Reuben Dean LIEN

Notes:

Or Nils Andrisson.

A family photo of Nels and Hilda and family on Ancestry shows four older sons, a young son and daughter, and a baby, apparently son, who is about 1-2 years old.

In the 1930 census, he and Hilda, with their son Floyd and granddaughter Alberta, lived in Lucy, Burke County, North Dakota.

Nels married Hilda Gurina LARSON about 1892. Hilda was born on 19 Dec 1874 in Albert Lea, Freeborn County, Minnesota; died on 10 Dec 1956 in Burke County, North Dakota; was buried in Bethel Lutheran Cemetery, Mountrail County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Came to the U.S. in 1854, unmarried. The bygdebok says that he had three illegitimate children while still in Norway.

He was called Anders Gundersen Septonejet in Knut’s and Berith’s birth records.

In the 1870 census, he is Anders Gunderson, a 45 year-old farmer in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County. The household consists of Anders, 45, Sarah, 40, Betsy, 12, Ann, 10, Dorthie, 8, Emily, 6, Gunder, 3, and Anders, 1.

Birth:
Haugen, Øvre under Sørre Lien

Andris married Sigrid Andrisdatter ELTUN. Sigrid (daughter of Andris Eriksson ELTUN and Thora Iversdatter KJERSTEIN) was born on 13 Jun 1830 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 29 Oct 1901 in Freeborn County, Minnesota; was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Albert Lea, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 4 Jul 1830, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She is not in either of Jim’s databases.

In the 1880 census, she is Sarah Gunderson, age 49, apparently a widow. With her on the farm in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, are Gunder, 14, Anders, 11, Nels, 8, and Anton, 5. Her nephew Engebret Engebretson, age 18, is a laborer living with them on the farm.

Baptism:
Øye

Notes:

Vang B, p. 410.

In Rick’s history:”We have two stories of Gunnar who was said to have fallen ill and died or was killed in a construction accident.”

Birth:
Ødegården 87/1 Vesle Jevne

Died:
Haugen, Øvre under Sørre Lien 80/1

Gunnar married Berit Andrisdatter GIVRE. Berit (daughter of Andris Sjugurdson KJERSTEIN and Gro Gunnarsdatter ROGN) was born in 1799 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1875 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In Rick’s history: “Berit moved in with her son, Stør Gunnar, and his wife and family along with his mother-in-law after her other children left for America. We have a very touching story about Dorothea departing her homeland.”

Birth:
Givre 75/1, Midtre

Died:
Haugen, Øvre under Sørre Lien 80/1

Andris married Thora Iversdatter KJERSTEIN in 1815 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Thora (daughter of Ivar Torsteinson KJERSTEIN and Anne Kristoffersdatter LEIROL) was born in 1794 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1861. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]