Anna Trondsdatter

Notes:

Arne Moen calls her Anna Trondsdatter Hæreid and that she and Anders had 7 children “who grew up.”

Anna married Anders Johansen NUNDAHL in 1777. Anders was born about 1757 in Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to Arne Moen, Thrond got the Ekra farm from his father in 1815.

Deir says that Thrond also had a daughter Gertrude who married an Oren and had two sons, Thomas and Ole, both born in 1868, who took the surname Thompson in the U.S.

Thrond married Britha Olsdatter in 1816. Britha was born in 1792 in Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Arne Moen says that Anders bought the Ekra farm from his brother Ole in 1890 and then gave it to his son Trond.

Family/Spouse: Sigri Eriksdatter. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shown in the 1865 Norwegian census with his wife and 8 of their children. The municipality/parish is Årdal i Sogn og Fjordane and the name of the domicile is Ækren. The school district is Nundal, Fardal og Ve. Living with the family were Ole’s parents.

The farm is also called Ekra. Arne Moen’s site has a brief history of this Nundahl farm at:

Ekra

Ole Throndsen and Kari were not living on Ekra in the 1900 Norwegian census. Arne Moen says that Ole and Kari emigrated in 1890 and sold the farm to Anders Throndsen who then gave it to his son Trond Andersen.

In the 1900 U.S. census, Ole was a widower and lived with his son Mathias in Vernon County, Wisconsin. That census shows his age as 78, born July 1821. He came to the U.S. in 1886.

He’s not living with Mathias in the 1905 state census so it’s likely that he had died by that time.

Ole married Kari Mathiasdatter on 29 Oct 1848 in Lærdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. Kari (daughter of Mathias THOMASEN and Anna JORGENSDATTER) was born about 1823 in Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; was christened on 27 Mar 1823 in Lærdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died on 22 Jan 1892 in Vernon County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Arne Moen says that Johannes and family emigrated to the U.S. in April of 1854. The Lærdal parish record shows that Johannes and his family left Lærdal on April 19, 1854, bound for Amerika.

In the 1870 U.S. census, he is John Tronson, 45, farming in New Oregon Twp, Howard County, Iowa. The rest of his household is Susan, 43, Betsy, 21, Mary, 17, Hans Nelson, 80, and Mary Nelson, 72. Everyone had been born in Norway.

In the 1900 census, he is Johannes Thronsen, b. Jun 1826, living in Utica Twp, Chickasaw County, Iowa, with his wife Synneva, b. Aug 1827. They have been married for 52 years and came to the U.S. in 1854. The census enumerator is Nels Swennumson so he should have been able to understand Johannes and Synneva.

Died:
according to his entry in Find A Grave

Family/Spouse: Synneva Hansdatter. Synneva was born about 1827. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Feb 1828, Lærdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Notes:

Arne Moen says that Sjur emigrated to the U.S. in 1853.

In the 1860 census, he, as Sever Thompson, and Ann and their two children, Betsey and Ole, lived in Kickapoo Twp, Bad Ax County, WIsconsin. Their post office was Readstown.

In the 1880 census, he, as Sever Thompson, lived with Ann and their children in Kickapoo Two, Vernon County.

Lois calls him Sjur Nundal.

Died:
Parrs’ Vernon County Wisconsin Tombstone Inscriptions

Buried:
as Sjur T. Nundal

Family/Spouse: Anna Olsdatter. Anna (daughter of Ole Sjursen SVALHEIM and Ingebor Olsdatter) was born on 27 Sep 1829 in Lærdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died on 29 Aug 1888 in Wisconsin; was buried in North Kickapoo Lutheran Church Cemetery, Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 4 Jun 1871, Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Notes:

Born Trond Anderson Hestetun. According to Arne Moen, Thrond’s father bought the Ekra farm from his brother Ole in 1890 and gave it to Trond.

He and his family live on Ekra in the 1900 Norwegian census. According to Arne Moen, they owned the farm until 1921 and then sold it to their daughter Sevrina.

Family/Spouse: Marita Olsdatter MIDTUN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 16 Apr 1848, Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
• Confirmation: 7 Jun 1863, Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Notes:

Not listed with the rest of the family in the 1865 census.

According to Arne Moen’s Ekra history, Matis Olson Nundal emigrated in April of 1868. In the 1870 U.S. census, Mathias Olson, 21, is a farm laborer living with the John Ouren family in Linden Twp, Brown County, Minnesota.

In the 1875 Minnesota census, a 28 year-old Mathias Olesen is listed in Big Stone County.

In the 1880 U.S. census, a 32 year-old Mats Olson lives in Hantho Twp, Lac Qui Parle County, Minnesota, with his wife Anna and four children, the oldest of which is 5 year-old Ole.

Also in that census, a 32 year-old Matt Oleson is a bachelor farmer in Pleasant Valley Twp, Mower County.

In the 1885 Minnesota census:

Mathias Olson, 38, living with his family in Excel, Marshall County.
Mathias Olson, 37, living with his family in Nidaros Twp, Otter Tail County.
Mathias Olson, 37, living with his family in Lake Hanska Twp, Brown County.
Mathias Olson, 36, apparently a farmhand living in Polk Twp, Vineland County.

In the 1895 Wisconsin census, Mathias is listed as living in Franklin Twp. His household consists of 1 male and 2 females.

In the 1900 census, Mathias and Martha live in Franklin Twp with Mathias’s father Ole, a 78 year-old widower born in July of 1821.

In the 1905 state census, Mathias and Martha live in Franklin Twp. Mathias’s father is not living with them. They do have a 22 year-old servant named Ole J Urness living with them.

In the 1910 census a 62 year-old Mathias Olson, born in Norway and came to the U.S. in 1869, lives with his wife Martha in Franklin Twp, Vernon County. Also in the household is Maria Urness, 26, servant.

He is not listed in the Vernon County death index, at least not for the 1929 death date shown on his gravestone.

Birth:
birthdate from confirmation record

Mathias married Martha Tostensdatter on 4 Jul 1876 in Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin. Martha was born on 29 Sep 1847 in Norway; died on 12 May 1933 in Vernon County, Wisconsin; was buried in North Kickapoo Lutheran Church Cemetery, Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 27 Jan 1850, Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
• Confirmation: 6 Aug 1866, Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Notes:

A baptismal sponsor for Klara Tomine (#8368).

According to the Bergen emigration record, she and Peter departed Bergen for the U.S. on May 4, 1886.

In the 1900 census, Peter and Betsey were farming in Soldiers Grove. They had been married for 23 years and Betsey is shown as never having had children. Living with them is Ole Asperheim, farmhand and nephew, 20. Peter and Betsey are shown as having emigrated to this country in 1886. Ole emigrated in 1900. Ole Asperheim is Ole Nilsen Asperheim, the son of Brithe’s brother Nils. He is shown in the church book as leaving Årdal in 1900.

Peter and Betsy are still farming in Soldiers Grove in the 1910 census.

Still the same in 1920 although neither have occupations. Indexed as “Suire.”

Peter and Bertha are still in the village of Soldiers Grove in the 1930 census. Living with them is Bertha’s sister, Anna Oren, a 70 year-old widow designated as a “sister-in-law.” Bertha and Peter had been married since they were 27 and 23, respectively. Everyone was born in Norway. Anna came to this country in 1883; Peter and Bertha came to this country in 1886.

Neither Peter nor Bertha are living in Soldiers Grove in the 1940 census.

Died:
According to her gravestone, which gave her year of birth, erroneously, as 1849.

Brithe married Peter J SIME on 23 Jun 1876 in Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. Peter (son of Hans Hansen SIME and Kirstine Thomasdatter ELDEGAARD) was born on 26 Sep 1853 in Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died in 1935 in Crawford County, Wisconsin; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Soldiers Grove, Crawford County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Stayed in Norway according to Deir.

Notes:

A baptismal sponsor for Klara Tomine (#8368).

Stayed in Norway according to Deir.

Niels married Anna Sjursdatter ASPERHEIM on 16 May 1879 in Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. Anna (daughter of Sjur Magnusen ASPERHEIM and Ingleit Reiarsdatter) was born on 8 Oct 1856. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 4 Feb 1855
• Confirmation: 12 Jun 1870, Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Notes:

She is not the Ingeborg, wife of Nels Asperheim, living next door to Peter and Betsey Sime in Soldiers Grove at the time of the 1900 census.

In the 1865 Norwegian census, Ingebjørg is shown as 12 years old.

In the 1920 census, she and her husband Tollef live in Franklin Twp, Vernon County, just down the census page from the Albert Ekum family. Tollef and Ingeborg are shown as having come to the U.S. in 1884.

In the 1940 census, as the widow Ingebor Severson, she lives with her sister Anna in Soldiers Grove.

An Ingeborg Severson, b. 1855 but with no death date, is buried in North Kickapoo Lutheran Cemetery, sharing the same gravestone as Tollef Severson, 1857-1936.

Ingebjørg married Tollef SEVERSON about 1882. Tollef was born in Feb 1857 in Norway; died in 1936; was buried in North Kickapoo Lutheran Church Cemetery, Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 8 Nov 1857, Lærdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Notes:

Birth and christening information from IGI. Parents shown as Ole Throndsen and Kari Mathiasdr.

According to the Bergen emigration records, he departed from Bergen for the U.S. on May 24, 1882, still unmarried, leaving behind two women with his two infant daughters.

Farming in Franklin Twp in the 1900 census.

Shown in the 1900 census as having come to this country in 1882 (and his wife and daughter in 1883).

In the 1905 Wisconsin state census, the Ole O. Nundal household consisted of Ole O., 49, Brita, 45, Clara Morkri, married daughter, 23, Ole, 19, Soren, 17, Martin, 14, Oscar, 19 (sic, should be 9), Mabel, 6, and Tillman, 4.

He had a 160 acre farm in Section 17 of Franklin Twp.

His entry in Find A Grave, originally created by Susanna Parrish and maintained by Deir:

Ola Olsen Nundahl

B. 15 Sep 1857, Lærdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, d. 28 Jul 1928, Vernon County, Wisconsin.

Ola Olsen Nundahl was the son of Ole Throndson Nundal, who was one of the five brothers and 3 sisters born to patriarch and matriarch Thrond and Brita on the Ekra farm in the Nundal Valley. As the second eldest of the family, Ole Throndson Nundal had inherited the tenant rights to Ekra when his eldest brother Anders died in 1863 as a young father. Ole then raised his own family at Ekra, including son Ola Olsen Nundahl, and another son Sever Olsen Nundahl.

Ola and his father Ole Throndson Nundal were both born on the isolated mountainside Ekra farm in the tiny Nundal Valley just outside the town of Ardal, located at one of the eastern end branches of the great Sogne Fjord in Fjordane county, Norway. Sever's paternal grandparents Thrond and Brita had raised a family of 5 boys and 2 girls at Ekra. The farm sat on a valley hillside, with its residents waking every morning to the sound of waterfalls that tumbled down the valley walls into a beautiful aquamarine freshwater lake, the Ardalsvatnet, displayed in a delightful panoramic scene just below the farm. There was a small dock at the water's edge, and the only way to the market town of Ardal about one mile away was by small boat.

Ola Olsen Nundahl, age 25, emigrated to the U.S. in 1882, leaving behind two women with newborn daughters who were his first two children. He emigrated to Stoughton, Dane County, Wisconsin within a few months of both births, perhaps to escape family "troubles". His younger brother Sever Oleson Nundahl had just emigrated to the same area at the age of 18 in 1880.

Ola conceived his first child, Elisabeth "Lizzy" Olsdatter Nundal, with a young neighbor woman who had grown up on the nearby Hagen farm in the Nundal Valley - she was his paternal first cousin *Brita Anfinsdatter Nundal*, the daughter of his father Ole's younger brother Anfin. Baby "Lizzy" was born on the Hagen farm in the Nundal Valley in January of 1882.

Complicating matters for himself, Ola's second baby arrived just 3 months after the first. In April of 1882 just prior to his emigration to Wisconsin, Ola became the father of Klara Tomina, who was born not far from the Nundal Valley, somewhere in the flatland farm area of Ardal, Norway to mother *Brita Sjursdatter Asperheim*. Ola married her, sometime either before or after she followed him to Wisconsin with her baby Klara a year or so later in 1883-84. They raised their subsequent seven children in Stoughton, Dane County, Wisconsin. Possibly there were a total of 8 additional children, including the unconfirmed Ole Jr. seen on the list below, who was born in 1886 and died of unknown causes at age 22 in 1908, and buried in the same Kickapoo cemetery as many other family members.

Ola Olsen Nundahl's and Brita Sjursdatter Asperheim's eight children were given the surname Nundahl:

1. Klara Tomina Olsdtr. 1882
2. Ida Olsdtr. 1884
3.(Ole Olason Jr. b. 1886, died in 1908 age 22)
4. Soren Olson 1888-90 (spouse Millie (Erickson) Nundahl; one child)
5. Thea Olsdtr. 1890 (possibly infant)
6. Martin Olson 1893
7. Oscar Olson 1896
8. Mabel Olsdtr. 1899
9. Tilman Olson 1901

Ola's firstborn Elisabeth "Lizzy" Olsdatter Nundal was left behind in the Nundal Valley on the Hagen farm of her birth. She was initially raised by her single mother Brita, along with Brita's parents Ingeborg and Anfin (who was Lizzy's father Ola's paternal uncle). Mother Brita soon left the Hagen farm of her birth to marry. In 1894, when Lizzy was 12, her grandparents emigrated with her to Iowa, following their daughter Brita, who had emigrated and settled there with her husband and several children. Lizzy then lived with her mother Brita, stepfather, and her many half siblings.

Whether this Iowa family associated with Lizzy's father Ola and his family in Wisconsin is unknown. All of Ola's 8 other children were also Lizzy's half siblings. Ola's father Ole and his wife Kari, who were also Lizzy's paternal grandparents, had emigrated to Wisconsin in 1886 when Lizzy was just 4 years old, after they had finished raising their family on the Ekra farm in the Nundal Valley.

Both Lizzy's maternal and paternal grandfathers, Anfin and his older brother Ole (Ola's father), had been born and raised at the Ekra farm in the Nundal Valley. Anfin's and Ole's pioneer brother Johannes lived until sometime after 1900 in Iowa with many grandchildren from his two daughters. Their pioneer brother Sjur had died young in 1883, leaving descendants in the Kickapoo Valley of Wisconsin. The 4 brothers' sister Gertrude had also emigrated with her husband to Iowa in 1888 with half of her children, at the age of 54.

Ola Olsen Nundahl, lived not far from his brother Sever Olsen Nundahl according to the 1920 census. Among Ola's children was Tilman Olason Nundahl (b. 1901, d. 1971) who was just a year or two older than Sever's Tillman Oliver Nundahl. The two cousins may have spelled their names slightly differently. Ola also had a son Soren Olason Nundahl, who had a son by a first marriage named Myron (who used the surname Erickson), and a daughter by a second marriage named Beatrice (see obit below).

Beatrice 'Bea" A. Nundahl (1916 - 2010) Obituary
Beatrice A. Hillbo, age 93 of Viroqua, Wisconsin passed away on Oct. 9, 2010, at her home. She was born in Soldiers Grove, on Dec. 22, 1916, the only child of Soren and Millie (Erickson) Nundahl. She was confirmed at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Westby and on June 22, 1940, she married Arvid R. Hillbo at Our Savior's. He preceded her in death on Oct. 24, 1946. Bea was a graduate of Westby High School, Vernon County Teacher's College, UW-La Crosse and attended Winona State University. For more than 35 years she taught in rural schools in Vernon and Crawford counties, retiring from Viroqua Area Schools in 1982. She was a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Viroqua, where she sang in the choir, served on the council and was an active church member. Other memberships include Vernon County Retired Educators, Vernon Memorial Hospital Auxiliary and the Vernon County Historical Society. Bea is survived by her two children, of La Crosse and Madison, and four grandchildren. She is further survived by one niece. In addition to her husband, parents and in-laws, she was preceded in death by her special Hoffland and Methum cousins. Services will be held at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Viroqua, with burial in Southwest Prairie Cemetery.

Family/Spouse: Brita Anfindsdatter NUNDAL. Brita was born on 10 Aug 1858 in Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died on 8 Feb 1940 in Clarion, Wright County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ole married Brita Sjursdatter ASPERHEIM about 1883 in United States. Brita (daughter of Sjur Magnusen ASPERHEIM and Ingleit Reiarsdatter) was born on 16 Jan 1860 in Lærdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died on 9 Jul 1937 in Vernon County, Wisconsin; was buried on 12 Jul 1937 in North Kickapoo Lutheran Church Cemetery, Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 24 Jul 1859, Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Notes:

Anna was living in De Forest at the time of Sever’s death.

In the 1910 census, she and her husband of 27 years, Tom G., are living in Soldiers Grove. Anna is shown as never having had children.

According to Judi, Soren Nundahl, Anna’s nephew, worked for Anna on her farm at Soldiers Grove in 1916 when Beatrice was born. In the 1920 census, Soren was a renter on a farm in Soldiers Grove, presumably Anna’s. Anna is not listed in the 1920 census.

At the time of the 1930 census, she was widowed, 70 years old, and living as “sister-in-law” with Peter J. Sime, 77, and his wife Bertha, 80, in Soldiers Grove. Bertha and Peter had been married since they were 27 and 23, respectively. Everyone was born in Norway. Anna came to this country in 1883; Peter and Bertha came to this country in 1886.

In the 1940 census, Anna is living in Soldiers Grove with her sister Ingebor Severson, in the same house, owned by Anna, in which Anna had lived in 1935. Both women are widows. In 1935, Ingebor had been living in rural Vernon County. Both women had eighth-grade educations. Anna was a naturalized citizen, Ingebor was still an alien.

Not listed in the index of Vernon County deaths. Probably died in Crawford County.

Anna, not her brother Sjur/Sever, was almost certainly the last living member of the family with a memory of Ekra, the family farm in Norway.

Anna married Thomas Johannesen OREN on 27 Oct 1882 in Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. Thomas (son of Johannes Olsen SEIM and Marita Christophersdatter) was born on 11 Aug 1858 in Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died on 1 May 1915; was buried in North Kickapoo Lutheran Church Cemetery, Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Stone Mason, Farmer
• Vernon County Death Index: V25, P549 As Sever O.
• Baptism: 1 Jan 1862, Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Notes:

Born Sjur. Called Sever S. in the 1900 census.

Because a Wisconsin Nundahl is a member of the Fjord Heritage Club, Sever’s family may have come from the Årdal and Lærdal region of Sogn and Fjordane fylke, Norway.

His obituary said, incorrectly, that Sever was born May 12th.

His obituary claims that Sever joined his brothers and sisters in Wisconsin when he was 19 years old. It appears that Sever left Norway on June 1, 1880. The emigration records from Bergen for people from Årdal note a Sjur Olsen Nundal, age 18, unmarried, born in 1862, leaving on the Amerikanske Linie on that date.

Sever married Bertha in a “condensed M E ritual” conducted by G. N. Nuzum and witnessed by Sever Bowe and Ida Anderson. Sever’s occupation is shown as “mason” in his marriage record.

His obituary also says that Sever was survived by 22 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren.

Played the violin at dances.

In the 1905 state census, the family is recorded as Sever Nundal, 44, stone mason, Bertha, 36, Carl, 7, Clara, 6, and Tillman, 3. By that time, the family had moved to Franklin Twp. In the 1915 plat book for Vernon County, Sever Nundahl owns the 40 acres to the southwest of the original Claus Bowe homestead. By comparing the 1915 and 1896 plats, it would appear that Sever Nundahl bought the southern half of an 80 (two 40s) that Andrew and Sever Bowe owned in 1896.

Sever’s brother, Ole Nundahl, lived not too far from Sever according to the 1920 census. Ole’s children included Martin, Mabel, and another Tilman who was apparently about 2 years older than Sever’s Tilman. The two boys may have spelled their names slightly differently.

At the time of the 1930 census, Sever, 66, and Bertha, 62, were living on Black Bottom Road in Franklin Township on the same road as their children and their families. Sever was 31 when he was first married; Bertha was 27. Sever was born in Norway and emigrated in 1889.

In the 1940 census (indexed as Memlahl), Sever, Brita, Tilman Oliver, and Tilman’s children lived on a farm on Highway 14. For all of them, it was the same house that they had lived in in 1935.

In the 1950 census, he was the 88 year-old widower living with his son Tillman and Tillman’s three children in the town of Franklin, Vernon County. His grandson Sylvan was listed as the head of household.

According to the history of the Kickapoo Church, “Sjur Nundal” was a member of the building committee responsible, in 1926, for the building of the basement under the church.



Find A Grave contributor Deir claims that “Undoubtedly, Sever was the last living person in the U.S. with a memory of the Ekra farm {in Norway}.” This is probably not true because Sever’s older sister Anna survived him by four years.

Sever’s obit said that he had a sister, Mrs. Annie Oren, living in DeForest.

Birth:
The Luster bygdebok, in its description of Kari’s family, says that Sever was from “Ekra under Nundal i Årdal.”

Baptism:
In the churchbook as Sjur Olssen, son of O. Trondssen N?ndal and Kari Mathiasdatter.

Died:
Cora’s diary of May 20, 1954, says that she “got message Sever N. passed away.”

Sever married Brithe (Bertha) BOWE on 19 Sep 1896 in Vernon County, Wisconsin. Brithe (daughter of Claus Sjursen BØE (BOWE) and Kari Andersdatter MAREIM) was born on 28 Sep 1868 in Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin; died on 16 May 1944 in La Crosse County, Wisconsin; was buried on 19 May 1944 in North Kickapoo Lutheran Church Cemetery, Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 20 Mar 1864, Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Notes:

In the 1900 census, she is probably Mary Steensland, b. Sept 1852 in Norway, who lives in Utica Twp, Chickasaw County, Iowa, with her husband and family.

Betsey married Einar Knudson HOOVERSON about 1873. Einar (son of Knud Haaversson and Ragnilde Einarsdatter) was born on 28 Oct 1845 in Luster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; was buried in North Kickapoo Lutheran Church Cemetery, Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]