Ragndi Kristoffersdatter HEEN

Notes:

Birth:
Heen 70/1 Nordre, Nordigarden

Died:
Nordsveen 69/

Ragndi married Gudmund Knutsen NEFSTAD about 1810. Gudmund (son of Knut Jonsen RØN and Margreta Knutsdotter NORDLAND (MYRE, HØRE)) was born in 1778 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1848 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Nordsveen 69/

Family/Spouse: Ingeborg Bøyesdatter BÖE. Ingeborg (daughter of Bøye Amundsen BØ and Ingeborg Larsdatter STELE WANGENSTEEN) was born in 1817 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 24 Jun 1872 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Nordsveen 69/

Family/Spouse: Kjersti Knutsdatter SØYNE. Kjersti (daughter of Knut Simenson SØYNE and Ragndi Torsteinsdatter MYRE) was born in 1816 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Nordsveen 69/

Family/Spouse: Brita Knutsdatter HOLIEN. Brita (daughter of Knut Endresen HOLIEN and Synneva Håkonsdatter KVAMME) was born on 12 Feb 1836 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 1 Apr 1925 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1 calls him Olean Laurits Norsvin.

Family/Spouse: Kari Syversdatter STRAND. Kari (daughter of Sever Olsen STRAND and Guri Guttormsdatter BØE (ØVRE BØAHAUGEN)) was born on 7 Jul 1861 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 18 Mar 1923 in Minnesota; was buried in Maynard Lutheran Cemetery, Maynard, Chippewa County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 5 Jul 1840, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 1856, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

Member of the Valdris Samband 1903-1909.

Lived in or near Nerstrand.

Confirmation:
Vang Lutheran

Family/Spouse: Syneva A FLOM. Syneva died before 1920. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1948-MN-013881

Notes:

He attended St. Olaf Academy starting in the year 1889-1890 but did not graduate.

Shown as a merchant in the 1905 state census at which time he and his wife lived either with or next door to her parents and siblings in the village of Dennison. John had lived in the area for only a year and three months at that time.

In the 1910 and 1920 censuses, he and his family live in Dennison where he is a merchant in general merchandise. He is probably in partnership with his brother-in-law Austin.

He is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books), as J E Norsving of Dennison. His father was G K Norsving. J E was a member of the Samband in 1909.

His obit was in the Faribault Daily News:

NORTHFIELD--Funeral services for John E. Norswing, 75, former prominent businessman in Dennison and Northfield, who passed away at the Lincoln Rest Home on Sunday, October 17, following an illness which has extended over eight years, will be held Thursday, October 21, at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John Schumm at 1:30 o'clock and at St. John's Lutheran church at 2 p. m. The Rev. Ivar Ramseth will officiate. Interment will be made in Oaklawn cemetery. The pallbearers will be Martin Nelson, Knute Leidal, William Swarts, Andrew Nelson, Olaf Broin and George Hagen. Friends may call at the Anderson and Veaux Funeral Home until Thursday morning and at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Schumm until the hour of the service. John E. Norswing was born in Holden township, Goodhue county, on January 24, 1873, the son of Gudmund and Brita Holien Norswing. He spent his young lifetime at the farm home in Holden township and attended Albert Lea and St. Olaf academies. He operated a general merchandise store at Dennison from 1904 until 1923. At that time the Tri-County Oil Company was organized and he became manager and operated the Northfield station from 1926 to 1940 when his health began to fail. He made his home in the Dennison and Northfield communitites throughout his lifetime. On June 6, 1903, he was united in marriage to Miss Sigrid Austinson in Minneapolis. She passed away several years ago. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. John Schumm (Inez), Northfield, and Mrs. Floyd Leidal (Bernice) of Harrisburg, Pa., and one son, G. T. Norswing of New Richland. There are also three grandchildren and one brother, O. M. Norswing of Seattle, Wash., surviving.

John married Sigrid AUSTINSON on 4 Jun 1903 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. Sigrid (daughter of Trond Øysteinsson BÖE ELLINGBØE and Marith Nilsdotter WANGENSTEEN STEILE) was born on 20 Jan 1875 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 3 Nov 1945 in Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He and his wife resided in Minneapolis at the time of their marriage in South Dakota.

In the 1940 census, he was an engineer for a steam railroad. He and his wife and daughter lived in Montevideo in Chippewa County, Minnesota. In 1935, the family had lived in Big Stone County, Minnesota.

George married Ruth Rose TANDBERG on 6 Apr 1932 in Clark County, South Dakota. Ruth was born in 1907 in Chippewa County, Minnesota; died in 1997. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1905-08752
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1981-MN-028598

Notes:

Of New Richland at the time of his father’s death.

In the birth record of his unnamed child, his name is shown as Gudmund Theolius Wangenstein Norswing.

Family/Spouse: Geneva Lenore LUND. Geneva was born on 26 Sep 1905; died on 7 Jul 1984 in Freeborn County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1907-08392
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1997-MN-000446

Notes:

St. Olaf, ‘29.

Og Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, at the time of her father’s death.

Bernice married Floyd Louis LEIDAL on 26 Oct 1940 in Rice County, Minnesota. Floyd (son of Knute LEIDAL) was born on 29 May 1904; died on 8 Mar 1985 in Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1912-09420
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1968-MN-032165

Notes:

St. Olaf, ‘33.

Of Northfield at the time of her father’s death.

Inez married John Olaf SCHUMM on 16 Oct 1937 in Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ramona Jean Norsving (Bjorson) was born October 2, 1932 in Ortenville, Minnesota to George and Ruth Norsving. She graduated to heaven on May 19, 2020 at age 87. She was at the Villages of Rockville (formerly National Lutheran Home) in Rockville, Maryland.

She lived in Montevideo, Minnesota until after she graduated high school then moved to Washington, D.C. to work for the FBI. She was on the midnight shift which she loved… she was a “night owl”! After working there for a year or so she got a job at O’Boyle’s Tank Lines working for the owner as an Executive Secretary until early 1956.

She went to Augustana Lutheran Church in Washington, D.C. She met Charles August Bjorson while they were singing the “Hallelujah Chorus” in the choir (he sang bass and she soprano). They were married at the church on April 16, 1955. At the time of her death they had been married 65 years.

In February of 1958, they moved to Rockville, Maryland and have been at this house ever since.
They had three (3) children:
Theresa (Terri), Donnaruth, and George Martin

She worked part time as a dental receptionist and a telephone answering service. She also did a lot of community volunteer service positions.

We joined Crusader Lutheran Church in Rockville, MD in 1957. She worked on the council, led Bible Studies, main speaker on women’s retreats and sang in the choir.

Ramona was preceded in death by her parents and in-laws.
Ramona is survived by:

Husband: Charles

Children: Theresa (nee Bjorson) Mark King

Donnaruth Bjorson and Luke her 4-legged child

George Martin Bjorson

Grandchildren:

Sarah Marie (nee King) and husband Lamonte Wiggins

Step grandson: Brian and wife Annie King

Alishia (nee Bjorson) and husband Joshua Smith
Joshua Bjorson
Jonathan Bjorson

Great Grandchildren:
Nathaniel, Andrew, and Rebekah King
Morgan, Dakota and Matthew Smith
Isaac Leo and Jacob Lee Wiggins

Ramona married Charles BJORSON on 16 Apr 1955 in Washington, D.C.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]