Rolf Clarence RINGDAL

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1988-MN-021272

Notes:

He registered for the draft on February 14, 1942, at the Lumber Exchange Building in Minneapolis.

He resided at 3236 Thomas in Minneapolis, the same address he gave for the person who would always know his address, Mrs. John Ringdal, presumably his mother. He was employed by the War Production Board at 326 Midland Bank Building in Minneapolis.

According to the Veterans Affairs BIRLS file, he enlisted in the Army on 5 Jul 1941 and was released 23 Jul 1946.

Drowned when he fell into Crystal Lake while walking his dog. He was suffering from progressive supranuclear palsy.

Died:
his mother’s maiden name was Pedersen

Rolf married G.L. PEDERSON [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1930 census, he was the 44 year-old John Ringdal, a millwright for a mill in Minneapolis. His wife was Randi, age 45, and they had two daughters and three sons. They lived at 3236 Thomas Avenue.

John married Randi PEDERSEN on 12 Oct 1912 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Randi (daughter of Kristian PEDERSEN and Marit Eriksdatter QVALE) was born on 9 Jan 1884 in Aurdal, Nord-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 27 Jan 1959 in Ramsey County, Minnesota; was buried in Crystal Lake Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 6 Jul 1884, Aurdal, Nord-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1930 census, she was 45 years old. She and her husband had come to the U.S. in 1909.

According to the St. Albans records, she arrived in North America aboard the Pretorian which had sailed from Liverpool on 29 Jan 1909. Her border crossing record said that she was from Aurdal in Valders. Her destination was Minneapolis. She appeared to be traveling with Engebrigt Svendasit a 31 year-old married man who lived in Minneapolis. (Perhaps her sister’s husband.) Ancestry’s indexing of that record has her arriving in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 8 Feb 1909.

She may be the Rangdi Pedersdatter in the 1900 Norwegian census who lived on Vangshjellstuen 98/11 in Nordre Aurdal. That household consisted of Kristian Pedersen, born in 1834 in Rotkjøbing paa Langeland, bagermester og Gaardr; Marit Pedersen, b. 1835 in Vestre Slidre; Rangdi; and Malmfryd, telegrafbud.

From Digitalarkivet, that Rangdi was born 9 Jan 1884, baptized 6 July 1884, on Vangstuien in the Aurdal local parish of Nord-Aurdal. Her parents were Kristian Pedersen and Marit Pedersen, b. 1834 and 1836, respectively. Rangdi was a twin: her sister was Malfryd. Both children were confirmed in the same local parish on 9 April 1899. The farm is still Vangsgjellstuen. The twins’ mother’s name is shown as Marit Pedersdatter. The father’s occupation is Bager.

She was living at 3236 N. Thomas Avenue, Minneapolis, at the time of her death. Her obit said that she had lived in Minneapolis for 50 years and was a 40 year member of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church.

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Married:
Bethlehem Lutheran in Minneapolis

Notes:

Bager

In the 1865 Norwegian census, he was Christian Pedersen, gbr bager of Petersborg 1 farm in Aurdal, Nord Aurdal. He was age 31, born in Denmark. His wife was Marie, age 29, born in Vestre Slidre. Wife and children used the surname Pedersen.

In the 1900 Norwegian census, as Kristian Pedersen, bagermester og gbr, he and his wife and the twins lived on Vangshjellstuen 98/11 in Nordre Aurdal. Rangdi was a household helper, Malmfryd was a telegraph worker.

In the 1910 Norwegian census, as Kristian Pedersen and Marit Eriksdatter, he was føderaadsman and Marit was føderaadskone, on Vangskilstuen in Nord-Aurdal. Their son Rolf Pedersen was gbr tømmerkjører.

Birth:
Rotkjøbing paa Langeland

Kristian married Marit Eriksdatter QVALE on 18 Aug 1862 in Aurdal, Nord-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Marit (daughter of Erik Iverson QVALE and Ingeborg Jonsdatter ONSTAD) was born on 3 Mar 1837 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 21 Apr 1837, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

The birth record for Eiger Rolf says his parents were born in 1834 and 1835.

She’s called Marit Eriksdatter in Eiger Rolf’s birth record, Marit Pedersen in the twins’ birth record. In the twins’ birth record, she’s born in 1836. The domicile mentioned for the twins is Vangsstuen.

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Married:
as baker Hans Christian Petersen and Marit Eriksdatter Qvale

Notes:

He was shown as Erik Iversen Qvale in the birth records for Randi and Marit.

Birth:
Lommen

Erik married Ingeborg Jonsdatter ONSTAD on 6 Jul 1829 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ingeborg (daughter of Jon Svenson HEGGE and Kari Gulbrandsdatter ONSTAD) was born on 9 Oct 1808 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is Ingebjør Jonsdatter Onstad, I40967, in Jim’s VS, no husband or children shown.

She was born on Onstad 35/1 Nedre in Øystre Slidre according to Jim’s VS. The birth record shows Rogne sokn.

May be the Ingeborg Johnsdatter, age 61 and a widow, living with her son John Eriksson, age 22 and unmarried, on the Storeqvale farm in Lomen in the 1865 census.