Helland Brothers was a fiddle makers' shop in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, United States, 19051927.[1]
The workshop was founded in 1905 by the brothers Knut Gunnarsson Helland and Gunnar Gunnarsson Helland from Bø in Telemark. They emigrated to America in 1901 and made both Hardanger fiddles and violins. Knut died, supposedly of typhoid fever in 1920. Gunnar Gunnarson Helland ran the workshop alone until 1927, when it was closed due to the failure of the fiddle market.
Knute Helland did not die of typhoid fever. He died following appendectomy surgery.Note his death certificate -
Knute Helland's death certificate from the original..
PLACE OF DEATH STATE OF WISCONSIN ____________County Chippewa, Department of health – Bureau of Vital StatisticsTownship___________________ ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH or ____________Village_____________________ Registered No. 84 orCity Chippewa Falls (No St. Joseph's Hospital Ward) 2 FULL NAME Knute Helland
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
3 SEX 4 COLOR OR RACE 5 Male White Married 6 Date of birth
Nov. 6th 1881 (Error)(1880) Month Day Year7 AGE38 yrs 6 mon 21 day 8 OCCUPTION (Not given)9 BIRTHPLACE Norway10 Name of Father Gunnar Helland11 BIRTHPLACE OF FATHER Norway12 MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER Gunhild13 BIRTH PLACE OF MOTHER Norway14 THE ABOVE IS TRUE TO THE BEST OF MYKNOWLEDGE Nellie Helland Chippewa Falls 15 July 1919 F. J. McHugh 1919 F.J. McHugh
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH16 DATE OF DEATH JUNE 27, 1919 Month Day Year17 I HEREBY CERTIFY, That I attended deceased from June 22, 1919 to June 27, 1919That I last saw him alive on June 27, 1919And that death occurred on the date stated above, at 4 p.m.
THE CAUSE OF DEATH was as follows:Paralysis of the bowls followingAcute appendicitis open 3 wksbefore, & second open 2 days ago ________(.......) yrs ______wk _______dys.Contributory ptomaine poisoning from Ice cream (....)___yrs ___wks 3 days(Signed) H. William _______191__(Address) Chippewa. Falls, Wis
18 LENGTH OF RESIDENCE (Not given)19 PLACE OF BURIAL DATE OF BURIAL Forest Hill June 29, 1919
20 UNDERTAKERMr. P. Hogseth Chipp. Falls
Lew HoltSalem, Oregon