Sever Olsen NUNDAHL

1861 - 1954  (92 years)

• Name	Sever Olsen NUNDAHL
  Birth	12 Nov 1861	Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
  	The Luster bygdebok, in its description of Kari’s family, says that Sever was from “Ekra under Nundal i Årdal.”
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	1 Jan 1862	Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
  	In the churchbook as Sjur Olssen, son of O. Trondssen N?ndal and Kari Mathiasdatter.
  Occupation	Stone Mason, Farmer
  Vernon County Death Index	V25, P549 As Sever O.
  Death	19 May 1954	Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin
  	Cora’s diary of May 20, 1954, says that she “got message Sever N. passed away.”
  Burial	22 May 1954	North Kickapoo Lutheran Church Cemetery, Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin
  Notes	Born Sjur. Called Sever S. in the 1900 census. Because a Wisconsin Nundahl is a member of the Fjord Heritage Club, Sever’s family may have come from the Årdal and Lærdal region of Sogn and Fjordane fylke, Norway. His obituary said, incorrectly, that Sever was born May 12th. His obituary claims that Sever joined his brothers and sisters in Wisconsin when he was 19 years old. It appears that Sever left Norway on June 1, 1880. The emigration records from Bergen for people from Årdal note a Sjur Olsen Nundal, age 18, unmarried, born in 1862, leaving on the Amerikanske Linie on that date. Sever married Bertha in a “condensed M E ritual” conducted by G. N. Nuzum and witnessed by Sever Bowe and Ida Anderson. Sever’s occupation is shown as “mason” in his marriage record. His obituary also says that Sever was survived by 22 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren. Played the violin at dances. In the 1905 state census, the family is recorded as Sever Nundal, 44, stone mason, Bertha, 36, Carl, 7, Clara, 6, and Tillman, 3. By that time, the family had moved to Franklin Twp. In the 1915 plat book for Vernon County, Sever Nundahl owns the 40 acres to the southwest of the original Claus Bowe homestead. By comparing the 1915 and 1896 plats, it would appear that Sever Nundahl bought the southern half of an 80 (two 40s) that Andrew and Sever Bowe owned in 1896. Sever’s brother, Ole Nundahl, lived not too far from Sever according to the 1920 census. Ole’s children included Martin, Mabel, and another Tilman who was apparently about 2 years older than Sever’s Tilman. The two boys may have spelled their names slightly differently. At the time of the 1930 census, Sever, 66, and Bertha, 62, were living on Black Bottom Road in Franklin Township on the same road as their children and their families. Sever was 31 when he was first married; Bertha was 27. Sever was born in Norway and emigrated in 1889. In the 1940 census (indexed as Memlahl), Sever, Brita, Tilman Oliver, and Tilman’s children lived on a farm on Highway 14. For all of them, it was the same house that they had lived in in 1935. In the 1950 census, he was the 88 year-old widower living with his son Tillman and Tillman’s three children in the town of Franklin, Vernon County. His grandson Sylvan was listed as the head of household. According to the history of the Kickapoo Church, “Sjur Nundal” was a member of the building committee responsible, in 1926, for the building of the basement under the church. Find A Grave contributor Deir claims that “Undoubtedly, Sever was the last living person in the U.S. with a memory of the Ekra farm {in Norway}.” This is probably not true because Sever’s older sister Anna survived him by four years. Sever’s obit said that he had a sister, Mrs. Annie Oren, living in DeForest.
  Person ID	I523	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	6 May 2022

  
  

  Father	Ole Throndsen NUNDAL,   b. 1823, Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
  Mother	Kari Mathiasdatter,   b. Abt 1823, Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway d. 22 Jan 1892, Vernon County, Wisconsin (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	29 Oct 1848	Lærdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
  Family ID	F419	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Brithe (Bertha) BOWE,   b. 28 Sep 1868, Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin d. 16 May 1944, La Crosse County, Wisconsin (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	19 Sep 1896	Vernon County, Wisconsin
  	date according to his obit, confirmed by La Crosse marriage record Vol. 4 p. 66
  Children	1. Carl Obert NUNDAHL,   b. 12 Aug 1897, Soldiers Grove, Crawford County, Wisconsin d. 3 Dec 1968, Vernon County, Wisconsin (Age 71 years)   2. Clara Louise NUNDAHL,   b. 23 Jul 1898, Crawford County, Wisconsin d. 18 Oct 1956, Rock County, Wisconsin (Age 58 years)   3. Tillman Oliver NUNDAHL,   b. 12 Feb 1902, Soldiers Grove, Crawford County, Wisconsin d. 21 Feb 1962, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin (Age 60 years)
  Photos » Slide Show		Sever and Bertha Bowe Nundahl, wedding Probably their wedding picture. They were married in 1895 when Sever was 29 and Bertha 28. The original, a print mounted on board stock, is by J. B. Wiegand, Belle Centre and Soldiers Grove, Wis. The annotation on the back is in pencil and may be by Cora: "Aunt Bertha & Sever Nundahl."
  		Bertha and Sever's Children From about 1903. Carl would be 6, Clara would be 5, and Tilman would be 1-1/2. The faded original is a print mounted on board stock but there is no indication of who the photographer was. The annotation on the back, in pencil and maybe by Cora, is "Carl Clara & Tillman."
  		Cora with Nundahls This is probably taken at the Sever Nundahl home. Probably taken in about 1913, give or take a year. The older man on the left is unknown as is the younger man on the far right and the younger man in overalls in the middle of the picture. The others, from the left, are Tilman, probably Sever, Bertha, Clara, Cora, and Carl. The original is a postcard. No writing on it.
  Family ID	F124	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2009

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Sever and Bertha Bowe Nundahl, wedding Probably their wedding picture. They were married in 1895 when Sever was 29 and Bertha 28. The original, a print mounted on board stock, is by J. B. Wiegand, Belle Centre and Soldiers Grove, Wis. The annotation on the back is in pencil and may be by Cora: "Aunt Bertha & Sever Nundahl."
  		Sever Nundahl May have been taken not long after he arrived in this country. The original is a print mounted on board stock. The photographer was Adlington Studio of Viroqua, Wis. Cora's annotation on the back is "Sever Nundahl Clara's Dad."
  		Sever Nundahl