Anders Johannessen SVIEN

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 16 May 1837, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1870 census, he is Andrew Johnson, a farmer in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County. The household consists of himself, 33, Ellen, 28, Cara, 8, John, 5, Tosten, 3, and a farm laborer, Peter Nelson, 22.

In the 1880 census, he is the Andrew Johnson who lived with his family in Northfield. He ran a restaurant. The household consisted of himself, age 40, his wife Ellen, 36, Carin, 18, John, 16, Thomas, 12, Annie, 9, and adopted daughter Susie Peterson, 2.

In the 1900 census, he is Andrew J Svien, 63, living with Ellen and Susie in Northfield.

In the 1910 census, he, 72, and “Allen,” 65, lived in Northfield. They had been married 48 years.

Birth:
Svien 6/3-4 Nordigarden i Øye

Anders married Velgjerd Torsteinsdatter NYSTUEN in 1860 in Iowa. Velgjerd (daughter of Torstein Jonsen NYSTUEN and Berit Iversdotter UVDAL (UPDAL)) was born on 10 Oct 1842 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 23 Jan 1953 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Anna SVIEN was born about 1870 in Minnesota; died in 1948.
2. Carin SVIEN was born about 1862.
3. John SVIEN was born about 1864.
4. Thomas SVIEN was born about 1867.
5. Susie A Peterson SVIEN was born on 13 Mar 1878 in Rice County, Minnesota; died on 28 Mar 1964 in Otter Tail County, Minnesota; was buried in Lake View Cemetery, Pelican Rapids, Otter Tail County, Minnesota.

Notes:

Vang A, p. 140. He was a farmer on Midtre Sveji.

A John Henrikson Svien, “of the Vang Congregation,” was one of the initial contributors of money to the start-up of St. Olaf College.

Johannes married Anna Andrisdatter LUNDE in 1833 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Anna (daughter of Andris Knutsen HERMUNDSTAD and Gro Guttormsdatter Wangensteen STRAND) was born on 22 Apr 1807 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 9 Mar 1902 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

They came to the U.S. in 1857 with their five children. They had another child in the U.S.

Birth:
Lunde 17/2 Øvre

Notes:

gmyhre311 says he was born 27 Nov 1785.

Birth:
Svien 6/3-4, Nordigarden i Øye

Johan-Henrik married Ingebjørg Larsdatter GRØV in 1810. Ingebjørg (daughter of Lars Østenson Strand HERMUNDSTAD and Margarete Sjugurdsdatter HEEN) was born in 1789 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1847. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is I4891 in Jim’s VS.

She lived on Svien 6/3-4, Nordigarden in Øye.

Birth:
Grøv 7/2 Nordigarden

Notes:

Birth:
Hermundstad 5/

Died:
Lunde 17/2 Øvre

Andris married Gro Guttormsdatter Wangensteen STRAND. Gro (daughter of Guttorm Sjugurdson STRAND and Ragnhild Ovesdotter WANGENSTEEN) was born on 14 Sep 1777 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 15 May 1863 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Strand 10/1 Nordigarden

Died:
Lunde 17/

Johannes married Berit Nilsdatter SVIEN in 1780. Berit (daughter of Nils Nilsen SKOGSTAD and Lisbeth Ivarsdatter UVDAL) was born in 1757 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1833. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Svien 6/3-4 Nordigarden, Øye

Notes:

Information from Jim Ellingboe and tsheimo.

Born in Hermundstad 5/. Died in Grøv 7/2, nordigarden.

Da Lars giftet seg med enken Margrete Sjugurdsdatter ble han gårbruker på Grøv 7/2. Den eldste sønnen fra Margretes første mann, ga ham skjøte og ble livaursmann på gården.

In the 1801 census, Lars, 50, was a bonde og gaard-beboer on the Grov farm in Wangs. Living with him was his wife (his first and only, he is her 2nd husband) Margrete Syversdatter, 56, her daughters Dordi Nielsdatter, 22 and unmarried, and Marit Nielsdatter, 17, and their daughters Giertrud Larsdatter, 14, and Ingeborg Larsdatter, 12.

Birth:
Hermundstad 5/

Lars married Margarete Sjugurdsdatter HEEN in 1786 in Norway. Margarete (daughter of Sjugurd Sjugurdson KJERSTEIN and Marit Jøgersdatter HEEN) was born in 1746 in Norway; died on 15 Nov 1815 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; was buried on 22 Nov 1815 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Born in Heen 70/2 Bøkko. Resided in Grøv 7/2, nordigarden.

She was a widow when she married Lars.

She died as Margrethe Siversdatter Grov, age 71.

Nils og Margrete hadde også sønnen Sjugurd (1775-1781).

{In the 1801 census there was another Margrete Syversdatter of almost the same age. That one was a 57 year-old “huusqvinde med jord”, widowed after her first marriage, living on the Lajorde farm in Vang. Living with that one were her son Syver Madsen (#12898), 23 and unmarried, and her daughter Giertrud Madsdatter, 17.}

Notes:

Birth:
Strand 10/1 Nordigarden

Guttorm married Ragnhild Ovesdotter WANGENSTEEN in 1776 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ragnhild (daughter of Ove Bøyesson WANGENSTEEN and Gjartrud Trondsdotter (KATTEVØL) KVAM) was born in 1751 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1821 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
Stele 21/1 Nerre