Sarah Elizabeth EIDAL

Other Events and Attributes:

• Oregon Death Certificate: 87-19186

Notes:

In the 1920 census, she is single and boarding with a family in Pe Ell, Lewis County, Washington. She is a public school teacher.

From her obit in the October 22, 1987, edition of The Oregonian:

Funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in First Christian Church for Sarah Eidal “Sally” Carter, co-founder of an airplane parts manufacturer in Portland. She died Monday in a Portland hospital at the age of 87.

Mrs. Carter was born in Ellensburg, Washington, and was raised on the family farm. She was a graduate of Central Washington Normal School in Ellensburg and later taught grammar school in the area and in Seattle.

She moved to Portland in 1926. She was vice-president of Carter Manufacturing Co. of Portland, makers of parts for the aircraft industry. She and her husband founded the company and she remained active in it until her death. Mrs. Carter operated the company alone for a period until her husband, Haskell, retired in 1950 as vice president of Iron Fireman Manufacturing Co. in Portland.

Surviving in addition to her husband are sons, Russell of West Linn, Roy of Portland, and Harry of Welches; 11 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Private committal and vault interment will be in the Pioneer Cemetery in Hillsboro.

Sarah married Haskell Clarence CARTER on 27 Dec 1922 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington. Haskell was born on 15 Jan 1898 in Tennessee; died on 25 Mar 1989 in Clackamas County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Russell Ernest CARTER was born on 18 Sep 1923 in Wayne County, Michigan; died on 23 Jan 2020; was buried in Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon.
2. Roy Conway CARTER was born on 27 Feb 1926 in Oregon; died on 15 Jun 2016 in Marion County, Oregon.
3. Harry A CARTER was born on 12 Sep 1928 in Oregon; died on 12 Aug 1999 in Oregon; was buried in Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer, Road Superintendent
• Washington Death Certificate: 6408

Notes:

Alison says: According to voter registration, was 52 when he registered to vote on August 19th, 1916. At that point in time, he had resided in Ellensburg for 28 years.

In the 1900 census, he and his family live in North Kittitas Precinct, Kittitas County, Washington, not far from the Wolds. The household consists of Christian O, 36, Sadie M, 26, Elmer O, 6, Otto Clarence, 5, Elna M, 3, and Edna, 4 months. Those are the only four children that Sadie has had. Sadie and Christian had been married for 6 years. Christian had come to the U.S. in 1886, Sadie in 1892.

In the 1910 census, he and his family were living on a farm that they owned in Ellensburg, North Kittitas Precinct, Kittitas County, Washington. The family consisted of Chris, 46, Sadie, 36, Elmer, 16, Otto C., 14, Edna or Elna, 13, Sarah, 10, a daughter Marrs (?), 6, and Roy, 4. Chris and Sadie have been married 17 years and it was the first marriage for both. All the children were born in Washington. The parents were born in Norway. Sadie has had 6 children, all still living. Also living with the family was Sadie’s sister Anna Digen, 24 and single. Sadie is shown as having come to this country in 1892, Chris in 1887, and Anna Digen in 1905.

In the 1920 census, they were in the same location, cited as being on Day Creek Road. ”Criss O. Gidal” is 55, came to this country in 1888 and was naturalized as a citizen in 1909. Sadie is 45, came to this country in 1892, and was naturalized as a citizen in 1909. Living with them were Mamie, 15, and Leroy, 14, both shown as students.

In the 1930 census (April 12), the family was living on what was referred to as State Highway Road, Route 4, in North Kittitas Precinct, Kittitas County. The family consisted of Olsen C. Eidal, 67, his wife Sigrid M., 56, her sister Sarah M., 65, a widow, and a lodger named Charles Peterson, 46, a single man. Sarah was first married at the age of 22, Sigrid at the age of 20, and Olsen at the age of 29. Olsen was born in Siddal, Norway. Sigrid and Sarah were born in Hadlin, Norway, and Charles in Tromso, Norway. The household was owned by Olsen and had a radio. Olsen came to this country in 1888, Sigrid in 1892, Sarah in 1881, and Charles in 1885. The Eidal family lived next door to David J. and Anna Marie Johnson.

Washington State death certificate #6408 (as Christe O.).

Naturalized as Christen Olson Eidal in Kittitas County.

From the Seattle Daily Times, April 15, 1949:

Christen O Eidal, Kittitas Valley pioneer and retired highway engineer, died yesterday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Frank T. Maxson, 5537 Penrith Road, after a long illness. He was 85 years old.

Mr. Eidal made his home in Ellensburg from 1887 until 11 years ago when he moved to Seattle. He retired as an engineer for the State Highway Department 11 years ago. He also operated a ranch near Ellensburg. Burila will be in the Odd Fellows’ Cemetery there.

Surviving are three sons, Elmer O. Eidal of Seattle, Otto C. of Ellensburg, and Roy of Los Angeles and Albuquerque; three daughters, Mrs. Warren F. Gilmour, Ellensburg; Mrs. Haskell C. Carter, Portland, Oregon; and Mrs. Maxson, eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

From An Illustrated History of Kickitat, Yakima, and Kittitas Counties:

CHRISTEN EIDAL is well known among the farmers and stockmen of Kittitas county. He first saw the light of day in Norway, May 15, 1864. His father, Ole Olsen Eidal, a farmer and millwright, was born in 1832, in Norway. He was an active public man, enjoying the trust and esteem of his contemporary townsmen, and died in the land of his birth in 1902. Gullaig (Christensdatter) Eidal, Christen Eidal's mother, still lives in Norway at the ripe age of eighty-one. Mr. Eidal enjoyed the advantage of being educated in one of the military schools of his native land. Hearing of the opportunities America offered to energy and pluck, he came, in 1886, to Minnesota, which state he left the following year to push farther to the west, choosing Kittitas county as his location. He prospered in his work to such an extent that, in 1895, he was enabled to buy his present farm, a tract comprising about seventy acres of well irrigated land four miles northwest of Ellensburg.

On September 2, 1893, Mr. Eidal and Segried M. Digen were married in Ellensburg. Mrs. Eidal is a Norwegian whose date of birth was 1874. Her father and mother are still living in Norway; the father, Michael Digen, having been born in 1835, the mother, Marguerite (Dalen) Digen, in 1845. Mrs. Eidal has two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Wold, near Ellensburg, and Mrs. Juliette Thompson, living in Minnesota; two brothers and one sister living in Norway. Mr. Eidal has one sister, Ingeborg (Eidal), now Mrs. Ole Bjore, living in Minnesota, one brother and two sisters in the old country. To Mr. and Mrs. Eidal have been born four children: Elmer Oliver, Otto Clarence, Elna Marguerite and Sarah Elizabeth.

Mr. and Mrs. Eidal belong to the Lutheran church, and he belongs to the Ellensburg camp, Modern Woodmen of America. In politics he is independent, belonging to no party but casting his ballot for the man best fitted, in his judgment, for the office.

When Christen Eidal settled in Kittitas county, he did so almost without a dollar, but, full of hope and energy, by the dint of relentless toil and perseverance his farm is now one of the garden spots which cover the valley. His annual crops consist in the main of timothy hay; he also conducts a small dairy.

He is optimistic of the valley's future, being of the opinion that any intelligent man who is willing to work jointly with his head and hands can here live a happy and prosperous life. Mr. Eidal's own experience here seems to have exemplified the truth of these deductions.

Christen married Sigrid M (Sadie) DIGENE about 1893. Sigrid (daughter of Mikkel Gudbrandsen DIGENE and Marit Eriksdatter DAHLEN) was born on 1 Jan 1874 in Digene Gård, Hedalen Parish, Søndre Aurdal, Oppland, Norway; died on 3 Jun 1938 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington; was buried in IOOF Cemetery, Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She arrived in the port of New York on 1 June 1892 aboard the Teutonic as 18 year-old Sigrid M Digen, unfortunately shown on the ship’s manifest as a male.

Not listed in the index of deaths in Washington. Either did not die in Washington or else died before 1940.

In the 1910 census, she is shown as having had six children, all six still alive.

Came to this country in 1892 according to the 1920 census. Naturalized as a citizen in 1909.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 11 Oct 1835, Hedalen, Sør-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Residence in 1865: Digene Gård, Hedalen Parish, Søndre Aurdal, Oppland, Norway. In that census, the household consists of Mikkel, 30, Marit, 20, Siri, 2, Gudbrand Halsstinsøn, 60, Sigrid Mikkelsdatter, 62, and Abraham Gudbransøn, 22, shoemaker. Everyone was born in Søndre Aurdals.

In the 1900 census, the family was on Dikjene farm in Søndre Aurdals. The household consisted of Mikkel Gudbrandsen, b. 1835, jordbruger, Marit Eriksdr, b. 1845, Gudbrand Mikkelsen, tømmerkjører and jordarbeider (carpenter and farm laborer), b. 1876, Erik Mikkelsen, tømmerhugger, b. 1883, Anne Maria, budeie (milkmaid), b. 1886, and Martin Johnsen, dattersøn, b. 1891.

Called Mikke Nerbye Gulbrandsen Digene in the Norway Burial Index.

Mikkel married Marit Eriksdatter DAHLEN on 24 Sep 1864 in Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Marit (daughter of Erik Narveson DAHLEN and Siri Arnesdatter KVÅLSHAGEN) was born on 6 Nov 1845 in Bagn, Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 3 Jan 1933 in Hedalen, Sør-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 23 Nov 1845, Bagn, Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Rose said that Julia’s mother came from Bang and she was right. (Also spelled Bagn, apparently.)

Died:
Died at 5:30 AM

Notes:

Married:
ages 29 and 17 in parish record entry

Notes:

Not listed in the 1801 census. Shown as age 60 in the 1865 census, at which time he and his wife were living on Digene with Mikkel and his family and Abraham.

Shown as age 26 in his marriage record.

Birth:
may be date of baptism

Gudbrand married Sigrid Mikkelsdatter BRATTERUD on 13 Oct 1833 in Hedalen, Sør-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway. Sigrid (daughter of Mikjel Haraldson BRATTRUD and Rangdi Knudsdatter SKINNRUD) was born on 17 Feb 1804 in Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 21 Apr 1893 in Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is called Sigrid Mikkelsdatter Neerbÿe in Mikkel’s birth record.

Shown as age 62 in the 1865 census.

Shown as age 29 in her marriage record.

Notes:

In the 1865 Norwegian census, he was Erik Navessen, 67, føderaadsmand, living with his wife, children, and grandchildren on a Sørfladdahl farm in Bagn, Søndre Aurdal. The gaardbruker of the farm was Erik’s son, Narve, 41. Others of the senior Erik’s children living in the farm were Erik Erikssen, 14, and Tora Eriksdatter, 23.

Erik married Siri Arnesdatter KVÅLSHAGEN on 12 Jul 1825 in Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Siri (daughter of Arne Olson NAVRUD and Guri Halsteinsdatter FRAMGARDEN) was born in 1803 in Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1874 in Sør-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]