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Halvor LOFTSGAARDEN

Male 1848 - 1934  (86 years)


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  • Name Halvor LOFTSGAARDEN 
    Birth Feb 1848  Norway Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 2 Feb 1850 on his death certificate
    Gender Male 
    MN Death Cert Checked
    Minnesota Death Certificate 1934-MN-002336 
    Death 22 Nov 1934  Granite Falls, Chippewa County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 27 Nov 1934  Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • He was a farmer in Wang Twp, Renville County in the 1900 census. He came to the U.S. in 1862. He probably had a brother Tomas or Torus who was farming in Lyon County in the 1900 census.

      In the 1905 state census, the family still lived in Wang Twp and still were called Loftsgarden. The family consisted of Halvor, 55, Julia, 49, Ole, 24, Gina, 20, Randine, 17, Theodor, 12, Helina, 9, and Thea, 4.

      In Gena’s death certificate, he was called Halvor Ellingboe.

      On his death certificate his parents were unknown. The informant for his death certificate was Erland Knutson, husband of Halvor’s daughter Thea Sylvia.

      He died of pneumonia.
    Person ID I11547  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 28 Apr 2023 

    Family Jørand (Julia) KJERSTEN,   b. 8 Jul 1857, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Mar 1957, Chippewa County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 99 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1880 
    Children 
     1. Gina Theoline LOFTSGAARDEN,   b. 29 Dec 1883, Lyon County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 May 1970, Clara City, Chippewa County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
     2. Helina Georgina LOFTSGAARDEN,   b. 27 Dec 1896, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Feb 1981, Los Angeles County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
     3. Randine LOFTSGAARDEN,   b. 26 Aug 1887, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Oct 1980, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)
    Family ID F8674  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Sep 2017