Anne Alm's Parents

Iver and Anne Kanten

Iver and Anna (Gilbertson) Kanten, both of whom were natives of that country. The parents were educated and grew up in their native country and were there married. They came to the United States in 1864, locating in Fillmore County, Minnesota, where they lived until 1869, at which time they moved to Chippewa County, where the father homesteaded eighty acres of land in Tunsberg Township, on which he constructed a dug-out, in which the family lived for some time. The land at that time was a wild waste of prairie, but by hard work he succeeded in making the tract a good farm. In time the dug-out was replaced by a most comfortable and substantial farm house. Mr. Kanten prospered and in time became the owner of three hundred and fifty-two acres of land, where he and his wife spent the rest of their lives, dying some years ago.
Iver Kanten and wife assisted in the founding of the Union Synod Lutheran Church in this locality. They were active in all local social and religious activities of the community, Mr. Kanten having taken much interest in all local civic matters, and did much in the way of the development and growth of the Township and the County in which he lived.
To Iver and Anna Kanten were born the following children: Hans, Gilbert, Christian, Plelger, Michael, Andrew, Iver, Martha, Ingeborg, Peter and Anna. Hans is a retired farmer living at Watson; Gilbert is living in Watson after a successful life on the farm; Helger is a successful merchant in Watson; Michael is farming in Lac qui Parle County; Andrew lives in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada; Iver died on board the ship, just before the family sailed for their new home in America; Martha is the wife of P. J. Canton, of Tunsberg Township; Ingeborg married Ole Borgerson and is now deceased; Peter is a successful farmer of Tunsberg Township, and Anna, who is the wife of H. O. Alm, of Binford, North Dakota.

ource: History of Chippewa and Lac Qui Parle Counties Minnesota, by L. R. Mayer and O. G. Dale, Volume II Illustrated; B. F. Bowen & Co. Inc. (1916) from the bio of their son Krist

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