Thomas K WEFLEN

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

Birth:
Helle i Hurums

Baptism:
Hurums

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 29 Jun 1884, Minnesota

Notes:

A different Clara Emilia Weflen was born 22 Oct 1885 in Kandiyohi County to Ole Weflen and his wife Ragnhild. That child was baptized at West Norway Lake Lutheran on 17 Nov 1885.

She is listed in the 1895 state census as still living with her father, step-mother, and siblings in Renville County.

She is not listed with her father and step-mother in the 1900 census although Annie and Gustav are. Neither she nor her sister Annie were living with her father and step-mother in the 1905 state census.

Her daughter is shown as the adopted daughter of Knute and Annie Odegaard in the 1910 census.

Baptism:
Our Savior’s in Sacred Heart

Clara married Albert Charles COLTMAN on 5 Oct 1907 in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota. Albert was born about 1883. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Annie married Knute Jørgensen Berge ODEGARD on 18 Mar 1909 in Divide County, North Dakota. Knute (son of Jørgen K HERMUNDSTAD and Anna Torsteinsdatter GRIHAMAR) was born on 9 Dec 1880 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 15 Apr 1929 in Divide County, North Dakota; was buried in Concordia Cemetery, Crosby, Divide County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1920 census, he is still single and living next door to his father in Wang Twp, Renville County, as a boarder on the Ole C Soine farm.

Notes:

In the 1900 census, he lives with Thomas Veflen and Magret. He is clearly shown as the senior Thomas’s step-son. He is also shown in that census as having a mother born in Minnesota, not Norway. This is different from the birthplace shown for Annie and Gustav. Thus, he is most likely Margaret’s son from a relationship before she married Weflen.

Notes:

No children.

Died:
as Frances R Gregerson

Notes:

Probably Gerhard.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1908-18954
• Confirmation: 9 Jul 1922, Crosby, Divide County, North Dakota

Notes:

Her name on her birth certificate is Marie Clara Atthea Coltman, mother’s maiden name Weflen, so it’s not clear which of the two sisters, Annie or Clara, was her mother. We’re assuming here that Marie Clara’s mother was Clara and that she was later adopted by the Odegards. The Odegard Family Tree agrees with this assumption.

In the 1910 census, she is shown with Knute and Annie as an adopted daughter.

Confirmation:
as Marie Clara Odegard at Concordia Lutheran

Family/Spouse: Peter MALNAA. Peter died in 1966 in Orange County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 12 Mar 1910, Divide County, North Dakota

Notes:

Baptism:
Concordia Lutheran in Crosby

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 14 Nov 1911, Divide County, North Dakota
• Confirmation: 13 Jun 1926, Crosby, Divide County, North Dakota

Notes:

In the 1940 census, he and his family lived in Crosby where he was a meat cutter at a meat market.

Baptism:
Concordia Lutheran in Crosby

Confirmation:
Concordia Lutheran

Family/Spouse: Norma Ruth SWENSON. Norma (daughter of Edward Sever SWENSON and Ruth Clarissa BERG) was born on 23 Jan 1914 in Minnesota; died on 13 Aug 2009 in Crosby, Divide County, North Dakota; was buried in Concordia Cemetery, Crosby, Divide County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 15 Aug 1915, Divide County, North Dakota

Notes:

Baptism:
Concordia Lutheran in Crosby

Gloria married R.T. LOEWE [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mr. Kenneth E. "Buddy" Odegard, 72, died Friday, May 26, 2006. A memorial service will be conducted Thursday, June 29, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Concordia Lutheran Church in Crosby, N.D. Interment took place at Sandhills State Veteran's Cemetery in Spring Lake on Monday, June 19, 2006. Mr. Odegard, a native of Crosby, N.D., was active in athletics at Divide County High School where he lettered in football, basketball and baseball. He served in the United States Marine Corps in Korea. Before moving to Greenville, he resided in California, Arizona, Fayetteville, N.C., North Dakota and Nevada. He and his brother, Dick, were longtime roommates and business partners in magazine sales. Mr. Odegard was preceded in death by his father, Kenneth A. Odegard, and a brother, Richard B. Odegard. Surviving are his daughter, Lynnell Odegard of Greenville; son, Ken Odegard II of Fayetteville; grandchildren, Amanda and Ken III, both of Fayetteville; mother, Norma R. Odegard of Crosby, N.D.; brother, Dirk Odegard and wife, Kim, of Fairfield, Calif.; and sisters, Avis Breding of Bismarck, N.D., Donna Lund and husband, John, of Silver City, N.M., Sharyn Edwards and husband, Jim, of Issaquah, Wash., Pam Simmons and husband, Mike, of Ecru, Miss., and Paula Lindsey and husband, Neil, of Crosby, N.D. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Red Cross, 2025 E Street NW, Washington D.C. 20006.