Thorsten KVÅLE

1867 - 1946  (79 years)

• Name	Thorsten KVÅLE
  Birth	11 Jan 1867	Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  	California death record shows his birthdate as 17 Jan 1866
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	7 Apr 1867	Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  Occupation	Carpenter
  Death	4 Jun 1946	Los Angeles County, California
  Burial	Inglewood Park Cemetery, Los Angeles County, California
  Notes	Of Skjelhaugen Kvåle 38/9 according to Trudy. One of his baptismal sponsors was Marit Helgesdatter Ellingbö (2911). The Vang parish emigration record shows him leaving for “St. Paul” in April of 1890. He departed Liverpool on 30 Apr 1890, bound for New York. The St. Paul city directory for 1889-91 records him boarding at 288 Williams. His occupation is “turner.” He (as Thorsten Quale) and Randi and family lived in Northfield in the 1900 census. Thorsten was a cabinet maker. He came to the U.S. in 1890, his wife in 1889. Randi has had 5 children, 4 still living. The 1899 Northfield city directory shows that he is Thorstein Kvalle, a cabinet maker for the firm of Ferguson & Richardson, and that his address is WATER 3 S OF 8 ST. In 1903, he is Thorstein L. Kvalle, still in Northfield, living at 812 E. Water. His occupation is carpenter. In the 1905 state census, he and his family still live in Northfield. In a 1911 land ownership map of Hickory Twp, Red Lake County, T T Kvale owns a 160 acre parcel, the southeast quarter of Section 17. He is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books), as “Thorstein T Kvale” of Rudell, Minnesota. He was a member of the Samband between 1902 and 1916. The family still lived in Rudell, Minnesota, at the time of Harald’s death in 1918. He and his family lived in Hickory Twp, Pennington County, Minnesota, in the 1920 census. Hannah, Theresa, Ragna, Rudolph, Olaf, and Agnes were still at home. He and his wife lived in Glenwood, Oregon, at the time of their daughter Theresa’s death in January of 1936. The California death record shows his birth date as 17 Jan 1866. His obit in the Los Angeles Times on 7 Jun 1946 referred to him as a retired contractor and builder who resided at 1202 Wexham Way. His surviving daughters were Mrs. Herb Krauch, Mrs. Marie Leffingwell, Mrs. Val Tubor, Mrs. Roy Foster, and Mrs. Bertha Sybilrud.
  Person ID	I5752	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Tosten Helgesson QVALE,   b. 1832, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 1921, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Berit Gulbrandsdatter ØYLO,   b. 1838, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 1915, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F4798	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rande Iversdatter ELLINGBOE,   b. 10 Oct 1869, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 5 Apr 1956, Butte County, California (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	14 Mar 1891	Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	as Thorsten T Kvali and Randi T Ellingbo according to MOMS; Trinity Lutheran in Minneapolis according to ELCA; March 14th is the date of the marriage license
  Children	1. Thorsten Albert KVALE,   b. 6 Sep 1891, Minnesota d. 24 Feb 1973, Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona (Age 81 years)   2. Bertha KVALE,   b. 7 Feb 1893, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 5 Sep 1977, San Bernardino County, California (Age 84 years)   3. Ragna O KVALE,   b. Feb 1895, Minnesota d. 20 Dec 1907, Red Lake County, Minnesota (Age 12 years)   4. Olaf Edward KVALE,   b. Abt Oct 1896   d. 9 Jan 1898 (Age 1 year)   5. Olaf Edward KVALE,   b. 26 Sep 1898, Minnesota d. 29 Jul 1987, Butte County, California (Age 88 years)   6. Marie Sigrid KVALE,   b. 6 Oct 1900, Rice County, Minnesota d. 25 Dec 2001, Alhambra, Los Angele County, California (Age 101 years)   7. Hannah G KVALE,   b. 4 Dec 1902, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota d. 20 Dec 2005, Beaumont, Riverside County, California (Age 103 years)   8. Harald Aslak KVALE,   b. 6 Feb 1905, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota d. 29 Dec 1918, Thief River Falls, Pennington County, Minnesota (Age 13 years)   9. Ruth Theresia KVALE,   b. 8 Oct 1907, Equality Twp, Red Lake County, Minnesota d. 24 Jan 1936, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri (Age 28 years)   10. Rudolph Oliver KVALE,   b. 15 May 1909, Hickory Twp, Pennington County, Minnesota d. 13 Jan 1959, San Francisco County, California (Age 49 years)   11. Ragna Olina KVALE,   b. 19 Jul 1911, Red Lake County, Minnesota d. 26 Aug 1977, Los Angeles County, California (Age 66 years)   12. Agnes Valborg KVALE,   b. 31 Dec 1913, Hickory Twp, Pennington County, Minnesota d. 24 Jan 2001, California (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F4542	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Dec 2018