Knud LEE

Notes:

Died:
consumption (tuberculosis)

Notes:

In the 1870 U.S. census, he and his wife and five children lived in Newburg Twp, Mitchell County, Iowa.

In the 1885 Iowa census, he was Ole K Lee, 56, of Newburg in Mitchell County. The rest of his household was Kari K, 60, Carrie O, 26, Julia O, 25, Knudt O, 22, Ole O, 20, and Maria O, 16.

In both censuses, a John K Lee, presumable his brother, farmed next door.

From Find A Grave in a record for Ole created by DM Scott:

Ole K. Lee, one of the oldest settlers in Newburg township, died at his home one mile north of Carpenter last Friday morning after an illness of about six months, from consumption. Mr. Lee was about sixty-three years of age. The funeral services were held at the Norwegian Lutheran Church yesterday and were very largely attended.

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Once more death has entered our midst. Friday morning, the 8th, Ole K. Lee passed away. He has long been a suffered with that dreaded disease consumption. He was one of the first settlers on Deer Creek and a man very highly esteemed. He leaves a wife and two daughters and an aged father and mother to mourn his loss. Our heart goes out in sympathy to them

St. Ansgar Enterprise

Ole married Kari Nilsdatter HERMUNDSTAD. Kari (daughter of Håvard Nilsen HERMUNDSTAD and Kari Gudbrandsdatter UVDAL) was born on 7 Jan 1824 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 4 Jan 1922 in Mitchell County, Iowa; was buried in First Lutheran Cemetery, Saint Ansgar, Mitchell County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Feb 1824, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

From Find A Grave in a record for Kari created by DM Scott:

Kari Nelson Lee, daughter of Howard and Kari Nelson Opdahl, was born at Vang, Valders, Norway, January 8, 1824. She was baptized and confirmed in her home parish of the Lutheran Church of Norway.

She came to America in the early fifties and like a large number of the other early settlers, she stayed for some time in the settlements of southern Wisconsin.

On June 27, 1857, she was married to Ole K. Lee, who preceded her in death on May 8, 1891.

Their marriage was blessed with five children, two boys and three girls. Knud and Bertha Lee both died in 1885. The second son, Ole, died October 10, 1888, leaving two daughters, Carrie Lee and Julia Lee, to mourn the loss of their aged mother, who died of heart disease and pneumonia January 2, 1922.

The funeral was conducted by Rev. Waldeland. Short services were held at the home and at the St. Ansgar and Deer Creek Lutheran Churches. She was laid to rest at the Evergreen Lutheran Cemetery at St. Ansgar on Thursday, January 5th. Had she lived until January 8th, she would have filled her ninety-eighth year of life.

Present at the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. C.S. Orwoll of Minneapolis. Mrs. Orwoll is a niece of the deceased.

In the 1900 census, she is the 76 year-old widow Kari Lee of Newburg Twp, Mitchell County, Iowa. Living with her are her daughters Carrie and Julia, her mother-in-law Guri, and two boarders: the brothers Thrond Ellingboe (#3213 ) and Iver Ellingboe (#3215 ). Kari came to the U.S. in 1850.

Baptism:
Øye

Notes:

In his daughter Kari’s birth record, his farm surname is Hermundsen.

Birth:
Hermundstad 5/4 (Haugen)

Håvard married Kari Gudbrandsdatter UVDAL. Kari (daughter of Gudbrand Gudbrandsen UVDAL and Ingebjørg Sjugurdsdatter STRAND) was born in 1803 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1838 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She and Håvard and family emigrated to the USA in 1853 according to Jim’s notes for her in his VS.

Birth:
Uvdal 2/4 Uppigarden

Notes:

Birth:
Uvdal 2/4 Uppigarden

Died:
Uvdal 2/4 Uppigarden

Gudbrand married Ingebjørg Sjugurdsdatter STRAND. Ingebjørg (daughter of Sjugurd Guttormsen STRAND and Kari Gullaksdatter HEGG) was born in 1769 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1845 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Strand 10/

Died:
Uvdal 2/4 Uppigarden