Homesteader nurse lived near Kerrobert

By Joan Janzen

Mrs. Noheim and her husband moved to the Luseland-Kerrobert area in 1911, from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her brother, Magnus Christianson, lived on a homestead eight miles north of Kerrobert, however homesteads in the Kerrobert area were all taken up by then. Her son Ted filed on a homestead SE 13-35-28-W3 in 1912, 3 miles west of where Elk School was located. Mr. and Mrs. Noheim Homesteaded NW 22-35-27-W3, two miles north of the Elk School location.

Mrs. Noheim homesteaded near Kerrobert from 1912 to 1919. She was also a qualified nurse who evidently had a nurse’s uniform and cap to prove it. Her assistance was called upon many times, and she helped deliver many babies during those seven years. Photo From the Hill to the Border

An added benefit for the homesteaders was they had a built-in nurse, since Mrs. Noheim was a qualified nurse. She was often called on and taken to where her assistance was needed. Transportation was by horse and buggy, horse and cutter or sleigh.

She helped deliver many babies into the world before she returned to Minneapolis in 1919 after the death of her husband. However her son Ted farmed a few miles north of Kerrobert for many years. After retiring he lived in Buena Vista Lodge in Kerrobert.