Joseph Leroy CHRISTENSEN

Notes:

Johanna had enough and left in 1927. She had gone to California to be with Maude, when her first child was born, and just stayed.

Joseph married Johanna JOHANNESEN on 11 May 1898 in Richfield, Sevier County, Utah. Johanna (daughter of Martin Johannesen JOHNSON and Anne Marie Olsdatter) was born on 20 Aug 1875 in Næs, Hedmark, Norway; was christened on 10 Oct 1875 in Hjelthjelteie, Næs, Hedmark, Norway; died on 18 Nov 1960 in Colusa, Colusa County, California; was buried on 22 Nov 1960 in Colusa Community Cemetery, Colusa, Colusa County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 10 Oct 1875, Næs, Hedmark, Norway

Notes:

Called Johanna Johnson on Leland’s and Lillian’s birth certificates.



In the 1930 census, she was living with her daughter Maude’s family in Colusa County, California.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 24 Oct 1852, Næs, Hedmark, Norway
• Confirmation: 4 Oct 1868, Næs, Hedmark, Norway

Notes:

He may be the 28 year-old Martinius Johannessen of Herstad who moved from Nes to Ringsaker, Sauseie, on 28 December 1880. That Martinius was shown as unmarried, however, and there is no corresponding record for Anne Marie.



All of the children were living with their widower father in Sevier County in the 1900 census. Martin’s birthplace is shown as Denmark. Martin is shown as coming to the U.S. in 1885 and all of the Norwegian-born children in 1886.

In the 1910 census, in Richfield, he’s Martin Johnson, still shown as born in Denmark. His occupation is house carpenter. Of his first family, only May is still living with him and his second wife. He apparently has had three sons by the second wife: Evan, Leonard, and Monte. Also in the household are two step-sons, probably Eliza’s from an earlier marriage: Ferdinand and Carlos.

According to his death certificate, the last two to three weeks of Martin’s life were complicated by uremia from retention due to an enlarged prostate.

The informant for the information on his death certificate was Mrs. Ellen Gurr of Richfield.

Birth:
Many sources erroneously give his year of birth as 1853. His death certificate, for example, says 21 Jun 1853.

Confirmation:
native farm in Ringstad according to confirmation entry for Nes

Died:
This is the date in the Utah Death Index. It shows Martin as 85 years old at death. October 29th is also the date in the Utah Cemetery Inventory.

Buried:
Grave location A.09.10.03

Martin married Anne Marie Olsdatter on 18 May 1875 in Næs, Hedmark, Norway. Anne (daughter of Ole Christian Anderson FLØTTUM and Antonette Gülbrandsdatter AARLIEN) was born on 2 Nov 1854 in Aarlien, Næs, Hedmark, Norway; died on 24 Jan 1899 in Richfield, Sevier County, Utah; was buried on 27 Jan 1899 in Richfield City Cemetery, Richfield, Sevier County, Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 14 Jan 1855, Næs, Hedmark, Norway
• Confirmation: 3 Oct 1869, Næs, Hedmark, Norway

Notes:

Shown in the 1865 Norwegian census as “his daughter.”

There is no mention of her as having come to the U.S. with the rest of her family in the late 1860s. She apparently emigrated to Utah with her husband and family in the late 1880s.

Anne Marie and Martin apparently converted to the LDS faith in Norway on 22 Mar 1882, their baptism dates. Up until that date, Anne Marie and Martin had had their children (Johanne, Ole, and Agnette) christened in the Norwegian church. After that date, they did not. (Berthe and Anne Mathilde were born in Norway but, apparently, were not christened in the Norwegian church.) Anne Marie and Martin waited until they got to Utah to baptize their oldest two children into the LDS faith which they did soon after arriving. However, for some reason, Agnette was not baptized into the LDS until 1963, over 4 years after her death. Berthe and the ensuing children were baptized in the LDS faith on schedule after their 8th, but before their 9th, birthdays, as is the custom. Olga, who never made it to her 3rd birthday, was apparently never baptized.

Birth:
Many sources erroneously show her date of birth as November 20th.

Confirmation:
as Marie Olsdatter Gaalaas born on Lieneiet

Buried:
Grave location A.09.10.02

Notes:

Birth:
Crowther Family Tree

Died:
Crowther Family Tree

Johannes married Beathe JOHNSDATTER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Dairy farmer in the U.S., Jordarbejder in Norway
• Baptism: 13 Jul 1834, Næs, Hedmark, Norway
• Confirmation: 6 Oct 1850, Næs, Hedmark, Norway

Notes:

His name in Norway was Ole Andersen Aflangerud.

In a book that Kristiane had, Ole’s middle initial is C.

His birth record is for, simply, Ole Anderssen. Among the people whose names are identifiable as baptismal sponsors: Magrethe Ericksdatter Heggen, Amünd Anderssen Lünds, Karie Ericksdatter, unmarried, Sÿver Erickssen Engesoüg, and Sÿver Pedersson whose farm name may be Gagnamdan.

There is a comment that I am unable to translate in his confirmation record.

Shown in the 1865 Norwegian census as Ole Andersen, born in 1834 and living in or on the Orderholdt domicile in Næs, Hedmark, in the Helgeøen school district. Ole’s occupation in Jordarbejder (farm worker or field laborer). The household doesn’t have much, only 10 units of potatoes. Included in the household is Ole Anderssen, 32, born in Næs, Kristiane Kristiansdatter, 28, his wife, born in Toten vestre, and “his daughter” Anne Marie Olsdatter, 12, born in Næs.

The bygdebøk says “Ole Andersen Fløttum, f. 1834, var jordarbeider og bodde her i 1865.”

Ole (33) and Christiana (29) supposedly, according to Cora, emigrated to the US from Norway in October of 1867 with one child, Carl (6 months). This conflicts with the 1900 census entry for Charlie which indicated the year of immigration as 1869. In Kristiane’s obituaries, she is claimed to have come to the U.S. in 1870. Could not find the emigration entry for them in the parish record.

A declaration for an Ole Anderson to become a citizen was declared in La Crosse County and so recorded on October 31, 1865. The hearing, order, and filing of his citizenship was on June 12, 1872. Another entry for an Ole Anderson, perhaps more likely to be our Ole, was a declaration on February 3, 1874, and the hearing, order, and filing on October 30, 1878.

In the 1870 census, the Andersons were living in the 2nd ward in LaCrosse. The family is Ole, 37, Christiana, 32, Carl, 3, and daughter Jennie, 5 months. Ole’s occupation is shown as “laborer.” Jennie is shown as born in Wisconsin, the others in Norway.

In the 1880 census, shown as living in 3rd ward, LaCrosse, occupation “peddler”, age 47. Wife, Christina, age 42, “keeping house.” Sons Carl, age 13, and Ole, age 6. Only Ole was born in Wisconsin. The other three are shown as born in Norway, and everyone’s parents are shown as born in Norway.

Lived at 609 South 8th Street in LaCrosse. {No, 603 S. 8th Street; 609 was next door.} “He bought the big lot on [the] corner [and] built [the] house in front on [the] street [and] built [the] barn for his cows on [the] back of [the] lot, next to [the] alley [, and] took his cows to graze on [the] farm [a] short ways from his house outside town."

Cora says that she, Ron, and I saw the place when we drove down to LaCrosse in the mid-1960s. At the time, she recalls, the house had been moved to the side and a new one built in front. The old house had had a big part torn off of it and so wasn't as large as it had been in Cora's day. She also recalled the lot being bigger than the one we saw.

{Cora’s recollections may not be correct. The house as I saw it in 2004 looked to be the same size and shape as the one drawn in the La Crosse fire insurance maps for the late 1800s or early 1900s.}

From the Wisconsin Deaths database on Ancestry.com:

Wisconsin Vital Records Death Index.
Name: Ole Anderson
Death Date: 25 Nov 1898
County: La Crosse
Volume: 02
Page: 0234
Reel: 044
Image: 0448
Index Volume: -
Sequence #: 006676

In the 1884 La Crosse city directory, he is Ole Anderson, milkman, res 603 S 8th. Ole is shown as “retired” in the 1890 city directory but as a laborer in the 1893-4 city directory. He is shown as “retired” again in the 1895-96 city directory and in the 1897 city directory.

His death and burial are recorded in the records of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in La Crosse. Incorrectly shown as age 56 at death.

Died:
Vol 02, p. 0234, Reel 44, image 0448

Buried:
Sec 45, Lot R11, Gravesite G24

Ole married Antonette Gülbrandsdatter AARLIEN. Antonette (daughter of Gulbrand Gulbrandsen AARLIEN and Pernille Nielsdatter) was born on 15 Dec 1820 in Næs, Hedmark, Norway; died on 6 Apr 1862 in Næs, Hedmark, Norway; was buried on 15 Apr 1862 in Næs, Hedmark, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 18 Feb 1821, Næs, Hedmark, Norway
• Confirmation: 5 Oct 1834, Næs, Hedmark, Norway

Notes:

Anne Marie was her first instance of leirmaal according to Anne Marie’s birth record.

She had never married when she died (“pige”). Her death record lists her next of kin as Anne Marie “Larsdatter.”

Birth:
Aarlien