Betsey Kittleson was born in Norway to Guro and Kittil Kittleson. She immigrated to America in approx 1870 with her mother, brother Gjermond (who married Karrie Gregorson and lived in both North Dakota and Montana) and sister Gro (who married Ole Evenson and settled in Minnesota).
She married Benjamin C. Askelson in Detroit, Minnesota in 1875 and they produced the following children. George (1876), Charley (1878), Lewis H. (1882-1882), Oscar (1880-1882), Oscar (1883), Bennie A (1886-1955), Nellie (1888), Louise (1891), Christine (1893), Henry L. (1895), Martin R. (1898) and Clara A. (1902-1935).
Information taken from obituary of Ben C. Askelson provides the following:
After marriage in 1875 the couple moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, where they operated a hotel. After a year they moved to Selkirk, Canada, and stayed in the hotel business until 1878. Ben and Betsey moved to the Dakota territory before the great influx of homesteaders. They lived in what would become Walsh county where Ben operated a sawmill and two threshing crews. In 1886 they purchased the Gillman Lykken farm in Grafton township which they sold in 1894.
With the glamour of pioneering on the wane the Askelsons moved to Ramsey county where they started a sheep ranch. After Betsey's death in 1909 Ben moved to Edmore where he lived until his death in 1915.
She married Benjamin C. Askelson in Detroit, Minnesota in 1875 and they produced the following children. George (1876), Charley (1878), Lewis H. (1882-1882), Oscar (1880-1882), Oscar (1883), Bennie A (1886-1955), Nellie (1888), Louise (1891), Christine (1893), Henry L. (1895), Martin R. (1898) and Clara A. (1902-1935).
Information taken from obituary of Ben C. Askelson provides the following:
After marriage in 1875 the couple moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, where they operated a hotel. After a year they moved to Selkirk, Canada, and stayed in the hotel business until 1878. Ben and Betsey moved to the Dakota territory before the great influx of homesteaders. They lived in what would become Walsh county where Ben operated a sawmill and two threshing crews. In 1886 they purchased the Gillman Lykken farm in Grafton township which they sold in 1894.
With the glamour of pioneering on the wane the Askelsons moved to Ramsey county where they started a sheep ranch. After Betsey's death in 1909 Ben moved to Edmore where he lived until his death in 1915.
Betsey Kittleson was born in Norway to Guro and Kittil Kittleson. She immigrated to America in approx 1870 with her mother, brother Gjermond (who married Karrie Gregorson and lived in both North Dakota and Montana) and sister Gro (who married Ole Evenson and settled in Minnesota).
She married Benjamin C. Askelson in Detroit, Minnesota in 1875 and they produced the following children. George (1876), Charley (1878), Lewis H. (1882-1882), Oscar (1880-1882), Oscar (1883), Bennie A (1886-1955), Nellie (1888), Louise (1891), Christine (1893), Henry L. (1895), Martin R. (1898) and Clara A. (1902-1935).
Information taken from obituary of Ben C. Askelson provides the following:
After marriage in 1875 the couple moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, where they operated a hotel. After a year they moved to Selkirk, Canada, and stayed in the hotel business until 1878. Ben and Betsey moved to the Dakota territory before the great influx of homesteaders. They lived in what would become Walsh county where Ben operated a sawmill and two threshing crews. In 1886 they purchased the Gillman Lykken farm in Grafton township which they sold in 1894.
With the glamour of pioneering on the wane the Askelsons moved to Ramsey county where they started a sheep ranch. After Betsey's death in 1909 Ben moved to Edmore where he lived until his death in 1915.
She married Benjamin C. Askelson in Detroit, Minnesota in 1875 and they produced the following children. George (1876), Charley (1878), Lewis H. (1882-1882), Oscar (1880-1882), Oscar (1883), Bennie A (1886-1955), Nellie (1888), Louise (1891), Christine (1893), Henry L. (1895), Martin R. (1898) and Clara A. (1902-1935).
Information taken from obituary of Ben C. Askelson provides the following:
After marriage in 1875 the couple moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, where they operated a hotel. After a year they moved to Selkirk, Canada, and stayed in the hotel business until 1878. Ben and Betsey moved to the Dakota territory before the great influx of homesteaders. They lived in what would become Walsh county where Ben operated a sawmill and two threshing crews. In 1886 they purchased the Gillman Lykken farm in Grafton township which they sold in 1894.
With the glamour of pioneering on the wane the Askelsons moved to Ramsey county where they started a sheep ranch. After Betsey's death in 1909 Ben moved to Edmore where he lived until his death in 1915.
