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Peder Embrikson “Per” Lykken

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Peder Embrikson “Per” Lykken

Birth
Buskerud, Modum kommune, Buskerud fylke, Norway
Death
6 Nov 1889 (aged 40)
Kindred, Cass County, North Dakota, USA
Burial
Richland County, North Dakota, USA Add to Map
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Per Lyken was born in Norway in and was married to Siri Berkely. They came to the Kindred area in 1871. They homesteaded on a farm located south of Kindred in Walcott township along the west side of the Sheyenne River.

Per was a hard working aggressive man. Besides farming, he had a sizeable herd of cattle and he operated a brick factory along the west side of the Sheyenne, located south of the barn yard.

They were members of Gol Lutheran Church, rural Kindred.

On Nov. 5, 1889, Per was kicked in the stomach by one of his young horses as he stepped down from the wagon while hauling wheat to a flour mill northeast of Kindred on the Sheyenne River. He died the following day on Nov. 6, 1889
Per Lyken was born in Norway in and was married to Siri Berkely. They came to the Kindred area in 1871. They homesteaded on a farm located south of Kindred in Walcott township along the west side of the Sheyenne River.

Per was a hard working aggressive man. Besides farming, he had a sizeable herd of cattle and he operated a brick factory along the west side of the Sheyenne, located south of the barn yard.

They were members of Gol Lutheran Church, rural Kindred.

On Nov. 5, 1889, Per was kicked in the stomach by one of his young horses as he stepped down from the wagon while hauling wheat to a flour mill northeast of Kindred on the Sheyenne River. He died the following day on Nov. 6, 1889


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