Christine SOINE

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1914-MN-004937

Notes:

In the 1880 census she is age 4. In the 1895 state census she is age 19 and living at home. She is shown as a single “schoolteacher” living with her parents in the 1900 census.

According to her death certificate, the parents of Christine Kasa were Lars Soine and Anna Ellestad. However, the death certificate shows Christine’s birth date as 6 Oct 1878. The 1910 census shows that Christine Kasa was born in 1878. We’ll show the 1900 census’s birthdate because it is consistent with most other information but there is an irreconcilable difference here.

The 1910 census shows her marriage to Erick as his second and her first.

She died of pulmonary tuberculosis.

Christine married Erik KASA on 24 Feb 1909 in Meeker County, Minnesota. Erik (son of Helge (Henry) Eiriksson KASA and Ingrid Ivarsdatter (Ida) ELLINGBØ) was born on 26 Sep 1869 in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 6 Jul 1964 in Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Herman Lorenzo KASA was born on 12 May 1909 in Minnesota; died on 26 Jun 1991 in Ramsey County, Minnesota; was buried in Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota.
2. Alice Irene KASA was born on 17 Mar 1911 in Grant County, Minnesota; died on 10 Mar 1996 in Rice County, Minnesota.
3. Maurice Christopher KASA was born on 14 Jul 1913 in Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 23 Feb 1985 in Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota.

Christine married John Albert TASA on 5 Dec 1900 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. John (son of Thomas Knutsen TASA and Ambjørg Ivarsdatter OLDRE) was born on 5 Aug 1875 in United States; died on 9 Nov 1905; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Almira (Myra) Leonora TASA was born on 1 Apr 1903 in Day County, South Dakota; died on 2 Sep 1994 in Waseca County, Minnesota; was buried in LeSueur River Cemetery, New Richland, Minnesota.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1917-MN-004721

Notes:

Traci’s tree refers to him as Lars Kristofferson Soine.

“Alias Lars Christopherson.” That’s what he was called in the 1880 census.

In the 1885 state census, he was Lars O. Støine of Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County. The household consists of Lars, 55, Anna, 57, Tom, 24, Gertrude, 19, Berit, 16, Christina, 9, Martha 7, “T.A.”, 25, Anna Austin, 27, Mabel A., 3, and Anna Maria, 20. From this and other information we can infer that “Anna Austin” is Lars’s oldest daughter, T.A. is her husband, Tom Austinson, and Mabel A. is Maybel Amanda Ellingboe.

As Lars Christopherson Soine, he is listed as one of the initial contributors to the start-up of St. Olaf College.

He was a farmer in Warsaw Twp in 1870.

in the 1900 census, Lars, Anna, and their single daughter Christina were living in Warsaw, Goodhue County, next door to their son and brother, Thomas Soine and his family. Lars is shown to have come to this country in 1853, Anna in 1856.

In the 1910 census, Lars and Anne are living with their son Tom and his family on Tom’s farm in Warsaw.

He is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books) but his entry specifically says he was not a member of the Samband.

Shown as Lars A. on his death certificate.

From one of Lars’s descendants: "Lars Christophersen Soine was born on 14 June 1830 in Vang, Valdres Norway. He came to America with his parents in 1853, he was 23 years old. He went by the name Lars O Christophersen. He worked in the logging camps in Wisconsin. He rode the logs down the river to keep them from jumbling. Several times he was thrown, by the force of the swift current and the jerking logs, into the water. In 1856 he married Anna Ellestad. Three of their nine children were born in Wisconsin. In the early 1860's Lars and Anna went moved to Goodhue County in Minnesota where they rented a farm for a few years. Then they purchased 160 acres in Warsaw township in Goodhue County. At this time he returned to using the name Lars Soine. Lars and Anna lived in a small house on their land until 1884 when they built a 12 room house for two families. He planned this house for two families so that he would have a place of his own in their old age. Lars and Anna lived in four rooms, tworooms downstairs (12x14 and 14x16) and two rooms upstairs. Their son, Thomas, and his family of 12 lived in seven of the rooms, four big rooms downstairs and three upstairs. The room above the kitchen was used as a store room for both families. Both families used the same stairs and hallway to the second floor.Each family had their own cellar and stairs. The pump was on the porch between the two kitchens. (Don't you think many oldfolks would love this arrangement nowadays instead of the old folks home?) (Denne ideen hare nok Lars hatt med segfra Vang, han har nok tenkt på kårstuene der, da han bygde detstore huset.) These two families lived in Harmony for 24½ years. In 1916 Anna and Lars celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. Anna died that fall at the age of 83 and Lars died the following April, 1917." (This is a transcript of a handwritten remembrance of one of Lars O Soine's grandchildren). Lars was a 'charter member' of the 'Valdres Laget' of Goodhue county.

Lars married Anna Tomasdatter ELLESTAD about 1856. Anna (daughter of Tomas Knudson TØRSTAD and Berit Johannesdatter ELLESTAD) was born on 4 Sep 1833 in Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 6 Nov 1916 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1916-MN-004884
• Baptism: 8 Oct 1833, Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1900 census, she is claimed to have had 10 children, 8 still living. Those numbers are 10 and 7 in the 1910 census.

Shown as Anna E. on her death certificate.

Buried:
252 HN 4 N

Notes:

Shown as Christopher Larssen Heen on Lars’s birth record in the Vang church book. Traci’s tree refers to him as Kristoffer L Haenseiga.

In Jim’s Valdres Slekt tree, he is Christopher Larsen Heenseiga Søyne, #I11511.

Jim’s notes: For a time he was a postman. Born on Hensbakka and took over as a tenant farmer from his father until 1833, when he became a tenant farmer on Øvre Søyne. from 1833-1848. Left for America in 1853 with wife and five children on the "Olave Kyrre." In the church book emigrant list, his name was "Soyne," but he used the surname "Hen" or "Heen" after immigration. Included in his household in the emigration list was a servant, Marit Håvardsdatter Lajord ( his wife’s niece, #23240), whom he married after his first wife's death. {Which would not seem to be possible unless there was a fair amount of time between his wife’s death and his death which are supposedly in the same year.}

Traci’s tree has him dying in Michigan in 1853. This makes sense from the notes for Sigurd.

Christopher Larssen Söine, 52, and his wife Anne Syversdatter, 49, emigrated from Vang on 12 March 1853 with their children Lars, 23, Anne, 20, Marith, 17, Syver, 11, and Ole, 10. Apparently traveling with them was a Marith something (maybe Klausdatter) Lajord, 23.

Christopher married Anne Sjugurdsdatter LAJORD on 1 Apr 1830 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Anne (daughter of Sjugurd Madsson LAJORD and Anne Madsdatter MYHRE) was born in 1805 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1853 in Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Anna Syversdatter.

Greg Fearon says that she died in Michigan of diphtheria with her husband and their daughter Marith.

Birth:
Lajord 51/3 Berget

Notes:

Called Thomas Knutsen Tørstad, I12971, in Jim’s VS.

The FamilySearch entry is for Tomas Knutson, born in 1795 in Torstad II, Vang, Oppland, Norway.

In the 1865 census, shown as Thomas Knudsen, born in 1794 in Wangs, living with son Anders at Høine. His occupation is shown as “Føderaadsmd.”

The bygdebok says he moved to 26/3 Høyne or Sør-Ellestad in Vestre Slidre.

He married his first cousin.

Birth:
shown as age 23 when he got married

Tomas married Berit Johannesdatter ELLESTAD on 1 Aug 1819 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Berit (daughter of Johannes Anderson ELLESTAD and Beret Amundsdatter LOMEN) was born on 30 Jul 1796 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died after 1865. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shown in the 1865 census as Berit Thomasdatter born in 1794 in Vestre Slidre. Living with her husband on the Høine farm with her son Anders.

In his VS, Jim also shows her incorrectly as Berit Thomasdatter. She was definitely Berit Johannesdatter in her marriage record.

Shown as age 24 when she got married.

She married her first cousin.

Birth:
Lommen

Notes:

He is Lars Gudbrandson (Øylo) Heensbakken, I11503, in Jim’s VS.

Birth:
Øylo 54/

Lars married Marit Olsdatter HEMSING. Marit (daughter of Ola Andrisson BØE and Ragnhild Håvardsdatter HEMSING) was born in 1753 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Hemsing 67/2 Nerre or Nørre

Notes:

See notes for #4819.

Jim calls him Sjugurd Madsen Berget Lajord in his Valdres Slekt tree. He is #I10317 in that tree.

Sjugurd married Anne Madsdatter MYHRE. Anne (daughter of Mads Jonsson MYHRE and Anne Eivindsdatter ELLINGBØ) was born in 1779. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1801 Norwegian census, he was Knud Andersen, 38, living on the Torstad farm in Wangs, Oppland. His wife was Giertrud Pedersdatter, 48, who had been married before to a man named Thomas. Living with them were children of her first marriage as well as children that they had had together. From Giertrud’s first marriage were: Thomes Thomessen, 15, Ole Thomessen, 18, Marit Thomesdatter, 13, Sigrid Thomesdatter, 10, Giertrud Thomesdatter, 8. Children of Giertrud and Knud: Thomes Knudsen, 6, and Anders Knudsen, 4.

The 1801 census did not include place of birth.

He is Knut Andrisson Ellestad, I12871, in Jim’s VS. Jim claims Knut was born in Vestre Slidre on Ellestad 23/1.

Birth:
age 38 in the 1801 census would imply he was born in 1763 or 1764

Died:
Tørstad 105/3 i Høre

Knut married Giertrud Pedersdatter VEBLEN about 1794. Giertrud (daughter of Peder Endreson KATTEVØL and Torø Vilhjølmsdatter BAGETUN) was born about 1753 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1842 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The FamilySearch entry is for Iartrud Pedersdotter, born 1752 in Veflen, Vang, Oppland, Norway. She died in 1842 and her parents were Peder Endresen and Toro Vilhelmsdotter. She had two husbands.

She is Gjartrud Persdatter Veflen, I5902, in Jim’s VS. He has her born in 1753 in Veflen 99/1 in Høre.

Notes:

In the 1801 census, the family is on the Ellestad farm, Lommens Annes, Slidre. The family is Johannes Andersen, 42, Berit Amundsdatter, 40, Anders Johannessen, 13, Ole Johannessen, 9, Amund Johannessen, 3, Anne Johannesdatter, 18, Berit Johannesdatter, 4. Johannes is “Bonde og gaardbeboer” and, for marital status for both Johannes and his wife, “begge i første ægteskab.”

Johannes married Beret Amundsdatter LOMEN on 26 Dec 1781 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Beret (daughter of Amund Olson LOMEN and Beret Olsdatter) was born in 1764 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1835. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]