Karl was born in the West Toten area of Norway in 1885.
Sometime between 1889-1893, his parents emigrated to USA
and settled in the Portland,
North Dakota area. Jocobine was
also born the same year as Karl, but in the northern region of Norway. It is
not known when or why Jacobine came to USA,
suffice it to say that she met Karl after settling in North Dakota and they were married in April,
1905. Their time together is short and tragic as Jacobine died shortly after
giving birth to their son Henry in April 1906. That same year, Karl decided to
try his hand at homesteading in Pelly,
Saskatchewan. WWI erupted in
1914, and Karl, like a lot of other young Canadians, enlisted to fight in Europe. According to his war records, Karl was killed in
action on 2 June 1916 near Ypres,
Belgium; his
name appears on the Menin Gate Memorial for those whose remains were never
recovered.
