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Valrita Jean SORENSON

Female 1944 - 2005  (60 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Valrita Jean SORENSON was born on 9 Dec 1944 in Los Angeles County, California (daughter of Joel Vincent SORENSON and Jeanne Marie HUNT); died on 21 Sep 2005 in Honolulu, Hawaii; was buried in Cremated, ashes scattered in the Pacific Ocean.

    Notes:

    Died:
    as Valrita Donaldson

    Family/Spouse: DONALDSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Joel Vincent SORENSON was born on 15 May 1919 in McKenzie County, North Dakota (son of Simon J SIMONSON and Areta Delphin JOHNSON); died on 6 Jul 1973 in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery, Los Angeles County, California.

    Notes:

    Joe was born in N. Dakota. His parents Areta Johnson and Simon Simonson were divorced when Joe was younger than five years of age. Areta married Palmer Sorenson and they resided in Iowa and later in Minnesota. Joe went by Palmer's last name. As a child Joe was called 'Bud' by his family. Joe was a welder and a superintendent in a scrap yard in Los Angeles. He married Jeanne Hunt and they had four children. Jeanne died in 1958. Joe married Nina Russell in 1962. A couple of years later they divorced and soon after Joe married Evelyn (?). Joe died from heart disease during a angioplasty procedure. His daughter Kathy Jo died in 1950 due to pneumonia. Joe was a kind man with a dry sense of humor. His children loved and miss him.

    Joel married Jeanne Marie HUNT. Jeanne (daughter of Andrew Keck HUNT and Valborg KNUDSEN) was born on 17 Jan 1922 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska; died on 19 Jun 1958 in Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery, Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Jeanne Marie HUNT was born on 17 Jan 1922 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska (daughter of Andrew Keck HUNT and Valborg KNUDSEN); died on 19 Jun 1958 in Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery, Los Angeles County, California.
    Children:
    1. 1. Valrita Jean SORENSON was born on 9 Dec 1944 in Los Angeles County, California; died on 21 Sep 2005 in Honolulu, Hawaii; was buried in Cremated, ashes scattered in the Pacific Ocean.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Simon J SIMONSON was born on 19 Dec 1878 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota (son of Joseph SIMONSON and Sigri ROLANDSON); died on 8 Feb 1945 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan.

    Simon married Areta Delphin JOHNSON. Areta was born on 31 Mar 1897 in Traill County, North Dakota; died on 29 Jan 1960 in Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Areta Delphin JOHNSON was born on 31 Mar 1897 in Traill County, North Dakota; died on 29 Jan 1960 in Los Angeles County, California.
    Children:
    1. 2. Joel Vincent SORENSON was born on 15 May 1919 in McKenzie County, North Dakota; died on 6 Jul 1973 in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery, Los Angeles County, California.

  3. 6.  Andrew Keck HUNT was born on 22 Dec 1895 in Indiana; died on 26 Feb 1962 in Indiana.

    Andrew married Valborg KNUDSEN. Valborg was born on 3 Dec 1899 in Denmark; died on 11 Oct 1978 in Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery, Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Valborg KNUDSEN was born on 3 Dec 1899 in Denmark; died on 11 Oct 1978 in Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery, Los Angeles County, California.

    Notes:

    From Find A Grave:

    Val came to the United States from Denmark in 1904 with her parents, Hans and Marie Knudsen, and her two sisters, Mary and Gertie. In 1919 she married Jim Hunt and they had a son Jimmy and a daughter Jeanne. They lived in Omaha and Chicago. In the 1940's Val and her daughter moved to Los Angeles. Val died at the age of 78 years due to a heart attack.

    Buried:
    as Valborg Petrette

    Children:
    1. 3. Jeanne Marie HUNT was born on 17 Jan 1922 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska; died on 19 Jun 1958 in Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery, Los Angeles County, California.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Joseph SIMONSON was born on 7 Dec 1856 in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died on 4 Jun 1926 in Polk County, Minnesota.

    Joseph married Sigri ROLANDSON. Sigri (daughter of Anders ROLANDSON and Anne Olsdatter LYKKENS) was born on 7 Oct 1853 in Valders, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; died on 26 Mar 1947 in Polk County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Sigri ROLANDSON was born on 7 Oct 1853 in Valders, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin (daughter of Anders ROLANDSON and Anne Olsdatter LYKKENS); died on 26 Mar 1947 in Polk County, Minnesota.

    Notes:

    aka Sarah

    Children:
    1. 4. Simon J SIMONSON was born on 19 Dec 1878 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota; died on 8 Feb 1945 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan.
    2. Carl Anton SIMONSON was born on 26 Jun 1886 in Fertile, Polk County, Minnesota; died on 12 Apr 1972 in North Dakota.