Gjartrud Knutsdatter GRØV

Notes:

Birth:
Grøv 7/1

Died:
Kvåle 39/1 Nerre

Family/Spouse: Torstein Kristoffersen KVÅLE. Torstein (son of Kristoffer Torsteinson KVÅLE and Sigrid Olsdatter KVÅLE) was born in 1680 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1735 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is I1066 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes:

Marit var nesten 40 år yngre enn mannen Ola. De hadde 5 barn: Gunvor 1733- gm husmann Torgeir Knutsen Grøv til Lo under Skjøre, Sigrid 1735- gm Gudbrand G Uvdal, uppigarden, Gjartrud 1739-, gm husmann Øystein Knutsen Uvdal og Knut 1742-7 uker gam mel. Da Ola døde, giftet Marit seg straks igjen med Andris Trondsen Brekke, som var på hennes alder. Med ham fikk hun 3 barn: Ingebjørg 1750-1773, Anne 1751-1815 og Ragnhild 1754 død samme år.

Birth:
Kvåle 39/1 Nerre i Vang

Died:
Grihamar 4/

Family/Spouse: Ola Knutsen GRIHAMAR. Ola (son of Knut Madsen GRIHAMAR and Unknown) was born in 1669 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 19 Jan 1748 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Guri Bjørnsdatter KATTEVØL. Guri was born in 1717 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1777 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Kvåle 39/1 Nerre

Died:
Netrøst 40/1

Family/Spouse: Thomas Bjørnson KATTEVOLD. Thomas (son of Bjørn Alvson KATTEVOLD and Gjartrud (Guri) Helgesdotter ELLINGBØE) was born in 1714 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1760 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Grihamar 4/

Died:
Grihamar 4/

Family/Spouse: Guri Olsdatter LEINE. Guri (daughter of Ola Nilsson LEINE and Berit Knutsdatter JEVNE) was born in 1744 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1804 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Grihamar 4/

Sigrid married Gudbrand Gudbrandsen UVDAL in 1753 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Gudbrand (son of Gudbrand Gudbrandsen SKOGSTAD and Ingebjørg Andrisdatter LUNDE) was born in 1727 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1808 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Grihamar 4/

Died:
Lo (B) under Skjøre 18/4-5

Gunvor married Torgeir Knutsen GRØV on 2 Sep 1754 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Torgeir (son of Knut Nilsson GRØV and Kari Asgrimsdatter UVDAL) was born in 1731 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1796 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Kvåle 39/1 Nerre

Died:
Kvåle 39/1 Nerre

Family/Spouse: Anne Kristoffersdatter BERGE. Anne (daughter of Kristoffer Olsen BERGE and Gunhild Amundsdatter BØ) was born in 1746 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1777 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Netrøst 40/1

Family/Spouse: Ingebjørg Gudmundsdatter RISTE. Ingebjørg (daughter of Gudmund Knudson RISTE and Guri Madsdatter NETRØST) was born in 1740 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1816. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Grihamar 4/

Died:
Nystuen 1/

Berit married Jon Knutsen NYSTUEN in 1797 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Jon (son of Knut Thomassen ELTUN and Anne Andrisdatter ELLINGBØ) was born in 1770 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1838 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Grihamar 4/

Family/Spouse: Ingeborg Marie Olsdatter EDSVOLD. Ingeborg (daughter of Ole EDSVOLD and Cecelia Katharine Jørgensdatter BRATT) was born in 1773 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang B, p. 166.

He is I4333 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes:

Han var først innerst på Nystuen, hvor han traff den første konen sin, Anne K Nystuen(1763-1797), hun var tanten til "Basen", den berømte fjellstøgemannen. De hadde fire barn, men bare Knut (1794- ) overlevde. Han ble husmann i Bakka under Eltun 13/

Da Olas første kone (Anne Nystuen) døde, giftet han seg året etter i 1798 med Marit Olsdatter Høverstad. og fikk i 1799 (13.2) kjøpt farsgården hennes. Marit og Ola hadde 8 barn, men bare 4 levde opp. Foruten Gullik var det: Ola (1804-1887) som var ugjift og bodde hos broren på Lajord. Han var rentenist. Gudbrand (1807- ) gift med Marit I Eltun på Lo under Lunde 17/-. Anne (1811-1837) hun var født på Langestølen og gift med Ola T Lo u/ Skjøre. Hun tok sin søster Sigrid (1815-1837) med seg til Skjøre da hun giftet seg. Men 2. juni 1837 omkom begge søstrene og hele familien til Anne, da det gikk et jordras på Skj øre. Høverstad ble solgt på tvangsausjon da Ola døde i 1817.

Birth:
Uvdal 2/4 Uppigarde

Family/Spouse: Marit Olsdatter HØVERSTAD. Marit (daughter of Ola Gullikson HØVERSTAD and Gro Kristoffersdotter MØSAKER) was born in 1776 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1846 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Uvdal 2/4 Uppigarden

Died:
Uvdal 2/4 Uppigarden

Family/Spouse: Ingebjørg Sjugurdsdatter STRAND. Ingebjørg (daughter of Sjugurd Guttormsen STRAND and Kari Gullaksdatter HEGG) was born in 1769 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1845 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Uvdal 2/4 Uppigarde

Family/Spouse: Eirik Andrisson ELTUN. Eirik (son of Andris Eirikson ELTUN and Ingebjørg Andrisdatter) was born in 1750 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1833 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is omitted from the bygdebok’s listings of her parents’ children.

Birth:
dwfrench1 says 1773

Gjartrud married Eivind Knutsen LEIROL on 25 Jan 1791 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Eivind (son of Knut Jonsen RØN and Ingeborg Evensdatter FRIGSTAD) was born in 1763 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1816 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Grøv 7/2 (Husmannsplass)

Marit married Haldor Haldorsen ØDEGÅRD on 30 Jun 1783. Haldor was born in 1728 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1794. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Lo (B) under Skjøre 19/4-5

Ola married Ingeborg Olsdatter Leine LO in 1789. Ingeborg was born in 1763 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1837. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang A, p. 690.

Birth:
Kvåle 39/1 Nerre

Family/Spouse: Berit Knutsdatter BØE. Berit (daughter of Knut Håkonsen BØE and Sigrid Håvardsdatter KASA) was born in 1767 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1858. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Netrøst 40/1

Family/Spouse: Berit Andrisdatter TUNE. Berit (daughter of Andris Ivarson TUNE and Ingeborg Jonsdatter ELLINGBØ) was born in 1767 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1832. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Guro Andrisdatter SKOGSTAD. Guro was born in 1802 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1830. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is I8159 in Jim’s VS. Jim’s notes: Han var først innerst på Nystuen, så så kjøpte han Nundal i Årdal i 1846, men da kona Berit døde like etter, solgte han gården igjen i 1849 og flyttet tilbake til Nystuen. Der bodde han i Grønli til de flyttet til Amerika i 1854.

In the 1880 census, he was Tosten J Nystuen, a farmer in Silver Lake Twp, Worth County, Iowa. The household consisted of himself, age 72, Anna, 56, Ole T., 27, Gulbrand, 25, Anna, 21, Tosten, 19, Knudt, 18, Ole, 16, Beret, 14, and Guri, 12.

Birth:
Nystuen 1/

Torstein married Berit Iversdotter UVDAL (UPDAL) in 1837. Berit (daughter of Iver Trondsson /OPDAL UVDAL and Velgjerd Trondsdotter BREKKE) was born in 1815 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1848 in Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Torstein married Anne Gudbrandsdatter UVDALUnited States. Anne (daughter of Gudbrand Gudbrandsen UVDAL and Anne Ivarsdatter UVDAL) was born in 1824 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1915 in St. Ansgar, Mitchell County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Nystuen 1/

Family/Spouse: Asgrim Ivarson UVDAL. Asgrim (son of Ivar Asgrimson UVDAL and Marit Jacobsdatter BAGGETUN) was born in 1802 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is I8156 in Jim’s VS. Jim’s notes: De dro til USA med hele familien i 1854. Hun hadde tvillingbroren Jon, som døde før han ble døpt i kirken.

Birth:
Nystuen 1/

Berit married Eirik Helgesson KASA in 1838 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Eirik (son of Helge Eiriksson KASA and Berit Johannesdatter SVIEN) was born in 1815 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 2 Apr 1888 in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He married his first cousin.

Birth:
Grihamar 4/

Ola married Sissel Persdatter HAUGEN in 1834. Sissel (daughter of Per Knutsen KVAM and Karen Olsdatter EDSVOLD) was born in 1815 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He and Anne were living on Korsekeren (Jim calls this Haugen 30/1 (Krøsseikra)) in Vang in the 1865 census with their children Ole, age 14, and Torsteen, age 13.

Birth:
Grihamar 4/

Family/Spouse: Anne Tostensdatter KJERSTEIN. Anne (daughter of Torstein Ivarsen KJERSTEIN and Kari Olsdatter ØYLO) was born in 1816 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1869. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Marie Magenta says 1808-1899.

Vang A, p. 103, says 1805-1897.

Family/Spouse: Randi Trondsdatter ØYE. Randi (daughter of Thron Johansen ØYE and Anne Johnsdatter NYSTØGA) was born in 1823; died in 1855. [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:

He is I2459 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes:

Da han var 74 år og enkemann i 1862, ble han med sønnen sin Gudbrand og alle barnebarna til USA. Om etterkommere se Fil USA

Gudbrand og Anne hadde barna: GUDBRAND UVDAL (1823-), se nedenfor INGEBJØRG UVDAL (1827- ) gm Nils Håvardson Hermundstad-Hagen, de reiste til USA i 1853, sammen med to av søsknene til Ingebjørg: IVAR UVDAL (1830-) og ANNE UVDAL (1839- ), hun var bare 14 år da hun reiste med søsteren, svogeren og broren til USA. ANDRIS UVDAL (1833- ) til USA i 1854 MARIT UVDAL (1836-) til USA i 1857 ASGRIM UVDAL (1844- ) til USA med faren og broren Gudbrand i 1862.

GUDBRAND G UVDAL (1823- ) overtok gården allerede i 1852, (skjøte 6.11.1852) for 490 spd og livaure til faren og moren. Han giftet seg i 1849 med ANNE TORSTEINSON KJERSTEIN (1823- ) De fikk følgnde barn: Gudbrand (1849-) Anne (1851- ) Torstein (1853- ) Ivar (1855- ) Kari (1858- ) Ingebjørg (1860- )

Det begynte nok å bli trangt på gården allerede i 1853, og søsknene til Gudbrand reiste i tur og orden til USA. De må nok ha skrevet hjem og fortalt om fine forhold, for etter å ha gått å grunnet litt, bestemte Gudbrand seg for å selge Uvdal 2/1 (uppigarden) og dra over til Amerika han også. Moren hans var nettopp død, og den 74 år gamle faren bestemte seg for å være med på ferden, sammen med den yngste sønnen Asgrim.

Frøholm skriver:"Med skjøte 5.3.1862 selde Gudbrand garden med lausøyre, utan livaure, til Gudbrand G Bø (1831-1905) for 700 spd og reiste til USA, saman med heile huslyden sin og faren og broren. Dermed vart den gamle Skogstad-Uvdals-ætta avløys t av ei ny ætt".

Dette er ikke helt riktig, for Gudbrand G Bø som overtok, var også av samme ætta.

Birth:
Uvdal 2/4; Valerie Ulstad says 8 May 1789

Died:
Valerie Ulstad

Gudbrand married Anne Ivarsdatter UVDAL in 1823. Anne (daughter of Ivar Asgrimson UVDAL and Marit Jacobsdatter BAGGETUN) was born in 1799 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1861. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She and Håvard and family emigrated to the USA in 1853 according to Jim’s notes for her in his VS.

Birth:
Uvdal 2/4 Uppigarden

Family/Spouse: Håvard Nilsen HERMUNDSTAD. Håvard was born in 1797 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She married her first cousin.

Died:
Nordland

Family/Spouse: Knud Evensen HEEN. Knud (son of Eivind Knutsen LEIROL and Gjartrud Gudbrandsdatter UVDAL) was born in 1797 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1880 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Birth:
Opdal i Øye

Family/Spouse: Anders Andersen SKOGSTAD. Anders (son of Andris Nilson LUNDE and Marit Gudbrandsdatter SKOGSTAD) was born on 10 Aug 1812 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 3 Apr 1895 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ingeborg Nilsdatter LUNDE. Ingeborg (daughter of Nils Helgesen KJERSTEIN and Gunvor Andrisdatter LUNDE) was born in 1792 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Andris married Thora Iversdatter KJERSTEIN in 1815 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Thora (daughter of Ivar Torsteinson KJERSTEIN and Anne Kristoffersdatter LEIROL) was born in 1794 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1861. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Eltun 15/1 Nordigarden (Teigen)

Gudbrand married Jørand Olsdatter KVÅLE in 1827. Jørand (daughter of Ola Torsteinson KVÅLE and Ragndi Andrisdatter KVÅLE) was born in 1790 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1852. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Eltun 13/1 Nordigarden.

Family/Spouse: Ola Knutsson SKJØRE. Ola (son of Knut Torgeirson LO and Gunvor Trondsdatter SKJØRE) was born in 1794. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang B, p. 288.

He married his first cousin.

Birth:
Heen 70/2 Bøkko

Died:
Hagen 88/3-9-16 av Jevne, Ryfoss

Family/Spouse: Sigri Gulbrandsdatter UVDAL. Sigri (daughter of Gudbrand Gudbrandsen UVDAL and Ingebjørg Sjugurdsdatter STRAND) was born in 1795 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1833 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Johnson NEFSTAD. John (son of Jon Knutsen NEFSTAD and Marit Endresdatter LIEN) was born in 1807 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is I1208 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes:

Andris hadde, etter mye strev fått låne penger til å kjøpe Vøvle, som han hadde forpaktet av staten i 24 år, men lensmann Lars Wangensteen Kvam ville ha gården til sin sønn, Lars som var lærer og fikk "overtalt" Andris til ikke å by på den. Andri s døde på Jome i VS hos sin sønn. Det var Andris som kjøpte Jomen 57/7 i 1857.

The translation of this is: Andris had, after much effort, borrowed money to buy Vøvle, which he had leased by the state for 24 years, but sheriff Lars Wangensteen Kvam wanted the farm of his son, Lars who was a teacher and got "persuaded" Andris not to bid on it. Andri's died at Jome in VS with his son. It was Andris who bought Jomen 57/7 in 1857.

Birth:
Ødegård 22/1

Died:
Jome 52/7, Jordet

Andris married Gjartrud Thomasdatter TØRSTAD in 1816. Gjartrud (daughter of Thomas Olsen TØRSTAD and Giertrud Pedersdatter VEBLEN) was born in 1792 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1822 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

I76 in Jim’s VS.

Birth:
Lo U Skjøre Øyemarke 14/

Family/Spouse: Kari Guttormsdatter WANGENSTEEN STRAND. Kari (daughter of Guttorm Sjugurdson STRAND and Ragnhild Ovesdotter WANGENSTEEN) was born in 1796 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Kvåle 39/1 Nerre

Family/Spouse: Ingebjørg Nilsdatter GRØV. Ingebjørg (daughter of Nils Jørnson KLINGENBERG and Magelin Knutsdatter GRØV) was born in 1782 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1856. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

I2963 in Jim’s VS.

Birth:
Kvåle 39/1 Nerre

Family/Spouse: Niels Nielsen GRØV. Niels (son of Nils Jørnson KLINGENBERG and Magelin Knutsdatter GRØV) was born about 1794 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1868. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Kvåle 39/1 Nerre

Margrete married Andris Olsen KATTEVOLD in 1822. Andris (son of Ole Andrisson KATTEVOLD and Ingebjørg Nilsdatter GRØV) was born in 1806 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1889. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jim calls him Erik Kristoffersen Kvåle, I8780, in his VS.

Birth:
Kvåle 39/1 Nerre

Erich married Kjersti Endresdatter KATTEVOLD on 7 Jun 1842 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Kjersti (daughter of Endre Trondsen KATTEVOLD and Ragndi Andrisdatter BERGE) was born in 1816 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1889. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang A, p. 671. This citation only mentions his later marriage to Berit Torsteinsdatter Kattevøl.

Family/Spouse: Kirsti Simonsdatter LAJORD. Kirsti (daughter of Simon Knutsson BAGETUN (SØYNE) and Anne Torsteinsdatter ELLINGBØ) was born in 1812 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1864. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Netrøst 40/1

Family/Spouse: Thomas Thomassen HAUGEN. Thomas (son of Thomas Madsen HAUGEN and Dordi Nilsdatter GRØV) was born in 1812 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1887. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Netrøst 40/1

Family/Spouse: Torstein Torsteinsen LAJORD. Torstein (son of Torstein Torsteinson LAJORD and Guri Simensdatter SØYNE) was born in 1800 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1845. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Andris married Anna Sofie Andersdatter RÅ in 1853 in Lærdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. Anna was born in 1833 in Lærdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died in 1910. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jøger Jøgersson AUSTREIM. Jøger (son of Jøger Jøgerson KVEBØKKO and Berit Evensdatter HEEN) was born on 2 Sep 1838 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 30 Aug 1886 in Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Dalby Database has his widow as Nikkoline L. Lervik.

Family/Spouse: Berit Knutsdatter LEE. Berit was born on 10 Aug 1842 in Valdres i Oppland, Norway; died on 20 Jan 1883 in Worth County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 13 Nov 1842, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Went by Ellen in the U.S. In the 1910 census, she had had four children, only two still living.

From the Dalby database:

Funeral services for Mrs. Velgjer Svien, who passed away at her home Saturday morning, January 24, were held in St. John's Lutheran church this afternoon at 2 p.m. with the pastor the Rev. B. R. Biorn officiating. Burial was made in the family lot beside the graves of her husband and four children. Pallbearers were six grand-nephews, Elmer, Clarence, Luther, George, Paul and Maurice Nystuen. Velgjer Nystuen Svien was born in Norway on October 10, 1842. After the death of her mother, Mr. Nystuen came to America with his family when Velgjer was 11 years of age. The trip from Norway to Quebec, Canada in 1854 took seven weeks aboard the slow sailing ship. The Nystuens first settled in Spring Prairie, Wis. and later moved to St. Ansgar, Iowa. It was there in 1860 that Velgjer married Andrew Svien. They moved to Goodhue county, Minnesota in 1865 where they were engaged in farming until 1876 when they moved to Northfield. She and her husband operated a hotel on Division Street. Mr. Svien also served as policeman. Mrs. Svien was a charter member of the Ladies Aid society of St. John's church and a long time member of the congregation. Mr. Svien passed away inn 1927. For several years she continued to reside at the home on Washington Street. She was cared for later in a rest home and at the time of her death was being cared for by her grandson and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. William Lockren. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Hans Bergan, Lake Mills, Iowa; six grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren. A foster daughter, Mrs. H. E. Frazee (Susie) of Pelican Rapids, also survives.

and:

The state’s oldest resident, Mrs. Velgjer Svien, passed away Friday, Jan. 23,1953, at the age of 110 years, 3 months, and 13 days. Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. B. R. Biorn at St. Johns Lutheran church Tuesday, Jan. 27, at 2 oclock. Gertrude Boe Overby was soloist and Mrs. H. J. Westwood was organist. Burial was beside her husband in Northfield cemetery.

Velgjer Nystuen was born at Valdres, Norway, Oct. 10, 1842. After the death of her mother which occurred when Velgjer was only eight, she came with her father and his other children to the United States in 1854. The trip across the ocean was made on a sailing vessel, taking eleven weeks. The familys first home was in Spring Prairie, Wis. After three years they moved to St. Ansgar, la., and it was here in 1860 that Velgjer was married to Andrew J. Svien. She was then 18 years of age. In 1865 Mr. and Mrs. Svien moved to a farm in Goodhue county, Minnesota. Northfield became their home in 1876 and for the remaining years of their lives. Mr. Svien died in 1926, and Mrs. Svien spent 77 years as a resident here. For a time Mr. and Mrs. Svien had a hotel on Division street in the building now occupied by the Berg and Son Upholstery business, but Mr. Svien is better remembered by the generations of his day as the town policeman, an affable man faithfully walking his beat. Mrs. Svien’s recipe for long life, “Don’t hurry,” she practiced indeed. She never allowed herself to be hurried or worried, taking each moment, as well as each day, as it came, and maintaining a serenity rarely found in this mechanized day of speed. She enjoyed remarkably good health and strength for her advanced years. On her 100th birthday she sat through an afternoon of festivities in her honor given by the ladies aid at St. John’s church, and she showed no weariness from the experience. She was a charter member of the ladies aid and a member of the church. That birthday was also marked by an interview with her on the radio, as well as another party given her at her home, at which about 100 relatives and friends came to greet her. On her 105th birthday another sizable celebration was held at her home. This too she enjoyed thoroughly, making frequent trips outside to pose for pictures. Until she was 98 Mrs. Svien lived alone and took care of her home and of herself. Her daughter Carrie, Mrs. Lervik, then came to live with her. The daughter passed away after a few years. Seven years ago a grandson, William Lockren, and Mrs. Lockren came to care for Mrs. Svien. She clung to the practice of ministering to her own needs until frailty prevented, and that was only about three years ago. The Sviens had two sons and two daughters: Carrie, John, Tom, and Anna, all of whom have died; also a foster daughter, Susie, Mrs. H. E. Frazee, who lives in Pelican Rapids. There are six grandchildren,10 great-grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren. Mrs. Svien has one sister living, Mrs. Hans Bergan, Lake Mills, la. Mrs. Bergan is in her 90s. The pallbearers for Mrs. Svien were all grandnephews. They were all Nystuens, Elmer, Clarence, Luther, George, Paul, and Maurice. Mrs. Svien had seen in her life-time a panorama of marvelous changes—from sailing vessels to steamboats to aircraft; from prairie and woodland country to cities and paved highways; from covered wagons and horses to trains and automobiles. She had seen the wonders of science bring in the telephone, the electric light, the phonograph, the radio, and television. She had seen her country in the throes of five wars; The Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World Wars I and II, and the present Korean conflict. She had lived in this country under 20 presidents. Franklin Pierce was president when she arrived in 1854. The Civil War was raging when she came with her husband to Goodhue county. And their arrival in Northfield was the same year the James-Younger raid invaded the city and met its Waterloo. Her life in the Midwest embraced the period of the development of this great area from its rudest beginnings.

Birth:
Nystuen 1/ husmannsplass

Velgjerd married Anders Johannessen SVIEN in 1860 in Iowa. Anders (son of Johannes J H SVIEN and Anna Andrisdatter LUNDE) was born on 11 Mar 1837 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1927 in Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is I45049 in Jim’s VS. Jim’s notes: Han var med familien da de skulle til amerika iu 1854, men da han kom til Bergen, nektet pjokken på 6 år å reise, så han ble igjen der hos noen slektninger, men reiste siden over til, Amerika som voksen mann.

Birth:
Nundal 4/ vestre

Notes:

Birth:
Nystuen 1/ husmannsplass

Notes:

Tosten had been a farmer. He died from chronic myocarditis.

Birth:
from death certificate

Family/Spouse: Karina HARMON. Karina was born in 1873. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to his death certificate, Gulbrand had been a telegraph operator for a railroad.

He died as a result of a cerebral hemorrhage that occurred on Christmas Day, 1935.

Birth:
date from his death certificate

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

Notes:

Tosten never married: a Norwegian bachelor farmer. He died from arteriosclerosis.

Birth:
from his death certificate

Notes:

He died from a cerebral hemorrhage.

Family/Spouse: Anna THOMPSON. Anna (daughter of Tories THOMPSON) was born on 26 Jul 1872 in Mitchell County, Iowa; died on 20 Apr 1926 in Worth County, Iowa; was buried in Silver Lake Lutheran Church Cemetery, Silver Lake Twp, Worth County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Uvdal 2/

Family/Spouse: Torgeir Torgeirson ELTUN. Torgeir (son of Torgeir Thomassen ELTUN and Gjartrud Larsdatter GRØV) was born in 1819 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Opdal or Uvdal i Øye

Family/Spouse: Randi Tostensdatter ELLINGBÖE. Randi (daughter of Tosten Larsen ELLINGBÖE and Anne Olsdatter TURTNES) was born on 2 Jul 1831 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 23 May 1882. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Family/Spouse: Østen Johansson SVIEN. Østen (son of Johan-Henrik Johannesen SVIEN and Ingebjørg Larsdatter GRØV) was born on 20 Jun 1830 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1899. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 22 Sep 1839, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1900 census, she had had 7 children, 6 still living. Those are the same numbers in the 1910 census.

She is living with her son Henry and daughter Emma in Wang Twp, Renville County, in the 1920 census.

Birth:
29 Aug 1840 on her gravestone

Died:
3 Sep 1920 on her gravestone

Family/Spouse: Helge Iverson OLDRE. Helge (son of Ivar Helgesson LEINE OLDRE and Ingebjørg Øysteinsdotter BØ) was born on 8 Feb 1838 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 16 Aug 1919 in Renville County, Minnesota; was buried in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1922-MN-004700

Notes:

Helge Erikson Kasa was one of the contributors to the start-up of St. Olaf College.

He was a veteran of the Civil War, Company D, 10th Regiment, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry.

As Henry, 38, he and his family were living with his parents in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, in the 1880 census.

In the 1885 state census, he is in Warsaw Twp. Living on one side is his parents and brother Johannes and family. Living on the other side is his sister Ambjor Ellingboe, widow of Iver.

In the 1895 state census, the family lives next to the Gaasdelens (widow Guri, 58, is the head) in Warsaw Twp. In the census at least, Henry and Ingrid are listed as Erikson although all of their children are Kasas. All of the children, from Berit to Albert except for Iver, are still living with Henry and Ingrid in 1895.

In the 1920 census, Helge and Ingrid still have Berith, Helge, John, Oscar, and Albert at home, all single. In addition, they have three grandchildren living with them: Freddie (#11119), Herman, and Alice. The last two seem to be Erick’s.

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

He is Henry Erickson on his death certificate, for which the informant was his wife Ida. He died of stomach cancer.

Birth:
born May 1842 in the 1900 census

Helge married Ingrid Ivarsdatter (Ida) ELLINGBØ about 1867. Ingrid (daughter of Ivar Helgesson LEINE OLDRE and Ingebjørg Øysteinsdotter BØ) was born on 12 Aug 1847 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 16 Apr 1931 in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried on 22 Apr 1931 in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1908-MN-004467
• Baptism: 19 Jul 1846, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She is I4390 in Jim’s VS.

In the 1895 state census she is a widow, age 49, and living in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, next to her son Erik and his wife Anna. Beret’s household consists of herself, Beret J., Anne, 19, Beret, 17, Ingeborg, 14, Johanna, 12, and Anders, 9.

In the 1900 census, she is a widow living as head of household in Warsaw, Goodhue County, with her children Erik, Johanna and Anders. She is shown as having had 10 children, 5 still living. She is also shown to have come to this country in 1853. Her next door neighbor is Thomas Soine and family.

Buried:
buried with her daughter Ingeborg Gurine

Family/Spouse: Johannes J (John) SVIEN. Johannes (son of Johannes J H SVIEN and Anna Andrisdatter LUNDE) was born on 10 Aug 1844 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 16 May 1889 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1936-MN-004948
• Baptism: 18 Feb 1849, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She is I4391 in Jim’s Ellingboe tree.

Jim’s notes (according to a letter from Vickie H.):

"Ambjør," as her name was written in earlier records, was five years old when her family of eight immigrated to the Spring Prairie community in Columbia County, Wisconsin. In 1861 her family came to Warsaw Township in Goodhue County, where she spent the rest of her life. On May 22, 1864, Ambjor was confirmed with 13 others at Holden Lutheran Church, rural Kenyon. Her parents later joined Vang Lutheran Church in Dennison. After marriage Ambjor and Iver lived in Warsaw Township near the Kasa farm. She became a widow at the age of 32 years, and gave birth to her 5th child eight months after Iver's death. In 1911 Ambjor sold, to her son Erik, 126 acres in sections 20 and 29 of Warsaw Township for $7,000. At the time of the 1930 census, she was living with Erik and his family. Prior to her death, she lived with her daughter Christine in Dennison. Ambjor was the last surviving child of Erika and Berit Nystuen Kasa's seven children. She and Iver had five children.

Shown as “Ambjor” on her death certificate.

Find A Grave says that she came to the U.S. with her parents in 1854.

In the 1885 state census she is a widow living with her five children in Warsaw Twp next to her Kasa siblings and parents.

In the 1895 state census she is Ambjor Ellingboe, living with her five children in Warsaw Twp.

In the 1900 census, shown as having emigrated in 1860.

In the 1900 census, she and her family were living in Warsaw Township, Goodhue County, MN. The family consisted of Ambjor, 50 (Jan 1850), widowed and the mother of 3 children, her son, Erik, 23 (Mar 1877), her son Iver J., 18 (Jan 1882), and her grand-daughter Emeline, 4 (Apr 1896). Both of Emeline’s parents were born in Minnesota. A Helge Kasa and family, perhaps Ambjor’s brother, lived two farms away.

In the 1910 census, she is living with her son Erick and his family. She is shown to have had 5 children, apparently 5 still living.

Her son Iver’s employment registration card at CF&I listed her as Mrs. Emma Elllingboe of Dennison, Minnesota, his nearest blood relative.

Birth:
Find A Grave says 12 Jan 1849, her obit and the bygdebok say 12 Jan 1850, the ELCA church record for her burial says 10 Jan 1849

Ambjørg married Ivar Trondsson ELLINGBØE on 18 Jun 1872 in Holden Lutheran Church, Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Ivar (son of Trond Iversson ELLINGBØE (OPDAL, UVDAL) and Kjersti Helgesdotter KJERSTEIN) was born on 8 Oct 1843 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 29 Apr 1881 in Minnesota; was buried on 5 May 1881 in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Living with his parents in the 1870 census.

Married and living next to his parents in the 1885 census.

He is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books), as John E Kasa of Dennison, Minnesota. He was a member of the Samband between 1905 and 1910.

Johannes married Marith Gundersdatter LIEN in 1883. Marith (daughter of Gunnar Gunnarsen LIEN and Anne Andrisdatter AUSTREIM) was born on 23 Feb 1861 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 21 Oct 1934 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shown in the church book as the daughter of Ole Olsson Qvam and Sissel Pedersdatter; sponsors Christopher Qvam, Gulbrand Berge, Karen Olsdatter K, Berith Gulliksdatter Qvam, Marith Anfinsdatter.

Birth:
Kvam 32/4 Nørre

Family/Spouse: Ole Knudson GAASEDELEN. Ole (son of Knut Knutson GAASEDELEN and Rangdi Nilsdotter STELE) was born on 30 Jun 1827 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 16 Jan 1890 in Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 5 Jun 1842, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Not listed in JIm’s VS.

Shown in church book as son of Ole Olsen Qvam and Sessel Pedersdatter; sponsors Christopher Qvam, Gulbrand Berge, Knud somebody, Ingeborg Grehamar, Sessel Grihamar.

The Bednark Quam Family Tree shows him marrying Margaret Stende in the U.S.

Birth:
presumably Kvam 32/4 Nørre

Family/Spouse: Margrete Andrisdatter STEINDE. Margrete (daughter of Andris Trondsen SKJØRE and Marit Thomasdatter LO) was born in 1841 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

Buried:
as Torsten O. Lensmanshougen

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

Notes:

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

Birth:
Haugen 30/1 (Krøsseikra) Lensmannshaugen

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 24 Sep 1848, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Some sources, including Norway Select Baptisms, say b. 1 Apr 1851, bapt. 27 Apr 1851. This is incorrect. According to the church birth records on Digitalarkivet, that 1851 Anne Tostensdatter is the daughter of Tosten Olsen Sonderol and Randi Olsdatter.

The 1848 Anne (b. 23 Jul 1848, bapt. 24 Sep 1848) is the daughter of Tosten Olsen and Randi Thronsdatter Grihammer.

Family/Spouse: Jørgen K HERMUNDSTAD. Jørgen (son of Knut Jørnsson KVÅLE and Ingebjørg Knutsdotter LAJORD) was born on 7 Oct 1850 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Hermundstad i Øye according to Marie Magenta

Family/Spouse: Ole Knutson ELTUN. Ole was born on 2 Feb 1840 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 9 Apr 1891 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 9 Jun 1844, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1865 census, a 21 year-old Marith Gulbrandsdatter lived on Løkken 110b in Vang with her parents Gulbrand Knuthsson, 58, and Anne Knuthsd., 44.

In the 1865 census, a 22 year-old Marit Gulbrandsdatter was a tjenestspige on Kieersteen 129.

Family/Spouse: Anders Syverson STENDE. Anders (son of Syver Andersen GIVRE and Ingeborg Amundsdatter HAGASTRØNDEN (BRATTRUD)) was born on 7 Apr 1841 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1925-MN-012413
• Baptism: 19 Mar 1848, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Born in Lunde 17/2, Lo. Came to the U.S. in 1872.

Ole married Synneva Trondsdotter ELLINGBØE in 1877 in Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Synneva (daughter of Trond Iversson ELLINGBØE (OPDAL, UVDAL) and Kjersti Helgesdotter KJERSTEIN) was born on 29 Jul 1846 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 17 Feb 1929 in Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1939-MN-013176
• Baptism: 24 Mar 1850, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Ivar’s farm is next to Ole G.’s in the 1885 census.

In a 1914 land ownership map of Chippewa County, Minnesota, I. G. Loe owned 160 acres in the north part of Granite Falls Twp. He owned the southwest quarter-section of Section 12 near Maynard.

He was a farmer in Wang Twp, Renville County.

In the 1930 census he is a farmer in Wang Twp, Renville County. His household consists of himself, Iver G., 80, his wife Berit, 67, his daughters Christina, 45, and Bertina I., 33, his sons Iver T., 26, and Martin, 23, and his grand-daughter Othelia M. Gjevre, 19. Nearby neighbors (on the same census page) are Andrew Heen, George Eide (#6725), his son Olaf Loe, Iver Soine (#6738), Sever Loe, Gilbert Heen, and George Lien.

Ivar married Berit ELLINGBOE about 1880. Berit (daughter of Thorsten BOE and Velgjerd Trondsdotter ELLINGBØE) was born on 28 Dec 1863 in Minnesota; died on 22 Nov 1962 in Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota; was buried on 26 Nov 1962 in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1946-MN-002415
• Baptism: 28 Mar 1853, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Greg Fearon calls her Sigrid Gulbrandsdatter Steinde-el Lundseiga.

Shown as a foster daughter of Knud and Gjertrud in the 1865 Norwegian census. Knud was one of the baptismal sponsors for Sigri’s daughter Anne.

In the 1900 census she is shown as having had 7 children, 6 still living.

In the 1910 census, she is shown as having had 7 children, but the number still living is indecipherable.

In the 1930 census she is living with Martin and his family in Wang Twp.

Died:
indexed as “Sigri Soive”

Buried:
as Sigri Soine

Family/Spouse: Torstein Olsen (Krøsikrun) HAUGEN. Torstein (son of Ole Olsen GRIHAMAR and Anne Tostensdatter KJERSTEIN) was born on 22 Sep 1853 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 23 Jun 1881; was buried in Vestre Sogn Lutheran Cemetery, Sacred Heart, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sigrid married Ola Kristofferson SØYNE in 1886. Ola (son of Christopher Larssen SØYNE and Anne Sjugurdsdatter LAJORD) was born on 8 Dec 1844 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 13 Mar 1924 in Renville County, Minnesota; was buried in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Lajord 51/2 Øvre

Marit married Ove Knutsen SØYNE in 1878. Ove (son of Knut Madsen SØYNE and Maren Andersdatter QVÅLE) was born on 22 Nov 1851 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang A, p. 872.

Knut married Marit Gulliksdatter BELSEIM in 1859. Marit (daughter of Gullik Andrisson JEVNE and Anne Gudbrandsdatter NØRSVIN) was born about 1829 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is I45050 in Jim’s VS. Jim’s notes: Hun er uteglemt hos Frøholm. Hun hadde mange barn, bl.a. 4 sønner.

Called Anna Opdahl in the death certificates of some of her sons.

Birth:
Uvdal 2/1 nordigarden

Anne married Torstein Jonsen NYSTUENUnited States. Torstein (son of Jon Knutsen NYSTUEN and Berit Torsteinsdatter GRIHAMAR) was born in 1805 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 30 Jan 1898 in Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Feb 1824, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

From Find A Grave in a record for Kari created by DM Scott:

Kari Nelson Lee, daughter of Howard and Kari Nelson Opdahl, was born at Vang, Valders, Norway, January 8, 1824. She was baptized and confirmed in her home parish of the Lutheran Church of Norway.

She came to America in the early fifties and like a large number of the other early settlers, she stayed for some time in the settlements of southern Wisconsin.

On June 27, 1857, she was married to Ole K. Lee, who preceded her in death on May 8, 1891.

Their marriage was blessed with five children, two boys and three girls. Knud and Bertha Lee both died in 1885. The second son, Ole, died October 10, 1888, leaving two daughters, Carrie Lee and Julia Lee, to mourn the loss of their aged mother, who died of heart disease and pneumonia January 2, 1922.

The funeral was conducted by Rev. Waldeland. Short services were held at the home and at the St. Ansgar and Deer Creek Lutheran Churches. She was laid to rest at the Evergreen Lutheran Cemetery at St. Ansgar on Thursday, January 5th. Had she lived until January 8th, she would have filled her ninety-eighth year of life.

Present at the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. C.S. Orwoll of Minneapolis. Mrs. Orwoll is a niece of the deceased.

In the 1900 census, she is the 76 year-old widow Kari Lee of Newburg Twp, Mitchell County, Iowa. Living with her are her daughters Carrie and Julia, her mother-in-law Guri, and two boarders: the brothers Thrond Ellingboe (#3213 ) and Iver Ellingboe (#3215 ). Kari came to the U.S. in 1850.

Baptism:
Øye

Family/Spouse: Ole K LEE. Ole was born in 1828 in Norway; died on 8 May 1891 in Mitchell County, Iowa; was buried in First Lutheran Cemetery, Saint Ansgar, Mitchell County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 24 Aug 1828, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Baptism:
Øÿe kirke

Family/Spouse: Marit Knutsdatter DY TASA. Marit (daughter of Knut Thomassen LO and Kari Jonsdatter STEINDE) was born on 7 Jul 1826 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 5 Jul 1826, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Came to the U.S. in 1849. Served in the Civil War.

Baptism:
perhaps a home baptism

Family/Spouse: Elise PAULSON. Elise was born about 1840 in Norway; died on 2 Apr 1918 in Freeborn County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 27 Jun 1824, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Baptism:
in the Vang stavkirke

Family/Spouse: Gerhardine Bøyesdatter HEILE. Gerhardine (daughter of Böye Ovesen BERGE and Marte Christophersdatter LEIROL) was born on 3 Feb 1828 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 26 Mar 1854, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

dwfrench1

Family/Spouse: Tosten Olsen ROBØLE. Tosten was born on 2 Oct 1859 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 15 Aug 1943 in Wells County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 10 Aug 1828, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Baptismal sponsors: Marith Nielsdatter Lunde, Marith Larsdatter Stende, Ingeborg Olsdatter Øye, Thron Knudsen Stende, and Guldbrand Ericksen Elthon.

Birth:
date from her confirmation record; it’s unclear on her birth record

Ingebjørg married Ola Tomasson HAGASTRØNDEN on 5 Feb 1843 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ola (son of Thomas Andrison BELSHEIM and Ambjørg Olsdatter ELLINGBØ) was born in 1812 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1857. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Erick met his death tragically in 1855 by being crushed under a falling tree and is buried at the Old Hauge Cemetery.

Birth:
Eltun 13/ Nordigarden

Died:
Find A Grave says 1855

Erik married Sigrid Knutsdatter HOLIEN on 28 Oct 1843 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Sigrid (daughter of Knut Endresen HOLIEN and Synneva Håkonsdatter KVAMME) was born on 14 Jul 1815 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 28 Mar 1891 in Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 4 Jul 1830, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She is not in either of Jim’s databases.

In the 1880 census, she is Sarah Gunderson, age 49, apparently a widow. With her on the farm in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, are Gunder, 14, Anders, 11, Nels, 8, and Anton, 5. Her nephew Engebret Engebretson, age 18, is a laborer living with them on the farm.

Baptism:
Øye

Family/Spouse: Andris Gunnarson LIEN. Andris (son of Gunnar Nilsson ØDEGÅRD and Berit Andrisdatter GIVRE) was born in Aug 1825 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 10 Oct 1873 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Øye

Ingeborg married Ole Knudson HOLIEN on 19 Apr 1853 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ole (son of Knut Endresen HOLIEN and Synneva Håkonsdatter KVAMME) was born in 1826 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1893 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is called Randi Gudbrandsdotter Eltunseiga in the bygdebok (Vang A, p. 239) which has her marrying Torstein in 1857.

She is Ragndi Gudbrandsdatter Synsteikra, I22184, in Jim’s VS.

Family/Spouse: Tosten Tostensen KJERSTEN. Tosten (son of Torstein Ivarsen KJERSTEIN and Kari Olsdatter ØYLO) was born on 19 Jan 1822 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang A, p. 351, calls her syskenbarnet Ingebjørg Lo el. Skjore, Grøven, implying that she and her husband were cousins. Which they were.

Birth:
Skjøre 19/6, Grøven

Ingebjørg married Nils Trondsen SKJØRE in 1841. Nils (son of Trond Knutsen LO and Marit Nilsdatter GRØV) was born in 1811 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 8 Jan 1837, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Called John Johnson of Østerin at the time of his marriage.

He and Sigrid left for the U.S. a week or so after their marriage.

From the Kenyon Leader, January 6, 1916

John Estrum, aged 80 years, died at his home in Warsaw on Friday, December, 30. Deceased was born in Valders, Norway, in 1836. In 1857 he was united in marriage to Sigrid Leite. A year later the couple came to America, settling in Wisconsin. After remaining there for a time they removed to Warsaw, where they have since made their home. Ten children blessed the union, six of whom survive and are as follows: Mrs. Eberhart of Thief River Falls; Mrs. McCurdy of Minneapolis, Nels, Gilbert, and Evan, and Mrs. George Kolstad all of the town of Warsaw. Funeral services were held Tuesday. Rev. Hauge officiating, interment being made in Vangs cemetery.

Birth:
birth record is not clear: may be 25 Nov

John married Sigrid Nilsdatter VEFLEN on 22 Nov 1857 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Sigrid (daughter of Nils Gulliksen BERGE and Guri Trondsdatter VEFLEN) was born on 29 Dec 1833 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He and his wife arrived in Milwaukee on 16 Sep 1847, four-and-a-half months after leaving their homes in Norway.

Birth:
Helle 107/5-8 Nerhelle

Family/Spouse: Kari Torsteinsdatter BUNDE. Kari (daughter of Torstein Øysteinson BUNDE and Berit Olsdatter EGGE) was born on 7 Sep 1825 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 24 Feb 1907 in Nerstrand, Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Valley Grove Cemetery, Wheeling Twp, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Strønd Nordigarden (lnr. 127a, no 10/1) 1843-1869.

In the 1870 census, he may be the Ole Strand, age 55, living in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, with his wife “Ingebor,” also 55, and their son Nels, age 10. The next entry after them on the census form is Ole and (their daughter) Kari Grove.

Ole married Ambjør Helgesdatter KASA in 1842. Ambjør (daughter of Helge Eiriksson KASA and Berit Johannesdatter SVIEN) was born in 1818 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Strand 10/1 Nordigarden

Died:
Søyne 50/

Family/Spouse: Ola Knutsen Kvame Strand SØYNE. Ola (son of Knut Håvardson STEINDE and Dorthe Arnfinnsdatter BERGE) was born in 1813 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 4 Dec 1902 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang A, p. 196.

Sever married Guri Guttormsdatter BØE (ØVRE BØAHAUGEN) in 1867. Guri (daughter of Guttorm Eiriksson KASA and Anne Andrisdatter LO (STENDE)) was born about 1837 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 29 Jun 1834, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Greg Fearon says he was born in 1845 and came to the U.S. in 1854.

In the 1880 census, Torger lived in Warsaw in Goodhue County.

Birth:
Strand 10/1 Nordigarden

Torgeir married Anne Kristoffersdatter SØYNE on 10 Sep 1856 in United States. Anne (daughter of Christopher Larssen SØYNE and Anne Sjugurdsdatter LAJORD) was born on 9 Aug 1833 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 5 Apr 1911 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Simon Tostensen MYHRE. Simon (son of Tosten Simonsen SØYNE and Marthe Throndsdatter MYHRE) was born on 10 Apr 1831 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1898 in Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1865 census, he was Kristoffer Thorstejnson, age 50, gbr on Kvale 32/2.

Birth:
Kvåle 39/1 Nerre

Family/Spouse: Berit Torsteinsdatter LAJORD. Berit (daughter of Torstein Torsteinsen LAJORD and Ingebjørg Thomasdatter NETRØST) was born in 1829 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1912. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ola Knudsen SKOGSTAD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Grøv 7/1

Died:
Brekka 68/1 (Remmisbrekkun)

Family/Spouse: Ola Knutson LIEN. Ola (son of Knut Thomassen TØRPE and Sigrid Olsdatter LIEN) was born in 1812 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1883 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is I1994 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes:

Han drev gården fra 1843. Han hadde lånt masse penger og måtte til slutt selge den på tvangsauksjon i 1853. Nils (Kattevold) Bøe kjøpte den. Ole og Berthe leide seg noen mål på Kvåle, hvor moren hans var fra. De døde begge på Kvåle. De hadde sju barn. To døde meget unge. Martha Kattevold (1846- ) Andris Kattevold (1849-) og Berit Kattevold (1852-) var født på Kattevoll Margaret Kattevold (1857- ) Andris (Andrew) Kattevold (1859-), Bøye (1864- ) Kristoffer (1868- ), Alle barna reiste til USA

Dermed var det slutt på den direkte linja på Øvre Kattevold slik haugamannen fra Føssebekk ved Helestrønd hadde sagt, da han ikke fikk fikk Dorte, datter datter til oldefaren hans (Andris O Kattevold (1737-1807)) femti år tidligere. Bildene fra Marilyn Holian Ettesvold.

Birth:
Kattevold 45/ Øvre

Died:
Kvåle in Vang

Ola married Berte Bøyesdatter WANGENSTEENVang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Berte (daughter of Böye Ovesen BERGE and Marte Christophersdatter LEIROL) was born on 20 Aug 1824 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 24 Apr 1878 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 16 Dec 1838, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She is I8781 in Jim’s VS.

Although she is illegitimate, her parents later married.

Anders Olsen Kattevold was her “responsible person” or principal sponsor at her baptism. That Andris (I1993 in Jim’s VS) was gaardbrukar of Kattevold 45/ Øvre at the time of Randi Erichdatter’s birth. Other baptismal sponsors listed for Randi were: Niels Nielsen Böe, Christopher Tostensen Kattevold, Margrethe Christopherdatter Kattevold, and Anne Johannesdatter Böe.

There was no other Randi Eriksdatter shown as born in Vang around 1838. Randi’s parents, Erich Christopherssen Qvale, age 36, and the maiden Kjersti Endresdatter Kattevold, age 26, later married in Vang on 7 Jun 1842. For this marriage his father was Christopher Tostenson and her father was Endre Thronsen.

Quite incorrectly, Jim’s VS shows this Randi marrying Andris Thomassen Høyne, b. 1830, and having four children with him between 1857 and 1862 in Vestre Slidre.

In the 1865 Norwegian census, Rangdi Eriksdatter, age 28, seamstress, and her daughter Berit Jakopsdatter, age 5, both born in Vang, were lodgers on the Anders Olsen farm on Søndrebøe østre 37/ in the Hoved Sogn subparish in the Vang parish.

Family/Spouse: Jacob Olsen HAMRE. Jacob (son of Ole Jacobsen HAMRE and Ingebjørg Kristoffersdatter BERGE) was born on 8 Nov 1839 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Randi married Alexander Pettersen SKJELHAUGEN on 9 Jun 1870 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Alexander (son of Petter Persson) was born in 1841 in Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1916-MN-014942

Notes:

He and Ingeborg emigrated 2 days after their marriage.

aka Qvale and Quale

Carol Heimdal’s nllha.org research says the newly arrived couple first went to Goodhue County and then to Swift County in 1868. The 1886 plat map has the family owning the southwest quarter of Section 14 in, presumably, Kerkhoven Twp.

Buried:
as Christopher Quale

Kristoffer married Ingeborg Olsdatter HAMRE on 5 Apr 1866 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ingeborg (daughter of Ole Jacobsen HAMRE and Berith Johnsdatter BRÆKKE) was born on 19 Oct 1844 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 21 Aug 1909 in Minnesota; was buried in West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery, Sunburg, Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 10 May 1835, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She is Marit Olsdatter Lajord (#I22262) in Jim’s Valdres Slekt tree. In that tree, her parents are Ola Christopherson Kvåle (1809-1903) and Berit Torsteinsdatter Kattevold (1821-1885).

She is Marit Olsdatter Qvale, #I8255, in Jim’s Ellingboe tree. In that tree, her parents are Ole Christopherson Qvale (1809-1903) and Kjersti Simonsdatter Søyne (1812-1864).

The Ellingboe tree record is the more recently modified, suggesting that it is more authoritative. The Vang birth record confirms that Marith was the daughter of the unmarried couple Ole Christopherson Qvale and Kirsti Simonsdatter Lajord.

Jim’s notes for Marit in his Ellingboe tree:

Marit was the illegitimate daughter of Ole Christopherson Kvåle and Kirsti Simonsdatter Lajord (or Søyne), according to the Vang church books, but I could not find anything about this in Anders Frøholm's Vang A.

The emigration records for Vang show that on 22 Mar 1862, Marith Olsdotter Ellingböe, widow, age 27, intended to travel to America with her two sons, Ole Olson (age 6) and Jörgen Olson (age 4). Marit was married in 1857 to Ola Jørnsson (born 1831, died between 1859 and 1862), who farmed a piece of land called "Plassen, Nørre Plassen or Jørnplassen, under Ellingbø, Nigarden, no. 33/1.”

According to the 1885 Minnesota census, her son Andrew was born in Ontario, although Arta Juneau believes that he was born soon after Marit's arrival in Northfield, Minnesota, where her brother Tosten Quamme was already living. Apparently she never remarried and had a difficult life, dying in her sixties.

Marith, 27 a widow, Ole, 6, and Jørgen, 4, left Vang for Amerika on March 22, 1862, through Bergen. This was the same day that Thrond Iverson Ellingboe (#3164) left Vang for America with his family. In Marit’s emigration record there is no mention of Andrew. In a Norway Lake church record, Marit, as Ole’s mother, is reported to have come to Goodhue County in 1862 and to Norway Lake in 1868.

Could not find an entry for Andrew’s birth in the Vang parish record.

In the 1870 census, Mary and her three boys are living on the Cal Johnson farm in Benson Twp, Chippewa County, Minnesota.

In the 1875 Minnesota census, she is Mary Olsen, 29, living with her three boys in Kerkhoven Twp, Swift County.

In the 1880 census, Marit and her three boys are living on the V. J. Finstad farm in Kerkhoven Twp. George, 21, is “teaching.” Also living on that farm were Marit Ellingboe, a 46 year-old widow, “housekeeper”, and Marit’s two sons, Ole, 23, and Andew, 18. All four of these Ellingboes were born in Norway.

In the 1885 census she is living in Kerkhoven Twp with her sons Ole, 28, and Anders, 22, as well as Erland Johnson, 21, of Norway. Anders is shown as born in Ontario.

There is a gravestone for Marith O. Ellingboe in the Sunburg cemetery that provides the 1885 death date.

She was a charter member of West Norway Lake Lutheran Church.

Buried:
Norway Lake

Marit married Ola Jørgensson ELLINGBØ on 20 Oct 1857 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ola (son of Jørgen Evensson ELLINGBÖ and Anne Thomasdatter HAGASTRØND) was born in 1831 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died before 1862 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 27 Jun 1841, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

From Carole H.’s write-up for the Norway Lake church’s history:

Tosten Olson Quamme and Marit Tostendatter Sondrol, Charter Members West Norway Lake Lutheran

Tosten Olson was born 19 June 1841 in Vang Parish, Valdres Norway to Ole Christopherson Qvale [1809-1903] and Kjersti Simonsdatter [1812-1864]. He had one sister Marit born in 1836.

Tosten emigrated in 1864. He first settled in Rice County. In 1867 he was one of a group of Valdres Norwegians who settled in “Valdres Prairie” now known as Kerkhoven Township in the north east corner of Swift County.

Tosten married Marit Tostendatter in 1867. Carole H notes that “There were two Marit Tostensdatters of nearly the same age and place of birth. The ELCA funeral entry has a birth date matching neither of the two. Ultimately, it was the orderly old Norwegian convention for naming children that favored the Marit listed above.”

{We don’t know who Tosten married. The Marit Tostensdatters born in those years are all accounted for. The estimable dwfrench1 has no information on Tosten O’s wife other than that she was a Marit T. and lived ca 1845 to 2 May 1903. He has her as born in Minnesota which seem unlikely.}

This Marit was the daughter of Tosten Knudsen and Marith Olsdatter. She was born 1 April 1845 in Vang, Valdres Norway. The farm name was Sondrohl. Marit emigrated 12 April 1865 as Marit Tostendatter Sondrol. She may have come to marry Tosten. {The 1865 out-migration record is not available on Digitalarkivet.}

Tosten and Marit settled on 160 acres in Section 26 [NE 1?4]. They also owned acreage in Section 23. 80 acres in N1/2 of SE 1/4, 40 acres in NE 1/4 of SW1/4 and 40 in SE 1/4 of NW 1/4. I could not find the homestead records for any of the properties. Tosten and Marit remained on this land until their deaths.

Tosten and Marit had 10 children, 9 of whom survived to adulthood. All the children were born after the move to Kerkhoven Township and all were baptized at West Norway Lake Lutheran.

1. Kristi: born 2 Mar 1869, died 26 Oct 1943, married Even Olson Grindheim

2. Marit: born 12 June 1870, died 7 June 1905, married Andrew Jorgenson

3. Tosten T: born 19 May 1872, died 29 May 1922 ,married Ingeborg [Belle] Hanson

4. Anne L: born 12 Dec 1873, died 1 Nov 1939, married Nuffen Torger “Gunuf” Gunufson

5. Dina: born 20 Aug 1875, died 09 Mar 1876

6. Ole T: born 15 June 1877, died 1907-1910, married Julia Njos

7. Martin: born 16 Mar 1879, died 07 June 1939, married Emma Johanna Paulson

8. Simon: born 22 Aug 1881, died 18 Dec 1955, married Ingeborg Halvorsdatter Hande

9. Dina, born 24 Dec 1883, died 26 Dec 1957, married Alfred Berg

10. Matthea:born 7 Dec 1889, died 5 Feb 1949, married Peter LeClair

In 1876 a school was established in the north east corner of Section 26. It was known as Quamme School.

Tosten and Marit are in the 1875 census as Olsens but by the 1880 census they are using Quamme. He adopted this name from the farm in Norway, Kvamme Gard, where he last worked.

Tosten passed away 16 May 1899 at the age of 57. The cause of death was stomach trouble lasting several years. Funeral services were held at West Norway Lake Lutheran, Rev Jordahl officiating. He was buried in the Monson Lake Cemetery. Marit passed away 2 May 1903 and was also buried at Monson Lake Cemetery, again after services at West Norway Lake Lutheran.

According to the 1907 plat map, after Marit’s death Simon and Martin each inherited 80 acres in Section 26. Tosten received 40 acres contiguous to land he owned in Section 23.

Tosten’s sister Marit Olsdatter Ellingboe was also a charter member of West Norway Lake Lutheran.

Family/Spouse: Marit. Marit died on 2 May 1903 in Swift County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

I425 in Jim’s VS.

Birth:
Haugen 39/2 Av Kvåle

Died:
Kattevold 45/ Øvre

Family/Spouse: Nils Thomasen BØE (KATTEVOLD). Nils (son of Thomas Jonsen LEIROL and Ingeborg Nilsdatter WANGENSTEEN) was born on 16 Jun 1828 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 19 Nov 1902 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1886 land register, he may be the Thomas Thomassen shown as the owner of 33/2 (old 9-18b) of Ellingbø nordre Graabeinstølteigen.

Birth:
Haugen 39/2 av Kvåle

Thomas married Guri Endresdotter ELLINGBØE in 1867. Guri (daughter of Endre Anderssen ELLINGBØE and Marit Helgesdotter ELLINGBØE) was born in 1845 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Lajord 51/2 Øvre

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

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

He is I6862 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes:

Thomas was a teacher in Hamar in 1859.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Notes:

Birth:
Lajord 51/

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

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

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

Notes:

Birth:
Lajord 51/

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

Notes:

Jim’s #I8486 in the Ellingboe tree.

Family/Spouse: Maren Eivindsdatter ELLINGBØ. Maren (daughter of Eivind Olsen ELLINGBØ and Ingebjørg Andrisdatter TUNE) was born in 1880 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1956 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Maria. Maria was born in 1872; died on 2 Feb 1921; was buried in Hilland Cemetery, Hilland, Haakon County, South Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From the Faribault Daily News, June 25, 1963:

Funeral services for John G. Johnson 83, were held at the Vang Lutheran Church Tuesday, June 18, at 2 p.m., with the Rev. B. J. Blikstad, pastor of the Vang, Urland and Wangen Prairie parish, officiating. Mrs. Blikstad sang, "My God and I" and "Rock of Ages", with the church organist, Mrs. Cyrus Midje, accompanying. Pallbearers were six grandsons, John Olson, Richard Olson, James Johnson, Larry Johnson, Robert Johnson and Mark Johnson. Interment was in the Vang Cemetery. Mr. Johnson passed away, after a sudden illness, at the Rice County District One Hospital in Faribault Sunday, June 16. He was born in Warsaw Township, May 25, 1880. His parents were George and Berit (Nystuen) Johnson. He was confirmed in the Vang church by the late Dr. C. A. Melby. On June 26, 1907, he was united in marriage to Germine Maring. They established their home in Warsaw Township where they resided until the year 1943, when they moved to Kenyon. To this union five children were born, all of whom survive him: Morris of Lake City, Mrs. Orren (Bernice) Olson of Bode, Iowa, Lee of Keokuk, Iowa, Arlie of Dennison and Donald of Dallas, Tex. He is also survived by 18 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife and one grandson, Paul Olson. Mr. Johnson was the last surviving member of his immediate family. He was an active member of the church and his community.

Family/Spouse: Gemine MARING. Gemine was born on 26 Oct 1887; died on 16 Nov 1956; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ingeborg Serena THOMPSON. Ingeborg was born in 1876. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Silver Lake

Died:
Northfield

Family/Spouse: Brita HELLAND. Brita was born on 3 Nov 1867 in Norman County, Iowa; died on 16 Jan 1933 in Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In Jim’s VS, her birthdate is 13 Dec 1868. Other’s say 13 Dec 1869. Neither are correct since she is not listed in the 1870 census.

In the 1900 census, she is shown as age 28, born in June of 1871. She had had four children, only three still alive, and she had been married to Christopher Strand for 10 years.

Anna married Christopher STRAND about 1890. Christopher (son of Torgeir Olsen STRAND and Anne Kristoffersdatter SØYNE) was born on 27 Sep 1864 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 20 Nov 1903 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Susie attended St. Olaf College in 1903-1904, studying in its Music department. She did not graduate.

Susie married Harry E FRAZEE on 7 Jun 1909 in Rice County, Minnesota. Harry was born on 18 Jan 1873; died on 24 May 1945; was buried in Lake View Cemetery, Pelican Rapids, Otter Tail County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He married in 1921.

He served in the U.S. Army during World War I.

Notes:

In the 1880 census, she was the head-of-household for their farm in Warsaw Twp in Goodhue County. Ole was not at home. One internet source suggests he was off fighting Indian wars.

She apparently died in childbirth with Gerhard Olaus.

Birth:
Eltun 13/1 Uppigare

Gertrude married Ola Kristofferson SØYNE on 15 Jan 1869 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Ola (son of Christopher Larssen SØYNE and Anne Sjugurdsdatter LAJORD) was born on 8 Dec 1844 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 13 Mar 1924 in Renville County, Minnesota; was buried in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Silver Lake

Died:
or Winneshiek County, Iowa

Family/Spouse: Hans M HALVORSON. Hans was born on 20 May 1868 in Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa; died on 21 Dec 1942 in Silver Lake, Worth County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

gmyhre311

Family/Spouse: Simon Simonson MYHRE. Simon (son of Simon Tostensen MYHRE and Ingeborg Olsdatter STRAND) was born in Oct 1871 in Silver Lake, Worth County, Iowa; died on 24 Jul 1923 in North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was a farmer in Linden Twp, Brown County, Minnesota. In the 1900 census, his household included, in addition to his wife and daughter, a servant name Emma Larson and Emma’s brother Peter Ellandson.

In the 1930 census, he and Emma lived in Madelia, Watonwan County, Minnesota.

Iver married Emma ELLANSON in 1892 in Brown County, Minnesota. Emma was born in Nov 1874 in Minnesota; died on 19 Mar 1949 in Brown County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1956-MN-014229

Notes:

From a posting by vickiehart:

“Henry H. Ives was born June 1869 in Goodhue county. He was living in Maynard in 1949 and probably spent most of his adult life there. Henry had a sister, possibly named Ingeborg, who married Carl Anderson. They lived in Maynard also. A niece, Irene Ives, married Arthur H Holien in Renville County on 6 March 1929 and they lived in Granite Falls.”

In the 1900 census, he was single and a farm laborer on the Torger Elton family in Johnson Twp, Polk County, Minnesota.

In the 1910 census, he was still single and living on his farm in Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota, with his sister Emma, and a hired man.

In the 1920 census, he was a bachelor farmer in Wang Twp, Renville County. Living with him is his spinster sister Emma and his mother Berit as well as two hired hands, Sever Strand and Gilbert Olson.

Strangely, and quite erroneously, several family trees on Ancestry show him marrying a Rose Shortell in New Jersey!

Notes:

In the 1910 census, he may be the Erick Ives, age 35, single, and a lodger with a family in Bemidji. He is a merchant in a department store.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1957-MN-015146

Family/Spouse: Carl Anton ANDERSON. Carl was born in 1881; died in 1963; was buried in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1915 census, he and his family were in Tioga Twp, Williams County, North Dakota. Living with them were Peter, Patra, and Penol Braaten. These three Braatens were between 20 years and 60 years of age.

In the 1920 census, he was a farmer in Tioga Township, Williams County, North Dakota. He and his wife Annie had seven children, the oldest of which was 16.

The family was still in Tioga Twp in the 1930 census. Irene had left home but all of the other children were still living with their parents.

In the 1940 census, Orton, Arnold, and Burnett were still living at home.

John married Annie O HOLIEN on 19 Jan 1903 in Renville County, Minnesota. Annie (daughter of Ole HOLIEN and Ingebjørg Kristoffersdatter HEEN) was born on 5 Apr 1882 in Minnesota; died on 8 Nov 1964 in Ward County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is probably the Berit Ives who married Adolph Vorstad or Borstad in Renville County on April 6, 1904.

Notes:

Single and living with her parents and younger siblings in the 1910 census.

Or Betsey.

Notes:

He is a single 30 year-old day laborer living with his parents in the 1900 census.

Married and farming in Lien Twp, Grant County, in the 1910 census.

He is a 61 year-old laborer doing odd jobs and living in the village of Dennison, Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, in the 1930 census.

From the Faribault Daily News, July 10, 1964:

Funeral services were held Thursday, July 9, at 2 p.m. at the Anderson Funeral Home in Northfield for Erick Kasa, 94, with the Rev. H. S. Bly of Kenyon officiating in the absence of the regular pastor, the Rev. B. J. Blikstad. Those present joined in singing "Nearer My God To Three" and "Beautiful Savior". Pallbearers were Arthur Ellingboe, George Vandenheuvel, Phillip Hauge, Leroy Swarts, Sr., Leonard Simonson and Bennard Ellingboe. Burial was in the Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery at Dennison. Erick Kasa was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Erickson. He was born in the Dennison area on Sept. 26, 1869. Except for farming two years in Litchfield, he spent the rest of his life in the Dennison community. At one time he was engaged in the livery business in Dennison and was employed in the local creamery. He also worked on the Great Western Railroad. He was married in 1908 to Christine Thoreson. She preceded him in death. He was baptized and confirmed in the Vang Lutheran Church. He died at 7:30 a.m. Monday, July 6, at the St. Olaf Rest Home in Northfield where he had lived for several years. He had been in ill health since 1955. Surviving are three sons and one daughter: Fred of Cannon Falls, Herman and Maurice of Dennison and Mrs. Harold (Alice) Amundson of Rochester. There are five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren all surviving. There are four brothers living: John Kasa of Newtown, N. D., Austin Kasa of Northfield, Oscar Kasa of Annandale and Bennie of Dennison. Three sisters Betsey, Bertha and Ingeborg and three brothers: Iver, Helge and Albert preceded him in death. Erick Kasa had been married twice. Both of his former wives are dead, the former Mollie Thoreson and the former Christine Soine.

Erik married Christine SOINE on 24 Feb 1909 in Meeker County, Minnesota. Christine (daughter of Lars Christopherson SOINE and Anna Tomasdatter ELLESTAD) was born in Nov 1875 in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 17 Jun 1914 in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried on 19 Jun 1914 in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary THORESON. Mary (daughter of Finkel Thoreson GRYTE and Randi Olsdatter AASTAD) was born about 1869 in Minnesota; died on 27 Jan 1908 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not listed with the rest of his family in the 1895 census. Married and living elsewhere in Warsaw Twp.

An obituary in the Faribault Daily News:

DENNISON (Special) -- Funeral services were held Friday, March 2, at 2 p.m. for Iver H. Kasa, who passed away at his home just north of Wang's Corner in Warsaw Township on Monday, Feb. 27, at the age of 84 years and three months. The Rev. B. J. Blikstad officiated. Mrs. Blikstad sang a Norwegian son, "Jeg er en Fremmend," accompanied by Mrs. Cyrus Midje, organist; Parnell Morck of Kenyon sang, "Does Jesus Care," also accompanied by Mrs. Midje. Pallbearers were Ludvig Soine, Cyrus Midje, Lewis P. Underdahl, John A. Underdahl, Austin Brekken and John T. Stenhaug. Burial was in the family lot in the Vang Cemetery. Iver H. Kasa, the son of Henry Erickson Kasa and Ingerid Kasa, was born in Warsaw township, November 30, 1871. He was baptized and confirmed in the Vang church by the Rev. C. A. Melby. He was united in marriage November 21 to Randi Holien at Vang church by Rev. Melby. To this union, five children were born. One daughter, Ida, died in infancy. Another daughter, Selma, passed away in 1924. He wife preceded him in death in 1937. He is survived by three sons: Helmer, at home, Melvin, of rural Dennison and Henry of Northfield. There are three grandchildren and six brothers: Erick, of Dennison, Austin of Northfield, Albert of Rosemount, John, of New Town, N. D., Oscar, of St. Cloud, Bennie of rural Dennison, and one sister, Bertha of Northfield. Kasa had farmed all his life in this neighborhood where he was well known.

Ivar married Randi Serena (Dina) HOLIEN in 1895. Randi (daughter of Hans Asbjørnsen HOLIEN and Synnøve (Synneva) Endresdatter HOLIEN) was born on 15 Apr 1874 in Minnesota; died on 28 May 1937 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1949-MN-013865

Notes:

Single and living with his parents and siblings in the 1910 census.

He is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books), as H H Kasa of Dennison. He was a member of the Samband between 1902 and 1912.

He never married. The informant for his death certificate was Austin Kasa of Northfield. He died from coronary thrombosis.

An obituary in the Faribault Daily News:

DENNISON (Special)--Helge H. Kasa, 75, of this place died at his rooming house in Northfield, Tuesday, March 29. He passed away in his sleep and was found in the morning when a friend went to his room to awaken him. Mr. Kasa had suffered from heart trouble for some time but his death came unexpectedly. Funeral services were conducted at Vang church April 1, by Rev. Adolph Egge. Pallbearers were: Herman, Melvin I., Melvin B., Helge, Fred and Austin Jr. They were all Kasas and all were nephews of the deceased. Helge H. Kasa, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Erickson Kasa, was born in Warsaw township on March 27, 1874 and with the exception of a short time spent in North Dakota, had spent his whole life in this community and living on the place of his birth. He was a member of the Vang congregation and never was married. Surviving are two sisters and seven brothers; Mrs. Herman Estergreen of Fargo, N. Dak., Miss Bertha of Minneapolis, Austin of Northfield, Albert of Rosemount, John of Van Hook, N. Dak., Erick, Iver and Ben of Dennison. Mrs. Egge sang "Despair Not O Heart" and "Some Day the Silver Cord Will Break." The latter, a norwegian hymn. Mrs. Cyrus Midje, church organist, played. Interment was at Vang cemetery. Relatives from away who attended the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. Kasa of Red Wing, John H. Kasa of Van Hook, N. Dak., Miss Bertha Kasa of Minneapolis and Henry Ives of Maynard, MInn.

Notes:

She may be the Ingeborg Kasa who attended, but did not graduate from, St. Olaf Academy starting in the year 1892-1893.

Living at home, as servant, in the 1900 census.

At the time of the 1920 census, as Emma, she had four children.

Died:
Minnesota Cemetery Inscriptions

Ingeborg married Herman ESTERGREEN on 11 Dec 1901 in Holden Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Herman (son of Peter ESTERGREEN and Synneva Eriksdatter (Susan) ELTUN) was born in Feb 1873 in Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Living at home with her parents and siblings in the 1900 census. No occupation. Still single and living at home in the 1910 census. Shown as a domestic.

Notes:

Living at home in the 1900 census. And in the 1910 census.

John and Bertha owned land on Section 20 in Mountrail County. They had at least 2 children. One married an Evenson.

He is indexed as Kass in the 1930 census. At that time, he and Bertha were living in Van Hook Twp, Mountrail County, North Dakota. They had been married for 2 years and had no children.

John married Berit/Bertha ELLINGBOE on 6 Jun 1928 in Chippewa County, Minnesota. Berit/Bertha (daughter of Helge (Henry) Trondsen ELLINGBOE and Marit (Mary) Torsteinsdatter SPARSTAD) was born in Aug 1894 in Granite Falls, Minnesota; died on 5 Oct 1968 in Ward County, North Dakota; was buried in Van Hook Cemetery, New Town, Mountrail County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Called Benny in the 1900 census.

From the Faribault Daily News, June 24, 1967:

Funeral services were held Wednesday, June 21 at the Vang Lutheran Church for Bennie H. Kasa, 83, who passed away Saturday, June 17 at the Northfield City Hospital. The Rev. John E. Fahning officiated. Two vocal selections were rendered by Lois Johnson accompanied by Mrs. Cyrus Midge, the church organist. Serving as pallbearers were: Austin Kasa, Jr., Helge Kasa, Henry Kasa, Herman Kasa, Maurice Kasa and Donald Kasa. Interment was at the Vang Cemetery. He was born to Helge and Ingrid Ives Kasa in Warsaw Township, Goodhue County on June 24, 1883. He was a member of the Vang Lutheran Church and resided in Warsaw Township all his life. He was married to Christine Wangen at Cannon Falls on March 25, 1909. He is survived by his widow, Christine; one son, Harry and one daughter, Berncie (Mrs. Halvor Dalbotten) both of Red Wing. He also leaves five grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren and three brothers, Austin of Northfield, John of Newton, N.D., and Oscar of Annandale, Minn. He was preceded in death by one son, Melvin in 1952, his parents, four brothers, three sisters and one grandson, Harvey Dalbotten.

Helge married Christine WANGEN on 25 Mar 1909 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Christine (daughter of Olaf K WANGEN and Mary Christian ELLINGSON) was born on 28 Jan 1892 in Minnesota; died on 18 Sep 1968 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1970-MN-015480

Notes:

From a history of Rice County families, published in 1981, via the Dalby Database:

Austin (1885-1970) was the son of Helge and Ingri (Oldre) Kasa.  He was born and raised in Holden Township, Goodhue County, near the Vang Church.  Ida (1895-1975) was the daughter of Even and Inga (Oldre) Remme.  She and Austin were both baptized and confirmed at Vang Lutheran Church which was near their homes.  Ida went to grade school in the Dennison area, but attended high school in Luverne, MN. While going to high school she lived with her father’s parents.  Austin and Ida were married in 1918.  They lived and farmed in the Northfield-Dennison area.  The last farm they lived on was the Orr farm in Section 15 of Northfield Township.  The Kasa’s main farming enterprise was dairy cattle.  Austin especially liked to work with horses.  He often trained horses for himself and also trained horses for other people in the area.  After retiring in the late 1950s, Austin and Ida moved to Northfield.  Mr. Kasa worked at Carleton College as a custodian for a number of years.  He also liked to get out in the country and do some farm work.  The Kasa children were:  Inez (Mrs. William Munckton) of Northfield; Helge Edin, died shortly after his birth; Helen (Mrs. Helen Radtke) of Northfield; Helge Even of rural Dennison; Gladys (Mrs. Ralph Koester) of rural Northfield; Austin Jr., of Cottage Grove; Avis (Mrs. Curtis Reed) of Maribel, WI; Donald of Northfield, died in 1977; Eugene of rural Northfield; Donna (Mrs. Sewell Mathre) of Northfield; and JoAnne (Mrs. Stanley Kucera, Jr.) of Houston, TX.

Osten married Ida Dorothea REMME in 1918 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Ida (daughter of Even O REMME and Ingeleiv Guttormsdatter OLDRE) was born on 29 Oct 1895 in Minnesota; died on 13 Dec 1975 in Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He matriculated at St. Olaf academy in the 1903-1904 school year and graduated with an English major, in 1909.

He was a veteran of World War I. He was in from 15 June 1918 to 21 January 1919 according to the Valdris Book. He was in Company, 73rd Engineers.

In the 1930 census, he was a farmer in Holden Twp.

Oscar married Anna M RAUK about 1922. Anna (daughter of Knute Hanson RAUK and Mary QUAMME) was born on 21 Feb 1894 in Nerstrand, Rice County, Minnesota; died on 2 Jan 1943 in Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

When Albert registered for the draft, in June of 1917, he was shown as 27 years old and born on August 17, 1890. These two pieces of information are not consistent. In the burial records at Fort Snelling, and in the MHS death records, his birth date is shown as August 17, 1890. In the 1900 census, he is shown as 10 years old and born in August of 1889.

He was a Private in the U.S. Army in World War I.

The MHS death index has his mother’s maiden name as Oldne.

Buried:
Section F-1, Site 392

Notes:

Buried:
buried with his father and brother Henry

Notes:

In the 1895 census, he and his wife Anna, 26, lived in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota, very near the Henry Sviens (on one side) and his mother and siblings (on the other).

Listed as a widower, living with his mother and siblings, in the 1900 census.

In the 1910 census, he is a farmer in Lien Twp, Grant County, Minnesota, living with his wife Lovise J., 26, and their children Johny E., 5, and Edward, 2. The couple had been married for 6 years.

In the 1920 census, he is a drayman living with his family in the village of Dennison in Goodhue County.

In the 1930 census, he was a 60 year-old widower in Warsaw Twp living with his children Edward, 22, Beatrice M., 15, and Vernon L., 10.

His obituary was in the Faribault Daily News:

Funeral services were conducted Saturday, July 19, at the Vang Church east of Dennison for Erick Svien who passed away at the Mineral Springs Sanatorium, July 15, at the age of 78 years. The Reverend Adolph Egge officiated. Pallbearers were: Clarence, John and Bernard Svien, Iver and Erick Ellingboe and Melvin Kasa. Mrs. Adolph Egge sang two songs at the service. Interment was at the Vang cemetery. Erick Svien was born in Warsaw township on Nov. 20, 1869. He was the son of the late John and Betsy Svien, pioneer residents of the community. On December 15, 1921, he was united in marriage to Lavina Johnson, also of this neighborhood. To them were born four children: John of Farmington, Mrs. Ed Kimbrel (Beatrice) of St. Paul, Vernon of St. Peter and Edward of Cannon Falls. He is also survived by one sister, Mrs. Anna Tasa and three grandchildren. Mr. Svien spent his whole life in this community and leaves a large number of friends.

Family/Spouse: Anne Sophie TASA. Anne (daughter of John Knutsen TASA and Ingeborg Gulbrandsdatter BAKKEN) was born on 23 Sep 1868; died on 8 Nov 1896 in Minnesota; was buried on 11 Nov 1896 in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Erik married Lovina JOHNSON about 1904. Lovina was born about 1884 in Minnesota; died on 21 Feb 1929 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From the information in Erick Svien’s obit, she may be the Anna B. Tasa, wife of Knute, living in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, in the 1930 census.

Anne married Knute Johan TASA about 1897. Knute was born in Nov 1866 in Minnesota; died on 6 Dec 1936 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is I5705 in Jim’s VS, the only child of Johannes listed.

She may be the Betsy J. Svien who attended St. Olaf Academy starting in the 1893-1894 school year.

Notes:

Buried:
buried with her mother

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1945-MN-013464

Notes:

Living at home with her widowed mother and two of her brothers in the 1900 census.

Refrerred to as Josie on Amanda’s birth certificate.

ELLINGBOE, JOHANNA  

CertID# 1945-MN-013464   
Date of Birth: not indexed
 Place of Birth: not indexed
 Mother Maiden Name: not indexed
 Date of Death: 06/06/1945
 County of Death: RICE

Buried:
252 HN 4 S

Johanna married Erick Iversson ELLINGBOE on 24 Jun 1905 in Holden Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Erick (son of Ivar Trondsson ELLINGBØE and Ambjørg Eiriksdotter KASA) was born on 21 Mar 1877 in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 10 Oct 1943 in Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
buried with his father and brother Johannes

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1945-MN-004997
• Confirmation: 15 May 1887, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

According to obituary, he had a great physical handicap. If he did, it must have come after September 12, 1918, because no “obvious disability” is listed on his draft registration card. Jim’s site explains that Trond had both legs amputated due to diabetes.

Shown as Thrond J. Ellingboe on his death certificate.

He is still living at home with his mother and siblings in the 1895 state census.

In the 1900 census, he is a boarder with his brother Iver on the farm of Kari Lee, a 76 year-old widow (#23958) in Newburg Twp, Mitchell County, Iowa. This household includes two of Kari’s single daughters (Carrie, 41, and Julia, 39) as well as Kari’s 103 year-old (!) mother-in-law, Guri.

Referred to as “merchant” on Marie Louise’s birth certificate.

In the 1910 census, Thrond, 37, and his wife Ambjor, 39, and family are living in Dennison Village, Goodhue County, MN. This is Thrond’s 2nd marriage, her first. The two have been married 9 years and she has borne 4 children, all still living. The children living with Thrond and Ambjor are Amanda, 13, Ivar, 7, Marie, 5, Arthur, 3, and Helen, 1 and 7/12.

In a 1914 land ownership map of Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, “T. I. Ellingboe” owned 80 acres in Section 19. The parcel was the east half of the northeast quarter-section and was just north of the village of Dennison. His neighbors to the north and west were Prestegaards.

He registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Red Wing as Thrond Ellingboe of Dennison. He was born on January 2, 1873. He is a self-employed farmer in Dennison. His nearest relative is Mrs. Thrond Ellingboe of Dennison. He is described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and light brown hair.

In the 1920 census he is a farmer living in Dennison, Goodhue County.

He is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books), as “Thrond I Ellingboe Dennison Minn.” His entry shows that he was a member of the Samband between 1904 and 1906.

In the 1930 census, he is Thrond Elingboe, a farmer in Dennison. Living with him are his wife Emma and their children Iver and Arthur.

His will is listed in the Goodhue County Will Records, Volume 089 1945-1952, for the will year 1946.

He was first buried at Vang Cemetery on 20 Oct 1945. Later, he was moved to Oaklawn where he and Ambjor share a gravestone.

Buried:
21 ND 32 B 119 7 Moved from Vang

Trond married Marit Lovise TASA on 20 Jun 1895 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Marit (daughter of John Knutsen TASA and Ingeborg Gulbrandsdatter BAKKEN) was born on 24 Oct 1874 in Holden Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 8 Nov 1896 in Minnesota; was buried on 11 Nov 1896 in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Trond married Ambjor (Emma) T AUSTINSON on 26 Jun 1901 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Ambjor (daughter of Trond Øysteinsson BÖE ELLINGBØE and Marith Nilsdotter WANGENSTEEN STEILE) was born on 24 Apr 1870 in Minnesota; died on 7 Sep 1958 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried on 15 Sep 1958 in Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1972-MN-031930
• Baptism: 16 Aug 1874, Holden Lutheran Church, Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 19 May 1889, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

Presumably, this is the Kjirsti listed as the 5 year old daughter of Iver Thompson in the 1880 census.

She is Kjersti, age 10, in the 1885 state census.

Probably is the Christine Ellingboe, born July 1875, shown as a servant for a family in Northfield in the 1900 census.

Probably this is the Christine Ellingboe (Mrs. O. Thoreson) who attended, but did not graduate from, the St. Olaf Academy in 1892-1892.

Baptism:
as Kirsti

Confirmation:
as Kristi

Christine married Ole THORESON on 1 Jan 1905 in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Ole (son of Finkel Thoreson GRYTE and Randi Olsdatter AASTAD) was born on 22 Nov 1865 in Minnesota; died on 6 Aug 1938 in Olmsted County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1943-MN-004924
• Confirmation: 11 Dec 1892, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

Erick (“Erik”) and his family were living in Warsaw Township, Goodhue County, in the 1910 census. The family consisted of Erick, 33, his wife Johanna, 28, their daughter Ammanda, 4, their son Ivar, 2, and Erick’s mother Ambjor, 60. Johanna is shown to have had 2 children, both still living. Johanna and Erick had been married for 5 years.

He is probably the E. I. Ellingboe who is shown as owning 120 acres in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, in a 1914 land ownership atlas. His farm consists of two parcels: 1) an 80 acre parcel that is the eastern half of the northeast quarter of Section 29, and 2) a 40 acre parcel that is the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 20. The two parcels touch at a corner.

Registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Red Wing as Erick Ellingboe, born March 21, 1877, and living at Route #2, Dennison, Goodhue County. He is a farmer. His nearest relative is Mrs. Johanna Ellingboe of Route #2, Dennison. Erick is tall and of stout build. There is no entry for the color of his eyes or hair.

In the 1920 census, Erick (now spelled correctly) and his family are still living in Warsaw Township. The family consisted of Erick, 42, Johanna, 36, Ivar, 12, Edward, 9, and Erick 6. Living on the farm next door is a 14 year old servant girl name Gurianna Ellingbo. The handwriting is poor: that servant girl may be Amanda Ellingboe.

In the 1930 census, Erick (now spelled correctly) and his family were still living in Warsaw Township. The family consisted of Erick, 52, his wife Bertha J., 46, his mother Ambjor, 79, daughter Amanda B., 23, son Iver, 21, son Edward, 19, and son Erick J., 16. There is no entry in the column for how long Erick and Bertha had been married. Bertha J. is probably the same person as Johanna Ellingboe. Erick Jr.’s mother’s maiden name is shown, in his death certificate, as Svien.

Next door to Erick lived Ole Egland, wife Martha, and son Arthur A. who, apparently, later married Erick’s daughter Amanda.

He owned 1 share of the Nerstrand Farmers Mercantile and Elevator Company as of January of 1959.

Birth:
the Minnesota Births and Christenings database in FamilySearch says 22 Mar

Erick married Johanna SVIEN on 24 Jun 1905 in Holden Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Johanna (daughter of Johannes J (John) SVIEN and Beret Eiriksdatter KASA) was born on 17 May 1883 in Minnesota; died on 6 Jun 1945 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 17 Aug 1879, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 11 Dec 1892, Vang Lutheran Church, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

In the 1900 census, he is a boarder with his brother Thrond on the farm of Kari Lee, a 76 year-old widow (#23958) in Newburg Twp, Mitchell County, Iowa. This household includes two of Kari’s single daughters (Carrie, 41, and Julia, 39) as well as Kari’s 103 year-old (!) mother-in-law, Guri.

In the 1905 Pueblo, Colorado, city directory, he is Iver Ellinghoe, laborer, boarding at 1019 Northern Avenue.

In the 1909 Pueblo city directory, he is Ivar Ellingboe, an employee of the Steel Works. He resides at 2132 E Routt Avenue.

In the 1910 census, he lived at 1307 Cypress Street in Pueblo, Colorado, where he works at a steel mill. His wife is Nellie. They have been married for four years and it is the first marriage for each. Nellie has had one child, no longer living. Included in the household is Oscar Lee, 50, born in Iowa, “cousin” and a 31 year-old male, name illegible, roomer.

In the 1915 Pueblo city directory, his wife is Mary and he is a steel worker. They live at 1307 Cypress.

The 1916 directory includes a Theresa Ellingboe, clerk, also living at 1307 Cypress. She is a step-daughter of Iver’s, the daughter of Mary with John Grome.

Iver registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, in Pueblo County. Because the name of his employer (Colorado Fuel & Iron Co.) was stamped on the card, the company probably arranged the registration for its employees. At that time Iver and his wife Mary were living at 1027 Pine in Pueblo. He was described as tall and of slender build with brown eyes and light hair. He had lost the end of his right index finger after the second joint.

In the 1920 census, he is still working for the steel mill in Pueblo.

In the 1930 census, he is still working for the steel mill in Pueblo as a melter foreman.

In the 1931 Pueblo city directory, he is a melter for CF&I. He resides St. Charles Mesa.

In the 1940 census, he and Mary L live in Pueblo. He is a melter in a steel mill. He had been educated through the fourth grade, his wife through the fifth grade. Also part of their household was Rose Ann Southers, age 13, niece, and Peggy Ellingboe, age 7, daughter. Peggy and Rose Ann had also lived with Ivar and Mary at this house in 1935. Peggy and Rose Ann were born in Utah. The next census entry after Ivar was for his son Robert and Robert’s wife Ann E and son Robert Jr. Rose was the daughter of Van and Josephine Southers. The family was recorded in the 1930 census in Utah. Van Southers was born in Georgia and may have been a brother of Mary L. No Ellingboes were ever born in Utah so we don’t know who Peggy is. She could not have been the natural daughter of Mary L.

The 1945 Pueblo city directory shows Iver as a melter for CF&I.

His employment record at CF&I shows he worked for that company continuously between about 1902 to at least May of 1945. Along the way he lost one of his index fingers. The company employment card listed him as 5 ft 10.5 inches tall, 160.5 lbs., dark grey eyes and light brown hair.

Iver married Nellie D about 1906, and was divorced on 26 Mar 1912 in Pueblo County, Colorado. Nellie was born about 1888 in Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Iver married Mary Lee SOUTHERS on 10 May 1913 in Pueblo County, Colorado. Mary was born about 1884 in Georgia; died on 21 Nov 1964 in Colorado; was buried in Roselawn Cemetery, Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]