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Seeking Claim for Homestead Entry near Morse, Saskatchewan, filed by my Grandfather ca 1906-1908

Seeking Claim for Homestead Entry near Morse, Saskatchewan, filed by my Grandfather ca 1906-1908

Posted: 18 May 2015 5:00AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 20 May 2015 4:34AM GMT
Surnames: Korsedal; Taylor
John A Korsedal built a log cabin on land located 3 -7 miles north of Morse, Saskatchewan, around 1908. We have two photos showing the nearly complete cabin. He and my grandmother were set to move from their home in Superior, Wisconsin, to the completed cabin in September, 1909, when he took ill and died. My grandmother moved to Michigan taking her young son with her. They never saw the cabin and apparently no one from our family ever tried to find it. I'd like to at least locate the site where it once stood, but we have no record of the legal description of the property, just that it was within 3 - 7 miles of Morse. I have searched under my grandfather's name in the various Saskatchewan homestead and land & property search engines with no success - nothing even close. He did mention in a newspaper article that a neighbor named "Billy Taylor" had a cabin "within a short distance" of Morse. That's all I have. I am sure that if he claimed the land under the homestead act, he would at least have had to file a Claim for a Homestead Entry form. If he never occupied the cabin, there probably would be no other forms filed. Whoever came along later and occupied the cabin would likely have to file something like an abandonment form, I would think, before they could claim on it. Any help on locating any record of John A Korsedal would be greatly appreciated.
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Re: Seeking Claim for Homestead Entry filed by my Grandfather ca 1906-1908 KORSEDAL, John A

Posted: 18 May 2015 10:05PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: KORSEDAL
Hi, The article states that he John A KORSEDAL has a large farm under cultivation in SASKATCHEWAN .
The place is a short distance from Morse - MANITOBA

If John A. KORSEDAL - had crops growing on his land - there must be land records - land transfers - He may not have obtained a Homestead from the Govt - but may have made a land purchase.
https://www.isc.ca/LandTitles/FindTitle/Pages/MapSearch.aspx

Do you know When -John A. KORSEDAL - came to Canada ?
Find a Grave
John Andreas KORSEDAL - b 1873 - d.1909
Greenwood Cemetery - Superior - Douglas County - Wisconsin USA

Re: Seeking Claim for Homestead Entry near Morse, Saskatchewan, filed by my Grandfather ca 1906-1908

Posted: 12 Jun 2015 7:40PM GMT
Classification: Query
Have you tried to find out if there is a probate file for John in Saskatchewan?

I found one for my husband's g-grandfather who had actually lived in Minnesota- we had no idea he had owned land in Sask.

His son had lived there so I had looked for any probate with the right surname and was surprised to find him listed. Ends up he had bought land but never lived on it - I think he likely bought if for his son.

So - may be worth looking into. The probate file for my husband's g-grandfather has a lot of info in it on the family.

Carolyn
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