There is a 1883 BLM record that I think is your Knut Lyseng
Minnesota Land Records
Name: KNUT K LYSENG
Land Office: BENSON
Document Number: 5472
Total Acres: 160
Misc. Doc. Nr.: 9256
Signature: Yes
Canceled Document: No
Issue Date: April 3, 1883
Mineral Rights Reserved: No
Metes and Bounds: No
Statutory Reference: 12 Stat. 392
Multiple Warantee Names: No
Act or Treaty: May 20, 1862
Multiple Patentee Names: No
Entry Classification: Homestead Entry Original
On the 1906 Census of Canada for Alberta, District #21 (Strathcona), Subdistrict 19b on page 8 you will find Lyseng / Loiseng Knut 83 years and his wife Marit 78 years living at 10-48-21 W4 immigrated to Canada in 1901 according to the Census. And on page 9 you will find Lyseng Knut K 47 years along with a number of his children living at 15-48-21 W4 immigrated to Canada in 1902 according to the Census.
The Census is available on-line at:
http://www.archives.ca/02/020153_e.htmlYou can search the Alberta Family Histories Society transcriptions of this at
http://www.afhs.ab.ca/data/census/1906/index.html Knut, Marit and a number of their children and their spouses are buried in the Scandia Lutheran Cemetery, Armena, AB, which you can search on-line at
http://www.angelfire.com/ab/camrosecountychurch/SLC.htmlI will inquire of a sister to one of Knut K's daughters-in-law to see if she knows where the Lyseng came from but I suspect it may be a corruption of the 'slien' in Halvorslien.
You will find mention of Lysengs in the Camrose, Armena, Hay Lakes and perhaps Gwynne areas of Alberta. Some of the Local History Books for these areas have a lot of information on the various Lyseng families.
Adele