Claimant: Widvey, Peter Anthon; Application Date: 1887-03-21

  • 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