Alexander Pettersen SKJELHAUGEN

Notes:

Skjelhaugen is a subfarm of Kvåle.

His place of birth on his marriage record seems to be Kållebråten i Uddvalden ni Kvale. That, and his name, suggests he was born in Sweden.

In the 1880 U.S. census, he is A. Pederson, wife Randi, of Kerkhoven Twp, Swift County. The rest of the children shown for that family are quite a bit younger than Berith although there is a daughter Kersti, age 10 (so born in 1869 or 1870) born in Norway. That implies that A. Pederson and Randi were together in Norway before coming to the U.S. in about 1870. Their 10-year-old son, Gustav, was born in Minnesota.

He and his family are still in Kerkhoven Twp in the 1900 census.

Alexander married Randi Erichsdatter KATTEVOLD on 9 Jun 1870 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Randi (daughter of Erich Christophersen KVÅLE and Kjersti Endresdatter KATTEVOLD) was born on 31 Oct 1838 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1905 in Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 9 Oct 1870, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She was born Kirsti on 16 Sep 1870, bapt. 9 Oct 1870, in Vang to Alexander Petterson Skjerhaugen, b. 1841, and Randi Eriksdatter, b. 1838. That couple had been married two months. Among the witnesses to Kirsti’s baptism was Kirsti Eriksdatter Bøe-Eie.

Christine married Peter R SOLBERG on 4 Aug 1895 in Swift County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]