Brita Anfindsdatter NUNDAL

1858 - 1940  (81 years)

• Name	Brita Anfindsdatter NUNDAL
  Birth	10 Aug 1858	Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
  Gender	Female
  Death	8 Feb 1940	Clarion, Wright County, Iowa
  Notes	She was the daughter of Ole O Nundahl’s father’s brother, thus she was Ole’s first cousin. Shown as having had 8 children, 6 still living in the 1900 census. Those numbers were 9 children, 8 still living, in the 1910 census. “Deir” has a picture of Brita with her daughter Lizzie at: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=68850188&PIpi=72306376 Deir has an extensive Find A Grave entry for Brita: Brita Anfinsdatter Nundal was born in 1858. Brita's out of wedlock relationship with a neighbor and paternal first cousin who lived on the Ekra farm, Ole Olsen Nundal, produced one daughter, "Lizzy" in 1882. Brita lived with her parents and baby Lizzy on the Hagen farm of Brita's own upbringing in the Nundal Valley for another five years. She then married Jon Pedersen/Person Øvstetun, a carpenter, in the Ardal area on 28 Mar 1887 when she was 29 and he was 22. Jon and Brita had three daughters in Ardal, then emigrated with the three little girls to Iowa in 1892, leaving behind Jon's out of wedlock sons Johan age 8 and Martin age 8, and also leaving behind Brita's out of wedlock daughter Lizzy age 10 in the Nundal Valley with her grandparents Anfin and Ingeborg.
  Person ID	I15664	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	15 Nov 2024

  
  

  Family 1	Ole Olsen NUNDAHL,   b. 15 Sep 1857, Lærdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway d. 28 Jul 1928, Vernon County, Wisconsin (Age 70 years)
  Children	1. Elisabeth Olsdatter (Lizzie) NUNDAHL,   b. 6 Jan 1882, Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway d. 15 May 1973, Chickasaw County, Iowa (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F11527	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Nov 2009

  
  

  Family 2	John Pedersen ØVSTETHUN,   b. 3 Dec 1865, Norway
  Marriage	28 Mar 1887
  Children	1. Peter OFSTETHUN,   b. 30 Apr 1901, Iowa d. Apr 1976, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa (Age 74 years)   2. Anfin OFSTETHUN,   b. 15 Jul 1903, Iowa d. Jun 1970, Clarion, Wright County, Iowa (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F11530	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2009