Mads Jonsson MYHRE

Notes:

Referred to in the bygdebok as Mads J Bøe på Myre 47/1.

He is Mads Jonsen Bøe, I8913, in Jim’s VS.

Mads married Anne Eivindsdatter ELLINGBØ in 1765. Anne (daughter of Eivind Olsen ELLINGBØ and Marit Olsdatter KVÅLE) was born in 1741 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1821 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mads married Marit Eivindsdatter BØ in 1761 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Marit (daughter of Eivind Håvardson BØ and Kjersti Arnfinnsdatter BERGE) was born in 1738 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1761. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

See p. 798 in Vang A.

Thron married Marit Olsdatter BAKKE in 1796. Marit (daughter of Ola Torgeirsen BREKKEN and Marit Olsdatter BAKKE) was born in 1778 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1860 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sjugurd Madsson LAJORD. Sjugurd (son of Mads Jonsen KVÅLE and Margrete Sigurdsdatter HEEN) was born about 1777; died about 1817 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Bøe 41/1 Sygarde

Family/Spouse: Trond Andrisson ELLINGBØE. Trond (son of Andris Jørgensen ELLINGBØE and Ragndi Eivindsdatter ELLINGBØ) was born about 1770 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The bygdebok entry for his father just says Mads was unmarried.

Family/Spouse: Gunhild Johnsdatter KVAM. Gunhild (daughter of Jon Madsson BRØTIN, KVAM and Berit Knutsdatter SØYNE) was born about 1787 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Myre N, 47/1

Marit married Trond Aslaksson BUNDE in 1823. Trond (son of Aslak Trondsson BUNDE and Marit Johannesdatter HÅLIEN) was born in 1793; died in 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang A, p. 799.

Family/Spouse: Dorte Ivarsdatter TUNE. Dorte (daughter of Ivar Andrisson TUNE and Ambjørg Olsdatter KVIEN) was born in 1805; died in 1893. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

husmann on Villand

Even married Marith Jørgensdatter SØRE-BØ in 1832. Marith (daughter of Jørgen Nilsson GRØV and Gjartrud Håvardsdatter BØ) was born in 1813. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

See p. 846 in the bygdebok.

Family/Spouse: Kjersti Kristoffersdatter DALÅKER. Kjersti (daughter of Kristoffer Nilsson AUSTREIM and Ingeborg Olsdatter DALÅKER) was born in 1815 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

An Ancestry source gives her birth and death dates as 9 May 1812 and 21 Aug 1898.

From the Hills Crescent, courtesy of Katherine:

May 14, 1896
A pleasant party was given last Saturday at the residence of Hans Haraldson in honor of Mrs. Sundroll, mother of Nels Iverson and Mrs. H Haraldson. Mrs. Sundroll, although 85 years of age is hale and hearty, and her friends hope to greet her on many more occasions like this one of Saturday night. The guests presented her with a handsome rocking chair.

Birth:
Jim cites the church book.

Died:
Jim cites personal correspondence with Dan Iverson.

Anne married Iver Olsen SONDROL on 24 Nov 1840 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Iver (son of Ole and Berit Nilsdatter BØE) was born on 3 Jun 1805 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 6 Jun 1873 in Rock County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jon Dy Pedersen KVÅLE. Jon (son of Peder Jonsen KVÅLE and Ingebjørg Andrisdatter TUNE) was born in 1815 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Lajord 51/3 Berget

Family/Spouse: Håvard Larson HEEN. Håvard (son of Lars Gudbrandsen ØYLO and Marit Olsdatter HEMSING) was born in 1796 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Anna Syversdatter.

Greg Fearon says that she died in Michigan of diphtheria with her husband and their daughter Marith.

Birth:
Lajord 51/3 Berget

Family/Spouse: Jon Person KVÅLE. Jon (son of Peder Jonsen KVÅLE and Ingebjørg Andrisdatter TUNE) was born in Jan 1802 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1878 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anne married Christopher Larssen SØYNE on 1 Apr 1830 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Christopher (son of Lars Gudbrandsen ØYLO and Marit Olsdatter HEMSING) was born in 1799 in Norway; died in 1853 in Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 18 Oct 1818, Nord-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Many from Kjörnes, a Nord-Aurdal farm, among his baptismal sponsors.

He was a husmand med jord on the Steesrud farm in Vang in the 1865 census. His son Knut, his youngest child in the census, is shown as age 3.

Steesrud or Steinsrud is a plass on Gåsdeilde 29/.

Vang A, p. 519-520, says he was called “Gunnhild-Knut.” Called Knut Madsson Ellingbø on p. 465 of Vang A.

Knud was a great hunter (var ein stor rjupeveidar) according to the bygdebok.

He and his family moved to the U.S. in 1866. Knud’s son Jon, b. 1853, became a pastor in the U.S.

Birth:
Steesrud; Vang birth record seems to say August 20

Baptism:
Ulnæs annex (but listed in Vang birth records)

Family/Spouse: Ingeborg Jonsdatter BØAFLATO. Ingeborg (daughter of Jon Amundsen BØE and Ragndi Evensdatter BØ) was born on 8 Nov 1822 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 1 Dec 1906 in Parkland, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was heiress to the farm owned by her father.

Marit married Andris Knutson LYKKENS in 1851. Andris (son of Knud Olsen LYKKENS and Sigri Andersdatter) was born on 11 Aug 1821 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1878. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 14 Jan 1827, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1900 census, she was Ingeborg Trontson, age 74, mistakenly shown as being born in December of 1825. She is living with her son, Thomas Trontson, age 35, born in Wisconsin, and his family in the town of Amherst, Portage County, Wisconsin.

In that census, she had had 4 children, of which 3 were still living.

It wouldn’t seem that she could have had a son Thomas, born in Wisconsin in 1865 or so if she was still in Norway for the 1865 census with, apparently, all of her children, none of whom was Thomas.

Baptism:
Hurum

Ingri married Tosten Olsen QVAL in 1848. Tosten (son of Ola Kristoffersen KVÅL and Marit Torsteinsdatter SKJEL) was born in 1798; died on 17 Oct 1874 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Emigrated in 1857.

Family/Spouse: Anne Ovesdatter BERGE. Anne (daughter of Ove Zachariassen BØA-ØYDGAARDEN and Marit Olsdatter BERGE) was born on 16 Feb 1844 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 24 Jan 1928 in Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Michael Thompson’s Thompson Family Tree

Family/Spouse: Anna Sheldon BEISENSTEIN. Anna was born about 1845 in Norway; died on 27 Mar 1874 in Neenah, Winnebago County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 20 Nov 1836, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She is sometimes confused with her older sister who died before this Marit was born. That other Marit Evensdatter was born in October of 1834 and died in 1835.

The bygdebok calls her Marit Eivindsdotter Villand of N. Myre.

She was married to Eivind Jøgersson Austreim in Norway before she married Even Boe. In the 1900 census, Marith had had 9 children, 8 still living. Even had come to the U.S. in 1870 and Marith in 1868.

In the 1880 census, Even and Marit lived in Wang Twp in Renville County. The household included five children who would have been Marit’s from her first husband: George, 22, Even, 20, Bertha, 18, Ole, 15, and Marit, 11. The two oldest were born in Norway.

Died at the residence of her son, Mr. E. E. Ostrum, 3024 Cedar Avenue.

Buried:
moved from Laymans Cemetery on September 23, 1920, with her husband

Marit married Even Simonson BOE on 21 Jan 1874 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. Even was born in May 1847 in Norway; died on 12 Feb 1915 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried on 14 Feb 1915 in Crystal Lake Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marit married Eivind Jøgersson AUSTREIM on 6 Dec 1857 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Eivind (son of Jøger Jøgerson KVEBØKKO and Berit Evensdatter HEEN) was born about 1834 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Myre 47/1 Villand

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]

Notes:

In the 1880 census, he was a farmer in Silver Lake Twp, Worth County, Iowa. Living with him and his family were two “nephews”, John Th. Dahlager, 8, and Albert Th. Dahlager, 7.

Christoffer married Sigrid LEIKVOLD on 25 Mar 1874. Sigrid (daughter of Ole Olson LEIKVOLD and Kari Nilsdatter SVIEN) was born on 19 Sep 1853 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 19 Jan 1942 in Otter Tail County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Family/Spouse: Nils Nilsen RØVANG. Nils (son of Nils Olsen RØVANG and Anne Halvorsdatter KAARSTAD) was born on 19 Jul 1839 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 26 Feb 1917 in Otter Tail County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her death certificate was indexed in Ancestry as Betsy Danick.

The informant for her death certificate was Winnie Engstrum.

She died from pneumonia.

Her obit said that she had lived in “the Blaine district” since 1888. She was survived by three daughters: Mrs. Ida Eide of Attalia, Washington, Mrs. Amelia Gray and Mrs. Winnie Engstrum of Moscow, and four sons: Daniel, Albert, Emanuel, and Silas Daniels, all of Moscow.

Most of the information on Betsy Daniels and her descendants are from Find A Grave and the fine work done by contributors such as Teresa and Julie B C.

Birth:
date from her death certificate

Family/Spouse: Joseph DANIELS. Joseph was born on 3 Jan 1839 in Norway; died on 22 Jul 1914 in Moscow, Latah County, Idaho; was buried in Moscow Cemetery, Moscow, Latah County, Idaho. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1913-MN-009513
• Baptism: 9 Oct 1842, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He is Trond Iverson Syndrol in Jim’s Ellingboe tree.

In the 1870 census, he is probably the 25 year-old Thrond Iverson, a farm laborer on the Hoover Knudson farm in Winneshiek County, Iowa.

In the 1880 census, he, as T I Sondrold, and his wife and three sons lived in Buse Twp, Otter Tail County. His wife was Caroline C, age 26, born in Iowa.

In the 1900 census, he was Trond Iverson. He and his family still farmed in Buse Twp.

From the Hills Crescent, courtesy of Katherine:

June 20, 1905
Thrond Iverson and wife of Fergus Falls are visiting with the formers brother, Nels Iverson, and family, and will remain until after the 4th.

March 13, 1913
Nels Iverson departed for Fergus Falls, MN, Saturday morning to attend the funeral of his brother Thrond, which was held Monday. Deceased was seventy years old, and is the only brother of Nels. He leaves a wife, six daughters and three sons to mourn his death. Mr. Iverson was also a brother of Mrs. H. Haraldson.

Birth:
on Mÿhre

Thrond married Karen TORGERSON about 1873 in Iowa. Karen (daughter of Vetle TORGERSON and Martha) was born on 11 Aug 1853 in Winneshiek County, Iowa; died on 15 Mar 1919 in Cass County, North Dakota; was buried in First Lutheran South Cemetery, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1926-MN-013212
• Baptism: 14 May 1845, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In Jim’s VS, he is Nils Iversen Syndrol, #I54580. Nils is the only child of Iver and Anne that Jim includes in VS.

In the 1865 census, he was Niels Iverson, an unmarried 21 year-old farm worker on the Kvam farm in Vang owned by Lars Wangensteen.

He emigrated from Vang in April of 1866 as Nels Iverson Sönderold.

In the 1870 census, he, as Nels Iverson, erroneously shown as age 22, and his wife were living with her parents in Silver Lake Twp, Worth County, Iowa.

In the 1875 state census, he and his wife and three daughters were living in Martin Twp, Rock County, Minnesota. Not far from them was the farm of his wife’s parents.

In the 1880 census, he was Nels Everson, 35, of Martin Twp. Living with him are his wife Randy, 30, his three daughters Ingeborg, 10, Anna, 7, and Ida, 5, and his young son Ever, 2.

He was a Nels Iverson, a farmer in Martin Twp, Rock County, Minnesota, in the 1900 census. He came to the U.S. in 1866.

In the 1910 census, he was Nels I. Sondrol, still in Martin Twp. Living with him and Rangdi were Rudolph, “Rangdi N.”, Amanda, and Anna along with Anna’s three children.

He is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books), as N I Søndrol of Hills, Minnesota. He was still a member of the Samband in 1920 and had been since 1902.

In the 1920 census, he was Nels I. Sondrohl. He and Rangdi, along with their single son Rudolph, were still in Martin Twp.

He died as Nels Iverson.

From the Hills Crescent, courtesy of Katherine:

October 27, 1904
Nels Iverson will hold an auction sale of all his livestock and farm machinery on Friday, November 4th. Mr. Iverson has decided to quit farming and everything will be sold. The property consists of several spans of fine work horses, 25 head of cattle including some fine milch cows, 30 hogs and farm machinery consisting of everything required on a farm. Amos Scott will conduct the sale and W.A. Larson will clerk.

December 16, 1926
Nels Iverson has been confined to his bed since last Monday evening. We all hope for his speedy recovery.

December 30, 1926
NELS IVERSON CALLED TO HIS MAKER, FRIDAY
Was First Settler in Martin Township; The First Home Was A Sod Cellar: Saw Many Hardships.
The Angel of Death made another visit to our community last week when it took from our midst, one of the earliest settlers in Martin Township, namely, Mr. Nels Iverson, who passed away on Friday afternoon, December 24th, at 2:45, at the advanced age of 81 years, 7 months, 26 days.
Mr. Iverson was born in Vang, Valders, Norway, April 28th 1846.He received common schooling in his native country and reaching manhood came alone to seek his fortune. After living for three years at Decorah, Iowa, he came to Minnesota, and worked for a time on a farm in Freeborn County.
To Mr. Iverson belongs the honor of being the first settler in Martin Township, coming here with his wife whose maiden name was Miss Rangde Olson Ellingboe and to whom he was united in marriage at St. Ansgar, Iowa, on July 16, 1868.
Mrs. Iverson made her home with John and Ole Steen for two weeks while her husband was building their first home in the west, a sod cellar. At the completion of the job the new home was given a real housewarming, as Mrs. Iverson came and moved in, and the same day Goodman Anderson, John Nelson, John Goldberg and Peter Skyberg came and spent the night with them.
This old homestead was filed on by Mr. Iverson on October 14, 1871, and the sod cellar was built in the spring of 1872.
This family was blest with twelve children, five preceding him in death.
The surviving children are Iver, Anna Jensen, Ole N. Mrs. John Larson, Mrs. Peter Severtson, Rudolph, and Mrs. Iver Wangeness, who together with their mother are left to mourn.
The direct cause of Mr. Iverson's death was a paralytic stroke, and old age, suffering his first stroke on December 13th.
Funeral services were held from the home at 1:00 on Tuesday afternoon and at Bethlehem Church at 2:00 O’clock, The Rev. Theo. Rodsater preaching both in the Norwegian and English languages. There was a big attendance of friends from far and near who had come to pay their last respects to one of our earliest settlers.
The Hills Glee club consisting of R. A. Johnson, J. M. Johnson, Andrew Rogness, Olaf Hagen, George Qualley, Arthur Rortvet, and Mrs. Olaf Hagen at the piano sang a beautiful song.
Grandpa Iverson was carried to his last resting place by six grandsons, Kenneth Iverson, Eugene Iverson, Lawrence Iverson, Earnest Iverson, Nels Jensen, and Arthur Anderson.
All the children were present at the funeral and relatives from a distance Mrs. Earls Charles of Omaha.
"Mr. Nels Iverson was an influential, good and kind man, and had held several offices of trust in the community, and will be missed by all who had the good fortune to know him."

From "THE HISTORY OF ROCK AND PIPESTONE COUNTIES", by Arthur P. Rose, published 1911, courtesy of Katherine:

NELS IVERSON (1846 - 1926) is one of Rock County's pioneers who suffered in the adverse times of the grasshopper scourge and other dire calamities of the early days, but he never lost hop and today enjoys the reward of persevering toil and has had many seasons of bountiful harvest.

He was born in Vang, Valders, Norway on April 28, 1845. His parents, Iver Olson and Anna (Myre) Sondral, were small farmers in the land of the Norse.

Mr. Iverson was educated in the common schools of his native country and in the first year of his manhood came alone to seek his fortune in the new world. A three years' residence in Decorah, Iowa was broken by an eight months' sojourn in the pineries of Wisconsin. He next came to Minnesota, the scene of his subsequent activities. He worked at farm labor in Freeborn County, was married there, and in 1871 joined the vanguard of Martin Township pioneers. He took as a homestead claim the southwest quarter of section 27, which has been his home from that day to this. Mr. Iverson was a faithful member of the township board for fourteen years and was a director of school district No. 6 for three years. He is a stockholder in the Farmers Mercantile Company of Hills, and in the co-operative creamery at that point. With his family he is a member of the Synod Norwegian Lutheran Church.

At St. Ansgar, Iowa, on July 16, 1868 Nels Iverson was married to Rangde Olson Ellingbo. She was born November 4, 1849, and is the daughter of Ole and Engebor (Anderson) Ellingbo, both deceased. To this union were born twelve children, including two pair of twins, and of the family seven are still living.

The family register gives the following record:
Ingeborg, born May 23, 1869, died July 27, 1909
Anne, born June 26, 1872
Ida M, born December 10, 1874, died August 9, 1899
Iver, born November 19, 1877
Ole, born January 15, 1881
Dora, born October 9, 1882, died Sept. 7, 1896
Bertha, born April 27, 1885
Nels Rudolph and Randi N. (twins) born April 17, 1887 (the last named dying Sept. 15, 1888
Ragndi Nelia and Andrew T. (twins) born July 15, 1889 (the latter of whom died Sept. 7, 1889
Amanda T. born July 8, 1893.

Birth:
obit says, incorrectly, 1846

Buried:
may be the same as Synod Cemetery

Nels married Rangdi Olsdatter ELLINGBOE on 16 Jul 1868 in St. Ansgar, Mitchell County, Iowa. Rangdi (daughter of Ole Thronsen TØRSTAD and Ingeborg Andersdatter ELLINGBOE) was born on 25 Sep 1850 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 27 Nov 1929 in Martin Twp, Rock County, Minnesota; was buried on 30 Nov 1929 in Synod Cemetery, Hills, Rock County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 11 Apr 1852, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Family/Spouse: Ole Evenson KJØS. Ole (son of Eivind Torsteinson KJØS and Anne Olsdatter KÅRSTAD) was born about 1852 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 30 May 1882 in Rock County, Minnesota; was buried in Rock County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marith married Hans HARALDSON on 31 Mar 1884 in Rock County, Minnesota. Hans (son of Lars HARALDSON and Olave Mathea OLSON) was born on 19 Feb 1863 in Søndre Land, Oppland, Norway; died on 1 Feb 1951 in Dickey County, North Dakota; was buried in Bethlehem Lutheran Church Cemetery, Hills, Rock County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 12 Mar 1854, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

From the Hills Crescent, courtesy of Katherine:

March 22, 1900
Nels Iverson and Mrs. H. Haroldson left Saturday for a visit with their sister, Mrs. Kjos of Brookings, SD who expects to leave this week with her husband for Alberta Canada. Mr. & Mrs. Kjos were formerly residents of this township.

From Find A Grave:

Excerpt from The Wetaskiwin Times, April 23, 1931, page 1

A gloom was cast over the Wang district on Monday, April 13th, when it was learned that Mrs. Annie Kjos had passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Andrew Jevne. Mrs. Kjos was seventy-seven years of age, and came to the Wetaskiwin district in the pioneer days of 1900. She had lived a long and useful life, not only to her own family, but in aiding the sick and sorrowing of the community.

She leaves to mourn her loss, seven sons and four daughters, namely, Evan of New Britain, Connecticut; Thorwald and Albert of Vancouver; Iver, Oscar, Elmer and Thilmer; and Mrs. Alex Leum of Minneapolis, Mrs. Andrew Jevne, Mrs. E. Reimer, and Mrs. A. Bigland, thirteen grandchildren, and one great-grandson, also one sister in Minnesota. Her husband, Eric Kjos, predeceased her four years ago.

Family/Spouse: Erik E KJØS. Erik (son of Eivind Torsteinson KJØS and Anne Olsdatter KÅRSTAD) was born on 14 Jul 1848 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 6 Jul 1927 in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada; was buried in Vang Cemetery, Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 6 Nov 1859, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Or Ingeri.

Apparently died from complications after giving birth to her son.

Ingerid married Syver HARALDSON in 1886. Syver (son of Lars HARALDSON and Olave Mathea OLSON) was born on 24 Apr 1868 in Norway; died on 4 Jan 1945 in Pipestone County, Minnesota; was buried in Rose Dell Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Rock County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Dec 1854, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He and Ingri and their three sons farmed in Brookings County, South Dakota, in the 1880 census.

In the 1909 Freeborn County farmers directory, he was Trond Kvale of Nunda Twp, Emmons.

In the 1910 census (April 22 or 23) he and Randa lived in Nunda Twp, Freeborn County, Minnesota, on a farm that Thron owned, albeit with a mortgage. They had been married for 17 years. Thrond had come to the U.S. in 1861.

Baptism:
Vang church

Died:
as Thrond J Kvale

Trond married Ingri FOLKEN on 13 May 1875 in Freeborn County, Minnesota. Ingri (daughter of John FOLKEN) was born about 1857 in Norway; died about 1885 in Brookings, Brookings County, South Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Trond married Rande Olsdatter SÖLAND about 1893. Rande was born about 1872. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Andris married Ingeborg MYHRE about 1876. Ingeborg (daughter of Simon Tostensen MYHRE and Ingeborg Olsdatter STRAND) was born on 11 May 1854; died about 1924 in Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Lajord 51/3

Family/Spouse: Torstein Torsteinson LAJORD. Torstein (son of Torstein Torsteinsen LAJORD and Ingebjørg Thomasdatter NETRØST) was born in 1835 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 24 Oct 1921 in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Northfield City Cemetery, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Trond Eivindson MYHRE. Trond (son of Even Tronsen MYHRE and Marith Jørgensdatter SØRE-BØ) was born in 1839 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is I11686 in Jim Ellingboe’s Valdres Slekt.

Jim’s notes: I følge utflyttede fra Valdres reiste han fra Vang 29 Februar 1848, altså en av de aller første som dro til Amerika, men Frøholm sier han reiste i 1853. Det kan være da han kom til Renville.

In the 1880 census, he, as John J. Soine, lived in Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota.

Greg Fearon calls him Jon Johan Johnsen Soine. Greg’s notes: Jon Johan was born to the union of John Persson Kvale and Anna Sjugursdatter Lajord on November 23, 1826 in Berget at Lajord, Vang, Valdres, Norway. After the death of his father, his mother married Christopher Larson Heen in 1828, and he had five brothers and sisters. He left the family just after turning 21 in 1847. He traveled to Bergen early in 1848, and sailed on the Statsrsad Vogt to New York, arriving there on July 3, 1848. He made his way to Minnesota, where spent the rest of his life farming. He married Ingaborg Ovesdatter Kattevold in the Holden Lutheran Church in Goodhue County in 1862. Their children were: Anne Marie (1865), Ove Julius Johnsen (1867), Emma (1871), Geneva Marguerita (1877), Julia Cecilia (1878), Alfred J. (1882), and Clare Claude (1887). Jon Johan died on November 14, 1888 in Renville City, Renville County, Minnesota. While Jon Johan signed his name "Soine" on the passenger list in 1848, the earliest use of it for others is in the photo taken on the family farm in 1915, and in the listings for Ole and Sigri Soine in the 1910 Census.

Birth:
Lajord 51/3 Berget

John married Ingeborg Ovesdatter KATTEVOLD in 1862 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Ingeborg (daughter of Ove Endresen KATTEVOLD and Gjartrud Øysteinsdatter BØE) was born on 4 Mar 1842 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 1 Jan 1930 in Williams County, North Dakota; was buried in Sunset Rest Cemetery, Ray, Williams County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1917-MN-004721

Notes:

Traci’s tree refers to him as Lars Kristofferson Soine.

“Alias Lars Christopherson.” That’s what he was called in the 1880 census.

In the 1885 state census, he was Lars O. Støine of Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County. The household consists of Lars, 55, Anna, 57, Tom, 24, Gertrude, 19, Berit, 16, Christina, 9, Martha 7, “T.A.”, 25, Anna Austin, 27, Mabel A., 3, and Anna Maria, 20. From this and other information we can infer that “Anna Austin” is Lars’s oldest daughter, T.A. is her husband, Tom Austinson, and Mabel A. is Maybel Amanda Ellingboe.

As Lars Christopherson Soine, he is listed as one of the initial contributors to the start-up of St. Olaf College.

He was a farmer in Warsaw Twp in 1870.

in the 1900 census, Lars, Anna, and their single daughter Christina were living in Warsaw, Goodhue County, next door to their son and brother, Thomas Soine and his family. Lars is shown to have come to this country in 1853, Anna in 1856.

In the 1910 census, Lars and Anne are living with their son Tom and his family on Tom’s farm in Warsaw.

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.

Shown as Lars A. on his death certificate.

From one of Lars’s descendants: "Lars Christophersen Soine was born on 14 June 1830 in Vang, Valdres Norway. He came to America with his parents in 1853, he was 23 years old. He went by the name Lars O Christophersen. He worked in the logging camps in Wisconsin. He rode the logs down the river to keep them from jumbling. Several times he was thrown, by the force of the swift current and the jerking logs, into the water. In 1856 he married Anna Ellestad. Three of their nine children were born in Wisconsin. In the early 1860's Lars and Anna went moved to Goodhue County in Minnesota where they rented a farm for a few years. Then they purchased 160 acres in Warsaw township in Goodhue County. At this time he returned to using the name Lars Soine. Lars and Anna lived in a small house on their land until 1884 when they built a 12 room house for two families. He planned this house for two families so that he would have a place of his own in their old age. Lars and Anna lived in four rooms, tworooms downstairs (12x14 and 14x16) and two rooms upstairs. Their son, Thomas, and his family of 12 lived in seven of the rooms, four big rooms downstairs and three upstairs. The room above the kitchen was used as a store room for both families. Both families used the same stairs and hallway to the second floor.Each family had their own cellar and stairs. The pump was on the porch between the two kitchens. (Don't you think many oldfolks would love this arrangement nowadays instead of the old folks home?) (Denne ideen hare nok Lars hatt med segfra Vang, han har nok tenkt på kårstuene der, da han bygde detstore huset.) These two families lived in Harmony for 24½ years. In 1916 Anna and Lars celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. Anna died that fall at the age of 83 and Lars died the following April, 1917." (This is a transcript of a handwritten remembrance of one of Lars O Soine's grandchildren). Lars was a 'charter member' of the 'Valdres Laget' of Goodhue county.

Lars married Anna Tomasdatter ELLESTAD about 1856. Anna (daughter of Tomas Knudson TØRSTAD and Berit Johannesdatter ELLESTAD) was born on 4 Sep 1833 in Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 6 Nov 1916 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is I11515 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes quote Candice: “Anne was born in Norway on 7 Aug 1833. She was 20 years old when she immigrated to the United States with her family. She married Torger (Truger) Strand who was also born in 1833. Together they had nine children. Anne died on 5 April 1911, and Torger on 4 Feb 1923. De bodde i Goodhue County.”

Birth:
Søyne 50/, Øvre

Anne married Torgeir Olsen STRAND on 10 Sep 1856 in United States. Torgeir (son of Ola Olsen Øye-Eiga STRAND and Kari Guttormsdatter WANGENSTEEN STRAND) was born on 15 Jun 1834 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 4 Feb 1923 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Greg Fearon says that, “soon after arriving in the U.S. with her parents and family, she died of diptheria in Michigan in 1853.”

Notes:

Born in Søyne 50/, øvre.

He came to America with his family in 1853. He was 12 years old when his parents died. Syver was taken in by an English family, where he learned to speak English, and he eventually forgot Norwegian. He joined the Union Army on August 22, 1862; he was 20 years old. He was in Company D of the 10th Regiment of the Minnesota Volunteers. He fought at Gettysburgh with Gen. Sherman on his march to the sea. Syver enlisted under the name of Chrstopherson. After the war Lars, Syver, and Ole reunited in Goodhue County and there Syver met and married Sonneva Ellingboe in 1867. They had 3 sons. They moved to Wang township in Renville County. Syver was killed by a runaway, while haying in July 1874, and he is buried in a Wang cemetery.

The Union Army was recruiting in Minnesota in the summer of 1862 when Sever Christopherson enlisted as a private in the 10th Minn. Volunteers from Warsaw, Rice Co. The Regiment, under Col. James H. Baker, had orders to travel to New York and then to the Gulf via steamer; but before recruitment was complete the Sioux Indians in western Minnesota began misbehaving and the Regiment was sent to bolster other troops fighting around New Um, Nicollet Co. The captured Indians were sent to Mankato army post where they were courtmartialed and executed in February of 1863.

The winter of 1862/1863, the Regiment spent doing guard duty on the frontier, building stockades, and training. In camp at Henderson until February when they were ordered to Mankato to participate in the execution of the Sioux Indians.

In the summer of 1863, the 10th Minn., and other regiments took the offensive against the Indians, beat them up, and chased them across the Missouri River. On both campaigns Sever marched through the area where he would later homestead (in Renville County), but which was an Indian land in 1863 and 1863.

On the 18th of September 1863, orders arrived at Ft. Snelling, which was the main army post in the Minn. District (old Ft. Snelling is located across the river from Minneapolis and south of St. Paul) for the 10th to report to St. Louis, Mo. And they traveled by boat to Dunleith, by rail to St. Louis. There the Regiment did garrison and provost duty as there were several military prisons for prisoners of war, for "stragglers" (a euphemism for deserters who got caught), 5 forts and many supply warehouses. It was at St. Louis that Col. Phelps resigned and Capt. C.L. Davis took command of Co. D.

On April 22, 1864, the 10th Minn. left for Columbus, Kentucky, and on June 19, 1864 they were sent to Memphis, Tenn. On July 13, 1864 the Rebels attacked them at Tupelo Hill, under Gen. Bedford Forrest who was protecting Gen. Hood's withdrawal. Gen. Forrest withdrew in an orderly fashion and the 10th pressed after him. Through the fall, the unit had several skirmishes in pursuit and harassment of the Rebels.

On Dec. 15 and 16, 1864, the 10th and other units assaulted Gen. Hood's earthworks and the last battle of Nashville ensued. After taking casualties, the 10th succeeded in driving out an exhausted Confederate Army. The 10th had the task of pressing on Hood's rear, which sent them up against their old foe, Gen. Bedford Forrest. The 10th pushed on to Mobile Bay participating in the battle at Spanish Fort.

The war was over and the 10th returned to Ft. Snelling via river steamer and were formally mustered out of the Union Army on August 19, 1865.

That's what Sever's unit was doing from 1862 to 1865, but what Sever was doing is another matter. His war records show that he was present at all of the Indian Wars, and that he went south from Ft. Snelling to St. Louis. However, his records show that in May of 1864 he was in the Post Hospital in Columbus, Ky. because of sickness, not specified. Half the the casualties in the Civil War died of illnesses such as typhoid smallpox, dysentery, and just plain old pneumonia. His records say he was ill through the fall of 1864/1865, and that he was forwarded to Ft. Snelling the middle of Aug. 1864 and was ill until Oct. 20th when he resumed his duties at Ft. Snelling.

His papers say that Sever was 20 years old when he enlisted, that he was 5 ft, 9 inches, his eyes- gray, his hair and complexion -light. Sever Christopherson appears on the official roster of Company D.

Sigurd married Synneva Trondsdotter ELLINGBØE on 6 Jul 1867 in 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:

• Baptism: 28 Dec 1844, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the Vang churchbook, his baptism was listed right before that of Ole Aslaksson (#3068).

In the 1885 state census, as Ole C. Soine, he and his family live in Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota, next to the Tron Ellingboe farm. The household consists of Ole, 40, Gjertru F., 35, Anne, 16, Berit, 14, Christoffer, 12, Torger, 9, Marit, 6, Gjerdena, 4, and Sigrid, 2. Living with the family is 22 year-old Knut K. Soine and another 25 year-old farm helper, also born in Norway.

In the 1900 census he and his family live in Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. The family consisted of Ole, 55 (b. Sept 1844 (sic)), Sigrid, 47 (b. Jan 1853), Troline, 10 (b. July 1889), Martin, 7 (b. Jun 1892), Olaf S., 4 (b. May 1896), Syver, 17 (b. Feb 1883), Olaus, 14 (b. Sept 1885), and, apparently, Sigrid’s children from a previous marriage: Anne Haugen, 26 (b. Apr 1874), and Gulbrand, 20 (b. Dec 1879). Ole’s other children, Torger, 24 (b. Apr 1876), Christ, 26 (b. Apr 1874), and Gertina, 19 (b. Oct 1880), are shown as a separate household entered next on the census form.

In the 1910 census, he and Sigrid were living in Wang Twp with Christ, Theoline, and Martin.

In the 1920 census, he and Sigrid were living in Wang Twp, probably on the original farm, with Martin and his family. Christ was also living with them.

Not listed in the index of Minnesota deaths.

From the History of the Minnesota Valley, 1882: CHRISTOPHERSON, Ole Christopherson "Soena," was born in September, 1844. in Norway. From the age of nine years until 1857 he lived in Michigan, then in Dane county, Wisconsin until 1860, at which date he removed to Iowa; in 1862 he removed to Goodhue County, Minnesota. The year following enlisted in Company F, 2d cavalry, and served through the remainder of the war. Married, January 15, 1869, Jane T. Althon; the children are: Anna, Betsey, Christopher, Torger, Mary and Gertdane.

He is I11520 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes:

He was 10 years old when his parents died.

Candice Soine skriver: "Ole hired out to a very rough and unkind woodcutter. If he could not meet the quota for the day, he was not permitted to have supper. When he was 13 years old he cut his finger with an axe while he was chopping wood. It was cut so badly that only a small portion of flesh kept it from falling off. He put the two ends together as best he could, and bandaged the finger with strips of cloth. He did all of the aftercare himself and eventually, the cut healed and his finger remained stiff and crooked, but somewhat useful. Ole went from Michigan to Dane County in Wisconsin and was there from 1857-1869. Then he went to Iowa until 1862 and finally to Goodhue County in Minnesota in 1862. Ole enlisted in the Union Army at the age of 19 on December 12, 1863 and was mustered out on December 2, 1865. On January 15, 1869 Ole married Gertrude (Gjertrud) Elton and they had eight children. Gertrude died 21 September 1885 and Ole remarried in 1886. His second wife was Sigrid Loe Haugen who was a widow with three children. Ole and Sigrid had two children. Ole died on 13 March 1924. He was a naturalized citizen and he owned a farm, but could not speak English in 1900."


Fra "The Lutefisk connection" Vol 3 Winter 1999: A word about Ole Christopherson's service record - We have an interview of Ole Soine by his stepgrandson, Tyler Soine, that places Ole's unit at Gettysburg, but that is not so. Ole's unit, the 2nd Minn. Cavalry, was fighting Sioux Indians until 1866 and was nowhere near Gettysburg.

Died:
another source says 1924 in Maynard or in Wang Twp

Ola married Gertrude Torgeirsdatter (Jane) ELTUN on 15 Jan 1869 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Gertrude (daughter of Torgeir Torgeirson ELTUN and Berit Asgrimsdatter UVDAL) was born on 14 Jan 1849 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 21 Sep 1885 in Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota; was buried in Vestre Sogn Lutheran Cemetery, Sacred Heart, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ola married Sigrid Gudbrandsdatter LO in 1886. 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]