Kari Simensdatter ØYLO

Notes:

Birth:
Øylo 54/

Family/Spouse: Gudbrand Embriksen SØYNE. Gudbrand (son of Embrik Helgesen SØYNE and Gjartrud Torsteinsdatter KVÅLE) was born in 1713 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1769. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Øylo 54/

Ola married Anne Finnkjellsdatter KJØRLIE in 1774. Anne (daughter of Finnkjell Fredriksson KJØRLIE and Anne Endresdatter) was born in 1746. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is Lars Gudbrandson (Øylo) Heensbakken, I11503, in Jim’s VS.

Birth:
Øylo 54/

Family/Spouse: Marit Olsdatter HEMSING. Marit (daughter of Ola Andrisson BØE and Ragnhild Håvardsdatter HEMSING) was born in 1753 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Øylo 54/

Family/Spouse: Marit Gudmundsdatter REMME. Marit (daughter of Gudmund Jonsen RØN and Sigrid Eivindsdatter REMME) was born in 1794 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1861. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is I2976 in Jim’s VS.

Birth:
Øylo 54/

Died:
Kjerstein 12/2

Family/Spouse: Torstein Ivarsen KJERSTEIN. Torstein (son of Ivar Torsteinson KJERSTEIN and Anne Kristoffersdatter LEIROL) was born in 1785 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1837. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Per Kristoffersson FRAMSTAD. Per (son of Kristoffer Pedersen BERGE and Ingebørg Haldorsdatter ØDEGÅRD) was born in 1787; died in 1866. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Heensbakken

Family/Spouse: Margrete Sigurdsdatter LAJORD. Margrete (daughter of Sjugurd Madsson LAJORD and Anne Madsdatter MYHRE) was born in 1803 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shown as Christopher Larssen Heen on Lars’s birth record in the Vang church book. Traci’s tree refers to him as Kristoffer L Haenseiga.

In Jim’s Valdres Slekt tree, he is Christopher Larsen Heenseiga Søyne, #I11511.

Jim’s notes: For a time he was a postman. Born on Hensbakka and took over as a tenant farmer from his father until 1833, when he became a tenant farmer on Øvre Søyne. from 1833-1848. Left for America in 1853 with wife and five children on the "Olave Kyrre." In the church book emigrant list, his name was "Soyne," but he used the surname "Hen" or "Heen" after immigration. Included in his household in the emigration list was a servant, Marit Håvardsdatter Lajord (his wife’s niece, #23240), whom he married after his first wife's death. {Which would not seem to be possible unless there was a fair amount of time between his wife’s death and his death which are supposedly in the same year.}

Traci’s tree has him dying in Michigan in 1853. This makes sense from the notes for Sigurd.

Christopher Larssen Söine, 52, and his wife Anne Syversdatter, 49, emigrated from Vang on 12 March 1853 with their children Lars, 23, Anne, 20, Marith, 17, Syver, 11, and Ole, 10. Apparently traveling with them was a Marith something (maybe Klausdatter) Lajord, 23.

Christopher married Anne Sjugurdsdatter LAJORD on 1 Apr 1830 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Anne (daughter of Sjugurd Madsson LAJORD and Anne Madsdatter MYHRE) was born in 1805 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1853 in Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang A, p. 898.

Family/Spouse: Barbro Endresdatter TØRPE. Barbro (daughter of Endre TØRPE) was born in 1827 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Øylo 54/

Died:
Stele 21/2 Uppigarden

Family/Spouse: Nils Larsson STELE WANGENSTEEN. Nils (son of Lars Nilsson STELE WANGENSTEEN and Maren Jonsdatter KVAM) was born in 1818 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1872 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is I16892 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes: Han var først på farsgården til kona, Hagen 88/5. Gudmund hadde tjenestegjort som skyss-skaffer i verneplikt tiden sin, han fikk attest fra 1850. De overtok Haga etter broren hennes, Halvard som hadde reist til Amerika i 1848. 4 år senere dr o de etter. I 1852 solgte han Hagen til Knut Eivindson Heen og dro med familien til USA.

In the 1880 census, as G. Gilbertson, age 59, he and his wife Mary, age 53, and their children, Gertie Swennes, 26, Mary Gilbertson, 24, Ole Gilbertson, 21. Gudmund Gilbertson, 17, John Gilbertson, 12, and Lena Gilbertson, 7, live in Springfield Twp, Winneshiek County, Iowa.

In the 1895 state census, he, as Gudmund G Oyloe, and Marit and Gudmund M, age 32, live in Springfield Twp, Winneshiek County, Iowa.

Birth:
Øylo 54/

Gudmund married Marit Haldorsdatter HAGEN in 1850. Marit (daughter of Haldor Halvorsen HAGEN and Gjertrud Olsdatter LIEN) was born on 7 Jan 1826 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 21 Mar 1907 in Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Øylo 54/

Died:
erroneously indexed in Minnesota Deaths as Anna Oylo Sajord.

Anne married Torstein Torsteinson LAJORD about Mar 1856 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. 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]

Notes:

Birth:
Øylo 54/

Family/Spouse: Tosten Helgesson QVALE. Tosten (son of Helge Torsteinsen KVÅLE and Sigrid Torleivsdotter ELLINGBØE) was born in 1832 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1921 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 7 Apr 1828, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Family/Spouse: Erik Olsen BØFLATEN. Erik (son of Ola Olsen TUNE and Gjartrud Eiriksdatter BØ) was born in 1826 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 1836, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

From the confirmation record, his mother was Kari Olsdatter and his father was Tosten Siversson. He was confirmed as Tosten Tostensson Kjerstein.

He is Tosten Tostensen, age 44, Gaardbruger og Selveier on the Rusiskaaret farm in Vestre Slidre in the 1865 census. Tosten had a wife Rangdi Gudbrandsdatter, age 32, and three daughters: Jørønd, 9, Kari, 6, and Anne, 3.

He is I28410 in Jim’s VS.

Birth:
Kjerstein 12/2, date from the confirmation record

Family/Spouse: Randi Gudbrandsdatter SYNSTEIKRA. Randi (daughter of Gudbrand Eirikson ELTUN and Jørand Olsdatter KVÅLE) was born about 1834 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Kjerstein 12/2

Family/Spouse: Ole Olsen GRIHAMAR. Ole (son of Ola Torsteinson GRIHAMAR and Ingeborg Marie Olsdatter EDSVOLD) was born in 1809 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1867. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was Even’s 2nd wife.

Ragnild married Even Haaversen BØE in 1853. Even (son of Haaver Evensen BØE and Ingeborg Paulsdatter NORDLAND) was born on 2 Feb 1820 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1895 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang C, p. 281, as Ola Persson Framstad.

In the 1865 census, he is gbr and selveier on Framstad 171 in Hurum. He is a 50 year-old widower.

Family/Spouse: Sidsel Olsdatter DALAGER. Sidsel was born in 1822; died in 1864. [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]

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]