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or Slayton Lutheran Church

ELLINGBOE, Ole W (I10711)

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Or Smevaag. Or Smedvåg.

There were at least two other babies named Knud Olaus born in 1859 in the Kvernes parish.

He and his wife came to the U.S. in 1886 and they were married that year. His marriage record indicates he was a shoemaker.

In the 1900 census, he and his family lived in La Crosse. He was a laborer for a saw mill.

In the 1910 census, he and his family lived in La Crosse. He was a fireman for a gas company.

His Find A Grave entry has his birth date as 22 Sep 1859.

His obit, as posted by landjevans:

Knut Smevog, foreman for the Wisconsin-Minnesota Light and Power Company for sixteen years, passed away yesterday afternoon at his home, 1523 Farman street, of a complication of diseases. He had been ill for six months. Mr. Smevog has been a resident of La Crosse for thirty years.

He was born in Norway fifty-six years ago, coming to this country when a young man. He has been an active member of Our Savior's Norwegian Lutheran Church at Sixth and Division streets since his arrival in La Crosse more than a quarter century ago.

Surviving him are his widow and eight children, Mrs. Carl Jungbluth, and a son Paul of Washington, Iowa; Pauline, Emily, Olaf, Helen, Helma and Herbert, all of La Crosse. He also leaves two brothers, Martin Smevog of this city and one in Norway.

Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the residence, and at 2:30 from Our Savior's church. Rev. H. G. Magelssen will oficiate, and burial will be made in Oak Grove cemetery.

SMEVOG, Knud Olaus Knudsen (I27837)

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Or Soneva or Sonneva or Seneva.

Via Find A Grave:

Included in the early settlers of the West Prairie community were Mr. and Mrs. Ole Fodness.

Both were born in Norway, the former August 18, 1853 and the latter February 2, 1854.

They spent their earlier years in their native land. Mr. Fodness immigrated to the United States in 1873 and a year later, in 1874, joined his brothers and other early day settlers of the West Prairie community here. His brothers, Abraham and Gulbrand, with other pioneers came here in 1873 and held a claim for him in Grant Township, eight miles southeast of Lennox, on which he filed.

Mrs. Fodness, nee Seneve Koorstad, spent her early years in Norway and later, with other family members joined the immigrant's enroute to America and subsequently settled here. She was born at Holingdahl, Norway.

Mr. and Mrs. Fodness were joined in wedlock May 26, 1879, here, and continued to make their home in this vicinity.

Seven children were born to this union, all of whom are living. These are: Mrs. Louis (Mary) Lind, Mrs. Henry (Anna) Hanson, Mrs. Thomas (Carrie) Clark, Cornelius, Theodore, Martin, and Oscar O. Fodness.

Mr. Fodness passed away June 1, 1894. Mrs. Fodness died June 30, 1922.

KOORSTAD, Sena (I29090)

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or Staarsli/Stårsli

STROSLIE, Torunn Halvorsdatter (I30708)

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Or Steinhower.

STEINHAUER, Phil (I15105)

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Or Steward. Or Stewart.

BERGLOFF, Clark Stuart (I27949)

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Or surname Hænseiga.

The French Family Tree calls him Anders Andersen Østreim and Anders Andersen Nebstad.

NEFSTAD, Andris Andrisson (I33074)

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Or surname Kircheihle.

In the 1865 census, she was Lægdslem, living with her daughter Agnete and her family on the Haagestad farm in Vardal. She is erroneously shown as born in 1805.

FJELD, Berthe Johnsdatter (I34338)

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Or Suzanna.

Graduated from the Red Wing Seminary in Red Wing, Minnesota, in 1924. Attended the Deaconess School of Nursing in Chicago.

The Andrew Sherry farm was a just a few farms away from the Ole Allness farm according to the 1930 census. In that census, 23 year-old Susana is living at home with her parents and brother. She has no occupation.

SHERRY, Susanna Alfrieda (I4602)

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Or Sven.

In the 1875 Norwegian census, he was Svend Hansen Lima, son of Hans Reierson Lima and Marie Svendsdatter Lima of Stavanger.

In the 1910 census, he, as Sven, and Laura and their two adopted children lived in Scotts Mills, Marion County, Oregon. Sven was a farmer.

In the 1920 census, Sven H and Laura Lima lived in Scotts Mills with their two children, daughter-in-law, and two grandchildren. Sven was a farmer.

Nanda Bergh was his second wife.

LIMA, Swen H (I8266)