Christian Mortensen Beaver^[1]
1839 - 1918

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• Birth	27 Feb 1839	Baever farm, Kongsberg parish, Buskerud, Norway   [2, 3]
  	age 40 in 1880 census; age 61 in 1900 census Canisteo
  Gender	Male
  Died	28 Jul 1918  [2]
  Buried	West St. Olaf Lutheran Church Cemetery, Vernon Township, Dodge County, Minnesota   [2]
  Person ID	I1330	Dodge and Olmsted Minnesota Norwegian-Americans
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2010

  
  

  Father	Morten Olsen Bæver
  Mother	Alet Karine Olsdatter
  Family ID	F1737	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Bergithe (Betsy) Peters,   b. 26 Nov 1831, Norway ,   d. 12 Dec 1892
  Married	Mantorville, Dodge Co, Minnesota
  Children	> 1. Martin C. Beaver,   b. 10 Jan 1867, Canisteo Twp., Dodge Co., Minnesota ,   d. 4 Oct 1967, Fairview Nursing Home > 2. Peter C. Beaver,   b. 15 Aug 1868, Minnesota ,   d. 1 Sep 1963, home of daughter Mrs. Martin Anderson, Kasson   3. Andrias Christianson Beaver,   b. 27 May 1870,   d. 23 Jul 1870   4. Andrew C. Beaver,   b. 12 Nov 1871, Canisteo Twp., Dodge Co., MN > 5. John C. (Johan) Beaver,   b. 1873,   d. 1941 > 6. Ole (Olai) C. Beaver,   b. 25 Sep 1875, Minnesota ,   d. 15 Jan 1968, Dodge Co, Minnesota
  Family ID	F454	Group Sheet

  
  

• Dodge Olmsted photos		MMrsCMBeaver.jpg Photos published in the 1905 Atlas of Dodge County.
  		Bergit (Betsy) Elefson (Peters) Engan and husband Christian Mortenson Beaver. Married in 1866 in Dodge County. Residents of Canisteo Township.
  		Beaver Siblings. Left to right, front: Tollef (Tolly), Christian, and Ole Mortenson Beaver, brothers who emigrated 1857, 1858 and 1860, and likely two sisters who emigrated in 1870s and settled in Becker Co, Minnesota and/or Rolette Co, North Dakota.
  		Christian M. Beaver, in right rear seat of automobile.
  		Christian M. Beaver Family Christian and wife Betsy, with sons (oldest to youngest) Martin, Peter, Andrew, John, and Ole.

  
  

• Sources

  [S117] [S17] Cemetery Inscriptions Olmsted Co, MN, Vol 3, Cemetery Committee, Olmsted County Genealogy Society, (Rochester, MN: Olmsted County Genealogy Society, 1989). [S19] 1880 Norwegians in USA, Gerhard Naeseth/Vesterheim - Digitalarkivet, (Digitalarkivet).