Unknown

Family/Spouse: Helge Bjørnson KVAM. Helge (son of Bjørn Håvardsen KVAM and Unknown) was born about 1645 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Søyne 50/

Died:
Søyne 50/

Family/Spouse: Gjartrud Torsteinsdatter KVÅLE. Gjartrud (daughter of Torstein Olsen KVÅLE and Ragndi Jonsdatter KATTEVOLD) was born in 1683 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died before 1722 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Søyne 50/

Died:
Lajord 51/

Family/Spouse: Marit Bjørnsdatter KATTEVOLD. Marit (daughter of Bjørn Alvson KATTEVOLD and Gjartrud (Guri) Helgesdotter ELLINGBØE) was born in 1719 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1777 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang A, p. 897, as Gudbrand Embriksson Nørsvin.

Birth:
Søyne

Family/Spouse: Kari Simensdatter ØYLO. Kari (daughter of Simen Torsteinson SØYNE and Unknown) was born in 1717 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1797. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Lajord 51/

Died:
Lajord 51/2 Øvre

Torstein married Guri Simensdatter SØYNE in 1797. Guri (daughter of Simon Knutsson BAGETUN (SØYNE) and Ingrid Vilhelmsdatter BAGGETHUN) was born in 1778 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1838 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is I2183 in Jim’s VS. Jim’s notes: Gjartrud og Håvard hadde også datteren Marit Bøe (1784- ) gift med Trond O Tune grb på Vøvle 99/ øvre Gjartrud var antakelig født på Baggetun, fordi hun kalles og Gjartrud Baggetun.

Birth:
Lajord 51/1

Died:
Bøe 43/1 Nerre

Gjartrud married Håvard Knutsen BØE in 1782. Håvard (son of Knut Håkonsen BØE and Sigrid Håvardsdatter KASA) was born in 1747 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1830 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Birth:
Gryte i Lomen

Died:
Belseim

Family/Spouse: Guri Engebretsdatter BELSEM. Guri was born on 10 Mar 1748 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 3 Jan 1818 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Øylo 54/

Ola married Anne Finnkjellsdatter KJØRLIE in 1774. Anne (daughter of Finnkjell Fredriksson KJØRLIE and Anne Endresdatter) was born in 1746. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is Lars Gudbrandson (Øylo) Heensbakken, I11503, in Jim’s VS.

Birth:
Øylo 54/

Family/Spouse: Marit Olsdatter HEMSING. Marit (daughter of Ola Andrisson BØE and Ragnhild Håvardsdatter HEMSING) was born in 1753 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Lajord 51/2 Øvre

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

Notes:

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

Birth:
Lajord 51/2 Øvre

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

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

Notes:

Vang C, p. 295.

Birth:
Lajord 51/1

Died:
Myre 103/ Høre

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

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

Family/Spouse: Jørgen Nilsson GRØV. Jørgen (son of Nils Jørnsson) was born about 1775 in Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died in 1843. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is I14070 in Jim’s VS. Jim’s notes for her: De var mange steder i Vang, på Veflen 99/ , på Ner-Helle 107/5-8, Marken av Berge 101/5. På det siste stedet var de fra 1812 til 1818, derfra flyttet de til Bunde 97/1 hvor de var til 1829.

Birth:
Bøe 43/1 Nerre

Family/Spouse: Trond Olssen TØRSTAD. Trond (son of Ola Eivindson FRIGSTAD and Randi Tronsdatter ELLINGBØ) was born in 1776 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1847 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Seems to be called Tosten Engebretsen Hamre in his daughter Marit’s birth record.

Birth:
Belsheim 83/1

Family/Spouse: Ingebjørg Andrisdatter HAMRE. Ingebjørg (daughter of Andris Torsteinsen KJERSTEIN and Berit Larsdatter WANGENSTEEN) was born in 1806 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1871. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Øylo 54/

Family/Spouse: Marit Gudmundsdatter REMME. Marit (daughter of Gudmund Jonsen RØN and Sigrid Eivindsdatter REMME) was born in 1794 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1861. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is I2976 in Jim’s VS.

Birth:
Øylo 54/

Died:
Kjerstein 12/2

Family/Spouse: Torstein Ivarsen KJERSTEIN. Torstein (son of Ivar Torsteinson KJERSTEIN and Anne Kristoffersdatter LEIROL) was born in 1785 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1837. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Per Kristoffersson FRAMSTAD. Per (son of Kristoffer Pedersen BERGE and Ingebørg Haldorsdatter ØDEGÅRD) was born in 1787; died in 1866. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Heensbakken

Family/Spouse: Margrete Sigurdsdatter LAJORD. Margrete (daughter of Sjugurd Madsson LAJORD and Anne Madsdatter MYHRE) was born in 1803 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shown as Christopher Larssen Heen on Lars’s birth record in the Vang church book. Traci’s tree refers to him as Kristoffer L Haenseiga.

In Jim’s Valdres Slekt tree, he is Christopher Larsen Heenseiga Søyne, #I11511.

Jim’s notes: For a time he was a postman. Born on Hensbakka and took over as a tenant farmer from his father until 1833, when he became a tenant farmer on Øvre Søyne. from 1833-1848. Left for America in 1853 with wife and five children on the "Olave Kyrre." In the church book emigrant list, his name was "Soyne," but he used the surname "Hen" or "Heen" after immigration. Included in his household in the emigration list was a servant, Marit Håvardsdatter Lajord ( his wife’s niece, #23240), whom he married after his first wife's death. {Which would not seem to be possible unless there was a fair amount of time between his wife’s death and his death which are supposedly in the same year.}

Traci’s tree has him dying in Michigan in 1853. This makes sense from the notes for Sigurd.

Christopher Larssen Söine, 52, and his wife Anne Syversdatter, 49, emigrated from Vang on 12 March 1853 with their children Lars, 23, Anne, 20, Marith, 17, Syver, 11, and Ole, 10. Apparently traveling with them was a Marith something (maybe Klausdatter) Lajord, 23.

Christopher married Anne Sjugurdsdatter LAJORD on 1 Apr 1830 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. 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]

Notes:

Birth:
Lajord 51/2 Øvre

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

He is I6862 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes:

Thomas was a teacher in Hamar in 1859.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Notes:

Birth:
Lajord 51/

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

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

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

Notes:

Birth:
Lajord 51/

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

Notes:

Birth:
Brekka 68/1 (Remmisbrekkun)

Notes:

Birth:
Remmensbrækken

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

Notes:

Birth:
Myre 103/1 Høre

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

Notes:

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

Jim’s extensive notes on him in VS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Birth:
Kvam 53/ according to Jim.

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

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

Notes:

Vang C, p. 125.

frå Jørnplassen, Søre-Bø

Knut married Ingebjørg Knutsdotter LAJORD in 1849. Ingebjørg (daughter of Knut Madsen HAUGEN and Anne Larsdatter NETRØST) was born in 1815; died in 1881. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marith married Even Tronsen MYHRE in 1832. Even (son of Thron Madson MYHRE and Marit Olsdatter BAKKE) was born in 1807; died in 1858. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Abt 1806, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Baptism: 28 Sep 1806, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Vang C, p. 331.

Jim calls this person Ole Trondsen Ellingbøe, I5827, in his Ellingboe tree.

Jim calls this person Ola Trondsen Tørstad (Bunde) (Ellingbøe), I1856, in his VS.

The researcher finneylinda on Ancestry calls him Ole Thompson Ellingbo.

Listed right before Ole Evensen (#3683) in the Vang churchbook birth records.

On 6 Jan 1838 Ole Tronson Torstad, 32, married Ingebor Andersdatter Ellingboe, 23, in Vang. His father was Tron Olssen Torstad and her father was Anders E. Ellingboe.

He is called Ole Thronsen Torstad in the birth records of all of his children except Ingeborg. For her he is called Ole Thronsen Tvedt. He is called Ole Thronsen Torstad in his family’s emigration record.

The Vang church book shows that Ole, 53, and Ingeborg, 45, emigrated from Vang with their children in March of 1858. The children leaving with them are: Marith, 18, Sigrid, 16, Anders, 11, Randi, 8, Endre, 4, and Ingeborg, 3/4. (Sigrid must have changed her mind or else the scribe got confused. Sigrid did not emigrate. Nor did Marith.)

In his letter to Norway in 1866 (see Jim Ellingboe’s site), Ole offered to pay for Helge Olsson’s (#6218) passage to America by guaranteeing any loan that Helge had to secure. Helge never emigrated. In the letter, Ole Thronsen signed his name Ole Throndsen Ellingböe.

In the 1870 census, he, as Ole Thompson, and his family are farming in Silver Lake Twp, Worth County, Iowa. Ole’s real estate is worth $1500 and his personal property $860. The family consists of, Ole, 68, Isabel Thompson, 57, Andrew Thompson, 22, Rachel Iverson, 19, Nels Iverson, 22, Henry Thompson, 16, Isabel Thompson, 13, and Nels Anderson, 9. Everyone had been born in Norway.

Ole’s agricultural holdings are recorded in the 1870 census’s “non-population” schedule. He owns a total of 115 acres, 30 of which are “improved.” The cash value of his farm is $1500 and, for its implements, $200. He has four horses, 2 “milch” cows, 1 other cattle, 9 sheep, and two swine, the total value of which is $550. For the year ending June 1, 1870, he produced 259 bushels of spring wheat, 100 bushels of Indian corn, 80 bushels of oats, 35 lbs. of wool, 50 bushels of Irish potatoes, 100 lbs. of butter, 30 tons of hay, and 8 gallons of molasses. The value of animals slaughtered or sold for slaughter was $40 and the total estimated value of all farm production was $480. This value was neither particularly high nor particularly low when compared to other farms on the same page of the Silver Lake Twp census schedule.

Katherine locates Ole and Ingebor Thompson in Rock County in the 1875 Minnesota state census. The family lives in Martin Twp, not far from the farm of Nels and Randa Iverson. Ole, 73, and Ingebor, 64, are living with Henry Thompson, 21, Viljir, a 19 year-old female, and Belle Thompson, 17.

In the 1880 census, Ole, 87, and Isabelle, 67, are living in McCook County, South Dakota, with their daughter Isabelle, 22, and next to or with their son Andrew and his family.

In the 1885 Minnesota state census, he is probably the 84 year-old Ole Thompson living with or next door to H O Thompson in Nunda Twp, Freeborn County.

The following was originally prepared by Katherine and can be found at Find A Grave:

Ole Thurston Trondsen & his wife Engeborg Andersdatter both lived at Vang in Valdres, Norway. He worked as a farm hand and at the carpenter trade in this area.

In the month of June 1858, Ole and his family sailed from Christiana (Oslo) to America. The children who made the trip were Anders (Andrew), Henry, Rachael and Engeborg. A daughter Mary remained in Norway. Their sail ship furnished its passengers only with water and no fires for cooking were permitted, so all food had to be cooked or prepared before boarding and was eaten cold. When they arrived at Milwaukee, WI, via Quebec, the St Lawrence river and the Great Lakes, their food and money was all gone and the parents had to work at anything and for what they could get to sustain the family. The entire family walked by stages to Calmer, Iowa, working for food as they journeyed.

At Calmer, Ole found steady work and here they remained until in 1869, when the family moved by oxcart to Worth County Iowa, near the Minnesota line and northwest of the present village of Northwood, Iowa. Ole took up a claim on government land. It is near that farm that the Silver Lake Lutheran Church is located and the family were probably charter members of the original church.

The children in the family decided that they needed a more Americanized name so they called themselves "Thompson" from their fathers "Trondsen", while Ole took the name Ellingboe from the estate in Norway from which he came. This was often done by Norwegian immigrants on the premises that it helped identify them with others from the same area and also added some importance to the bearer of the name.

About 1874, the family moved on to Rock County (Hills), Minnesota, in the southwestern part of the state. Here Ole bought a farm and remained until his death. Henry Thompson remained in Iowa where he became a prosperous farmer with lands and elegant farm home near Northwood, Iowa.

Ole was over six feet tall and a large boned powerful man. He had curly dark brown hair and blue eyes. He was an easy going, pleasant and always helpful individual. 

Birth:
The (very incorrect) date on his gravestone is 16 Aug 1799. Jim has him born on Bunde 97/1, Høre parish.

Died:
Find A Grave has his death location as Hills, Rock County, Minnesota

Buried:
as Ole T. Ellingboe

Ole married Ingeborg Andersdatter ELLINGBOE on 6 Jan 1838 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ingeborg (daughter of Andris Eivinsson ELLINGBØ and Dordi Endresdatter HOLIEN) was born on 24 Apr 1814 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 17 Mar 1905 in Hills, Rock County, Minnesota; was buried on 21 Mar 1905 in Silver Lake Lutheran Church Cemetery, Silver Lake Twp, Worth County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anders Knudsen TØRSTAD. Anders (son of Knut Andersen TØRSTAD, Hollien and Giertrud Pedersdatter VEBLEN) was born about 1797 in Tørstad, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1910 Norwegian census, she was living with her son Helge on Ellingbø 33/5.

Called Gurid on the “familiegrav” marker in the Vang church cemetery.

Birth:
Find A Grave

Died:
Find A Grave

Guri married Helge Helgesson ELLINGBÖE on 23 Jun 1853 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Helge (son of Helge Helgesson ELLINGBØE and Guri Torleivsdotter ELLINGBØE) was born on 30 Oct 1828 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 24 Jul 1907 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; was buried in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Called Thostensdatter in the census. The bygdebok calls her Ambjørg Torsteinsdatter Hamre (1834-1920).

Family/Spouse: Ole Gulbrandsen BØE. Ole (son of Gudbrand Olsen BØ and Ragnhild Johannesdatter SVIEN) was born in 1819 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1898. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 5 Jul 1840, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Slme sources mistakenly have this Marit’s parents as Andris Andrisson Hamre and Berit Torgeirsdatter Onstad.

Family/Spouse: Thomas Tørrisson BELSHEIM. Thomas (son of Tørris Larsen SPARSTAD and Ingebjørg Jonsdatter LEIROL) was born on 18 Mar 1841 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 23 Jan 1917 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Møsåker

Family/Spouse: John Thomasen MØSÅKER. John (son of Thomas Thomasson TØRPE and Margrete Jonsdatter MØSAKER) was born on 1 Jul 1822 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 27 Dec 1897 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang A, p. 898.

Family/Spouse: Barbro Endresdatter TØRPE. Barbro (daughter of Endre TØRPE) was born in 1827 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Øylo 54/

Died:
Stele 21/2 Uppigarden

Family/Spouse: Nils Larsson STELE WANGENSTEEN. Nils (son of Lars Nilsson STELE WANGENSTEEN and Maren Jonsdatter KVAM) was born in 1818 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1872 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is I16892 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes: Han var først på farsgården til kona, Hagen 88/5. Gudmund hadde tjenestegjort som skyss-skaffer i verneplikt tiden sin, han fikk attest fra 1850. De overtok Haga etter broren hennes, Halvard som hadde reist til Amerika i 1848. 4 år senere dr o de etter. I 1852 solgte han Hagen til Knut Eivindson Heen og dro med familien til USA.

In the 1880 census, as G. Gilbertson, age 59, he and his wife Mary, age 53, and their children, Gertie Swennes, 26, Mary Gilbertson, 24, Ole Gilbertson, 21. Gudmund Gilbertson, 17, John Gilbertson, 12, and Lena Gilbertson, 7, live in Springfield Twp, Winneshiek County, Iowa.

In the 1895 state census, he, as Gudmund G Oyloe, and Marit and Gudmund M, age 32, live in Springfield Twp, Winneshiek County, Iowa.

Birth:
Øylo 54/

Gudmund married Marit Haldorsdatter HAGEN in 1850. Marit (daughter of Haldor Halvorsen HAGEN and Gjertrud Olsdatter LIEN) was born on 7 Jan 1826 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 21 Mar 1907 in Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Øylo 54/

Died:
erroneously indexed in Minnesota Deaths as Anna Oylo Sajord.

Anne married Torstein Torsteinson LAJORD about Mar 1856 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. 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]

Notes:

Birth:
Øylo 54/

Family/Spouse: Tosten Helgesson QVALE. Tosten (son of Helge Torsteinsen KVÅLE and Sigrid Torleivsdotter ELLINGBØE) was born in 1832 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1921 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 7 Apr 1828, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Family/Spouse: Erik Olsen BØFLATEN. Erik (son of Ola Olsen TUNE and Gjartrud Eiriksdatter BØ) was born in 1826 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 1836, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

From the confirmation record, his mother was Kari Olsdatter and his father was Tosten Siversson. He was confirmed as Tosten Tostensson Kjerstein.

He is Tosten Tostensen, age 44, Gaardbruger og Selveier on the Rusiskaaret farm in Vestre Slidre in the 1865 census. Tosten had a wife Rangdi Gudbrandsdatter, age 32, and three daughters: Jørønd, 9, Kari, 6, and Anne, 3.

He is I28410 in Jim’s VS.

Birth:
Kjerstein 12/2, date from the confirmation record

Family/Spouse: Randi Gudbrandsdatter SYNSTEIKRA. Randi (daughter of Gudbrand Eirikson ELTUN and Jørand Olsdatter KVÅLE) was born about 1834 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Kjerstein 12/2

Family/Spouse: Ole Olsen GRIHAMAR. Ole (son of Ola Torsteinson GRIHAMAR and Ingeborg Marie Olsdatter EDSVOLD) was born in 1809 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1867. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was Even’s 2nd wife.

Ragnild married Even Haaversen BØE in 1853. Even (son of Haaver Evensen BØE and Ingeborg Paulsdatter NORDLAND) was born on 2 Feb 1820 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1895 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang C, p. 281, as Ola Persson Framstad.

In the 1865 census, he is gbr and selveier on Framstad 171 in Hurum. He is a 50 year-old widower.

Family/Spouse: Sidsel Olsdatter DALAGER. Sidsel was born in 1822; died in 1864. [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]

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:

Gardkj. nerre Lajord.

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

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

Notes:

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

Buried:
The Dalby Database calls this a probably burial.

Notes:

Birth:
Lajord 51/3 Berget

Notes:

Died in Bridgewater Twp according to the Dalby Database.

Notes:

Birth:
Lajord 51/

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

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

Notes:

Birth:
Dalåker 49/1 Nordigarden

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Jun 1855

Notes:

dwfrench1

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

Notes:

Birth:
Kattevold 44/3 Hanastad

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 8 Dec 1850, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Baptism:
Vangs kirke

Family/Spouse: Anna Torsteinsdatter GRIHAMAR. Anna (daughter of Torstein Olson GRIHAMAR and Randi Trondsdatter ØYE) was born on 23 Jul 1848 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Hermundstad 5/4 (Haugen)

Family/Spouse: Ambjørg Larsdatter SVIEN. Ambjørg (daughter of Lars Johan-Henriksen SVIEN and Marit Nilsdatter KASA) was born in 1858 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 20 Nov 1836, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She is sometimes confused with her older sister who died before this Marit was born. That other Marit Evensdatter was born in October of 1834 and died in 1835.

The bygdebok calls her Marit Eivindsdotter Villand of N. Myre.

She was married to Eivind Jøgersson Austreim in Norway before she married Even Boe. In the 1900 census, Marith had had 9 children, 8 still living. Even had come to the U.S. in 1870 and Marith in 1868.

In the 1880 census, Even and Marit lived in Wang Twp in Renville County. The household included five children who would have been Marit’s from her first husband: George, 22, Even, 20, Bertha, 18, Ole, 15, and Marit, 11. The two oldest were born in Norway.

Died at the residence of her son, Mr. E. E. Ostrum, 3024 Cedar Avenue.

Buried:
moved from Laymans Cemetery on September 23, 1920, with her husband

Marit married Even Simonson BOE on 21 Jan 1874 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. Even was born in May 1847 in Norway; died on 12 Feb 1915 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 14 Feb 1915 in Crystal Lake Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marit married Eivind Jøgersson AUSTREIM on 6 Dec 1857 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Eivind (son of Jøger Jøgerson KVEBØKKO and Berit Evensdatter HEEN) was born about 1834 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Myre 47/1 Villand

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 13 Sep 1840, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Intended to emigrate but decided to stay. Included in her family’s emigration record.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 13 Sep 1840, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 25 Sep 1842, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Despite the entry in the emigration section of the churchbook, Sigrid did not emigrate with her family in 1858.

Instead, she stayed behind and married Anders Nilsen Skogstad on 22 Feb 1862 in Vang. The marriage record shows that she was Sigrid Olsdatter Ellingboe, 19 years old and the daughter of Ole Thronsen.

Jim, in his VS (I29356), has her marrying Andris Nilsen Rødningen Skogstad and having two children (Niels Anderson Skogstad, b. 1862, and Ingeborg Andersdatter Skogstad, b. 3 Oct 1863) in Vang. He also has Sigrid dying in Vang on 16 Jun 1865. The Sigrid Olsdatter who died in 1865 was 22 years old.

Sigrid married Andris Nilsen RØDNINGEN SKOGSTAD on 22 Feb 1862 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Andris (son of Nils Nilsen (BØ) RØDNINGEN and Ingrid Andrisdatter LO) was born in 1836 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 28 Apr 1845, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Jim says that he died at age 12 in the summer of 1857 from a fall at Preikestolen, a mountain ledge on Kviteberg, near Fagernes.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 31 Oct 1847, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1880 census, he and his family were farmers in the north half of McCook County, South Dakota. Living next to or with them was Andrew’s parents and sister. One of two boarders on Andrew’s farm was the future husband of Andrew’s sister, Lewis Larson.

Must have died before his brother Henry because he is not listed in Henry’s obit.

He seems to be the Anders Olsen Ellingbö, “b. 6 Mar 1847,” who was confirmed on Trinity Sunday, June 5th, 1863, at the Little Washington Prairie church in or near Decorah, Iowa.

In the record in the church book for his marriage to Ingeborg, no ages are shown for either the groom or the bride nor are the names of Anders’s parents shown. Andrew lived in Worth County, Ingeborg/Emma lived in Faribault County.

Anders married Ingeborg (Emma) Larsdatter UNDERDAHL on 30 May 1873 in Faribault County, Minnesota. Ingeborg was born on 25 Jan 1856 in Norway; died in 1901 in Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1929-MN-013374
• Baptism: 5 Jan 1851, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Her baptismal sponsors were Endre Anderson, Helge Olsen, Marta Jörgersdatter, Marthe Helgesdatter, all of Ellingboe, and Sigrid Erichsdatter Grov.

In the 1900 census, she had had 12 children, 8 still living.

She died as Rangdi Ellingboe Iverson.

From the Hills Crescent, courtesy of Katherine:

November 7, 1929
All of Grandma Nels Iverson’s children, except Mrs. John Larson of Westport Minnesota, were present last Sunday to help her celebrate her eighty-second birthday. Those present were Mr. & Mrs. Iver Wangsness, Mr. & Mrs Pete Severtson of Sioux Falls, Iver Iverson of Montrose, SD, and Ole N. and Rudolph Iverson of Hills. The visitors brought lunch and it was indeed a happy day for Grandma to have her children and grandchildren with her on this day. We all hope she will live to enjoy many more such joyfull occasion.

November 28, 1929
Two Pioneer Settlers Called by Death – Grandma Nels Iverson died at her home Wednesday morning…Obit. Next week.

December 5, 1929
GRANDMA IVER LAID AT REST NOVEMBER 30: Hills and community are again called upon to mourn the death of a pioneer mother, Mrs. Nels Iverson, who passed away at her home on November 27, 1929, at the age of 81 years and 23 days.
Grandma was born in Vang, Valders, Norway on November 4, 1848, and at the age of eight came to his country.
Mrs. Iverson, whose maiden name was Rangdi Olson-Ellingboe, was united in marriage to Mr. Nels Iverson, at St. Ansgar, Iowa, on July 16, 1868. From this time until 1871 the family lived in Winnesbeik County, Iowa, when her husband made the long journey to Martin township and took up a homestead one mile southeast of Hills in 1871, then returned east and brought his family here the next year - 1872.
Truly, the title "Grandma" belongs rightly to Mrs. Iverson as they were the first family to settle in this vicinity, and were charter members of the former Synod Church in Hills.
Her husband died on Christmas Eve, 1926, and she is survived by the following children - Mrs. Anna Jensen, Hills; Iver, of Montrose, S.D., Ole N., of Hills; Mrs. John Larson, of Westport, Minn; Rudolph, of Hills; Mrs. P. Severtson, and Mrs. Iver Wangsness of Sioux Falls.
All the children were present at the funeral.
Grandma, up until three days before her death, was able to attend to household duties when she was stricken with heart trouble that was the cause of her passing away.
Rev. Theo. Rodsater conducted services in the home at 1:30 pm., on November 30, and at 2:00 pm services were held at Bethlehem Church, when Rev. Rodsater spoke in English and Norwegian.
The Hills Glee club was also present at the Church and rendered two songs appropriate for the occasion.
The remains were carried to their final resting place in Bethlehem Cemetery by six grandsons, namely Nathan, Earnest and Lawrence Iverson of Montrose, S. Dak., Kenneth and Eugene Iverson, and Nels Jensen, of Hills.
Relatives from a distance at the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. John Larson, of Westport, Minn., Mrs. L. H. Larson, of Colton, S. Dak., Mr. and Mrs. Iver Iverson, of Montrose, S. Dak, Mrs. Earl Charles of Omaha.
It is impossible for the younger generation to realize the hardships these pioneers had to endure. The telephone, radio, auto, electric lights and hundreds of other conveniences we enjoy today were then unknown. Much of their trading was done at Sibley, Iowa, and today we think it quite a little journey in a swift moving auto, then to look back at the time when the Iverson’s and other early settlers had to make the journey during the winter months either with horses or ox team to Sibley for the necessities of life.
As we have said before, and in time it will surely come to pass, that monuments will be erected in honor of the early pioneers. This is not much, but it's the only method whereby we can, in a small way, show our respect and esteem to the early settlers who came here and opened the country that we might live in ease and comfort.
Long live the memory of Grandma Iverson

Rangdi’s death certificate shows that she had been in the U.S. for 74 years and had been in Martin Twp for 15 years. The informant for her death certificate was “Dorra Iverson.” Rangdi died of a coronary.

Birth:
Her death certificate gives her birth date as 4 November 1848. This is also the birthdate shown in her entry in the Minnesota Deaths and Burials database on FamilySearch.

Rangdi married Nels Iverson SONDROL on 16 Jul 1868 in St. Ansgar, Mitchell County, Iowa. Nels (son of Iver Olsen SONDROL and Anne Tronsdatter MYHRE) was born on 28 Apr 1845 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 24 Dec 1926 in Rock County, Minnesota; was buried on 28 Dec 1926 in Bethlehem Cemetery, Hills, Rock County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 12 Mar 1854, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 13 Jun 1867, Iowa

Notes:

In the 1875 Minnesota state census, Henry, 21, and Viljer, 19, along with his parents (Ole, 73, and Ingebor, 64) and his sister Belle, 17, live in Martin Twp, Rock County, not far from the farm of Nels and Randa Iverson.

In the 1880 census, he and Isabel S. J. live in Silver Lake Twp, Worth County, Iowa. They have no children.

In the 1885 Minnesota state census, he and his wife and two children (Syrine and Alfred) live in Nunda Twp, Freeborn County.

In the 1895 Minnesota state census, he and his family are still in Nunda Twp, Freeborn County. Their five children are Albert O, 11, Sarine N., 13, Inger T, 6, Edwin T, 4, and Selmer, 2.

In the 1900 and 1910 censuses, Henry and Isabella and family are farming in Nunda Twp, Freeborn County, Minnesota.

From the Hills Crescent, courtesy of Katherine:

January 28, 1926
Mr. & Mrs. Iver Wangsness of Sioux Falls, Iver Iverson of Montrose, SD and Mrs. Anna Jenson of Hills left last Sunday for Lake Mills, IA to attend to funeral of their uncle.

Katherine has this life story of Henry (originally posted by Shirl2sg):

This is the life of Henry O. Thompson. Henry O. Thompson, native of Valders, Norway, came to the new world with his parents in the early '50s, when he was a lad of five years, the voyage being made in one of the old-time sailing ships which was nine weeks upon the water ‘ere anchor was dropped in the harbor of Quebec. They made their way westward by way of the Great Lakes to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and for a short time were residents of that state, but Iowa proved their ultimate destination. They located in Decorah, Iowa, where they remained for a year, and then traveled across the country with ox teams to Silver Lake township, Worth county, where they purchased one hundred and twenty acres of land. It was a wild tract, entirely destitute of buildings or improvements of any kind. A log cabin was built and the family began life in true pioneer style, sharing in all the hardships and privations incident to settlement on the frontier. After a time the grandfather sold the property in Worth county and removed to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, there purchasing a farm upon which he lived for a number of years. He afterward took up his abode in Munda township, Freeborn county, Minnesota, where the grandparents died at the home of their son, Henry Thompson. The latter was a youth of seventeen years when he started out in the business world on his own account. He left Silver Lake township, Worth county, to make his way to the territory of Wyoming, traveling partly by rail and partly on foot. At length he reached Cheyenne, where he was employed as a cook in the government mess house for eleven months. He afterward returned to Silver Lake township and was married to Miss Velger Olson. He next removed to Rock county, Minnesota, where he took up a claim of one hundred and sixty acres of government land that as yet had not known the touch of the plow. Upon that place he built a sod house, which he occupied for two years. He then returned to Silver Lake township and his wife soon afterward became ill and passed away. Later Mr. Thompson wedded Isabel Johnson and bought a farm in Silver Lake township comprising ninety-one acres, upon which he lived for three years. He then traded that property with Ryer Johnson for his present farm of two hundred and forty acres in Munda township, Freeborn county, Minnesota, where he still makes his home. He has devoted practically his entire life to general agricultural pursuits and is still engaged in the cultivation and development of his farm. He has reached the age of sixty-seven years, while his wife is now sixty-four years of age.

Katherine has this obit for Henry (originally posted by Shirl2sg). As Katherine clarifies: “There is another Henry Thompson of the same birth year resident near Lake Mills who is married to a Betsy Leikvold. This may be the source of the confusion.”

OBITUARY: Henry O. Thompson, Worth County, Iowa Henry O. Thompson [1854- aft 1920] HENRY O. THOMPSON was born January 12, 1854 to Ole and Ingeborg Ellingboe Thompson. He came to America in 1858, landing in Quebec on July 4th. He came to Dane Co., Wisconsin where he lived two years, then moved to Winneshiek Co. two years and to Worth Co. in 1862. He married Loine Lakevold in June of 1874. In May, their baby girl, Loine, was born and lived only three months. In January 12, 1877, his wife died, and he married Ingeborg Haugrud in June of 1879. They moved to Freeborn Co. in 1883. They were parents of twelve children (five deceased: William, Inga, Eden and Melinda died in infancy and Evelyn who died at nineteen years); Mrs. H.O. Bendickson, Silver Lake; Olando, Northwood; Mrs. J.A. Oakland, Twin Lakes; Eddie, Glenville; Selmer and Henry at home; Mrs. P.K. Kloster, Portland, Oregon. They moved to Lake Mills in 1920, living near the schoolhouse. Funeral was held at Salem with the Rev. O.R. Sletten in charge and again at the Silver Lake church where he was interred. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Nels Iverson, Hills, MN and Mrs. H.L. Larson, Colton, SD.

According to Rootsweb’s Worth County Marriage Index, Henry Thompson married Betsey Lakevald on 10 Mar 1879.

His Find A Grave entry, created by Katherine Howard, says that he was also known as Endre Olson Ellingboe, the name used for him in the ELCA church records.

Henry died from stomach cancer.

Confirmation:
As Endre Olsen Ellingboe. Ancestry’s indexing of the ELCA records puts this event at Sion in Shell Lake, Iowa.

Endre married Velgjerd Olsdatter LEIKVOLDEIE on 24 May 1874 in Iowa. Velgjerd (daughter of Ole Olson LEIKVOLD and Kari Nilsdatter SVIEN) was born on 29 Apr 1856 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 12 Jan 1877 in Iowa; was buried on 20 Jan 1877 in Silver Lake Lutheran Church Cemetery, Silver Lake Twp, Worth County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Endre married Isabell S JOHNSON on 9 Jun 1878 in Silver Lake Lutheran Church, Silver Lake Twp, Worth County, Iowa. Isabell (daughter of Syvert JOHNSON and Inger) was born on 14 Mar 1857 in Iowa; died on 18 Feb 1951 in Iowa; was buried in Silver Lake Lutheran Church Cemetery, Silver Lake Twp, Worth County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 27 Sep 1857, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 3 Nov 1872, Worth County, Iowa

Notes:

Called Isabell Thompson in the 1870 census. Called Belle Thompson, age 17, in the 1875 Minnesota state census when the family lived in Martin Twp, Rock County. Called Isabell Larson in the 1900 census. Called Ingeborg Larson in the 1910 and 1920 censuses. Called Isabelle Larson in the 1930 census.

In the 1880 census, she is living with her parents in McCook County, South Dakota, next to, probably contiguously with, the Andrew Thompson family. One of the boarders on Andrew’s farm is Lewis Larson, 25, her future husband.

Shown in the 1910 census as having had 9 children, all 9 still living.

Katherine has this life story of Ingeborg (originally posted by Shirl2sg):

Ingeborg (Isabelle) Thomson was born in Vang in Valders, Norway July 18, 1857. Her parents were Ole Thurston Trondsen and Ingeborg Anders daughter.  Her parents are interred in cemetery of the Silver Lake Lutheran church about 4 miles east of Emmons, Minnesota. Ingeborg was about one year old when her parents migrated to America and she was with them on their westward trek across Wisconsin to Calmer, Iowa. The family lived there during the Civil War and she told her children about the Union soldiers passing through on their way south.

When Ingeborg was about twelve (1869) the family moved to Worth County, Iowa, and she later recalled fishing in nearby lakes (Silver Lake being one) and playing with the Winnebago Indian children, that tribe being nearby. When she was about seventeen the family moved on to Rock County, Minnesota, where she found work with the family of a lumber man named Roderick and with them she later moved to the new town of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where work had begun on a railroad to link that town with the east. She was governess to the Roderick children.

At the age of twenty-three Ingeborg took up a claim next to one of her brothers, Andrew, about two miles southeast of the present village of Montrose, South Dakota. This place was about one and one-half miles north of the claim of her future husband. Ingeborg, having had schooling in America, did much in helping Lars with his education. Besides mothering nine children she spent long hard hours at keeping house, gardening, raising chickens and at times even helping with the farm work by mowing or driving the horses pulling the reaper.

Despite low prices on farm produce, grasshoppers and sometimes serious droughts, the couple prospered. Their principal source of income was from sale of livestock. By leasing grazing land on the nearby hills they would run up to 150 cattle and they also raised sheep, and hogs.

Lars’s health began to fail about 1904 and the doctors could not diagnose his ailment so, in September, 1909, the couple and younger children moved to Colton a village about twenty-one miles east of Montrose. Lars seemed to overcome his ailment and finally died when he was almost ninety-three years old. He was proceeded in death by Ingeborg by about twelve years. She was then seventy-nine.

Ingeborg was about 5 ft 8-1/2 in tall and was always slim. She had reddish brown hair and blue eyes. Cause of death - cancer of digestive organs. She was always quiet, tolerant and mild mannered to all except in rare occasions in defense of her children, all of whom were born at home without aid of a medical doctor and only a midwife to attend. While Lars was given to outburst of sometimes violent temper, she always remained calm and although she permitted him, as head of the family, to think that his was the final say in family and business matters, there was no doubt that her subtle influence was ever present. She doctored and nursed her children to healthy adulthood and still found time to spend many days and nights watching over and nursing ailing neighbors. Both Lars and Ingeborg were of the Lutheran faith and with the nearest church of that denomination about eight miles distant, the father often held Christian services at home while they lived on the farm. All the children were baptized and confirmed as Lutherans.

Katherine has this obit for Ingeborg (originally posted by Shirl2sg):

Obituary 1936 LAST RITES HELD FOR PIONEER COLTON WOMAN Colton, S.D. June 6 Funeral services were held at the First Lutheran Church here for Mrs. L. H. Larson who died after a long illness. Mrs. Larson was born in 1857 at Vang, Valders, Norway. She came to the United States with her parents in 1858. They settled in Worth County, Iowa, and later moved to the vicinity of Hills, Minn. She came to South Dakota in 1877 and was married to L. H. Larson the same year. They homesteaded three miles south of Montrose and lived there until 1909 when they moved to Colton, where they have lived since that time. She is survived by her husband, nine children, Mrs. Iver Iverson and Mrs. Oscar Severson of Montrose, Mrs. Robert Heihn, Mrs. Frank Sherlock and Mrs. Oscar Thue all of Stanton, N.D.; Mrs. S. M. Walker of near Colton, Henry of Forestburg, Lloyd of Brookings and Lee of Fort Worth, Texas. She is also survived by 43 grandchildren.

Birth:
Tvedt farm

Confirmation:
First Lutheran in Northwood, confirmed as Ingeborg Olsdatter Ellingbö

Ingeborg married Lars H LARSON on 29 Mar 1881 in Yankton, Dakota Territory. Lars was born in 1855 in Norway; died on 4 Sep 1948 in Minnehaha County, South Dakota; was buried in Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Colton, Minnehaha County, South Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang C, p. 329, says he died in 1887 and left for Battle Lake, Minnesota, in 1869.

Vang C, p. 231, says he died in 1902. He was also called Knut i Hauge.

He was heir to his father’s Tørstad farm called Dekkadn. For various reasons explained on Vang C, p. 329, he went to Ruskehaugen under 99/1 Øvre Vølve in around 1860. He and his 2nd wife Margrete Vilhjølmsdatter Bunde, their infant daughter Marit and Margrete’s two sons Ola and Ivar left for Amerika in 1869.

Knut married Marit Kristoffersdatter KVÅL in 1853. Marit (daughter of Kristoffer Olsen KVÅL and Marit Eivindsdatter LOME) was born in 1825 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1864. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: Jul 1836, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Baptism:
11th or 17th

Ole married Marit Tostensdatter KJØS on 20 Mar 1859 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Marit was born on 19 May 1839 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Family/Spouse: Sigrid Olsdatter EIKREN. Sigrid (daughter of Ole Pedersen EIKREN and Sigrid Andersdatter KJØS) was born about 1849 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1952 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 12 Mar 1848, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1900 census, as Thomas Anderson, he was a farmer in Lanark Twp, Portage County, Wisconsin. He had come to the U.S. in 1872.

Baptism:
Hurum

Tosten married Ingrid Tostensdatter QVAL about 1879. Ingrid (daughter of Tosten Olsen QVAL and Ingri Trondsdatter BUNDE) was born on 26 Nov 1862 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 4 Oct 1949 in Portage County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Of Ellingbø 33/5.

In the 1910 Norwegian census, he was living on Ellingbø 33/5 as its owner. He was unmarried. Living with him was Berit Olsdatter Norsvin, a servant, and his mother.

Notes:

Of Ellingbø 33/5.

She was one of the baptismal sponsors for Marit Ovesdatter (#258).

She and Bøie were living on the Baggethun søndre farm in the 1900 Norwegian census.

Family/Spouse: Bøie Trondsson BAGGETHUN. Bøie (son of Trond Bøyesson STELE and Ingrid Andrisdatter TUNE) was born about 1867. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Shopkeeper and hotel owner

Notes:

See VBIA, p. 586.

According to Jim, Torstein built the Fagerli hotel in 1885-1886. He also had a country store and a taxidermist shop.

He seems to have been one of the baptismal sponsors for Ole Ellingboe (#3235).

In the 1910 Norwegian census, he is Thorstein Helgesen Ellingbø, a storekeeper, hotel owner and farmer on the Fagerlid 33/4 farm in Vang.

Birth:
Ellingbø, Nordigarden

Died:
Nov 1831 according to Find A Grave

Family/Spouse: Sigrid Endresdatter HOLIEN. Sigrid (daughter of Endre Knutsen HOLIEN and Ragnhild Gudbrandsdatter BØ) was born on 16 Feb 1856 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1944 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; was buried in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Teacher in Røyken, Moss, Vestby and Aker (Ljan).

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

Notes:

Birth:
born on Bø in Øye

Family/Spouse: John Helgesen OPDAL. John (son of Helge Andersen LUNDE and Berith Thronsdatter ØYE) was born on 10 May 1856 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1910. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marit Jørgensdatter LOKREIM. Marit (daughter of Jørgen Eriksen Hagen JEVNE and Guri Nilsdatter LOKREIM) was born on 27 Jan 1882 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 4 Feb 1910 in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anne Gudmundsdatter REMME. Anne (daughter of Gudmund Johnsen REMME and Guri Tostensdatter ELLINGBØ) was born on 6 Feb 1852 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 13 Jun 1922 in Vang I Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or 1857, the birth year shown for her in the birth record of her son Anders.

Anne married Ola Andrisson BØE in 1887. Ola (son of Andris Olsson SPARSTAD and Dorte Helgesdatter HAMRE) was born in 1854 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1948. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 4 Sep 1842, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She was the second Maren born to her parents. The first, her namesake, was born in 1840 and died in 1841.

Birth:
Find A Grave says 8 July which is incorrect and, apparently, a misreading of her gravestone

Family/Spouse: Ole Ingvaldsen FLATEN. Ole (son of Ingvald Persson FLATEN and Randi Olsdatter BÖE) was born on 21 Mar 1842 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 27 Feb 1914 in Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 9 Jun 1845, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Birth:
Stele 21/2, spelled Steile in the church book

Family/Spouse: Marit Andrisdotter SKOGSTAD. Marit (daughter of Andris Nilson LUNDE and Ingebjørg Einarsdatter HERMUNDSTAD) was born on 18 Apr 1845 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 4 Aug 1935 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1929-MN-004697
• Occupation: Housekeeper
• Baptism: 4 Oct 1850, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Emigrated 1868 after marrying Trond. The 1900 census says 1869.

In the 1900 census she had had 10 children, 6 still living.

She is a widow in the 1920 census living with her son John and her daughter Minnie. She lives next door to, or nearby to, her daughter Sigri and family and her son Austin and family.

Died as Marit Austinson.

Buried:
252 HN 4, North section

Marith married Trond Øysteinsson BÖE ELLINGBØE on 21 Jul 1868 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Trond (son of Øystein Aslaksson BØ and Ambjørg Jonsdotter ELLINGBØE) was born on 23 Jul 1833 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 9 Jun 1917 in Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried on 15 Jun 1917 in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1 calls him Gulbrand Gudmundsen Øyloe and has him coming to the U.S. in 1852. dwfrench1 has no information on any spouse.

Some Ancestry trees have his spouse as named Hannah. The 1880 census shows exactly that: 29 year-old G.G. Oyloe and his wife Hannah, 24, living in Winneshiek County. No children.

Birth:
Jevne 88/5 Haga (Hagen)

Family/Spouse: Christina Edvardsdatter. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Find A Grave has her as a child of Gudmund (1821-1896) and Marit (1826-1907). dwfrench1 agrees.

Family/Spouse: Andrew Engebretsen LEE. Andrew was born on 24 Dec 1864 in Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa; died in 1935 in Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Came to the U.S. in 1885 according to a rootsweb entry. She married Ole Christoferson in Minneapolis and four children with him before he died in 1899. She then married Halvor Ormbreck. They moved to “the Flom community” in Norman County in northwestern Minnesota and had two children (Halvor Ormbreck had seven children from an earlier marriage).

An Oscar Bernhard Ormbreck, b. 9 Jun 1893 in Minneapolis, claimed Mrs. Maret Ormbreck as his mother in a job application to the Northern Pacific Railroad in 1943. He claimed Edward Alfred Ormbreck was his brother.

In the 1910 census, she had had six children, five still living.

In the 1920 census, she was a widow in Ulen Village, Clay County, Minnesota. Living with her were her five children, Christ, Oscar, Alfred, Hertha, and Ingeborg.

In the 1930 and 1940 censuses, she was still in Ulen, living with Oscar and Alfred.

Marit married Ole CHRISTOFERSON on 30 May 1891 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Ole died about 1899. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marit married Halvor G ORMBRECK on 30 Nov 1901 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Halvor was born in 1848 in Telemark, Norway; died in 1912; was buried in Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Flom, Norman County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Carpenter
• Baptism: 7 Apr 1867, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Of Skjelhaugen Kvåle 38/9 according to Trudy.

One of his baptismal sponsors was Marit Helgesdatter Ellingbö (2911).

The Vang parish emigration record shows him leaving for “St. Paul” in April of 1890. He departed Liverpool on 30 Apr 1890, bound for New York.

The St. Paul city directory for 1889-91 records him boarding at 288 Williams. His occupation is “turner.”

He (as Thorsten Quale) and Randi and family lived in Northfield in the 1900 census. Thorsten was a cabinet maker. He came to the U.S. in 1890, his wife in 1889. Randi has had 5 children, 4 still living. The 1899 Northfield city directory shows that he is Thorstein Kvalle, a cabinet maker for the firm of Ferguson & Richardson, and that his address is WATER 3 S OF 8 ST.

In 1903, he is Thorstein L. Kvalle, still in Northfield, living at 812 E. Water. His occupation is carpenter.

In the 1905 state census, he and his family still live in Northfield.

In a 1911 land ownership map of Hickory Twp, Red Lake County, T T Kvale owns a 160 acre parcel, the southeast quarter of Section 17.

He is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books), as “Thorstein T Kvale” of Rudell, Minnesota. He was a member of the Samband between 1902 and 1916.

The family still lived in Rudell, Minnesota, at the time of Harald’s death in 1918.

He and his family lived in Hickory Twp, Pennington County, Minnesota, in the 1920 census. Hannah, Theresa, Ragna, Rudolph, Olaf, and Agnes were still at home.

He and his wife lived in Glenwood, Oregon, at the time of their daughter Theresa’s death in January of 1936.

The California death record shows his birth date as 17 Jan 1866.

His obit in the Los Angeles Times on 7 Jun 1946 referred to him as a retired contractor and builder who resided at 1202 Wexham Way. His surviving daughters were Mrs. Herb Krauch, Mrs. Marie Leffingwell, Mrs. Val Tubor, Mrs. Roy Foster, and Mrs. Bertha Sybilrud.

Birth:
California death record shows his birthdate as 17 Jan 1866

Thorsten married Rande Iversdatter ELLINGBOE on 14 Mar 1891 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. Rande (daughter of Ivar Knutsson ELLINGBØ and Randi Olsdatter ELLINGBÖ) was born on 10 Oct 1869 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 5 Apr 1956 in Butte County, California; was buried in Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1957-MN-002614
• Baptism: 26 Jul 1857, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She is Jørand Torsteinsdatter Lome, I19667, in Jim’s VS. Jim has her mistakenly born in Lome.

dwfrench1 calls her Jørand Tostensdatter Kjorlien.

In the 1900 census, she had had 5 children, all still living. She came to the U.S. in 1869.

Julia died of pneumonia. Her usual residence at the time she died was 624 East Granite, Granite Falls, which was not a farm. She had been in Granite Falls for 30 years. The informant for her death certificate was Mrs. Erland Knutson.

Jørand married Halvor LOFTSGAARDEN about 1880. Halvor was born in Feb 1848 in Norway; died on 22 Nov 1934 in Granite Falls, Chippewa County, Minnesota; was buried on 27 Nov 1934 in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 27 May 1860, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1941-MN-002398
• Baptism: 25 May 1863, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She is I8325 in Jim’s Ellingboe tree revised on 24 Feb 2012. Jim shows no parents for her.

In his notes for her in that tree, Jim says: “She is probably the daughter of Knut Iverson Eltun and Gjertrud Thomasdotter Eltun. Knut moved to Bøkkadn (33/3) on N. Ellingbøe in 1868. Gjertrud's mother was Sigrid Ivarsdotter Kjerstein (1805-1879). Eltun is next to Kjerstein and there were many connections between the families. If she is this person, she would have been born 17 Apr 1863 and baptized 26 Apr 1863.”

She is not listed in Jim’s VS, either as Thrond’s wife or as Torstein Torsteinsen’s daughter.

Jim’s attribution of parentage to Knut and Gjertrud is not consistent with Anna’s 1884 marriage record to Thrond in which she is shown as Anna Thostensen Kjersten, age 20. It is also not consistent with the birth record for Anna and Thrond’s first child born in Maynard on 13 Jan 1886. In that Wang Lutheran Church record, the child’s mother is clearly shown to be “Anne T. Kjerstine.”

The parentage shown here is consistent with the birth record of the Anna born in Vestre Slidre (p.87, Vestre Slidre prestekontor 1856-1864). The farm name of that Anna’s father is something like Risiskeiet. That is consistent with Tosten Tostensen being on the Rusiskaaret farm in Vestre Slidre in the 1865 census. The bygdebok (Vang A, p. 239) shows that Tosten, son of Tosten Ivarsson Kjerstein, married Randi and left for Vestre Slidre in 1860.

Called Anna Thompson in MOMS when she married Trond in 1884. Called Anna Thostensen Kjerstein in the ELCA record (Our Savior’s in Sacred Heart) for that marriage.

Emigrated in 1867 according to the 1900 census. At that time she was 37 and a widow living with her family on a farm in Wang Township, Renville County. The household consisted of Anna, 37 (b. Mar 1863), Trond, 14 (b. Jun 1886 in Minnesota), Dina, 10 (b.. Jun 1889), Theodor, 8 (b. Oct 1891), Christine, 5 (b. Mar 1895), and Ida H., 2 (b. June 1897).

A 1913 land ownership map of Wang Twp, Renville County, shows that she owned an 80 acre parcel in or near the village or community of New Lisbon. Her parcel is contiguous and made up of the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter and the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 9.

In the 1920 census, as “Mrs. Tom,” she was keeping house for her single, 27 year-old son Theodore in Tioga Twp, Williams County, North Dakota. She was shown, probably erroneously, as 63 years old.

Living with Helen and Helen’s husband at the time of the 1930 census. In that census, she was indicated as having come to this country in 1866.

In the 1940 census, she lived in Stoneham Twp, Chippewa County, with her daughter and son-in-law, Helen and William Kramer, in the same house in which they all had lived five years earlier. Anna had a fifth-grade education.

She died from pernicious anemia.

Anna married Trond Trondsson ELLINGBØE on 26 Feb 1884 in Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. Trond (son of Trond Iversson ELLINGBØE (OPDAL, UVDAL) and Kjersti Helgesdotter KJERSTEIN) was born on 1 Jun 1858 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 7 Nov 1897 in Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota; was buried on 10 Nov 1897 in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 9 Oct 1853, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Buried:
as Torsten O. Lensmanshougen

Family/Spouse: Sigrid Gudbrandsdatter LO. 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:

Their sons Tosten, Nels, and Lars came to the U.S.

Birth:
Haugen 30/1 (Krøsseikra) Lensmannshaugen

Family/Spouse: Ingeleiv Knutsdatter GÅSEDELEN. Ingeleiv (daughter of Knut Knutsen GÅSEDELEN and Ambjørg Andrisdatter TUNE) was born in 1847 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1929 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ingri Evensdatter HOLLEN. Ingri (daughter of Even Helgessen HØVERSTAD and Anne Tostensdatter VØVLISEIGA) was born on 12 Apr 1859 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 15 Oct 1942 in Marshall, Lyon County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 13 Apr 1845, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1865 census, she is unmarried and living with her father and siblings on Framstad. Her occupation is “tager ogsaa Deel i Husbestyrelsen.”

Anne married Johannes Knudsen HOLIEN in Oct 1873 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Johannes (son of Knut Johannesson HÅLIEN and Marit Andersdatter ELLESTAD) was born on 1 Aug 1850 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Lajord 51/3 Berget

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]

Gjertrud married John Martin SVIEN in 1897. John (son of Johan-Henrik Johannesson SVIEN and Berit Helgesdotter KASA) was born in 1855 in Wisconsin; died on 12 Oct 1920 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1885 state census, she was the 17 year-old Berit Soine living with her married sister Bertha in Holden.

In Find A Grave, she is assigned to the wrong parents.

In the 1940 census, she is still living in Holden with her son Arthur.

Find A Grave has her having an additional child, Paul Gerhard, b. 20 Sep 1907, d. 24 Sep 1907. That would be consistent with her entry in the 1910 census which shows her as having had 7 children, 6 still living.

Berit married Knute Arnfinnson ESTREM on 2 Jun 1896 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Knute (son of Anfind Andersen AUSTREIM and Marit Knutsdatter DE TASA) was born on 13 Jun 1860 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 23 Dec 1926 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The details for this child are from Traci’s tree.

Notes:

“Thrown from horse.”

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1914-MN-004937

Notes:

In the 1880 census she is age 4. In the 1895 state census she is age 19 and living at home. She is shown as a single “schoolteacher” living with her parents in the 1900 census.

According to her death certificate, the parents of Christine Kasa were Lars Soine and Anna Ellestad. However, the death certificate shows Christine’s birth date as 6 Oct 1878. The 1910 census shows that Christine Kasa was born in 1878. We’ll show the 1900 census’s birthdate because it is consistent with most other information but there is an irreconcilable difference here.

The 1910 census shows her marriage to Erick as his second and her first.

She died of pulmonary tuberculosis.

Christine married Erik KASA on 24 Feb 1909 in Meeker County, Minnesota. Erik (son of Helge (Henry) Eiriksson KASA and Ingrid Ivarsdatter (Ida) ELLINGBØ) was born on 26 Sep 1869 in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 6 Jul 1964 in Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Christine married John Albert TASA on 5 Dec 1900 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. John (son of Thomas Knutsen TASA and Ambjørg Ivarsdatter OLDRE) was born on 5 Aug 1875 in United States; died on 9 Nov 1905; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Martha married Alfred SOINE in 1903. Alfred (son of John Jonson SOINE and Ingeborg Ovesdatter KATTEVOLD) was born on 19 Feb 1882 in Maynard, Chippewa County, Minnesota; died on 25 Dec 1967 in Canada; was buried in Woodslee United Church Cemetery, South Woodslee. Essex County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Find A Grave has her born 30 Nov 1857 in Stoughton, Dane County, Wisconsin.

Birth:
according to Jim’s VS, sourcing Candice

Family/Spouse: Knut Olson HOLIEN. Knut (son of Ole Knudson HOLIEN and Ingeborg Andrisdatter ELTUN) was born about 1854 in Minnesota; died on 28 Feb 1928 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1900 census, he and his family live in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Children living at home are Henry, 6, Anna, 4, and Ida J., 2.

An article on his death said he fell to the ground outside of the Wangs post office at about 8 pm and expired a few minutes later. The coroner decided that the death was due to excessive drinking and no inquest was held. He left behind a wife and four children.

Died:
Jim’s VS

Christopher married Anna SVIEN about 1890. Anna (daughter of Anders Johannessen SVIEN and Velgjerd Torsteinsdatter NYSTUEN) was born about 1870 in Minnesota; died in 1948. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marit married John GJEVRE on 4 Nov 1884 in Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. John was born on 21 Jun 1862 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 21 Jan 1887 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Christine married Johannes Olsen LITSHEIM about 1889. Johannes was born on 8 Aug 1863 in Voss, Hordaland, Norway; died on 16 Aug 1943 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Christ was the first son of Syver and Sonnova. He owned a general merchandise store in Maynard for 18 years. He was a farmer in North Dakota and owned a chicken ranch in Mount Vernon, Washington.

Christopher married Betsey Maria Olesdatter HUSEBY on 1 Jun 1891 in Maynard, Chippewa County, Minnesota. Betsey (daughter of Ole H HUSEBY and Anna) was born on 31 Aug 1868 in Sørum, Akershus, Norway; died on 13 May 1909 in Maynard, Chippewa County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Christopher married Marie Antoinette PETERSEN on 1 Jun 1910 in Maynard, Chippewa County, Minnesota. Marie was born on 25 Jan 1886 in Seinthrop, Chippewa County, Minnesota; died on 19 Nov 1960; was buried in Fir-Conway Lutheran Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Skagit County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1959-MN-020866

Notes:

Tom was in general merchandise and worked on a poultry farm. He was Lutheran and was the first mayor of Maynard, Minnesota.

He is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books), as Thrond Søine of Maynard, Minnesota. He was a member of the Samband between 1905 and 1911.

In the 1920 census, as Thrond S., he and his family were living on a farm in Clinton Twp, St. Louis County, Minnesota.

In the 1930 census, as Thomas S., he and his family are still in Clinton Twp, St. Louis County. Tyler has left home but the other children are still at home. Lloyd T. is an auto mechanic. There is no indication that Olaf is a student.

Thrond married Anne Torsteinsdatter HAUGEN on 2 Jun 1900 in Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. Anne (daughter of Torstein Olsen (Krøsikrun) HAUGEN and Sigrid Gudbrandsdatter LO) was born on 15 Apr 1874 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 8 Jan 1966 in Norman County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1957-MN-020505

Notes:

Shown as Ivar Soine in the 1900 census when he was living next door to his mother and step-father.

Resided in Renville City, Renville County, Minnesota.

Iver married Sarah Sjugurddatter STRAND on 17 Dec 1895 in Renville County, Minnesota. Sarah (daughter of Sjugurd Guttormsen STRAND and Ingeborg Thomasdatter ELTUN) was born on 12 Oct 1873 in Minnesota; died on 10 Mar 1964 in Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1925-MN-004881
• Baptism: 19 Dec 1869, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

In the 1910 census, she had had five children, all five still living.

Many sources have this Anna confused with an Anna Theoline Soine who was born in 1872.

Birth:
her burial record incorrectly shows 11 Feb 1869

Died:
as Annie Brekke

Anna married Edward Benjamin BREKKE in 1900 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Edward was born on 20 May 1876 in Minnesota; died on 28 Apr 1940 in Nicollet County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Dec 1871, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Berit married Otto DAHL on 8 Sep 1896 in Renville County, Minnesota. Otto was born in Jan 1874 in Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Single and living with his parents in the 1910 census.

In the 1930 census he was an inmate at the Minnesota School for the Feeble Minded in Faribault.

Notes:

In the 1920 census, he and Anne live in Stanley, North Dakota. Torger is a photographer.

Torger married Anne Andersdatter ELTON in 1908 in North Dakota. Anne (daughter of Anders Asbjørnsson ELTON and Anna Trondsdatter ØYE) was born on 9 Feb 1877 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 4 Apr 1940 in Eddy County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marith married Thomas Severson STRAND on 31 Jul 1904 in Renville County, Minnesota. Thomas (son of Sjugurd Guttormsen STRAND and Ingeborg Thomasdatter ELTUN) was born on 11 Feb 1869 in Minnesota; died on 20 Oct 1957 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota; was buried in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 14 Nov 1880, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Family/Spouse: Olaf HUSEBY. Olaf (son of Ole H HUSEBY and Anna) was born in 1874 in Minnesota; died in 1951 in North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 25 Feb 1883, Renville County, Minnesota

Notes:

Not mentioned in Greg Fearon’s history of Ole and Gjertrud’s family.

He is Sam’l O. Soine living in Ward County, North Dakota, in the 1910 census.

In the 1920 census, he and Gertina have three daughters. The family lived in Minot. “Seever” was a grain agent.

Syver married Gertine Marie EIDE on 15 Aug 1909 in Renville County, Minnesota. Gertine (daughter of Peder Knudsen EIDE and Anne Kristoffersdatter HEEN) was born about 1889 in Minnesota; died on 5 Sep 1960 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 11 Oct 1885, Renville County, Minnesota

Notes:

Greg Fearon says he married Emma Leuken and had Edith, Muriel, Arnold, and Joseph.

Gerhard married Emma LUEKEN on 23 Mar 1910 in Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1985-MN-009055

Notes:

Single and living with her parents in the 1910 census.

She married a third cousin.

The informant for her death certificate was Walter Ellingboe of Route 1, Maynard. Thea died of pneumonia.

Died:
Clara City Nursing Home

Thea married Iver H ELLINGBOE on 5 Jan 1916 in Renville County, Minnesota. Iver (son of Helge (Henry) Trondsen ELLINGBOE and Marit (Mary) Torsteinsdatter SPARSTAD) was born on 28 Jan 1889 in Granite Falls, Minnesota; died on 13 May 1973 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota; was buried in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Living with his parents in the 1910 census.

Farming in Wang Twp in the 1920 census.

Birth:
SSDI says he was born 27 Jun, MHS says he was born 7 June, draft registration says 7 June

Martin married Eva Sylvia SOINE on 26 Nov 1916 in Renville County, Minnesota. Eva (daughter of Iver S SOINE and Sarah Sjugurddatter STRAND) was born on 19 Jan 1898 in Minnesota; died on 7 Feb 1987 in Anoka County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not listed with his parents in the 1910 census.

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

Born on nerre Lajord. Gardbruker nerre Lajord.

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

Unmarried

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

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

Notes:

Married a Van Pooe?

Notes:

Birth:
Kirk says Springfield, Illinois

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

Baptism:
Trinity Lutheran

Confirmation:
Trinity Lutheran

Died:
Westerville

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

Notes:

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Baptism:
Blue Mounds Lutheran Chuch

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

Notes:

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

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

Notes:

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

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 13 Mar 1881, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Baptismal sponsors: Berit Trondsdatter Opdal, Anders Andersen Hermundstad, Ole Tostensen Grohammar, Haaver Knudsen Hermundstad, Guri Tostensdatter Grihammar.

The Concordia Lutheran record of his marriage says he was born on Berge in Valdres and that his wife, Annie Weflen, was born in Granite Falls.

In the 1910 census, he and Annie and Jorgen and Marie live in Fillmore Twp, Divide County, North Dakota, on a farm Knute owns with a mortgage.

In the 1920 census, his wife was Guri. She was 36 and born in Norway. Included in the household was Maria C. Together, Knute and Gura had a daughter Gladys, 1 month old.

The Odegard Family Tree on Ancestry has an incorrect mother shown for Knute.

Baptism:
Øye?

Knute married Annie WEFLEN on 18 Mar 1909 in Divide County, North Dakota. Annie (daughter of Thomas K WEFLEN and Ragnild Andersdatter HAGEN) was born on 20 Jan 1886 in Minnesota; died on 13 Jun 1917 in Divide County, North Dakota; was buried on 16 Jun 1917 in Concordia Cemetery, Crosby, Divide County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Guri. Guri was born about 1884 in Norway; died on 15 Mar 1949 in Divide County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]