Tosten Pedersen QVIEM

Notes:

Vang C, p. 231.

Husmann on Søre Vøvle 99/.

Family/Spouse: Ingri Jensdatter KVIESMOEN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 17 Dec 1820, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She is not in either of Jim’s databases.

Born Anne Tostensdatter Qviem. Married as Anne Tostensdatter Veflenseiet.

In the 1900 census, she was Anne Hallen, a 79 year-old widow living in Kerkhoven Twp with her son Even Hallen and his family. The census did not include how many children she had had or how many were living.

In the 1905 state census, she was 84 year-old Annie Halen, living with her son Even and his family in Kerkhoven Twp, Swift County.

Birth:
FInd A Grave says Nov 29

Anne married Even Helgessen HØVERSTAD on 11 Oct 1842 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Even (son of Helge Kristoffersson MØSAKER and Sigrid Eivindsdotter SUNDSHELLA) was born in 1803 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 12 Apr 1896 in Minnesota; was buried in West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery, Sunburg, Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1917-MN-011623
• Baptism: 5 Jun 1843, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Most likely, and assumed here, he was born Helge Evenssen in Vang. He was called Helge Evensson Höverstad when he left Vang for the U.S. in March of 1862 at age 19. His death certificate, for which the informant was his son-in-law, shows his father’s name as Helge Holen Hoverstad.

He was a farmer in Wang Twp, Renville County, in the 1880, 1885, 1895, and 1900 censuses. In the 1910 census, he is retired with “own income” and is, apparently, letting his daughter and son-in-law run the farm.

In the 1895 census, he claimed to have been in Minnesota for 34 years, 24 of which were in the present enumeration district. In the 1900 census, he came to the U.S. in 1862.

Helge died of stomach cancer.

Birth:
erroneously shown as 1844 in Find A Grave

Helge married Ambjor ELLINGBÖ in 1874 in Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. Ambjor (daughter of Jørgen Evensson ELLINGBÖ and Anne Thomasdatter HAGASTRØND) was born on 10 Dec 1836 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 26 Oct 1928 in Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1930-MN-015478
• Baptism: 2 Nov 1845, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He is not in either of Jim’s databases.

The records for the Norway Lake Lutheran churches in Kandiyohi County have this entry for him: “Tosten E. Hollen, born in Balders. Come to Goodhue County, 1866. Married with Guri H. Hande, born in Balders. Came to Rice County 1869; to Norway Lake 1875. Married again with Rangdi Flaten, born in Balders. Came to Norway Lake, 1895.”

As Thorsten Evenson, he and his family were living in Lake Johanna, Kerkhoven Twp, in the 1885 state census.

He was Tosten Hollen in the 1895 state census. He was apparently a widower at that point. Living with him in Kerkhoven Twp were: Even, 19, Halvor, 18, Christofer, 16, Anna, 14, Ole, 11, and Berthine, 8.

Not living with the children by his first wife in the 1900 census.

Spelled Halen in the 1905 state census, Hollen in the 1900 census.

In the 1910 census he is Tosten E. Hollen (indexed as Foston e Hollen), 64, divorced, living in Kerkhoven Twp, Swift County. Living with him are his children Even T., 33, Berthine, 23, and Ruby T., 12. Tosten came to the U.S. in 1866. His brother, C E Hollen and family, lives next door.

In the 1930 census, he was a widower living with his son Ole, and Ole’s recent wife, in Kerkhoven Twp. Living next door was Tosten’s (apparent) brother, Even Hollen, and his wife Minda (born Minda Ovidia Solberg) and son.

Died as Tosten E. Hallen.

Birth:
Hoverstad 63

Family/Spouse: Guri Halvorsdatter HANDE. Guri (daughter of Halvor Pedersen HANDE and Barbro Nielsdatter HØYNE) was born on 23 Nov 1841 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died before 1896 in Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thosten married Randi SÖNDROL on 23 Jun 1897 in Swift County, Minnesota, and was divorced. Randi (daughter of Torstein Olsson SÖNDROL and Ragndi Olsdotter ELLINGBØE) was born on 10 Jul 1854 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 12 Apr 1909 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Sep 1848, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

The 1900 census showed her as having borne 9 children, 6 still living. That census also showed her coming to this country in 1866.

Birth:
North Dakota death index says 1849, other sources say 24 Jul 1848

Sigrid married Ole Tomason ELLESTAD about 1869. Ole (son of Tomas Knudson TØRSTAD and Berit Johannesdatter ELLESTAD) was born in Apr 1841 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 8 Jan 1928 in Swift County, Minnesota; was buried in South Lake Johanna Cemetery, Pope County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 20 Oct 1850, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She may have married Knud K Thune in Swift County on 24 Nov 1883.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 29 Apr 1855, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 12 Jun 1870, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

He and his family lived in Kerkhoven Twp, Swift County, in the 1900 census. The census-taker was Ole O Ellingboe, (I5122).

A Christopher Hollen, purportedly born 31 Jan 1856 (according to his gravestone), is buried in the West Norway Lake cemetery. He died 6 Aug 1916.

In the 1910 census, he is C E Hollen, age 55, a farmer in Kerkhoven Twp, Swift County, Minnesota. He owns his farm, albeit with a mortgage. He came to the U.S. in 1866.

Birth:
_Many_ sources incorrectly show his birthdate as 31 Jan 1856.

Confirmation:
Holden

Christopher married Berith Jacobsdatter KATTEVOLD in 1880. Berith (daughter of Jacob Olsen HAMRE and Randi Erichsdatter KATTEVOLD) was born on 1 Dec 1861 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 12 Jul 1910 in Swift County, Minnesota; was buried in West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery, Sunburg, Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Haaver Evensen BØE. Haaver (son of Even Haaversen BØE and Ragnild Tostensdatter KJERSTEIN) was born on 22 Nov 1853 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 20 Oct 1931 in Kerkhoven, Swift County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 22 Jun 1862, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He and his family lived in Kerkhoven Twp, Swift County, in the 1900 census. The household consisted of Even Halland, 38 (b. Apr 1862 in Norway), Minda, 32 (b. Aug 1867 in Iowa), Robert, 3 (b. Jan 1897 in Minnesota), Oskar, 3 (b. Jan 1897 in Minnesota), Alma, 1 (b. Aug 1898), Thillen, 3 months (b. Feb 1900), and Anne, mother. Also in the household were Dina Rogn, servant, age 16 (b. Oct 1883 in Minnesota) and Halvor Hallen, nephew, 23 (b. Mar 1877 in Minnesota). Christoffer Hollen and his family lived on the adjoining farm.

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1964-MN-021975

Notes:

The informant for her death certificate was her son Alfred. She lived in Sacred Heart and died from a heart attack following hip surgery. She fell on a rug in her home on March 8, 1964.

Her maiden name was Hollen according to her daughter Lillian’s death record and according to her daughter Clara’s death record. She was called Netta Evanson on Ole’s death certificate.

Antonetta married Nels ROGEN on 27 Nov 1895 in Renville County, Minnesota. Nels was born in Oct 1874 in Minnesota; died on 9 May 1932 in Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1900 census, he is shown as the head of the household in Kerkhoven Twp. Living with him are his siblings Christoffer, Anne, Ole, and Berthine.

Single and living with his father and siblings in Kerkhoven Twp in the 1910 and 1920 censuses.

He registered for the draft in Benson on September 12, 1918. He gave his father, Tosten Hollen, as his nearest relative. He was described as of medium height and build with blue eyes and light hair.

Notes:

Not listed with the rest of his siblings in the 1900 census.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 13 Oct 1895, West Norway Lake Lutheran Church, Sunburg, Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

Notes:

Listed with her father in the 1885 and 1895 state censuses but not in later censuses.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 16 Oct 1898, West Norway Lake Lutheran Church, Sunburg, Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

Notes:

He was a 55 year-old widower living with his son in Kerkhoven Twp in Swift County.

Ole married Ida Aletta THOSTENSON on 11 Jun 1929 in Swift County, Minnesota. Ida (daughter of Kittel THOSTENSON and Anna H) was born on 13 Sep 1905 in Swift County, Minnesota; died on 11 Apr 1934 in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota; was buried in West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery, Sunburg, Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 22 Sep 1901, West Norway Lake Lutheran Church, Sunburg, Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

Notes:

Single and living with her father and siblings in Kerkhoven Twp in the 1910 census.

Notes:

Probably is the 7 year-old Teoline living with her father in the 1905 state census.

As Ruby T., 12, she is living with her father and siblings in Kerkhoven Twp in the 1910 census.

In the 1920 census, as Ruby Shelstad, married but with no husband listed, she is living with her father and two half-brothers, as well as her son, in Kerkhoven Twp.

Died:
as Mrs. Ruby Theoline Sjelstad

Ruby married Oscar Iver SJELSTAD on 14 Nov 1917 in Swift County, Minnesota. Oscar was born on 30 Dec 1893 in Minnesota; died on 26 May 1977 in Swift County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1910-MN-014265

Notes:

As five year-old Olai, living with his father in the 1905 state census.

Young Olie died from TB. His father was the informant for his death certificate. His surname was called “Holden” on the death certificate.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 19 May 1872, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 17 Apr 1887, Minnesota

Notes:

Also known as Laura. Shown as Betsy L in the 1875 Minnesota census. She was the 23 year-old Laura in the 1895 Minnesota state census. At that time, she was still living at home with her parents.

She never married.

She may be the baptismal sponsor Betsey Ellestad for Martin O Ellingboe.

Baptism:
First Norway Lake Lutheran

Confirmation:
First Norway Lake Lutheran

Buried:
but the South Lake Johanna Lutheran Church record says West Norway Lake

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1943-MN-004921

Notes:

Or Thealine.

Married her first cousin.

At the time of the 1900 census, she had had 4 children, only 2 of them (Ludvik, Clarence) still living.

Shown in the 1910 census as having borne 8 children, 6 still living. In the 1900 census, that was 4 and 2.

Anna married Thomas L SOINE on 2 Jul 1892 in Swift County, Minnesota. Thomas (son of Lars Christopherson SOINE and Anna Tomasdatter ELLESTAD) was born in Aug 1859 in Wisconsin; died on 17 Mar 1944 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1907-57-348
• Baptism: 1875, East Norway Lake Lutheran Church, Pennock, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

Notes:

Called Julia in the 1875 and 1885 Minnesota censuses.

Ida died from pyaemia (blood poisoning due to an abscess). Both of her parents were born in Norway.

She is probably buried in Layman’s Cemetery.

Ida married Anders Christian (Andrew) RASMUSSEN on 27 Oct 1897 in Swift County, Minnesota. Anders was born on 4 Jul 1872 in Denmark; died on 18 Feb 1913 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Layman’s Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1877, East Norway Lake Lutheran Church, Pennock, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

Notes:

Inferred from baptism record.

Notes:

Sophie is a 31 year-old widow in the 1910 census. She and her children were living with her late husband’s father in Kerkhoven Twp. She had had 4 children, 3 still living. Their neighbors were the Ole Ellingboes (#5122).

In the 1920 census, she and her three children live next to or with her brother Victor in Decorah Twp, Dunn County, North Dakota.

In the 1930 census, she was a 51 year-old widow and was living with her son Selmer and his family in Kerkhoven Twp, Swift County.

She is included in the History of Kenyon on pp. 201, 202.

The Kjos Family Tree shows her death as 31 Dec 1954. The Washington Death Index shows a Sophia O Hagen dying in Mount Vernon on 30 Dec 1954. That Sophia had been born in “abt 1879.”

Sophie married Ole FRAMSTAD, Jr on 14 Feb 1900 in Swift County, Minnesota. Ole (son of Ole Olsen FRAMSTAD and Marit) was born about May 1877 in Minnesota; died on 10 May 1906 in Swift County, Minnesota; was buried in West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery, Sunburg, Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sophie married Ludvig HAGEN in 1931. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 19 Mar 1882, Minnesota
• Confirmation: 3 Oct 1897, Minnesota

Notes:

Still alive as the 13 year-old Emma in the 1895 Minnesota state census.

An Emma Ellestad was a baptismal sponsor for Roy O. L. Rasmussen at his 1903 baptism in Minneapolis.

In the 1940 census, she and her two adult sons live in Manhattan. She is shown as married but there is no husband in the household. She has no occupation.

In the 1950 census, she is unemployed and stilll lives at her apartment on West 177th Street in New York City. Her marital status is “separated.”

Confirmation:
South Lake Johanna Lutheran in Brooten

Emma married Clarence Arthur NICHOLS on 8 Sep 1909 in Pine City, Pine County, Minnesota. Clarence (son of Dan M NICHOLS) was born in Dec 1883 in New York; died in Apr 1977 in Queens, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not listed in the 1880 census.

Notes:

Shown as Thomas Elestad in the 1910 census, at which time he and his wife were living in Dunn County, North Dakota, on a farm nearby or adjacent to, the farm of Ole T. Elestad. (See notes for Ole.)

Registered for the draft on September 11, 1918, in Dunn County, North Dakota. The draft card is mostly illegible but it does show his birthdate and his middle name. He claims to be a farmer and his wife is Hannah. He has blue eyes and light hair.

Still living in Dunn County, N.D., on a farm he owns, in the 1920 census. He and Hannah now have four children.

In the 1930 census, the family is living on a farm in South Avon Precinct, Skagit County, Washington. The family is Thomas, 45, Hannah, 47, Olive, 15, Arvid, 13, Kendall, 9, Tillman, 7, and Winifred, 3. All of the children were born in North Dakota. Thomas and Hannah were married at ages 24 and 26, respectively.

Thomas married Hannah LARSON in 1909. Hannah was born on 16 Mar 1883 in South Dakota; died on 28 Mar 1951 in Mount Vernon, Skagit County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Social Security Number: 532-34-5690 Issued In Washington 1952-1954

Notes:

Shown as Victor J. Elestad, single and 22, at the time of the 1910 census. Living in Dunn County, North Dakota, on a farm nearby or adjacent to the farm of Thomas Elestad. Victor’s farm is shown as Section 14 or 19. (See notes for Ole.)

Not listed in the draft registrations for WWI.

By the 1920 census, Victor, now 31, had married Lena, 27. They were still living on a farm in Dunn County, North Dakota. They had three children, all born in N. Dakota.

By the time of the 1930 census (April 11th), Victor and his family had moved to North La Connor Precinct, Skagit County, Washington. (Victor’s brother had moved to Skagit County as well. See notes on Thomas.) The family consisted of Victor, 42, Lena, 38, Inez, 14, Edna, 13, Orville, 11, Everett, 9, and Virgil, 3 and 3 months. Virgil had been born in Washington; the other children in North Dakota. Also living with the family was Lena’s mother, Christine Larson, 76, a widow first married at age 20 and who came to this country in 1873. Victor and Lena had married when they were 26 and 22, respectively.

He registered for the World War II draft in 1942. At that time, he lived at Route 4, Mount Vernon, Washington. He gave as his “person who will always know your address” Mr. John Larson of Route 4, Mount Vernon. Victor was a self-employed farmer.

Victor married Olina J (Lena) LARSON in 1914. Olina (daughter of Johan LARSON and Christine STONE) was born on 21 Dec 1891 in Union County, South Dakota; died on 21 Jul 1987 in Mount Vernon, Skagit County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1910 census, he was single, living at home with his parents and siblings, and employed as a mail carrier.

Family/Spouse: Julia HALVORSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1910 census, he was single, living at home, and was employed as a farm laborer.

Notes:

In the 1910 census, he was single, living at home, and employed as a farm laborer on the home farm.

Notes:

In the 1910 census, she was single and living at home with her parents and siblings.

Notes:

In the 1910 census, he was single and living at home. He was employed as a farm laborer on the home farm.

Notes:

Of his siblings, only Arnold and Ida survived him.

Family/Spouse: Laura GUNDERSON. Laura was born about 1908 in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota; died on 22 Jul 1946. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ingmar RUDNINGEN. Ingmar (son of Ingebret O RUDNINGEN and Betsey STOUTLAND) was born on 18 Oct 1898 in Swift County, Minnesota; died on 23 May 1984 in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Harold SELSETH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]