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Kristoffer Torsteinson KVAM

Male 1823 - 1880  (57 years)


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  1. 1.  Kristoffer Torsteinson KVAM was born in 1823 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Apr 1880 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway.

    Notes:

    Husmann and shoemaker.

    In the 1865 Norwegian census, he was Kristofer Torsteinsen, age 42, a husmand med Jord on Haugen in Vang. The household also had Jorand, 32, Torstein, 8, Ole, 6, and Ove, 1, along with Magrete Torsteinsdatter, 42, and her daughters Marie Haldorsdatter, 13, and Magrete Svendsdatter, 4.

    Birth:
    Kvam 53/ Sløtet

    Kristoffer married Jørend Olsdatter TØRSTAD in 1856. Jørend (daughter of Ola Knutsen TØRSTAD and Sigrid Alvsdatter LOME) was born in 1834 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 25 Sep 1923 in Mountrail County, North Dakota; was buried in Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery, Belden, Mountrail County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Torstein Kristofferson Ruskehaugen VEFLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1858 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1934 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway.
    2. 3. Ola Kristoffersen VEFLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1859 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1935 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway.
    3. 4. Ove Kristoffersen Ruskhaugen VEFLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1860 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in United States.
    4. 5. Knut Kristoffersen Ruskehaugen VEFLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Sep 1867 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 8 Dec 1952 in Mountrail County, North Dakota.
    5. 6. Sigrid Kristoffersdatter (Selma) VEFLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 May 1870 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 2 Nov 1936 in Olympia, Thurston County, Washington; was buried in Masonic Memorial Park, Tumwater, Thurston County, Washington.
    6. 7. Ola Kristoffersen Ruskehaugen VEFLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Feb 1873 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway.
    7. 8. Ingeleiv Kristoffersdatter (Ida) VEFLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Feb 1873 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway.
    8. 9. Kristoffer Kristoffersen VEFLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Jun 1876 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 3 Oct 1953 in Mountrail County, North Dakota.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Torstein Kristofferson Ruskehaugen VEFLEN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Kristoffer1) was born in 1858 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1934 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 10. Christoffer Torsteinson KVIEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1886 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1963 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway.

  2. 3.  Ola Kristoffersen VEFLEN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Kristoffer1) was born in 1859 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1935 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Veflen 99/ Ruskehaugen

    Died:
    Bergli 101/10, Nørre, Ryfoss


  3. 4.  Ove Kristoffersen Ruskhaugen VEFLEN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Kristoffer1) was born in 1860 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in United States.

    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]


  4. 5.  Knut Kristoffersen Ruskehaugen VEFLEN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Kristoffer1) was born on 29 Sep 1867 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 8 Dec 1952 in Mountrail County, North Dakota.

    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


  5. 6.  Sigrid Kristoffersdatter (Selma) VEFLEN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Kristoffer1) was born on 11 May 1870 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 2 Nov 1936 in Olympia, Thurston County, Washington; was buried in Masonic Memorial Park, Tumwater, Thurston County, Washington.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 11. Jessie Viola WALLMARK  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Nov 1899 in Grant County, Minnesota; died on 6 Oct 1984 in Olympia, Thurston County, Washington; was buried in Masonic Memorial Park, Tumwater, Thurston County, Washington.
    2. 12. Lester Milton WALLMARK  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Jul 1905 in Grant County, Minnesota; died on 15 Sep 1981; was buried in Masonic Memorial Park, Tumwater, Thurston County, Washington.

  6. 7.  Ola Kristoffersen Ruskehaugen VEFLEN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Kristoffer1) was born on 17 Feb 1873 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway.

    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


  7. 8.  Ingeleiv Kristoffersdatter (Ida) VEFLEN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Kristoffer1) was born on 17 Feb 1873 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 13. Lars HELGESON  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1897 in Minnesota.
    2. 14. Gilford HELGESON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Mar 1900 in North Dakota.

  8. 9.  Kristoffer Kristoffersen VEFLEN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Kristoffer1) was born on 8 Jun 1876 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 3 Oct 1953 in Mountrail County, North Dakota.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 15. Anna VEFLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1913 in North Dakota; died in 2004; was buried in Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery, Belden, Mountrail County, North Dakota.
    2. 16. Olaf VEFLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Mar 1917 in North Dakota; died in Aug 1980; was buried in Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery, Belden, Mountrail County, North Dakota.
    3. 17. Signe VEFLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1923 in North Dakota; died in 1990; was buried in Bethel Lutheran Cemetery, Mountrail County, North Dakota.


Generation: 3

  1. 10.  Christoffer Torsteinson KVIEN Descendancy chart to this point (2.Torstein2, 1.Kristoffer1) was born in 1886 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1963 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway.

    Notes:

    He is I8030 in Jim’s Ellingboe tree and I1644 in Jim’s VS. Jim says that Christoffer was a renowned wood carver and operated a cabinet maker’s workshop. He supplied furniture to the palace in Oslo (to Haakon VII), to the American embassy in Oslo, and various things to many churches, among others the altar piece for Hensås church.

    (The Hensås church, also called the Heensåsen church, is in Vang and is west of Høre and east of Vangsmjøsi at the intersection of County Road 293 and County Road 302. The church was built in 1902.)

    Birth:
    Dalheim (Verpilen) 96/12-38-40 under Kvien in Høre

    Christoffer married Ingeborg Olsdatter ELLINGBÖ in 1912, and was divorced. Ingeborg (daughter of Ole Tollefson ELLINGBÖ and Ingeborg Bøyesdatter KATTEVØL SKEIE) was born on 27 Oct 1894 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1986 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 18. Ragna Christoffersdatter KVIEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1913 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway.
    2. 19. Ingebjørg Christoffersdatter KVIEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1918 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1979.
    3. 20. I.K.C. KVIEN  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 11.  Jessie Viola WALLMARK Descendancy chart to this point (6.Sigrid2, 1.Kristoffer1) was born on 29 Nov 1899 in Grant County, Minnesota; died on 6 Oct 1984 in Olympia, Thurston County, Washington; was buried in Masonic Memorial Park, Tumwater, Thurston County, Washington.

    Notes:

    Died:
    St. Peter Hospital

    Jessie married Harvey Austin COLLINS on 2 Apr 1919 in Oregon. Harvey was born on 17 Mar 1899 in Oregon; died on 12 Oct 1981 in Washington; was buried in Masonic Memorial Park, Tumwater, Thurston County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 21. Doris Mae COLLINS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 May 1920 in Marshfield, Coos County, Oregon; died on 20 Nov 1994 in Olympia, Thurston County, Washington.
    2. 22. Hazel Adell COLLINS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Sep 1922 in Oregon; died on 9 Jun 1972 in Sonoma County, California; was buried in Masonic Memorial Park, Tumwater, Thurston County, Washington.

  3. 12.  Lester Milton WALLMARK Descendancy chart to this point (6.Sigrid2, 1.Kristoffer1) was born on 19 Jul 1905 in Grant County, Minnesota; died on 15 Sep 1981; was buried in Masonic Memorial Park, Tumwater, Thurston County, Washington.

    Notes:

    In the 1920 census, he lived with his parents in Coos County, Oregon. He was a clerk in a drugstore.

    Lester married Georgia BOSTIAN on 20 Jul 1926 in Thurston County, Washington. Georgia was born in 1902; died on 31 Dec 2000; was buried in Masonic Memorial Park, Tumwater, Thurston County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 13.  Lars HELGESON Descendancy chart to this point (8.Ingeleiv2, 1.Kristoffer1) was born in 1897 in Minnesota.

  5. 14.  Gilford HELGESON Descendancy chart to this point (8.Ingeleiv2, 1.Kristoffer1) was born on 22 Mar 1900 in North Dakota.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    ELCA, First Lutheran in Minot


  6. 15.  Anna VEFLEN Descendancy chart to this point (9.Kristoffer2, 1.Kristoffer1) was born about 1913 in North Dakota; died in 2004; was buried in Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery, Belden, Mountrail County, North Dakota.

  7. 16.  Olaf VEFLEN Descendancy chart to this point (9.Kristoffer2, 1.Kristoffer1) was born on 28 Mar 1917 in North Dakota; died in Aug 1980; was buried in Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery, Belden, Mountrail County, North Dakota.

    Family/Spouse: Rose. Rose was born on 1 May 1926; died on 21 Feb 2003; was buried in Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery, Belden, Mountrail County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 17.  Signe VEFLEN Descendancy chart to this point (9.Kristoffer2, 1.Kristoffer1) was born about 1923 in North Dakota; died in 1990; was buried in Bethel Lutheran Cemetery, Mountrail County, North Dakota.


Generation: 4

  1. 18.  Ragna Christoffersdatter KVIEN Descendancy chart to this point (10.Christoffer3, 2.Torstein2, 1.Kristoffer1) was born in 1913 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Bergli 101/11-12, Sørre, Ryfoss


  2. 19.  Ingebjørg Christoffersdatter KVIEN Descendancy chart to this point (10.Christoffer3, 2.Torstein2, 1.Kristoffer1) was born in 1918 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1979.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Bergli 101/11-12, Sørre, Ryfoss


  3. 20.  I.K.C. KVIEN Descendancy chart to this point (10.Christoffer3, 2.Torstein2, 1.Kristoffer1)

  4. 21.  Doris Mae COLLINS Descendancy chart to this point (11.Jessie3, 6.Sigrid2, 1.Kristoffer1) was born on 29 May 1920 in Marshfield, Coos County, Oregon; died on 20 Nov 1994 in Olympia, Thurston County, Washington.

    Doris married Orville Allen ROSS on 4 Apr 1942 in Olympia, Thurston County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 22.  Hazel Adell COLLINS Descendancy chart to this point (11.Jessie3, 6.Sigrid2, 1.Kristoffer1) was born on 5 Sep 1922 in Oregon; died on 9 Jun 1972 in Sonoma County, California; was buried in Masonic Memorial Park, Tumwater, Thurston County, Washington.

    Notes:

    She died before her parents.

    Hazel married Rudolph CARLSON in 1947 in Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



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