David Vincent SONDREAL

Notes:

Of 2299 34th Street, died Thursday, February 4th in Altru Hospital, Grand Forks.

He was born May 24, 1943, the son of Lloyd and Irene (Nesvig) Sondreal, in Buxton, North Dakota. He moved to Grand Forks. He attended school in Climax, Minnesota, and graduated from the University of North Dakota. He worked for A.C. Nielson Marketing and Research in Mason City, Iowa. He later moved to Grand Forks where he bought Preston Implement Co, East Grand Forks.

He is survived by daughters Leah, Hopkins, Minnesota; Jill (Ron) Baker, Goldsboro, North Carolina; and Rachel, Grand Forks; sons David and Daniel, both of Grand Forks; three grandchildren, and his mother. He was preceded in death by his father.

David married Sandra Mae PRESTON on 11 Aug 1967 in Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married Janet GILBERT on 31 Aug 1974 in Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lloyd Sondreal, Buxton, died Monday, Feb. 10, 1997, at home.

Lloyd Vincent Sondreal was born Aug. 24, 1914, the son of Selmer and Nanna (Vennes) Sondreal. He grew up and attended school in Buxton. He married Irene Nesvig on May 24, 1940. He worked for the North Dakota State Seed Department as a potato inspector and at Farmers Union Elevator Co. as a bookkeeper and general elevator duties.

He is survived by his wife; a son, David, Grand Forks; five grandchildren; a great-grandson; and sisters, Marcella Engstrom, Minneapolis, Elaine Sondreal, Ben Wheeler, Texas, and Lois Flom, Sedona, Ariz.

He was preceded in death by parents and three brothers.

Lloyd married Irene Sylvia NESVIG on 24 May 1940 in Polk County, Minnesota. Irene (daughter of Samson J NESVIG and Ida TWENGE) was born on 16 Sep 1916 in North Dakota; died on 26 Jul 2000 in Buxton, Traill County, North Dakota; was buried in Ringsaker Lutheran Cemetery, Traill County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Seems to be called Ilene in the 1925 North Dakota state census.

Irene was single and living with her mother on the family farm in Belmont Twp in the 1940 census. Irene had had one year of college.

Irene Sondreal, 83, Buxton, died Wednesday, July 26, 2000, in Hillsboro (N.D.) Medical Center.

Irene Nesvig was born Sept. 16, 1916, the daughter of Samson and Ida (Swenson) Nesvig, in Buxton. She married Lloyd Sondreal on May 24, 1940. He died in 1983.

She is survived by five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and a sister, Barbara Spillum, Grand Forks.

She was preceded in death by a son, David.

Notes:

Married:
as Lloyd Vincent Sondrol and Irene Sylvia Nesvig

Notes:

In the 1900 census, he is single, age, 32 (b. March 1868) and living in Belmont Twp, Traill County, North Dakota with two servants: Lina Thompson, 17 (b. Sept 1882), and Thom Thompson, 24 (but b. May 1886). Both of the Thompsons were born in North Dakota to parents who were born in Norway. Samson came to the U.S. in 1885.

In the 1910 census, he is a widower living in Belmont Twp with his two daughters and two servants: 24 year-old Ida Muen or Muens, a widow and “housekeeper”, and 55 year-old Peter Gulsen, a servant.

In the 1915 state census, he and his family lived in Belmont Twp, Traill County, North Dakota. The household consisted of Samson J Nesvig, Ida, Beathe, Agnes, Jerome, and Jacob.

In the 1925 state census, he and his family lived in Belmont Twp, Traill County, North Dakota. The household consisted of Samson J Nesvig, 57, Ida, 39, Jerome, 13, Ilene, 8, and Barbara, 7. Also in the household was a Louis Paulson, 19, and a Brata Nesvig, 23.

Indexed as Wessing in the 1930 census when he and his family lived in Belmont Twp, Traill County, North Dakota. The household consists of Samson, 62, Ida, 44, Bertha, 29, Agnes, 27, Jerome, 18, Irene, 13, and Barbara, 12.

Birth:
birth date in North Dakota death records

Samson married Ida TWENGE in Jun 1910 in Buxton, Traill County, North Dakota. Ida (daughter of Peder I TWENGE and Berit (Betsy) THOMPSON) was born on 3 Apr 1886 in North Dakota; died on 8 Jan 1960 in Grand Forks County, North Dakota; was buried in Ringsaker Lutheran Cemetery, Traill County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 23 May 1886, North Dakota

Notes:

Apparently living with Betsy and John Swenson at the time of the 1900 census. Not living with them in the 1905 state census.

In the 1905 state census, she is the 19 year-old Ida Mjoen living in Vineland Twp, Polk County, Minnesota.

She is probably the 24 year-old widow and housekeeper Ida Muen or Muens living with Samson Nesvig in Traill County in the 1910 census. Samson Nesvig’s obit said that he married Ida Mjoen on July 30, 1910.

In the 1920 census, Ida and Samson and family were living in Belmont Twp, Trail County, N.D. with their three children and his two daughters from an earlier marriage. Samson had no occupation. His two daughters from the earlier marriage were listed as servants.

In the 1940 census, she was a 53 year-old widow living in Belmont Twp. Living with her were her daughter Irene and daughter Barbara with Barbara’s husband Walter.

At her death, her “usual residence” was in Buxton, Belmont Twp, North Dakota.

Birth:
Hatton

Baptism:
Mayville Lutheran

Died:
Place of death was Harriman Sanitarium in Grand Forks, at which she had resided for 2 years.

Notes:

Ida calls him Jakob Samsonsen Nesvig.

In the 1900 census, he was a butcher.

Robbed of $35 by two women in 1907 at the Minnesota State Fair.

Declared bankruptcy in 1908.

According to Kim, Jacob lived with Samson for a few years before he died in 1919.

Jacob + Bertha. Bertha was born on 23 Dec 1833 in Norway; died on 18 Apr 1914 in Traill County, North Dakota; was buried in Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery North, Buxton, Traill County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ida calls her Brita Ormsdatter.

Birth:
the 1900 census says she was born in September

Notes:

There were two Peter/Peder Tvinge/Tvenge/Twenges in the same part of North Dakota at the same time.

Peter Twenge and Thora Hovrud had a daughter Thea born 20 May 1883 in North Dakota.

P. Tvinge and his wife Berit (née “Tomson”) had a daughter Caroline Ragna who, at the age of 14 years, 2 months, was confirmed at Bethany Lutheran in Hatton, North Dakota, on 8 Dec 1895.

Peder Tvenge and his wife Thora had a daughter Thea who, at the age of 15 years, was confirmed at Bethany Lutheran in Hatton, North Dakota, on 30 May 1898. Find A Grave calls him Peder Pederson Tvenge (1846-1903) and his wife Thora T. (1850-1940). Both are buried in Bethany Cemetery in Traill County and the entry for Peder says that he and Thora were married in 1873.

Thus, Peder P. Twenge, who had the daughter Thea and, earlier, a son Ole (b. 1877) as well, apparently, daughter Kari and son Peter, cannot be the father of Caroline and Ida.

There are records of a Peder I Tvenge involved in a court case in the 1890s in North Dakota.

Peder + Berit (Betsy) THOMPSON. Berit (daughter of Anders (Andrew) Tomasson ELLESTAD and Rangdi Eriksdatter KVÅLE) was born on 2 Aug 1857 in Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 28 Nov 1945 in Polk County, Minnesota; was buried in Skatvold Cemetery, Climax, Polk County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 20 Sep 1857, Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Referred to by Alison as Berit Andersdatter Ellestad

Shown in the 1865 census as Berit Andersdatter.

Arrived in the U.S. on 11 Jun 1877 as Berit Ellestad aboard the Brittanic.

Described by Rose as “a big fat woman.”

According to Evey, Betsy was living in or near Mayville, North Dakota, in 1890.

Called “Bergie P” in Ida’s baptismal record.

In the 1930 census, she is a widow and is living with her daughter Lydia and family in Bingham Twp, Traill County, North Dakota.

Not in the 1940 census. Not in the death records of either Minnesota or North Dakota.

Died:
The 1945 is on her gravestone. The more precise date is from Find A Grave. The death is not in the Minnesota Death Index nor is it in the North Dakota death index.