James Kildahl SYBILRUD

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1928-32411

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Veteran, U.S. Army, World War II.

James married Jane Frances BOWER on 26 Jan 1952 in Waseca County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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In the 1930 census, he and his family (indexed as Sybibrud) were living in Waseca. Helmer was an automobile salesman.

Helmer married Almira (Myra) Leonora TASA on 7 Nov 1925 in Steele County, Minnesota. Almira (daughter of John Albert TASA and Christine SOINE) was born on 1 Apr 1903 in Day County, South Dakota; died on 2 Sep 1994 in Waseca County, Minnesota; was buried in LeSueur River Cemetery, New Richland, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1994-MN-026386

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Her South Dakota birth certificate file number is 795970.

Mother’s name Soine according to death index.

Mary Christine's father James was the son of Helmer Sybilrud and  Almira (Myra) Leonora Tasa. Myra was the daughter of John Tasa and  Christine Soine. John apparently died, perhaps in South Dakota where Myra was born, and Christine later married Erick Kasa in Minnesota. Unfortunately, Christine died in 1914 of tuberculosis. Apparently at  this point Myra went to live with the Kildahls who were either about to move from Northfield or had already moved to St. Paul. (Mrs.  Kildahl was Bertha Soine, sister of Christine.) The 1920 census shows  Myra (as "niece") living with the Kildahls in St. Paul. Myra may have  been adopted by Johan and Bertha Kildahl and/or she may have taken Kildahl as her surname.



According to her death certificate, her father was John Tasa and her mother was Christine Soine. Myra had had 2 years of college and had been a schoolteacher. She died of dehydration and kidney failure complicated by dementia. The informant for her death certificate was Jane Sybilrud of Box 68, Elysian, Minnesota.

Birth:
Born in Webster, SD, according to death certificate

Died:
Lake Shore Inn Nursing Home in Waseca

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Married:
Bride’s name Myra L Kildahl

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Perhaps he is the John Tasa, single, age 24, living in Emmitt Twp, Renville County, in the 1900 census. John is a grocery merchant. He was born in Minnesota and his parents were born in Norway.

Also called John A in some sources.

John married Christine SOINE on 5 Dec 1900 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Christine (daughter of Lars Christopherson SOINE and Anna Tomasdatter ELLESTAD) was born in Nov 1875 in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 17 Jun 1914 in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried on 19 Jun 1914 in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1914-MN-004937

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In the 1880 census she is age 4. In the 1895 state census she is age 19 and living at home. She is shown as a single “schoolteacher” living with her parents in the 1900 census.

According to her death certificate, the parents of Christine Kasa were Lars Soine and Anna Ellestad. However, the death certificate shows Christine’s birth date as 6 Oct 1878. The 1910 census shows that Christine Kasa was born in 1878. We’ll show the 1900 census’s birthdate because it is consistent with most other information but there is an irreconcilable difference here.

The 1910 census shows her marriage to Erick as his second and her first.

She died of pulmonary tuberculosis.

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In the 1880 census, he is “Tohmson Tohmson”, 47, living in Holden Twp. Goodhue County, with his 32 year-old wife Anna.

Birth:
Tøso 19/2-3

Thomas married Ambjørg Ivarsdatter OLDRE in 1860. Ambjørg (daughter of Ivar Helgesson LEINE OLDRE and Ingebjørg Øysteinsdotter BØ) was born on 30 Jul 1840 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 4 Jan 1903 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
Oldre 58/1-2 Øvre

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1917-MN-004721

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Traci’s tree refers to him as Lars Kristofferson Soine.

“Alias Lars Christopherson.” That’s what he was called in the 1880 census.

In the 1885 state census, he was Lars O. Støine of Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County. The household consists of Lars, 55, Anna, 57, Tom, 24, Gertrude, 19, Berit, 16, Christina, 9, Martha 7, “T.A.”, 25, Anna Austin, 27, Mabel A., 3, and Anna Maria, 20. From this and other information we can infer that “Anna Austin” is Lars’s oldest daughter, T.A. is her husband, Tom Austinson, and Mabel A. is Maybel Amanda Ellingboe.

As Lars Christopherson Soine, he is listed as one of the initial contributors to the start-up of St. Olaf College.

He was a farmer in Warsaw Twp in 1870.

in the 1900 census, Lars, Anna, and their single daughter Christina were living in Warsaw, Goodhue County, next door to their son and brother, Thomas Soine and his family. Lars is shown to have come to this country in 1853, Anna in 1856.

In the 1910 census, Lars and Anne are living with their son Tom and his family on Tom’s farm in Warsaw.

He is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books) but his entry specifically says he was not a member of the Samband.

Shown as Lars A. on his death certificate.

From one of Lars’s descendants: "Lars Christophersen Soine was born on 14 June 1830 in Vang, Valdres Norway. He came to America with his parents in 1853, he was 23 years old. He went by the name Lars O Christophersen. He worked in the logging camps in Wisconsin. He rode the logs down the river to keep them from jumbling. Several times he was thrown, by the force of the swift current and the jerking logs, into the water. In 1856 he married Anna Ellestad. Three of their nine children were born in Wisconsin. In the early 1860's Lars and Anna went moved to Goodhue County in Minnesota where they rented a farm for a few years. Then they purchased 160 acres in Warsaw township in Goodhue County. At this time he returned to using the name Lars Soine. Lars and Anna lived in a small house on their land until 1884 when they built a 12 room house for two families. He planned this house for two families so that he would have a place of his own in their old age. Lars and Anna lived in four rooms, tworooms downstairs (12x14 and 14x16) and two rooms upstairs. Their son, Thomas, and his family of 12 lived in seven of the rooms, four big rooms downstairs and three upstairs. The room above the kitchen was used as a store room for both families. Both families used the same stairs and hallway to the second floor.Each family had their own cellar and stairs. The pump was on the porch between the two kitchens. (Don't you think many oldfolks would love this arrangement nowadays instead of the old folks home?) (Denne ideen hare nok Lars hatt med segfra Vang, han har nok tenkt på kårstuene der, da han bygde detstore huset.) These two families lived in Harmony for 24½ years. In 1916 Anna and Lars celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. Anna died that fall at the age of 83 and Lars died the following April, 1917." (This is a transcript of a handwritten remembrance of one of Lars O Soine's grandchildren). Lars was a 'charter member' of the 'Valdres Laget' of Goodhue county.

Lars married Anna Tomasdatter ELLESTAD about 1856. Anna (daughter of Tomas Knudson TØRSTAD and Berit Johannesdatter ELLESTAD) was born on 4 Sep 1833 in Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 6 Nov 1916 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1916-MN-004884
• Baptism: 8 Oct 1833, Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1900 census, she is claimed to have had 10 children, 8 still living. Those numbers are 10 and 7 in the 1910 census.

Shown as Anna E. on her death certificate.

Buried:
252 HN 4 N