Martin J. Norde
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| Name at Enlist | Martin J. Norde |
| Birth Name | Morten Johannessen Hjelle |
| Other Names | Morten Nordre |
| Lived | 23 Nov 1840 – 22 Nov 1890 |
| Birth Place | Hjelle, Ringebu, Oppland fylke |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | Scandinavia, Waupaca County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | I |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 20 Dec 1861 |
| Death Location | Alexandria, Douglas County, MN |
| Burial Location | Kinkead Cemetery, Alexandria, Douglas County, MN |
| Mother | Anne Gulbrandsdatter Odegaarden |
| Mother Lived | 2 Dec 1812-1 Nov 1859 |
| Father | Johans Mortensen Nyfløt |
| Father Lived | 15 Nov 1813-8 Aug 1898 |
| Immigration | 1857 |
| Spouse | Ingeborg Salvesdatter/Isabelle |
| Spouse Lived | 27 Jul 1842-13 May 1900 |
| Married On | 12 May 1867 |
| Marriage Location | Portage County, WI |
Morten Johannesen was born at Hjelle, Ringebu parish, Oppland, the son of Johans/Johannes Mortensen and Anne Gulbrandsdatter. His parents affectionately called him “Lillemorten”. The family lived mostly on the Nyfløt farm and he used that name when he left the parish for America in 1857.
As Martin J. Norde, he joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company I. The men of the company called themselves the “Scandinavian Mountaineers” but were also known as the “Waupaca Company” because so many of them were living in that Wisconsin county when they enlisted.
The army listed Norde as living in Scandinavia, Waupaca County, WI, and age 19. He enlisted for three years on November 20, 1861, at Scandinavia, and mustered at Madison, WI, on December 20, 1861, as a Private (Menig). He was with the provisions transport from Stevenson, AL, in October 1863, and was then sent on recruiting duty on November 21, 1863. On January 1, 1865, he was promoted to Sergeant of Ordnance (orderly?) and then to First Sergeant (Sersjant). Norde mustered out on February 10, 1865.
After the war, Norde married Ingeborg Salvesdatter/Isabelle. In 1870, they were living in Ida, Douglas County, MN, and he was working as a farmer. In 1880, he was working as a merchant in Alexandria, Douglas County. He died on November 22, 1890, and is buried in Kinkead Cemetery, Alexandria, Douglas Co, Minnesota.
Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office box 76-11; Regimental muster and descriptive rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, vol. 20, p. 126; DCHS, 1890 Veterans Census card file; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett, 1894, B. Anundsen, Decorah, IA, p. 602; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p. 154 photo, p. 315; Nordmaendene i Amerika, Martin Ulvestad, 1907, History Book Co., Minneapolis, MN, p. 260; Lars Gjertveit, Bodo, Norway; 1870 Census, Roll: T132_3, Page: 1022, Image: 250, Family History Library Film: 830423; 1880 Census, Roll: 618, Family History Film: 1254618, Page: 489C, Enumeration District: 014, Image: 0663; Civil War Pension Index, Roll #T288_350; digitalarkivet.no; ancestry.com; findagrave.com; “Norwegian Immigrants 1850 and later”, database, NAGCNL, #30646.