Family Tree of Steelesville Cemetery Burials - Person Sheet
Family Tree of Steelesville Cemetery Burials - Person Sheet
NameAxel Jorgenson 
Birth1 Dec 1818
Death4 Jun 1898
BurialStockholm Twp Cemetery, Wright, MN
Spouses
Birth1840, NOR
Death13 Feb 1910, Dassel, Meeker, MN
BurialSteelesville Cemetery, Dassel, Meeker, MN
ChildrenAxel Peter (1879-1948)
Carolina (1880-1880)
Notes for Axel Jorgenson
Axel Jorgensen
Birth 1 Dec 1818
Death 4 Jun 1898 (aged 79)
Burial Stockholm Township Cemetery Stockholm, Wright County, Minnesota, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 45.0369333, Longitude: -94.2153333
Memorial ID 109631378
Per the book, "The Carver Story" by Lucie K Hartley. Pages 17-18.
The story of the settlement of the village of Carver (Minnesota) properly begins with the arrival in 1852 of the first white settler, Axel Jorgenson. Jorgenson, a bachelor, was a Norwegian immigrant who located here in the spring of 1852 after the treaties with the Indians, but before the land was surveyed and made regularly subject to entry by white men. Jorgenson was therefore one of those termed a "sooner"(who came too soon). He laid claim to about 415 acres (the present townsite of Carver), built a shanty, and during the next two years completed establishing his claim. He chose this site because of it's nearness to the river and to Faribault's trading post at Little Rapids, and also because of its plentiful water supply from the Big Spring. (The Big Spring forms a creek which runs about a mile to the river, and is now known as Spring Creek.)
Jorgenson gave the name Lukenborg or Luksenborg to the area of the claim. But this name didn't stick, and for awhile others were calling it Fulton. Jorgenson engaged in hauling lumber. He built a barge and hauled logs downstream to St. Paul, a distance of about 30 miles by river. In bringing the barge back it had to be pushed by means of long stakes or poles. The story is told that on the wharf at St. Paul he would locate some poor immigrants who had come up the Mississippi looking for land or a place to build a home. He would sell them on the idea of a free ride up the Minnesota to Luksenborg, and lodging at his hotel there, if they would help pole his barge. Upon arrival at Luksenborg they would discover the "hotel" to be only the claim shanty with the name "Hotel Luksenborg" crudely lettered above the door.
On one occasion, in 1854, he brought with him Peter and Nels (Kleven?) Alexander. Alexander got very tired of poling Jorgenson 's barge and decided to get off and walk. He covered the rest of the distance from St. Paul on foot, following the course of the river, and arrived at the "hotel" a whole day before Jorgenson and Kleven with the barge. Alexander and Kleven established claims at what is now East Union, and were pioneers in that community.
Jorgenson carried on his lumbering operation in this area for about two years. In February of 1854 he sold his claim to the loosely organized Carver Land Company, and he removed to Wright County, where he was still living in the 1880's. Jorgenson's stay here is commemorated in the name of one of Carver's streets, Jorgenson Street. (Jorgenson versus Jorgensen) This is a clue to follow up on as I cannot locate another Axel Jorgenson in Wright County.
Family Members
Spouse
•
Ellen Maria Oleson Jorgensen
1840–1910
Children
•
Axel Peter Jorgenson
1879–1948
•
Carolina Jorgensen
1880–1880
Birth 1 Dec 1818
Death 4 Jun 1898 (aged 79)
Burial Stockholm Township Cemetery Stockholm, Wright County, Minnesota, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 45.0369333, Longitude: -94.2153333
Memorial ID 109631378
Per the book, "The Carver Story" by Lucie K Hartley. Pages 17-18.
The story of the settlement of the village of Carver (Minnesota) properly begins with the arrival in 1852 of the first white settler, Axel Jorgenson. Jorgenson, a bachelor, was a Norwegian immigrant who located here in the spring of 1852 after the treaties with the Indians, but before the land was surveyed and made regularly subject to entry by white men. Jorgenson was therefore one of those termed a "sooner"(who came too soon). He laid claim to about 415 acres (the present townsite of Carver), built a shanty, and during the next two years completed establishing his claim. He chose this site because of it's nearness to the river and to Faribault's trading post at Little Rapids, and also because of its plentiful water supply from the Big Spring. (The Big Spring forms a creek which runs about a mile to the river, and is now known as Spring Creek.)
Jorgenson gave the name Lukenborg or Luksenborg to the area of the claim. But this name didn't stick, and for awhile others were calling it Fulton. Jorgenson engaged in hauling lumber. He built a barge and hauled logs downstream to St. Paul, a distance of about 30 miles by river. In bringing the barge back it had to be pushed by means of long stakes or poles. The story is told that on the wharf at St. Paul he would locate some poor immigrants who had come up the Mississippi looking for land or a place to build a home. He would sell them on the idea of a free ride up the Minnesota to Luksenborg, and lodging at his hotel there, if they would help pole his barge. Upon arrival at Luksenborg they would discover the "hotel" to be only the claim shanty with the name "Hotel Luksenborg" crudely lettered above the door.
On one occasion, in 1854, he brought with him Peter and Nels (Kleven?) Alexander. Alexander got very tired of poling Jorgenson 's barge and decided to get off and walk. He covered the rest of the distance from St. Paul on foot, following the course of the river, and arrived at the "hotel" a whole day before Jorgenson and Kleven with the barge. Alexander and Kleven established claims at what is now East Union, and were pioneers in that community.
Jorgenson carried on his lumbering operation in this area for about two years. In February of 1854 he sold his claim to the loosely organized Carver Land Company, and he removed to Wright County, where he was still living in the 1880's. Jorgenson's stay here is commemorated in the name of one of Carver's streets, Jorgenson Street. (Jorgenson versus Jorgensen) This is a clue to follow up on as I cannot locate another Axel Jorgenson in Wright County.
Family Members
Spouse
•
Ellen Maria Oleson Jorgensen
1840–1910
Children
•
Axel Peter Jorgenson
1879–1948
•
Carolina Jorgensen
1880–1880