row: Joan, Edith, Jean, Gunhild and Edna Peterson I neeed to make sure I have Joan and Jean identified correctly
	Photo 139 Back Row: Harvey and Dewy Peterson Front Row: Joan, Jean, Edith, and Edna Peterson I neeed to make sure I have Joan and Jean identified correctly
The Homestead
	Photo 112 Allen, Harvey and Edith. Neat that Allen and Edith are each holding a kitten. The haystacks in the background are amazing.
	Photo 113 LR: Allen, Not sure yet, Tom and Harvey
	Photo 118 This is Allen standing in front of the brooder house which was still in use for storage when our family move to the Twin Cities.
	Photo 111 Allen and Harvey. This photo and photo 112 shows the enormous amount of hay that was put up to feed the cattle.
	Photo 127 Tom and I believe Harvey with his team of horses. I don't remember seeing feed bags on horses too often. I think Tom took very good care of his animals. I know dad took very good care of his farm animals.
	Photo 128 Another close-up of Tom, his team and the dog.
	Photo 125 Tom's turkeys. It appears to be Allen and Harvey standing next to the horse.
	Photo 130 Tom's cattle.
	Photo 124 This photo was taken from the area near the house looking across the river. You see Tom's cattle grazing near the river. The Halvor Aakhus farm is in the background beyond the river.
	Photo 129 Tom is milking one of his cows and making sure the cats have some to drink.
	Photo 104 Family dog. It would be fun to know the name.
	Photo 106 This is the new home. It appears that the porch is either under construction or being removed. Note the 100 lb propane cylinder under the kitchen window. This was for the kitchen stove and the water heater. The home had running water that was supplied by a cistern and electric pump. I need to add my experience with the cistern pump. The well house was about 100 yards east of the house. I don't know if we have a picture of the well house. After mother and dad move into the home, they had mother's dad Floyd drill a well next to the south side of the house at the southeast corner. Comment on the upstairs in the garage.
	Photo 162 This is the new home with the front porch removed and new siding. It looks like the awning over the front door and side door has been started. Note the building in the background behind the garage near the trees. I remember playing in the upstairs. For some reason there were a lot of empty tin cans. I remember specifically playing with a syrup can. The ground floor was used as a shelter for dad's sheep. I had the unpleasant task of helping dad remove the lamb's tails. There was another unpleasant task that I won't elaborate on for now.
	Photo 037 See photo 162. I need to describe the layout of basement, main floor and upstairs.
	Photo 001 I am not sure if this is the barn that dad moved onto the homestead. This barn is very similar. The building next to the barn escapes my memory. In this picture, the grainery should be visible. I will need to do some more research on this.
The Jacob Hofstad Family
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	Photo 165
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Tom & Gunhilds Effie Home & Church
	Photo 38 Tom and Gunhild's home in Effie.
	Photo 163 Tom and Gunhild's home in Effie.
	Photo 039 Gunhild and Tom, Friedheim Lutheran Church, Effie, MN.
	Photo 072 Gunhild and Tom. This was taken in their home in Effie.
Tom - Military & Friends
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	Photo 049 Tom Erickson (L) and John Hendrickson (R)
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Allen - Military & Friends
	Photo 142
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	Photo 145
Effie Homestead - Deer Hunting
	Photo 117 Allen and Harvey. Tom and Gunhild often hosted deer hunters. More on this later.
	Photo 015 This is Dad using his "Farmhand" hay loader to move the deer or lift it high enough to hang from a cross beam on the barn. Normally the "Farmhand" was used to move and stack hay.
	Photo 016 I don't have a description for this photo yet. Certainly some nice deer.
	Photo 002 Bill Elstad
	Photo 012 Bill Elstad
	Photo 013 Bill Elstad
	Photo 011 Allen Erickson on the right. Not sure who the rest are.
Highway 38 - Effie to Bigfork
	Photo 010 Continental Divide on Highway 38.
	Photo 071 While working for the Minnesota State Highway Department, Tom maintained Highway 38 from Effie to Day Lake. Tom often referred to this as his highway.
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	Photo 115 On the left is Tom Erickson. On the right is Allen Erickson The man in the center is unknown at this time.
	Photo 116 Left front is Edith, behind Edith I believe is Art & Anna's son Lowel and his wife. Front middle is Gunhild and Allen. I don't know who the names of the two men on the right.
	Photo 120 The two people on the left are Art & Anna's son Lowel and his ife. I do not know the next two people. Then it is Edith and Allen. I don't know the man on the right.
	Photo 122 The only person I am sure about in this picture is Allen on the right.
	Photo 131 This is Tom sitting in the chair. Holvar Loiland is standing next to Tom. Duane Erickson is standing by the door. This photo was taken at Art and Anna Erickson's home.
	Photo 157 From left to right is Donald Erickson, Jacob Hofstad and Allen Erickson. Donald is Gunhild Erickson's sister Anna's son.
	Photo 076 LR: Mrs. Tooley, Mrs. Hans Olson, One of the Newman Twins, Unknown, Frances Erickson, Pauline Torgrimson, Gerta McGoy, Gunhild Erickson.
	Photo 077 Frances Erickson and Pauline Torgrimson.
	Photo 075 I don't know who these kdis are.
	Photo 156 This is Allen.
	Photo 033 This is Gunhild on the right and her sister Christine. I don't know who the two children are or who they belong to.
	Photo 092 This is Harvey, Edith and Allen in the front row. The back row is Anna, Turina and Gunhild in the back row. The baby could be Helen.
	Photo 088 I believe the two babies in the front are Edith and Allen. I don't know the names of the rest of the kids.
	Photo 042 I believe this is Jacob Hofstad and Helga Jorgensen's six children. Assuming they lined up oldest to youngest, Christine is on the left followed by Gunhild, Margaret, Anna, Turnina and Thomas. I will double check to make sure I have the names and faces correct.
Norway
	Photo 051 Erik T. Kjebekk, father of Tom Eickson Kjebekk.
	Photo 050 Anne O. Kjebekk, mother of Tom Erickson Kjebekk
	Photo 052 This is the Farm Kjebekk near Evje, Norway.Standing next to the home is Erik and Anne Kjebekk.
	Photo 056 Circa 1946 Tom visited Norway in 1946. Tom is with his mother Anne. I am not sure who the little one is.
	Photo 064 Circa 1946 Pictured are Tom and his mother Anne. I will need to figure out who the rest of the people are.
	Photo 063 Circa 1946 Tom and his mother Anne. I will work on the names of the other family membres.
	Photo 053 Circa 1946 Tom and his mother Anne. I will work on the names of the other family membres.
	Photo 059 Erik and Anna Kjebekk in the front row. I will work on the other names.
	Photo 060 Anne Kjebekk
	Photo 062 Anne Kjebekk
	Photo 065 Anne Kjebekk
	Photo 061 I believe this is Sindre, the home were Tom's sister Sigrid Kjebekk lived.
	Photo 058 Circa 1946 This is a photo taken during Tom's visit to Norway in 1946. Tom is standing in the center, back row. His mother Anne and Father Eirk are seated in front of him. I will work on getting all the names.
	Photo 066 This is the Kjebekk family. Tom's mother Anne is seated at the head of the table. I will need to work on getting all the names.
	Photo 067 Circa 1946 This is Tom Erickson with his brother Anders Kjebekk and wife Torborg Rosseland. Seated in front are their daughters Berit and Anne Mae.
	Photo 070 Circa 1946 This is Tom Erickson with two of his sisters taken in 1946 when he visited his family in Norway. I believe Sigrid is standing to Tom's right and Karen is standing to Tom's left. I will need to verify this.
	Photo 069 Wedding of Targjerd "Berit" Osterhus (Kjebekk) and Ingvard Osterhus. I belive the bridesmaid is Berit's sister Anne Mae. I am not sure who the groomsman is.
	Photo 068 Targjerd "Berit" Osterhus (Kjebekk)