1865 census for Bjørnstad øvre, Øyer: https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/person/pf01038063005308

Burial record:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57474119/johannes-bjornstad

1875 (28 May) left Oslo, Norway for Benson, Minnesota on the ship "Hero". https://www.digitalarkivet.no/view/8/pe00000000425724

J. J. BJORNSTAD
Mr. (Odin) Bjornstad was born on the farm on which he is now living October 15, 1886, the son of J. J. and Karen Bjornstad, natives of Norway, who came to the United States and direct to Polk county in 1875 and at once took up a homestead which is a part of the present family home. They had only $1 when they arrived here, and Mrs. Bjornstad went to Grand Forks to get employment for her support, while her husband lived in a dugout and did his own cooking until they got a start in the New World. A little later he built a little log cabin on his land, but still worked out for his living, being employed by his brother-in-law, Nels Paulsrud.

Times have mended for the family since then, and in the course of a few years Mr. Bjornstad, the elder, bought an additional quarter-section from the estate of his brother Hans, who took it up as a homestead on which he died. J. J. Bjornstad cultivated the whole half-section until 1909, when his son Odin took charge of it, and the father has since lived retired from active pursuits but maintained his home' on the farm. He and his wife became the parents of seven children, five of whom are living. Mary has her home with her parents. Eliza is the wife of George Burd, of Hubbard township. Odin J. has charge of the home farm. Nettie has taught in the schools of Ottertail county in this state and during the last five years in those of North Dakota. She is now teaching in the high school at Hillsboro in that state. Hans is living on the farm with his parents. [Compendium of history and biography of Polk County, Minnesota Unknown author (W.H. Bingham & Co., 1916)] https://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/11299/214360