Jon Torsteinson KVÅLE

Notes:

Vang A, p. 673.

Birth:
Kvåle 38/ Øvre

Family/Spouse: Ragndi Persdatter KVÅLE. Ragndi (daughter of Per Finnkjelson KVÅLE and Unknown) was born in 1698 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1779. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mads Andrisson TUNE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is I1231 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes:

De var først på Tørpe 84/ som var farsgården til Randi, kona hans, fra 1745- 1749. Per ble etterpå stevnet av svogeren sin for å betale avgift for Torpe, og ble dømt til å betale Ola (Kattevøl) Torpe 20 rd. Denne slekten hadde vært på Kvåle så langt til bake som det finnes sikre opp- tegnelser og den holdt seg her i flere egenerasjoner til 1861. Navnene på brukerne var hele tiden Per og Jon. Hver generasjon hadde mange barn, men og det ser ut til at de har vært svært tradisjonsbundne. Få av barna vokste opp, men de SKULLE ta vare på navnet Per og JON. I en generasjon var det 5 gutter som fikk navne t Per, ingen av dem levde opp. I den samme familien ble 5 av jentene døpt Ingebjørg, noen av dem vokste opp, men ingen fikk etterkommere. De andre barna til Per og Randi: JON P KVÅLE (1746-1804) grb her, se nedenfor. Randi (1751-1761) og Ola (1755-1755) Per giftet seg andre gang med Dorte Kristiansdattter Dal (1729-1815), barna er Kristian (1757- ), Per (1759-1759) 23 uker gammel, Ragndi (1762-1764), Gudbjørg (1766-1777) Knut (1768-død 12 dager gammel, Knut (1770-) og Per P Kvåle (1760-) gif t i 1785 i Lome med Gro Finnkjellsdatter Torstein P Kvåle (1764- ) gift i 1796 med enke Sigrid Ellestad JON P KVÅLE (1746-1804)(se over) gift i 1775 med Ingebjørg Ivarsdatter Tune (1753-1824). Deres barn var Ragndi (1781-1859) død som legdslem her. Jon (1779-1780) 6 mnd, Andris (1792- ), konfirmert 1807, Anne (1793-død liten) og PER J KVÅLE (1776-18 29) se nedenfor. Anne (1783- ) gi 1816 m Lars N Egge, Lome. JON J Kvåle (1785-1847) gift i 1807 med Ingrid Madsdtr Haugen (1781-1823). Deres barn er: Ingebjørg (18.8.1807- ) født på stølen, Helestrønd, Mads (1809-) til Lærdal i 1837, Anne (1811- )gi 1848 med Andris O Kvålseiga. Anne (1813- ) konfirmert i 1829, Jon (1816-1830), PER J KVÅLE (1820-) han fikk datteren Anne i 1843 med Gjartrud I Bøeiga, han giftet seg i 1854 med Gunhild E Kattevold (1824- ). De dro til USA fra Kattevold i 1862 og tok med seg barna: Jon (1854- ),Randi (1857- ) og Ingrid (1859- ) Torstein (1822-død 12 uker gammel) og Thomas (1823-1824)

PER J KVÅLE (1776-1829) gift i 1801 med søskenbarnet Ingebjørg Andrisdtr Tune. (1777-1829). Deres barn: Andris (1804-1826), Ingrid (f og d 1807), Anne (f og d 1814), Dorte (1819- ), Ingebjørg (f og d 1822) og PER P Kvåle (1808- ) gift i 1844 me d Ragndi T sørre Bøe (1818- ) Han var husmann under Nerre Kattevold i 1840-50årene. Deres barn var: Ingebjørg (1845- ), Per (1852- ), og Berit (1854- ) Ivar (1811- ) fikk sønnen Per i 1846 med Gjartrud E Ranisete VS JON P KVÅLE d.e. (januar 1802-1878) grb på Kvåle 38/8 etter delingen. gift i 1829 med Marit T Kvåle fra Skjelhaugen 38/9 (1806- ) deres barn er: Ingebjørg (1829-1830), Ingebjørg (1831- ), Ingrid (1833-22.1.1914) innerst her, hun døde på Lillehamme r sykehus, og var da fattig. Hun drev med spinning, strikking og onnearbeid. Hun var ugift men hadde 4 barn, 3 av dem med Jon Simensen Kattevold( en av de største "rundbrennere" i Vang på den tiden: Torstein (1853- ), Ingebjørg (1857- ) gift i 188 1 med Ola Ludvig Olsson fra Kvernes. Jon (1860-1916) gift med Ingebjørg A Berge (Træet) han var husmann under Bøflaten. Med Kristoffer Olsen Kvåle fikk hun datteren Ingrid (f og d 1875. Ingebjørg (1835- )(begge bestemødrene het Ingebjørg og dermed skulle 2 av døtrene oppkalles etter en hver!) Per (1838-1849), Per (f og d 1842), Per (1844-1845), (Per 1847- ) og Inge bjørg (1848- ) i tjeneste i Skjelhaugen 38/9 i 1865, husmannskone på Skogstad-Øydegarden. 31.10.1840, overlot Jon gården til sin yngre bror med samme navn for 400 spd og livaure JON P KVÅLE dy (1815- ) var gift med Guri T Myre (1819- ) i 1842. De hadde barna: Per (1842- ) død en halv time gammel. Per (1844-1845), Per (1847- d liten) Marit (1849-1850), tvillingene Anne og Per (1851- ), Trond (1854- ), Andris (1857- ) og Ol a (1859- ). I 1861 solgte Jon Persen Kvåle (1815- ) gården til Thomas N Bøe (min oldefar) for 750 spd. Skjøtet er datert 26.3.1861. Jon reiste med sin kone til USA, sammen med de tre barna som var i live. En av dem het Per, men de hadde hatt 3 sønner tidliger e som også var døpt Per. Thomas N Bøe, som var født på Rogn, flyttet aldri til Kvåle 38/8, men hans sønn Thomas T Bøe (1835-1912) fikk gården i 1873. Dermed er det kommet en ny slekt på Kvåle.

Family/Spouse: Ragndi Olsdatter KATTEVOLD. Ragndi (daughter of Ola Gudbrandson SKOGSTAD and Kjersti Andrisdotter ELLINGBØ (KATTEVØL)) was born in 1721 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1755 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Peder married Dorte Kristiansdatter DAL in 1757. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Gryte i Lomen

Family/Spouse: Torkild Vilhelmsen BAGGETUN. Torkild (son of Vilhjølm Andrisson BAGGETUN and Mari Torsteinsdatter KVAM) was born in 1729 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Kvåle 38/7-8 Nordigården og Valstad

Died:
Rogn 85/

Family/Spouse: Andris Gullikson HØVERSTAD. Andris (son of Gullik Andrisson TUNE and Guri Einarsdatter KJØS) was born in 1713; died in 1765. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Endre Nilsson ROGN. Endre (son of Nils Thomasson REMMEN and Sigrid Endresdatter ROGN) was born in 1749 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1787. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Kvåle 38/7-8 Nordigarden og Valstad

Family/Spouse: Håvard Kristoffersen BØ. Håvard (son of Kristoffer Håvardson BØ and Jøran Josefsdatter ELTUN) was born in 1736 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1770 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Synnev married Anders Eriksen BØE in 1771. Anders was born in 1732 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
1745, Kvåle 38/7-8 Nordigarden og Valstad

Family/Spouse: Margrete Sigurdsdatter HEEN. Margrete (daughter of Sjugurd Sjugurdson KJERSTEIN and Marte Tørrisdatter) was born in 1742 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1813 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ingebjørg married Amund Knutson RØE in 1776. Amund was born in 1738 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1802. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang A, p. 890.

He became a husmann on Sløtet, a plass on S. Kvam.

Family/Spouse: Berit Knutsdatter SØYNE. Berit was born about 1753 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1828. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
or 1743

Family/Spouse: Ingeborg Ivarsdatter TUNE. Ingeborg (daughter of Ivar Andrisen TUNE and Anne Torsteinsdatter GÅSEDELEN) was born in Sep 1753 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 8 Apr 1824 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Kvåle 38/8

Died:
Belsheim 83/2 Sygarde

Family/Spouse: Andris Gulliksen JEVNE. Andris (son of Gullik Knutsen JEVNE and Anne Thomasdatter KVIEN) was born in 1748 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1830 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1 calls him Peder Pedersen Egge (10 Aug 1760 to 3 Feb 1840) and has him born on Qvale i Vang i Valdres.

Birth:
Kvåle 38/7-8 Nordigarden og Valstad

Died:
Egge 24/1 Midtre

Per married Gro Finkjelsdatter EGGE on 12 Jun 1786 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Gro was born in 1759 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1825 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Kaarstad is his farm name in the birth record for his daughter Eli. Kårstad is a farm in Vestre Slidre. Super Mega shows him as born 4 Nov 1768 on Qvale in Vang.

In the 1801 census, he is Knud Pedersen, age 30, farmer on Houge Nedre in Lommens Annex, Slidre. His wife is Marit Knudsdatter, age 21 (she is his 2nd wife) and they have two children, Knud 3, and Peder, 2.

Håkon Pedersen, I10304 in Jim’s VS, born on Kårstad 10/ in Vestre Slidre, may be Knud’s brother.

Birth:
Jean Rogers

Died:
Houge

Family/Spouse: Marit Knudsdatter HOVI. Marit (daughter of Knud Olsen GRAAVI and Elen (Eli) Olesdatter) was born in 1769 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Gryte i Lomen

Family/Spouse: Ole Nilsen OXHOVD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Høverstad 63/1

Family/Spouse: Nils Knutsen GIVRE. Nils (son of Knut Torleivson REMMEN and Lisbet Mikkelsdatter GIVRE) was born in 1756; died in 1811. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is I8751 in Jim’s VS. Jim’s notes: Han var også på Rogn og kalles både Jon Andrisson Rogn og Brøtin. Kan han ha vært fra Kjørlien? Han var på Daløydegarden.

Birth:
Høverstad 63/1

Family/Spouse: Ragndi Gudbrandsdatter HEEN. Ragndi (daughter of Gudbrand Kristofferson HEEN and Ragndi Torsteinsdatter) was born in 1759 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Rogn 85/1

Died:
Rogn 85/

Family/Spouse: Marit Thomasdatter TØRPE. Marit (daughter of Tomas Gulliksen JEVNE and Kjersti Olsdotter TØRPE) was born in 1775 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1844 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Bø 23/2-3 Nørre

Family/Spouse: Ambjørg Ovesdatter WANGENSTEEN. Ambjørg (daughter of Ove Bøyesson WANGENSTEEN and Gjartrud Trondsdotter (KATTEVØL) KVAM) was born in 1759 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died before 1803. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang A, p. 467.

Family/Spouse: Berit Jøgersdatter LIEN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Birth:
Bøe nordre

Family/Spouse: Mads Amundsen AASTAD. Mads (son of Amund Knutson RØE and Ingebjørg Madsdatter BRØTIN, KVAM) was born on 31 Mar 1777 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

See notes for #4819.

Jim calls him Sjugurd Madsen Berget Lajord in his Valdres Slekt tree. He is #I10317 in that tree.

Family/Spouse: Anne Madsdatter MYHRE. Anne (daughter of Mads Jonsson MYHRE and Anne Eivindsdatter ELLINGBØ) was born in 1779. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Family/Spouse: Berit Andersdatter BØE. Berit (daughter of Anders Eriksen BØE and Synnev Jonsdatter KVÅLE) was born on 17 Nov 1771 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jon married Ragndi Evensdatter BØ in 1821. Ragndi (daughter of Eivind Håvardson BØ and Ingebor Engebretsdatter KONGSLIEN) was born on 19 Oct 1794 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 11 Oct 1864. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1801 census, she may be the 14 year-old daughter of John Madsen, 39, and Berit Knudsdatter, 45, living on Qvam.

Of Lajord at the time her son was born.

Family/Spouse: Mads Thronsen MYHRE. Mads (son of Thron Madson MYHRE and Marit Olsdatter BAKKE) was born in 1798 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1822. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

grb Kvåle 38/7-8 Nordigarden og Valstad

Family/Spouse: Ingebjørg Andrisdatter TUNE. Ingebjørg (daughter of Andris Ivarson TUNE and Ingeborg Jonsdatter ELLINGBØ) was born in 1777 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 24 Jan 1829 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Berit Ingebretsdatter BELSHEIM. Berit (daughter of Engebret Olsen TVEIT) was born on 6 Jul 1794 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 12 Nov 1860 in Winneshiek County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

mdaley2512 says b. 28 Nov 1779 and d. 14 Jun 1847.

Family/Spouse: Ingri Madsdatter HAUGEN. Ingri (daughter of Mads Thomasen HAUGEN and Anne Knutsdatter BØE) was born on 3 Nov 1781 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 17 Apr 1824 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is I23293 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes:

Hun er døpt Anna. Anna og Nils hadde 4 barn, men bare Nils 1822- fikk etterkommere. Nils 1817-1818, Nils 1822-, Andris 1819-1883 ugift, arbeidsmann, Gullik 1827-5 mnd.

Birth:
Belsheim 83/2 Sygarde

Anne married Nils Nilsen KVIEN in 1816. Nils (son of Nils Nilsen KVIEN and Guri Hansdatter) was born in 1795 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

or Belseim

Vang B, p. 457.

Gullik married Anne Gudbrandsdatter NØRSVIN in 1819. Anne (daughter of Gudbrand Olsson NØRSVIN and Marit Olsdatter KVIE) was born in 1796 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1863. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Egge 24/1 Midtre

Barbro married Engebret Engebretsen RANISÆTE on 13 Nov 1814. Engebret was born in 1795 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Birth:
Nedre Egge i Lomen

Family/Spouse: Marit Olsdatter LOMEN. Marit (daughter of Ola Olsen EGGE and Marit Amundsdatter LOME) was born on 13 Jan 1799 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 1 Nov 1840 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sidsel Knudsdatter VIK. Sidsel (daughter of Knud Tollevsen VIK and Sebjør Engebretsdatter FAUSKE) was born on 6 Oct 1799 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 18 Mar 1842 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 27 Jun 1802, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

According to Super Mega, she is the Eli Knudsdatter Graavi, I22060 in Jim’s Ellingboe tree. Her marriage to Anders is not shown, instead her outside-of-marriage liaison with Endre Iversen Ellingbø is shown, a liaison which led to the birth of Marith Endresdatter in December of 1829. In the church book record for that Marith’s birth, Eli is shown as Eli Knudsdatter De Thune.

Jim’s notes for the Ellingboe tree entry for Eli, from a translation done by Everett Ellestad:

“Many of these tiny patch farms have now been swallowed up by the landowners, and the cottages torn down. To some of these parcels of land, a bit more ground was added on, however, and sold to small farmers. Such a small farm was the little place called Åsen [the mountain ridge], which now has completely disappeared. [Note: this was written in 1911.] Many young people in the neighborhood have no idea even where Åsen was located. But, when I was a small boy, Åsen was a so-called resting place for all who traveled over Egge Ridge between Vang and Øystre Slidre [Valdres], so that there were often 30 horses standing along the road there at any one time. And, the little cottage was more than packed with drivers on their way home.

“At Åsen lived Andris and Eli, and their son Ola and all three were 'clever people.' And, no matter how little they had, no one ever heard them complain even when they were on the verge of starvation. Ola, who was about as old as I, was a happy and kind fellow no matter how things were, and he was an expert singer. A song written by Peter Dass, called Happy was Halvar on the Ridge, was changed by him into Happy was Andris on the Ridge, and he sang so that it echoed over the valley. Eli, who often sat inside and mended, would 'sneak' out as soon as all the drivers had left and sweep up the little fodder remaining on the ground there, and in this way, the sole cow they had also got something to live on.

“Andris at Åsen was a good worker and good at doing things, no matter what, if he only got a little food in his stomach. Since he was of small stature and thinly built, and often hungry, he often used to say about himself: "It's not my muscles doing the work, it's the food." But, it was amazing how many stones and rocks he moved up there on the ridge overlooking the valley. And, although Andris had toiled until late in the evening [all his life], it was not very long before the place called Åsen was no more.”



EXCERPT:

Gamalt fraa Valdres, Kristiania, H. Aschehough & Co., 1911. Retranslated and corrected, from the Valdres dialect of Norwegian, by Everett M. Ellestad, 23 Sept., 1989. New revisions 8 August, 1991 and 22 March, 1995, and (updated) 13 November, 1996.

Baptism:
Hegge, Lomen, Rogne, Røn, Slidre, or Volbu

Family/Spouse: Anders Olsen. Anders was born about 1811 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Endre Iversen BØE. Endre (son of Ivar Nilsen BØE and Ragnhild Endresdatter LIEN) was born on 24 Jun 1804 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Okshovd i Hegge

Family/Spouse: Sebiør Nilsdatter. Sebiør was born on 19 Mar 1786 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Fygle 73/

Andris married Ingebjørg Helgesdatter IGDUN in 1838. Ingebjørg (daughter of Helge Helgesen IGDUN and Sigrid Olsdatter LOKREIM) was born in 1803; died in 1872. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was a husmand med jord on the Bakken 1 farm in the 1865 census in Vang. Living with him and Margrethe were their son John, their daughter Rangdi, and a foster datter, 10 year-old Magrethe Olsdatter.

The only Endre born in Vang in 1800 or 1801 was Endre, born as illegitimate on 22 Jun to Endre Johanssen and Guri Andfinsdatter of Oldre.

In his VS, Jim calls him Endre Jonson Heensåsen, 1799-1871, I8746. The bygdebok, p. 619, has him as a husmann on Bakkin, apparently a subfarm of Bagetun, from 1829.

Jim’s VS notes:

He is often called Ellingbø, why I do not know. Frøholm writes that the father was Jon Andersson and the mother was Randi Gudbrandsdt who was at Dalsøydegarden.

Frøholm skriver om Bakkin under Baggetun: "Bakkin var den største husmannsplassen under Baggetun, etter Grøv. han låg 200 meter sør for garden, beint mot nord for Grøv. etter festesetelen av 24.6.1829 låg plassen under og opp i Grøvsjordet, og skulle elles ha til forland Rødningen ovafor Grrøvsjordet, vesle Myrslætet oppi li'n og nørdre Stakkstømyridn, to stakksøer i Helevøndale under Langolshøvdo, stølsrettar, rett til 8 hestelass med rå bjørkeved i skogen og raskved av vier o.a. Husmannen skulle svare 4 spd og slå m.a. løoenga Tobakkslætet og skjere eit mål korn når bonden kravde det. Lenge fødde dei ikring 2 kyr, men i 1875 var det 1 hest, 6 kyr, 3 ungdyr, 7 sauer og lam og 1 gris på Bakka. Men vel halvparten av dette fall på Jon Endresen ( sønnen til Endre, HB's anm), som kjøpte Haugo av Ellingbø og dreiv Haugo frå Bakka, slik at han hadde heile buskapen her på Bakka.

Birth:
Heensåsen under 70/1

Endre married Margrethe Thomasdatter in 1830 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Margrethe (daughter of Thomas Madsen HAUGEN and Dordi Nilsdatter GRØV) was born about 1801 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Rogn 85/

Died:
Nefstad 66/1

Family/Spouse: Gunnar Ivarsen TVEIT. Gunnar (son of Ivar Madson TVEIT and Marit Gunnarsdatter ROGN) was born in 1793 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1862 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Peder Haagensen GJEVRE. Peder was born in 1797 in Valdres i Oppland, Norway; died in 1885 in Winneshiek County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

per dwfrench1

Birth:
Rogn

Died:
Rogn

Family/Spouse: Marit Olsdatter KVIEN. Marit (daughter of Ola Kristoffersen KVIEN and Eli Embriksdatter BEITO) was born on 22 Jul 1810 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 8 May 1874 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She inherited her father’s farm.

Birth:
Bø 23/2-3 Nørre

Family/Spouse: Ola Olsen TUNE. Ola (son of Ola Eivindson FRIGSTAD and Randi Tronsdatter ELLINGBØ) was born in 1789 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1872 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marith married Niels Østenson BUNDE in 1826 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Niels (son of Øystein Torsteinson HELLE and Kari Olsdatter FRAMSTAD) was born in 1790; died in 1861. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Died:
Eikren Bøe

Family/Spouse: Ole Engebretsen BELSEIM. Ole (son of Engebret Olsen TVEIT) was born in 1797 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 25 Mar 1875. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lars Larssen KRØSSHAUG. Lars (son of Lars Michelson KRØSSHAUG and Randi Evensdatter ELLINGBØ) was born on 23 Apr 1812 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Lajord 51/3 Berget

Family/Spouse: Håvard Larson HEEN. Håvard (son of Lars Gudbrandsen ØYLO and Marit Olsdatter HEMSING) was born in 1796 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Anna Syversdatter.

Greg Fearon says that she died in Michigan of diphtheria with her husband and their daughter Marith.

Birth:
Lajord 51/3 Berget

Family/Spouse: Jon Person KVÅLE. Jon (son of Peder Jonsen KVÅLE and Ingebjørg Andrisdatter TUNE) was born in Jan 1802 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1878 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anne married Christopher Larssen SØYNE on 1 Apr 1830 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Christopher (son of Lars Gudbrandsen ØYLO and Marit Olsdatter HEMSING) was born in 1799 in Norway; died in 1853 in Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Died:
Eikren Bøe

Family/Spouse: Ole Engebretsen BELSEIM. Ole (son of Engebret Olsen TVEIT) was born in 1797 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 25 Mar 1875. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lars Larssen KRØSSHAUG. Lars (son of Lars Michelson KRØSSHAUG and Randi Evensdatter ELLINGBØ) was born on 23 Apr 1812 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 24 Nov 1822, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

From N. Bøeiga.

Before marrying Knut, Ingeborg had a daughter with Ove Olsson N. Bø. The child, Ragndi Ovesdatter, was born in 1843. Ragndi is living with her mother and step-father in the 1865 census.

Baptism:
Wangs kirke

Family/Spouse: Knud Madsson LAJORD. Knud (son of Mads Thronsen MYHRE and Gunhild Johnsdatter KVAM) was born on 26 Aug 1818 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Debra Swanson

Died:
Kaarstad i Lomen

Family/Spouse: Sigri Olsdatter QVIIL. Sigri (daughter of Ole Jøgersen QVIIL and Anne Eriksdatter ROBØLE) was born on 17 Nov 1817 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 18 Oct 1818, Nord-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Many from Kjörnes, a Nord-Aurdal farm, among his baptismal sponsors.

He was a husmand med jord on the Steesrud farm in Vang in the 1865 census. His son Knut, his youngest child in the census, is shown as age 3.

Steesrud or Steinsrud is a plass on Gåsdeilde 29/.

Vang A, p. 519-520, says he was called “Gunnhild-Knut.” Called Knut Madsson Ellingbø on p. 465 of Vang A.

Knud was a great hunter (var ein stor rjupeveidar) according to the bygdebok.

He and his family moved to the U.S. in 1866. Knud’s son Jon, b. 1853, became a pastor in the U.S.

Birth:
Steesrud; Vang birth record seems to say August 20

Baptism:
Ulnæs annex (but listed in Vang birth records)

Family/Spouse: Ingeborg Jonsdatter BØAFLATO. Ingeborg (daughter of Jon Amundsen BØE and Ragndi Evensdatter BØ) was born on 8 Nov 1822 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 1 Dec 1906 in Parkland, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jim calls him Jon Person D.E. Kvåle. In Jim’s VS: I8528.

Vang A, p. 675.

Family/Spouse: Marit Torsteinsdatter KVÅLE. Marit (daughter of Torstein Olsen KVÅLE and Ingebjörg Helgesdotter ELLINGBØE) was born in 1806 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anne Sjugurdsdatter LAJORD. Anne (daughter of Sjugurd Madsson LAJORD and Anne Madsdatter MYHRE) was born in 1805 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1853 in Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 26 Nov 1815, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Called John Pedersen Qvale in his own birth record as well as the birth record of his son Thron.

Ursula Clarke calls him Jone Persson Kvale, b. 29 Nov 1819.

Family/Spouse: Guri Trondsdatter MYRE. Guri (daughter of Thron Madson MYHRE and Marit Olsdatter BAKKE) was born in 1819. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not in the French Family Tree.

Family/Spouse: Erick Andrisson KVIESEIET. Erick (son of Anders Christopherson KVIE and Gjertrud Eriksdatter KJØS) was born on 16 Jun 1823 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died before 1864 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Family/Spouse: Nils Nilsen MYHRE. Nils was born about 1809 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1890 in Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Gunhild Endresdatter KATTEVOLD. Gunhild (daughter of Endre Trondsen KATTEVOLD and Ragndi Andrisdatter BERGE) was born on 11 Oct 1828 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1915 in Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Kvien 96/8 Kvieshaugen

Died:
Kvien 96/8 Kvieshaugen

Family/Spouse: Kjersti Endresdatter HELLE. Kjersti (daughter of Endre Vilhelmsen BERGE and Kjersti Knutsdatter HELLE) was born in 1827 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1865 census, she and her husband, Knut Gulliksen, lived with their daughter Anne, and Marit G’s daughter Berit, on Lajord.

Family/Spouse: Knud Thomasen JEVNE. Knud (son of Thomas Knudsen TØRPE and Anne Andrisdatter BELSEIM) was born on 30 Aug 1833 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marit married Knut Gulliksson LAJORD in 1859. Knut (son of Gullik Olsen HØVERSTAD and Anne Knutsdatter LAJORD) was born in 1833 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1920. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang B, p. 458. Became a farmer in Forest City, Iowa. Among his six children, one became a Lutheran pastor, one became a doctor, one became a lawyer and some became teachers.

Family/Spouse: Guro Olsdatter SÆTHE. Guro (daughter of Ole Christophersen RØVANG and Randi Gjermundsdatter ROGN) was born on 1 Jan 1836 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 25 Apr 1917 in Winnebago County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Family/Spouse: Ingeborg Olsdatter EIKREN. Ingeborg (daughter of Ole Engebretsen BELSEIM and Synnev Madsdatter AASTAD) was born on 2 Sep 1832 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 19 Sep 1830, Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Most probably, and what is assumed here, is that Dorothea’s husband is the person in Jim’s VS called Håvard Engebretsen Ranisæte, b. 1830 in Vestre Slidre, Ranisete 19/1. That Håvard, I34116, was the son of Engebret Engebretsen Ranisæte (b. 1795) and Barbro Pedersdatter Egge (b. 1790). The couple married 13 Nov 1814.

In the 1860 census, he and Dora lived in Winneshiek County, Iowa.

In the 1880 census, he and his family lived in Freeman Twp, Freeborn County, Minnesota.

From the Slidre church book, he is Haaver, b. 8 Aug 1830, bapt. 19 Sep, to Engebret Engebretsen Ranisater and Barbro Pedersdatter.

Birth:
Ranisete 19/1. his gravestone at North Round Prairie says August 10, 1830.

Buried:
Rick has him in Graceland Cemetery, Albert Lea, Minnesota.

Family/Spouse: Dorothea Gunnarsdatter LIEN. Dorothea (daughter of Gunnar Nilsson ØDEGÅRD and Berit Andrisdatter GIVRE) was born on 16 Aug 1832 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 17 Dec 1915 in Freeborn County, Minnesota; was buried in North Round Prairie Cemetery, Glenville, Freeborn County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ambjor Ericksdatter ELLESTAD. Ambjor was born on 29 Oct 1819 in Valdres i Oppland, Norway; died on 3 Feb 1896 in Fillmore County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Birth:
Egge nedre i Lomen i Vestre Slidre

Family/Spouse: Ole Tollevsen TVENGE. Ole (son of Tollev Johnson QVALE and Berit Pedersdatter TVENGE) was born on 13 May 1833 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 28 Jun 1882 in Winneshiek County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lars Pedersen MOE. Lars (son of Peder Pedersen OURLUND and Marit Larsdatter ØEN) was born on 7 Aug 1828 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 9 Oct 1898 in Lanesboro, Fillmore County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 9 Nov 1845, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1900 census, he was a farmer in the town of Liberty in Manitowoc County. He and his wife came to the U.S. in 1881.

Ole married Marit Svendsdatter about 1872 in Norway. Marit (daughter of Svend Knutsen BEITO and Marit Gulbrandsdatter HEDALEN) was born on 15 Jun 1849 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1917 in Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 17 Jan 1830, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

The sponsors listed for her baptism were Margrethe Ovesdatter Thune, Maren Evensdatter Thune, Kirsti Christophersdatter Dalager, Bøye Bøyesen Thune, and Niels Iversen Thune.

She is I21783 in Jim’s Ellingboe tree where her birthdate is mistakenly shown to be November 28th.

Vang B, p. 307, calls her Marit Endresdotter Rogn, as does dwfrench1.

In the 1865 census, she is the wife of Kristofer Einarsen. The family lives on Heen øvre, for which Kristofer is gbr. The couple has five daughters, born between the years 1853 and 1865. They would have two more. Of the seven daughters, the eldest, Anne, inherited the farm. One daughter, Ingebjørg died as a teenager. The other five daughters would emigrate to the U.S.

Family/Spouse: Kristoffer Einarsson HEEN. Kristoffer (son of Einar Kristoffersson HEEN and Anne Jonsdatter LEIROL) was born in 1830 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ruth Hesnard has him born in 1812, dying in 1905, both in Øystre Slidre.

Family/Spouse: Anne Andersdatter ELLESTAD. Anne (daughter of Anders Johannessen ELLESTAD and Barbro Jøgersdatter LOKEN) was born on 12 Jun 1831 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Igdun 74/

Family/Spouse: Ingeleiv Øysteinsdatter ØDEGÅRD. Ingeleiv (daughter of Øystein Sakariasson ØDEGÅRD and Ingebjørg Kristoffersdatter BERGE) was born in 1839; died in 1909. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 20 Apr 1829, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 30 Jul 1843, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

An Anne Endresdatter Baggethun was born 14 Apr and baptized 20 Apr 1829. Her parents were Endre Johnson and Margrethe Thomasdatter. Anne was confirmed on 30 Jul 1843.

Family/Spouse: Jon Simensson KATTEVÅL. Jon (son of Simen Torsteinson LAJORD and Ragnhild Ovesdatter KVAM) was born on 24 Nov 1826 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 12 May 1904 in Northwood, Worth County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ole Vilhelmson LUND ELLESTAD. Ole (son of Vilhelm Olsen LUND and Anne Olsdatter SYNDROL) was born on 3 Nov 1827 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Emigrated to the U.S. in 1864.

Notes:

Jim calls him Jon Endresen Bagetun.

In the 1910 Norwegian census, he was John Endresen Ellingbø, “Føderaddsmand” on Haugene 31/1 in Vang. Sigrid and Margrete lived with him.

Birth:
From the 1910 Norwegian census.

Family/Spouse: Sigrid Helgesdotter ELLINGBØE. Sigrid (daughter of Helge Helgesson ELLINGBØE and Guri Torleivsdotter ELLINGBØE) was born on 14 Nov 1838 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1931 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Emigrated to the U.S. in 1864.

Notes:

Listed as a foster daughter of her grandparents Endre and Margrete in the 1865 census.

The record of her birth doesn’t suggest anything unusual but the bygdebok describes her as the reputed daughter of Ole and Anne.

Notes:

He is I1211 in Jim’s VS. Jim’s notes: De reise til USA med alle 8 barna: Gunnar Nefstad (1847- ), Eli Nefstad (1849- Ola Nefstad ( 1852- ),Kjersti Nefstad ( 1854- ) Ivar Nefstad ( 1858- ) Kristoffer Nefstad (1859- ) Embrikt Nefstad (1861- ) Marit Nefstad (1864- ) Han solgte Nefsta d til Andris G Øldre for 700 spd, skjøtet er datert 4.4.1865, og like etter dro han tilk Amerika med alle familiemedlemmer som levde. Sammen med dem reiste to unge jenter fra Kvebøkko.

jackwright136 has Ivar marrying Tora Endresdatter Kval (1836-1901), probably in the U.S.

Vang C, p. 239, has her leaving for Amerika in 1874 as unmarried.

Birth:
Nefstad 66/1

Family/Spouse: Sissel Olsdatter KVIEN. Sissel (daughter of Ola Kristoffersen KVIEN and Eli Embriksdatter BEITO) was born in 1826 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Tora Endresdatter KVAL. Tora (daughter of Endre Andrisson BUNDE and Anne Kristoffersdatter HEEN) was born on 28 Sep 1836 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 8 Sep 1901 in Fillmore County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 5 Jul 1829, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Baptism:
Vang stavkirke

Family/Spouse: Marit Helgesdatter ROGN. Marit (daughter of Helge Tomasson JEVNE and Marit Gjermundsdatter ROGN) was born on 1 Jul 1842 in Valdres i Oppland, Norway; died on 29 Aug 1931 in Winneshiek County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

per dwfrench1

Died:
Rogn

Family/Spouse: Ingrid Olsdatter HOVI. Ingrid (daughter of Ole Gulbrandsen MELBY and Marit Jørgensdatter RINGESTAD) was born on 6 Jan 1842 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1927 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is I2599 in Jim’s VS.

Birth:
Bø 23/2 Nørre

Died:
Bø 23/2 Nørre

Ove married Berith Stephansdatter BREKKEN on 3 Oct 1844 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Berith (daughter of Steffan Gudmundson BREKKEN and Ambjørg Eivindsdatter HØYME) was born on 12 Dec 1821 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 17 Jun 1853 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ove married Sigrid Steffansdatter BREKKEN on 1 Jul 1854 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Sigrid (daughter of Steffan Gudmundson BREKKEN and Ambjørg Eivindsdatter HØYME) was born on 26 Jul 1823 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1905. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She had several children die young before her last child, Ingvald, was born.

She and her son Ingvald came to the U.S. in 1876 and her husband followed in about 1877.

Birth:
Nordre Böe

Randi married Ingvald Persson FLATEN on 28 Oct 1839 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ingvald was born in 1819 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1883. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1865 census, he was husmann med jord on Bøflaten. He was married to Marit Gudbrandsdatter (b. 1828) and they had six children living with them (one daughter and five sons).

Family/Spouse: Marit Gulbrandsdatter ØYLO. Marit (daughter of Gudbrand Olson ØYLO and Marit Gudmundsdatter REMME) was born on 17 Mar 1828 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 24 Jun 1826, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1865 census, he was gbr on Helle øvre.

Vang C, p.360.

Baptism:
Hurum

Østen married Anne Olsdatter HELLE in 1858. Anne (daughter of Ola Finnkjelsson MJØLHAUGEN KJØS and Anne Erlendsdatter VØVLE) was born on 5 Oct 1826 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 23 Jan 1867 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Birth:
Eikren Bøe

Family/Spouse: Gullik Gulliksen BELSEIM. Gullik (son of Gullik Andrisson JEVNE and Anne Gudbrandsdatter NØRSVIN) was born on 12 Apr 1840 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 19 Jul 1847, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Family/Spouse: Ole BEITHO. Ole was born in 1844 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Lajord 51/3

Family/Spouse: Torstein Torsteinson LAJORD. Torstein (son of Torstein Torsteinsen LAJORD and Ingebjørg Thomasdatter NETRØST) was born in 1835 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 24 Oct 1921 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Northfield City Cemetery, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Trond Eivindson MYHRE. Trond (son of Even Tronsen MYHRE and Marith Jørgensdatter SØRE-BØ) was born in 1839 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is I11686 in Jim Ellingboe’s Valdres Slekt.

Jim’s notes: I følge utflyttede fra Valdres reiste han fra Vang 29 Februar 1848, altså en av de aller første som dro til Amerika, men Frøholm sier han reiste i 1853. Det kan være da han kom til Renville.

In the 1880 census, he, as John J. Soine, lived in Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota.

Greg Fearon calls him Jon Johan Johnsen Soine. Greg’s notes: Jon Johan was born to the union of John Persson Kvale and Anna Sjugursdatter Lajord on November 23, 1826 in Berget at Lajord, Vang, Valdres, Norway. After the death of his father, his mother married Christopher Larson Heen in 1828, and he had five brothers and sisters. He left the family just after turning 21 in 1847. He traveled to Bergen early in 1848, and sailed on the Statsrsad Vogt to New York, arriving there on July 3, 1848. He made his way to Minnesota, where spent the rest of his life farming. He married Ingaborg Ovesdatter Kattevold in the Holden Lutheran Church in Goodhue County in 1862. Their children were: Anne Marie (1865), Ove Julius Johnsen (1867), Emma (1871), Geneva Marguerita (1877), Julia Cecilia (1878), Alfred J. (1882), and Clare Claude (1887). Jon Johan died on November 14, 1888 in Renville City, Renville County, Minnesota. While Jon Johan signed his name "Soine" on the passenger list in 1848, the earliest use of it for others is in the photo taken on the family farm in 1915, and in the listings for Ole and Sigri Soine in the 1910 Census.

Birth:
Lajord 51/3 Berget

John married Ingeborg Ovesdatter KATTEVOLD in 1862 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Ingeborg (daughter of Ove Endresen KATTEVOLD and Gjartrud Øysteinsdatter BØE) was born on 4 Mar 1842 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 1 Jan 1930 in Williams County, North Dakota; was buried in Sunset Rest Cemetery, Ray, Williams County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1917-MN-004721

Notes:

Traci’s tree refers to him as Lars Kristofferson Soine.

“Alias Lars Christopherson.” That’s what he was called in the 1880 census.

In the 1885 state census, he was Lars O. Støine of Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County. The household consists of Lars, 55, Anna, 57, Tom, 24, Gertrude, 19, Berit, 16, Christina, 9, Martha 7, “T.A.”, 25, Anna Austin, 27, Mabel A., 3, and Anna Maria, 20. From this and other information we can infer that “Anna Austin” is Lars’s oldest daughter, T.A. is her husband, Tom Austinson, and Mabel A. is Maybel Amanda Ellingboe.

As Lars Christopherson Soine, he is listed as one of the initial contributors to the start-up of St. Olaf College.

He was a farmer in Warsaw Twp in 1870.

in the 1900 census, Lars, Anna, and their single daughter Christina were living in Warsaw, Goodhue County, next door to their son and brother, Thomas Soine and his family. Lars is shown to have come to this country in 1853, Anna in 1856.

In the 1910 census, Lars and Anne are living with their son Tom and his family on Tom’s farm in Warsaw.

He is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books) but his entry specifically says he was not a member of the Samband.

Shown as Lars A. on his death certificate.

From one of Lars’s descendants: "Lars Christophersen Soine was born on 14 June 1830 in Vang, Valdres Norway. He came to America with his parents in 1853, he was 23 years old. He went by the name Lars O Christophersen. He worked in the logging camps in Wisconsin. He rode the logs down the river to keep them from jumbling. Several times he was thrown, by the force of the swift current and the jerking logs, into the water. In 1856 he married Anna Ellestad. Three of their nine children were born in Wisconsin. In the early 1860's Lars and Anna went moved to Goodhue County in Minnesota where they rented a farm for a few years. Then they purchased 160 acres in Warsaw township in Goodhue County. At this time he returned to using the name Lars Soine. Lars and Anna lived in a small house on their land until 1884 when they built a 12 room house for two families. He planned this house for two families so that he would have a place of his own in their old age. Lars and Anna lived in four rooms, tworooms downstairs (12x14 and 14x16) and two rooms upstairs. Their son, Thomas, and his family of 12 lived in seven of the rooms, four big rooms downstairs and three upstairs. The room above the kitchen was used as a store room for both families. Both families used the same stairs and hallway to the second floor.Each family had their own cellar and stairs. The pump was on the porch between the two kitchens. (Don't you think many oldfolks would love this arrangement nowadays instead of the old folks home?) (Denne ideen hare nok Lars hatt med segfra Vang, han har nok tenkt på kårstuene der, da han bygde detstore huset.) These two families lived in Harmony for 24½ years. In 1916 Anna and Lars celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. Anna died that fall at the age of 83 and Lars died the following April, 1917." (This is a transcript of a handwritten remembrance of one of Lars O Soine's grandchildren). Lars was a 'charter member' of the 'Valdres Laget' of Goodhue county.

Lars married Anna Tomasdatter ELLESTAD about 1856. Anna (daughter of Tomas Knudson TØRSTAD and Berit Johannesdatter ELLESTAD) was born on 4 Sep 1833 in Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 6 Nov 1916 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is I11515 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes quote Candice: “Anne was born in Norway on 7 Aug 1833. She was 20 years old when she immigrated to the United States with her family. She married Torger (Truger) Strand who was also born in 1833. Together they had nine children. Anne died on 5 April 1911, and Torger on 4 Feb 1923. De bodde i Goodhue County.”

Birth:
Søyne 50/, Øvre

Anne married Torgeir Olsen STRAND on 10 Sep 1856 in United States. Torgeir (son of Ola Olsen Øye-Eiga STRAND and Kari Guttormsdatter WANGENSTEEN STRAND) was born on 15 Jun 1834 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 4 Feb 1923 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Greg Fearon says that, “soon after arriving in the U.S. with her parents and family, she died of diptheria in Michigan in 1853.”

Notes:

Born in Søyne 50/, øvre.

He came to America with his family in 1853. He was 12 years old when his parents died. Syver was taken in by an English family, where he learned to speak English, and he eventually forgot Norwegian. He joined the Union Army on August 22, 1862; he was 20 years old. He was in Company D of the 10th Regiment of the Minnesota Volunteers. He fought at Gettysburgh with Gen. Sherman on his march to the sea. Syver enlisted under the name of Chrstopherson. After the war Lars, Syver, and Ole reunited in Goodhue County and there Syver met and married Sonneva Ellingboe in 1867. They had 3 sons. They moved to Wang township in Renville County. Syver was killed by a runaway, while haying in July 1874, and he is buried in a Wang cemetery.

The Union Army was recruiting in Minnesota in the summer of 1862 when Sever Christopherson enlisted as a private in the 10th Minn. Volunteers from Warsaw, Rice Co. The Regiment, under Col. James H. Baker, had orders to travel to New York and then to the Gulf via steamer; but before recruitment was complete the Sioux Indians in western Minnesota began misbehaving and the Regiment was sent to bolster other troops fighting around New Um, Nicollet Co. The captured Indians were sent to Mankato army post where they were courtmartialed and executed in February of 1863.

The winter of 1862/1863, the Regiment spent doing guard duty on the frontier, building stockades, and training. In camp at Henderson until February when they were ordered to Mankato to participate in the execution of the Sioux Indians.

In the summer of 1863, the 10th Minn., and other regiments took the offensive against the Indians, beat them up, and chased them across the Missouri River. On both campaigns Sever marched through the area where he would later homestead (in Renville County), but which was an Indian land in 1863 and 1863.

On the 18th of September 1863, orders arrived at Ft. Snelling, which was the main army post in the Minn. District (old Ft. Snelling is located across the river from Minneapolis and south of St. Paul) for the 10th to report to St. Louis, Mo. And they traveled by boat to Dunleith, by rail to St. Louis. There the Regiment did garrison and provost duty as there were several military prisons for prisoners of war, for "stragglers" (a euphemism for deserters who got caught), 5 forts and many supply warehouses. It was at St. Louis that Col. Phelps resigned and Capt. C.L. Davis took command of Co. D.

On April 22, 1864, the 10th Minn. left for Columbus, Kentucky, and on June 19, 1864 they were sent to Memphis, Tenn. On July 13, 1864 the Rebels attacked them at Tupelo Hill, under Gen. Bedford Forrest who was protecting Gen. Hood's withdrawal. Gen. Forrest withdrew in an orderly fashion and the 10th pressed after him. Through the fall, the unit had several skirmishes in pursuit and harassment of the Rebels.

On Dec. 15 and 16, 1864, the 10th and other units assaulted Gen. Hood's earthworks and the last battle of Nashville ensued. After taking casualties, the 10th succeeded in driving out an exhausted Confederate Army. The 10th had the task of pressing on Hood's rear, which sent them up against their old foe, Gen. Bedford Forrest. The 10th pushed on to Mobile Bay participating in the battle at Spanish Fort.

The war was over and the 10th returned to Ft. Snelling via river steamer and were formally mustered out of the Union Army on August 19, 1865.

That's what Sever's unit was doing from 1862 to 1865, but what Sever was doing is another matter. His war records show that he was present at all of the Indian Wars, and that he went south from Ft. Snelling to St. Louis. However, his records show that in May of 1864 he was in the Post Hospital in Columbus, Ky. because of sickness, not specified. Half the the casualties in the Civil War died of illnesses such as typhoid smallpox, dysentery, and just plain old pneumonia. His records say he was ill through the fall of 1864/1865, and that he was forwarded to Ft. Snelling the middle of Aug. 1864 and was ill until Oct. 20th when he resumed his duties at Ft. Snelling.

His papers say that Sever was 20 years old when he enlisted, that he was 5 ft, 9 inches, his eyes- gray, his hair and complexion -light. Sever Christopherson appears on the official roster of Company D.

Sigurd married Synneva Trondsdotter ELLINGBØE on 6 Jul 1867 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Synneva (daughter of Trond Iversson ELLINGBØE (OPDAL, UVDAL) and Kjersti Helgesdotter KJERSTEIN) was born on 29 Jul 1846 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 17 Feb 1929 in Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

In the Vang churchbook, his baptism was listed right before that of Ole Aslaksson (#3068).

In the 1885 state census, as Ole C. Soine, he and his family live in Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota, next to the Tron Ellingboe farm. The household consists of Ole, 40, Gjertru F., 35, Anne, 16, Berit, 14, Christoffer, 12, Torger, 9, Marit, 6, Gjerdena, 4, and Sigrid, 2. Living with the family is 22 year-old Knut K. Soine and another 25 year-old farm helper, also born in Norway.

In the 1900 census he and his family live in Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. The family consisted of Ole, 55 (b. Sept 1844 (sic)), Sigrid, 47 (b. Jan 1853), Troline, 10 (b. July 1889), Martin, 7 (b. Jun 1892), Olaf S., 4 (b. May 1896), Syver, 17 (b. Feb 1883), Olaus, 14 (b. Sept 1885), and, apparently, Sigrid’s children from a previous marriage: Anne Haugen, 26 (b. Apr 1874), and Gulbrand, 20 (b. Dec 1879). Ole’s other children, Torger, 24 (b. Apr 1876), Christ, 26 (b. Apr 1874), and Gertina, 19 (b. Oct 1880), are shown as a separate household entered next on the census form.

In the 1910 census, he and Sigrid were living in Wang Twp with Christ, Theoline, and Martin.

In the 1920 census, he and Sigrid were living in Wang Twp, probably on the original farm, with Martin and his family. Christ was also living with them.

Not listed in the index of Minnesota deaths.

From the History of the Minnesota Valley, 1882: CHRISTOPHERSON, Ole Christopherson "Soena," was born in September, 1844. in Norway. From the age of nine years until 1857 he lived in Michigan, then in Dane county, Wisconsin until 1860, at which date he removed to Iowa; in 1862 he removed to Goodhue County, Minnesota. The year following enlisted in Company F, 2d cavalry, and served through the remainder of the war. Married, January 15, 1869, Jane T. Althon; the children are: Anna, Betsey, Christopher, Torger, Mary and Gertdane.

He is I11520 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes:

He was 10 years old when his parents died.

Candice Soine skriver: "Ole hired out to a very rough and unkind woodcutter. If he could not meet the quota for the day, he was not permitted to have supper. When he was 13 years old he cut his finger with an axe while he was chopping wood. It was cut so badly that only a small portion of flesh kept it from falling off. He put the two ends together as best he could, and bandaged the finger with strips of cloth. He did all of the aftercare himself and eventually, the cut healed and his finger remained stiff and crooked, but somewhat useful. Ole went from Michigan to Dane County in Wisconsin and was there from 1857-1869. Then he went to Iowa until 1862 and finally to Goodhue County in Minnesota in 1862. Ole enlisted in the Union Army at the age of 19 on December 12, 1863 and was mustered out on December 2, 1865. On January 15, 1869 Ole married Gertrude (Gjertrud) Elton and they had eight children. Gertrude died 21 September 1885 and Ole remarried in 1886. His second wife was Sigrid Loe Haugen who was a widow with three children. Ole and Sigrid had two children. Ole died on 13 March 1924. He was a naturalized citizen and he owned a farm, but could not speak English in 1900."


Fra "The Lutefisk connection" Vol 3 Winter 1999: A word about Ole Christopherson's service record - We have an interview of Ole Soine by his stepgrandson, Tyler Soine, that places Ole's unit at Gettysburg, but that is not so. Ole's unit, the 2nd Minn. Cavalry, was fighting Sioux Indians until 1866 and was nowhere near Gettysburg.

Died:
another source says 1924 in Maynard or in Wang Twp

Ola married Gertrude Torgeirsdatter (Jane) ELTUN on 15 Jan 1869 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Gertrude (daughter of Torgeir Torgeirson ELTUN and Berit Asgrimsdatter UVDAL) was born on 14 Jan 1849 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 21 Sep 1885 in Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota; was buried in Vestre Sogn Lutheran Cemetery, Sacred Heart, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ola married Sigrid Gudbrandsdatter LO in 1886. Sigrid (daughter of Knud Iversson ELTUN and Gjartrud Thomasdatter ELTUN, daughter of Gudbrand Olsen HØVERSTAD and Marit Ivarsdatter ELTUN) was born on 19 Feb 1853 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 23 May 1946 in Chippewa County, Minnesota; was buried in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Birth:
Eikren Bøe

Family/Spouse: Gullik Gulliksen BELSEIM. Gullik (son of Gullik Andrisson JEVNE and Anne Gudbrandsdatter NØRSVIN) was born on 12 Apr 1840 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 19 Jul 1847, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Family/Spouse: Ole BEITHO. Ole was born in 1844 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Knud married Oline on 8 Oct 1896 in Lac Qui Parle County, Minnesota. Oline was born about 1876 in Hedmark, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Debra Swanson

Family/Spouse: Berith Knudsdatter. Berith was born on 7 Aug 1848 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 18 Sep 1917 in United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was her parents’ 2nd child and 2nd daughter and one of four daughters named Ingebjørg.

Birth:
Kvåle 38/8

Ingebjørg married Nils Nilsen THOMPSON on 12 Aug 1855 in Fillmore County, Minnesota. Nils was born on 21 Mar 1826 in Rogaland, Norway; died on 24 Feb 1870 in Fillmore County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is I11686 in Jim Ellingboe’s Valdres Slekt.

Jim’s notes: I følge utflyttede fra Valdres reiste han fra Vang 29 Februar 1848, altså en av de aller første som dro til Amerika, men Frøholm sier han reiste i 1853. Det kan være da han kom til Renville.

In the 1880 census, he, as John J. Soine, lived in Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota.

Greg Fearon calls him Jon Johan Johnsen Soine. Greg’s notes: Jon Johan was born to the union of John Persson Kvale and Anna Sjugursdatter Lajord on November 23, 1826 in Berget at Lajord, Vang, Valdres, Norway. After the death of his father, his mother married Christopher Larson Heen in 1828, and he had five brothers and sisters. He left the family just after turning 21 in 1847. He traveled to Bergen early in 1848, and sailed on the Statsrsad Vogt to New York, arriving there on July 3, 1848. He made his way to Minnesota, where spent the rest of his life farming. He married Ingaborg Ovesdatter Kattevold in the Holden Lutheran Church in Goodhue County in 1862. Their children were: Anne Marie (1865), Ove Julius Johnsen (1867), Emma (1871), Geneva Marguerita (1877), Julia Cecilia (1878), Alfred J. (1882), and Clare Claude (1887). Jon Johan died on November 14, 1888 in Renville City, Renville County, Minnesota. While Jon Johan signed his name "Soine" on the passenger list in 1848, the earliest use of it for others is in the photo taken on the family farm in 1915, and in the listings for Ole and Sigri Soine in the 1910 Census.

Birth:
Lajord 51/3 Berget

John married Ingeborg Ovesdatter KATTEVOLD in 1862 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Ingeborg (daughter of Ove Endresen KATTEVOLD and Gjartrud Øysteinsdatter BØE) was born on 4 Mar 1842 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 1 Jan 1930 in Williams County, North Dakota; was buried in Sunset Rest Cemetery, Ray, Williams County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Dec 1854, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He and Ingri and their three sons farmed in Brookings County, South Dakota, in the 1880 census.

In the 1909 Freeborn County farmers directory, he was Trond Kvale of Nunda Twp, Emmons.

In the 1910 census (April 22 or 23) he and Randa lived in Nunda Twp, Freeborn County, Minnesota, on a farm that Thron owned, albeit with a mortgage. They had been married for 17 years. Thrond had come to the U.S. in 1861.

Baptism:
Vang church

Died:
as Thrond J Kvale

Trond married Ingri FOLKEN on 13 May 1875 in Freeborn County, Minnesota. Ingri (daughter of John FOLKEN) was born about 1857 in Norway; died about 1885 in Brookings, Brookings County, South Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Trond married Rande Olsdatter SÖLAND about 1893. Rande was born about 1872. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Andris married Ingeborg MYHRE about 1876. Ingeborg (daughter of Simon Tostensen MYHRE and Ingeborg Olsdatter STRAND) was born on 11 May 1854; died about 1924 in Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Margrete Elisabet ANDERSON. Margrete was born on 1 May 1862 in Lofoten Islands, Norway; died on 22 Aug 1907 in Winneshiek County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Qvale. Or Skrautval.

He was Nils Nilsen Lunde at the time his son Knud was born.

Innerst on Brekke 16/1 1858-1863. He and his wife and family came to the U.S. in 1864.

In the 1880 census, he and his wife and their 11 children lived in Six Mile Grove Twp, Swift County, Minnesota.

Birth:
dwfrench1

Died:
dwfrench1

Nils married Marit Andrisdatter BREKKE on 6 Oct 1861 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Marit (daughter of Andris Jonsson BREKKE and Berit Jakobsdatter HAMRE) was born on 28 Aug 1838 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 24 Oct 1899 in Swift County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Margrethe Nilsdatter HAUGEN. Margrethe (daughter of Nils Knutson HAUGEN and Ingelev Knudsdatter BUNDE) was born on 22 Nov 1860 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 30 Jan 1956 in Walsh County, North Dakota. [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: 9 May 1852, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Her birth record says married in 1883.

Baptism:
Hurum

Berit married Ole Faltinsen LEITE on 18 Jul 1888 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ole (son of Faltin Gudbrandsen FLATEN and Dorte Hansdatter KVIESEIGA) was born on 12 Sep 1834 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1917 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Descendants of Gjermund Gundersen (1758-1815) and Anne Gulbrandsdatter Heen per dwfrench1’s French Family Tree.

Family/Spouse: Hans THOMPSON. Hans was born on 27 Jun 1860 in Gudbrandsdalen; died on 17 Jul 1941 in Winnebago County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

He was a Lutheran pastor in Mason City.

Family/Spouse: Grace CHRISTIANSON. Grace was born in 1882 in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa; died about Nov 1978. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Birth:
Eikren Bøe

Family/Spouse: Ole Olsen LØKREIM. Ole (son of Ole Henriksen LØKREIM and Anne Tostensdatter LØKREIM) was born on 10 Feb 1852 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 29 Sep 1904; was buried in Ray Family Cemetery, Crisp County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Kari FLASKERUD. Kari was born on 2 Jun 1865 in Winneshiek County, Iowa; died on 23 May 1940 in Polk County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Find A Grave says he was born in Minnesota.

Family/Spouse: Emma LIEN. Emma (daughter of Andris Gunnarson LIEN and Sigrid Andrisdatter ELTUN) was born on 14 Apr 1864 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 21 Mar 1941 in Freeborn County, Minnesota; was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Albert Lea, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1910 census, Anton and Anna lived in Albert Lea. Anton was a traveling salesman for a nursery.

In the 1920 census, Anton and Anna and family lived in south Minneapois at 3732 Portland.

The 1920 Minneapolis directory lists Amos, Anton, Elmer, and Herman at 3732 Portland. Anton was not in an earlier Minneapolis directory.

In the 1921 Minneapolis city directory, Anton was a traveling agent and lived at 3732 Portland. Sons Elmer and Herman, as well as daughter Lillian, also lived at that address.

In the 1940 census, Anton and Anna were living in south Minneapolis at 3732 Portland Avenue. Anton was a carpenter. Their sons Amos and Wendell were unmarried and still living at home.

Anton married Anna Caroline EVENSON on 2 Nov 1895 in Silver Lake, Worth County, Iowa. Anna was born on 1 Mar 1875 in Minnesota; died on 12 Apr 1943 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anna Louise TORKELSON. Anna was born on 6 May 1864 in Minnesota; died on 1 Apr 1943 in Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Family/Spouse: Sophia T ESTREM. Sophia (daughter of Helge Torkelson ESTREM and Marit GULLICKSON) was born on 26 Nov 1873 in Winneshiek County, Iowa; died on 9 Nov 1948 in Winneshiek County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sophia BARLOW. Sophia was born on 12 Apr 1878 in Winneshiek County, Iowa; died on 21 Sep 1960 in Ramsey County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Emelia Julita PEDERSON. Emelia was born on 15 Dec 1862 in Lanesboro, Fillmore County, Minnesota; died on 8 Jan 1952 in Dodge County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sever SNORTUM. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Notes:

In the 1940 census, he and his family lived in the town of Liberty in Manitowoc County. He was a malter for a brewing company.

Family/Spouse: Esther ZASTROW. Esther was born about 1901 in Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Albert married Ella VETTER on 2 Feb 1916 in Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. Ella was born in 1895; died in 1918. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The bygdebok says that she died from encephalitis.

Family/Spouse: George A ESTREM. George (son of Christopher Andrisson ØSTREM and Inger Caroline Gulbrandsdatter LOMEN) was born about 1863 in Winneshiek County, Iowa; died on 29 May 1935 in California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 20 Oct 1864, Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1920 census, he ran a general store in St. Anthony, Idaho. He came to the U.S. in 1882.

Family/Spouse: Kate Roberta PARRY. Kate was born about 1885 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Salt Creek

Family/Spouse: Jacob SCHULSON. Jacob was born on 6 Nov 1837 in Buskerud, Norway; died on 20 Mar 1926 in Polk County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anna RUDE. Anna was born in 1882 in North Dakota; died on 12 Jan 1962 in North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He and his wife and three children arrived in the U.S. on August 16, 1919, at the port of New York aboard the Stavangersfjord.

Birth:
Igdun 74/1

Family/Spouse: Genoieva Julie RASMUSSEN. Genoieva (daughter of Sivert Andreas Colbeinsen RASMUSSEN and Martha Lisabeth QUAERNENAES) was born in 1894; died in 1963; was buried in Maynard Lutheran Cemetery, Maynard, Chippewa County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Emma Matilda RASMUSSEN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1900 census, she had had five children, all five still living. She had come to the U.S. in 1891.

Ingebjørg married Gudbrand Kristoffersen HEEN about 1895. Gudbrand (son of Kristoffer Gudbrandsen HEEN and Anne Gunnarsdatter GIVRE) was born on 25 May 1855 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 10 Apr 1931 in Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 8 Apr 1853, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She was born before her parents married. Her parents were Ole Vilhelmson Lund and Anne Endresdatter Baggethun. Anders Tollefson Baggethun was the responsible person of the parish for the illegitimate Anne.

The Vang migration records show that she left Vang for Voss in January of 1881 to get married.

Yvonne and her sources believe that Anna died after she and her children arrived in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, on May 12, 1890. Peter arrived in Quebec on Aug 10, 1889. Peter (and maybe Anna and the kids) went on to Aberdeen, South Dakota.

Called Anna Olson in her son Anton’s death certificate, the informant for which was her husband, and Anton’s father, Peter Hultgren of Clarissa.

Anne married Per August (Peter) Pettersen HULTGREN on 12 Apr 1881 in Voss, Hordaland, Norway. Per was born on 2 Jun 1853 in Sweden; died on 26 May 1944 in Todd County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Listed as a foster daughter of her grandparents Endre and Margrete in the 1865 census.

The record of her birth doesn’t suggest anything unusual but the bygdebok describes her as the reputed daughter of Ole and Anne.

Notes:

Shown as age 5 in the 1865 census. Endre is incorrectly shown as age 8. Perhaps Vilhelm was the one who was 8.

May have emigrated and lived in the U.S. as William.

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1931-MN-015166
• Occupation: Farmer, Carpenter
• Baptism: 28 Jul 1861, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 18 Jun 1876, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He is the “Andrew Ellestad” who Rose refers to in her interview with Evey in the early 1970s. Andrew went to South Dakota with Erick Thompson and Tom Thompson in the mid 1880s. Later Andrew went to Clarissa and was probably the reason that Erick Thompson and family moved to Clarissa.

Rose maintained that her uncle Tom Thompson and Tom’s wife Rangdi Ellestad (Andrew Ellestad’s sister) were 2nd cousins. _That_ implies that either Anne Endrisdatter Baggethun or Ole Vilhelmsen Ellestad were first cousins of Andrew Thompson or Rangdi Kvale. None of that is true.

He is the 69 year-old Endrew Ellestad, husband of Sigrid, father of Evelyn and Clara, living in Clarissa, Todd County, Minnesota, in the 1930 census. He was born in Norway and came to the U.S. in 1882. Endrew was a dairy farmer.

He is the 58 year-old E. O. Ellestad, a carpenter in the village of Clarissa in the 1920 census. He came to the U.S. in 1885.

In the 1910 census, he is a widower in Todd County. His three children are liing with him.

In the 1900 census, he is probably Andrew Ellested living in Ward Twp, Todd County, born Mar 1861 in Norway. He is the husband of Ingebor and the father of Stella, John, and Cora. He came to the U.S. in 1883.

In the 1895 state census, he is living in Eureka Twp, Dakota County. The household consists of Andrew, 33, Ingebor M., 25, Estella, 4, John O., 2, and Cora, 6 months.

The informant for his death certificate was William Duda of Clarissa. (The Dudas lived one farm away from Endre and Ole in the 1910 census. William was 14 years old.) Endre had been in the U.S. for 38 years.

Endre died of stomach cancer.

Endre Olsen was confirmed in Vestre Slidre on 18 Jun 1876. The entry in church book says he was born on 14 Mar 1861, baptized on 28 Jul and there are some other notations that I don’t understand. His farm name is Bagetun Vang Ellestad and his parents were Ole Vilhelmson and Anne Endresdatter.

Sponsors for his baptism were Randi Wilhelmsdatter Lund, Gunhild Andersdatter Ellingboe, Sigrid Jørgensdatter Ellingboe, Endre Johnson Bagethun, and John Endressen Bagethun.

The 42 year-old widower Endre Olsen Ellestad of Clarissa, Minnesota, entered the U.S. at New York aboard the S.S. Celtic on 25 April 1903 following a ten-day voyage from Liverpool. He was still a citizen of Norway. Traveling with him was his brother Ole and their nephew, 22 year-old Ole Knudsen Ellestad of Vestre Slidre.

Endre married Ingeborg Marie MOSCOWS about 1890. Ingeborg was born on 21 Aug 1870 in Minnesota; died on 23 Nov 1900; was buried in Bethel Cemetery, Browerville, Todd County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Endre married Sigrid Neilsdatter HELLE on 27 Dec 1911 in Todd County, Minnesota. Sigrid (daughter of Nils Nilson HELLE and Sigrid Olsdatter HELLE) was born on 18 Apr 1878 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 21 Dec 1958 in Todd County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1942-MN-015661
• Baptism: 5 May 1864, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He lived next door to Endre in the censuses.

Single and living in Ward Twp, Todd County, in the 1900 census. He was born in January of 1864.

The 39 year-old single farmer Ole Olsen Ellestad, a U.S. citizen of Clarissa, Minnesota, entered the U.S. at New York aboard the S.S. Celtic on April 25, 1903, following a 10-day voyage from Liverpool. Traveling with him was his brother Endre and their nephew, 22 year-old Ole Knudsen Ellestad of Vestre Slidre.

Married to Guro and living in Todd County in the 1910 census. He is 44 in that census.

In the Valdris book, the 1920 history and “manual” of the Valdris samband, Ole Ellestad of Browerville is listed as a then-current member and had been a member since 1916.

In the 1920 census, he, 55, and Guro, 46, live in a rented apartment at 419 Bancroft Avenue in Fergus Falls. Ole is a carpenter for a contractor.

Guro was the informant for his death certificate. His residence when he died was Clarissa. He died from heart disease. His parents were Anders Ellestad and Anna Baggethun.

According to the Vestre Slidre church book, he was the son of Ole Vilhelmson and Anne Eivindsdatter (her last name is very hard to read). That Ole seems to have been born on the 20th of January and baptized on the 5th of May.

Died:
Thiel Hospital

Family/Spouse: Guro. Guro was born in 1872 in Norway; died on 2 Apr 1947 in Otter Tail County, Minnesota; was buried in Bethel Cemetery, Browerville, Todd County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1944-MN-013094
• Baptism: 1 Jan 1867, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Neither Alison nor Dustin Marson have information on her parents.

Buried as Randi Thompson.

Her birth record in the Vang church book shows her parents as Ole Wilhelmson Veblen and Anne Endrisdatter. Her baptism sponsors were Marthe Evensdatter Weblen, Anne Andersdatter Törstad, Ingrid Somebody’s datter Qvale, Knud Somebody’s son Veblen, and Thron Törstad.

Came to this country in 1884. Came to this country in 1887 according to the 1900 census.

Her 1888 marriage to Thomas A Thompson was witnessed by E.O. Ellestad (the bride’s brother) and Miss Karoline Martinson of the village of Frederick in Brown County.

In the 1900 census, she had had 8 children, 5 still living. In the 1910 census, she is shown as having had 10 children, 7 still living.

Place of birth, date of birth, and mother’s maiden name were not included in her death certificate.

Burial record or gravestone shows 1868 as the year of birth.

The informant for her death certificate was Ingmur Thompson of Farmington. Randi’s residence was Webster. No parents’ names on her death certificate.

Evey believed that Randi and Thomas were first cousins. Rose claimed that the pair were 2nd cousins and that Rangdi was “Andrew Ellestad’s sister.” This genealogy shows they were 5th cousins so there is a disagreement here.

dwfrench1 agrees with the lineage shown here.

Birth:
death certificate shows birth year as 1868

Baptism:
Hurum

Died:
Northfield City Hospital

Rangdi married Thomas Anderson THOMPSON on 15 Jun 1888 in Ellendale, Dickey County, North Dakota. Thomas (son of Anders (Andrew) Tomasson ELLESTAD and Rangdi Eriksdatter KVÅLE) was born on 24 Nov 1858 in Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 16 May 1941 in Rice County, Minnesota; was buried on 24 May 1941 in East Christiania Lutheran Cemetery, Eureka Twp, Dakota County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1910 Norwegian census she is living with her parents on Haugene 31/1 in Vang. Her occupation is “væsentlig syarbeide damesøm” (seamstress and needlework).

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 7 Oct 1877, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 15 Jul 1892, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Emigrated to Oslo in 1899.

Marit married Einar T ROSENVOLD about 1900. Einar was born in 1872 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1963 in Oslo, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 20 Mar 1859, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Family/Spouse: Anna ARNESTAD. Anna was born in May 1867 in Norway; died on 6 Jul 1932 in Norman County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 18 Sep 1864, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Family/Spouse: Nils TOMMERDAHL. Nils was born in 1861 in Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; died on 28 Feb 1910 in Norman County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Patricia Hampton’s entry in Find A Grave:

Mrs. Eilef Hatleli, longtime resident of Lanesboro, died at Preston Nursing Home Tuesday, March 12 at the age of 85. She was resident there about 10 days.

The former Christina Nepstad was born April 10, 1877, at Highland near Lanesboro. She was married to Andrew Nesheim who died in the early 1900s, later being married to Mr. Hatleli August 25, 1915. He died in 1960.

Mrs. Hatleli was a member of the Bethlehem Lutheran Church of Lanesboro.

Surviving are three sons, Ernest Nesheim of Mabel; Neal Hatleli of Placerville, California; and Lester Hatleli of Sacramento; four daughters, Mrs. Alfred Thompson of Rushford, Mrs. C. W. Varney of Placerville, Mrs. Reuben Peterson of Anchorage, Alaska, and Mrs. John Rosaus of Sebastopol, California; 16 grandchildren and a brother Gunder of Lanesboro.

Funeral services were at 1 p.m. Friday at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church at Lanesboro with Rev. Leon Holtan officiating. Burial was at the Lanesboro cemetery. (The Lanesboro Leader, Lanesboro, Minnesota, March 21, 1963, Page 1, Column 1)

Cecile Christina (Sidsel Kristine) is the daughter of Iver Gundersen Nepstad (Find A Grave #158315324) and his wife Thora Endresdatter Holien Nepstad (Find A Grave #158315660).

Elstad Lutheran Church baptism records, p. 70 #38, Sidsel Kristine born 10 April 1878 baptized 17 Mai 1878 at Elstad Parents: Iver G. Næbstad og K. Thora Endresd Sponsors: Lars Solfestsen, Severin Sølfestsen, Ingeborg Poulsen, Betsy Sølfestsd.

Elstad Lutheran Church confirmation records, p. 332 #8, Sidsel Kristine Nepstad born 10/4 78 baptized 17/5 78 at Elstad Parents: Iver Nepstad, Thora Endersd

Birth:
or 10 Apr 1877 in Fillmore County

Family/Spouse: Andrew NESHEIM. Andrew was born on 18 Mar 1872 in Voss, Hordaland, Norway; died on 10 Jul 1913 in Pine County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Cecile married Eilef HATLELI on 25 Aug 1915. Eilef was born on 6 Mar 1875 in Sogn, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died on 20 Apr 1960 in Olmsted County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Grocer

Notes:

Birth:
“Springfield township south of Decorah”

Henry married Flora GOLDRICK on 4 Jun 1908. Flora was born about 1887; died on 24 Apr 1970 in Ventura County, California; was buried in Decorah Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Todd Green

Nils married Carrie IVERSON on 10 Jun 1914 in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota. Carrie (daughter of Tobias Iversen LYKKJA and Sigri Østensdatter RISTE) was born on 8 Nov 1875 in Nebraska; died on 2 May 1968 in Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

per dwfrench1

He married Marit Jørgensdatter Ringestad in Vestre Slidre in 1902 and had several children with her.

Died:
Rogn

Family/Spouse: Ingebjørg Larsdatter HEEN. Ingebjørg (daughter of Lars Tostensen HEEN and Kjersti Iversdatter HEMSING) was born on 6 Dec 1868 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 15 Sep 1907 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1926-MN-013149
• Baptism: 10 Jan 1847, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Ambjor (as 20 year-old Ambjor Ovesdatter Böe) and her brother Erick (as 17 year-old Erick or Erich Ovessen Boe) emigrated from Vang on April 15, 1866.

The 1900 and 1910 censuses say that she had 10 children, 8 still living.

Her son Ole is shown as head-of-household in the 1920 census. Living with Ole and his mother on the family farm are Bertha and Ida.

Her death certificate, for which Mrs. W. H. Shortt of Sioux City was the informant, says that Ambjor was born 1 January 1847. Ambjor died of pneumonia and mitral regurgitation.

From the Hills Crescent, courtesy of Katherine:

February 4, 1926
Obit. Amjor Ellingboe born Vang Valders, Norway, 31 Dec 1846, died 30 Jan 1926. Immigrated 1864 and the same year married W.O. (William) Ellingboe (deceased) in Jefferson Prairie, Wisc. Lived on a farm west of Hills, MN. Five deceased children: Maren, Ove, Luella, Bertha, Ida. Surviving children Bessie, Marie, Ole, Julia. Pall bearers included Hans Haraldson and C.E. Halls.

February 11, 1926
The following attended the funeral of Amjor Ellingboe… E. B. Olson (brother of the deceased) of Minneapolis.

Her will is recorded in the Rock County Will Records, Volume B, 1921-1937, for the will year 1926.

Called Ingebor Olsdatter in the birth and baptism record for Wilhelmine Beata.

Ambjor’s will, dated 9 Oct 1924, appointed her son Ole to be the executor of her estate. After expenses, the estate was to be disbursed as follows: Ole to get $1, Emma Shortt to get $1, the remainder of her estate to go 50% to Betsey, 25% to Julia Cox, and 25% to Marie West.

Ambjor married Wilhelm Olsson (William) ELLINGBOE on 30 Sep 1866 in Wisconsin. Wilhelm (son of Ole Evenson ELLINGBØ and Maren Wilhelmsdatter BAGGETUN) was born on 7 Nov 1839 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 3 Dec 1913 in Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota; was buried on 6 Dec 1913 in Synod Cemetery, Hills, Rock County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1928-MN-017999
• Baptism: 20 May 1849, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Erick lived at 1911 13th Avenue S. in Minneapolis. At his death he had been retired for 11 years. He had been a real estate salesman.

The informant for the information on his death certificate was provided by Oscar E. Olson.

Erick died of flu and otitis midra purulant with pneumonia and meningitis as contributing factors.

In the 1880 census, Erick (as Erick B. Olson) is a 31 year-old saloon keeper. He and his 24 year-old wife Lena and his 1 month-old unnamed child live in Northfield. Living with them as a boarder is a 35 year-old single man born in Norway named Gilbert Gilbertson, a laborer.

Erick and his family lived in Minneapolis is the 1885 census.

In the 1895 census he is a widower living with his four children at 2626 17th Avenue South in Minneapolis. He and his family live on the first floor, another family lives on the second floor. Living with the family is 27 year-old Carrie Anderson, a “domestic”, who was born in Sweden. She may be Lena’s sister. Erick was a 43 year-old real estate dealer who had been in Minnesota for 16 years and in the current enumeration district for 4 months.

Birth:
his death certificate gave his date of birth as April 11th

Family/Spouse: Lena ANDERSON. Lena was born about 1856 in Norway; died before 1895. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Bø 23/2 Nørre

Notes:

Birth:
Bø 23/2 Nørre

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Nov 1839, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 25 Jun 1854, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1865 Norwegian census, he was gbr on a Bøe ovre farm. His father Ingvald P was foderaadsmand.

Birth:
quite a few sources incorrectly show his birth date as August 24, 1841

Confirmation:
age 14¾ at the Vangs church

Family/Spouse: Marit Olsdatter GRYTE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 17 Apr 1842, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1880 census, he was a farmer in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County.

From the book - RICE COUNTY FAMILIES. PUB. 1981:

Flaten Families, 1868--. Ole Flaten and Maren Wangensten Stelle migrated from Valdres, Norway, to Dennison, Minnesota, just on the line between Rice and Goodhue counties, with their one year old son, Nils, in 1868. Shortly after Maren's death in 1891, Ole moved to Northfield with his family of 6 children: Nils, Randi, Sigrid, Ingvald, Dorothea and Ole Jr. In the early 1900s Ole married Anna Martin. They had a son, Rudolph, born in 1904. Ole Jr. has written of his father: "He was a poor farmer with 2 beautiful hobbies, books and violins. Whenever he had money with which to acquire those treasured possessions he would make a trip to Minneapolis. In addition to buying violins and books, father never failed to bring bananas home. This we considered a treat fit for the Gods." Ole continued "In his spare moments, father would work on his violin, affixing the strings and adjusting the bridge and tuning post. Then he would price and sell them, always keeping one for himself. Father played the violin very well. Often he would go into the parlor at night and there in the dark he would play Norwegian folk tunes. As a child I sat quietly. Some of the livelier tunes, such as the ‘Halling' would awaken bright emotions in me and I would then interpret the music by dancing. Perhaps I'd look up and see my father watching me and I'd run quickly to a corner." The elder Ole Flaten had received his education in a teacher's seminary in Norway. He taught parochial schools for 30 years in the Dennison and Northfield areas. He established the first bookstore at St. Olaf College and the first bookstore in Northfield. As the family grew up they scattered to homes elsewhere. Only 1 son, Nils, returned to make his home in Rice County. His story of working his way through college is a poignant one. He received his B.A. in Classical Studies from the University of Minnesota in 1893. He interrupted his studies for 2 years, working and teaching in Buxton, ND. He had retained his father's interest in the violin. As a violinist, he organized and directed a touring band in Buxton. He returned to work there following his graduation. In 1894 he met his future wife, Inez Ruth Olson, who was then teaching in nearby Hillsboro, ND. They were married in 1896. Nils writes, "Of our 3 boys, Olav and Arnold were born in Minneapolis, Olav October 18, 1897, and Arnold May 18, 1900. Sigurd was born in Northfield April 3, 1907." From 1896-1900, Nils taught at U.C. seminary and continued his graduate studies at the University of Minnesota, receiving his Ph. D. in Romance Languages, Latin and Arabic in 1900. In 1900 he was elected to head the Department of Latin at St. Olaf College at a salary of $1,000 a year. It was said that Nils was born with an "itchy foot." Thus, in addition to the urge to improve and use his foreign languages, he found traveling to be a tonic both mentally and physically. He spent the year 1909-1910 as a student in Spain, Italy and France. He returned in 1913, touring by bicycle. He financed this trip by writing daily for Decorahposten (at $3.00 a column). He was stationed in Italy in 1918-1919 as a secretary to the YMCA to teach English to Italian officers. In 1921 he began his trips to Europe as conductor of tourist groups, continuing this routine every summer for 11 consecutive summers. In 1925, Inez consented, for the first time, to accompany him on one of his tours. Inez took pride in organizing ladies aids in several Lutheran churches of southern Minnesota. She died in 1964. Nils translated and published a number of books and numerous articles during the year 1924-1934. He continued to teach at St. Olaf College until 1947. Their oldest son, Olav Nicolas, spent his adult life in the lumber business in Wyoming and Nebraska. He established a small community named Northfield near Gering, Nebraska. The youngest, John Sigurd, graduated from St. Olaf College in 1929. While working in Wyoming he contracted TB. Complications of his illness remained with him for the rest of his life. He returned to make his permanent home in Northfield. He died in 1974. Arnold Wangensten Flaten came to Northfield in the year of his birth, 1900. His years in the public schools and at St. Olaf College were marked by his interest and participation in athletics and in the visual arts. The latter was inspired by his mother who studied oil painting and by his father's descriptive letters and cards from European art centers. Arnold earned his way through St. Olaf "College, largely by making posters. He graduated in 1922 and entered Luther Theological Seminary. During those years in Minneapolis he took courses at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Following his graduation in 1925 he accepted a call to a mission congregation in Laurel, Montana. There his art was put to use in transforming a former laundry into a church. These were rich years for Arnold. In 1928 he returned to Minneapolis as assistant pastor to Dr. J. A. O. Stub at Central Lutheran Church. It was here that he met his future wife, Evelyn Solberg. At this time, Dr. L. W. Boe, President of St. Olaf College, asked Arnold to start a department of Art at the College. This involved a 2-year study period in Italy and France. Evelyn and Arnold were married in France. They returned to Northfield in 1932. Arnold immediately went to work designing and helping in the construction of the first Art building on the campus, called "The Art Barn." This was the first Art department in a college of the American Lutheran Church, and second department of Art in a private college in Minnesota. Former students from those early years were to go on to graduate schools and return to establish art departments in other Lutheran colleges. The St. Olaf work began as a one man department in 1932 where it was necessary for Arnold to teach many aspects of art, such as drawing, painting, sculpture and the history of art and architecture. Soon the program grew and Arnold welcomed additions to his staff. Being on the ground floor with a knowledge of art and architecture as well as the theology of our church, Arnold accepted an invitation to teach a course at Lutheran Seminary. In addition, he was invited to lecture and to meet with building committees throughout the Midwest. Thus, as the need became apparent, he as an Architectural Consultant founded, with Edward Sovik (a former student), what is now Sovik, Mathre, Sathrum, Quanbeck Architectural firm located in Northfield. As Arnold's philosophy demanded that all art teachers should "produce," he supplemented his teaching with his work in sculpture. In 1974 his work as sculpture was summarized in a book entitled "Arnold Flaten, Sculptor." His early interest in athletics continued. He was admitted to the St. Olaf Hall of Fame as a result of his years of active participation in football, track and tennis. Arnold died June 1, 1976. He is survived by his wife, Evelyn, who lives in Northfield, and their children: Anne Flaten Pixley, Claremont, CA, exhibiting artist in USA and European galleries; Robert Arnold, Arlington, VA, Deputy Assistant, Secretary of State for Congressional Relations; Mary Evelyn, Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico, French teacher and stained glass craftsman; David Nils, LaVerne, CA, Director, Designer, Actor and Professor of Theatre.

Family/Spouse: Maren Nilsdatter WANGENSTEEN STEILE. Maren (daughter of Nils Larsson STELE WANGENSTEEN and Sigri Gulbrandsdatter DE ØYLO) was born on 18 Jul 1842 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 8 Jul 1891 in Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anna Margaret MARTINSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 5 Jan 1862, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Apr 1868, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 26 Mar 1864, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Her parents were Østen Nilsen Helle and Anne Olsdatter. Her baptismal sponsors were Sigrid Olsdatter Helle, Anne Sÿversdatter Torstad, Berith Arnesdatter Helle, Nils somebody, and Thron Evensen Helle

In the 1900 census, she had had 7 children, all 7 still alive.

Baptism:
Høre, she may have had a home baptism earlier

Berith married Peder Vilhjelmson BUNDE about 1887. Peder (son of Vilhjølm Andrisson BUNDE and Marit Andrisdatter KJØS) was born on 22 May 1861 in Norway; died on 18 May 1937 in Nelson County, North Dakota; was buried in Center Lutheran Cemetery, Nelson County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anne married Vilhjelm Vilhjølmsen BUNDE on 9 Jan 1884 in Grand Forks County, North Dakota. Vilhjelm (son of Vilhjølm Andrisson BUNDE and Marit Andrisdatter KJØS) was born on 22 May 1853 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 14 Sep 1935 in Grand Forks County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 18 Jan 1874, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Her father was 29 and her mother 26 at the time of her birth.

dwfrench1 shows this Ingeborg as having an older sister, also named Ingeborg, born 23 Jan 1873. Such a birth is not recorded in the Vestre Slidre birth records. dwfrench1 has the older Ingeborg marrying Nils Nilsen Ellestad.

Family/Spouse: Even Ole EVENSON. Even (son of Ole Evensen ULEN and Anne Tollevsdatter VIK) was born in 1868 in Winneshiek County, Iowa; died on 21 Feb 1909. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Lajord 51/3 Berget

Notes:

Birth:
Lajord 51/3 Berget

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 22 Feb 1863, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

Baptism:
Holden Lutheran Church

Notes:

Family/Spouse: Julius LEEN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1910 census, he is the Ove J. Soine living with his wife Christine in Williams County, North Dakota.

He and his family are still there in the 1920 census, indexed in Ancestry as Soino.

Birth:
ND Deaths says 15 July

Ove married Christine Maria ANDERSON in 1903 in North Dakota. Christine (daughter of Unknown and Martha BREDESON) was born on 7 May 1879 in Norway; died on 16 Feb 1931 in Williams County, North Dakota; was buried in Soine Family Cemetery, Ray, Williams County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 21 May 1876, Chippewa County, Minnesota

Notes:

May not have stayed married to Carl.

In the 1925 state census, she and her children and her husband were living with or next to the Olaus Soine family in Williams County.

In the 1930 census, she and her children lived in Equality Twp, Williams County, North Dakota. She’s shown as married but there is no husband in the household.

Baptism:
ELCA “Granite Falls congregation”; as Genoveva Margrethe

Genevieve married Carl John SANDERS on 27 May 1899 in Chippewa County, Minnesota. Carl was born on 22 Dec 1876 in Minnesota; died on 8 Apr 1958 in Cass County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Maybe the 22 year-old “Cissie”, born in Oct 1877, who is living with her mother and siblings in Wang Twp, Renville County, at the time of the 1900 census.

Notes:

In the 1920 census, he and Lula and their children live in Williams County, North Dakota.

Died:
or 1968

Alfred married Lula NYGARD on 22 Jun 1906 in Renville County, Minnesota. Lula was born on 24 Jun 1887 in Sacred Heart Twp, Renville County, Minnesota; died on 8 May 1952 in Seattle, King County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alfred married Martha SOINE in 1903. Martha (daughter of Lars Christopherson SOINE and Anna Tomasdatter ELLESTAD) was born on 23 Mar 1878 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 26 Sep 1905 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1960-MN-017516

Clara married Anton Bernhart HOLMAN on 1 Jul 1905 in Renville County, Minnesota. Anton was born on 20 Mar 1880 in Barron County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1935-MN-013429

Notes:

Widowed spouse of Thomas G. Ellingboe according to entries in the Northfield city directory. She appears in the 1899, 1903, 1921, and 1926 city directories. Her maiden name of Soine comes from her daughter’s death certificate.

In the 1895 census she is a widow living with her daughter Mabel in Northfield.

In the 1900 census she is a widow dressmaker living with her daughter in Northfield. In that census, she is shown as born in Minnesota.

In the 1902 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, she is Anna T Ellingboe, widow of Thomas G, a dressmaker living and working at 105 E 5th.

In the 1915 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, she is Anna M Ellingboe, widow of Thomas, residing at 429½ Division.

She was living with the Federmans in the 1920 and 1930 censuses.

In the 1929 Faribault city directory, which includes Northfield, she is Anna Ellingboe, the widow of Thomas, residing at 411 Washington in Northfield.

She died of a cerebral hemorrhage.

Buried:
Funeral through St. John’s.

Anna married Thosten (Thomas) ELLINGBOE on 3 Nov 1881 in Holden Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Thosten (son of John Øysteinsen ELLINGBØE (BÖE) (BØKKO) and Margrete Øysteinsdatter BØE) was born on 1 Nov 1859 in Stoughton, Dane County, Wisconsin; died on 9 Oct 1889 in Minnesota; was buried on 11 Oct 1889 in Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1944-MN-004632

Notes:

Married his first cousin.

Farming in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County in the the 1900 census. Living next to his father Lars.

In the 1930 census, he and Anna were still living in Warsaw Twp with their sons Ludvig and Abraham. Son Carl was living next door.

Thomas married Anna Theoline ELLESTAD on 2 Jul 1892 in Swift County, Minnesota. Anna (daughter of Ole Tomason ELLESTAD and Sigrid HOLLEN) was born in Dec 1873 in Minnesota; died on 9 Mar 1943 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

“Betsey”, age 9, in the 1870 census.

Born September of 1860 according to the 1900 census.

She is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books), as Mrs. J N Kildahl of St. Paul. She was a member of the Samband in 1904.

Living with her son Karl in North Dakota at the time of the 1930 census.

Living with her daughter Anna in South Dakota at the time of the 1940 census.

Bertha married Johan Nathan KILDAHL about 1883. Johan (son of Johan Nilssen and Nikolina Andersdatter BUVARP) was born in Jan 1857 in Beitstaden, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; died on 25 Sep 1920 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1910 census, she had had 8 children, 6 still living.

Called Molla.

Marit married Andrew A ESTREM on 8 May 1884 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Andrew (son of Anfind Andersen AUSTREIM and Marit Knutsdatter DE TASA) was born on 14 Mar 1859 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 3 Feb 1920 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried on 6 Feb 1920 in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1921-MN-022662

Notes:

Called June in the 1870 census.

Also called Jennie.

Family/Spouse: Anders HØVERSTAD. Anders (son of Andris Andrisson HØVERSTAD and Ingebjørg Knutsdatter AUSTREIM) was born in 1864 in Minnesota; died on 14 Apr 1887 in Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]