Marit Olsdatter ROINE

Notes:

Died:
Rudibraaten i Rogne

Family/Spouse: Ola Knutsen RUDIBRAATEN. Ola (son of Knud Olsen RUDIBRAATEN and Marit Olsdatter RUDI) was born on 20 Jan 1856 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1944 in Auburndale, Wood County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Marit Olsdatter RUDIBRAATEN was born on 24 Sep 1889 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 25 Dec 1946.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1928-MN-015666

Notes:

In the 1865 Norwegian census, he is probably the 25 year-old unmarried Ole Thomasson, a laborer on the Løken farm in Lomen, Vestre Slidre.

The records for the Norway Lake Lutheran churches in Kandiyohi County show: “Ole Ellestad, born in Balders, married Sigrid Hollen, born in Balders. Came to Goodhue County in 1866.”

In the 1875 Minnesota census, he and his wife and three daughters live in Kerkhoven Twp, Swift County.

In the 1880 census, O.T. (indexed as O.J. Ellestod), 39, and his wife Sigri, 31, were farming in Kerkhoven, Swift County. The children consisted of Betsy, 8, Anne, 6, Ida, 5, and Sophia, 1. The family had a servant, Chas. Johnson, 20, born in Sweden, living with them.

In the 1885 Minnesota census, when the family lived in Kerkhoven Twp, the household consisted of Ole, 44, Sigrid, 36, Betsy, 13, Anna, 11, Julia, 9, Soffia, 6, Emma, 3, and Thomas, 3 months.

Shown as Ole Ellestad in the 1900 census (census enumerator was Ole Ellingboe). (Ole T. was indexed incorrectly as Ole A., census form shows Ole T.) He and his wife and two sons were living in Kerkhoven, Swift County, which is just over the county line from Sunburg, Kandiyohi County. Ole was renting his farm. Sigri had had nine children, six still living.

Lived in Sunburg, MN, near Kerkhoven. Later moved to North Dakota. Living in Kerkhoven Township, Swift County, MN, at the time of the 1900 census (June 1).

The 1900 census shows him as having come to the U.S. in 1866.

In the 1905 state census, Ole and Sigre live in Murdock, Kerkhoven Twp, next door to Rangdy Flattan (#12828) and family.

In the 1910 census, Ole T. Elestad, 69, and Sigre, 62, were living in on a farm in Dunn County, North Dakota. Ole and Sigre had been married for 40 years. Sigre had had 9 children, 6 still living. Ole’s farm is shown as being in Section 22, Twp 145, Range 94. Ole came to this country in 1866 and was a citizen. Sigre came to this country in 1869. The farm adjacent to them, shown as Section 26, was Thomas Ellestad, 25, and his wife Hannah, 27. It was the first marriage for both and the had been married 0 years. Hannah had been born in South Dakota and her parents in Norway.

An Ole T. Ellestad died in Swift County in 1928.

Birth:
Ellestad

Ole married Berit Nilsdatter RØINE. Berit was born on 28 Mar 1825 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 25 Jun 1882. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Røine i Hegge

Notes:

Called Thomas Knutsen Tørstad, I12971, in Jim’s VS.

The FamilySearch entry is for Tomas Knutson, born in 1795 in Torstad II, Vang, Oppland, Norway.

In the 1865 census, shown as Thomas Knudsen, born in 1794 in Wangs, living with son Anders at Høine. His occupation is shown as “Føderaadsmd.”

The bygdebok says he moved to 26/3 Høyne or Sør-Ellestad in Vestre Slidre.

He married his first cousin.

Birth:
shown as age 23 when he got married

Tomas married Berit Johannesdatter ELLESTAD on 1 Aug 1819 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Berit (daughter of Johannes Anderson ELLESTAD and Beret Amundsdatter LOMEN) was born on 30 Jul 1796 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died after 1865. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shown in the 1865 census as Berit Thomasdatter born in 1794 in Vestre Slidre. Living with her husband on the Høine farm with her son Anders.

In his VS, Jim also shows her incorrectly as Berit Thomasdatter. She was definitely Berit Johannesdatter in her marriage record.

Shown as age 24 when she got married.

She married her first cousin.

Birth:
Lommen

Notes:

In the 1801 Norwegian census, he was Knud Andersen, 38, living on the Torstad farm in Wangs, Oppland. His wife was Giertrud Pedersdatter, 48, who had been married before to a man named Thomas. Living with them were children of her first marriage as well as children that they had had together. From Giertrud’s first marriage were: Thomes Thomessen, 15, Ole Thomessen, 18, Marit Thomesdatter, 13, Sigrid Thomesdatter, 10, Giertrud Thomesdatter, 8. Children of Giertrud and Knud: Thomes Knudsen, 6, and Anders Knudsen, 4.

The 1801 census did not include place of birth.

He is Knut Andrisson Ellestad, I12871, in Jim’s VS. Jim claims Knut was born in Vestre Slidre on Ellestad 23/1.

Birth:
age 38 in the 1801 census would imply he was born in 1763 or 1764

Died:
Tørstad 105/3 i Høre

Knut married Giertrud Pedersdatter VEBLEN about 1794. Giertrud (daughter of Peder Endreson KATTEVØL and Torø Vilhjølmsdatter BAGETUN) was born about 1753 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1842 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The FamilySearch entry is for Iartrud Pedersdotter, born 1752 in Veflen, Vang, Oppland, Norway. She died in 1842 and her parents were Peder Endresen and Toro Vilhelmsdotter. She had two husbands.

She is Gjartrud Persdatter Veflen, I5902, in Jim’s VS. He has her born in 1753 in Veflen 99/1 in Høre.

Notes:

In the 1801 census, the family is on the Ellestad farm, Lommens Annes, Slidre. The family is Johannes Andersen, 42, Berit Amundsdatter, 40, Anders Johannessen, 13, Ole Johannessen, 9, Amund Johannessen, 3, Anne Johannesdatter, 18, Berit Johannesdatter, 4. Johannes is “Bonde og gaardbeboer” and, for marital status for both Johannes and his wife, “begge i første ægteskab.”

Johannes married Beret Amundsdatter LOMEN on 26 Dec 1781 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Beret (daughter of Amund Olson LOMEN and Beret Olsdatter) was born in 1764 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1835. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]