Guri Tostensdatter (Julie) HANDE: Geneastory

Generation: 1

Guri Tostensdatter (Julie) HANDE was born on 13 Feb 1877 in Stearns County, Minnesota (daughter of Tosten Halvorsen HANDE and Sigrid Finkelsdatter); died on 27 Feb 1959 in Cook County, Illinois.

Family/Spouse: Andrew CHRISTENSEN. Andrew was born in Denmark; died on 22 Aug 1920 in Mountrail County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Sherman CHRISTENSEN was born on 26 Sep 1909 in Mountrail County, North Dakota; died on 26 Jun 2000 in Sarasota County, Florida.

Generation: 2

Tosten Halvorsen HANDE was born in 1832 (son of Halvor Pedersen HANDE and Barbro Nielsdatter HØYNE); died in 1909.

Tosten + Sigrid Finkelsdatter. Sigrid (daughter of Finkel Olsson and Ingebor Jøgersdatter) was born on 2 Jul 1842 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died about 1922. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sigrid Finkelsdatter was born on 2 Jul 1842 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway (daughter of Finkel Olsson and Ingebor Jøgersdatter); died about 1922.

Other Events and Attributes:

Baptism: 25 Sep 1842, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She is shown as age 24, unmarried, in the 1865 census.

D’Arcy calls her Sigri Finkelsdatter Ørager.

Children:

Sigrid (Sarah) HANDE was born on 13 Aug 1871 in Nerstrand, Rice County, Minnesota; died on 3 Jan 1938 in Churchbridge, Saskatchewan, Canada; was buried in Churchbridge, Saskatchewan, Canada.
1. Guri Tostensdatter (Julie) HANDE was born on 13 Feb 1877 in Stearns County, Minnesota; died on 27 Feb 1959 in Cook County, Illinois.

Generation: 3

Halvor Pedersen HANDE was born on 31 Jul 1803 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway (son of Peder Tomasson TØRSTAD and Guri Halvorsdatter HANDE); died on 7 Nov 1875 in Douglas County, Minnesota; was buried in East Norway Lake Lutheran Church Cemetery, Pennock, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota.

Other Events and Attributes:

Baptism: Abt Jul 1803, Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

A Halvor Pedersen, age 15, son of Peder somebody, was confirmed in Slidre on 2 Aug 1818 in Røns church. The record suggests that he was baptized in a home baptism on Hande and that his father was born in Tordstad.

On Handemÿren at the time Guri was born.

In the 1865 census, he is 62 and his wife Barbro is 61. He is gbr on Hande 99a in Vestre Slidre. Living with them are their daughters Ingeborg, 18, and Guri, 25, Peder Halvorsson, 31 (presumably the son of Halvor and Barbro), Gunhild Reiersdatter, 25, wife of Peder, and their sons, Halvor Pederson and Reier Pederson, ages 6 and 2. Finally, as Føderaadskone, is Ingrid Halvorsdatter, 76, and unmarried (apparently never married).

In the 1875 state census, he and Barbro were living with their son Ole H. in Swift County, Minnesota. They were shown, incorrectly, as ages 58 and 60, respectively.

Baptism:
“Lomen frå Hurum”

Halvor + Barbro Nielsdatter HØYNE. Barbro was born in 1806 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 23 Dec 1882 in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota; was buried on 30 Dec 1882 in East Norway Lake Lutheran Church Cemetery, Pennock, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Barbro Nielsdatter HØYNE was born in 1806 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 23 Dec 1882 in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota; was buried on 30 Dec 1882 in East Norway Lake Lutheran Church Cemetery, Pennock, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota.

Notes:

Her Find A Grave information was contributed by Everett Ellestad.

Children:

Guri Halvorsdatter HANDE was born on 23 Nov 1841 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died before 1896 in Minnesota.
Ole H HANDE was born on 3 May 1845 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 21 Nov 1925 in Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota; was buried in West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery, Sunburg, Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota.
2. Tosten Halvorsen HANDE was born in 1832; died in 1909.
Halvor H HANDE was born on 23 Feb 1838 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 21 Aug 1910 in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota.
Peder H HANDE was born about 1834; died about 1900.

Finkel Olsson was born about 1805 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway.

Notes:

In the 1865 census, he is a snekker living with his family on Høyme in Vestre Slidre, Lomen. Living with them were their daughter Sigri and their son Ole Finkelson, 20. Also living with them, and being raised by them, is their 7 year-old granddaughter Ingebor Tostensdatter.

He was on Ridste at the time Sigrid was born in 1842.

Finkel + Ingebor Jøgersdatter. Ingebor was born about 1805 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ingebor Jøgersdatter was born about 1805 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway.

Children:

3. Sigrid Finkelsdatter was born on 2 Jul 1842 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died about 1922.

Generation: 4

Peder Tomasson TØRSTAD was born in 1776 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway (son of Thomas Olsen TØRSTAD and Giertrud Pedersdatter VEBLEN); died in 1839.

Notes:

He was heir to his father’s farm.

Vang C, p. 325.

Peder married Guri Halvorsdatter HANDE in 1801. Guri (daughter of Halvor Olson HANDE and Ingrid Tostensdatter RUDI) was born about 1781 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Guri Halvorsdatter HANDE was born about 1781 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway (daughter of Halvor Olson HANDE and Ingrid Tostensdatter RUDI).

Notes:

dwfrench1 calls her Guri Halvorsdatter Jarstad.

Children:

Gjertrud Pedersdatter HANDE was born on 31 Dec 1807 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 8 Oct 1872 in Wisconsin.
4. Halvor Pedersen HANDE was born on 31 Jul 1803 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 7 Nov 1875 in Douglas County, Minnesota; was buried in East Norway Lake Lutheran Church Cemetery, Pennock, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota.
Anne Pedersdatter HANDE was born on 16 Feb 1811 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 30 Apr 1885.