Bård
Pedersen
Sætran
Bård
Pedersen Sætran (my great-great-great grandfather) was
the father of my great-great grandmother Sigrid Satrum, who
married Peter Olsen Trætstykke.
The location in Hegra, Norway, of Bård's house
is
now just a grain field about 1/2 mile south and west of
the Sætran farm. No buildings remain in that
location. There is a field road that leads to this
location from the main road that goes past the Sætran
farm. To get to the Sætran farm, leave the E-14
road and turn north and go past the Hegra church.
This is the same intersection where you would head south
to Hegra Festning (Fortress).
THE
LINEAGE OF BÅRD
PEDERSEN SÆTRAN
Peder Trondsen Sætran 1656-06/12/1735
M/ Rollaug Thomasdatter (Skjelstad) 1655-1717
Peder Trondsen Sætran was a tenant of NORDRE SÆTRAN Gr.
Nr.,L.nr 404-405 1684-1713
Hans Pedersen Sætran 1673-1737
M/ Guru Pedersdatter 1689-1759
Peder Hansen Sætran 1708-1766
M/ Beret Isaksdatter Sætran 1715-1766
Hans Pedersen Sætran 12/12/1745-1800
M/ Gunhild Larsdatter Kvall 11/20/1746-04-08-1825
Peder Hansen Setran 06/27/1784-06/29/1852
M/ Sigrid Baardsdatter Morset (1st wife) 01/01/1781-01/23/1830
M/ Barbro Olsdatter Setran 10/25/1806-??
Bård Pedersen Sætran 08/10/1812-07-17-1889
M/ Ingeborg Hansdatter Saetran (1st wife) 1810-01/18/1850
M/ Ellen (Eli) Hansdatter Traelstad (2nd wife)
06/16/1826-03/30/1914
THE
CHILDREN OF BÅRD
PEDERSEN SÆTRAN AND INGEBORG HANSDATTER
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Sigrid Bårdsdatter
Sætran (1835-1913) (my great grandmother)
Hans Sætran (12-09-1832 - ?)
Peder Bårdson Sætran (4/12/1838 - about 1864)
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Peder
Bårdson Sætran served in the Civil War, was said to have
been captured at " The battle of Weldon Railroad" (Ulvestad
page 270) and starved to death in prison.
One speculation is that Peder died in
Andersonville prison but this has not been verified.
The trefoil on Peder's uniform may give us a clue where
to search (see below).
This one seems to match the buttons. A white one would
have been that of Union Army 2nd Division Flag, II
Corps, Army of the Potomac.
During the Siege of Petersburg the Army
of the Potomac fought in two (2) "Battles of Weldon Railroad",
one in June [Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road] (the Union
failed to capture the railroad) and another in August
[The Battle of Globe Tavern], and a reference to a
"raid" on Weldon Railroad in December (see "assaults"
below) that may be associated with Peder's
capture. In the August battle the Union army had 4,279
casualties and the Confederates lost between 1,600 and
2,300 men. The Union won this battle
leaving the question of whether Peder was captured at
this battle or possibly fought there (assuming
Ulvestad's reference is correct).
TREFOIL:
The trefoil on Peder's
uniform could be that of the 1st
Minnesota Volunteer Infantry.
We still don't know Peder's Civil War unit but one
possibility is that living in Goodhue County near
Zumbrota, Minnesota, being so close to Red Wing,
Peder may have joined the 1st
Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Company "F"
often referred to as the "Red Wing Volunteers" or
"Goodhue County Volunteers" which recruited at Red
Wing. This image is that of the trefoil worn by a
soldier of the 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry
Regiment, Company C (Saint Paul, Minnesota
volunteers). A
trefoil was also used by the Army of
the Potomac
but worn on the left breast. Peder's is on
the right breast.
1ST MINNESOTA DOCUMENTED
ASSAULTS: Assaults on Petersburg June 16–18.
Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2,
1865. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22–23, 1864.
Demonstration north of the James July 27–29. Deep
Bottom July 27–28. Demonstration north of the
James August 13–20. Strawberry Plains August
14–18. Weldon Railroad
August 25. Boydton Plank Road,
Hatcher's Run, October 27–29. Raid on Weldon Railroad
December 7–11. Dabney's Mills,
Hatcher's Run, February 5–7, 1865. Watkins' House
March 25.
STILL SEARCHING: I've viewed every name on
the 1st Minnesota rosters for each company at http://www.1stminnesota.net/
and could not find a reference to Peder (Bårdson,
Baardson, Bordson, Sætran, etc.) in any company.
Yet Peder's trefoil suggests this is a logical
place to look.
Martin Ulvestad traveled
throughout the Norwegian settlements in America,
documenting their early history and first settlers.
During his years of research, he sent out 450,000
questionnaires seeking historical and biographical
information and then published "Nordmændene i Amerika"
(literally "The North Men in America") in 1907.Two pages
in Martin Ulvestad's book document who we believe to be
Peder in the Civil War. He is listed there as
Peder Baardson. Click on the page number to see
that page.
Ulvestad
Page 270.
Ulvestad
Page 530.
There is still much work to do to verify the
details about Peder.
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MORE CHILDREN of Bård and Ingeborg
Dortea Sætran (1840 - ?)
Beret Sætran (3-2-1843 - ?)
Johan Sætran (2-12-1848 - ?)
Baartinus Sætran ( 3-19-1853 - 8-26-1939)
THE CHILDREN OF BÅRD PEDERSEN SÆTRAN AND ELLEN
HANSDATTER TRELSTAD
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Ane Sætran
Emelie Sætran
Peder Baardsen Setran 09/01/1869-01/17/1941
M/ Marie J. Baar 12/21/1871-01/12/1937
Johan Henry Satren 12/12/1904-02/04/1999
M/ 1. Charlotte Georgia Hoven (1st wife) 04/22/1910-03/27/1939
M/ 2.
DETAILS ABOUT BÅRD PEDERSEN
SÆTRAN
Bård Pedersen Sætran was born August 10, 1812 in Norway and
went to South SAETRAN farm number 10.
Bård Pedersen Sætran married Ingeborg Hansdatter Saetran in
Norway on May 28, 1832. Ingeborg was the daughter of
Hans Sætran and Daardi Kvall. Ingeborg was born 1810 in
Norway, and died January 18,1850 in Norway. They farmed the
South SAETRAN farm number 10. Seven children were born to this
union. Six of the children immigrated to the United States
including their daughter Sigrid Baardsdatter Sætran who
married Peter Olesen Trætstykke.
Bård
later married Ellen (Eli) Hansdatter Traelstad on May 29, 1855
in Norway. Ellen was the daughter of Hans Traelstad and Ane
Ulstad. She was born June 16, 1826 in Gaarden Trelstad in
Ovre, Stordalen, Hegre's Prestehjeld, Norway. They immigrated
to the USA and homesteaded a farm in 1857. Minnesota was a
territory at that time, having been named Minnesota territory
in 1848. In a letter dated March 4, 1857 it was stated that
the population of Minnesota was 170,000. The townships of
Minneola and Zumbrota were one organization. The first meeting
was held July 5, 1858. In 1860 Minneola was separated from
Zumbrota. The name Minneola was taken from two Indian words
meaning "much water".
The trip took between 6 and 8 weeks to reach the U.S.A. They
then came to Red Wing and walked 25-30 miles to Wanamingo.
They bought land in 1857. They had five children,
all born in the area.
Bård Pedersen
Sætran and Ellen (Eli) Hansdatter Traelstad are buried in
Minneola Lutheran Church Cemetery, Zumbrota, Minnesota.
Baard died July 17, 1889 in Wanamingo, Minnesota and Ellen
died March 30, 1914 in Minnesota, U.S.A. She was buried
April 03, 1914.
<Click
on the tombstone image to see Bård's tombstone>.
Their daughter,
Sigrid
Bårdsdatter Sætran and her husband
Peter Olesen Trætstykke are
buried in that same cemetery.
Just as
Peter and
Bartinus
Satrum changed their names several times finally settling on
"Satrum", the descendents of Bård Pedersen Sætran changed
their last name many times using various spellings of Sætran,
including Setran, eventually settling on "Satren".
<CLICK HERE>
or on the plat
image to see the location of Bård's farm in 1877 -
it is outlined in blue.on the image. Bård's daughter, Sigrid and her husband, Peter Olesen's farm is to the northeast outlined
in red. Both Peter and Bård are buried in the
Minneola church cemetery along with their wives .
On the map, the church is highlighted in green.
Peter's son, Bartinus, and his wife Lena are
buried there as well.
When looking at the proximity of the church to their
farms, you can see why this would have been a logical church
for them.
Bård
Pedersen
Farm near Wanamingo, Minnesota - 1877: The Bård
Pedersen farm in Goodhue County, Minnesota, was in Minneola
Township 110 North, Range 16 west in section 20 only a few
miles west and south of the location that would eventually
become my grandfather Bartinus Satrum's farm #2. In the
1877 Plat book of Minneola township Bård's farm is listed
under the name of "Bord Peterson" with an area of 120 acres.
1894:
On the 1894 plat book the farm is listed as the
farm of "P.B. Satran. Peder owned the farm until his
death in approximately 1941. Peter Satren believes that Arling
and Stella Froisland owned it or farmed it. Stella was
Peder's daughter, Peter's dad's sister. But they might
have only farmed the land while it was owned by all of Peder's
children. Russell Boraas eventually bought it
and, in a way, it was still in the family because Mrs. Boraas
was a descendant of Baard's.
While I have not verified this, I believe this is Bård's son
Peder from his second marriage to Ellen Hansdatter Trelstad.