Knut Johannesson HÅLIEN

Family/Spouse: Jørand Olsdatter KVÅLE. Jørand was born in 1708; died in 1794. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang C, p. 413.

Birth:
Hålien 109/1

Died:
Hålien 109/1

Family/Spouse: Ingrid Knutsdatter HÅLIEN. Ingrid (daughter of Knut Tomassen GARSTAD and Marit Knutsdatter HANDE) was born in 1748 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1800 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is I5796 in Jim’s VS. (He has erroneously born in 1732.)

The bygdebok (Vang C, p. 413) has her, apparently erroneously, marrying Håvard Nilsson Ellestad.

Birth:
Hålien 109/1

Family/Spouse: Nils Håvolsen ELLESTAD. Nils (son of Håvol (Håvard) Nilsen ELLESTAD and Sigrid Knutsdatter ØDEGÅRD) was born in 1728 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1797. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jim had, apparently mistakenly, had the wife of Gullik Knudsen as Ingebjørg Ovesdatter Dal (1741-1764) of Brekka 68/1 (Remmisbrekkun). She may have been Gullik’s first wife, with whom he had no children. dwfrench1 does not include Ingebjørg in his French Family Tree.

Birth:
Stee

Died:
Holien i Hurum

Family/Spouse: Gullik Knutsen HÅLIEN. Gullik (son of Knut Tomassen GARSTAD and Marit Knutsdatter HANDE) was born in 1739 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1782. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

nrestore calls her Berit Knudsdatter Bjellebøle

Birth:
Hålien 109/1, nrestore has her born in Øystre Slidre (disagreeing with Vang C)

Family/Spouse: Øystein Olsen KJØS. Øystein (son of Ola Torgeirsen KJØS and Malene Knutsdatter VEFLEN) was born in 1734 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1812. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is I5745 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes:

Han var en tid "skulemeister". Han fikk gården av faren 14.10.1793 for 300 rd.

Margrete og Knut hadde åtte barn: Berit (1800- ), Ingrid (1802- ), Johannes (1804-1883) grb på Hålien. Berit (1807-1873) gift med Nils Torsteinsen Myre grb på Myre 101, Kari (1810-), Jørand (1812-) gift med Ola K Skjefte grb 108/2. Margrete (1815- ) gift med Ola Olsen Framstad, husmann i Gjerdinge under 91/- Brekken. Thomas (1817- ) han var gårdbruker og etterpå innerst på Myre, deretter på Berge i Høre og så på Tørstad. Så ble han husmann under Hålien 109/1 på Stormarken. Frøholm skriver: "Stormake er eit bureisingsbruk, der Solheim 109/7 no ligg, det var ei tid husmannsplass. Vi veit berre om ein brukar eller husmann der. "Tømmes på Stormarken". Han var vanskapt i føtene, mest som "hestefota". Han var skomaker og hadde ei merr han kalla "Syrakssokkføtsla". Han var bor til brukaren i Sygrare. Det gikk et rykte om at det var han som hadde retten til Hålien 109/1, men det er feil. han hadde berre ei ku da han begynte som husmann. Han var gift med Berit Andrisdatter Røvang (1819- ). Ho skulle vere uvanleg lat, og ei av gjentene der skulle ha sagt: "Mø kinne ikkje mø. Me like best rumme". " Berit og Thomas hadde følgende barn: Barbro (1845-), Berit (1849-) hun fikk datteren Ingrid i 1872 med maleren Hans A Pettersen fra Vestre Slidre Ingrid (1852- ) til Vossastrand i 1870, Knut (1855-) og Marit (1859-).

Birth:
Hålien 109/1

Died:
Hålien 109/1

Family/Spouse: Margrete Thomasdatter KVIEN. Margrete (daughter of Thomas Olsen KVIEN and Berit Thomasdatter REMME) was born in 1784 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1865 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Hålien 109/1

Family/Spouse: Torleiv Andrisson SKJEFTE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was the widow of Aslak Trondsson at the time she married Ola Olsson.

Family/Spouse: Ola Olsson. Ola was born in 1768; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Aslak Trondsson BUNDE. Aslak was born in 1764; died in 1811. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Nils Toresson SKEIE. Nils (son of Tore Ivarsen ELLESTAD and Jøran Nilsdatter ELLESTAD) was born in 1793 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1872. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Ellestad 23/2

Family/Spouse: Sigrid Ivarsdatter ELLESTAD. Sigrid was born about 1752. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She may be a daughter of Nils Håvolsen Ellestad, b. 1728 (#I23547).

Died:
Skeie

Family/Spouse: Tore Ivarsen ELLESTAD. Tore (son of Ivar Torleivsson MØSAKER and Marit Toresdatter HEEN) was born in 1756; died in 1810. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was the owner of Helle 106/5-6 Niegarden av Øvre Helle.

He is I7849 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes: Han var utkommandert soldat i 1789. Han brukte både Hålien 109/5 B og Helle., men 16.10.1797 makeskiftet han gården med Knut Olsen Helle (Kvie) mot 106/5-6 Øvre Helle. Knut og Kjersti hadde barna: Gullik (1790-) grb på Helle, Marit (1785-), Ambjørg (1787-) fikk Finnkjell (1809-) og Knut (1812-) med Finkjell Knutson Gryte, Ragnhild (1793-), Ingrid (1796-), Kjersti (1798-), gm Endre Vilhjølmson gårdbuker på Helle 106/2, Øvre, Barbro (1802-1840). Hun døde i legd på gården her. Hun fikk datteren Marit (1828-) med Gullik Thoamssen Høve og sønnen (Thomas med soldat Andris Jørgenson Kvieseiga.

Knut solgte Helle til Ola Erlendson Vøvle 1.5.1806 for 800 rd. Ola brukte gården i tre år før han solgte den til Knuts eldste sønn Gullik for det samme som han hadde gitt for den og flyttet tilbake til farsgården. I 1823 kjøpte han Hovda i VS og flyttet dit.

dwfrench1 calls him Knud Gulliksem Holien d.æ. and has him born in 1760.

Birth:
Hålien 109/5, Nordigarden i Høre

Family/Spouse: Kjersti Olsdatter EGGE. Kjersti (daughter of Ola Olsen EGGE and Ambjørg Gulliksdatter HOVI) was born in 1760 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1815. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Birth:
Holien i Hurum

Died:
Høyme i Lomen

Family/Spouse: Knud Knudsen KVIE. Knud (son of Knud Engebretsen KVIE and Anne Knudsdatter KVIEN) was born on 7 Dec 1754 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1821 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [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:

Vang C, p. 414.

Johannes married Berit Andrisdatter BUNDE in 1826. Berit (daughter of Andris Persson VØVLE and Berit Olsdatter BUNDE) was born in 1806; died in 1871. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Hålien 109/1

Family/Spouse: Vilhjølm Ivarsen KVIEN. Vilhjølm (son of Ivar Person and Anne Andrisdatter TUNE) was born in 1798 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1874. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ola Knutsson LYKKJUN. Ola was born in 1812 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1891. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Berit Andersdatter ELLESTAD. Berit (daughter of Anders Johannessen ELLESTAD and Barbro Jøgersdatter LOKEN) was born on 20 Feb 1821 in Valdres i Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Skjefte 108/1 i Høre

Died:
Skjefte 108/1 i Høre

Ingrid married Tore Person HELLE in 1857. Tore (son of Peder Olsen SKIEEN and Sigri Thoresdatter) was born in 1825 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1898 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Husmand med Jord, Snedker

Notes:

Of sørre Bunde.

Aslak (paa haugen) Lajord according to Brad's January 7, 1991, letter. In that letter, Brad explains that Aslak came from a farm named Lajord.

For their marriage entry in the parish record, he is Aslag Olsen Qvale. He is also called that on his daughter Marit’s birth record. For his first son’s birth record he is called Aslak Olsen Söndre-Qvauss. For the 1847 Ole and the 1850 Ole and the 1855 Ole, he was Qvam.

At the time of the 1865 census, Marit and Aslak lived on a farm in Vang named Haaugen.

According the 1865 census, Marit and Aslak had two sons named Ole, one born in 1844, one born in 1855. The older one’s occupation, at the time of the 1865 census, was “er hjemme og er Uhrmager.”

In his letter back to Valdres in 1896, Ove says that Ole died (apparently in the late 1880s or early 1890s) childless.

Åslag married Marit Olsdatter ELLINGBØE KVAM on 9 Jun 1842 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Marit (daughter of Ola Torleivsson ELLINGBØE and Ågot Helgesdotter ELLINGBØE) was born on 19 Aug 1817 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 19 Dec 1902 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; was buried on 3 Jan 1903 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1865 census, he and his wife lived on Bonde 156a with their daughter Marith’s family. Trond was blind.

Trond married Marit Trondsdatter MYRE in 1823. Marit (daughter of Thron Madson MYHRE and Marit Olsdatter BAKKE) was born in 1800 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1878. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang C, p. 370.

Birth:
Skeie 107/1

Family/Spouse: Ingrid Knudsdatter LYKKJUN. Ingrid was born in 1825 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1907. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Called Nils Haaversen in the 1801 census.

Birth:
Ellestad 23/2

Family/Spouse: Turid Eriksdatter LOME. Turid (daughter of Erik Eriksen LOME and Barbro Jonsdatter KVÅLE) was born in 1796 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Skeie according to the French Family Tree

Family/Spouse: Peder Olsen SKIEEN. Peder (son of Ola Olsen FRAMSTAD and Marit Persdatter VEFLEN) was born about 1792 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Vang C bygdebok calls her Ragnhild Toresdatter Skeie Helle.

Birth:
Skeie according to the French Family Tree

Died:
Framstad in Høre according to the French Family Tree

Ragnild married Ole Olsen FRAMSTAD in 1816. Ole (son of Ola Olsen FRAMSTAD and Marit Persdatter VEFLEN) was born in 1787 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1859. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ingrid Johannesdatter HÅLIEN. Ingrid (daughter of Johannes Knutsen HÅLIEN and Ingrid Knutsdatter HÅLIEN) was born in 1785 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang C, p. 211 says she was a servant on Garstad in 1801. This is confirmed in the 1801 census. In that census, she is age 19 on Garstad, the gbr for which is Torsten Engebretsen, age 38.

The marriage record suggests that her father was Knud Olsen Haalien.

Ingebors born in 1781:

Hurum; 12 Jan to Knud Leerol and Magreta Knudsdatter; witnesses: Maren Qvam, Iver Hoverstad, somebody, Trond Kattevold, and Finchel Hamre. That Ingeborg lived only 6 months. (Vang B, p. 212.)

Ingebjørg married Ola Erlendsson VEBLEN on 13 Nov 1803 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ola (son of Erland Olsson VEBLEN and Anne Olsdatter BUNDE) was born in 1780; died in 1830. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is I12960 in Jim’s VS. He is listed in the Vang C bygdebok, p. 359.

Gullik was a farmer and rosemaler. He sold his Helle farm in 1821 and moved to Hovda in Vestre Slidre.

Birth:
Helle 106/5-6 Niegarden av Øvre Helle

Died:
Hovda 10/4; or 1863

Family/Spouse: Sigri Thomasdatter TØRSTAD. Sigri (daughter of Thomas Olsen TØRSTAD and Giertrud Pedersdatter VEBLEN) was born in 1790 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang C, p. 358

Birth:
Helle 106/5-6 Niegarden of Øvre Helle

Family/Spouse: Endre Vilhelmsen BERGE. Endre (son of Vilhelm Persen VEFLEN and Anne Torsteinsdatter SKJEL) was born in 1790 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1836. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

This couple and children and grandchildren per dwfrench1.

Birth:
Helle Øvre

Family/Spouse: Tosten Julsen HJELDEØDEGAARD. Tosten was born in 1775 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Barbro married Nils Andrisson KJØS in 1822. Nils (son of Andris Nilsson KJØS and Ambjørg Knutsdatter BUNDE) was born in 1793; died in 1881. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Birth:
Kvie

Died:
nedre Høyme

Family/Spouse: Marit Thomasdatter RØVANG. Marit (daughter of Thomas Alvsen RØVANG and Ingeborg Gunnarsdatter RØVANG) was born on 13 Jan 1793 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1881 in Nedre Høyme, Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [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]

Family/Spouse: Marit Andersdatter ELLESTAD. Marit (daughter of Anders Johannessen ELLESTAD and Barbro Jøgersdatter LOKEN) was born on 2 Jun 1823 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 12 Nov 1895 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The bygdebok (Vang C, p. 414) says that she married Torleiv and came to the U.S.

Family/Spouse: Torleiv Andrisson RØVANGSMOEN. Torleiv (son of Anders Johannessen ELLESTAD and Barbro Jøgersdatter LOKEN) was born on 28 May 1826 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1909 in Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to Dwayne, Knut came to the U.S. in 1866.

He is I14833 in Jim’s VS.

Knut married Anna Gurine Gudmundsdatter OSMUNDSEN in 1869 in Minnesota. Anna was born on 13 Sep 1850 in Rogaland, Norway; died on 25 Apr 1934 in Otter Tail County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1, in his French Family Tree, calls her Sigri Olsdatter Skjefte.

Family/Spouse: Knut Jøgersson HELLE. Knut (son of Jøger Knudsen VIK and Marit Olsdatter LOMEN) was born in 1830 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1919. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ole Olsen QUALEY. Ole (son of Ole Gunnarsen LIEN and Ragnhild Arnfinnsdatter OLDRE) was born on 15 Mar 1855 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1912 in Valley County, Montana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Caroline Mathilda Ingebretsdatter LONEY. Caroline was born on 28 Apr 1857 in Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; died on 26 Nov 1928 in Cass County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 2 Apr 1866, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

His entry in Find A Grave:

Alberta Death Register for John Thompson
b. Mar 15 1866 in Norway
d. 20 Dec 1943 @ Camrose, AB
farmer NW 1/4 Sec 25 46 R 20 w 4th (Camrose)
Widower
In Canada & Alberta for 32 years. In Camrose for 9 years.
Registration Number 3082
===
JOHN THOMPSON
On December 20, John Thompson passed away at his son's home, at the age of 77 years. He was born in Vang, Wallers, Norway, in 1866. With his mother, he came when six years old, to North Dakota.

He was married to Anna Benson in 1887. In 1902 he took up homestead land. After several years of farming, the deceased went into the general store business at Hendricks, Minn. In 1911, he and his family came to Alberta and homesteaded at New Brigden. His wife predeceased him in October, 1924, and four sons also have predeceased him.

In 1934 he and his son, Solvin, moved to Camrose and rented the McCallum farm, where he resided until his death.

Left to mourn his loss are five sons, three daughters and twenty-six grandchildren; Bertha (Mrs. J. O. Johnson), Wyndone, N.D.; Ben of Camrose; Hjalmer of Kingman; Oscar of Wembley; Clara (Mrs. Harvey Hamilton), Sedalia; Annie (Mrs. Hans Oltman) and Solvin and Edwin of Camrose.

The Camrose Canadian, December 29, 1943, page 6

John's wife, Annie, died at New Brigden, Alberta, in 1924 (Alberta Death Reg. #2115).

Family/Spouse: Annie BENSON. Annie (daughter of Halvor Baardson BENSON and Betsey OLSON) was born in 1868 in Minnesota; died in Oct 1924 in Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Skjefte 108/1 i Høre

Died:
Skjefte 108/1 i Høre

Family/Spouse: Berit Kristoffersdatter BERGE. Berit (daughter of Kristoffer Nilsen BRUBAKKEN and Ragndi Torsteinsdatter KJØS) was born in 1867 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1942 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 11 Sep 1842, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Unmarried. Stayed at Haugen, Kvam. Unmarried and living with her parents at the time of the 1865 Norwegian census.

In the 1900 Norwegian census, she is unmarried and living with her mother on the Haugen farm in Vang.

In the 1910 Norwegian census, she is living on farm 51/1, Nerre Lajord, in Vang. This is apparently her brother’s farm but she is in a separate household. Living with her is Johannes G. Okshovd, b. 1840. Marit’s birth date is shown as 28 July 1842. Her occupation is “Lever av formue, har en kostgjænger,” (lives off wealth, has a boarder). His occupation is “offentlig fattigunderstøttelse” (public elderly support).

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Watchmaker
• Baptism: 28 Dec 1844, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

According the 1865 census, Marit and Aslak had two sons named Ole, one born in 1844, one born in 1855. The older one’s occupation, at the time of the 1865 census, was “er hjemme og er Uhrmager.”

Both Ole Aslaksons were baptismal sponsors for Marit Ovesdatter (#258).

From Ove Ovesen’s letter to his mother in January of 1896, it appears that this older of the two Oles had died in 1894 or 1895 and that he had married but had no children. It also can be inferred from Ove Ovesen’s letter that this older of the two Oles died in Minnesota because it seems as if Ove had visited his house.

The 1880-1881 Minneapolis city directory shows an O.A. Kvam, watch mkr. for A Evanson & Co. boarding at the Victoria Hotel.

The 1881-1882 Minneapolis city directory shows an O.A. Kvam, watchmkr. for W.C. Leber, boarding at 203 N. 2d Ave.

The 1882-1883 Minneapolis city directory shows an O.A. Kvam, watchmaker for W.C. Leber, residing at 207 N 3rd Ave.

The 1883-1884 Minneapolis city directory shows an O.A. Kvam, “with W C Leber,” residing at 913 North Washington Ave.

The 1885 and 1885-1886 Minneapolis city directories show an Ole A. Kvam, a watchmaker employed by W C Leber, residing at 112 S 3rd Ave.

The 1886-1887 Minneapolis city directory shows an O.A. Kvam, jeweler for W.C. Leber, residing at 112 S 3rd Ave.

The 1888 Minneapolis city directory shows an Ole A. Kvam, watchmaker for W C Leber, residing at 111 Island Ave.

MOMS shows an Ole Kvan marrying a K Paulseth in Hennepin County on 25 Jan 1888. FS’s Minnesota County Marriages has no name for the woman but says she was 25 years old and that Ole A Kvam was 38.

An advertisement for W.C. Leber (”Dealer in Watches, Clocks, and Jewelry.”) in the 1888-1889 Minneapolis city directory includes the line “O.A. Kvam, Repairing of Fine Watches.” W.C. Leber was at “No. 208 Hennepin Avenue.”

That 1888-1889 directory shows Ole A. Kvam, watchmaker for W C Leber, residing at 111 Island Ave. Note that this is the same address for his first cousin, Jøger Ellingboe (#4056), who was a jeweler for Adolph Leber.

The 1890-1891 city directory also shows Ole A Kvam, watchmaker for W C Leber, residing at 111 Island Ave.

An article in the Saint Paul Globe, Tuesday, February 27, 1894:

O. A. Kvam, the jeweler, died at St. Mary’s Hospital Sunday from the effects of an operation to relieve an ulcer in his stomach. He was advised by Dr. Hoegh to have the operation performed two weeks ago but kept putting it off and it is thought that the delay proved fatal as the disease gained such headway that medical skill was unavailing.

Notes:

No baptism.

Notes:

No baptism.

Died:
14 days old

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Clockmaker and Farmer
• Baptism: 10 Jun 1855, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He or his brother was one of the baptismal sponsors for Ole Ellingboe (#3235). He or his brother also, apparently, made the trip to Vestre Toten to be a sponsor for Thea (#269). Both Ole Aslaksons were baptismal sponsors for Marit Ovesdatter (#258).

Farmed Lajord 51/1 from 1890 to 1925. Built a new out building 1924.

According the 1865 census, Marit and Aslak had two sons named Ole, one born in 1844, one born in 1855. The older one’s occupation, at the time of the 1865 census, was “er hjemme og er Uhrmager.”

In the 1900 Norwegian census, Ole Aslaksson Kvam, a widower born 1855, was living on the Lajord nedre farm in Vang. His occupation was gaardbruger s uhrmager (farmer and watch-maker). Ole’s three children by his first wife, Aslak, Kristoffer, and Marit, were also living with him on the farm. Also living in the household were two servants and the føderaadsmand and føderaadskone, Endre Kristoffesson Lajord, b. 1828, and his wife Guri Torstensdatter, b. 1828. These were the people who had owned the farm previously and who still received a living and the right to live there.

In the 1910 Norwegian census, Ole Aslaksen Kvam still resides on Lajord 51/1 (Nerre-Lajord). The household also includes his 2nd wife, Marit Kristoffersdatter, as well as his five children: Aslak Olsen Lajord, Kristoffer Olsen Lajord, Marit Olsen Lajord, Ole Olsen Lajord, and Torstein Olsen Lajord. The two youngest children were by Marit. The household also includes Guri Torsteinsdatter Lajord, b. 1838.09.09, føderaadskone.

Died:
p. 892

Ole married Ingeborg Kristoffersdatter KVÅLE on 12 Jun 1889 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ingeborg (daughter of Kristoffer Torsteinson KVÅLE and Berit Torsteinsdatter LAJORD) was born in 1860; died on 29 Jun 1897 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; was buried on 6 Jul 1897 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ole married Marit Kristoffersdatter on 21 Jun 1903 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Marit (daughter of Kristoffer Olson) was born on 11 Aug 1866 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was heiress to the farm owned by her father.

Marit married Andris Knutson LYKKENS in 1851. Andris (son of Knud Olsen LYKKENS and Sigri Andersdatter) was born on 11 Aug 1821 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1878. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 14 Jan 1827, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1900 census, she was Ingeborg Trontson, age 74, mistakenly shown as being born in December of 1825. She is living with her son, Thomas Trontson, age 35, born in Wisconsin, and his family in the town of Amherst, Portage County, Wisconsin.

In that census, she had had 4 children, of which 3 were still living.

It wouldn’t seem that she could have had a son Thomas, born in Wisconsin in 1865 or so if she was still in Norway for the 1865 census with, apparently, all of her children, none of whom was Thomas.

Baptism:
Hurum

Ingri married Tosten Olsen QVAL in 1848. Tosten (son of Ola Kristoffersen KVÅL and Marit Torsteinsdatter SKJEL) was born in 1798; died on 17 Oct 1874 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ole Ellingson VEBLEN. Ole (son of Elling Olsson VEBLEN and Anne Andrisdatter BUNDE) was born in 1860 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1948 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 27 Oct 1821, Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He is I29316 in Jim’s VS in which he is mistakenly shown as born in 1841 instead of 1821.

Birth:
Fylken

Family/Spouse: Anne Engebretsdatter LYSENG. Anne (daughter of Engebret Knutsen LYSENG and Marit Ellingsdatter HOLDAL) was born on 25 Dec 1818 in Nord-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 12 Aug 1898 in Wisconsin; was buried on 14 Aug 1898. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 17 Oct 1830, Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Or Fylken.

Baptism:
Lomen - Røn - Slidre sokn

Family/Spouse: Johannes Tollefsen RUDI. Johannes (son of Tollef Olsen RUDI and Marit Larsdatter) was born on 11 Jan 1822 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1865 census, he and his family lived on Helle nedre in Hurum, Vang. The household included his father, Peder Olsson, age 74, widower, Føderaadsmand.

Birth:
Nedre Helle or Eikren in Høre

Family/Spouse: Sigrid Andersdatter KJØS. Sigrid (daughter of Anders Ericksen KJØS and Berith Gudmundsdatter REMME) was born on 1 Jan 1823 in Årvoll, Aker, Akershus, Norway; died on 11 Aug 1868 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Eikra (Nerhelle) 107/4

Died:
Skjefte 108/1 i Høre

Tore married Ingrid Torleivsdatter SKJEFTE in 1857. Ingrid (daughter of Torleiv Andrisson SKJEFTE and Sigrid Johannesdatter HÅLIEN) was born in 1822 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1892 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang C, p. 386. Brukar, Helle 107/5.

In the 1865 census, he and his family lived on Helle nedre in Vang.

Family/Spouse: Sigrid Olsdatter KVÅLE. Sigrid was born about 1824 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 13 Apr 1843, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Family/Spouse: Peder Killo IVERSON. Peder was born on 11 Mar 1839 in Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Came to the U.S. in 1869 according to the bygdebok.

He was on Tørstad when Ragnild was born. He was on Brekken 91/ when Margrethe was born.

Family/Spouse: Margrethe Knudsdatter. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 12 Oct 1823, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

The bygdebok (Vang C, p. 284) does not include her as a child of Ola and Ragnhild.

Sigrid and Berit emigrated in 1864 to settle at first on the farm of Berit and Einar Bonde in Rice County.

She was a widow living with or near her son Ole in Kerkhoven Twp, Swift County, in the 1900 census. She had come to the U.S. in 1864 and had one child, no longer living (sic).

Baptism:
Hurum

Family/Spouse: Østen Tostensen BUNDE. Østen (son of Torstein Øysteinson BUNDE and Berit Olsdatter EGGE) was born in 1820 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1848 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ole K N FRAMSTAD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 18 May 1828, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Not in Vang’s 1865 census,

Baptism:
Hurum

Family/Spouse: Gunder GJEVRE. Gunder (son of Gunnar Andrison Dy GIVRE and Berit Olsdatter GIVRE) was born on 17 Nov 1837 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 9 Dec 1895 in Minnesota; was buried in Vestre Sogn Lutheran Cemetery, Sacred Heart, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 2 Feb 1834

Notes:

Shown as Ann Framstad on Sigrid’s death certificate. Shown as Anna Framstad (#I54396) in Jim’s Valdres Slekt tree.

The Peterson/Long family tree on Ancestry has her born 6 Jan 1834 in Framstad/Høre in Vang.

Birth:
shown as 13 Jan 1836 on her gravestone

Died:
Date on her gravestone. As Anne Frovold.

Anne married Ole Knudsen TØRSTAD on 22 Apr 1855 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ole (son of Knut Thomassen TØRPE and Sigrid Olsdatter LIEN) was born on 14 Dec 1823 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang C, p. 370.

Birth:
Skeie 107/1

Family/Spouse: Ingrid Knudsdatter LYKKJUN. Ingrid was born in 1825 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1907. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

aka Erland
aka Vøvle

Family/Spouse: Anne Andrisdatter BUNDE. Anne (daughter of Andris Persson VØVLE and Berit Olsdatter BUNDE) was born in 1814 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1900. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Veflen

Died:
Skehelde

Family/Spouse: Tosten Endresen SKEHELDE. Tosten (son of Endre Pedersen SKEHELDE and Marit Tostensdatter SKJEL) was born on 28 Jan 1787 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1848 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Kjersti was Knut’s second wife.

Family/Spouse: Knud Johannessen KJØRLIEN. Knud (son of Johannes Gunnarsson ROGN and Anne Joensdatter KJØRLIEN) was born on 27 Feb 1803 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: Høre, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 20 Aug 1820, Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He is not listed in the Vang bygdebok.

The name of the Slidre farm where he was born seems to be Skishelden or Spirhelden. Surname shown here was at the time of his marriage.

Came to the U.S. in 1851.

In the 1860 census, he was a farmer in the town of Greenville in Outagamie County, Wisconsin. He was called Kennek Gulickson, age 40, with wife Maria, age 40. Children are Joan M., 16, Steena, 14, George, 7, and Martin, 4.

In the 1900 census, he was called Knudt Gulliksen, a widower, b. August of 1820. He was living with his son George and his family in Monona County, Iowa.

Knut married Maria Johannesdatter SKJEFSTAD on 25 Jun 1843 in Østre Toten, Oppland, Norway. Maria (daughter of Johannes Olsen SKJEFSTAD and Mallene Christophersdatter) was born on 12 Jun 1820 in Østre Toten, Oppland, Norway; died on 22 Dec 1895 in Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Helle 106/2 Øvre, Reino, Høre

Family/Spouse: Nils Nilsen KVIEN. Nils (son of Nils Nilsen KVIEN and Anne Andrisdatter BELSHEIM) was born in 1822 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1906 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The bygdebok (Vang C, p. 347) shows him born in 1831. The 1865 census shows him as age 45, implying that he was born in 1821.

Vang C, p. 232 shows 1822 and calls him Knut Endresson Tørpe and his wife as Gjartrud Tomasdatter Ellestad.

In that 1865 census, he is a husmann med jord on Veflen Øvre.

He is living with his son Thomas in the 1900 census.

Family/Spouse: Giertrud Tomasdatter ELLESTAD. Giertrud (daughter of Tomas Knudson TØRSTAD and Berit Johannesdatter ELLESTAD) was born on 7 Oct 1819 in Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 1 Apr 1893 in Minnesota; was buried in Vestre Sogn Lutheran Cemetery, Sacred Heart, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Hjelde in Vestre Slidre

Family/Spouse: Knud Haaversen BRAATEN. Knud was born on 30 Jun 1816 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 4 May 1898 in Rock County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang C, p. 80 and p. 94

farmed N. Kjøs 94/2

Family/Spouse: Marit Andersdatter KJØS. Marit (daughter of Andris Torsteinsson KJØS and Ingebjørg Knutsdatter NEDRE HØYME) was born on 14 Dec 1856 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1896. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Birth:
nedre Høyme

Family/Spouse: Marit Jensdatter KAARSTAD. Marit was born on 2 Jun 1837 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 21 May 1907 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Andris Torsteinsson KJØS. Andris (son of Torstein Knutsen KJØS and Marit Evensdatter ELLINGBÖ) was born in 1827 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1870. [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]

Notes:

Probably the Johannes born 1 Sep 1850, bapt. 6 Oct, to Knud Johanneson and Marith Andersdatter Haalien.

Johannes married Anne Olsdatter DY FRAMSTAD in Oct 1873 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Anne (daughter of Ole Pedersen FRAMSTAD and Sidsel Olsdatter DALAGER) was born on 15 Mar 1845 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was an heir to half of her father’s farm (109/2).

Family/Spouse: Anders Haaversen HOLIEN. Anders (son of Haaver Knudsen HOLIEN and Ragndi Andrisdatter GIVRE) was born on 16 Oct 1842 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 31 May 1916 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 12 Dec 1847, Høre, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

dwfrench1’s French Family Tree has her as the Barbro born in Vang on 28 Sep 1847 (bapt. 12 Dec) to the unmarried couple Tollev Andersen Røvang and Magrethe Johannesdatter Holien. Her baptismal sponsors were Halvor Arnesen Helle, Randi Johannesdatter Holien, Thora Andersdatter Helle, Marith Andersdatter Røvang, and Randi Qval.

In the 1900 census, she has had 6 children, 5 still living. She came to the U.S. in 1862. She and her husband have been married for 33 years.

Jill Amble calls her Barbro Tollevsdatter Ellestad. So does sommerfam.

Family/Spouse: Engebret (Albert) Olson NESJA. Engebret (son of Ole Engebretsen NESJA and Dorthe Olsdatter BERGE) was born on 27 Aug 1837 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 23 Jul 1906 in Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin; was buried in Lanesboro Cemetery, Lanesboro, Fillmore County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anders married Luelle A NILSEN in 1886 in North Dakota. Luelle was born in Dec 1858 in Minnesota; died on 16 Jul 1942 in Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Konow married Emma Mathilda BUSKERUD on 14 Nov 1907 in Minnesota. Emma was born on 4 Dec 1891 in Clay County, Minnesota; died on 21 Jan 1983 in Glasgow, Valley County, Montana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Andrew ROLANDSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 18 Apr 1867, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Birth:
107/3 Kubakke

Baptism:
Hurum

Family/Spouse: Sigrid Gulbrandsdatter. Sigrid (daughter of Guldbrand Tostensen RØVANG and Anne Halvorsdatter VESTLIEN) was born on 28 Nov 1868 in Winneshiek County, Iowa; died on 19 Apr 1940 in Hills, Rock County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jøger married Sigrid Olsdatter KONGSLIENVang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Sigrid (daughter of Ole Andersen TØRSTAD and Marit Tostensdatter KJØS) was born on 14 Mar 1863 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lewis BAERTSCH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elvin Junius HUSEBYE. Elvin was born on 11 Jun 1894 in Cass County, North Dakota; died on 19 Oct 1990 in Fall River County, South Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Harvey HAMILTON. Harvey died in 1943 in Camrose, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Arne Hallvardson HELLE. Arne (son of Hallvard Arneson HELLE and Sigrid Jørgensdatter BAKKE) was born on 14 Apr 1876; died in 1968. [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.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: School administrator in Nittedal

Notes:

Birth:
month and day from the 1910 census

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer

Notes:

Unmarried farmer in Canada.

Birth:
from the 1910 census

Notes:

lived 18 days

Died:
18 days old

Notes:

According to the bygdebok (Vang C, p. 187), he and his wife and sons Andris and Ole came to the U.S. in 1883 with his mother.

Joseph McIntyre calls him Knut B. Bonde.

Knud married Anne Ellensdatter WEFLEN in 1879. Anne (daughter of Elling Olsson VEBLEN and Anne Andrisdatter BUNDE) was born on 9 Sep 1857 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 25 May 1943 in North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 8 Feb 1863, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1900 census, she had had 7 children, 5 still living. She had come to the U.S. in 1867.

Ingrid married Tosten Andrisson TØRSTAD about 1879. Tosten (son of Anders Knudsen TØRSTAD and Randi Trondsdatter TØRSTAD) was born on 20 Jan 1848 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 26 Dec 1908 in Portage County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ragndi Johannesdatter. Ragndi was born on 23 Sep 1879 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ingeborg HALDERSON. Ingeborg was born on 23 Dec 1871 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; died in 1923 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Otis married Ida Marie QUALLEY on 2 Jul 1892. Ida (daughter of Knut Knutson QUALLEY and Sigrid Knutsdatter ROBLEY) was born on 24 May 1874 in Wisconsin; died on 5 Jun 1927; was buried in Valders Cemetery, Valders, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Age 17 and single in the 1865 census.

Birth:
1851 in her daughter Anne’s birth record

Family/Spouse: Trond Andersen TØRSTAD. Trond (son of Anders Knudsen TØRSTAD and Randi Trondsdatter TØRSTAD) was born on 3 Jan 1843 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1906 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Skjefte 108/1 i Høre

Died:
Skjefte 108/1 i Høre

Family/Spouse: Berit Kristoffersdatter BERGE. Berit (daughter of Kristoffer Nilsen BRUBAKKEN and Ragndi Torsteinsdatter KJØS) was born in 1867 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1942 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 30 Apr 1865, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

According to her obit, she came to the U.S. in 1881.

Died:
Swedish Hospital

Sigrid married Simon (Samuel) GUNDERSON on 2 Jun 1890 in Howard County, Iowa. Simon was born in 1862 in Telemark, Norway; died on 19 Nov 1941 in Iowa; was buried on 22 Nov 1941 in Lincoln Cemetery, Ridgeway, Winneshiek County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
1910 census says Iowa

Family/Spouse: Anders Trondsen EIKREN. Anders (son of Trond Andersen TØRSTAD and Sigrid Olsdatter EIKREN) was born on 17 Feb 1877 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; was buried in Rawson Cemetery, Rawson, McKenzie County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Jan 1849, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Family/Spouse: Gulbrand HANSON. Gulbrand was born on 18 Jun 1857 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota; died in 1889 in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota; was buried in Sunburg Free Lutheran Cemetery, Sunburg, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 22 May 1853, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Family/Spouse: Helge Evensen EKREN. Helge (son of Even Andersen EKREN and Berith Helgesdatter HEEN) was born on 16 Sep 1845 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 27 Aug 1932 in Minnesota; was buried in East Norway Lake Lutheran Church, Pennock, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [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:

He was a farmer in Kerkhoven Twp, Swift County, Minnesota, at the time of the 1900 census.

Birth:
not in Vang or not on that date; 1855 in Find A Grave

Ole married MaritUnited States. Marit was born about Feb 1853; died on 11 Jul 1902 in Minnesota; was buried in West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery, Sunburg, Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 19 Feb 1854, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 22 Apr 1855, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Baptism:
baptized in Hurums on the same day as his parents were married

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 22 Mar 1857, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Birth:
Garstad

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1921-MN-005759
• Baptism: 26 Dec 1859, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Jim’s Valdres Slekt tree shows Sigrid as #I54394. It has her birthdate as 3 Nov 1859 and her death date as 16 June 1921. Vang church book has her birth date as 8 Nov.

In the 1900 census, she had had 15 children, 12 still living. (The list below includes the 13 children alive at the time of the 1900 census.) Those numbers are 17 and 12 in the 1910 census.

She came to the U.S. in 1861. A Norway Lake church history says that Sigrid came to Iowa in 1861 and moved to Norway Lake in 1871.

In the 1920 census, she is a widow, head-of-household, living on a farm in Norway Lake Twp with her children and daughter-in-law and “step-father” Asle Frövold.

Sigrid died of diabetes.

Baptism:
Hurums

Sigrid married Andrew J ELLINGBOE on 2 Jan 1877 in Nicollet County, Minnesota. Andrew (son of Jørgen Evensson ELLINGBÖ and Anne Thomasdatter HAGASTRØND) was born on 28 Oct 1852 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 5 Feb 1911 in Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota; was buried on 10 Feb 1911 in West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery, Sunburg, Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1934-MN-015959

Notes:

In the 1880 census, as Rachel Lain, she was 18 and boarded with a family in Minneapolis. She worked in a cotton mill. Also boarding with her and also working in a cotton mill was the 16 year-old Mary Lain.

In the 1885 state census, she is shown as born in Norway.

In the 1900 census, she had had 8 children, 5 still living. Those numbers are 9 and 5 in the 1910 census.

In Grace’s death certificate, Rachel’s maiden name is Ellingboe. In Wallace’s birth certificate, Rachel’s maiden name is Lein. In Ella’s death certificate, Rachel’s maiden name is Lien. On Rachel’s death certificate, her father’s name is Ole Olson Lien.

She died of heart failure. The informant for her death certificate was H A Hoglund of Kerkhoven.

Rachel married William Harvey MERRYMAN on 26 Feb 1883 in Swift County, Minnesota. William was born in Jul 1859 in Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine; died on 17 Oct 1950 in Swift County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ole Ellingson VEBLEN. Ole (son of Elling Olsson VEBLEN and Anne Andrisdatter BUNDE) was born in 1860 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1948 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 25 Oct 1857, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Farm surname inferred from names in the birth record for Ole. The bygdebok (Vang C, p. 187), calls it Vøvle.

Baptismal sponsors: Randi Evensdatter {something}bakken, Bereth Arnesdatter Helle, Mareth Andersdatter and Vilhelm {somebody}son Bonde, Ole Olsen Veblen

Vang C, p. 212, says Anne came to Amerika “der gift med ein frå Sogndal.”

Avis Berger calls her Anna K E Omundson.

Birth:
98/1

Baptism:
Høre church

Anne married Knud Anderssen BUNDE in 1879. Knud (son of Andris Knutson LYKKENS and Marit Trondsdatter BUNDE) was born on 28 Feb 1852 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He and Ingrid moved to N. Kvisl 12/1 in Vestre Slidre in 1884.

Family/Spouse: Sigrid Knutsdatter SKEIE. Sigrid (daughter of Knut Nilson SKEIE and Ingrid Knudsdatter LYKKJUN) was born in 1856 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1950 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Skehelde

Family/Spouse: Anne Gunnersdatter BUNDE. Anne (daughter of Gunder Østensen BERGE and Ambjørg Knudsdatter BUNDE) was born on 24 Dec 1844 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 28 Jan 1926 in Minnehaha County, South Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ole married Ingeborg Amundsdatter KJØS on 5 Aug 1865 in Winneshiek County, Iowa. Ingeborg was born on 26 Jan 1839 in Gran, Hadeland, Oppland, Norway; died on 25 Sep 1910 in Winneshiek County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1917-MN-024154
• Baptism: 14 Jun 1846, Østre Toten, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Mrs. Stena Olson was born in Norway, April 21st, 1848 and died in St Paul, December 4, 1917. The deceased was 71 years, 7 months and 13 days old.

When six years old she came with her parents to this country and settled in Wisconsin. Later they moved to Monona County where she has since made her home.

On April 24th 1870 she was married to John P Olson. Mr. Olson preceded his wife in death on March 5th 1901. Mr. and Mrs. Olson were the parents of eleven children two of which died in infancy. The living are; Mrs. Chas Olson, Sloan; James K Olson, Whiting; George E Olson, Sloan; Will H Olson, Watertown, S.D; G.R. Olson, Sloan; Leonard Olson, Sioux City; John S Olson, Sloan; Mrs. Walter Allison, Whiting and Mrs. Ed Haakinson, of St. Paul. Besides the children two girls were given a comfortable home and reared to young womanhood, Mrs. Ethel Stewart, of Villisca and a granddaughter, Pearl Olson, who has been an immediate member of the family since infancy.

Mrs. Olson is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Alfred Strand, of Underwood, Minn. and Mrs. Johanna Bakke. The funeral services were held from the Lutheran Church at Albaton of which she was a member. The six sons acted as pallbearers carrying the remains to the final resting place. Interment was made in the Fairview Cemetery.

Stina married John Peter OLSON on 22 Apr 1870 in Monona County, Iowa. John was born on 1 Oct 1843 in Telemark, Norway; died in 1911 in Iowa; was buried in Fairview-Albaton Cemetery, Albaton, Monona County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Kvien 96/8 Kvieshaugen

Family/Spouse: Nils Andrison HOVDA. Nils (son of Andris Andrisson HØVDA and Berthe Andrisdatter ØYO) was born in 1847 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1934. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 10 Aug 1851, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1900 census, as Thomas Veflen, he was a farmer in Wang Twp, Renville County, as Thomas Veflen, born in Norway in May of 1851. His wife was Magret, to whom he has been married for 9 years. He came to the U.S. in 1869.

In the 1910 census, he was still in Wang Twp as Thomas Weflen. It’s his 2nd marriage, her first. They had been married for 17 years. She had had 6 children, 4 still living.

In the 1920 census, he is a farmer in Wang Twp, Renville County.

In the 1930 census, he was Thomas K. Weflin, age 78, living in Granite Falls in a house that he owns. The rest of the household is his wife Margaret, 58, his daughters Frances, 27, and Palma, 14, his brother John, 72, and two boarders.

He may be the Thomas Weflen who died 11 Oct 1932 in Yellow Medicine County.

Birth:
Helle i Hurums

Baptism:
Hurums

Thomas married Ragnild Andersdatter HAGEN on 18 Mar 1883 in Renville County, Minnesota. Ragnild (daughter of Anders Syversen ELTUN and Guro Trondsdatter HERMUNDSTAD) was born on 29 Sep 1858 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 11 Jun 1888 in Minnesota; was buried in Vestre Sogn Lutheran Cemetery, Sacred Heart, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Margaret Eriksdatter LOCKREM about 1893. Margaret (daughter of Eric LOCKREM and Maren Olsdatter Sløtet KVAM) was born on 14 Feb 1873 in Minnesota; died in 1950 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota; was buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

As John K, he is living with his brother Thomas in the 1930 census.

Family/Spouse: Marit Gulbrandsdatter QVALE. Marit was born on 15 Feb 1847 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Jan 1887, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Baptism:
Hurum

Family/Spouse: Thrond Iversen LALIM. Thrond (son of Ivar Torsteinsson KJØS and Ingeborg Iversdatter HEMSING) was born on 2 Nov 1876 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Family/Spouse: Ole Olsen QUISSEL. Ole was born on 30 Oct 1847 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 17 Oct 1918 in Brookings County, South Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Guri Torgeirsdatter HÅLIEN. Guri (daughter of Torger Evensen HOVI and Sigri Tostensdatter LIEN) was born in 1854 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1941. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is the older of two sisters named Marit Andersdatter. dwfrench1 calls her Marit Andersdatter Høyme.

Birth:
dwfrench1

Family/Spouse: Torgeir Reiarsson JEVNE. Torgeir (son of Reier Torgerson JEVNE and Ingebjørg Tostensdatter KJØS) was born on 3 Mar 1845 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 27 Nov 1928 in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is the younger of two sisters named Marit Andersdatter.

Family/Spouse: Knud Nilsen KJØS. Knud (son of Nils Andrisson KJØS and Barbro Knutsdatter HØYME) was born in 1834. [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]

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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 26 Dec 1873, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

His father’s farm name in Knute J.’s birth record seems to be Korlien. His baptismal sponsors were Peder Olsen Framstad, Margreta Olsdatter Framstad, Anne Olsdatter Framstad, Anders Knutsen Korlien, and Barbro Knudsdatter Korlien.

Knute married Julia THOMPSON on 3 Feb 1905 in North Dakota, and was divorced about 1913. Julia (daughter of Gullick Thomasson GROVI and Thilda) was born in Jul 1879 in North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 9 Apr 1882, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

More confusion, the birth record for the Anders born on this date shows his parents as Even Torstensen and Marthe Andersdatter and his parents’ farm as Ødegaarden, Jevne.

The 1891 Norwegian census shows the 9 year-old Anders as, apparently, the child of Anders Haaversen and Berith Knudsdatter. Others on that farm are Mareth Andersdatter, 69, and Knud Johannessen, 60, apparently serving as foderaads.

His obit calls him Andrew Anderson Holien, age 85. He had been a farmer in the Wrencoe area west of Sandpoint for 30 years before moving to Spokane in 1946. His obit said that he was an uncle of Henry Holien, Sandpoint, and Mrs. Bertha Heaton of Spokane. Andrew had been on the board of directors of the initial REA utility in the area as well as the board of the local gas coop.

Birth:
18 Jan according to his obit

Baptism:
probably Hurum

Died:
according to his obit

Family/Spouse: John Hansen HAUGSTAD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Carrie HATLELI. Carrie was born on 8 Jun 1877 in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died on 13 Aug 1953 in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Lutheran Hospital

Family/Spouse: Olaus E JOHNSON. Olaus was born on 18 Nov 1867 in Fillmore County, Minnesota; died on 24 Jun 1939 in La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thelma married Gottlieb Julius DOBROT in 1935 in California. Gottlieb was born in 1902 in Germany; died on 23 Sep 1990 in Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Orville married Thelma Irene STEARNS on 27 May 1934 in Montana. Thelma was born on 29 Mar 1914 in Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota; died on 8 Dec 2004 in Glasgow, Valley County, Montana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Belle Andora ANDERSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Inga HALSTENGAARD. Inga was born on 10 Apr 1896 in Minnesota; died on 14 Apr 1985 in Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

By 1939, he and his family lived in Los Angeles.

Kermit married Naify Mary SOLOMON on 22 Feb 1936 in Minnehaha County, South Dakota. Naify was born on 22 Feb 1911 in North Dakota; died on 6 Nov 1997 in Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1920 census, he, as Knute Hellie, and Elisebeth and their two children lived in Jasper in Pipestone County, Minnesota. He was a contractor.

In the 1930 census, he is a carpenter and now married to Mabel. He now lives in Rose Dell in Rock County which is the part of the village of Jasper that is in Rock County (with the remainder in Pipestone County).

By 1940, he is living in Eden Twp, Pipestone County. He is a carpenter engaged in building remodeling. His children Kenneth, Jean, and Darlene are living with him. The household also contains Sophie Oyen, a 49 year-old divorcee, housekeeper, and Gust Carlson, 27, a hired man.

Knute married Elisabet Johannesdatter KVISSEL on 6 Apr 1914 in Pipestone County, Minnesota. Elisabet was born on 30 Jun 1885 in Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 2 Feb 1923 in Pipestone County, Minnesota; was buried in Bethania Cemetery, Trent, Moody County, South Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Knute married Mabel Rodena IVERSON on 14 Mar 1927 in Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa. Mabel was born on 7 Dec 1895 in Pipestone County, Minnesota; died on 23 Feb 1974 in Chula Vista, San Diego County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1940 census, he was single and working as a school teacher in LaMoure County, North Dakota.

Family/Spouse: Frances RATH. Frances was born in 1916; died in 1994. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Ann KAUS. Elizabeth was born on 21 Jul 1930 in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota; died on 18 Apr 2013 in San Diego County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]