Bernice Mildred NORSWING

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1907-08392
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1997-MN-000446

Notes:

St. Olaf, ‘29.

Og Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, at the time of her father’s death.

Bernice married Floyd Louis LEIDAL on 26 Oct 1940 in Rice County, Minnesota. Floyd (son of Knute LEIDAL) was born on 29 May 1904; died on 8 Mar 1985 in Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
St. John’s Lutheran in Northfield. #M3-333; indexed in MOMS as Floyd L Leidal and Bernice M Morshing

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1948-MN-013881

Notes:

He attended St. Olaf Academy starting in the year 1889-1890 but did not graduate.

Shown as a merchant in the 1905 state census at which time he and his wife lived either with or next door to her parents and siblings in the village of Dennison. John had lived in the area for only a year and three months at that time.

In the 1910 and 1920 censuses, he and his family live in Dennison where he is a merchant in general merchandise. He is probably in partnership with his brother-in-law Austin.

He is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books), as J E Norsving of Dennison. His father was G K Norsving. J E was a member of the Samband in 1909.

His obit was in the Faribault Daily News:

NORTHFIELD--Funeral services for John E. Norswing, 75, former prominent businessman in Dennison and Northfield, who passed away at the Lincoln Rest Home on Sunday, October 17, following an illness which has extended over eight years, will be held Thursday, October 21, at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John Schumm at 1:30 o'clock and at St. John's Lutheran church at 2 p. m. The Rev. Ivar Ramseth will officiate. Interment will be made in Oaklawn cemetery. The pallbearers will be Martin Nelson, Knute Leidal, William Swarts, Andrew Nelson, Olaf Broin and George Hagen. Friends may call at the Anderson and Veaux Funeral Home until Thursday morning and at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Schumm until the hour of the service. John E. Norswing was born in Holden township, Goodhue county, on January 24, 1873, the son of Gudmund and Brita Holien Norswing. He spent his young lifetime at the farm home in Holden township and attended Albert Lea and St. Olaf academies. He operated a general merchandise store at Dennison from 1904 until 1923. At that time the Tri-County Oil Company was organized and he became manager and operated the Northfield station from 1926 to 1940 when his health began to fail. He made his home in the Dennison and Northfield communitites throughout his lifetime. On June 6, 1903, he was united in marriage to Miss Sigrid Austinson in Minneapolis. She passed away several years ago. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. John Schumm (Inez), Northfield, and Mrs. Floyd Leidal (Bernice) of Harrisburg, Pa., and one son, G. T. Norswing of New Richland. There are also three grandchildren and one brother, O. M. Norswing of Seattle, Wash., surviving.

John married Sigrid AUSTINSON on 4 Jun 1903 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. Sigrid (daughter of Trond Øysteinsson BÖE ELLINGBØE and Marith Nilsdotter WANGENSTEEN STEILE) was born on 20 Jan 1875 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 3 Nov 1945 in Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1945-MN-013500
• Baptism: 12 Mar 1875, Holden Lutheran Church, Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 19 May 1889, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

She is called Sarah in the 1875 Minnesota state census.

She was single and living at home with her parents in the 1900 census.

In the 1910 census she is shown as having had 2 children, both still living.

Birth:
The church book entry for her confirmation says 21 Jan.

Notes:

Married:
the date in MOMS; as John E Norsving and Sadie Austinson

Notes:

Birth:
Nordsveen 69/

Gudmund married Brita Knutsdatter HOLIEN. Brita (daughter of Knut Endresen HOLIEN and Synneva Håkonsdatter KVAMME) was born on 12 Feb 1836 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 1 Apr 1925 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Holien 18/

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1917-MN-004477
• Occupation: Farmer, Woodcarver

Notes:

He is Trond Østeinson Bø, I6878, in Jim’s VS. He is Trond Øysteinsson Ellingbøe, I1341, in Jim’s Ellingboe tree.

Emigrated 29 Mar 1853. Bought farm near Dennison, Minnesota. Traveled back to Vang in 1868 and at that time married Marit Nilsdotter, then returned to America. It was said that there were so many Ellingboes in the Dennison area that the family changed their name to Austinson.

Also from Jim’s site: "He was crippled by an accident, when he fell and hit his knee. He walked on crutches from then on. He is buried at Vang."

He was Trond Ostenson in the 1870 census. He and his family lived in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County.

He was Thrond Onstenson in the 1875 state census. He and his family lived in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County.

He was Trond Ostenson in the 1880 census. He and his family farmed in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County. Living with the family at that time was Mary’s brother Nels Steile, age 27, “laborer.”

He was Trond Ellingboe in the 1885 state census. The family lived in Goodhue County.

He was Trond Ostenson in the 1895 state census. He and his family lived in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County.

He was Trond Ostinson in the 1900 census. He and his family lived on a farm in Warsaw Twp although he has no occupation.

He was Thrond Austinson in the 1905 state census. He and his wife lived in the village of Dennison with their son Nels and daughter Minnie. Either living with them or next door was their daughter Sigri and her husband John Norswing.

Cemetery gravestone says b. 1831, d. 1917. Buried as Thrond Austinson Ellingboe.

Birth:
Bø 24/ Nigarden. Find A Grave says 1831, burial record in the church book says 29 Jun 1833.

Buried:
252 HN 4, North Section

Trond married Marith Nilsdotter WANGENSTEEN STEILE on 21 Jul 1868 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Marith (daughter of Nils Larsson STELE WANGENSTEEN and Sigri Gulbrandsdatter DE ØYLO) was born on 6 Aug 1850 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 6 Sep 1929 in Dennison, 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: 1929-MN-004697
• Occupation: Housekeeper
• Baptism: 4 Oct 1850, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Emigrated 1868 after marrying Trond. The 1900 census says 1869.

In the 1900 census she had had 10 children, 6 still living.

She is a widow in the 1920 census living with her son John and her daughter Minnie. She lives next door to, or nearby to, her daughter Sigri and family and her son Austin and family.

Died as Marit Austinson.

Buried:
252 HN 4, North section

Notes:

Birth:
Nordsveen 69/

Knut married Ingeborg Bøyesdatter BÖE. Ingeborg (daughter of Bøye Amundsen BØ and Ingeborg Larsdatter STELE WANGENSTEEN) was born in 1817 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 24 Jun 1872 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She and Knut emigrated in 1850.

Birth:
Bø 25/

Notes:

Birth:
Holien 18/

Died:
Holien 18/

Knut married Synneva Håkonsdatter KVAMME. Synneva was born on 22 Aug 1791 in Borgund, Lærdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Kvamme Øvre 67/1

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer

Notes:

Øystein farmed Nigarden, N. Bø, from ca. 1810-1830, then sold farm to eldest son Aslak 2 Nov 1830 for 400 spd. and pension, moved to Bøkkadn (N. Ellingbø), to which his wife had rights. He farmed Bøkko from 1830-1840 with the help of his son Jon, who was the owner from 1830 (age 15) and who took over farming in 1840, giving them a pension that consisted of 2 barrels of barley, 2 cows, 1 heifer, 4 goats and sheep, the southern most storehouse, the use of a 1 mål parcel of land on North Klokkarhaug, lower part, with right to cultivate 1 mål of it, and the pasture land Neståkerreina. Jon's whole family emigrated in the spring of 1850. Trond Ø. Bø Ellingbø emigrated to Minnesota in 1853. Trond Ivarsson Uvdal took over Bøkko 1850, but emigrated to America in the spring of 1862. Øystein and his wife moved back to N. Bø in ca. 1865. The farm was divided into three subfarms, two under Bagetun and one under Nordigarden Ellingbø. In 1867 and 1868 (when Trond Øysteinsson returned to Vang) the farm was divided into four parts (See Vang A, p. 582), the main part being Bøkko (#33/3). Trond Ivarsson sold Bøkko to Knut Ivarsson Eltun for 500 spd. on 25 April 1868. It is said that it was Embrik and Helge Ellingbø who bought Bøkko from Trond and sold a half part to Knut, and that Jon Endresson and Torstein (son of Helge) took over each of the remaining half parts.

See pp. 479 and 580 Vang A.

Consistent with the above, Østen Aslaksson, 82, and Ambjør Johnsdatter, 79, were the only inhabitants listed for Ellingbø nordre (farm #19) in the 1865 Norwegian census. In that census, there were four Ellingbø farms in Vang: two called nordre (19 and 20), and two called søndre (21 and 22).

Died:
GNR. 24/1 Nigarden (Nedre Bø)

Øystein married Ambjørg Jonsdotter ELLINGBØE in 1806 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ambjørg (daughter of Jon Andrisson ELLINGBØE and Ingrid Tomasdotter HAUGEN (KVÅLE)) was born in 1785 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1881 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housekeeper

Notes:

Born in Ellingbø 33/3. She had “rights” to 33/3 Bøkkadn which is why she and her husband Øystein were able to move there in 1830.

See p. 479 Vang A.

Died:
GNR. 24/1 Nigarden (Nedre Bø)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer, Ordførar. Forlikskommisær, Brev- og dokumentskrivar

Notes:

He is I2255 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes:

Ved siden av ordførervervet, som han hadde i mange år, var han dokumentskriver og forlikskommisær. Han ble syk etter et bryllup sør i bygda, hvor han fikk for mye å drikke og døde av det. Med andre ord drakk han seg nok ihjel på dårlig hjemmebrent. Om de andre barna se merknad under kona Sigrid. Han var åttende ordføreren i Vang og den første som hadde hvervet mer enn i tre år. Han satt som ordfører til 1861, da Nils Thune overtok hvervet.

De fleste av barna dro til USA i 1868, de andre fulgte etter i 1876. De første må altså kalles de virkelige pionerer. De fleste ble farmere. Se fil USA OBW (Wangensteen-Slægten) skriver om Nils: "Vistnok med fuld Grund er det sagt at Wangensteenslægten er en åndskraftig Slægt og at enkelte af dens Medlemmer er høit begavede Mennesker Nils Wangensteen Stele må således i første Rekke nævnes blandt dem, som har raget høiest i Begavelse og Kundskaber. Han var i Årrækker Formandskabets Ordfører, Forligelseskommisær samt privat Brev- og Dokumentskriver for hver den, som trængte til hans Bistand. Han skrev et Indhold lige så godt som en Jurist og hans Håndskrift var meget vakker. Men hvad de kommunale Gjøremål angik, så afløstes han af sin Slægtning Nils Thune. Det var ingen annen Råd. Endeligt kom det sidste og skjæbnesvangre Tillfælde. Det var et Bryllup syd i Bygden og mer end nok af sterke Drikke. Så skrantet Nils Steile og var sykelig en kort Tid, indtil Døden gjorde en Ende på den før såvel legemlig som åndelig kjæmpesterke Mand. 54 År gammel"

Dette tyder på at han var alkoholiker?OBW hentyder ofte at lensmennene reiste vidt omkring og hvor de kom fikk de en "sjenk", derfor ble de ofte litt for glade i "det sterke".

Frøholm skriver:"Han var på Berge ikring 1840, men overtok garden her i 1842. Han ble sjuk etter et bryllaup sør i bygda, der det var mykje sterk drykk."(Dette kan også tyde på at han fikk i seg dårlig hjemmebrent og døde av det!)

Sigrid og Nils hadde også disse barna: Maren død lietn Maren (1842- ) gm Ole I Flaten (1842- ) de giftet seg i 1865 og dro til USA. Der ble han bokholder.

Birth:
Stele 21/2 Uppigarden

Died:
Stele 21/2 Uppigarden

Nils married Sigri Gulbrandsdatter DE ØYLO. Sigri (daughter of Gudbrand Olson ØYLO and Marit Gudmundsdatter REMME) was born in 1818 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1860 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Øylo 54/

Died:
Stele 21/2 Uppigarden