Ingrid Vilhelmsdatter BAGGETHUN

Notes:

There are two opinions on who her parents were, both expressed in the Vang A bygdebok. The records in Digitalarkivet purport to include Ingrid’s birth in 1758. However, they are not legible or comprehensible to any but the most experienced researcher.

1) Shown here: Jim’s VS calls her Ingrid Vilhjølmsdtr Ellingbø (1758-1780) and says that her parents were Vilhjølm Andrisson Baggetun (1720-1787) and Guri Torleivsdatter Møsåker (1728-1763). This is consistent with p. 594 of the bygdebok. It is also consistent with Guri’s mother being named Ingrid.

Jim’s notes on her in VS: Frøholm har to sett foreldre på henne, men det mest sansynlige er at dette er de riktige foreldrene. Men han har ført henne opp som datter til Vilhjølm Jonsen Baggetun og Velgjerd Jonsdtr Ellingbø også (se Frøhom side 611) I Kirkeboka står det at hun bodde på Baggetun da hun døde.

2) As suggested in the notes above, the Vang A bygdebok also says, on p. 611, that her parents were Vilhjølm Jonsen Baggetun (1736-1768) and Velgjerd Jonsdatter Ellingbø (1732-1805). THIS ALTERNATIVE IS SHOWN AS 11081 AND 11085.

Jim’s Ellingboe tree is silent on her parents.

Died:
Søyne 50/

Ingrid married Simon Knutsson BAGETUN (SØYNE) in 1778. Simon was born about 1747; died in 1827 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Søyne 50/

Died:
Lajord 51/2 Øvre

Guri married Ivar Knutsen LAJORD in 1814. Ivar (son of Knut Ivarsen TUNE and Anne Thomasdatter SYNDROL) was born in 1788 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1836. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Guri married Torstein Torsteinson LAJORD in 1797. Torstein (son of Torstein Embriksen SØYNE and Marit Bjørnsdatter KATTEVOLD) was born in 1760 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1812 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In Jim’s VS he is Knut Ivarsen Lajord, I4853.

In the marriage record for his son Lars, he is called Knud Iversen Tvedt.

In the 1865 census, he was Knud Iversen, age 48, a husmand med jord on Tveith in Hurum. His wife was Randi Larsdatter, age 51.

Jim’s notes in VS:

Han forpaktet først prestegården, før hn giftet seg med Randi og kom til nørre Ellingbøhaugen. I 1865 flyttet de til Høludn under Tveit, senere utskilt som Tveitholene øvre 90/8.

Called Knut Iversson Ellingboe at the time of Randi’s birth in 1863.

Called Knut Lajord in the 1925 Iowa census.

Birth:
Lajord 51/2 Øvre

Died:
Tveitholene 90/8 Øvre

Knud married Randi Larsdatter ELLINGBÖ on 30 Jun 1846 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Randi (daughter of Lars Michelson KRØSSHAUG and Randi Evensdatter ELLINGBØ) was born on 29 Apr 1815 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1895 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anne married Andris Olsen LUND in 1835. Andris (son of Ola Andrisson LUND and Marta Vilhelmsdotter ELTUN) was born in 1809; died in 1840. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Kristoffer Eivindsson BØ. Kristoffer was born in 1807. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Lajord 51/2 Øvre

Family/Spouse: Ingebjørg Thomasdatter NETRØST. Ingebjørg (daughter of Thomas Madsen NETRØST and Berit Andrisdatter TUNE) was born in 1804 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1886 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Although she was married to Sjugurd Eivindson from 1823 until, presumably, his death in 1851, and had several children with him throughout this period, she also found time to have a child, Ingrid Endresdatter, in 1836 with Endre Jonsen Nefstad.

Birth:
Lajord 51/2 Øvre

Family/Spouse: Endre Jonsen NEFSTAD. Endre (son of Jon Knutsen NEFSTAD and Marit Endresdatter LIEN) was born in 1803 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ingrid married Syver Evensen REMMISBREKKUN on 4 Nov 1823 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Syver was born on 1 Feb 1795 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1851. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang C, p. 295.

Birth:
Lajord 51/1

Died:
Myre 103/ Høre

Simen married Marit Torsteinsdatter MYRE in 1835. Marit (daughter of Torstein Nilsen KVIE and Marit Knutsdatter VEFLEN) was born in 1806 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ragnhild Ovesdatter KVAM. Ragnhild (daughter of Ove Jonsson KATTEVØL and Maren Torsteinsdatter) was born in 1794 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1878. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 10 Nov 1850, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Not included in Jim’s VS as a child of Knut and Randi.

Not listed with her parents and siblings on Tveith in the 1865 census.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 25 Dec 1857, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 26 May 1872, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

The bygdebok (Vang C, p. 39) calls him Lars Knutson Tveit (Hølo, f. på Ellingbøhauge), “Lars på Vøllo.”

His marriage record shows he was born on Ellingböe and lived on Tvedt at the time of his marriage.

Birth:
date from his marriage record

Baptism:
date from his marriage record

Confirmation:
Hurum, date from his marriage record

Lars married Randi Jøgersdatter ELLINGBØE on 22 Nov 1880 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Randi (daughter of Jöger Jögersen FLATEN and Randi Helgesdotter ELLINGBØE) was born on 28 Dec 1850 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Jan 1864, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Not included in Jim’s VS as a child of Knut and Randi. She is shown, as age 2, with her parents on Tveith in the 1865 census.

Called “Mrs. Rosa”, age 32, in the 1895 Iowa state census.

In the 1900 census, she was shown as having had 8 children, 7 still alive. In 1910, those numbers were 8 and 8.

Randi married Ole O MOEN in 1883. Ole (son of Ole Asbjornson PRESTEGARDEN and Randi Helgesdotter ELLINGBØE) was born on 23 Sep 1861 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1942; was buried in Deer Creek Lutheran Church Cemetery, Carpenter, Mitchell County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ingeleiv Kristoffersdatter NORDLAND. Ingeleiv (daughter of Kristoffer Pålsson NORDLAND and Ambjørg Nilsdatter STELE) was born in 1829; died in 1898. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang A, p. 555. His liaison with Berit Ellingboe, and subsequent child, is not mentioned in this bygdebok entry. For that, you must go to the top of p. 596.

Family/Spouse: Berit ELLINGBÖ. Berit (daughter of Tollef Oleson ELLINGBÖ and Marit Jøgersdatter QUAM) was born on 24 May 1853 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 15 Apr 1932 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Lajord 51/2 Øvre

Family/Spouse: Kristoffer Torsteinson KVÅLE. Kristoffer (son of Torstein Kristoffersen KVÅLE and Ingebjørg Nilsdatter GRØV) was born in 1816 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1885 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 6 Mar 1842, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He is I6862 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes:

Thomas was a teacher in Hamar in 1859.

He emigrated in the spring of 1870, crossing the North Sea on the feeder ship Scotia and then crossed the Atlantic on the Anglia. He arrived in Northfield on 7 May 1870. He stayed in Goodhue County until September and then moved to Dakota County.

Han var "skrivar" for senator Knute Nelson. De bodde i Minneapolis. De hadde barna: Ingeborg Marie, Clara (ugift) og Carie gift med guvernøren i Nord Dakota, Normann Brunsdale.

I boka "Fever Saga" av Robert Lloyd Lee" om Opdalsslekten står det om Trond Helgesen Opdal: Berit was not only concerned about feeding and clothing the bodies of her children. She was an unusual woman for her day as her father had allowed her to learn to read and write. And now she wanted the same for her sons and daughters. She taught them as much as she could by herself. And then she was able to secure a travelling teacher named Tomas Lajord to come and spend a few weeks at the farm and serve as tutor. He was a bright and pleasant young man, and the children enjoyed having him in the home. It was not all work with him, either, unlike some teachers, for he took time to play with his pupils, too. Sometimes the antics of the younger ones even brought a smile to Berit's face. A special concern at this time was to prepare Trond for confirmation. Pastor Konow was a stern taskmaster, and it was his custom to come up from Vang and visit each farm where there were young people. Then he would examine them one by one, and all were required to know the answers from Pontoppidan's catechism by heart. Tomas drilled Trond with the questions and answers over and over. And the pastor was satisfied with the results when he visited the Opdal farm. "Trond is ready for confirmation."

"Valdres Samband expanded its stevne to two days in 1903, arranging the gjestebø for the evening of Saturday, September 5, and then continuing with the regular open-air reunion the following day. Thomas Lajord was at this time removed from any position of influence in Samband, a shift in leadership due mainly to a developing antagonism between him and the other leaders of the society."

He was the first president of the Valdres Samband. It was his letter in the “Nordvesten” in February of 1899 that called the Valdris people in the Twin Cities to assemble of a spring stevne.

From the History of Steele & Waseca Counties, 1887, cited in the Dalby Database:

Thomas Lajord is a native of Norway, born February 26, 1842. He was educated for a teacher, and being a Lutheran, was confirmed at Hamarstiff in 1857, and that year attended school to complete his education for his life work as teacher. He began his career in his native land January 10, 1859, and followed teaching there until April 4, 1870, when he immigrated to America and landed at New York. Ten days after his arrival he came to Goodhue County, this State, and from there to Dakota County, where he occupied his time in teaching until 1875, when he came to this county and purchased forty acres of land on section 12, New Richland Township, where he still resides. He held the position of teacher and choir leader in the church here until 1885, when some of the members thinking that he was too outspoken in his manner in regard to his views as to the way Christian people should live, and dissensions creeping into the church, he resigned his stewardship. June 26, 1869, Thomas Lajord and Maren Kattvold were united in marriage, and they have been the parents of four children: Thorstein, born October 27, 1876; Ingeborg, June 6, 1879; Clara, July 8, 1882, and Hannah, March 3, 1887. Mrs. Lajord is a native of Norway, born December 24, 1850, and with her husband is a consistent member of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Lajord was the doorkeeper in the Legislature at the session of 1887. He is an upright Christian and a worthy citizen.

Thomas married Maren Trondsdatter KATTEVOLD on 26 Jun 1869 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Maren (daughter of Trond Jonsen KATTEVOLD and Maren Bøyesdatter WANGENSTEEN) was born on 24 Dec 1850 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 12 Sep 1933 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Lajord 51/

Died:
Erroneously indexed in Minnesota Deaths as Thorstine T Laford.

Family/Spouse: Margrethe Håvardsdatter LAJORD. Margrethe (daughter of Håvard Larson HEEN and Margrete Sigurdsdatter LAJORD) was born in 1830 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Torstein married Anne Gudbrandsdatter ØYLO about Mar 1856 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Anne (daughter of Gudbrand Olson ØYLO and Marit Gudmundsdatter REMME) was born in 1834 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 1 Feb 1914 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Northfield City Cemetery, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Lajord 51/

Ingrid married Torgeir Nilsen DALÅKER on 11 May 1867 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Torgeir (son of Nils Kristofferson DALÅKER and Margrethe Torgeirsdatter ELTUN) was born in 1842 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 14 Apr 1885 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Brekka 68/1 (Remmisbrekkun)

Notes:

Birth:
Remmensbrækken

Family/Spouse: Anfin Olsen ØDEGÅRD. Anfin (son of Ola DY Knutsen ØDEGÅRD and Kari Arnfinnsdatter HAGASTRØND) was born on 27 May 1821 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 4 Sep 1883 in Hamlin County, South Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Myre 103/1 Høre

Family/Spouse: Kristoffer Torsteinson KJØS. Kristoffer (son of Torstein Knutsen KJØS and Marit Evensdatter ELLINGBÖ) was born on 30 Oct 1829 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is Jon Simensen Kattevold, I1962, in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s extensive notes on him in VS:

Han var gårdsgutt på Kattevold før han dro til USA Dette må være Vangs største rundbrenner på den tiden. Han fikk minst 10 barn med seks forskjellige jenter, før han giftet seg med en av dem i 1865. I USA kalte han seg John Simmons (etter farens navn Simen).

I bladet ".................." fra 1865,(se faksimile), står det etter min omsetting: "En norsk Don Juan! Under en straffesak mot den 37 år gamle Jon Simonsen Kattevold, som er inderst i Vang prestegjeld, blir det opplyst at han har fått 10 uekte barn med 6 forskjellige piker. Under forhøret forklarte tiltalte at pikene, "meget ofte kom til Kattevold , både om dagen og om aftenen for å fa fatt i ham". De trakterte han ofte med brennevin og lokket ham deretter til å ha legemlig omgang med dem. Når disse piker har kommet til Kattevold samtidig, har det ofte hendt at de har kommet i klammeri og slagsmål seg i mellom om førsteretten til ham. Da tiltalte har et godt utseende og til og med er flink til å danse og har lett for å omgås "fruentimmer" har det vært nesten umulig for ham å klare å stå imot så mange forelskede piker. Lagrette erklærte at den var fullkomment bekjent med at tiltaltes forklaring var riktig. Tiltale, som tidligere var straffet fordi han hadde avlet 4 uekte barn, erklærte straks at det var hans hensikt å ekte den siste av hans elskerinner og han fikk også utsatt rettsaken en tid slik at han skulle få mulighet til å fullbyrde ekteskapet . Da rettet ble satt på nytt erklærte han at det fortsatt var hans hensikt å gifte seg, men han hadde kommet til at han først ville sone den straff han måtte bli dømt til. (Selv om retten hadde stor forståelse for at han var blitt fristet over evne , kom den likevel til at han måtte dømmes og han fikk 2 års straffearbeid for sin umoralske oppførsel, i rettsreferatet heter det videre): Etter at han ved Overretten var dømt til 2 års straffearbeid, ble det kjent at han hadde henvendt seg til soknepresten for å bli gift, men soknepresten var ikke villig til å vie ham før han hadde hørt "den Geistlige Overøvrighetsens" (Biskopens ) mening om saken. Presten hadde også forsøkt å overtale piken til ikke å gifte seg med Jon Simonsen Kattevold. Presten hadde forklart at om hun, i sin unge alder, ville kaste seg i denne ryggesløse mannens favn, da ville hun atskille seg enda me r fra sin Gud enn det som alt var skjedd. Pike hadde gråtende svart presten at hun heller ville lide den første straff enn den siste.

Etter at saken ble anken til høyesterett, la Jon Simensen Kattevold fram en attest som viste at ekteskapet var fullbyrdet. Etter lovens ord ble tiltalte der med fritatt for straff."

John Bruce Simmons skriver om ham: Born John Simonsen Kattevold. Born at Qvam, baptized at Vang on Dec. 23, 1826. Kattevold farm is near the town of Vang, Valdres, Norway. Emigrated with wife and four children in 1871. John Simonson Kuttevold [sic] became a naturalized citizen on March 16, 1886 (copy of Clerk of District Court's certification - dated Sept. 17, 1921). Purportedly, this was also the name used on the transfer of property to his son Nels. Gertrude and Anna were born before parents married. Vang baptismal records show the parents of all four children as John Simonsen Kattevold and Gjertrud Nilsdatter Myhre. For the girls John is listed as a bachelor and Gjertrud was listed as a maiden.

The records further list the births as her first and second "indiscretions". However, They are shown as John's eighth and tenth!

However, by 1886 the family had anglicized the name to Simons. Two books in the possession of Ruth (Simmons) Schroeder bear inscriptions by his son:

American Educational Reader - "John J. Simons Northwood, Iowa Oct. 2, 1886"

Thompson's Teacher's Examiner (copywrite 1886) - "Christmas present from uncle G. N. Troe John J Simons Silver Lake Worth, Iowa 1888" Interestingly, on the same page the book has been stamped five times with the rubber stamp "John J Simmons".

My feeling is that the second "m" was added to shorten the "i" and make the name conform more to the Norwegian pronunciation of Simon.

Ruth Schroeder has three earlier books, which suggest an intermediate step in the Americanization of the family name:

A history book (copy write 1857) has the written names "Anna Johnson" and "John Johnson"

An arithmetic book has "Nels Johnson' written in it.

A reader is inscribed "Nels Johnson" and "John Johnson".

Note that Anna uses Johnson as opposed to "datter". Family tradition holds that both John and Nels had no middle name and took a middle initial to be more American. I submit now that the initial "J" is for Johnson. Compare to Knut N. and Nel s N. Troe, whose father was Nils. The arithmetic book mentioned above also contains the name O. T. Nelson Troe and may a hand-me-down from a cousin.

His and Gjertrud's tombstone bears the inscription "GRAV IKKE HAN HVILER - HAN ER IKKE DOD MEN SOVER" Roughly, He reposes not (in the) grave. He is not dead, but sleeping." Bildet er av Jon, Gjertrud Nilsdtr og barna deres.

According to Trudy, he was “a Norse Don Juan.” Had at least 12 children with 5 different women, at least three of whom he was not married to.

Finally married Gjartrud Nilsdatter Myre. The couple and their four children emigrated to the U.S. in about 1870 and took the name Simmons.

Birth:
Kvam 53/ according to Jim.

Family/Spouse: Anne Endrisdatter BAGGETHUN. Anne (daughter of Endre Johnson ELLINGBØ and Margrethe Thomasdatter) was born on 14 Apr 1829 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ambjørg Kristoffersdatter KATTEVOLD. Ambjørg (daughter of Kristoffer Bøyesen KATTEVOLD and Velgjerd Jonsdatter KATTEVOLD) was born in 1830 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 6 Apr 1882, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

His baptismal sponsors were: Ingeborg Knudsdatter Hagen, Knud somebody Tvedt, Ole Olsen Tvedt, Randi Knudsdatter Tveit, and Marit Nielsdatter Rogn.

According to his Iowa death certificate, he died from “either cerebral hemorrhage or a thrombosis.” Contributing to his death was high blood pressure. He had a hemiplegia (paralysis of one side of his body). His parents were Lars Moen and Rande Ellingboe, both born in Norway, his wife was Gyda (the informant), he had been a tailor by occupation, and he was to be buried at Sunset Rest on the 22nd.

Vang C, p. 39 says that he left for Amerika from Bergen in 1906. He had a son with Ragndi Olsdatter (b. 1886) named Ola in 1904 and another son with Barbro Olsdatter Haugane (b. 1882) named Olav in 1906.

Baptism:
Hurum

Family/Spouse: Gyda Elise ANDERSON. Gyda was born on 30 Oct 1899 in Worth County, Iowa; died on 15 Jan 1967 in Worth County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He registered for the draft in Northwood, Iowa, on September 12, 1918. He was a farmer in Carpenter, Mitchel County, Iowa. He gave his nearest relative as Mrs. Ole Moen so he was probably married at the time. He was described as of medium height and build with light blue eyes and light brown hair.

A farmer in Deer Creek Twp in the 1930 census.

In the 1940 census, he was a 56 year-old widower living in Deer Creek Twp in the home of his parents and his brother Alvin. Also living in the household was Ole’s 15 year-old daughter Ruth.

Died:
SSDI last residence

Ole married Clara O HAGEN on 6 Jul 1916 in Waseca County, Minnesota. Clara was born about 1884 in Minnesota; died in 1934; was buried in Deer Creek Lutheran Church Cemetery, Carpenter, Mitchell County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not listed with her parents in the 1910 census.

Notes:

Single and living at home in the 1910 census.

Not listed with her parents in the 1920 census.

Notes:

Single and living at home in the 1910 census.

Not listed with her parents in the 1920 census.

Notes:

Single and living at home in the 1920 census. She is shown as a teacher at a college.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1936-MN-022946

Notes:

He registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Northwood, Iowa. He was tall and of medium build with grey eyes and light hair.

Single and living at home in the 1920 census.

Farming in Deer Creek Twp in the 1930 census. His brother Alvin lives with him.

CARL MOEN FUNERAL IS HELD AT DEER CREEK

Carpenter – Funeral services for Carl Moen, 37, who died Thursday, were held at Deer Creek N. L. church Saturday with the Rev. Olaf Langhough in charge.

The mixed quartet sang two selections.

Burial was at the cemetery adjoining the church.

Mr. Moen is survived by his wife and two young sons, his parents, Mr. and Mrs Ole Moen, four sisters and three brothers.


Mason City Globe Gazette, Monday July 20, 1936



Carl Moen was born June 13, 1898 in Iowa, the son of Ole and Rose Moen. He married Sylvia Anne Smith, the daughter of Clinton Wilson Smith and Amanda Emma( Kanke) Smith.

Carl died on July 30, 1936 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. (Minnesota death index)

After Carl's death, his wife Sylvia married Albert Edgar Brunsvold. He died May 5, 1965.
 
 

Carl married Sylvia Anne SMITH about 1924. Sylvia was born on 15 Sep 1905 in Iowa; died on 2 Sep 1990; was buried in Deer Creek Lutheran Church Cemetery, Carpenter, Mitchell County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Called Andrew in the 1900 census. Single and living at home in the 1920 census.

Single and living with brother Carl and his family in the 1930 census.

In the 1940 census, he was single and listed as the head of household for the Moen family farm in Deer Creek Twp.

Notes:

Single and living with his parents in Northwood in the 1930 census.

He was the last surviving sibling and the only one to survive Ole. The others must have died before 1972.

Died:
Good Samaritan Center in St. Ansgar

Family/Spouse: Amolia (Molly) CHRISTIANSEN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang A, p. 844-845.

Family/Spouse: Guri Iversdatter SYNDROL. Guri (daughter of Ivar Ivarsson SONDROL and Marith Einersdatter HEEN) was born in 1865 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 9 Jan 1876, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Seems to be Skore in the July 2, 1892, emigration record from Vang. He was Anders K. Ellingboe on the manifest for the S.S. City of Paris on which he arrived in New York on 27 Jul 1892 with his aunt Rangdi.

In the 1894-1895 and 1895-1896 Minneapolis city directories, he is shown as Andrew Ellingboe, a clerk for, and living at, his uncle Jøger’s (#4056) jewelry business on Washington Avenue.

In the 1900 census he may be the Andrew Skore, 25, a single laborer (logger) in Rice Lake, Wisconsin. That Andrew was born in February of 1875 and came to the U.S. in 1891 or 1892.

The Anaconda Standard’s (Anaconda, Montana) list of “uncalled-for” letters at the Anaconda post office for the week ending Saturday, June 23, 1906. included one for Andrew Skore.

Notes:

Gardkj. nerre Lajord.

Ingeborg married Ole Aslaksson KVAM LAJORD on 12 Jun 1889 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ole (son of Åslag Olson BUNDE and Marit Olsdatter ELLINGBØE KVAM) was born on 25 Apr 1855 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1934 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Carrie married Clarence Norman BRUNSDALE in 1925 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Clarence was born in 1891 in North Dakota; died in 1978 in North Dakota; was buried in Mayville Cemetery, Mayville, Traill County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Dalby Database says that he was a son of Thomas and Maren. That may be incorrect and he may, instead, be a son of Thomas’s brother Torstein.

Buried:
The Dalby Database calls this a probably burial.

Notes:

Birth:
Lajord 51/3 Berget

Notes:

Died in Bridgewater Twp according to the Dalby Database.

Notes:

Birth:
Lajord 51/

Family/Spouse: Helge Aslaksen BOE. Helge (son of Aslak Øysteinsson BØ and Berthe Helgesdatter LEINE) was born on 17 Jul 1849 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 10 Jul 1937 in Minnesota; was buried in Northfield City Cemetery, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 13 Jun 1875, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Family/Spouse: Ambjørg NORDLAND. Ambjørg (daughter of Christoffer Paulsen NORDLAND and Ingeborg Andersdatter STEILE) was born on 26 Jun 1873 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 24 Sep 1944 in Otter Tail County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Dalåker 49/1 Nordigarden

Family/Spouse: Knut Olsen OLDRE. Knut (son of Ola Guttormsen OLDRE and Ingebjørg Jacobsdatter HAMRE) was born in 1885 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 20 Aug 1967 in Albany, Linn County, Oregon; was buried in Willamette Memorial Park, Albany, Linn County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Karen THOMPSON. Karen was born in 1861 in Norway; died in 1907. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Jun 1855

Notes:

dwfrench1

Family/Spouse: Guro Olsdatter (Julia) TVEDT. Guro (daughter of Ole Anfindsen TVEDT and Kirsti Olsdatter TJÖN) was born on 24 Jan 1851 in Leikanger, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died in Jul 1918 in Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Kattevold 44/3 Hanastad

Family/Spouse: James Clarence KNUTSEN. James (son of Jacob KNUTSEN and Clara HAGE) was born on 31 Jul 1910 in North Dakota; died on 3 Jun 1977 in Steele County, Minnesota; was buried in Saint John Lutheran Cemetery, Owatonna, Steele County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Find A Grave:

Dale E. Moen, 56, of LeMars died Friday at a LeMars hospital.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at the Presbyterian United Church of Christ in LeMars. The Rev. Robert Grupp will officiate. A prayer service will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Mauer-Johnson Funeral Home. Burial will be in Memorial Cemetery in LeMars.

Mr. Moen was born April 2, 1927, in rural Worth County, Iowa. He served in the United States Navy. He graduated from Iowa State Teachers College at Cedar Falls and then obtained a master's degree in 1954 from Colorado State College of Education.

He married Patricia Welty Dec. 26, 1950, in the Little Brown Church at Nashua, Iowa. He taught school at Marcus, Waterville and Boyden in Iowa and came to LeMars in 1963. He was an elementary school principal in the LeMars Community School system. He retired in 1983 because of poor health.

He was a member of the LeMars Lions Club, the Elementary Principal's Association and the Presbyterian United Church of Christ in LeMars. He also was an elder in the church.

Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Sylvia Brunsvold of Northwood, Iowa; his wife, Patricia of LeMars; three sons, Gregory of Independence, Jeffery of Iowa City and Lynn of Cedar Falls; two brothers, Richard of Dundee, Ill., and Kenneth of Belle Plaine, Minn.; two step-brothers; one step-sister and one grandchild.

Notes:

Moen, Kenneth E. age 85, "flew West" on Thursday, July 31, 2014. The cause was lung cancer. Born July 16, 1929, in Carpenter Iowa to Carl & Sylvia Moen. He graduated from St. Ansgar High School at 17 years old. After graduation, he enlisted into the Army Air Corps. He served as an engine instructor to Army mechanics and pilots. Survivors include his wife, Genevieve, son, David Moen, daughter, Sherry (Ken) Pekarna, grandchildren, Tiffany (Justin) McKay, Tyler Pekarna, Justin (Angela) Moen & Dustin Moen, great-grandson Andrew, brother, Richard, step-brother, Orlan Brunsvold, Ruvella Barndt, brother-in-law, Duane Bakken, sister-in-laws, Karen Predovich, Sylvia Toney, and many nephews and nieces. He was preceded in death by his son, Steven, father, Carl, mother, Sylvia, step-father, Albert Bruns-vold, brother Dale Moen & Don Brunsvold.

Family/Spouse: Genevieve. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He lived in Clarkston, Michigan, at the time of his father’s death in 1994.

Ronald Dean Moen lived February 16, 1941, to January 12, 2021. He was born in Osage, Iowa and resided in Clarkston, Michigan, since 1982. He was preceded in death by his parents, Lloyd and Mollie Moen, his brothers Gene and Roger Moen. He is survived by his wife Bette of 52 years, son Evan Moen, daughter Tracy Moen, three grandchildren Elli Moen, Davis and Stirling Victor, and Goldi his Labrador retriever.

Ron was a graduate of University of Northern Iowa and the University of Missouri where he studied mathematics and statistics. He was a statistician, consultant, and teacher to industry, government, healthcare, and higher education. Ron was a co-founder and partner of Associates in Process Improvement. He was Trustee Emeritus of The W. Edwards Deming Institute and received the 2002 Deming Medal from the American Society for Quality. He published numerous articles and books on experimental design and process improvement systems.

Ron was a passionate teacher and lecturer from his first job as a high school math teacher to university lecturer and international healthcare consultant. He was an expert birder, naturalist, car enthusiast of both classic and electric cars, and artist.

Family/Spouse: Bette DAVIS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Gardkjerring på Skøre.

Guri married Bøye Olsson ELLINGBØ SKØRE in 1923 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Bøye (son of Ole Tollefson ELLINGBÖ and Ingeborg Bøyesdatter KATTEVØL SKEIE) was born on 30 Jun 1892 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 22 Jul 1976 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; was buried in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anne Andersdatter ØYO. Anne (daughter of Anders Olsson ØYO and Kjersti Andrisdatter SØRE-BØ) was born in 1892 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1980. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 6 Apr 1890, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Born on nerre Lajord. Gardbruker nerre Lajord.

Living on Lajord nedre with his widower father and siblings in the 1900 Norwegian census.

Aslak married Helga Dorthea Knutsdotter SYLTEVIK in 1922 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Helga (daughter of Knud Knudsen SYLTEVIK and Sigrid Endresdotter ELLINGBØE) was born in 1894 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1947 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 6 Sep 1891, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Family/Spouse: Margrethe B KVALE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Teacher
• Baptism: 12 Nov 1893, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Unmarried

Birth:
Shown as 29 Sep in the 1910 census; shown as 27 Sep in the Norway Burial Index.

Family/Spouse: THORSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married a Van Pooe?

Notes:

Birth:
Kirk says Springfield, Illinois

Clarence married Lenora Ellen EVENSON on 18 Feb 1931 in Clay County, Minnesota. Lenora was born on 23 Aug 1912 in Otter Tail County, Minnesota; died on 29 Jan 2004 in Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 10 Aug 1919, Pelican Rapids, Otter Tail County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 6 May 1934, Pelican Rapids, Otter Tail County, Minnesota

Notes:

She served in the U.S. Army from 25 Feb 1943 to 14 Dec 1945.

Baptism:
Trinity Lutheran

Confirmation:
Trinity Lutheran

Died:
Westerville

Family/Spouse: Howard Clyde NEWELL. Howard was born on 15 Jun 1920 in Ohio; died on 17 Nov 1968; was buried in Union Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1950 census, he and his family lived in Lind Twp, Roseau County, Minnesota. The children at home were Eunice, 16, Ione, 15, Shirley, 13, Verjen, 10, Arlen, 7, and Lavonne, 5. The next family on the census form was Andrew Alme, probably Torger’s wife’s brother.

Family/Spouse: Selma ALME. Selma was born in 1912; died in 1960; was buried in Bethlehem Cemetery, Lind Township, Roseau County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Sep 1922, Luverne, Rock County, Minnesota

Notes:

Lula C. Engel, 83, of Crabtree died Monday at home of natural causes.

She was born in Kenneth, Minn., to Kanut and Bergeit Oldre.

She moved as a child to South Dakota. Then in 1936, at the age of 14, she moved to Oregon with her family and settled in Albany.

She later met Donald E. Engel, and they married on May 28, 1948, in Albany. Together they had three children and Lula worked at home. From 1971 to 1998, they lived in Alsea and since then in Crabtree.

She was a member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Albany. She enjoyed cooking, traveling, camping trips and spending time with her family.

Survivors include husband Don of Crabtree; daughters Eileen (Robert) Fligg of Troutdale and Karen (Gary) Halliwell of Crabtree; son Darrell of Crabtree; brother Melvin Oldre of Albany; 10 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

Baptism:
Blue Mounds Lutheran Chuch

Lula married Donald Eugene ENGEL on 28 May 1948 in Linn County, Oregon. Donald was born on 20 Mar 1927 in Alameda County, California; died on 28 Mar 2011 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon; was buried in Alsea Cemetery, Alsea, Benton County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1900 census, he was living with his parents and siblings in Hayti Twp, Hamlin County, South Dakota.

Family/Spouse: Clara Simensdatter MYHRE. Clara (daughter of Simen Christophersen MYHRE and Guro Olsdatter (Julia) TVEDT) was born in Jan 1886 in Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Called Clarie in the 1900 census, at which time her family lived in Forest Twp, Rice County, Minnesota.

She and Albert lived in Greenvale Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota, in the 1930 census.

Family/Spouse: Albert Gustus ANFINSON. Albert (son of Tosten Anfinsen TVEIT and Karen THOMPSON) was born on 10 Jun 1881 in Minnesota; died on 22 Jun 1961 in Marin County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Barbara Jo MORTENSON on 26 Jan 1962 in Freeborn County, Minnesota, and was divorced on 25 Sep 1970 in Freeborn County, Minnesota. Barbara was born on 20 Oct 1942 in Albert Lea, Freeborn County, Minnesota; died on 7 May 1998 in Pennsylvania; was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Albert Lea, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: LuAnn Bonnie TRIMBO. LuAnn was born on 4 Apr 1955 in Le Sueur County, Minnesota; died on 15 Nov 2010 in St. Peter, Nicollet County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

B.B. married A.M.A. SKARRA [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: M. GRANLUND. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Born nerre Lajord. Gardbruker nerre Lajord.

Foreman in Center Party. Was in the town council for awhile, including role as chairman.

Birth:
Day and month from Norway Burial Index.

Ola married R.B. HEIER [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer

Notes:

Born nerre Lajord. Gardbruker nigarde Ellingbø.

Rented farmland from Marit Ellingbø. Founding member and chairman of Vang Historielag. Remarkably energetic man with a big smile and outgoing personality. He was one of the last in the community who could speak the Vang dialect. Knut built a new residence on the farm in 1983 and extended the farm road. His gravestone is the reverse side of his grandfather's (Knut Syltevik).

Brad also met with Knut when he was in Norway in 1979 or 1980.

Knut married M.A. WANGENSTEEN [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Born nerre Lajord.

Notes:

Born nerre Lajord.

Buried:
as Guri Marie Lajord Heier

Family/Spouse: Frederick J RONICKER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ione Jacoby
August 25, 1934 - January 14, 2021

Fresno, California - Ione Lucille Jacoby was born in Greenbush, MN, to Torger and Selma Dalager and passed away January 14, 2021 after a brief illness.

Ione grew up on a farm in northern Minnesota, going to school in a one room schoolhouse, and helping in the fields including the picking of the rocks "crop". Ione was very close to her four sisters and brother, who all said she was a gentle, forgiving, nonjudgmental soul, very much like their mother. Ione left the farm and married a Navy man and had her two boys. When Harold left the family she moved to Fresno in 1968 and went to work as a nurse's aide at Saint Agnes Hospital for over 30 years, first on Fruit then Herndon Ave. She raised her boys with much love, not questioning her life circumstances, but showing responsibility and doing the right thing.

Ione married Gene Jacoby in 1976 and moved to a little house on Thorne. Ione loved being with her six grandkids and two great grandkids and they loved just being around Grandma. Ione did not have a large group of friends, just very good ones who meant a lot to her.

Ione is survived by her son Gary and wife Kim, son Scott and wife Karen, grandchildren Trevor, Tyler, Jenna, Austin and wife Paige, Alex, Lauren, great-grandchildren Brooklyn and Mason, sisters Eunice, Verjean, Lavonne, brother Arlan. Her husband Gene and sister Shirley predeceased her.

Rest in Peace Grandma.

Ione married Harold GOLDSBERRY on 13 Mar 1956 in Reno, Washoe County, Nevada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She died as Shirley Nella. She was married three times.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1948-MN-012297

Notes:

Called Baby Boy on his death certificate.

Notes:

SSDI has her listed as follows:

May 1941 Mabel Anfinson Olson
Oct 1942 Mabel Anfinson Murphy
Jun 1949 Mabel Julia Anfinson
Oct 1958 Mabel Bundy
Nov 1962 Mabel Julia McClain
31 Jan 2006 Mabel J McClain

Birth:
Farmington

Died:
as Mabel Julia McClain

Mabel married Victor OLSON on 26 Oct 1934 in Dakota County, Minnesota, and was divorced. Victor was born in 1912 in North Dakota; died in 1962 in Ramsey County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Delavan MURPHY. Delavan was born in 1913 in Frederic, Polk County, Wisconsin; died in 1971 in Frederic, Polk County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Justin was born on June 27, 1978 and passed away on Saturday, June 10, 2017. Justin was a resident of Worthington, Minnesota at the time of passing. He attended LeSueur and St. Peter Schools. Survivors include his son, Andrew; Brothers, Dustin (Nicole) Moen of Mankato and Austin Randolph of St. Peter; Step-father, John Randolph of St. Peter; Grandparents, LeRoy Weyl of Henderson and Genevieve Moen of Belle Plaine and a nephew, Elwood Moen as well as Aunts and Uncles.

Family/Spouse: Angela ATTENBERGER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]