John Tande

Johan Christian Olsen Braskerud Tande was born at Braskerud, Norway May 24, 1828.

He bought the Tande farm in Norway 1868 and changed his name to Tande.

He married Kristine Solberg in 1854.  She had two children by her first marriage.  Olaf and Emma.  She was a widow.

Johan Tande and Kristine Solberg had five children:

  1. Sigvart Tande

  2. Ole Tande

  3. Julia Tande

  4. Karen Tande

  5. Helen Tande 

Kristine died March 18, 1878 and is buried in Norway.

Johan Tande had one brother, Ole Tande, and two sisters, Karen Tande and Anne Tande.

On July 30, 1878 he sailed for America with his children and arrived at Philadelphia August 14, 1878, and in Grand Meadow, Minnesota August 17, 1878 and to North Dakota.

He made a ''Homestead Claim'' on 160 acres November 11, 1881 in Willow Township, Section 24.

On July 13, 1882 he bought 160 acres in Section 12.

John Tande, (He changed his name from Johan to John when he came to America) was married to Turine Pederson when she was 19 years old.

John and Turine had four children:

  1. Bernt Tande, born October 14, 1886

  2. Christine Tande: 

  3. Marie Tande died at 6 months in 1888 and

  4. Peter Tande died at 6 years of age in 1891.

John Tande applied for his declaration of citizenship on July 7, 1881 and became a citizen on June 12, 1888 at Griggs County, Dakota Territory.  Knute Thompson and John Oie were witnesses.

Turine Pederson was born 1861 (maybe in Wisconsin).  Turine died at Jamestown August 13, 1888 at the age of 27 years.

John Tande died 1892.  Date of death and burial place is unknown.  Turine's burial place is also unknown, but could have been buried in one of the first unknown graves at West Prairie.

Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 507