Andris Andrisson HØVERSTAD

Notes:

Birth:
Kvien 96/

Family/Spouse: Ragnhild Eivindsdatter STELE. Ragnhild was born about 1640 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1701 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Tune 36/1 Midtre

Family/Spouse: Guri Einarsdatter KJØS. Guri (daughter of Einar Eiriksson LUNDE and Åste Andrisdotter KJØS) was born in 1692 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1727 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Tune 36/2 Nørre, Nordigarden

Died:
Høve 29/1 Øvre (Grovi)

Family/Spouse: Kirsti Knutsdatter HOVI. Kirsti was born in 1685 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1763 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Andris married Dordi Ivarsdatter LIEN in 1733. Dordi (daughter of Ivar Nilsen SEPTUN and Ragnhild Andrisdotter ELLINGBØE) was born in 1712; died in 1760. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ingeborg Jonsdatter KVÅLE. Ingeborg (daughter of Jon Torsteinson KVÅLE and Ragndi Persdatter KVÅLE) was born about 1730; died in 1804. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is I6569 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes:

Han lånte Jøger Torleivson Remmen 415 rd den 5.7.1748, mot pant i gården. Jøger hadde ikke barn, og den 17.2.1749 solgte han derfor gården til Eivind, med alt som fantes av løsøre og husdyr for 200 rd. Moren til Jøger skulle ha livaure; et mål åker og for til ei ku, og Jøger og kona hans Marit skulle også ha livaure, og den var stor: 6 mål åker, for til 6 kyr, 6 geiter, 6 sauer og 1 hest. Alle tre skulle ha sengeklær og rimelig husrom på gården.

30.9.1749 ble Jøger stevnet av Eivind til "synfaring" av hus og gjerde på gården og på plassen Li, og en måned senere sa han seg villig til å selge gården for 820 rd, dersom noen med odelsrett meldte seg i rett tid. Brødrene til Jøger, Knut fra 67/ Øvre Hemsing og Torleiv Remmen fra Syndrol 48/2 sa at de ville løse inn bruket, men først ville de bevise at Eivind ikke hadde betalt så mye som det sto i skjøtet. Før saken kom for retten ble de enige med Eivind om at han skulle betale dem 190 rd. for odelsretten. 3.11.1750 ga de ham skjøte på odelsretten til Remme 65/2.

Frøholm skriver: "Eivind må ha vore ein stridslysten og vidløftig kar. 11.2.1754 vart han stemnd av futen for å ha vore så hardhendt med Johannes O. Givre i eit bryllaup, at Johannes døde straks ette. Enka til Johanns sa at mannen hadde hatt ei t sår i augnebryna i bryllaupet, og klaga over at han ikkje fekk være i fred for Eivind. Dagen etter hadde Eivind teke han i strupen og sett ham mot vegge fleire gonger. Morgonen etter gjekk Johannes heim og var dårleg, og han døyde før kona ko m heim.

I 1757 var Eivind i retten for å ha slege og mishandla husmannen Arne Jonsson. Saka vart utsett tre gonger, og Eivind vart frikjend i 1758, då vitna ikkje kunne seie noko nærare om saka. Derimot vart Eivind dømd til 9 rd i slagsmålbot og 2,5 rd i saksomkostnad 7.7.1764, då han var stemnd for å ha slege Haldor H. Hagen åre t før.

Eivind lånte 400 rd av broren Knut G. Beito i 1758, bytt i eit nytt lån på 600 rd i 1764, då lånte han også 1160 rd av kaptein Piro, mot pant i gården, husdyr og reidskaper, og eit sølvbeger med 3 knapper under.

Den verste saka Eivind Gulliksen rota seg opp i, kom til slutt. Den 13.2. 1771 vart han stemnd av futen, for å ha stole to hestar frå Ole Kjøs, og å ha byta bort hestane i Gudbrandsdalen. Saka vart utsett fire gonger, men etter at vitne hadde godg jort at Ola Kjøs og Embrik Belsheim åtte hestane, som til saman var verde 22 rd, vart Eivind dømd den 14.2.1772. Han kunne ikkje prove at han hadde fått tak i hestane på lovleg vis. Dommen var hard. Då eigarane hadde fått at hestane, skulle han be tale tvigjeld til kongen, ha hovudluten sin forbroten, kakstrykast, få tjuvsmerke i panna og arbeide i jarn på næraste festning på livstid (han skulle ha vore biltjuv 200 år seinare, så hadde det ikkje gått så ille!)." Eivind kan ikkje ha tålt kakstrykinga, for han er gravlagt 3 mnd etter at dommen falt.

Men før det hadde han solgt Remme til Knut Gulliksen Ranei for 1600 rd den 21.10.1765, men Knut solgte gården videre til Gudmund Jonsesen Røn (på Frigstad) 23.10.1766, antakelig fordi Gudmund gjorde odelspåtale på vegne av den nye kona si.

Died:
Remme 65/2

Eivind married Kari Helgesdatter REMME in 1747. Kari (daughter of Helge Thomassen REMME and Berit Johannesdtr HÅLIEN) was born about 1730 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Høve 29/1 Øvre (Grovi)

Died:
Egge 24/2 Nedre

Family/Spouse: Ola Olsen EGGE. Ola (son of Ola Nilsen EGGE and Berit Nilsdatter ELLESTAD) was born in 1711 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Oct 1788 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Farmed Tørpe on Høverstad from 1752 to 1766.

Gullik married Marit Helgesdatter KJERSTEIN in 1752. Marit (daughter of Helge Nilsson GRØV and Marit Asgrimsdatter UVDAL) was born in 1730; died in 1789. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Høverstad 63/1

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

Notes:

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

Birth:
Høverstad 63/1

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

Notes:

Birth:
Remme 65/2

Family/Spouse: Gudmund Jonsen RØN. Gudmund (son of Jon Knudson COLDING and Marte Gudmundsdatter LANDSRUD) was born in 1729 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marit married Andris Olsson HEMSING in 1783. Andris (son of Ola Andrisson BØE and Ragnhild Håvardsdatter HEMSING) was born in 1755 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1804. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Egge 24/2 Nedre

Died:
Egge 24/2 Nedre

Gullik married Gjertrud Jonsdatter KVÅLE in 1768. Gjertrud (daughter of Jon Julson KVÅLE and Ingeborg Olsdatter KVÅLE) was born in 1742 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 22 Mar 1803 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marit Amundsdatter LOME. Marit (daughter of Amund Olson LOMEN and Beret Olsdatter) was born in 1761 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1829. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Egge 24/1

Family/Spouse: Knut Gulliksen HÅLIEN. Knut (son of Gullik Knutsen HÅLIEN and Barbro Knudsdatter HOLIEN) was born in 1762 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1836. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Dorte T KJØS. Dorte (daughter of Trond Simensen BERGE and Marit Endresdatter KATTEVØL) was born in 1759; died in 1812. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is Ola Gullikson Høverstad, I1183, in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes:

Gro og Ola hadde 9 barn, men bare to ble eldre enn ett år. Foruten Marit, levde Ingrid (1781-1852) opp, hun var gift med Arnfi Guttormsen Nedre-Øldre 58/3. På tinget 8.7.1791 viste Ola fram skinnet av en voksen bjørn som han hadde skutt 4 dager før.

Birth:
Høverstad 63/1

Family/Spouse: Gro Kristoffersdotter MØSAKER. Gro (daughter of Kristoffer Torleivsen MØSAAKER and Marit Helgesdatter ELLINGBØE) was born in 1756 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Family/Spouse: Thomas Jøgerson ULGANG. Thomas was born on 6 Aug 1758 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Fygle 73/

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

Notes:

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

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

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

Jim’s VS notes:

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

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

Birth:
Heensåsen under 70/1

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

Family/Spouse: Gudbrand Olson ØYLO. Gudbrand (son of Ola Gudbrandsen ØYLO and Anne Finnkjellsdatter KJØRLIE) was born in 1779 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1861. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Remme 65/2

Berith married Anders Ericksen KJØS in 1817. Anders (son of Eirik Einarson KJØS and Marit Andrisdatter ELLESTAD) was born in 1781 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1824 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anne Kristoffersdatter KVIE. Anne (daughter of Kristoffer Olsen KVIEN and Marit Olsdatter DE BUNDE) was born in 1789 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Kari married Anders Toreson REMMESEIGA in 1817. Anders was born on 13 Sep 1789 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1825. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Egge 24/2 Nedre

Family/Spouse: Ingrid Øysteinsdatter KJØS. Ingrid (daughter of Øystein Olsen KJØS and Berit Knutsdatter HÅLIEN) was born in 1774 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 11 Apr 1807 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Egge in Lomen

Family/Spouse: Ole Olsen ULVEN-EGGE. Ole was born on 19 May 1771 in Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 2 Oct 1837 in Hauge, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Lome Nedre 32/1 (Stor-Lome)

Died:
Lome Nedre 32/1 (Stor-Lome)

Family/Spouse: Marit Jørgensdatter RINGESTAD. Marit (daughter of Jørgen Ivarsen RINGESTAD and Marit Julsdatter KVÅLE) was born in 1799 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1872 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1 has her born 1 Jun 1794.

Birth:
Lome Nedre 32/1 (Stor-Lome)

Family/Spouse: Alv Thomassen RØVANG. Alv (son of Thomas Alvsen RØVANG and Ingeborg Gunnarsdatter RØVANG) was born in 1791 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1867. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

She was the elder of the two Marit Olsdatters born to these parents.

Birth:
Lomen

Died:
Egge i Lomen

Family/Spouse: Peder Pedersen EGGE. Peder (son of Per Persen KVÅLE and Gro Finkjelsdatter EGGE) was born on 27 Sep 1795 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was the younger of the two Marit Olsdatters born to these parents.

Family/Spouse: Jøger Knudsen VIK. Jøger was born in 1802 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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

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

Ingebors born in 1781:

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

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

Notes:

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

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

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

Died:
Hovda 10/4; or 1863

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

Notes:

Vang C, p. 358

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

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

Notes:

This couple and children and grandchildren per dwfrench1.

Birth:
Helle Øvre

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

Family/Spouse: Ola Thomassen DY TØRPE. Ola (son of Tomas Gulliksen JEVNE and Kjersti Olsdotter TØRPE) was born in 1791. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Finnkjell Eivindsson HELLE. Finnkjell was born in 1801; died in 1875. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Høverstad 63/1

Family/Spouse: Ola Gudbrandsen UVDAL. Ola (son of Gudbrand Gudbrandsen UVDAL and Sigrid Olsdatter GRIHAMAR) was born in 1759 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1817 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Arnfinn Guttormsson OLDRE. Arnfinn was born in 1787 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She and Even were first cousins.

She is not included in Jim’s VS.

Family/Spouse: Even Helgessen HØVERSTAD. Even (son of Helge Kristoffersson MØSAKER and Sigrid Eivindsdotter SUNDSHELLA) was born in 1803 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 12 Apr 1896 in Minnesota; was buried in West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery, Sunburg, Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 30 Aug 1812, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Vang B, p. 121. Brukar on Hamre 60/2 Ølgøgn 1827-1852. Farm name also spelled Ulgang.

Confirmation:
age 15, Helge Thomasen Ulgang

Helge married Margrethe Amundsdatter BØ in 1821. Margrethe (daughter of Amund Øysteinson BØ and Dorthe Johnsdatter) was born about 1794 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Igdun 74/

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

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

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

Notes:

Emigrated to the U.S. in 1864.

Notes:

Jim calls him Jon Endresen Bagetun.

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

Birth:
From the 1910 Norwegian census.

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

Notes:

Emigrated to the U.S. in 1864.

Notes:

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

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

Notes:

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]

Notes:

An Anne Williamson died in Waupaca County on Aug 5, 1896, according to the Wisconsin Index of Deaths. The 1898 date is on the gravestone.

Her maiden name from the cemetery records. Gravestone or cemetery records note that the Anne Williamson above was the wife of Ove.

There were two girls named Anne Andersdatter Kios born in Vang at about this time: one on 15 Oct 1820 and one on 24 Oct 1820. The earlier was born to Anders Christophersen and Gjertrude Ericksdatter. The later was born to Anders Ericksen and Berith Gudmundsdatter. From the names given to her second and third daughters, we can conclude that Ove Vilhjelmsson’s wife was the daughter of Anders Ericksen.

Called Berit Andersdatter in the baptism record for her son Gudmund Anton.

Birth:
29 Sep 1820 according to her son Buck’s bio

Died:
Aug 5?

Anne married Ove Vilhjelmsson /WILLIAMS WILLIAMSON (BAGGETHUN) in 1845 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ove (son of Vilhjølm Vilhelmson BAGGETHUN and Anna Ovesdotter BERGE) was born on 20 Jan 1819 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 13 Aug 1896 in Waupaca County, Wisconsin; was buried in Scandinavia Lutheran Cemetery, Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her birth record names her Siri.

Died:
Eikren, Høre

Family/Spouse: Ole Pedersen EIKREN. Ole (son of Peder Olsen SKIEEN and Sigri Thoresdatter) was born on 18 Aug 1820 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sigri married Torstein Iversen KJØS in 1831. Torstein (son of Ivar Sjugurdsson HEMSING and Kjersti Andrisdatter NORDLAND) was born in 1801; died in 1879. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Family/Spouse: Guri Tostensdatter ELLINGBØ. Guri (daughter of Torstein Trondsson BREKKE and Dordi Endresdatter HOLIEN) was born on 11 Apr 1830 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 2 Jul 1822, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Ottar Nyland calls him Andris Andrisson Lokreim.

Baptism:
Wangs kirke

Anders married Mari Bardsdater NEVLO on 13 Mar 1852 in United States. Mari was born on 28 Jan 1830 in Norway; died on 18 Sep 1912 in Portage County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

I10581 Valdres Slekt

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

Birth:
Egge 24/2 Nedre

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

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

Notes:

I13104 Valdres Slekt

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

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

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

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

Notes:

Died:
Rudi Dalen

Family/Spouse: Peder Kristensen RUDI. Peder (son of Christen Olsen RUDI and Randi Jøgersdatter HANDE) was born in 1791 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 30 Oct 1875 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Kittle/Hamre Family Tree

Birth:
Hauge, Lomen

Family/Spouse: Even Andersen KOLJORDE. Even was born on 29 May 1804 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1865. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Dennis Redwing has him born 14 Mar 1799 on Hauge in Lomen.

Family/Spouse: Ingeborg Olsdatter KVÅLE. Ingeborg (daughter of Ole Julson KVÅLE and Berit Engebretsdatter FAUSKE) was born on 21 Jan 1805 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1885 in Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Lome in Vestre Slidre or Høve

Died:
Heen 70/2 Bøkko

Family/Spouse: Bøye Larsen WANGENSTEEN. Bøye (son of Lars Nilsson STELE WANGENSTEEN and Maren Jonsdatter KVAM) was born on 16 Aug 1823 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 4 May 1896 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marit Torgersdatter BERGE. Marit was born on 25 Apr 1813 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 4 Jun 1902 in Winneshiek County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Jul 1831, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

dwfrench1 does not include this child of Alv and Ambjørg. Instead, he includes an Alv Alvsen (1824-1909) who married Thoraan Østensdatter and an Alv Alvsen (1829-1829).

Birth:
Røvang 27/1

Buried:
as Alf Rodvang

Alv married Berit Andersdatter HAUGE on 6 Aug 1855 in Winneshiek County, Iowa. Berit (daughter of Anders Olsen HAUGE and Ingeborg Olsdatter KVÅLE) was born on 4 Apr 1838 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 7 Apr 1913 in Minnesota; was buried in Garness Lutheran Church Cemetery, Harmony, Fillmore County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Birth:
Egge nedre i Lomen i Vestre Slidre

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

Family/Spouse: Sigrid Olsdatter LYKKJUN. Sigrid (daughter of Ola Knutsson LYKKJUN and Jørand Knutsdatter HÅLIEN) was born in 1838 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1926. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marit Andersdatter HAUGE. Marit (daughter of Anders Olsen HAUGE and Ingeborg Olsdatter KVÅLE) was born on 7 Jul 1844 in Hauge, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 21 Oct 1911 in Freeborn County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

aka Erland
aka Vøvle

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

Notes:

Birth:
Veflen

Died:
Skehelde

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

Notes:

Kjersti was Knut’s second wife.

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

He is not listed in the Vang bygdebok.

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

Came to the U.S. in 1851.

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

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

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

Notes:

Birth:
Helle 106/2 Øvre, Reino, Høre

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

Notes:

Birth:
Hjelde in Vestre Slidre

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

Family/Spouse: Mary (Marit) CHRISTENSEN. Mary was born in 1843; died in 1927. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Husmann on Leirol in the 1850s. Vang B, p. 158.

Family/Spouse: Ingeborg Pedersdatter JEVNEEJET. Ingeborg (daughter of Peder Guttormsen ØLDRE and Aaste Andrisdatter BRØTIN, KVAM) was born in 1828 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His farm name is shown as Lundseiet in the birth record for Marit and Lundeejet in the birth record for Iver.

His farm name is shown as Stend-something in the birth record for Sigrid.

Vang B, p. 166, shows he moved to Lo under Lunde 17/.

Birth:
Høverstad 63/

Died:
Lunde 17/2, Lo

Family/Spouse: Marit Ivarsdatter ELTUN. Marit (daughter of Ivar Trondsen BREKKE and Anne Knudsdatter ELTUN) was born on 8 Jun 1810 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 22 Dec 1862 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; was buried on 3 Jan 1863 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Høverstad 63/1

Died:
Lajord 51/2 Øvre

Gullik married Anne Knutsdatter LAJORD in 1831 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Anne (daughter of Knut Madsen HAUGEN and Anne Larsdatter NETRØST) was born in 1810 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1903 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her father was Arnfinn Guttormsson (1787-1860) and Ingrid Olsdatter Høverstad. See p. 87 of Vang B.

Birth:
Oldre 58/3 Nerøldre

Family/Spouse: Ole Gunnarsen LIEN. Ole (son of Gunnar Nilsson ØDEGÅRD and Berit Andrisdatter GIVRE) was born on 18 Sep 1829 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1883 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 5 Oct 1828, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Both of her parents were of “Haaverstad” at the time of her birth.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 23 Apr 1827, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

His baptismal witnesses were Kirsti Poulsdatter Hamre. Ingeborg Johnsdatter Leene, Peder Torrissen Leene, Tron Johnsen Kattevold, and Tosten Engebretssen Hamre.

Baptism:
home baptism, later confirmed in church on 10th Sunday after Trinity

Family/Spouse: Ingeleiv Andersdatter JØVNE. Ingeleiv (daughter of Anders Poulsen ØLDRE and Ragndi Olsdatter LIEN) was born on 11 Jan 1831 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 21 Aug 1896 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Tailor (skreddar)
• Baptism: 16 Sep 1832, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Vang B, p. 121. Came to the U.S. in 1881 or 1882 with his family. Farmer in Sacred Heart, Minnesota.

He impregnated Marit Knudsdatter when he was 15 and she was 20.

He also impregnated Margarethe Knudsdatter when he was 15. She would have been 36.

Also called Amund Helgesson Ulgang or Ølgøng (a subfarm of Hamre).

Family/Spouse: Marit Knutsdatter FYGLE. Marit (daughter of Knut Olsen FYGLE and Åste Endresdatter IGDUN) was born on 4 May 1827 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Margarethe Knudsdatter BONDE. Margarethe (daughter of Knud Knudsen NEFSTAD and Dorthe Trondsdatter KATTEVØL) was born in 1812. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Amund married Dorte Kristoffersdatter LEIROL in 1864. Dorte (daughter of Kristoffer Kristofferson LEROHL and Kjersti Tomasdotter MØSAKER) was born on 21 Nov 1841 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 12 Feb 1916 in Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Ølgøgn on Hamre!

Family/Spouse: Andris Olsson SPARSTAD. Andris (son of Ola Torsteinson KVÅLE and Ingebjørg Knutsdatter SPARSTAD) was born in 1819 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1904. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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

Birth:
Igdun 74/1

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

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

Notes:

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

Notes:

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

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

Notes:

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Endre died of stomach cancer.

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

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

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

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

He lived next door to Endre in the censuses.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Died:
Thiel Hospital

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

Neither Alison nor Dustin Marson have information on her parents.

Buried as Randi Thompson.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

dwfrench1 agrees with the lineage shown here.

Birth:
death certificate shows birth year as 1868

Baptism:
Hurum

Died:
Northfield City Hospital

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

Notes:

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

Emigrated to Oslo in 1899.

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

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:

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]

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:

• Baptism: 29 Oct 1844, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Shown in the Vang 1835-1892 birth record as illegitimate.

Widowed and living with her five living children at 132 6th Avenue North in Wausau in the 1900 census. Shown as having had 9 children, 5 still living.

Called Anna Katherine Larson in her son Odin’s marriage record.

Listed in the 1905 state census as living with her son Odin and his wife and infant son in the 9th ward of Wausau.

Anne married August LARSON on 18 Mar 1872 in Scandinavia Lutheran Church, Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin. August was born about 1839 in Sweden; died before 1900. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 11 Oct 1846, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Born on Bagetun 35.

She is shown as legitimate in her birth record.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 25 Dec 1847, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She is shown as legitimate in her birth record.

Her cemetery record says that her age at death was 15 years, 1 month, 26 days.

Buried:
A 18 142

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Blacksmith

Notes:

A 19 year-old William O. Williams was working in a blacksmith shop in the town of Dayton, Waupaca County, in the 1870 census (June).

In the 1880 census (June 21st), William Williams is living in the village of High Forest in Olmsted County, MN. The household consists of William Williams, 30, Tilda, 35, Andrew, 3, Wilhelmina, 5 mos., brother Andrew, 27, and brother Edward, 20. Although William is shown as having been born in Wisconsin, and his parents in Norway, the rest of the household (Tilda, both Andrews, and Edward), except Wilhelmina, are shown as having been born in Norway and both parents in Norway. Wilhelmina is shown as born in Minnesota although both parents in Norway.

In the 1885 state census, the family is still in High Forest. The household is William Williams, 34, his wife Tora, 38 and born in Norway, and their children (all born in Minnesota): Andrew O., 7, Wilhelmina, 5, Ida C., 3, and Mable B., 10 months.

In the 1895 state census, William Williams is a blacksmith in Stewartville, Olmsted County. The clearly-challenged census-taker listed the family as William, 44, Hildia, 50, Andrew, 17, Alemeno, 15, Ada, 13, and Isabell, 11. William had lived in the state for 20 years, 6 months.

In the 1900 census (June 5th), the family is still living in High Forest, which is now a township, in Olmsted County. The village they live in is Stewartville. The family consists of William O. (born Aug 1851), Tildie (born May 1845), Wilhelmina A. (born Jan 1880), Ida C. (born Oct 1881), and Mable B. (born July 1884). The daughters were all born in Minnesota. William and Tildie have been married 24 years. Tildie has borne 4 children, all still living. William is a blacksmith. Wilhelmina is a clerk in a dry goods store. Ida is a clerk in a grocery store. Mable is in school.

The family appears to have left the state by 1905. William is living with Andrew in Fargo, North Dakota, in that city’s 1909 directory.

William married Ida Matilda HOWEN on 30 Dec 1872 in Winona County, Minnesota. Ida (daughter of Hans Anderson HOWEN and Sophia Adel) was born in Jul 1852; died on 27 Feb 1873 in Waupaca County, Wisconsin; was buried in Scandinavia Lutheran Cemetery, Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Thora K (Tilda) LEE about 1876. Thora was born in May 1845 in Norway; died on 25 Feb 1926 in Olmsted County, Minnesota; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Stewartville, Olmsted County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: Scandinavia Lutheran Church, Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin
• Occupation: Railroad Officer, U.S. Marshal

Notes:

Andrew was shown as a farmer and was living with his brother William and family in High Forest, Olmsted County, Minnesota, at the time of the 1880 census.

The June, 1895 Wisconsin state census for Waupaca County showed Andrew Williams’ household had 4 males, 3 females, all 7 born in the United States. He was the Waupaca County sheriff at about that time.

There is a biographical sketch of Andrew in the 1895 history of the upper Wisconsin River counties.

The facts and events shown here assume that Ove’s son Andrew is the Andrew Williams living on Maple Street in Waupaca in the 1900 census. He was a railroad officer.

Could not find him in Waupaca in the 1905 state census.

In the 1908 Bellingham, Washington, city directory, he is Andrew Williams, sheriff of Whatcom County, living at the Whatcom County Courthouse.

In the 1910 and 1911 Bellingham city directories, he is a deputy U.S. Marshal living at 1513 E.

In the 1910 census, that Andrew was a widower living on E Street in Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington. Living with him was Bert, 23, a railroad clerk, Lynde, 21, no occupation, and Esther, 17, no occupation. Andrew is a U. S. Marshal.

He is not listed in the 1912 Bellingham directory.

In the 1914 and 1917 directories, he is still living at 1513 E. His occupation is “merchant patrol.” (This is probably his son.)

In the 1918 Bellingham directory, he lives at 1513 E. His occupation is “police.”

In the 1920 Bellingham directory, he lives with his daughter and her family at 1408 Humboldt. He is a desk sergeant for the Bellingham police department.

In the 1920 census, Andrew, 63 and a widower, is living with his daughter and her family in Bellingham. He is a desk sergeant at police headquarters.

In the 1921 Bellingham directory, he lives at 2610 Michigan. Andrew is a desk sergeant for the police department.

In the 1923 Bellingham directory, he still lives at 2610 Michigan. No occupation.

An article in the February 12, 1925, edition of the Bellingham Herald:

Andrew Williams, sheriff of Whatcom county about 20 years ago and acting chief of police for a time during Mayor E. T. Mathes’ administration, died this morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Esther Day, at Okanogan, Washington. He had been in ill health for several months. A telegram telling of his death was received by W. W. Fairburn.

Mr. Williams had lived in Bellingham for many years and was esteemed by hundreds of Bellingham residents. He was one of the county’s most popular violinists of the old school, delighting to play for old-time dances. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Esther Day, and one son, Lynde Williams, now at Okanogan. Mr. Williams was a member of the Bellingham Bay Lodge, No. 44, F, & A. M. The remains will be received Friday night by O. R. Hollingsworth.

Birth:
The death record gives his age at death as 71 years, 7 months, and 8 days. That implies a birth date of 4 Jul 1853.

Baptism:
As Anders. Date of baptism is not clear.

Died:
Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960, FS

Andrew married Mary Melissa KING on 30 Jul 1884 in Olmsted County, Minnesota. Mary was born in Sep 1862 in Evanston, Cook County, Illinois; died on 11 Nov 1908 in Washington; was buried in Bayview Cemetery, Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Feb 1856, Scandinavia Lutheran Church, Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin

Notes:

Unmarried and living as Dinah Williams with her brother Anton in Scandinavia Twp in the 1900 census.

Living with Anton in Scandinavia Twp in the 1905 state census.

She and Anton are still living together in Scandinavia Twp in the 1910 census.

Still the same in the 1920 census although Dinah is listed as Dorthea Gerhardina.

Still the same in the 1930 census although Dina is Dina again.

Her obit was in the Stevens Point Daily Journal on 6 August 1937 as Dorothea Williams.

Died:
another record from the same cemetery says 1932

Buried:
A 18 141

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Postmaster
• Baptism: 5 Apr 1858, Scandinavia Lutheran Church, Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin

Notes:

In the 1895 state census, Buck Williams’ household in Iola had 4 men and 2 women.

He is Buck Williams, postmaster, in the 1900 census. He is shown as married but his wife was not listed with the rest of the family.

In the 1905 state census, the entry for the household in the Village of Iola is Buck Williams, 46, widower, postmaster, Julian 17, day laborer, Morris, 15 or 16, electrician, Walter, 14, student, Delia, 11, and Elizabeth Colden, 34, domestic servant. The family lives in a house, not a farm, and the house is owned with no mortgage.

In the 1910 census, the children’s mother, now apparently dead because Buck is a widower, was born in Minnesota. In the 1910 census, Arthur is out of the house but the other children are still living with their father. Buck is indicated as having had 5 children, four still living.

In the 1920 census, Buck, 63, is living at 173 West 43rd Street in Los Angeles with his daughter Della, 26, and his son E. M. and family. His occupation is “trimmer” at an automobile shop.

The California Death Index, 1905-1939, on FS shows that a Buck Williams died in County 70 (Los Angeles) on 14 Mar 1924 at the age of 65 (State file number 12370).

Commemorative Biographical Record of the Upper Wisconsin Counties: Waupaca, Portage, Wood, Marathon, Oneida, Vilas, Langlade and Shawano” by Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1895

Boie Williams, familiarly known as “Buck” Williams is one of the prosperous leading business men and substantial citizens of Iola, Waupaca county.

Mr. Williams was born December 24, 1857, in Scandinavia township, Waupaca county. His father, Ove Williamson, was born in Norway, January 20, 1819, was educated in the schools of his native land, and the days of his boyhood and youth were passed upon the farm. His marriage to Miss Annie Kjos took place in Norway in 1844, and five years later, in 1849, he crossed the Atlantic in a sailing vessel to the New World, where he hoped to secure a home and competence. He first located in Muskegon, where he worked as common laborer some three years, coming thence to Waupaca county in 1853. He was one of the first settlers, and is now the second oldest living resident in Scandinavia township. The hardships and trials of pioneer life are familiar to him, and the history of that county is known to him from the days when it was almost unbroken wilderness, inhabited mostly by Indians. He has borne an important part in the work of development, transforming the land from its uncultivated condition into rich and valuable farms. Here he purchased 160 acres of wild land, on which not a furrow had been turned or an improvement made, and successfully continued its cultivation until 1884, when enfeebled health caused him to lay aside business cares, and he is now living a retired life. He worked for many years on the river, rafting logs, and his career has been that of an industrious and energetic man, bringing to him a well-merited competence. He is a stanch Republican in politics and has served in several local offices with credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents. He filled the office of assessor for twelve years and has also been township treasurer. He and his family are members of the Lutheran Church, Mrs. Williamson, who was born in Norway September 29, 1820, is also yet living. Their children were: Annie, now the wife of August Larson, a resident of Wausau; William, who is living in La Crosse, Wis; Andrew, the efficient sheriff of Waupaca county; Berit, deceased; Denah; Boie, subject of this sketch, Edward Ove, of Waupaca; Anton G., a farmer of Scandinavia township; and Lewis B., deceased.

Our subject attended the rude district schools of the home neighborhood up to the age of fifteen years, when he left the school room and began work as a farm hand, as his services were not needed at home. For one year he was thus employed, receiving $12 per month, and on the expiration of that time he began learning harness making with Andrew Moberg, of Amherst, Wis., where he worked for three years, going thence to Wausau, Wis., being employed at his trade Ernest Felling. After spending two years in Wausau Mr. Williams returned to Scandinavia township, where he followed his trade; but as work was dull and scarce he hired out as a farm hand to a Mr. Turner, of Belmont township, Portage Co., Wis. Later he went to Winona, Minn., where he remained for one year, and then secured the position as driver of a creamery wagon in High Forest, that State. Subsequently he and his brother Andrew (afterward sheriff of Waupaca county) took up new farms in Faulk county, S. Dak., which section was then very wild and unsettled. Besides the improvements they made on their own homestead they also did “breaking” for others, their home during this time being in a little shanty out on the prairie, where our subject acted as cook. At the end of a year, however, he returned to High Forest, where he again drove a wagon for the creamery, being engaged thus for some time.

While there Mr. Williams was united in marriage, in September, 1886, with Miss Clara Juelson. By her marriage she has become the mother of four children, all of whom are still living-Arthur J., Edwin M., Walter L. and Clara A. The parents are members of the Lutheran Church. In the fall of 1886 Mr. Williams returned to Scandinavia township, and the following spring, on the advice of his friends, opened a harness shop in Iola, which he has since conducted with excellent success. He first began in a small building on State street, which he rented, his capital at that time comprising only his savings, and his honest, industrious efforts won for him an increasing trade, enabling him to purchase his shop. In 1892, however, he erected a substantial brick building on Main street, adjoining his present room, which later he sold out, and in 1893 built his present commodious brick business house, the largest harness shop in Iola.

Mr. Williams is one of the most prosperous businessmen in Waupaca county, wide-awake and pushing, and is destined to become a wealthy man. His excellent workmanship and honest dealings have brought him a large trade, and he enjoys the respect and confidence of all with whom he has business or social dealings. Besides his shop, he also owns his pleasant home, which has been built since locating in Iola. Mr. Williams is an earnest advocate of the principles of the Republican party, and, while no politician, has served in various official capacities, having been constable and city marshal (one year), and he is at present one of the city councilmen.

His obit in the Stevens Point Journal said the he had been born on the Williams farm “on the Scandinavia road about four miles east of town. He had come to Amherst as a young man as an apprentice to Andrew Moberg in the harness shop. He was a faithful worker for Mr. Moberg three or four years. Later he owned and operated a shop in Iola. In 1896, he was appointed postmaster of Iola, a position he held for over 18 years. On account of poor health, he was forced to resign and the family moved to California. He passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Harry Eichler.

Baptism:
As Böie. Baptized at the same service as his cousin Anne.

Boie married Clara JUELSON on 13 Sep 1885 in Olmsted County, Minnesota. Clara (daughter of Ole JUELSON and Anne Tollefson GOLBERG) was born on 30 Aug 1867 in Rock Dell Twp, Olmsted County, Minnesota; died on 31 May 1900 in Wisconsin; was buried in Iola Riverside Community Cemetery, Iola, Waupaca County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 13 May 1860, Scandinavia Lutheran Church, Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin

Notes:

Edward was living with his brother William in High Forest, Olmsted County, MN, in the 1880 census.

In the 1900 census, he is Edward O. Williams, 40, a lumberman living with his wife and son in Merrill, Wisconsin.

In the 1910 census, he is Edward O. Williams, 50, a traveling salesman of machinery living with his wife and son in Wausau.

In the 1920 census, he may be the Edward Williams, age 59 and a widower, lodging in Mercer in Iron County, Wisconsin. His parents were born in Norway. He’s a laborer in a lumber camp.

The Scandinavia Lutheran Cemetery records show that Edward Ove Williams died in 1928.

An “Edw O Williams” died in Waupaca County in January of 1896. That may have been Bettie’s other child. The WHS Genealogical Index shows an Edward Williams Jr. born 25 May 1891 in Waupaca County.

His wife’s obit says that he was “at one time sheriff of Waupaca County.”

His obit said that he “received his higher education at Merrill, Wisconsin” and was employed as a young man as a clerk in the Stetson store in Waupaca for seven years. Later he partnered with Sam Godfrey in running a general store. he was appointed deputy sheriff by his brother Andrew in 1887. In 1889 he was elected sheriff.

Baptism:
as Ove Edward

Died:
at the home of his brother, Anton, four miles west of Amherst

Buried:
No location of grave shown in the index (http://www.wigenweb.org/waupaca/Scancem/SB8.htm); Funeral arranged by Selmer Voie

Edward married Bettie E FILTER on 18 Jan 1886 in Waupaca County, Wisconsin. Bettie was born in Apr 1866 in Denmark; died on 5 Aug 1918 in Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 10 Oct 1862, Scandinavia Lutheran Church, Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin

Notes:

In the 1895 state census, the A. G. Williams household has 3 men, 2 women, 3 born in the U.S. and 2 in Scandinavia.

Living as Anton Williams in Scandinavia Twp in the 1900 census. He’s unmarried, a farmer, and his unmarried sister Dinah lives with him.

In the 1905 state census, the household in Scandinavia Twp is Anton G. Williams, 42, Dorthia, 48, and Syvert Swenson, farm laborer, 28.

Anton and Dena are still living together in Scandinavia Twp in the 1910 census.

Still the same in the 1920 census although Dina is shown as Dorthea Gerhardina.

Still the same in 1930 although Dina is Dina again. A 32 year-old lodger named Walter Erickson is living with them. Walter is a farm laborer.

From "Commemorative Biological Record of the Upper Wisconsin Counties of Waupaca, Portage, Wood, Marathon, Lincoln, Oneida, Vilas, Langlade and Shawano" by Chicago: J.H. Beers & Co., 1895.

Anton G. WILLIAMS was born August 24, 1862, on the farm which he now owns and occupies in the township of Scandinavia, Waupaca County.

His father, Ove WILLIAMSON, was born in Norway January 20, 1819, was educated in the schools of his native land, and the days of his boyhood and youth were passed upon the farm. His marriage to Miss Annie KJOS took place in Norway in 1844, and five years latter in 1849, he crossed the Atlantic in a sailing vessel to the New World, where he hoped to secure a home and competence. He first located in Muskego, Wis., where he worked as a common laborer some three years, coming thence to Waupaca County in 1853. He was one of the first settlers, and is now the second oldest living resident in Scandinavia Township. The hardships and trail of pioneer life are familiar to him, and the history of that county are known to him from the days when it was an almost unbroken wilderness, inhabited mostly by Indians. He has borne an important part in the work of development, transforming the land from its uncultivated condition into rich and valuable farms. Here he purchased 160 acres of wild land, on which not a furrow had been turned or an improvement made, and successfully continued its cultivation until 1884, when enfeebled health caused him to lay aside business cares, and he is now living a retired life. He worked for many years on the river rafting logs, and his career has been that of an industrious energetic man, bringing to him a well-merited competence.

Mrs. Williamson, who was born in Norway, September 29, 1820, is also yet living. He is a stanch Republican in politics and has served in several local offices with credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents. He filled the office of Assessor for twelve years, and has also been Township Treasurer. He and his family are members of the Lutheran Church. The children were Annie, now the wife of August LARSON, a resident of Wausau; William who is now living in La Crosse, Wis., Andrew, the efficient Sheriff of Waupaca County; Berit, deceased; Denah; Buck, who is located in Iola, Wis.; Edward Ove, of Waupaca; Anton G., subject of this sketch’ and Lewis B., deceased.

Anton G. WILLIAMS conned his lessons in the public schools near his home, and acquired a good practical educations. Under the parental roof he was reared to manhood, and at an early age he began to work in the fields, so that he was soon familiar with farm work in its various department. He now owns and operates the old home farm on which he was born, comprising 120 acres of land, the greater part of which is under cultivations and improved in a manner that indicates his practical and progressive spirit, and makes his farm one of the best in the community. He is accounted one the representative agriculturalists of Waupaca County, as well as one of the most prominent citizens. He has been called to official honors, having served as a member of the town Board of Supervisors and as a Treasurer of the school district, and in his political views has followed his father’s example by always supporting the Republican Party. Like the honored family to which he belongs he is connected with the Lutheran Church.

Buried:
A 18 142

Notes:

Or Lewis.

Buried:
A 18 142

Notes:

Age 17 and single in the 1865 census.

Birth:
1851 in her daughter Anne’s birth record

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 8 Nov 1840, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

His baptismal sponsors were Ole Olsen Qvien, Ole Gusmandsen Oÿlai, Torhild Iversen Sondrohl, Guri Iversdatter Sondrohl, Anne Torhildsdatter Hemsing.

He was A.T. Lalim (mis-indexed as Salim) in the 1880 census. He and his family lived in Sacred Heart Twp.

He and his wife were Anders and Randi Lalem of Sacred Heart Twp, Renville County, Minnesota, in that state’s 1895 census. All but their oldest child were living at home.

Birth:
94/1 Lalim; Find A Grave says, incorrectly, 24 Jul 1840.

Family/Spouse: Randi STENSRUD. Randi was born on 30 May 1843 in Norway; died on 8 Jun 1903 in Minnesota; was buried in Our Savior’s Cemetery, Sacred Heart Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

gbr

According to Vang C, p. 92, only two of his children stayed in Norway. Nine emigrated to the U.S.

Birth:
Lalim 94/1

Family/Spouse: Ingeborg Iversdatter HEMSING. Ingeborg (daughter of Ivar Sjugurdson HEMSING and Kjersti Trondsdatter KATTEVOLD) was born in 1841. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marit Persdatter HELLE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Møsåker

Family/Spouse: Thomas Johnsen MØSÅKER. Thomas (son of John Thomasen MØSÅKER and Berit Tostensdatter HAMRE) was born on 1 Feb 1850 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 21 Apr 1931 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 15 May 1864, Scandinavia Twp, Waupaca County, Wisconsin

Notes:

Baptism:
Scandinavia Lutheran

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

Her obituary:

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

Baptism:
24 Aug and 26 Sep

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

Birth info per dwfrench1.

Birth:
Egge i Lomen

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

Notes:

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

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

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

Notes:

Emigrated.

In the 1900 census he is in Goodhue County.

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

Notes:

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

Birth:
Bunde 97/ (either 1 or 4)

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

Notes:

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

Died at Fertile, Minnesota, on 11 Jun 1889.

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

Of his 11 children, seven survived to adulthood.


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Died:
cancer

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

He has a great-granddaughter named Nina.

Notes:

Birth:
Rudi Dalen

Died:
Glenmore

Family/Spouse: Knud Olsen JARSTAD. Knud (son of Ole Knudsen JARSTAD and Anne Pedersdatter HANDE) was born on 20 Mar 1837 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 5 Feb 1918 in Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Torger Haldorsen HAMRE. Torger was born on 5 Dec 1847 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 27 Nov 1924 in Saskatchewan, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Knut Tollefsen HAUGEN. Knut (son of Tollev Tordsen and Marit Olsdatter KVÅLE) was born on 2 Nov 1833 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 20 Apr 1920 in Freeborn County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 12 Apr 1838, Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Birth:
Lomen, Røn or Slidre local parish

Berit married Alv Alvson RØVANG on 6 Aug 1855 in Winneshiek County, Iowa. Alv (son of Alv Thomassen RØVANG and Ambjørg Olsdatter LOME) was born on 7 Jun 1831 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 15 Apr 1915 in Fillmore County, Minnesota; was buried in Garness Lutheran Church Cemetery, Harmony, Fillmore County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ole Jøgersen HELLE. Ole (son of Jøger Knudsen VIK and Marit Olsdatter LOMEN) was born on 4 May 1838 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 15 Dec 1905 in Freeborn County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Heen 70/2 Bøkko

Died:
Fygle 73/

Family/Spouse: Randi Olsdatter NORDSVEEN. Randi (daughter of Ola Olsen NORDSVEEN and Ingebjørg Johannesdatter NORDLAND) was born in 1895 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1977 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Guri Jonsdatter UKSHØVD. Guri was born in 1853 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang B, p.290.

Family/Spouse: Ingeborg Knutsdatter BERGE. Ingeborg was born in 1872. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Torger Endresen LANDSRUD. Torger was born on 3 Feb 1837 in Landsrud, Røen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Vestre

Family/Spouse: Ingrid Gundersdatter RANUM. Ingrid was born on 24 Jun 1854 in Nord-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 30 Dec 1930 in Washington Prairie, Winneshiek County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Julia KNUTSON. Julia was born on 6 Dec 1868 in Minnesota; died on 19 Aug 1895 in North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Berit Tollefsen TVENGE. Berit (daughter of Peder Tollefson TVENGE and Sigrid KJOS) was born on 5 Feb 1865 in Winneshiek County, Iowa; died on 16 Jan 1933 in Winneshiek County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Joseph Idso THOMPSON. Joseph (son of Nils Nilsen THOMPSON and Ingebjørg Isabel KVÅLE) was born on 19 Sep 1865 in Fillmore County, Minnesota; died on 21 May 1952 in Houston County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Rose Agnes HASSEN. Rose died on 16 Sep 1992 in Austin, Mower County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Dennis Redwing

Birth:
Newburg

Family/Spouse: Lena BRENNA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

Birth:
107/3 Kubakke

Baptism:
Hurum

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

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

Family/Spouse: Johanna OVERGAARD. Johanna was born on 4 Sep 1874 in Freeborn County, Minnesota; died on 26 Feb 1943 in Stevens County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

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

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

Avis Berger calls her Anna K E Omundson.

Birth:
98/1

Baptism:
Høre church

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

Notes:

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

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

Notes:

Birth:
Skehelde

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

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

Notes:

Birth:
Kvien 96/8 Kvieshaugen

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

Birth:
Helle i Hurums

Baptism:
Hurums

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

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