John Edward NORSVING

1873 - 1948  (75 years)

• Name	John Edward NORSVING
  Birth	24 Jan 1873	Goodhue County, Minnesota
  Gender	Male
  Minnesota Death Certificate	1948-MN-013881
  Death	17 Oct 1948	Rice County, Minnesota
  Notes	He attended St. Olaf Academy starting in the year 1889-1890 but did not graduate. Shown as a merchant in the 1905 state census at which time he and his wife lived either with or next door to her parents and siblings in the village of Dennison. John had lived in the area for only a year and three months at that time. In the 1910 and 1920 censuses, he and his family live in Dennison where he is a merchant in general merchandise. He is probably in partnership with his brother-in-law Austin. He is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books), as J E Norsving of Dennison. His father was G K Norsving. J E was a member of the Samband in 1909. His obit was in the Faribault Daily News: NORTHFIELD--Funeral services for John E. Norswing, 75, former prominent businessman in Dennison and Northfield, who passed away at the Lincoln Rest Home on Sunday, October 17, following an illness which has extended over eight years, will be held Thursday, October 21, at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John Schumm at 1:30 o'clock and at St. John's Lutheran church at 2 p. m. The Rev. Ivar Ramseth will officiate. Interment will be made in Oaklawn cemetery. The pallbearers will be Martin Nelson, Knute Leidal, William Swarts, Andrew Nelson, Olaf Broin and George Hagen. Friends may call at the Anderson and Veaux Funeral Home until Thursday morning and at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Schumm until the hour of the service. John E. Norswing was born in Holden township, Goodhue county, on January 24, 1873, the son of Gudmund and Brita Holien Norswing. He spent his young lifetime at the farm home in Holden township and attended Albert Lea and St. Olaf academies. He operated a general merchandise store at Dennison from 1904 until 1923. At that time the Tri-County Oil Company was organized and he became manager and operated the Northfield station from 1926 to 1940 when his health began to fail. He made his home in the Dennison and Northfield communitites throughout his lifetime. On June 6, 1903, he was united in marriage to Miss Sigrid Austinson in Minneapolis. She passed away several years ago. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. John Schumm (Inez), Northfield, and Mrs. Floyd Leidal (Bernice) of Harrisburg, Pa., and one son, G. T. Norswing of New Richland. There are also three grandchildren and one brother, O. M. Norswing of Seattle, Wash., surviving.
  Person ID	I12330	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2016

  
  

  Father	Gudmund Knutsen NORDSVEEN,   b. 18 Oct 1837, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 19 Sep 1920, Goodhue County, Minnesota (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Brita Knutsdatter HOLIEN,   b. 12 Feb 1836, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 1 Apr 1925, Goodhue County, Minnesota (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F16249	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sigrid AUSTINSON,   b. 20 Jan 1875, Goodhue County, Minnesota d. 3 Nov 1945, Rice County, Minnesota (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	4 Jun 1903	Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	the date in MOMS; as John E Norsving and Sadie Austinson
  Children	1. Gudmund Theolius Wangensteen NORSWING,   b. 28 Sep 1905, Goodhue County, Minnesota d. 20 Nov 1981, Olmsted County, Minnesota (Age 76 years)   2. Bernice Mildred NORSWING,   b. 29 Sep 1907, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota d. 21 Jan 1997, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota (Age 89 years)   3. Inez Victoria NORSWING,   b. 24 Aug 1912, Goodhue County, Minnesota d. 13 Dec 1968, Rice County, Minnesota (Age 56 years)
  Family ID	F8254	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2010