Ivar Olsson MYHRE

1833 - 1905  (71 years)

• Name	Ivar Olsson MYHRE
  Birth	29 Sep 1833	Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  Gender	Male
  Death	8 May 1905	Iowa
  Notes	Emigrated in 1857. From IowaGenWeb, a contribution by Ruth M Hackett: I. O. Myhre a Pioneer of High Lake Township is Dead. I. O. Myhre, a pioneer of Emmet county who settled in High Lake township in the year of 1865, and has been a resident of the county ever since, passed away to his reward Monday afternoon. Mr. Myhre was in his usual health up to the time of his death. He was aged about 71 years and leaves a wife and eight children to mourn his loss. He came to this country and took up a homestead in the year above designated and through all the vicissitudes of pioneer life went steadily on his way, making for himself and family a home to be proud of. He has raised a family of sons and daughters who take their places among the best people of the county. Always a sturdy, honest and upright citizen he has accumulated a competency for himself and wife and has been able to give his boys and girls material assistance in getting started in the world. The funeral will be held from the home in High Lake township, Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock conducted by Rev. Strand of the Norwegian Lutheran church, of which church he has been a lifelong member, and interment will take place in the Lutheran cemetery. Iver was a son of Ole Trondsen Myhre and Dorthe Ivarsdatter Thune of Vang, Valdres, Norway. Iver came on a sailing vessel to America and went to Valders, Wisconsin, where his sister Marit and husband, the Rier Riersons. were living. On October 3, 1861, he joined Company G of the 15th Wisconsin Infantry. He was wounded in a battle at Kenesaw Mountain in Georgia and taken to a hospital in Washington, D.C. Gangrene had set in his wound. When he was well enough he was transferred to a hospital in Madison, Wisconsin. He was discharged on January 13, 1865 and continued his recuperation at the home of his sister, Ambjor, in Decorah. That spring he decided to go to Emmet county and walked 125 miles to get there. He filed a homestead claim on the southwest quarter of Section 28 in High Lake township. He returned to Manitowoc, Wisconsin and married Anne Berge in August, 1865, at the First Lutheran Church there. In September he and his bride, accompanied by his brother, Andrew and wife and baby, arrived in Emmet county. Iver and Anne's first child, Dorthea Marie, was born December 1, 1866. Seven more children were born; they were Oliver, Oscar, Martin, Caroline, Albert, Henry, Emma, Annie, Theodore and Emma. Iver died of a heart attack at the age of 72 years and 7 months.
  Person ID	I35313	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2025

  
  

  Father	Ola Trondsson MYHRE,   b. 1802   d. 1843 (Age 41 years)
  Mother	Dorte Ivarsdatter TUNE,   b. 1805   d. 1893 (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F24144	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anne Ovesdatter BERGE,   b. 16 Feb 1844, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 24 Jan 1928, Iowa (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	Aug 1865
  Children	1. Martin MYHRE,   b. 25 Dec 1872, Iowa d. 5 Oct 1949, Iowa (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F24145	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2025