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    Claimant Name: Widvey, Peter Anthon
    Claimant Name (Alternative): Widvey, Peter Anton
    Claimant Gender: Male
    Claimant Race: Not
    Address: Round Valley, Custer County, Nebraska
    Marital Status: Head
    Citizenship: Natural
    Age: 43
    Country of Origin or State of Birth: Norway
    Application Number: 17183
    Application Date: 1887-03-21
    Application Land Office: Grand Island, Nebraska
    Witness 1: Helgeson, Henry
    Witness 1 (Alternative):
    Witness 2: Lee, Gunder T.
    Witness 2 (Alternative):
    Final Certificate Number: 254
    Final Certificate Application Date: 1892-06-07
    Legal Description: N2 NW4, SE4 NW4, and SW4 NE4
    Section: 29
    Township: 19N
    Range: 19W
    Principal Meridian: 6th
    Acres: 160
    Final Certificate Approval Date: 1892-08-13
    Clerk: Norton, H. A.
    Land Office Location: Broken Bow, Nebraska
    Division: C
    Patented Date: 1892-08-27
    Patented Status: Approved

Initial Documents

    Application
    Affidavit
    Declaration of Intention to Become a Citizen
    Receiver's Receipt(s)

Final Application Type

    Homestead Proof

Final Documents

    Proof of Publication with Newspaper Clipping
    Final Certificate
    Final Affidavit
    Receiver's Receipt(s)
    Certificate of Citizenship

Characters of the Land

    Prairie
    Grazing
    Farming