Knut LIEN

1852 - 1905  (53 years)

• Name	Knut LIEN
  Birth	20 Apr 1852	Winneshiek County, Iowa
  Gender	Male
  Death	3 Oct 1905	Crookston, Polk County, Minnesota
  Notes	Martha Jane Hicks’s entry for him on Find A Grave: My great-great grandfather, Knute, was the second of fourteen children born to his parents, Gullik Knudsen Lien and Berit Knudsdatter Ostrem. His parents had immigrated to the USA from Norway two years before he was born. The family farm and homestead were located in Springfield Township, Winneshiek County, Iowa. Knute used the surname, Lee, a shortened version of Lien. He married Synneva Olsdatter Borsheim (Susan) on September 21, 1875, in Springfield Township. They had eight children: four sons and four daughters. The first four were born in Iowa. In 1882, the family moved to the Village of Ada in Norman County, Minnesota, which is where the younger four children were born. Knute was elected as the third sheriff of Norman County, Minnesota. He served in that role from 1884 to 1890. In church records, Knute's first name is spelled "Knud" and his last name is "Lien," which is his original Norwegian surname. (His family acquired this name in Norway by virtue of residence on the Lien farm.) The name of the Septon farm where he was born changed officially to "Lien" in 1830. The meaning of the name "Lien" is a grassy or wooded hillside. (The root word is "li.") The farm name has also been called "Lii," "Lié," or "Lia." Gullik's sons, Knud (Knute) and Ole, used and passed down the surname as "Lee."
  Person ID	I26415	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2023

  
  

  Father	Gullik Knutsen LIEN,   b. 18 Feb 1815, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 1 Apr 1903, Iowa (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Berit Knudsdatter AUSTREIM,   b. 1826, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 22 Mar 1904, Iowa (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	13 Apr 1850	Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  Family ID	F18519	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Synneva Olsdatter BORSHEIM,   b. 31 Jan 1857, Winneshiek County, Iowa d. 25 Oct 1905, Norman County, Minnesota (Age 48 years)
  Children	1. Raymond Allen LEE,   b. 16 Jan 1894, Ada, Norman County, Minnesota d. 3 May 1974, Ada, Norman County, Minnesota (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F18544	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2023