Gulbrand (Gilbert) PAULSON

Notes:

In the 1865 Norwegian census, he was Gudbrand Paulsson, 56, living with his family on the Tønsager 32 farm (one of several Tønsager farms) in Ejdsvold parish, Akershus, Norway. His wife was Anne Marte Gudbrandsdatter, 50, and their children were Paul, 28, Gudbrand, 25, Lars, 22, Edvard, 17, Ole, 13, Andreas, 9, Martin, 7, and Albertine, 29. Also living with them on Tønsager was their grandaughter Anne Marie Mikalsdatter, 2, who was Albertine’s daughter, and the family of Erik Olson, 47, jordarbejder, and his wife Gurine Gudbrandsdatter, 48, who may have been Anne Marte’s sister. Everyone had been born in Ejdsvold.

Gilbert Paulson, 68, and his wife Marth, 64, were in New Market Twp in the 1880 census. Living with them were ther sons Andrew Gilbertson, 25, and Martin Gilbertson, 23. One farm away was their son Louis Gilbertson, 36, Louis’s wife Carry, 24, and their two sons Georg, 2, and Otto, 1.

In the 1885 Minnesota state census, he is in New Market Twp. The household consists of Gilbert Pollsen, 75, born in Norway, Mary Pollsen, 65, born in Norway, and Andrew Tonsager, 38, born in Norway.

Geneva Knutsen says “Gilbert Tonsager brought his family from Norway to America (first stopping in Canada) in 1868.” (Ancestry.com family database)

He is probably the Gilbert Tonsager whose death was announced in the December 27, 1894, edition of the Scott County Argus, p. 4, column 3.

Family/Spouse: Anna Martea Gulbrandsdatter. Anna was born about 1816 in Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Paul GILBERTSON was born about 1840 in Norway; died about 1882 in Minnesota; was buried in Highview Cemetery, Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota.
2. Louis GILBERTSON was born about 1844 in Norway.
3. Andrew Gilbertson TONSAGER was born on 16 Jan 1856 in Eidsvold, Akershus, Viken County, Norway; died on 24 Nov 1939 in Scott County, Minnesota; was buried on 28 Nov 1939 in Highview Cemetery, Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota.
4. Martin TONSAGER was born about 1857 in Norway; died on 14 Aug 1931 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Sunset Memorial Park, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.