Conrad Anderson TOSO

Notes:

He lives near Anton (and Hans in 1900) in Benson County, North Dakota in the 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 censuses. He is shown as having come to the U.S. in 1880 which is the same year as Hans and his family.

There was a Conrad born in Jevnaker on January 3, 1865 to Anders Torgerson Valerüdeje and Berte Gulbrandsdatter. In the 1865 census, he and his family were living on the Hvatterudsstuen farm in Jevnaker. In the 1875 census, that Konrad was living in “Marken under Greftegreff søndre” in Jevnaker with his widower father and 14 year-old brother Ole (b. 1861).

Also living with the family in the 1920 census is 23 year-old Olga M. Olson, school teacher, born in Wisconsin to Norwegian parents.

All eleven children are single and living at home with their parents in the 1920 census. In that census, the family lives next door to the Anton Toso family.

In the 1930 census, he was Conrad A. Toso, a 65 year-old farmer living with his wife (Ida K.) and children in Isabel Twp, Benson County, North Dakota. Clarence, William, Palmer, and Orville were still single and living at home with their parents. The married Elmer was also living with his wife and daughter on his parents’ farm. The Anton H. Toso farm was close by.

In the 1940 census, he and Ida live in Broe Twp, Benson County, North Dakota. They do not live in the same house that they lived in in 1935.

Conrad married Ida Caroline TOSO on 20 Oct 1894 in Otter Tail County, Minnesota. Ida (daughter of Anders Jensen TOSO and Johanna Marie Petersdatter MITBO) was born on 25 Oct 1875 in Rothsay, Otter Tail County, Minnesota; died on 27 Nov 1953 in Benson County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Trondhjem Lutheran Church, Stod, Trondhjem Twp,

1. Arthur Bernhard TOSO was born on 16 Feb 1896 in Erhard Twp, Otter Tail County, Minnesota; died on 31 Aug 1980 in Los Angeles County, California.
2. Mabel TOSO was born in Apr 1898 in Minnesota; died in Unknown.
3. Elmer Leonard TOSO was born on 22 May 1899 in Minnesota; died on 1 Oct 1988 in Pierce County, North Dakota.
4. Ella TOSO was born on 3 Dec 1901 in North Dakota; died on 21 Mar 1994 in Santa Clara County, California.
5. Carl Arnold TOSO was born about 1903 in North Dakota; died in Unknown.
6. Ralph T TOSO was born on 3 Apr 1905 in North Dakota; died on 27 Jul 1925 in Benson County, North Dakota.
7. Julian TOSO was born on 16 Mar 1907 in North Dakota; died on 15 Sep 1991 in Marysville, Snohomish County, Washington.
8. Clarence I TOSO was born on 5 May 1909 in North Dakota; died on 12 Mar 1995 in Ramsey County, North Dakota.
9. Palmer TOSO was born on 19 Jan 1911 in North Dakota; died on 31 Jan 1993 in Nelson County, North Dakota.
10. William TOSO was born on 12 Apr 1913 in North Dakota; died on 1 Aug 2009 in Devils Lake, Ramsey County, North Dakota.
11. Orville G TOSO was born on 27 May 1917 in North Dakota; died on 17 Jul 1942 in Rolette County, North Dakota.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1913-MN-009474
• Baptism: 3 Feb 1822, Jevnaker, Hadeland, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Buried as Anders T Toso.

In the 1865 Norwegian Census, Anders and his family lived on Hvatterudsstuen in Jevnaker. He was a husmand m jord.

In the 1910 census, Anders, 88, and Carrie, 77, Toso lived with his single sons, Gulbrand, 59, and Ole, 48, Toso, in Erhard’s Grove Twp, Otter Tail County. Guldbrand claims to have come to the U.S. in 1879, Ole and Anders in 1880, and Carrie in 1882. Anders and Carrie had been married for 27 years.

Died:
indexed in the MHS death index as Auders Torgerson

Anders + Berte Gulbrandsdatter. Berte was born about 1824 in Jevnaker, Hadeland, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Alive in 1865, not in 1875.

Notes:

The only Torger Olsen in Jevnaker in the 1801 census is the 38 year-old Torger Olsen who is unmarried bonde og gaardbruger on the Waterud farm.

Torger + Rangdi Jonsdatter. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is probably the 5 year-old Rangdi Jonsdatter, daughter of Jon Pedersen, 44, and Kari Larsdatter, 38, living on the Ballangrud farm in Lunner, Jevnager, in the 1801 census.