Alf Olsen LOME

Family/Spouse: Sigrid Halvorsdatter BERGE. Sigrid (daughter of Hallvard Toresen BERGE and Sigrid Knutsdatter HELLE) was born in 1754 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1836. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Or Guro.

Family/Spouse: Erik Larsen HIELDE. Erik was born in Feb 1773 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marit Evensdatter DY LOMEN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Lome Øvre 33/2

Family/Spouse: Ola Knutsen TØRSTAD. Ola (son of Knut Olsen TØRSTAD and Jørend Knutsdatter TØRSTAD) was born in 1797 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1877. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Family/Spouse: Kari Olsdatter STEINE. Kari was born in 1800 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ingebørg Kristensdatter DAHLE. Ingebørg (daughter of Kristen Olsen DAHLE and Sigri Helgesdatter NORDTORP) was born on 11 Feb 1822 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 10 Feb 1827, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 20 Jun 1841, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Birth and baptism dates from her confirmation record.

She was Knut’s wife in the 1865 census but is not the mother of Knut’s younger children.

Birth:
Tørstad 105/1 midtre Niestøgun Høre

Sigrid married Knut Andrison VEFLEN (KVIE) about 1865. Knut (son of Andris Knutson VEFLEN (KVIE) and Marit Torsteinsdatter RØYNE) was born on 7 Apr 1820 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1902. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Skomakar

Notes:

Vang C, p. 276.

He is called Ole Olsen Berge in Sigrid’s birth record.

In the 1865 census, he and his wife and their 2 children live on Berge in Hurum in the Vang parish. He is a farm laborer and shoemaker.

Birth:
Tørstad 105/1 midtre Niestøgun Høre

Ola married Sissel Olsdotter BRØTHHØVD in 1858 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Sissel was born in 1835 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

After Kristoffer died, she took her three youngest children to the U.S. and lived with the children who were already there.

The Weflen Family Tree says that she came to the U.S. in 1901, arriving in Maine in April with her son Christopher with both headed for Hoffman, Minnesota, where, apparently, Knut lived. The Weflen Family Tree says she died in Mountrail, ND, in 1923.

In the 1910 census, she lives with her youngest son in Mountrail County, North Dakota. The census form shows her as having had 8 children, 7 still living.

Birth:
Tørstad 105/1 Midtre Niestøgun i Høre; September 29th according to the NDPDI

Died:
in NDPDI as Jarand Weflen

Jørend married Kristoffer Torsteinson KVAM in 1856. Kristoffer (son of Torstein Olsen Leirol KVAM and Ingelev Ovesdatter KVAM) was born in 1823 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Apr 1880 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Christopher Haakenson BRAKKEN. Christopher was born in Apr 1822 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Dale nedre, Hegge

Family/Spouse: Anders Andersen TUNE. Anders (son of Andris Ivarsen TUNE and Berit Nilsdatter WANGENSTEEN) was born on 15 Mar 1833 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Jul 1870, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the 1930 census, listed as Andrew Kvein, he was a farmer in Dieter Twp, Roseau County, Minnesota. He was 59 and a widower. He had come to the U.S. in 1889.

Birth:
Kviesmoen U 96/1 Kvieseigun

Family/Spouse: Gurine (GIna) Jørgensdatter JENSTAD. Gurine was born about 1877 in Norway; died on 31 Aug 1929 in Roseau County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Nov 1862, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

In the bygdebok in the Kjøs section as Sigrid Olsdotter Skomakarhaugen, Kvie (p. 104, Vang C). The record for her marriage to Trond also shows her native farm as Kvien.

Her baptismal sponsors were Ingeborg Knudsdatter Berge, Sigrid Olsdatter Tørstad, Anne Gulliksdatter Berge, Knud Olsen Tørstad, and Knud somebodysson Berge.

Stephanie’s site says that Sigrid died of complications of childbirth.

Baptism:
Hurum

Sigrid married Trond Olsson HØLTUN, KJØS on 19 Feb 1886 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Trond (son of Ola Trondsson STAMPUN, HÆN and Anne Nilsdatter HAUGEN (KVIE)) was born on 20 Oct 1860 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Veflen 99/ Ruskehaugen

Died:
Dalheim (Verpilen) 96/12-38-40 av Kvien i Høre

Family/Spouse: Ragndi Olsdatter HOVDA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Veflen 99/ Ruskehaugen

Died:
Bergli 101/10, Nørre, Ryfoss

Notes:

The Weflen Family Tree calls him Ove Anton and has him born 17 Feb 1875 and dying in Grant County, Minnesota, in October of 1898, leaving behind a wife and son.

Birth:
Veflen 99/ Ruskehaugen

Ove married Mary TELL on 20 Sep 1895 in Grant County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

May have lived in Grant County, Minnesota, in 1900. A Knute Weflin, b. Sept 1870, lived in Elk Lake Twp, Grant County, in the 1900 census. He was single and farmed on a rented farm. He had come to the U.S. in 1890.

Birth:
Veflen 99/ Ruskehaugen; date from NDPDI

Died:
as Knute K Weflen

Notes:

The Weflen Family Tree calls her Selma and has her dying in Olympia, Washington, in November of 1936 as Selma Wallmark.

Birth:
Veflen 99/ Ruskehaugen

Sigrid married Lars John WALLWARK on 19 Dec 1896. Lars was born on 11 May 1873 in Jämtlands län, Sweden; died on 20 May 1926 in Thurston County, Washington; was buried in Masonic Memorial Park, Tumwater, Thurston County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 14 Apr 1873

Notes:

He went to the U.S. with his mother.

The Weflen Family Tree has him as Ole Kristoffersen Weflen, b. Jul 1873, who married Gunhilda Helgeson. He lived in Saskatchewan in 1906.

He was living with his sister Ida in Minot in the 1900 census. At that time he was a house carpenter.

Birth:
Veflen 99/ Ruskehaugen

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 14 Apr 1873

Notes:

She went to America with her mother and twin brother.

The Weflen Family Tree has her marrying Ole/Olaf Helgeson and living in Minnesota or North Dakota in 1900.

By about 1905, they were in Saskatchewan. Ole and family was recorded in Prince Albert in Saskatchewan in the 1916 Canadian census.

Birth:
Veflen 99/ Ruskehaugen

Ingeleiv married Ole HELGESON on 19 Dec 1895 in Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Oct 1876, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He went to the U.S. with his mother.

The Weflen Family Tree has him living in Mountrail, North Dakota in 1910 and marrying Sigrid Nesheim.

In the 1910 census, he, Christ C Weflen, and his wife and mother live in Wayzetta Twp, Mountrail County, North Dakota. He owns the farm but with a mortgage.

In the 1920 census, he and his wife and mother still live in Wayzetta Twp. He and Sigrid now have two children.

They’re still there in 1930 and 1940.

Birth:
Veflen 99/ Ruskehaugen

Died:
as Christopher Weflen

Kristoffer married Sigrid NESHEIM in 1909. Sigrid was born on 28 Feb 1876 in Norway; died on 10 Apr 1946 in Mountrail County, North Dakota; was buried in Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery, Belden, Mountrail County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]