Johannes Olsen LITSHEIM

1863 - 1943  (80 years)

• Name	Johannes Olsen LITSHEIM
  Birth	8 Aug 1863	Voss, Hordaland, Norway
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Aug 1943	Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota
  Notes	Or John Obert. In the 1900 census, he and his family lived in Wanamingo Twp, Goodhue County. He was a school teacher. In the 1910 census, he and his family live in Kenyon. He was a rural mail carrier. By this time, Christina has had 12 children, only 11 of which are still living. Agnes is not listed with the family. From the Dalby database, which takes this from the book “We Give You Kenyon” by Harold Severson published in 1976: THE LITSHEIM FAMILY John Obert Litsheim, born Aug 8, 1863 in Vose, Norway married Christine Strand, born Oct. 24, 1872 in Vangs, Minn. near Kenyon. Fourteen children blessed this marriage, 13 of whom grew to adult life. From oldest to youngest, the children were Christine, born 1890, married George Bates, one son Luverne; Annette, born 1891, married Herbert Gibson, one daughter Corrine; Edward, born 1893, married twice, two sons, Dewey and Richard; Theresa, born 1894 in Vose, Norway, married Harry Wolters, two children, Lloyd and Violet; Selma, born 1896, married Ben Whitmore, children Dale, Fern, LaVon, Wanda, Dean, Shirley; Inga, born 1897; Anna, born 1899, married Hiram Broin, children Lowell, Harris, Darlene; Theodore, born 1902, married Margaret Sorenson, children Patricia and Joan; Agnes, born 1903; Carl, born 1905, married Ruth Maxim, one child Sally; Earl, born 1907, married Ruth Curray, children Mary and John; Obert, born 1909, married Eileen Emmons, children Eileen, Jeanne, James and John; Robert, born 1912; Doris, born 1914, married John Gibson, children Joan, Jacqueline, and Craig. John Obert Litsheim came to America at the age of 19. He continued his education and was ordained as a Lutheran minister. After serving a variety of parishes, he went with his family of four to spend a year in his Norwegian homeland. Returning to the United States, he quit the ministry and found his life’s work as a rural mail carrier at the Kenyon post office. John was an eloquent speaker and had a fine baritone singing voice which he used in Kenyon on different occasions. Christine Strand Litsheim was the daughter of a pioneering Norwegian family which settled near Dennison. Having 14 children was quite an accomplishment, though for those days not unusual, and her children and grandchildren gave her a rich and blessed life. “Ma,” as she was affectionately called, was a wonderful mother, and a strict disciplinarian. She lived to see many of her offspring go on to varied and useful lives. All the Litsheim girls were fine athletes, good scholars and waged many a baseball game on the Bullis’ Zumbro baseball field just below the Litsheim and Erick Williamson homesteads. The Zumbro river played quite a part (romantic, athletic, and recreational) in the lives of so many of Kenyon’s families...that is, the children. There was a skating, swimming, boat-building along that famous Kenyon landmark. The damming of the Zumbro River by the Mogrens for their ice-making aided the youths in their hockey and other games. Skiing in that area added to wonderful rich memories of the Litsheim and other family groups. The Litsheim boys excelled in athletics in Kenyon High School and for thirteen years (from Ted to Bob) at least one or more played on all teams in football, basketball , and baseball. Four of the six boys became college graduates, but only Bob continued in athletics. He starred in football and baseball for Carleton college of Northfield. Three of the boys became, at first, school teachers: Ted, Earl and Bob. Of the girls there were five school teachers. So education played quite a part in the life development of the Litscheim children. The Litsheim clan is spread around the country from Florida to California. Once in a while reunions are possible, the largest one being in 1972 held at the Kump home on Lake Mazaska near Faribault. Most of the living original group were there with many of the grandchildren also. A somewhat smaller reunion was held on the occasion of sister Theresa’s 80th birthday when all but one of John and Christine Litsheim’s children attended. One of the grandchildren remarked at that time about the novelty of having over sixty active and alert members of the Litsheims who were present at the reunion. Norwegians are a hardy lot and so were John and Christine Litsheim’s children.
  Person ID	I29353	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	15 Feb 2019

  
  

  Family	Christine STRAND,   b. 24 Oct 1872, Goodhue County, Minnesota d. 14 Nov 1944, Goodhue County, Minnesota (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1889
  Children	1. Christina J LITSHEIM,   b. May 1890, South Dakota   2. Annette M LITSHEIM,   b. Sep 1891, Goodhue County, Minnesota   3. Edward A LITSHEIM,   b. 21 Jan 1893, Goodhue County, Minnesota   4. Theresa LITSHEIM,   b. Sep 1894, Norway   5. Selma W LITSHEIM,   b. Dec 1896, Goodhue County, Minnesota d. 15 Jul 1991, Stanley, Mountrail County, North Dakota (Age 94 years)   6. Inga A LITSHEIM,   b. Oct 1898, Goodhue County, Minnesota d. Aug 1926, Minnesota (Age 27 years)   7. Anna E LITSHEIM,   b. May 1900, Goodhue County, Minnesota   8. Theodore J LITSHEIM,   b. 29 Jul 1902, Goodhue County, Minnesota d. 1978, Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin (Age 75 years)   9. Agnes LITSHEIM,   b. 26 Apr 1904, Goodhue County, Minnesota d. 26 Apr 1904, Goodhue County, Minnesota (Age 0 years)   10. Carl Rudolph LITSHEIM,   b. 18 Jul 1905, Goodhue County, Minnesota d. 1976 (Age 70 years)   11. Earl Wilfred LITSHEIM,   b. 7 Nov 1907, Goodhue County, Minnesota   12. Obert August LITSHEIM,   b. Abt 1909, Goodhue County, Minnesota   13. Robert Daniel LITSHEIM,   b. 6 Feb 1912, Goodhue County, Minnesota d. 22 Jul 1985 (Age 73 years)   14. Doris Viola LITSHEIM,   b. 29 Apr 1914, Goodhue County, Minnesota
  Family ID	F17320	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Feb 2019