Iver G. Fjilland

FJILLAND, HASTED

Posted By: Peter Gausmann (email)
Date: 1/24/2010 at 04:45:51

IVER G. FJILLAND

Iver G. Fjilland is one of the worthy citizens that Norway has furnished Winnebago county and although he came to the new world in limited circumstances he is now the owner of a good farm on section 33, Logan township, where he now makes his home. He was born in the stift of Bergen, Norway, February 19, 1864, a son of Gunder and Greta Fjilland. The mother is now deceased but the father is living and still continues to reside in the land of the midnight sun. Much of his life has been passed upon the water as a sailor but he has also followed the occupation of farming as a means of livelihood. The parents had seven children, five of whom are living at the present time, namely: Guilder, whose home is near Westport, Washington; Sineva, the wife of Torgen E. Fjilland of Bergen, Norway; Iver G., of this review; Halvor, now in Alaska; and Thomas, a resident of Bergen, Norway.

Iver G. Fjilland was reared and educated in his native land and was twenty years of age when he came alone to America. For eleven years he worked as a farm hand in Winneshiek county, Iowa, and later spent a year and a half in the state of Washington. On his return to Iowa in 1897 he located in Winnebago county and purchased his present farm, becoming owner of the south half of the northeast quarter and the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 33, Logan township whereon he still resides.

In 1906 Mr. Fjilland married Miss Josephine Hasted, a daughter of John and Serena Hasted of Logan township, but now living in Eden township, Winnebago county. Mr. and Mrs. Fjilland are earnest and consistent members of the Synod Lutheran church and are widely and favorably known in this locality. The republican party finds in Mr. Fjilland a stanch supporter of its principles and for eight years he efficiently served as township clerk.

Source: History of Winnebago County and Hancock County, Iowa: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, Vol. II. Pioneer Publishing Company (Chicago), 1917. pp. 54-545.