of Buena Vista County, Iowa · documented from the public record
The family in the record
Torkel Torkelson 1830 – 1908
Torkel Torkelson⚭ Enger T. Smith
childrenLudwig Anthony Torkelson · Lena Marie Torkelson · Isabella Torkelson · Christina Torkelson · Julius Torkelson
Source: Past and Present of Buena Vista County, Iowa
Their story
What the record says
Pioneer settler of Lee Township, Buena Vista County.
Family lived under dread of Indian outbreak in early years.
Reached age of seventy-eight.
Died February 6, 1908.
Wife Enger T. (Smith) Torkelson.
Five children.
Some passages give wife's name via son Julius as Enger T. (Smith).
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