Malene Knutsdatter VEFLEN

Notes:

Birth:
Veflen 98/, Høre

Family/Spouse: Ola Torgeirsen KJØS. Ola (son of Torgier Andrisson KJØS and Marit Olsdotter SKATTEBU) was born in 1681 in Kjøs, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died about 1743. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

I9281 Valdres Slekt

Birth:
Kjøs 93/1 Øvre

Family/Spouse: Berit Knutsdatter HÅLIEN. Berit (daughter of Knut Johannesson HÅLIEN and Jørand Olsdatter KVÅLE) was born on 14 Feb 1751 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1836. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Øystein married Ingrid Tomasdatter in 1766. Ingrid was born in 1739; died in 1769. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

I9282 Valdres Slekt

Birth:
Kjøs 93/1 Øvre

Died:
Egge 24/2 Nedre

Family/Spouse: Ola Gulliksen EGGE. Ola (son of Gullik Olsen EGGE and Gjertrud Jonsdatter KVÅLE) was born in 1769 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1809. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
93/

Family/Spouse: Tosten Tostensen RØYNE. Tosten (son of Torstein Knutson RØYNE and Marit Rønjusdatter NORDTORP) was born on 5 Jun 1791 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1874 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Angel Phillips

He is I7637 in Jim’s VS.

Family/Spouse: Aaste Østensdatter BERGE. Aaste (daughter of Øystein Gunnarson ØYDEGARDEN and Anne Eiriksdatter KJØS) was born about 1801 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1801 census, she and Knut Olsen are gbr and kone on Haaelien. They have two children, Østen, 6, and Kari, 4.

Magelin married Knut Olson KVIE in 1787. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ola M BUNDE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

I10581 Valdres Slekt

Jim’s notes: Han fikk gården av faren mellom 1805 og 1810. I 1818 klarte han ikke å holde de mange kreditorene unna, og søkte om et større pengelån for å sanere gjelda. Takstdokumentet viser at det var en veldrevet gård med bra hus. Pengelånet hjalp ikke, ha n måtte selge unna en hel del av gården, og tilslutt måtte ha "fantegå" fra hele bruket. Det vil si at han gikk konkurs. Det var boren til moren Øystein Øysteinson Kjøs som kjøpte gården. Gullik var gift to ganger.

Birth:
Egge 24/2 Nedre

Family/Spouse: Ingrid Ivarsdatter RINGESTAD. Ingrid (daughter of Ivar Knutsen RINGESTAD and Marit Knutsdatter VIK) was born in 1788 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 18 Apr 1814 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marit Engebretsdatter BEITO. Marit (daughter of Engebret Knudsen BEITO and Sidsel Julsdater ØYDEGARDEN) was born about 1800 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

I13104 Valdres Slekt

Jim claims that Berit and Torstein lived on Bunde 97/1. The bygdebok (p. 182, Vang C) implies that their farm was 97/4.

Berit and Einar lived on the Bonde farm for 14 years before emigrating in March of 1849.

Berit married Torstein Øysteinson BUNDE on 18 Jul 1819 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Torstein (son of Øystein Torsteinson HELLE and Kari Olsdatter FRAMSTAD) was born in 1796 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1830; was buried in Lillehammer, Gudbrandsdal, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Berit married Einar Halvorsen GROVEN on 29 Jun 1835 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Einar (son of Halvor Halvorsen HØYME and Aaste Einersdatter KVIEN) was born on 22 Dec 1799 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 27 Aug 1875 in Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Valley Grove Cemetery, Wheeling Twp, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Røyne in Hegge

Died:
nrestore

Family/Spouse: Ole Olsen HEGGE. Ole (son of Ole Tostensen MELBY and Ingeborg Olsdatter ALFSTAD) was born on 12 Mar 1812 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1855 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 28 Mar 1823, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1920 census, she is Aaster K Evenson, age 96, grandmother, iving with her daughter Berith and her grandchildren in Split Rock Twp, South Dakota.

Birth:
Kjøs

Baptism:
Høre stavkirke

Died:
Angel Phillips

Family/Spouse: Iver Endresson LOKREIM. Iver (son of Endre Olsen GIVRE and Berit Ivarsdatter TVEIT) was born on 15 Aug 1815 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 24 Dec 1866 in Valdres i Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1819, Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Buried as Ingri G. Egge, wife of K. Thompson.

Her obituary:

Ingri Thompson, a young wife and mother died at her home in Eureka. Funeral services were held and her remains were laid to rest in the Norwegian Christiania Lutheran Church cemetery. Ingri, her husband Knute and their daughter Betsy came to this country in 1854 from Valders, Norway. They first settled in Wisconsin and two years later, in 1856 they came to Eureka township where they pre-empted a homestead near the Twin churches. Knute, Ingri and Betsy were three of the original members of the Christiania Lutheran Church. The entire community extends sympathy to the bereaved husband and ten year old child.

Baptism:
24 Aug and 26 Sep

Ingri married Knudt Tomason ELLESTAD on 17 Oct 1852 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Knudt (son of Tomas Knudson TØRSTAD and Berit Johannesdatter ELLESTAD) was born on 4 May 1822 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 11 Feb 1896 in Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota; was buried in 1896 in Highview Cemetery, Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 11 Feb 1821, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Birth info per dwfrench1.

Birth:
Egge i Lomen

Family/Spouse: Tosten Nielsen QVIEN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Bonde in Høre according to the French Family Tree.

Died:
Bonde in Høre according to the French Family Tree.

Family/Spouse: Sigrid Olsdatter FRAMSTAD. Sigrid (daughter of Ole Olsen FRAMSTAD and Ragnild Thoresdatter SKEIE) was born on 25 Sep 1823 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 2 Apr 1902 in Swift County, Minnesota; was buried in West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery, Sunburg, Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Emigrated.

In the 1900 census he is in Goodhue County.

Family/Spouse: Marit Gulliksdatter RISTE. Marit was born about 1826 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died about 1904. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She had 12 children, eight of whom survived and led remarkable lives. They had the advantage of a tutor at home and all were exceptionally bright.

Birth:
Bunde 97/ (either 1 or 4)

Family/Spouse: Thomas Anderson VEFLEN. Thomas (son of Andris Haldorsen ØDEGÅRD and Gjartrud Thomasdatter TØRSTAD) was born on 25 Oct 1818 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 18 Aug 1906 in Nerstrand, Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Valley Grove Cemetery, Wheeling Twp, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Came to the U.S. with her brother Ole.

Died at Fertile, Minnesota, on 11 Jun 1889.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 26 Feb 1843, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He became a successful farmer and community leader. He married Ingebor Haugen in 1867 and stayed on the Bonde farm all of his life. He built a much-admired stone house in 1875 and kept a journal, written in Norwegian.

Of his 11 children, seven survived to adulthood.


The Tosten E. Bonde Farmhouse, built of locally quarried limestone in 1875, is one of the oldest structures of its kind in Wheeling Township, Rice County. The Bonde family emigrated to Minnesota in 1849 and homesteaded land in 1855. The private home was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

In 1849, Einer and Berit Bonde emigrated from Vang, Valdres, Norway, with their two sons, Tosten and Halvor. Berit’s daughter, Kari, from a previous marriage, and her husband, Thomas Veblen, had immigrated to the United States two years earlier in 1847. The Veblens were the parents of famed sociologist and economist Thorstein Veblen. According to family history, the Bondes “dreamed of following Kari’s footsteps to the new world.”

The Bonde family lived in Port Washington, Wisconsin, before moving to Winneshiek County, Iowa, in the spring of 1854. The following year, on June 9, the family settled on 160 acres in section 11 of Wheeling Township in Minnesota Territory. In 1866, the Veblens moved from Mount Vernon, Wisconsin, to a farm in Wheeling Township, Minnesota. The rural community of primarily Norwegian settler-colonists was composed of respected farmers and civic leaders, including Halvor Quie and Osmund Osmundson, founder of Nerstrand.

From 1855 to 1875, the family resided in a log home. In 1865, Tosten, who was described as a “very able young man,” purchased the farm from his father. His brother Halvor, a Civil War veteran, had settled in Swift County, Minnesota. Two years later, Tosten married Ingebor Hougen on April 3, 1867. They had eleven children, born between 1868 and 1887. Tosten’s family lived with his parents until the stone house was completed in the summer of 1875. His father, Einer, passed away on August 27, 1875, and Berit died on March 12, 1877.

In a diary started in 1888, Tosten Bonde noted the improvements to the farm site: a barn was added in 1870, the stone farmhouse in 1875, a machinery shed in 1883, a granary in 1886, and a milkhouse in 1887. The two-and-a-half-story, L-shaped farmhouse was built on a small rise and constructed of locally quarried limestone from the Nerstrand and Faribault area. Situated near a well-traveled highway approximately one mile from Nerstrand, the gabled farmhouse became a focal landmark in rural Rice County after its completion in 1875.

The farmstead, which is still owned by Bonde family descendants in 2020, is in many respects a “living” document to rural agricultural heritage and practices by a single family dating back to Minnesota’s territorial days. Tosten’s diary offers glimpses into late-nineteenth-century farm life with entries like: “The year, 1887, was very dry and the chinch bug destroyed all the wheat and part of the oats. The hay crop was very short.” In his entry for April 12, 1891, he wrote: “Horses are sick from distemper.” The family history noted that Oscar, a son, remarked they cured the horses by “burning rubbers and had the horses inhale the fumes.”

The family history also tells of tragedy within the farmhouse’s stone walls. When an epidemic of black measles occurred in late March and early April of 1882, three sons died in one week: Edward, who was fourteen, Ingebrit, who was six, and Albert, who was barely a year old, fell victim to the disease. According to family lore, when Ingebor worked in her garden, “she would look to Valley Grove Cemetery and long for her little ones buried there on the distant hill.”

In 1890, Tosten was elected to the Minnesota State Legislature; he was reelected the following year. By early 1895, he developed stomach cancer, and he passed away at his home on October 14, 1897. The fifty-four-year-old was survived by his wife and seven children. One obituary noted he was “a good citizen and highly esteemed and respected in the community.”

In February 1981, Britta Bloomberg’s submission for the Minnesota Historical Properties Inventory Form stated, “The Bonde Farmhouse is significant both for its association with a prominent immigrant family and for its notable limestone construction and outstanding integrity.” In April 1982, the private home was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

From the Faribault Republican, Oct. 20, 1897, via Find A Grave:

Died at his home in the town of Wheeling on Thursday evening, last, Oct. 14, of cancer of the stomach, with which he had suffered for two and a half years. The funeral was held on Monday, with services conducted by Rev. N. A. Quammen, and the remains were buried in the cemetery connected with Valley Grove church. Mr. Bonde was born in Norway, Jan. 12th, 1843. In 1849 he came with his parents to America and first settled at Port Washington, Wis.; five years later removed to Winneshiek County, Iowa, and in 1855 came to Rice County and located on section no.11, in Wheeling, which has ever since been his home. April 3d, 1867, he married Miss Ingebor Haugen, who survives him, and to them were born eleven children, four of whom are dead, and seven are living; Thomas, Bernhard, Anna, Alfred, Oscar, Edward and Carl, all of whom are at home, except Thomas, who is in St. Paul. Mr. Bonde was a good citizen and highly esteemed and respected in the community in which he lived so long, and was honored by election to various offices in the town and as a representative in the legislature, in which he served during the session of 1891.

Died:
cancer

Tosten married Ingeborg Thomasdatter HAUGEN on 3 Apr 1867 in Rice County, Minnesota. Ingeborg was born in 1847; died on 15 Apr 1932 in Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 14 Sep 1845, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Served in the Civil War as part of the 2nd Minnesota Cavalry.

He has a great-granddaughter named Nina.

Notes:

Birth:
from nrestore, Høyme in Lomen

Family/Spouse: Berit Olsdatter KVISSEL. Berit was born on 14 Apr 1850 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 30 Jun 1917 in Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 5 Mar 1845, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Birth record shows her parents unmarried and specifies Kjøs as the farm for both of them. Her baptismal sponsors were Knud Kjøs, Anders Gunderson Gjevre, Guri Køngslien, Sigri Andersdatter Kjøs, and Marit Østensdatter Berge. Could not find Iver/Ivar in 93-94/.

In the 1865 census, she is probably the 21 year-old Berith Iversdatter working as a tjenestepige on Endre Olsen’s Lien søndre farm.

Her connection to Johannes Knudsen Haugen has conflicting information and the bygdeboks aren’t helpful. Among the conflicts, for example, the Bredeson Family Tree calls her Berith J Knutson, daughter of Aaste and someone named Knudt Evenson. The Bredeson Family Tree does have (most of) Berith’s birth date right. Melvin Haugen’s tree shows her as Berit Iversdatter Gjevre and born in Vang 8 Feb 1845.

In the 1910 census, she is Berith Knutson, 65, now a widow and is head-of-household for the farm in Split Rock Twp, Minnehaha County. Living with her is her daughter, Martha Johnson, 25, and sons Andrew, 24, Otto, 22, and Iver, 29, all with the surname Johnson and all shown as single. Also living with the family is Mary J Tvedt, 39, a boarder. Berith still claims 8 children, 7 still living. So for some reason, the children living with her have adopted the surname Johnson.

In the 1920 census, Berith is a 75 year-old widow living on the Split Rock Twp farm headed up by her son Andrew Johnson, age 35. Also in the household is Martha E Johnson, 37, Iver W Johnson, 39, and Aaster K. Evenson, 96, grandmother. Berith is shown to have come to the U.S. in 1872. Aaste is shown as coming to the U.S. in 1867.

Died:
as Berith Knutson

Family/Spouse: Johannes Knudson HAUGEN. Johannes (son of Knud Olsen REBNE and Ingeborg Johannesdatter MOEN) was born on 1 Aug 1843 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 17 May 1906 in Minnehaha County, South Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 16 Oct 1854, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Vang B, p. 202, has his birth date as 1857.

Birth:
Remmen

Osten married Guri Gudbrandsdatter in 1886 in North Dakota. Guri was born in 1863 in Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was prominent in the governmental matters of Osnabrock, North Dakota.

Ole married Marie FLOM in 1884. Marie was born on 12 May 1862 in Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 26 Jul 1920 in Cavalier, Pembina County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Knut P SVALDE. Knut was born in 1850 in Telemark, Norway; died in 1928 in North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 8 Aug 1852, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

“tree fell on him”

Buried as Thomas K. Thompson.

He is not mentioned in the obituaries of either of his parents even though he was 11 years old when his mother died and was clearly her son according to the Vestre Slidre birth records.

The church book record for his birth indicates that he was the 2nd instance of leiermaal for both parents.

Baptism:
he was given a private baptism at home on April 18th by his aunt Berit Thomasdatter Ellestad

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1938-MN-003493
• Baptism: 6 Nov 1853, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

The Ole Forstrom (shown as Fostrom) family were farming in Eureka Township at the time (June 5th) of the 1880 census. The family consisted of Ole, 39, Betsey, 26, Thomas, 6, and Eda, 3. Also apparently living with them was Thomas Thompson, 21, shown as “cousin.”

By the 1900 census, Betsy is a widow and still living in Eureka Township not far from Peter Thompson. She is 46 (born Oct 1853 in Norway) and came to the U.S. in 1855. Living with her is her sons Olai B., 16 (born Feb 1884) and Arthur J., 9 (born Nov 1890). Arthur is still in school but Olai is shown as a farm laborer. Betsy is shown as having borne 7 children, 5 still living. Also living with her, although also shown as “head,” is her son Thomas, 25 (born June 1874), and Thomas’s wife Tina, 24 (born May 1876). Thomas and Tina have been married for 5 years and have two children (Tina has had a third one who is now dead): Norris O., 3 (born Dec 1896), and Clarence T., 1 (born April 1899).

She is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books), as Mrs. Betsey Fostrom of Farmington. She was a member of the Samband between 1910 and 1916. In her entry she is erroneously listed as the daughter of Peter Thompson.

In the 1920 census, she is shown to have come to this country in 1855 and was naturalized as a citizen in 1857.

An obituary:

In the death of Mrs B. E. Forstrom, Dakota county pioneer for 82 years and highly respected woman of Lakeville, the community loses a beloved character, known and admired by everyone. To her friends she was Grandma Forstrom. News of her demise came rather suddenly Tuesday morning, September 27, 1938 at the home ofher son Arthur, where she has made her home. She was able to be out-of doors on Saturday for a walk. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 1:00 o'clock at the Arthur Forstrom residence and 2:00 o'clock at the Lutheran Free Church in Eureka. Burial will be beside her husband in the adjoining cemetery. Three ministers will have charge of the service, Rev J. R. Langsjoen, the pastor; Rev B. L. Sundal, former pastor; and Rev A. H. Gjevre, pastor of St. John's at Lakeville. Mrs. Sundal will sing several favorite requests of the deceased. Pallbearers will be Milford Halling, Rudolph Ruh, Sherman Torbinson, Oscar Shirley, Sylvester Steen and Carlton Leine. Betsy Thompson was born in Valders, Norway, October 14th, 1853. At the age of one and a half, she imigrated to the United States with her parents, arriving at Manitowoc, Wisconsin, from where they moved to Nerstrand, Minnesota, after a short period in Wisconsin. In the early spring of 1857, the family pre-empted a homestead near the Twin churches in Eureka township, where she lived until her marriage to Ole Forstrom, at which time they purchased the farm where Eureka Center is now located. There a family of seven children were born, two of whom died in infancy and a daughter, Ida (Mrs Ed Ruh) preceded her mother in 1905. Mr Forstrom, the husband, is also deceased. Those surviving to mourn the loss of a loving mother are Thomas of Montana, Edward, Robert and Arthur of Lakeville; also nine grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren. Mrs Forstrom will not only be missed by her family but a host of friends in Lakeville, Eureka and the surrounding territory will feel the loss of a kind friend and helpful neighbor. She had an unusual personality that won for herself friends wherever she went and this warm friendly spirit will live on through the years. 10-14-1853/09-27-1938 COMPILED BY JANE GILBERTSON NELSON

Jane Gilbertson Nelson also compiled the puzzling obit for “little Ole Forstrom” as well as this one for which there is no confirmation in either the birth or the death records of the MHS or of the cemetery record for Highview in the Dalby database:

HIGHVIEW CHRISTIANIA LUTH. CHURCH & CEMETERY, EUREKA TWSP. DAKOTA COUNTY, MN. COMPILED BY JANE GILBERTSON NELSON. Name: Gladys Caroline Forstrom Birth: July 19, 1926 Death: August 2, 1926 Father: Ole E. Forstrom Mother: Betsy Forstrom Little Gladys lived 15 days and is buried in the Christiania Lutheran Free Church cemetery, Eureka township. 07-19-1926/08-02-1926

{Clearly this could not have been a child of 72 year-old Betsy.}

Family/Spouse: Ole Endresen FORSTROM (FYSTRO). Ole (son of Endre Endresen and Kari Olsdatter) was born on 27 Dec 1840 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 19 Oct 1897; was buried in Highview Cemetery, Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Henry WENAAS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 26 Dec 1847, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Grew up on the Framstad farm of her maternal grandparents.

Mother of 10.

Birth:
Bonde in Høre according to the French Family Tree.

Berit married Tosten in 1867. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Had five children in the 1900 census.

Family/Spouse: Sigrid ALFSON. Sigrid was born about 1866 in Minnesota; died on 8 Oct 1939 in Benson County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Attended Carleton College.

Professor of Physics at the University of Iowa.

Long-time president of the Valdres Samband.

Family/Spouse: Kirsti HOUGEN. Kirsti (daughter of Thomas Olson HOUGEN and Anna Aslaksdatter VESLEDAL) was born on 25 Jul 1851 in Hallingdal region, Buskerud, Norway; died on 4 Sep 1908 in Washington County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Knut Nilsen VIKEN. Knut was born on 4 May 1849 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 18 Jul 1936 in Renville, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Emily married Lars Johan Sigurd Johansen Olsen VEBLEN on 27 Jun 1888 in St. Ansgar, Mitchell County, Iowa. Lars was born on 25 Oct 1860 in Oslo, Norway; died in 1946. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The famous economist.

Jim’s notes: PROFESSOR THORSTEIN B. VEBLEN Det er risikabelt a være dogmatisk i slike ting; men om jeg skulde nevne den mann av Valdresætt som har nådd høiest som videnskapelig tenker, vilde jeg ikke betenke mig på å utpeke prof. THORSTEIN VEBLEN. Som alle fremragende, særmerkte ånder ha r han gått sine egne, ikke mengdens veier, og de førte ham inn på stier som ligger fjernt fra den slagne jernbanerute til heit betalte og betrodde stillinger ved landets store universiteter. Men i de tenkningens stille verksteder, hvor i socialpol itiske ideer veies og tumles med ærlig og uforfærdet uten skjelen til Rockefelers millionpensjonsfond for utslitte professorer, der undlater man ikke å regne med forfatteren til "The theory of the leisure class" og andre social-økonomiske verker. Som sin bekjente bror, prof. Andrew Veben, blev han født på en farm i Manitowoc County, Wis., av foreldre Thomas Andersen Veblen (udv. fra Vevle i Yang 1847 og Kari Bunde. Det var ikke rart bevendt med almueskolen, men lærelystne som de var, fik k de tak i bøker, og den eldre bror forteller at Thorstein viste tegn på skarp iagttagelsesevne og tilbøielighet til å løse de små problemer der forefalt, på sin egen vis. 23 ar gammel blev han student fra Carleton college, gikk derpå til Johns Ho pkins universitet, Baltimore og senere til Yale, hvor han fikk doktorgraden i 1884. De følgende fem ar tilbrakte han for det meste på landet på grunn av forbigaende mindre god helbred, men fortsatte sine sociologiske studier og la sig ved siden de rav særlig efter oldnorsk. 1 1891 fikk han sa en lærerstilling i nationalekonomi ved Cornell universitet og ved slutten av 1892 en lignende post ved Chicago universitet. Fjorten år senere utnevntes han til assisterende professor ved Leland Stamfor d junior universitet, hvor han virket til 1909. Dernæst finner vi ham som lærer ved Missouri statsuniversitet; men eftersom båndene på den akademiske lærefrihet mere og mere strammedes, blev universitetsatmosfæren ham tilsist uutholdelig, og efte r nogen måneder å ha utført statistisk for regjeringen i Washington fant han endelig i 1917 et friere virkefelt som professor ved The New School for Social Research i New York, en organisasjon der ikke er avhengig av bakstreverske politikere elle r maktsyke millionærer. Ved siden av sin virksomhet som lærer har prof. VEBLEN utfoldet en fruktbar forfattervirksomhet. Hans første større verk "The Theory of the leisure Class", vakte med ett slag opmerksomhet ved den originale og rammende måte hvorpå han analyserte de n moderne parasitt-type i samfundene og det beundringsverdige system den har utviklet for a hevde sig som en æret overklasse der ikke behøver å besmitte sine fingre med arbeide. Det er med sin stillferdige han og flengende ironi en bok der har hat t enorm innflytelse i vide kretse. En ven av mig har fortalt at en kjent professor ved Kristiania universitet anså den for en av de aller betydeligste verker der har sett lyset i de siste femti ar, og her tillands kan man vanskelig støte på et nat ionaløkonomisk verk av rang der ikke har en henvisning til "The Theory of the Leisure Class. Senere har prof. VEBLEN utgitt flere vektige verker inn en sin videnskap; "The Theory of Business enterprise", 1904, "Imperial Germany and the Industrial revolution", 1915, "An enquiry into the Nature of peace", 1917, "The Higher Learning in Ameri ca", 1918, The Vested Interests", 1919, "The Place of Seience in modern Civilization", 1918 og endelig "The Engineers and the Prize System", 1921. Ved siden derav var han 1896-1905 redakter av tidsskriftet "Journal of Political Economy". Sine ferier tilbringer VEBLEN gjernest i en sommerhytte som han har bygget sig på Washington Island, Door County, Wisconsin, og der er han ofte best oplagt til forfatterarbeide. Han har avlagt minst tre besøk i gamle Norge. Skrevet av bibliotekar Juul Dieserud

Birth:
near Cato

Family/Spouse: Ole T HOUGEN. Ole (son of Thomas Olson HOUGEN and Anna Aslaksdatter VESLEDAL) was born on 6 Oct 1857 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 24 Jun 1934 in Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He and his wife raised five children on the Bonde farm.

From the Faribault Daily News, Jan. 13, 1971:

Funeral services for Oscar Albert Bonde, former resident of Nerstrand, were held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 7, at the Grace Lutheran Church in Nerstrand with the Rev. V. A. Jensen officiating. Mrs. Conrad Gaasedelen sang a vocal solo and one vocal selection was sung by the grandchildren. Victor Radtke, Wilhelm Vesledahl, Helmer Mohn, Harold Mosher, Ingebrit Engeseth and Harris Quie were pallbearers. Interment was in the Valley Grove cemetery. Oscar Albert Bonde passed away at the Kenyon Sunset Home on Sunday, Jan. 3, after an extended illness, at the age of 87 years.

The son of Tosten and Ingeborg Hougen Bonde, he was born at Nerstrand, on March 3, 1883. He attended the public school at Nerstrand. June 19, 1919 he was united in marriage to Clara Severson. They resided on the Bonde Homestead until his retirement in 1954, continuing to live in the Nerstrand community until 1965 when he became a resident of the Kenyon Sunset Home where he resided until his death. One granddaughter preceded him in death.

He is survived by his wife Clara, three sons, Earl and Harold of Nerstrand, Robert of St. Louis Park; two daughters; Alice (Mrs. Herman Stenbakken) of Kenyon, and Helen (Mrs. Richard Lodmill) of Edina, also, twenty-two grandchildren.

Oscar married Clara Bertine SEVERSON in 1919. Clara (daughter of Johannes Olsen SEVERSON and Anna Severine VOLD) was born on 21 May 1896 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 14 Mar 1979 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Valley Grove Cemetery, Wheeling Twp, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
from nrestore

Died:
from nrestore

Family/Spouse: Alma LYSENG. Alma (daughter of Knut Knudtson LYSENG and Anne Nilsdatter BREKKE) was born in 1893 in Minnesota; died in 1981 in Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Gunhild BLAGSTVEDT. Gunhild was born in 1873 in Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He must be the child that died before the 1900 census.

Notes:

Angel Phillips

Family/Spouse: Simon E BAKKEN. Simon was born about 1865 in Minnesota; died on 30 Dec 1943 in Cavalier County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Angel Phillips

Still at home in the 1900 census and called Etta.

Family/Spouse: Gunder OBIE. Gunder was born in 1884 in North Dakota; died in 1942 in Montana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 25 Sep 1904, North Dakota

Notes:

He registered for the draft in Cavalier in June of 1917. At that time he was married and had a child. He was a self-employed farmer in Nekoma.

Family/Spouse: Josephine WALDEN. Josephine was born on 13 Jan 1885 in Cavalier County, North Dakota; died on 30 Oct 1959 in Multnomah County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 25 Sep 1904

Family/Spouse: Morten MORTENSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Robert McLaren. Robert was born in 1878 in Ontario, Canada; died in 1960 in North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried as Thomas Forstrom.

Died:
“at the age of 6 months”

Notes:

Thomas and Tina and family were living with his mother Eureka Township at the time of the 1900 census.

Registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Sidney, Montana, as Thomas Clarence Forest. He was a self-employed farmer at Section 18, 15-51, in Richland, Montana, and gave his permanent address as Poplar, Sheridan, Montana. He listed his nearest relative as Tina Forest of that same address. He was described as of medium height and build with grey eyes and brown hair.

Living on a rented farm in Poplar Village, Roosevelt County, Montana, at the time of the 1920 census (late January). The family consisted of Thomas C. Forest, 45, his wife Tina, 43, and their sons Norris O., 23, Clarence T., 20, Leroy E., 18, and O. Berthold, 16.

He was Thomas Forstrom of Montana at the time that his brother Ed died.

Died:
as Thomas Forest

Thomas married Tina A HOLT in 1895. Tina was born on 24 May 1876 in Greenvale Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota; died on 4 Jun 1924 in Missoula, Missoula County, Montana; was buried on 5 Jun 1924 in Missoula, Missoula County, Montana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Questionable. There wouldn’t seem to be any space in the sequence of births for him to have been born. The only source for his existence is a puzzling obit compiled by Jane Gilbertson Nelson:

Graveside services were held for little Ole Forstrom, the son of Betsy (Thompson) and Ole Forstrom, by Pastor N. E. Wikre. Ole died October 19, 1877. Ole was preceded in death by a brother Thomas Clarence. Ole's parents, Betsy and Ole were blessed with five other children, four sons and a daughter; Thomas, Edward, Robert, Artur and Ida, all of whom were living when their father died in 1897. Betsy passed away September 27, 1938 and Ida (Mrs O. E. Ruh) was the only other child to precede her in death. Ole and Betsy were to rest beside their little boys in the Christiania Lutheran cemetery. /10-19-1877

Buried:
not found by Debbie Boe in her indexing of the cemetery

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1905-MN-1802

Notes:

She attended, but did not graduate from, St. Olaf Academy, starting in the year 1892-1893.

Shown is Ida in the 1900 census, at which time she was the wife of Edwin P. Ruh. She had had one child at that time, Bertha M., 1 (born Nov 1898). She and Edwin had been married for 2 years. The family had two farmhands and a servant girl living with them.

Izore married Edwin P RUH in 1897. Edwin (son of Olof Peterson RUH and Marit Knutsdatter) was born in Jan 1867 in Minnesota; died on 7 Dec 1939 in Ramsey County, Minnesota; was buried in Highview Cemetery, Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Hastings, Minnesota, as Edward S. Forstrom. He was a telephone lineman for the Star Telephone Company of Farmington. He gave his permanent address as Farmington. He listed his nearest relative as Miss Beulah Forstrom, daughter, of Farmington. He was described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and light hair.

He and his daughter are living with his mother in Lakeville in the 1920 census. He is a lineman for the telephone company.

Living in Lakeville, as a “roomer” with Henry Royce, 32, and his wife Helen, 23, in the 1930 census. Shown as Edward Forstrom, a widower, 49 years old, first married at age 28.

An obituary:

Ed Forstrom, well known in Farmington and Lakeville, died instantly of heart ailment, Tuesday evening, while throwing down silage at the James Milan farm, west of Lakeville. Funeral services were conducted at the home of his brother Art on Thursday at 1:30 p.m., by Rev J. P. Langsjoen pastor of the Christiania Free Church. Burial was in the Christiania cemetery. Mrs Guy Mohn furnished the music at the funeral. Pallbearers were Rudolph Ruh, Sherman Torbenson, Inger Thompson, Peter Christenson, Melford Halling and Louis O. Larson. Edward S.Forstrom was born January 24, 1882 in Eureka township on the home farm and died at Lakeville, December 5th, 1939, at 6:00 p.m., at the age of 57 years and 11 months. After growing to manhood in Eureka he moved to the iron range where he spent several years. Following this, he was united in marriage with Maude Chamberlin about 30 years ago and after two years of married life Mrs Forstrom died, leaving one infant daughter, who is now Mrs Beaulah Voss of Northfield. The deceased is also survived by three brothers, Art and Bob of Lakeville and Thomas of Montana. His father died when Ed was about 15 years old and his mother died at the home of Art Forstrom last year. Ed worked for the Star Telephone Company several years and also for Dr. J. A. Sanford, besides doing farm work from time to time. 01-24-1882/12-05-1939 COMPILED BY JANE GILBERTSON NELSON.

Buried:
obit says Christiania

Edward married Maud A CHAMBERLAIN on 8 Apr 1912 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. Maud was born in Sep 1890 in Faribault, Rice County, Minnesota; died on 1 Apr 1913 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Cedar Lake Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1959-MN-005628

Notes:

Another name for Olai was Robert Thompson. Linda says he was known as Ben. Buried as Robert B. Forsrom.

The person whose death information is given above is Robert B. Forstrom whose death certificate showed he was born 2 Feb 1884 and whose mother’s maiden name was Evelyn.

He was Bob Forstrom of Lakeville at the time that his brother Ed died.

Buried:
110 LE 28 E

Notes:

Registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, in Eureka, Dakota County, Minnesota, as Julius Arthur Forstrom. He gave his permanent address as Farmington and described himself as a self-employed farmer living in Eureka Twp. He stated that he had a wife and child and claimed exemption from the draft on grounds of his “physical disability and support of family.” Although his year of birth is shown as 1891 on the draft card, his age is shown as 26 which would be consistent with the 1890 birth year shown by other sources. Julius was described as of medium height and build with grey eyes and dark hair. No physical disabilities were noted.

In the 1920 census, an Arthur J. Forstrom is farming in Eureka Township, not far from John and Helga Thompson. Arthur is 29 and his wife Ida is 24. Both were born in Minnesota and both sets of parents were born in Norway. They have no children.

In the 1930 census (indexed as Fosatrom), Arthur and Luella live in the village of Lakeville where Arthur is a clerk in a grocery store and Luella is a butter wrapper in a creamery. They have been married for 17 years and have no children. Living with them are Arthur’s mother Betsy E., 76, his niece Beulah Forstrom, 17, and a 25 year-old lodger named Ole Ruh.

He was Art Forstrom of Lakeville at the time that his brother Ed died.

Buried:
“old Hwy 65”

Julius married Ida Luella THOMPSON on 29 Oct 1913 in Scott County, Minnesota. Ida (daughter of Louis THOMPSON and Ingebor-Isabelle ALFSON) was born on 29 Mar 1895 in Minnesota; died on 15 Mar 1962 in Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in West Christiania Lutheran Cemetery, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sarah SLOANE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Casper OVERLAND. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Emma Idella SIMONSON. Emma was born in 1903 in North Dakota; died on 4 Jun 1981 in Pierce County, North Dakota; was buried in Bethany Lutheran Cemetery, Esmond, Benson County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Mathematician

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth RICHARDSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elling married Mary Eliza HITCHCOCK on 14 Jun 1916 in Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa. Mary was born about 1893. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Christian Sorenson OCKWIG. Christian was born on 28 Aug 1884 in Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; died on 4 Jun 1972 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anna Carolina HAGLUND. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 29 Aug 1897, St. Ansgar, Mitchell County, Iowa

Notes:

At the time of his marriage to Hattie in 1921, he was assistant cashier of the Kittson County State Bank in Hallock.

In the 1930 census, he was an assistant cashier at a bank in Hallock. He had not served in WWI.

In the 1940 census (mis-indexed as Vellen), he was a real estate agent in Hallock. The family lived in the same house on 5th street in which they had lived in 1935.

At the time of the marriage of his son Rod in 1949, he and his wife lived in Hallock.

At the time of Mimi’s marriage, he and is wife were “of Santa Barbara, California, and Hallock, Minnesota.”

He lived in Santa Barbara, California, in 1962.

Baptism:
First Lutheran

Edgar married Hattie Miriam LUNDGREN on 10 Aug 1921 in Minnesota. Hattie was born on 26 Mar 1902 in Hallock, Kittson County, Minnesota; died on 12 May 1983 in San Diego County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Julius Ferdinand Wilhelm RADTKE. Julius was born on 8 Apr 1877 in Germany; died on 21 Dec 1953 in Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Alice Irene Stenbakken 87, of Kenyon, died Sunday, January 31, 2010 at the Kenyon Sunset Home.

She was born January 27, 1923 in Wheeling Township, Minnesota the daughter of Oscar and Clara (Severson) Bonde. She grew up on the family farm by Nerstrand. Alice graduated from Faribault High School, and then graduated from Deaconess School of Nursing as an RN in 1947. Alice married Herman Stenbakken June 19, 1948, and the couple later divorced. She then worked as a RN at the Northfield Hospital, and then at the Kenyon Sunset Home, where she later became the director of nursing. She enjoyed playing cards, scrabble, and visiting with family and friends.

She is survived by her daughters Carol Stenbakken, Diane Rasmussen, and Elaine Kraling all of Kenyon, six grandchildren Ann, Michael, and Jenny Kraling, Eddie, David, and Sarah Rasmussen. She is also survived by one sister Helen (Richard) Lodmill of Seattle, three brothers Earl (Charlotte) Bonde of Nerstrand, Robert (Carol) Bonde of Minneapolis, and Harold (Anne) Bonde of Nerstrand.

Notes:

Earl Bonde, 86, of Nerstrand died Wednesday, April 6, 2011, at his home due to complications from a rare disease called Amyloidosis.

Funeral services will be held at Grace Lutheran Church, Nerstrand on Monday, April 11, 2011, at 10:30 a.m., with the Rev. Judy Gustafson officiating. Interment will be at Valley Grove Cemetery, Nerstrand.

Visitation will be at the Boldt Funeral Home, Faribault, on Sunday, April 10, 2011, from 2 to 6 p.m. and also at the church for one hour prior to the service on Monday.

Earl was born Feb. 22, 1925, the son of Oscar and Clara (Severson) Bonde. He was baptized on April 12, 1925, Easter Sunday, at home by the Rev. Rolf Rosenquist. He was united in marriage to Charlotte Houglum on May 22, 1954, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Medford. He grew up on the family farm in Nerstrand, which he farmed with his brother Harold, and later with son Bill and nephews Gary and John. Earl was involved in many community organizations, including Grace Lutheran Church, Lenten Community Men's Choir, Valley Grove Cemetery Association, Farm Bureau, Federal Land Bank and Nerstrand Elevator Board. He loved spending time with family and friends. His life was richly blessed with many loving stories and memories. Earl loved his Norwegian heritage; both he and Charlotte enjoyed traveling several times to their native country. He was a longtime bowler still trying to achieve the perfect game in his early 80s. Earl loved to read, play games with his grandchildren and Freecell on the computer.

He is survived by his wife, Charlotte; six children, Steve and (Linda) Bonde, Bill and (Barb) Bonde, Gerald and (Denise) Bonde, Pete and (Julie) Bonde, Karen Bonde (Carla Kennedy), and Kris Bonde; 11 grandchildren, Marcus, Kyle and Angie, Nate and Nicole, Blake, Evan and Merri, Jacob, Karl and Luke; two brothers, Robert and (Carol) Bonde, Harold and (Anne) Bonde; one sister, Helen and (Dick) Lodmill; and many nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Alice Stenbakken and a grandson, Hans Bonde.

Family/Spouse: Charlotte HOUGLUM. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Nerstrand

Died:
Minnetonka

Family/Spouse: Carol Ann WICKTOR. Carol was born on 6 Jun 1932 in Stearns County, Minnesota; died on 27 Oct 2017 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Arnold Hoyme of Wetaskiwin died peacefully in the early morning hours of November 14, 2016 with loved ones nearby.

Remembering him with love are his wife, Edith; daughter, Marlene (Bob) Olson; step-children, Shirley Watson, Wayne (Linda) Arnold and Wade (Adele) Arnold; brothers, Clifford (Dorothy), Melford (Donna); and sister-in-law, Doreen. His love of family will live on in the memories of his 18 grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, extended family, and many friends. Arnold was predeceased by his parents, Edward & Alma Hoyme; son, Darryle; step-sons, Brian, Wesley; brothers, Orin, Ernest, Konard; and sister, Almira.

Arnold was well-respected in the community; from the family farm near Camrose, to WWII service, to many years of work and community service in the Wetaskiwin area. In addition to farming, Arnold operated businesses in feedmill management, ceramics, real estate, insurance and more. He continued to work into his nineties. He was a life-long member of the Lions Club, proudly supporting their causes and community activities.

Birth:
from nrestore

Died:
from nrestore

Family/Spouse: Betty Elaine HOOVER. Betty was born on 22 Jul 1922 in Alberta, Canada; died on 22 Jun 2016 in Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lucile Marion BOEHME. Lucile was born in 1925 in Kenosha County, Wisconsin; died on 1 Jul 2008 in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Angel Phillips

Family/Spouse: Alvin BREDESON. Alvin was born on 5 Jun 1899 in North Dakota; died on 1 Aug 1994 in Walsh County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Floyd Edgar SARGENT. Floyd was born in 1916 in Montana; died in 1996 in Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Gaylord Sanford SARGENT. Gaylord was born on 26 Dec 1913 in Montana; died on 4 Nov 1959. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
the Kuchenmeister Family Tree says he died in Republic, Ferry County, Washington

Esadore married Virginia POLLOCK on 5 Aug 1939 in Idaho. Virginia died on 17 Jan 2002 in Kootenai County, Idaho. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She married Harold Logsdon in Orange County, California, in 1968.

Leone married Thomas D CAMERON on 15 Feb 1947 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, and was divorced in Jun 1967 in Orange County, California. Thomas was born on 18 Apr 1921 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon; died in Mar 1989 in Seattle, King County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ardis BROWN. Ardis was born in 1927; died in 2020 in Genesee County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shown because Tina is shown as having borne 3 children, 2 still living, in the 1900 census.

Buried:
“probable burial”; not found by Debbie Boe in her indexing of the cemetery

Notes:

Buried:
“on Kimber lot”

Notes:

Norris registered for the draft on June 5, 1918, in Plentywood, County of Sheridan, Montana, as Norris Olai Forrest. He was employed on the farm of John Curtis of Poplar, Montana. Norris also gave his permanent address as Poplar, Montana, and gave the same address for his nearest relative, Thomas C. Forrest. Norris was described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and brown hair.

He registered for the World War II draft in 1942 as Don Niro Forrest and he signed his name that way. At that time, he was married to Adelaide and they lived at 337-1/2 East Main in Klamath Falls, Oregon, post office box 336. He was employed by Cantonement Contractor of California.

Birth:
His 1942 draft registration claimed 31 December.

Buried:
cremated, ashes spread on Mt. Hood

Norris married Harriet Louise CARLSON in 1920 in Minot, Ward County, North Dakota, and was divorced. Harriet was born on 11 Dec 1900 in Minot, Ward County, North Dakota; died in Feb 1982 in Seattle, King County, Washington; was buried in Minot, Ward County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Norris married Adelaide RAW on 7 Jul 1937 in Wallace, Shoshone County, Idaho. Adelaide died in 1963 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Linda’s notes suggest that Clarence or Leroy had a son named Ronald C.

Clarence registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Sidney, Montana, as Clarence Tilden Forest. He was a farmer working on the family farm in Section 18-25-51 in Richland, Montana, which was owned by Thomas Forest. Clarence gave his permanent address as Poplar, Sheridan, Montana, and he listed his nearest relative as Tina Forest of that same address. Clarence was described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and dark brown hair.

In the 1930 census, Clarence is married but living apart from his wife of 5 years. He and his widower father are laborers on a ranch in Ada, Blaine County, Montana.

Gladys was his widow.

Buried:
cremated, ashes spread on Mt. Hood

Family/Spouse: Pauline Lucille NEWMAN. Pauline was born on 25 Mar 1898 in Washington; died on 30 Jun 1971 in Marion County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Clarence married Gladys Olive SIMONS on 7 Jul 1937 in Glasgow, Valley County, Montana. Gladys (daughter of Fosco G SIMONS and Frances E HONEK) was born on 16 Apr 1919 in Brockton, Roosevelt County, Montana; died on 20 Jun 1994 in Missoula, Missoula County, Montana; was buried in Montana mountains. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Listed as Leroy E. in the 1920 census.

In the 1930 census, he was Le Roy Forest, 29 and single, a farm laborer in Richland County, Montana.

Edgar married Louise A KOLLENBAUM in 1945 in Nevada. Louise was born in 1903 in Tulaip, Washington; died in 1990 in Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, California; was buried in Oakmount Memorial Park, Lafayette County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Birth Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1903-21614

Notes:

The child whose birth certificate is listed here, unnamed, was born on December 28, 1903, in Northfield to 36 year-old Thomas Fostrum and a 33 year-old mother. That child was shown as child #2 in the family.

He resided in Roosevelt County at the time of his death.

Oliver married Edith M WESTFALL on 4 Mar 1926 in Roosevelt County, Montana. Edith was born on 21 Dec 1909; died on 9 Feb 2002 in Montana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1997-MN-007444

Family/Spouse: Alfred C MARKISON. Alfred (son of Martin MARKUSON and Ingeborg AMUNDSON) was born on 25 Feb 1897 in Dakota County, Minnesota; died on 3 Apr 1977 in Lakeville, Dakota County, Minnesota; was buried in Lakeville Grove Cemetery, Lakeville, Dakota County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1965-MN-015530

Notes:

In the 1930 census he was living in Lakeville, married to Esther, and was a lineman for the telephone company. He and Esther had no children.

Family/Spouse: Esther Caroline. Esther was born on 5 Sep 1898 in Minnesota; died on 28 Oct 1966 in Dakota County, Minnesota; was buried in Lakeville Grove Cemetery, Lakeville, Dakota County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Birth Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1902-05847

Notes:

Shown as child #3 on her birth certificate.

Laura married Carl Axel HAGLUND on 30 Jun 1928 in Dakota County, Minnesota. Carl was born in 1904; died in 1973; was buried in Lakeville Grove Cemetery, Lakeville, Dakota County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Birth Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1904-06335

Notes:

His birth certificate was amended on September 19, 1942, to add his name and correct the spelling of his mother’s last name. The birth certificate identifies him as child #4 of Edwin and Ida.

He is a lodger, no occupation shown, with the Arthur Forstrom family (his uncle) in Lakeville in the 1930 census.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1912-40236
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2003-MN-037255
• Social Security Number: 472-40-5521 issued in MN in 1955

Notes:

She was Mrs. Beulah Voss of Northfield at the time of her father’s death.

Last Social Security benefit check was received in Northfield.

Voss Beulah T. Forstom Voss On Saturday, November 29, 2003, I died at The Pillars in Oakdale. I was born in Minneapolis on 8/4/1912. Eight months later my dear mother died and I grew up in Lakeville. I've special love and gratitude for Grandma, Dad, Art, Lou and Bob Forstrom. In 1934 I married Burnett (Buntz) Voss. We lived in Northfield until his death in 1992. In 1998 I moved to Little Canada. Surviving me are 4 daughters, Carolyn Copeland (Ron Hamagami) of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, Shannon Griffin of New Brighton, Diane Greeno of Vadnais Heights, and Heather (and James) Tueffel of Lauderdale, MN. One grandchild, Holly Greeno, died in 1994. The 8 grandchildren I leave are Scott Copeland, Heidi Copeland Cooley, Andrew Copeland, Haley Griffin, Kyle Griffin, Laurie Greeno Foley, Lance Werner, Brett Werner. Surviving also are 8 great-grandchildren. My body has been donated to the University of Minnesota Medical School. There will be a private family service. While Buntz and my daughters (all so wonderfully loving and giving) are my greatest treasures, my family, relatives and friends have always been important to me also. Memorials preferred to The Pillars, HealthEast Hospice, 6025 Upper 35th St. N., Oakdale, MN 55102. I thank God for the times spent with each and every one of you.

Beulah married Burnett Harrison VOSS in 1934. Burnett (son of LEE) was born on 11 Dec 1913 in Owatonna, Steele County, Minnesota; died on 16 Apr 1992 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Virginia Mills PALMER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He later married a Peggy, his widow and his wife at the time of the death of his daughter in 1995.

Died:
cancer

Ruel married Judith TURNER in 1952, and was divorced. Judith was born on 17 Oct 1935 in Montana; died on 19 Feb 2012 in North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Twelve children between 1942 and 1962.

Family/Spouse: Julian Darrel SANDBERG. Julian was born on 1 Feb 1918 in Chippewa County, Minnesota; died on 2 Apr 1981 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota; was buried in Granite Falls City Cemetery, Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 11 Apr 1914
• Confirmation: 6 May 1928, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Notes:

In the 1940 census, she was a lodger in a rooming house in Ironwood, Michigan. She was a school administrator and had had 6 years of college.

She was an instructor in education at Long Beach State College in 1959.

Confirmation:
Bethel Lutheran

Emily married Aarre Rudolph KAUPPI in 1941. Aarre was born on 7 Aug 1914 in Ironwood, Gobebic County, Michigan; died on 27 Jul 1990 in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Jean Margaret CALDWELL on 22 Jun 1951 in Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

E.R. married R.A. WARNEKE [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Alvin Benjamin ROTTKE. Alvin was born on 22 Apr 1894 in Waseca County, Minnesota; died on 8 Feb 1968 in Wabasha County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He took the surname (Opsvig) of his step-father.

Died:
U.S. Army Air Force

Notes:

She was Elvira Reynolds of Troy, Alabama, at the time of her mother’s death in 1982.

Elvira Louise Opsvig Reynolds, born May 16, 1923, in Minot, North Dakota, passed away peacefully September 3, 2017, in Brentwood, TN . Mrs. Reynolds also spent many years in Troy, AL, and Montgomery, AL. She is preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, Lt. Col. James E. Reynolds, her parents, Claus and Harriett Opsvig, brothers, Robert Carlson Opsvig, John Thomas Opsvig (killed in action during WWII) and, sister, Karen Catherine Opsvig. She is survived by her brother Dr. Paul Kent Opsvig (Sue) of Berkeley, CA, sisters-in-law Layne Reynolds, Greenville, AL, Jean Reynolds, Geneva, AL, Myla Opsvig, Seattle, Washington, and children, John Robert Reynolds (Shirley), Brentwood, TN, Thomas Timothy Reynolds, Tuscon, AZ, and Anne Reynolds Henderson, Inlet Beach, FL. She is also survived by eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Elvira was the first baby born at Trinity Hospital in Minot and in 1944 graduated from the hospital's Trinity Hospital School of Nursing. Upon graduation Elvira enlisted in the Army Nurse Corps and met her future husband during her first tour of duty in San Francisco, CA. Based in Camp Stoneman, CA, she served on the USS Dogwood as a member of the U S Forces in the Pacific. After moving to Troy, AL, in 1962, Elvira completed her BS in Nursing at Troy State University with honors, later teaching at the school and being appointed director of the Student Health Center. In 1975 she was honored as the Pike County Nurse of the Year. She loved music, the arts and almost any type of competition including many spirited late night board game sessions with her grandchildren, friends and other family members. She was a lifelong Christian and an active member of churches where she lived.

Most recently she was a member of First United Methodist church in Montgomery and at her death was a member of Brentwood United Methodist in Brentwood, TN. The family would like to thank her many caretakers who over the years did so much to help and comfort her.

Buried:
as Elvira Louise Opsvig Reynolds

Family/Spouse: James Emmett REYNOLDS. James was born on 6 Oct 1918 in Alabama; died on 9 May 2007 in Alabama; was buried in Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery, Butler County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Fined for drunk driving and had his drivers license revoked in June of 1951.

Arrested and jailed for passing a bad check in March of 1972.

Thomas married Betty Jane ERCKENBRACK on 4 Mar 1946 in King County, Washington. Betty was born on 13 Oct 1927 in Lewis County, Washington; died on 24 Jun 1970 in Seattle, King County, Washington; was buried in Claquato Cemetery, Chehalis, Lewis County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Maxine Ellen BLUM on 21 Apr 1972 in Washington. Maxine was born on 21 Apr 1929 in Washington; died on 23 Oct 1998 in Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Todd married Lydia Dean WITHEE on 5 Dec 1954 in Yamhill County, Oregon. Lydia was born on 5 Oct 1926 in Oregon; died on 8 Oct 2007 in Marion County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He resided in Mineral County, Montana, when he died.

Buried:
cremated, ashes spread on Montana mountains

Notes:

He resided in Missoula County. He never married.

Notes:

Louise McAnally of Helena went to be with her Savior Jesus Christ on Saturday, Feb. 12, 2005. She was born Oct. 7, 1927, in Poplar to O. Bert Forest and Edith (Westfall) Forest. Louise attended grade school in the Arthur School south of Poplar. She graduated from Poplar High School in 1944. During her high school years she helped her parents in the restaurant business. Soon after graduating she began her bookkeeping career at the Co-op Grocery Store in Poplar. On April 1, 1947, she married Brian E. McAnally in Wolf Point.

Louise and Brian raised their four children in Poplar; she often stated these were her most memorable years. While in Poplar Louise was active in Royal Neighbors of America and American Legion Auxiliary. From 1967 to 1975 they owned and operated the Tastee Freez and BJ's Market in 1976-77. In 1978 they moved to Helena, where Louise continued her bookkeeping career at Sheehan's and later Anderson Orthotics. Louise moved to Mossyrock, Wash., in 1991 and returned to East Helena in 1995. She was a bookkeeper for Eastgate Apartments until her retirement in 2001. Playing bridge and putting together large puzzles were her favorite pastimes. During her lifetime Louise spent many hours in various church functions and socializing with friends. The most important thing in her life was spending time with her children and grandchildren.

Louise is survived by her children, Don McAnally of Helena; Larry (Susan) McAnally of East Helena; Gwyn (John) Nordwick of Bozeman; and Diana (Harry) Reynolds of Gillette, Wyo; eight grandchildren: Joe (Becky) McAnally and Eddy McAnally of East Helena; Deanna Nordwick of Mansfield, Texas; Bill Nordwick of Amarillo, Texas; Brian Nordwick of Bozeman; Brenda (Jeremy) Hanson, Jody Strauser, Jenny Strauser and great-granddaughter Brianna Swenson all of Gillette Wyo. She is also survived by brothers Thomas LeRoy Forest of Wolf Point and O.K. (Jeanette) Forest of Fort Peck, and numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Louise was preceded in death by her husband in 1981, father, mother, and brother Bert Jr.

Edith married Brian E MCANALLY on 1 Apr 1947 in Roosevelt County, Montana. Brian (son of Ida WESTRA) was born on 4 Jul 1924 in Poplar, Roosevelt County, Montana; died on 27 Apr 1981 in Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana; was buried in Forestvale Cemetery, Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: DC-13994
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2006-MN-015579

Notes:

Ida Delores on her birth record, Delorys Ida on Gary Robert’s birth record.

McNevin, Delorys Passed peacefully May 29th. Survived by Gary & Shelley McNevin. Memorial service Saturday June 3 at 11:00 am, St. Johns Lutheran Church in Lakeville.

Died:
as Delorys Ida McNevin; St. Francis Regional Medical Center

Family/Spouse: Robert Donald MCNEVIN. Robert was born on 4 Mar 1920 in California; died on 24 Dec 2002 in Dakota County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1920-08322

Family/Spouse: Mary MARTIN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: DC-14106

Notes:

Died:
SSDI last residence

Family/Spouse: Lois Jean HARDIE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: DC-14161

Marion married William G KINZELL on 18 Apr 1945 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 25 Apr 1937, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota

Notes:

Griffin Shannon Griffin rejoined her parents, Burnett & Beulah Voss and niece, Holly Furey in Heaven when she died in Oakdale, Minnesota, on March 20, 2004. When she died at Pillars hospice, she went in peace surrounded by those who loved her. She believed in truth, hard work, fierce loyalty and service to the ones she loved. In addition to her family and friends, she loved swinging a golf club on a sunny day, classical music with a special fondness for Bach, and she fulfilled a dream two summers ago and attended a Bach festival in Germany. Born in Northfield, Minnesota, she graduated from Northfield High School and went on to graduate Cum Laude from Carlton College in 1959 and was very active in their alumni association, receiving a distinguished alumni award from Carleton in 2001. She was an educator for over 35 years and, in her career, touched the lives of students, staff, families and communities in Wisconsin, St. Anthony, Onamia, and ended her career at Olson Middle School in Minneapolis. The Olson staff, students, adults, families and community always had a special place in her heart. Her success in middle school reform was recognized by both the Star Tribune and Time Magazine. She was also active in the Minnesota DFL, running for Minnesota State Senate, District 9 in 1976. She was also appointed by Govenor Perpich to a state panel to screen applicants for posts in state government, and was treasurer for Geri Evans, Representative for Minnesota in District 52B. In her working career, she recieved numerous accolades in her efforts to reform education, especially in the middle school grades. She graduated from the Bush Principal's Leadership Program in 1990 and, soon after, was promoted to principal in the Minneapolis Public Schools. She will be fondly remembered by the family members she left behind, including her two children, Kyle and Hayley Griffin, their dad, Bromley Griffin, Hayley's fiance, Michael Forrest, and Kyle's special friend, Jeremiah Edwards. She also leaves behind her three sisters, Carolyn Copeland, Diane Greeno and Heather Tueffel, nephews and nieces, Scott and Andrew Copeland, Heidi Cooley, Lance and Brett Werner, and Lori Foley and Comet, her favorite granddog.

Baptism:
St. John’s Lutheran

Died:
healtheast Hospice

Shannon married Bromley GRIFFIN on 15 Dec 1959 in Rice County, Minnesota, and was divorced. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Greeno, Diane - (Voss) 'Dee Dee' of Vadnais Heights. Passed away peacefully August 23rd surrounded by family. Preceded in death by her parents Beulah and Burnett Voss; sister Shannon Griffin; and daughter Holly Furey. Survived by daughter Laurie Foley Dilts (Andrew); sisters Carolyn Copeland (Ron Hamogami) and Heather Tueffel (Jim); grandchildren Chris (Naomi) and Jackie Foley; 7 nieces and nephews; and many wonderful and special friends and relatives. Dee Dee was born and raised in Northfield, MN, graduating high school in 1956 and Ancker Nursing School in 1959. A nurse for nearly 40 years, Dee Dee worked at Lindhurst and Ramsey County Nursing Homes, Little Sisters of the Poor and gave her loving care and attention to patients at United Hospital for 30+ years. A member of the Nurses Assoc., Dee Dee volunteered her time for Hospice Care, Rock-a-Baby, many other organizations, and was a proud member of the Red Hat Society. A loving mother, sister, daughter, grandmother and friend, she devoted her life to her family and friends and would like everyone to rejoice over the good times shared together.

Family/Spouse: Roger Raymond GREENO. Roger died on 28 Jan 2009. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
cancer

Denise married Mike BERG on 4 Aug 1973 in Turtle Lake, McLean County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Floyd STUCK in 1983. Floyd died on 15 Dec 2008 in Washington County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 2015-MN-036037

Gwendolyn married Phillip PERRY on 8 Oct 1976 in Minnehaha County, South Dakota, and was divorced. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Joy Mae FARMER. Joy was born on 4 Mar 1926 in Rice County, Minnesota; died on 24 Jul 2010 in Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Larry Alan McAnally, 66, of East Helena Montana went home to his Lord & Savior on Friday, March 3, 2017. He passed away at St Peter’s Hospital in Helena Montana with his family by his side. Larry fought a long and courageous battle with cancer.

Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Thursday, March 9, 2017 at St John’s Lutheran Church, 1001 Helena Ave., Helena Montana with Pastor Brad Ulgenes officiating. Cremation has taken place. Funeral arrangements are being handled by the family & Big Sky Crematory & Twitchell Funeral Service in East Helena, MT.

Larry was born July 11, 1950 in Poplar Montana to Brian & Louise (Forest) McAnally. He attended schools in Poplar and shared childhood memories with family and friends through church, clubs, and Boy Scouts. While in high school, Larry excelled in academics and leadership. He was an outstanding wrestler and standout football player despite his size. Larry graduated with honors in 1968. His strong will and determination were always apparent throughout his life.

After high school Larry attended Wahpeton College in Wahpeton, North Dakota. He joined the Army in 1970 and served with Big Red One, 1st Infantry Division stationed in Ft Riley, Kansas during the Vietnam Era. Larry served as radio operator and traveled with “Show of Force” in Germany.

Larry married Susan Davis on June 10, 1972 in Poplar, Montana. They moved to Helena, Montana in 1973 for Larry to continue his education at the Vo-Tech Center, where he received a degree as an electronic technician. Larry & Susan moved to Salt Lake City, Utah 1976 for a short time. They moved back to Helena in February 1977, where they grew their family & raised their sons, Joe and Eddy. Larry worked for Federal Express and then the US Postal Service until he was forced to retire due to his health. Larry was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Helena. He was involved in Scouts, serving as Scout leader with Joe. Larry enjoyed the outdoors, spending many hours beautifying their yard. His past times, which always included family, were hunting, fishing, and being at the lake. Larry’s most enjoyable times were going to swim meets, ball games, and being with his grandchildren. He instilled love and dedication in his wife, sons, and grandchildren. Larry was a dedicated care giver for his wife the past five years.

Larry is survived by his wife of 44 years, Susan; son Joseph (Becky) McAnally & grandchildren Emily & Brian all East Helena MT; son, Edward (Jiff) McAnally & granddaughter Dylan Mae; brother Don McAnally, sister Gwyn (John) Nordwick, all of Helena MT, sister Diana (Harry) Reynolds of Gillette WY. Numerous nieces, nephews, and friends. Larry is preceded in death by his parents Brian & Louise McAnally.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to St Peter’s Cancer Treatment Center, Helena MT. The family would like to extend special thanks to extended family, friends, doctors, nurses, aids, and all St Pete’s personnel who helped Larry during his fight with Multiple Myeloma.

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1994-MN-016768

Holly married J.J. FUREY [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]