Torstein Torsteinsen KJØS

1834 - 1924  (89 years)

• Name	Torstein Torsteinsen KJØS
  Birth	15 Jun 1834	Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  	probably Nordigarden i Nerre Kjøs; or 13 Jun
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	22 Jun 1834	Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  Death	18 May 1924	Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada
  Notes	Vang C, p. 96, and p. 216. In the 1865 Norwegian census, he is gbr on Veflen nedre. Besides Torsten and his (then-pregnant) wife and three sons, the household includes the 15 year-old Johannes Nielsen, farm laborer, the widow Marith Torstensdatter, b. 1793 in Øystre Slidre, Føderaadskone, the unmarried Knud Andersen, b. 1820, Føderaadsmand, Sigrid Olsdatter, b. 1827, Knud’s future wife, and Marith Knudsdatter, b. 1853, Knud A.’s daughter and (presumably) Torsten T.’s sister-in-law. In the 1870 census (August 25), he and his family farmed in Freeman Twp, Freeborn County, Minnesota. (Their post office was Hartland, Iowa.) The household consisted of Tosten Wefflen, 35; Mary, 27; Knudt, 10; Tosten, 8; Mary, 6; and Betsy, 3. Betsy was born in Minnesota, everyone else had been borne in Norway. Knudt and Tosten had attended school within the past year. In the 1880 census, he, as Torsten T. Weflen, and his family lived in Brookings County, Dakota Territory. The household consisted of Tosten T, 45, Mary, 39, Mary, 13, Betsy, 11, Ingebor, 8, Marie, 7, Andrew, 5, Mattie T, 1, Knut, 20, and Torsten, 19. The first three and last two were born in Norway, the rest in Minnesota. Ingebor and Marie were attending school. His obit in the Wetaskiwin newspaper said that he had come to the U.S. in 1858 and lived there until 1896 when he moved to Alberta. He farmed in the Crooked Lake district until he retired in about 1904. His obit said that he had two surviving daughters, Mrs. A. Dahms of Detroit and Mrs. Fred Nelson of Wetaskiwin.
  Person ID	I27229	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2022

  
  

  Father	Torstein Knutsen KJØS,   b. 1791   d. 1863 (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Marit Evensdatter ELLINGBÖ,   b. Abt 1796, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 1859 (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1816
  Family ID	F9027	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marit Knutsdatter VEFLEN,   b. 28 Nov 1844, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  Marriage	3 Jul 1860	Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  	Although the bride is shown as age 16 in the church book, she was actually 15. Both were of the Veblen farm.
  Children	1. Knut Torsteinsson VEFLEN,   b. 6 Oct 1860, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway   2. Torstein Torsteinsson VEFLEN,   b. 1862, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway   3. Andris Torsteinsson VEFLEN,   b. 1864, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway   4. Marit Torsteinsdatter VEBLEN,   b. 26 Oct 1866, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway   5. Betsy WEFLEN,   b. Abt 1869, Minnesota   6. Ingebor WEFLEN,   b. Abt 1872, Minnesota   7. Isabelle Marie WEFLEN,   b. Jun 1873, Minnesota d. 12 Oct 1936, Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada (Age 63 years)   8. Andrew WEFLEN,   b. Abt 1875, Minnesota   9. Emma Theoline WEFLEN,   b. 14 Mar 1879, Freeborn County, Minnesota d. 1967, Alberta, Canada (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F19034	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2022