Eli Aslaksdatter

Notes:

May be the daughter of Aslak Thorsen and Sigri Pedersdatter who were living on the Nundahl farm in Årdal in the 1801 census.

Family/Spouse: Erik Vebjornsen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 28 Sep 1834, Norway
• Confirmation: 8 Jul 1849, Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Notes:

Peder and family lived on Nundal østre in Årdal in the 1865 census.

Family/Spouse: Ingri Christophersdatter. Ingri was born about 1837 in Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Erick Olsen SEIM. Erick was born about 1861 in Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Husmand m J, Arbeider med Jordbrugsarbeide
• Baptism: 11 Aug 1867, Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Notes:

According to Digitalarkivet, the family was living on the “Osene” farm in Aardal at the time of the 1900 census. Erik was a tenant farmer and farm laborer. Living with the family was Malina’s mother, Brita Øren born in 1837.

Died:
A brief article in the June 14, 1935, edition of the La Crosse Tribune noted that Bertha and Ida had just received word of the death of their father in Norway.

Family/Spouse: Malene Ovesdatter ØREN. Malene (daughter of Ove Thomasson HAREID and Brita Jonsdatter ØREN) was born on 23 Nov 1867 in Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 16 Mar 1872, Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Notes:

Known as Sam.

In the 1900 census, as Soren Nundahl, he was a single man boarding with Tollef (#20488) and Ingeborg (#4440) Severson in Franklin Twp. He is shown as having come to the U.S. in 1893.

He registered for the draft on September 12, 1918, as Sam Nundal. (The registrar wrote Nundahl, Sam signed as Nundal.) He lived in Readstown and gave Mrs. Inga Nundahl as his nearest relative. He was described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and light hair.

Came to the U.S. in 1892 according to the 1910 and 1920 censuses, 1893 according to the 1930 census.

According to his obit he died of pneumonia and his farm was located five miles west of Readstown. The funeral was conducted by the Rev. H. T. Haagenson.

Sam’s farm was adjacent to the northeast leg of Claus Bowe’s original homestead. That parcel was owned by Charly Anderson in the 1915 plat book. Thus, the Andersons and Nundals were neighbors which is why Anna Anderson, and Cora Carlson, had pictures of the Nundal children. (Sam’s farm was in Kickapoo Twp, Charly’s in Franklin Twp.)

Soren married Ingeborg Marie HOUGSTAD on 29 Mar 1902 in Vernon County, Wisconsin. Ingeborg was born in 1878 in Norway; died on 15 Dec 1953 in Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin; was buried on 19 Dec 1953 in North Kickapoo Lutheran Church Cemetery, Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 22 Jul 1883, Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Notes:

Emigrated in 1899 as Karl Johan Erickson Nundal. In the 1930 census, as Carl E. Sime, he is living with his widowed cousin Ida Anderson on her farm in Kickapoo Twp, Vernon County.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Jan 1889, Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Notes:

The Bergen departure records show her (as Ida Eriksdtr Øren) leaving for the U.S. on October 29, 1907.

In the 1910 census she was a 21 year-old servant living and working at Torger Fortney’s hotel on Main Street in Viroqua.

In the 1920 census, Adolph and Ida and family were tobacco farmers in Kickapoo Twp, Vernon County. They lived next door to Sam and Inga Nundahl and not far from Abraham and Annie Nelson.

In the 1930 census, Ida was a widow running her farm and family in Kickapoo Twp. Living on the farm is Carl E. Sime, 46, cousin.

She was Mrs. Ida Anderson, living in Viroqua, at the time of her sister Bertha’s death.

Family/Spouse: Adolph ANDERSON. Adolph (son of John O M ANDERSON and Ingeborg (Emily)) was born in 1891 in Wisconsin; died on 31 Oct 1921 in Vernon County, Wisconsin; was buried in Franklin Lutheran Church, Folsom, Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Vernon County Death Index: V29, P152 As Bertha Malina Ekum

Notes:

The Bergen departure records show her (Britha Eriksdtr Øren) as leaving for the U.S. on November 2, 1908. Her reason for leaving was to better her living condition. She was to meet family in Madison, Wisconsin.

Bertha Øren Ekum's youngest sister and her granddaughter were scheduled to visit Ernest and Dorothy from Norway in the summer of 1983. Bertha's youngest sister is only one year older than Ernest, had already been over to the U.S. twice (as of March, 1983), and couldn't speak English.

The 1910 census shows Bertha as an 18 year old housemaid servant girl employed by Clause Bowe. She arrived in this country in 1909 and wasn’t yet able to speak English.

Cora’s address list shows an address for Bertha Ekum at or around 1957 as 419 South Washington in Viroqua.

Bertha’s only sibling in the U.S., at least living at the time of Bertha’s death, was, apparently, her sister Ida (“Mrs. Ida Anderson”). According to Bertha’s obit, she had 2 brothers and four sisters still living in Norway.

Died:
“in a Viroqua hospital after an illness of one week”

Buried:
1NO25

Brita married Albert M EKUM on 19 Dec 1911 in Immanuel Lutheran Church, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin. Albert (son of Thomas Monsen EIKUM (MUNSON) and Susanna Clausdatter (Susan) BOWE) was born on 26 Nov 1882 in Liberty Pole, Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin; died on 4 Mar 1952 in Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin; was buried on 8 Mar 1952 in Viroqua Cemetery, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Nundahl.

Buried with Hansons (5NE8).

Single and living at home in the 1930 census.

In the 1950 census, he, as Palmer Nundahl, and his family lived in Jefferson Twp, Vernon County, WIsconsin.

According to his obit in the La Crosse newspaper, he and his wife farmed in the town of Kickapoo for one year and from 1935 to 1973 they farmed in the town of Jefferson. In 1973 they moved to Viroqua.

An newspaper article from April of 1934 notes that Mr. and Mrs. Palmer Nundahl would move in to the house “near Mason City” formerly occupied by Clarence Mikkelson. Mikkelson, a patrolman, had moved to Viroqua.

Died:
died at home, 355 Meadowood Court

Palmer married Nellie Grace HANSON on 4 Apr 1934 in Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin. Nellie was born on 16 Mar 1914 in Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin; died on 15 Dec 2005 in Watonwan County, Minnesota; was buried on 19 Dec 2005 in Viroqua Cemetery, Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also, for some reason, called Ada.

Ida married Clarence B MICKELSON in 1927. Clarence (son of Albert MIKKELSON and Louisa OLSON) was born on 10 Nov 1905 in Crawford County, Wisconsin; died on 22 May 1977 in Vernon County, Wisconsin; was buried in North Kickapoo Lutheran Church Cemetery, Franklin Twp, Vernon County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]