Anders Jensen TOSO

1850 - 1933  (83 years)

• Name	Anders Jensen TOSO
  Birth	1 Jan 1850	Jevnaker, Hadeland, Oppland, Norway
  Gender	Male
  Minnesota Death Certificate	1933-MN-011024
  Death	31 Jan 1933	Otter Tail County, Minnesota
  Burial	South Immanuel Lutheran Church, Rothsay, Otter Tail County, Minnesota
  Notes	Other First Name: Anders Jenson Could not find him and his family in the 1880 census despite a person-by-person search of Norwegian Grove, Trondhjem, Prairie View, and Rothsay townships. There was an Anders Jensen or Jansen with wife Marie of the right age late in the Trondhjem pages but they had no children. Anders and family lived on a farm that he owned, with a mortgage, in Trondhjem Twp, Otter Tail County, in the 1900 census. Anders had come to the U.S. in 1868. (That is also the immigration date shown in the 1910 census.) A 60 year-old widower living with his son Anders in the 1910 census. In the 1930 census, he is an 80 year-old widower living with his daughter Mabel Fredrickson and family. A history of Anders from his obit: He came to the U.S. in 1867 and settled in Decorah, Iowa, for 2 years. He left in a covered wagon and “landed” in Trondhjeim Twp, Otter Tail County, in June, 1871, where he and his father each took 160 acre homesteads in Section 29. They lived in dugouts for three years until Anders built a “good-sized log house” on his place. His parents lived in that house until their deaths. Anders lived on the farm until 1914 when he moved to Pelican Rapids to live with his daughter, Mabel Fredrickson. Anders had been blind for three years when he died.
  Person ID	I9449	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2008

  
  

  Father	Jens Torgerson TOSO,   b. 29 May 1818, Jevnaker, Hadeland, Oppland, Norway d. 15 May 1903, Rothsay, Otter Tail County, Minnesota (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Ingeborg Andersdatter GRYMYR,   b. 9 Dec 1816, Gran, Hadeland, Oppland, Norway d. 29 Aug 1897, Rothsay, Otter Tail County, Minnesota (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	9 Jan 1841	Gran, Hadeland, Oppland, Norway
  Family ID	F7272	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Johanna Marie Petersdatter MITBO,   b. 3 Jun 1856, Østre Toten, Oppland, Norway d. 21 Oct 1907, Rothsay, Otter Tail County, Minnesota (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	9 Jul 1875	South Immanuel Lutheran Church, Rothsay, Otter Tail County, Minnesota
  Children	1. Ole Martin TOSO,   b. 19 Mar 1873, Rothsay, Otter Tail County, Minnesota d. 26 Aug 1956, Rothsay, Otter Tail County, Minnesota (Age 83 years)   2. Ida Caroline TOSO,   b. 25 Oct 1875, Rothsay, Otter Tail County, Minnesota d. 27 Nov 1953, Benson County, North Dakota (Age 78 years)   3. Pauline Jensine TOSO,   b. 21 Aug 1877, Otter Tail County, Minnesota d. 2 Nov 1971, Columbus, Burke County, North Dakota (Age 94 years)   4. Anna Mathilda TOSO,   b. 29 Aug 1879, Otter Tail County, Minnesota d. 23 Apr 1880, Otter Tail County, Minnesota (Age 0 years)   5. Anna Mathilda TOSO,   b. 25 Aug 1881, Otter Tail County, Minnesota d. 22 Oct 1972, Faribault, Rice County, Minnesota (Age 91 years)   6. Christine H TOSO,   b. 24 Feb 1884, Otter Tail County, Minnesota d. 21 Mar 1966, Hot Springs, Fall River County, South Dakota (Age 82 years)   7. Alfred A TOSO,   b. 9 Jun 1886, Otter Tail County, Minnesota d. 8 Feb 1975, Clay County, Minnesota (Age 88 years)   8. Lena TOSO,   b. 8 Nov 1888, Otter Tail County, Minnesota d. 8 Apr 1978, Otter Tail County, Minnesota (Age 89 years)   9. John TOSO,   b. 15 Feb 1891, Otter Tail County, Minnesota d. 18 May 1977, Stevens County, Minnesota (Age 86 years)   10. Mabel Alma TOSO,   b. 17 Aug 1897, Otter Tail County, Minnesota d. 2 Aug 1987, Everett, Snohomish County, Washington (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F7316	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2007