Gürü Halvorsdatter NESS

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: “Kvinne” in Oleanna’s birth entry in Digitalarkivit

Notes:

Among the baptism sponsors listed for her were Guru Olsdatter Leerfald and Biret Olsdatter Ness, her aunts. Her name was entered in her birth record as Gürü.

The November 30, 1832, date is the marriage date shown in Olianna’s birth record. It is also the marriage date shown in the Verdal church book. Other sources suggest March 1, 1833.

Shown in the 1865 Norwegian census as Gurru and having been born in 1809.

Shown in the 1875 Norwegian census as the widow Guru Halvorsdatter, b. 1809 in Vinne, Verdalen, “Svigermoder” and “for 2 Maal Jord”, living with Martinus and Olianna on Maritvoldvald.

Their first child was born out of wedlock.

None of the children remained in Verdal; four of them emigrated to the U.S.

In the listings of her children’s births in Digitalarkivet, her residence is shown variously as Folloe, Østvoldvald, Øhr, Maritvoldvald Øren, Øren, and Maritvoldvaldet.

A Guru Haldorsdatter, age 56, died in Verdal/Stiklestad on 30 Apr 1877. Farm name illegible.

Kari Yamane calls her Guru Halvordatter Folloe or Ness.

Gürü married Johannes Hansen ØREN on 30 Nov 1832 in Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. Johannes (son of Hans OLSEN and Berit SVENDSDATTER) was born on 14 Dec 1806 in Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; was christened on 26 Dec 1806 in Stiklestad, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; died on 26 Jan 1870 in Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
As Johannes Hansen Øren and Guru Halvorsdatter Folloe.

1. Anne Johannesdatter was born on 3 Sep 1830 in Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; was christened on 7 Nov 1830 in Stiklestad, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; died in 1905 in Inderøy, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; was buried on 5 May 1905 in Inderøy, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway.
2. Bereth Johannesdatter STRØMMEN was born on 8 Mar 1833 in Stiklestad, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; was christened on 2 Jun 1833 in Stiklestad, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; died about 1928 in Norway.
3. Olianna Johannesdatter JOHNSON was born on 27 Jan 1836 in Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; was christened on 20 Mar 1836 in Stiklestad, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; died on 26 Oct 1890 in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota; was buried on 28 Oct 1890 in Oak Grove Cemetery, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota.
4. Hans Petter JOHNSON was born on 24 Oct 1838 in Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; was christened on 3 Feb 1839 in Stiklestad, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway.
5. Olaus Johannessen was born on 23 Feb 1841 in Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; died on 24 Feb 1841 in Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway.
6. Guruanna (Anna) Johannesdatter was born on 14 Mar 1842 in Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; was christened on 26 Jun 1842 in Stiklestad, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; died on 11 Apr 1918 in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota.
7. Juliana Johannesdatter was born on 9 Mar 1844 in Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; was christened on 21 Jul 1844 in Stiklestad, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; died on 10 Apr 1921 in Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; was buried on 20 Apr 1921 in Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway.
8. Theodor Johannessen JOHNSON was born on 17 Nov 1847 in Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; was christened on 9 Apr 1848 in Stiklestad, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; died on 11 Jan 1925 in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota; was buried on 14 Jan 1925 in Oak Grove Cemetery, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota.
9. Carl Henrik Johannessen (Charles) JOHNSON was born on 13 Dec 1851 in Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; was christened on 4 Apr 1852 in Stiklestad, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; died on 28 May 1916 in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota; was buried on 1 Jun 1916 in Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota.

Notes:

In the 1801 census, Halvor and his wife and daughter live on Næss Vestre in the parish of Stichelstad og Halle in Wærdahlen in Nordre Trondhiem. Halvor’s occupation is “dragoun, bonde og gaardbruger tillege med sin broder.”

Of Ness (the farm name shown for him in Guru’s birth record).

Halvor’s ancestors according to Nina and her aunt.

Halvor was the 2nd child and 2nd son. The descendants of Halvor’s older brother, Ole Olsen, still live on the Ness farm in Verdal.

Halvor ran Vesterness with his brother Ole from 1797 or so until 1803 when he bought part of Vesterness from his brother Ole for 899 Riksdaler. The new farm was assessed in 1805, at which time, presumably, the independent existence of the new farm, initially called Southern Vesterness, later to be called Millomness, was established. Halvor received full title to the land on August 8, 1807. At that point, Halvor would run the Millomness farm and his brother Ole would run what remained of the original Vestnerness farm.

Halvor had Millomness until 1823 when he lost the farm due to the bankruptcy of his recently-deceased brother Ole. Anders Andersen Vigdal purchased Millomness in 1824. (In the 1865 Norwegian census, the widower Anders Andersen, age 93, was still living on Næss mellem as Føderaadsmand. The owner was Nils Johnsen, age 45.)

After 1824, Halvor and his wife disappeared from the Verdal records.

Jerelyn Johnson’s tree has Halvor dying in Verdal on 23 Jan 1831.

Birth:
Ness Vestre

Died:
according to Regina Lowe Olsen

Halvor married Anne Gundbjørnsdatter FÅREN in 1797. Anne (daughter of Gundbjørn Andersen FÅREN and Kirsten Nilsdatter VIST) was born about 1777 in Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Of Ness.

The Dødsregister for Verdal in Digitalarkivet has an Anne Gundbjørnsdatter dying 24 Nov 1831. She was married, b. 1774, and was an “inderstkone” (servant’s wife) on Trygstad.

Jerelyn Johnson’s tree has her dying in Verdal in 1849.

Notes:

Nina refers to his Ness as “West.”

The Ness story according to Nina (as is 99% of the old Ness information here):

The Ness farm had been a mail-coach station for years, probably hundreds of years. (The successor Østerness farm would continue to be a mail-coach station.) Before 1698 the Ness farm had been considered church property; after that date, it was owned by its users. Up until 1777, there was only one Ness farm (Farm No. 118). In August of 1777, Ole Olsen (this Ole’s father, Ole 18597, born in 1710) divided Ness into Vesterness (West Ness, Farm No. 118-1) and Østerness (East Ness) with Vesterness being twice the size of Østerness. After the division, this Ole (18595) took over operation of Vesterness. After Ole 18595 died in 1798, his two older sons, Ole 18914 and Halvor ran Vesterness together.

In 1805, Vesterness was divided in half to create Millomness (Middle Ness, Farm No. 118-2). Halvor would run Millomness and Ole 18914 would run the other half which would continue to be called Vesterness.

Died:
Vester Ness

Ole married Marit Halvorsdatter LUNDEN in 1774. Marit (daughter of Halvor Andersen BORGEN and Ingeborg Amundsdatter GUDDING) was born on 31 Dec 1747 in Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; died in 1788 in Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ole and this Marit had five children.

Birth:
Lunden on Ness

Died:
Ness Vestre

Notes:

Per Duane.

Gundbjørn married Kirsten Nilsdatter VIST. Kirsten (daughter of Nils Olsen VIST and Anne Jonsdatter GUDDING) was born in 1743 in Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; died on 5 Mar 1815 in Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Per Duane.

Geni World Family Tree says that she was also married to Ole Ellevsen Lundskin, with whom she had no children.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 30 Mar 1710, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway

Notes:

FamilySearch Family Tree calls him Oluf Olsen Hegstad. He had a younger brother named Ole.

LifeSketch calls him Ole Olsen Næs Østre, born on Næs.

Birth:
Hegstad

Died:
Øster Ness

Ole married Guru Arntsdatter LANDFALL in 1735. Guru was born in 1711 in Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; died on 7 Dec 1792 in Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; was buried on 30 Dec 1792 in Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Landfald

Died:
Ness Østre

Halvor married Ingeborg Amundsdatter GUDDING. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Per Duane. His 5GGF.

Died:
Vist

Nils married Anne Jonsdatter GUDDING. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Per Duane.