Ole Severson RUDNINGEN

1828 - 1911  (83 years)

• Name	Ole Severson RUDNINGEN
  Birth	Dec 1828	Norway
  Gender	Male
  Death	29 Dec 1911	Nerstrand, Rice County, Minnesota
  Notes	From Rice County Families, published in 1981 (via Dalby): Rudningen Family.  Ole Rudningen and his wife, Gunhild, came from Halengdal, Norway, in about 1853 and settled in Beloit, Wisconsin, for a short time. In the spring of 1855 they started their journey to Minnesota in a covered wagon. Gunhild chased their cattle on foot to their new home, a 160-acre farm in Wheeling Township, 2 miles north of Nerstrand. They had 4 sons:  Ole, Sever, Andrew and Adolph, and a daughter, Anna. The children all grew up on this farm and then Ole, Adolph, and Anna moved to Sunburg in western Minnesota. {Note: this account of Ole’s family in the Rice County history is astonishingly incorrect. Ole and Gunhild had 6 sons: Olof, Andrew, Ingebret, Sever, Gustaf, and Adolph, and three daughters: Ingeborg, Gunniel, and Emma.} Sever stayed on the home place and Andrew homesteaded on 80-acre farm in Wheeling Township, Section #5, and later bought the adjoining 80 acres. On March 7, 1885, Andrew married Anna Hanson and they have 2 sons, Sigvard and John. When Andrew started to farm, all he had was a team of horses, 4 cows, and a few pieces of machinery. One morning 5 horse-back riders rode into Andrew’s yard and watered their horses in the creek; they talked to Andrew for awhile and then left. A couple of days later, Andrew learned that the First National Bank in Northfield had been robbed and that the 5 men he had talked to were Jesse James and his gang. {Note: The Northfield bank robbery was in September of 1876. If the story involving Andrew is true, it occurred on his father’s farm, not on Andrew’s farm. Ole’s farm in Wheeling Township, which contains Nerstrand, is south of Northfield. Six of the eight robbers fled Northfield (two were killed by Northfield townspeople) to the southwest, through Dundas and Millersburg. Frank James and Jesse James went separately to Missouri. The remaining four gang members were captured in Madelia.} Sigvard and John farmed with their dad until Sigvard married Mary Vesledahl and moved to the old home place and farmed with his Uncle Sever until Sigvard died in 1916. John married Theresa Severson, daughter of John and Anna Quie Severson, on March 9, 1927, and they had 1 son, Arnold. John farmed with his dad until 1940 when Andrew died; then he farmed with his son, and all during World War II they sawed lumber for the government. On June 28, 1952, Arnold married Ramond Eisen and in 1953 left the farm.  John continued to farm until 1966 when he passed away; Theresa stayed on the farm until 1969 when it was sold. Theresa died in May of 1980. Arnold is in his 26th year at the Owatonna Tool Company and he and Ramona live on a 40-acre farm in Walcott Township. They have 3 children: Mrs. Alan (Lynne) Minske, Mrs. David (Julie) Kobliska and John William (Bill), and 2 grandchildren--Jason William and Brianna Lynne Minske.
  Person ID	I32155	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	6 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Gunhild Andersdatter,   b. 1834, Norway d. 23 Apr 1909, Rice County, Minnesota (Age 75 years)
  Children	1. Olof O RUDNINGEN,   b. 22 Sep 1856, Minnesota d. 20 Jan 1938, Swift County, Minnesota (Age 81 years)   2. Andrew O RUDNINGEN,   b. Mar 1858, Minnesota d. 23 Nov 1940, Rice County, Minnesota (Age 82 years)   3. Ingebret O RUDNINGEN,   b. 17 Mar 1862, Minnesota d. 21 Dec 1914 (Age 52 years)
  Family ID	F22196	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jul 2025