Ole M ALLNESS

1864 - 1934  (70 years)

• Name	Ole M ALLNESS
  Birth	2 Feb 1864	Gulbrandsdal/Gudbrandsdalen region, Oppland, Norway
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	Vågå, Gudbrandsdal, Oppland, Norway
  	“Vaage church”
  Confirmation	Kors Church, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
  Occupation	Farmer
  Death	5 Feb 1934	La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin
  	at Lutheran Hospital
  Burial	8 Feb 1934	Viroqua Cemetery, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin
  	funeral at Main Street Lutheran Church 2S4
  Notes	Gulbrandsdalen is an area in Norway which encompasses many communities. At the time of the 1900 census, they owned their farm, free of mortgage, in Viroqua, Vernon County. The household consisted of Ole M., 36 (Feb 1864), Mary, 35 (Aug 1864), Magda S., daughter, 9 (Oct 1890), Michael, 6 (Jun 1893), Carrie J., 5 (Aug 1894), Petra, daughter, 3 (Aug 1896), Conrad, 2 (Jul 1897), and Ragna, daughter, 1 (Apr 1899). Mary had had 7 children, 6 still living, and she and Ole had been married for 11 years. Although the Alnesses are shown as living on a farm, the families on either side of them on the census form are shown as living in houses, not farms. Ole emigrated in 1881 according to the 1900 census. Confirmed in his obit which says that he emigrated at age 17. In the 1905 state census, the household is in Franklin, Vernon County and was recorded as: Ole M Alness, 41, Marie, 40, Magna S, 14, Mikkel, 12, Carrie, 10, Petra, 8, Connard, 7, Alfred, 4, Halvor, 2, Ragna, 1, Ole Ostrem, 22, servant, and Susanna Bolstad, 60, widow, mother in law. Ole is renting his farm which is not too far from the Clouse Bowe farm. In the 1910 census, the family is in Franklin Twp. The household consists of Ole M., 46, Mary A., 45, Michael, 16, Carrie S. or G., 15, Peter A., son, 13, Conrad, 12, Alfred, 9, Halvor C., 6, Ragna A., 5, Mary C., 4, Susanna Bolstad, mother in law, 65, and Ole Bolsted, hired man, 32. The children were all born in Wisconsin, everyone else was born in Norway. Mary has had 11 children, 9 still living, and Susanna had 3 children, only one still living. Ole and Mary had been married for 20 years. Ole owns his farm, free of mortgage. Ole M. came to this country in 1881 and was a naturaized citizen. Susanna came to this country in 1865 or 1868. Ole Bolsted came to this country in 1904 and was still an alien. Nothing is mentioned regarding Mary’s emigration. In the 1915 Vernon County plat book, O. M. Alness’s farm is spread over three sections but is predominantly in Section 20, about 2 miles west and one mile north of the Bowe farm. In the 1896 plat book, Ole Alness owned a 40 in Section 29 and a landlocked “back 40” in Section 20. By the time of the 1915 plat book, we can see that Ole Alness had purchased several intervening parcels to connect his two 40s. He may have had perhaps many unsuccessful negotiations with Christine Fladhammer because he would have had a much easier time consolidating his parcels if he could have purchased even a few of her acres. The reason that the she would not have been amenable to such a transaction is that her house was in the way and a consolidating sale to Ole Alness would have left either her house disconnected from the rest of her land or else landlocked from the road. So, between 1896 and 1915, Ole Alness acquired property (a total of 170 acres) from C. P. Bolstad (Ole being married to Peder Bolstad’s daughter probably helped there), O. S. Henry, N. O. Bowman, and D. F. Tainter to consolidate those two original 40s. His address in 1918, according to his son Conrad’s draft registration card, was Route 5, Viroqua. Conrad spelled his father’s name as Ole Allness. In the 1920 census, the family is still in Franklin township. The household consists of Ole M., 56, Mary 55, Madgda, 29, Michael, 26, Carrie, 25, Petra, 23, Conrad, 21, Alfred, 19, Ragna, 17, Halvor, 15, Cornelia, 13, and Susana Bolstad, 76. Ole M. and Mary were both naturalized as citizens in 1911. Magda is a stenographer for a railroad office and Carrie is a public school teacher. In the 1930 census, Ole’s farm is shown to be on Liberty Pole and (or?) Viroqua Road in Franklin township. The family consists of Ole, 66, Marie, 65, Petra, 33, Conrad, 31, Alfred, 28, and Halvor, 27. Petra is shown as a housekeeper in a private home.
  Person ID	I4347	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2009

  
  

  Father	Michael ALNESS   d. Unknown
  Mother	Mari   d. Norway
  Family ID	F3633	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna Maria (Mary) BOLSTAD,   b. 27 Aug 1864, Luster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway d. 4 Jan 1932, Vernon County, Wisconsin (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	24 May 1889	La Crosse County, Wisconsin
  Children	1. Magda S ALNESS,   b. Oct 1890, Wisconsin d. 1920 (Age 29 years)   2. ALNESS   d. Bef 1900   3. Michael O ALLNESS,   b. 24 Jun 1893, Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin d. 14 Mar 1975, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin (Age 81 years)   4. Carrie J ALNESS,   b. 13 Aug 1894, Wisconsin d. Jul 1985, Iowa (Age 90 years)   5. Petra O ALNESS,   b. 28 Aug 1896, Wisconsin d. 19 Aug 1973, Los Angeles County, California (Age 76 years)   6. Conrad ALNESS,   b. 31 Jul 1897, Wisconsin d. 14 Feb 1967, Vernon County, Wisconsin (Age 69 years)   7. Ragna ALNESS,   b. Apr 1899, Wisconsin d. Bef 1910 (Age < 10 years)   8. Alfred P ALNESS,   b. 1901   d. 22 Mar 1964, Vernon County, Wisconsin (Age 63 years)   9. Halvor Christopher ALLNESS,   b. 30 Jun 1904, Liberty Pole, Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin d. 26 Oct 1969, Spring Coulee, Cashton, Monroe County, Wisconsin (Age 65 years)   10. Ragna A ALLNESS,   b. 4 Aug 1905, Vernon County, Wisconsin d. 6 Mar 1970, Los Angeles County, California (Age 64 years)   11. Mary Cornelia ALLNESS,   b. 26 Oct 1907, Wisconsin d. 15 May 1983, Los Angeles County, California (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F3447	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Apr 2007