Severt WILLIAMSON

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: Aug 1869, Scandinavia Lutheran Church, Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin

Notes:

He is a 34 year-old “chore-boy” living with the Clark Lyons in Wood County in the 1905 state census.

He is probably the “Seaver” Williamson whose obit appeared in the Stevens Point Daily Journal on 23 April 1937.

Baptism:
as Sÿvert

Notes:

Born on Bagetun 35. Came to the U.S. in 1849, probably with his brother Ove. Died in the U.S.

He is William Williamson, farm laborer, living with his young family in Amherst Twp, Portage County, Wisconsin, in the 1860 census.

He is the William Williamson, farm laborer, living in Amherst, Portage County, Wisconsin, not far from Buck Williamson in the 1870 census.

Only Mattie and Severt are still living at home with Anne and him in the 1880 census although also living with them is a four-year-old grandson named Frank H. O’Donald whose father was born in Ireland. Presumably little Frank’s mother is either Anne the younger or Mary.

Vilhjølm married Anne Sÿvertsdatter. Anne was born in Feb 1832 in Norway; died before 1920 in Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1900 census, she is Anna Williamson, a 68 year-old (b. Feb 1832) widow living with her daughter Anna and the younger Anna’s husband, Clark Lyon, in the village of Grand Rapids in Wood County, Wisconsin. She had come to the U.S. in 1845. She had had 5 children, 4 still living.

In the 1910 census, she had had 8 children, 4 still living, and she had come to the U.S. in 1884.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 27 Aug 1809, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Born on Bagetun 35.

In the 1865 census, he and Anne and Tina and Gjertrud lived on Baggethun. He was Føderaadsmand in the household of Trond Boiesen, huusfar. Presumably, Trond Bøyessen Stele assumed ownership of the family farm after Ove Vilhjølmsen, previous heir, left for America in 1849. Wilhelm and Anne and their daughters then continued to live on the farm.

Vilhjølm married Anna Ovesdotter BERGE in 1816 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Anna (daughter of Ove Bøyesen WANGENSTEEN and Gerhardine (Tina) Geelmynden ANKER) was born in 1798 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1885 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The bygdebok calls her Maren Ovesdotter Berge.

dwfrench1 calls her Anne Ovesdatter Wangensteen Steile

Notes:

Born in, and resided in, Baggetun 35/.

Rolf Baggethun writes:

Wilhelm Vilhelmsen Baggethun blev født i 1763. Han var soldat, heter det, da han 8. juni 1787 blev gift med Maren Ovesdatter Steile. Hun var født i 1761, og hennes oldefar var Wangensteen-slektens stamfar, prost Ove Ovesen Wangensteen. Ektepare t hadde fire barn,-Vilgjerd (Velgier), født 1789 og gift med Eivind O. Thune, Gjertrud, født 1791 og gift med lensmann og stortingsmann Ole Olsen Qvam, Wilhelm samt Ove, født 1797. Maren Baggethun døde utpå, vinteren 1799, og Wilhelm giftet si g igjen 30. oktober 1800 med en annen Wangensteen-?tling, Ambjørg Larsdatter Steile. Også henne var Ove Ovesen oldefar til. I dette ekteskapet var det fem barn: Lars, født 1801, Jon, født 1803, han bodde på en plass ved Baggethun kalt Glitt e og var fekar, Bøye, født 1807, utvandret til Amerika, Maren, født 1812 og gift med Ole Ellingbø, samt Vilhelm, født 1812. - Wilhelm Vilhelmsen Baggethun var blind de siste syv årene han, levde, han døde i 1844.

Google’s translation of this is:

Wilhelm Vilhelmsen Baggethun was born in 1763. He was a soldier, it is said, when he married Maren Ovesdatter Steile on 8 June 1787. She was born in 1761, and her great-grandfather was the progenitor of the Wangensteen family, provost Ove Ovesen Wangensteen. The couple had four children,-Vilgjerd (Velgier), born 1789 and married to Eivind O. Thune, Gjertrud, born 1791 and married to sheriff and member of parliament Ole Olsen Qvam, Wilhelm and Ove, born 1797. Maren Baggethun died later, in the winter of 1799 , and Wilhelm married again on 30 October 1800 to another Wangensteen-?ling, Ambjørg Larsdatter Steile. Ove Ovesen was also her great-grandfather. In this marriage there were five children: Lars, born 1801, Jon, born 1803, he lived in a place near Baggethun called Glitt e and was a farmer, Bøye, born 1807, emigrated to America, Maren, born 1812 and married to Ole Ellingbø , as well as Vilhelm, born 1812. - Wilhelm Vilhelmsen Baggethun was blind for the last seven years he lived, he died in 1844.

Vilhjølm married Maren Ovesdatter STEILE on 8 Jun 1787 in Norway. Maren (daughter of Ove Bøyesson WANGENSTEEN and Gjartrud Trondsdotter (KATTEVØL) KVAM) was born in 1761 in Norway; died in 1799 in Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

or 1762

Died:
in the winter of

Notes:

Birth:
Stele 21/1 Nerre

Died:
Berge 22/A

Ove married Gerhardine (Tina) Geelmynden ANKER in 1798. Gerhardine (daughter of Erik Jansen ANKER and Mette Dorothea GEELMYNDEN) was born in 1775 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1862 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

I1415 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes for her say that she had been baptized as Jertinde Marie but came to be called Tina.

Birth:
Prestegården 32/1

Died:
Berge 22/A