Eli Knudsdatter

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 27 Jun 1802, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

According to Super Mega, she is the Eli Knudsdatter Graavi, I22060 in Jim’s Ellingboe tree. Her marriage to Anders is not shown, instead her outside-of-marriage liaison with Endre Iversen Ellingbø is shown, a liaison which led to the birth of Marith Endresdatter in December of 1829. In the church book record for that Marith’s birth, Eli is shown as Eli Knudsdatter De Thune.

Jim’s notes for the Ellingboe tree entry for Eli, from a translation done by Everett Ellestad:

“Many of these tiny patch farms have now been swallowed up by the landowners, and the cottages torn down. To some of these parcels of land, a bit more ground was added on, however, and sold to small farmers. Such a small farm was the little place called Åsen [the mountain ridge], which now has completely disappeared. [Note: this was written in 1911.] Many young people in the neighborhood have no idea even where Åsen was located. But, when I was a small boy, Åsen was a so-called resting place for all who traveled over Egge Ridge between Vang and Øystre Slidre [Valdres], so that there were often 30 horses standing along the road there at any one time. And, the little cottage was more than packed with drivers on their way home.

“At Åsen lived Andris and Eli, and their son Ola and all three were 'clever people.' And, no matter how little they had, no one ever heard them complain even when they were on the verge of starvation. Ola, who was about as old as I, was a happy and kind fellow no matter how things were, and he was an expert singer. A song written by Peter Dass, called Happy was Halvar on the Ridge, was changed by him into Happy was Andris on the Ridge, and he sang so that it echoed over the valley. Eli, who often sat inside and mended, would 'sneak' out as soon as all the drivers had left and sweep up the little fodder remaining on the ground there, and in this way, the sole cow they had also got something to live on.

“Andris at Åsen was a good worker and good at doing things, no matter what, if he only got a little food in his stomach. Since he was of small stature and thinly built, and often hungry, he often used to say about himself: "It's not my muscles doing the work, it's the food." But, it was amazing how many stones and rocks he moved up there on the ridge overlooking the valley. And, although Andris had toiled until late in the evening [all his life], it was not very long before the place called Åsen was no more.”



EXCERPT:

Gamalt fraa Valdres, Kristiania, H. Aschehough & Co., 1911. Retranslated and corrected, from the Valdres dialect of Norwegian, by Everett M. Ellestad, 23 Sept., 1989. New revisions 8 August, 1991 and 22 March, 1995, and (updated) 13 November, 1996.

Baptism:
Hegge, Lomen, Rogne, Røn, Slidre, or Volbu

Family/Spouse: Anders Olsen. Anders was born about 1811 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Endre Iversen BØE. Endre (son of Ivar Nilsen BØE and Ragnhild Endresdatter LIEN) was born on 24 Jun 1804 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 9 Nov 1845, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1900 census, he was a farmer in the town of Liberty in Manitowoc County. He and his wife came to the U.S. in 1881.

Ole married Marit Svendsdatter about 1872 in Norway. Marit (daughter of Svend Knutsen BEITO and Marit Gulbrandsdatter HEDALEN) was born on 15 Jun 1849 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1917 in Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 17 Jan 1830, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

The sponsors listed for her baptism were Margrethe Ovesdatter Thune, Maren Evensdatter Thune, Kirsti Christophersdatter Dalager, Bøye Bøyesen Thune, and Niels Iversen Thune.

She is I21783 in Jim’s Ellingboe tree where her birthdate is mistakenly shown to be November 28th.

Vang B, p. 307, calls her Marit Endresdotter Rogn, as does dwfrench1.

In the 1865 census, she is the wife of Kristofer Einarsen. The family lives on Heen øvre, for which Kristofer is gbr. The couple has five daughters, born between the years 1853 and 1865. They would have two more. Of the seven daughters, the eldest, Anne, inherited the farm. One daughter, Ingebjørg died as a teenager. The other five daughters would emigrate to the U.S.

Family/Spouse: Kristoffer Einarsson HEEN. Kristoffer (son of Einar Kristoffersson HEEN and Anne Jonsdatter LEIROL) was born in 1830 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sever SNORTUM. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Notes:

In the 1940 census, he and his family lived in the town of Liberty in Manitowoc County. He was a malter for a brewing company.

Family/Spouse: Esther ZASTROW. Esther was born about 1901 in Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Albert married Ella VETTER on 2 Feb 1916 in Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. Ella was born in 1895; died in 1918. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The bygdebok says that she died from encephalitis.

Family/Spouse: George A ESTREM. George (son of Christopher Andrisson ØSTREM and Inger Caroline Gulbrandsdatter LOMEN) was born about 1863 in Winneshiek County, Iowa; died on 29 May 1935 in California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Augusta BAUMANN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ivan Conrad TORRISON. Ivan (son of George Gunder TORRISON and Christina THOMPSON) was born on 31 Oct 1909 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; died on 26 Apr 1989 in Valders, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Carol married Walton P SCHROEDER on 8 May 1948 in Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. Walton died on 24 Mar 2003. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mattie FOSTER. Mattie was born in Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He had an oil distribution company.

Family/Spouse: Alice BUTLER. Alice was born on 4 May 1896 in Montana; died on 25 May 1997 in Butte County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]