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Endre Vilhelmsen BERGE

Male 1790 - 1836  (46 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Endre Vilhelmsen BERGE was born in 1790 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1836.

    Notes:

    grb on Helle 106/2 Øvre in Reino, Høre

    Birth:
    Berge 101/1 in Høre

    Family/Spouse: Kjersti Knutsdatter HELLE. Kjersti (daughter of Knut Gulliksen HÅLIEN and Kjersti Olsdatter EGGE) was born in 1798 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1836. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Kjersti Endresdatter HELLE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1827 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1870.
    2. 3. Knute Endreson HELLE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1821 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 5 Mar 1910 in Renville County, Minnesota; was buried in Vestre Sogn Lutheran Cemetery, Sacred Heart, Renville County, Minnesota.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Kjersti Endresdatter HELLE Descendancy chart to this point (1.Endre1) was born in 1827 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1870.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Helle 106/2 Øvre, Reino, Høre

    Family/Spouse: Nils Nilsen KVIEN. Nils (son of Nils Nilsen KVIEN and Anne Andrisdatter BELSHEIM) was born in 1822 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1906 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Anne Nilsdatter KVIEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1849 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1941 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway.

  2. 3.  Knute Endreson HELLE Descendancy chart to this point (1.Endre1) was born in 1821 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 5 Mar 1910 in Renville County, Minnesota; was buried in Vestre Sogn Lutheran Cemetery, Sacred Heart, Renville County, Minnesota.

    Notes:

    The bygdebok (Vang C, p. 347) shows him born in 1831. The 1865 census shows him as age 45, implying that he was born in 1821.

    Vang C, p. 232 shows 1822 and calls him Knut Endresson Tørpe and his wife as Gjartrud Tomasdatter Ellestad.

    In that 1865 census, he is a husmann med jord on Veflen Øvre.

    He is living with his son Thomas in the 1900 census.

    Family/Spouse: Giertrud Tomasdatter ELLESTAD. Giertrud (daughter of Tomas Knudson TØRSTAD and Berit Johannesdatter ELLESTAD) was born on 7 Oct 1819 in Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 1 Apr 1893 in Minnesota; was buried in Vestre Sogn Lutheran Cemetery, Sacred Heart, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Thomas K WEFLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Jun 1851 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 10 Oct 1932 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota; was buried in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota.
    2. 6. Johannes K WEFLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1858 in Norway; died on 13 Jan 1936 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota; was buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Anne Nilsdatter KVIEN Descendancy chart to this point (2.Kjersti2, 1.Endre1) was born in 1849 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1941 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Kvien 96/8 Kvieshaugen

    Family/Spouse: Nils Andrison HOVDA. Nils (son of Andris Andrisson HØVDA and Berthe Andrisdatter ØYO) was born in 1847 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1934. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Endre Nilson RØVANG  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Jun 1885 in Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Oct 1963 in Alberta, Canada.

  2. 5.  Thomas K WEFLEN Descendancy chart to this point (3.Knute2, 1.Endre1) was born on 8 Jun 1851 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 10 Oct 1932 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota; was buried in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 10 Aug 1851, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

    Notes:

    In the 1900 census, as Thomas Veflen, he was a farmer in Wang Twp, Renville County, as Thomas Veflen, born in Norway in May of 1851. His wife was Magret, to whom he has been married for 9 years. He came to the U.S. in 1869.

    In the 1910 census, he was still in Wang Twp as Thomas Weflen. It’s his 2nd marriage, her first. They had been married for 17 years. She had had 6 children, 4 still living.

    In the 1920 census, he is a farmer in Wang Twp, Renville County.

    In the 1930 census, he was Thomas K. Weflin, age 78, living in Granite Falls in a house that he owns. The rest of the household is his wife Margaret, 58, his daughters Frances, 27, and Palma, 14, his brother John, 72, and two boarders.

    He may be the Thomas Weflen who died 11 Oct 1932 in Yellow Medicine County.

    Birth:
    Helle i Hurums

    Baptism:
    Hurums

    Thomas married Ragnild Andersdatter HAGEN on 18 Mar 1883 in Renville County, Minnesota. Ragnild (daughter of Anders Syversen ELTUN and Guro Trondsdatter HERMUNDSTAD) was born on 29 Sep 1858 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 11 Jun 1888 in Minnesota; was buried in Vestre Sogn Lutheran Cemetery, Sacred Heart, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Clara WEFLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 May 1884 in Minnesota.
    2. 9. Annie WEFLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Jan 1886 in Minnesota; died on 13 Jun 1917 in Divide County, North Dakota; was buried on 16 Jun 1917 in Concordia Cemetery, Crosby, Divide County, North Dakota.
    3. 10. Gustav WEFLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Oct 1887 in Chippewa County, Minnesota; died on 26 Nov 1927 in Nicollet County, Minnesota.

    Thomas married Margaret Eriksdatter LOCKREM about 1893. Margaret (daughter of Eric LOCKREM and Maren Olsdatter Sløtet KVAM) was born on 14 Feb 1873 in Minnesota; died in 1950 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota; was buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Thomas WEFLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Jun 1890 in Minnesota; died on 10 Dec 1937 in King County, Washington; was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Seattle, King County, Washington.
    2. 12. Andrew WEFLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1897 in Minnesota.
    3. 13. Frances WEFLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Jun 1903 in Renville County, Minnesota; died on 9 Oct 1989 in Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota.
    4. 14. George WEFLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1905 in Minnesota.
    5. 15. Mabel WEFLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Jul 1908 in Renville County, Minnesota.
    6. 16. P.G. WEFLEN  Descendancy chart to this point

  3. 6.  Johannes K WEFLEN Descendancy chart to this point (3.Knute2, 1.Endre1) was born in 1858 in Norway; died on 13 Jan 1936 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota; was buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota.

    Notes:

    As John K, he is living with his brother Thomas in the 1930 census.



Generation: 4

  1. 7.  Endre Nilson RØVANG Descendancy chart to this point (4.Anne3, 2.Kjersti2, 1.Endre1) was born on 15 Jun 1885 in Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Oct 1963 in Alberta, Canada.

    Notes:

    Arrived in Boston aboard the Cymric on 9 Jul 1905 as Endre Nilsen Rodvang.

    He went to Canada soon after because he applied for his homestead in Alberta on 19 Oct 1906.

    In the 1921 Canadian census, he is the 36 year-old Andrew Rodvang, a single man, farming on his own farm in the Battle River district of Alberta, Canada. He had been naturalized as a Canadian citizen in 1913.

    Farmed in Throne, Acadia, Alberta, Canada, as Andrew Rodvang.

    He departed Liverpool with his new wife on 27 Aug 1926, bound for Quebec.

    Birth:
    Røvang 27/5

    Endre married Ragnhild Tomasdatter RØVANG on 5 Aug 1926 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ragnhild (daughter of Tomas Knutson RØVANG and Ingeborg Dy Larsdatter STEE) was born on 27 Aug 1894 in Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Apr 1972 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 8.  Clara WEFLEN Descendancy chart to this point (5.Thomas3, 3.Knute2, 1.Endre1) was born on 26 May 1884 in Minnesota.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 29 Jun 1884, Minnesota

    Notes:

    A different Clara Emilia Weflen was born 22 Oct 1885 in Kandiyohi County to Ole Weflen and his wife Ragnhild. That child was baptized at West Norway Lake Lutheran on 17 Nov 1885.

    She is listed in the 1895 state census as still living with her father, step-mother, and siblings in Renville County.

    She is not listed with her father and step-mother in the 1900 census although Annie and Gustav are. Neither she nor her sister Annie were living with her father and step-mother in the 1905 state census.

    Her daughter is shown as the adopted daughter of Knute and Annie Odegaard in the 1910 census.

    Baptism:
    Our Savior’s in Sacred Heart

    Clara married Albert Charles COLTMAN on 5 Oct 1907 in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota. Albert was born about 1883. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. Marie Clara ODEGARD  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Apr 1908 in Otter Tail County, Minnesota; died on 5 Jul 1991 in Orange County, California; was buried in Fairhaven Memorial Park, Santa Ana, Orange County, California.

  3. 9.  Annie WEFLEN Descendancy chart to this point (5.Thomas3, 3.Knute2, 1.Endre1) was born on 20 Jan 1886 in Minnesota; died on 13 Jun 1917 in Divide County, North Dakota; was buried on 16 Jun 1917 in Concordia Cemetery, Crosby, Divide County, North Dakota.

    Annie married Knute Jørgensen Berge ODEGARD on 18 Mar 1909 in Divide County, North Dakota. Knute (son of Jørgen K HERMUNDSTAD and Anna Torsteinsdatter GRIHAMAR) was born on 9 Dec 1880 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 15 Apr 1929 in Divide County, North Dakota; was buried in Concordia Cemetery, Crosby, Divide County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. Marie Clara ODEGARD  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Apr 1908 in Otter Tail County, Minnesota; died on 5 Jul 1991 in Orange County, California; was buried in Fairhaven Memorial Park, Santa Ana, Orange County, California.
    2. 18. Jørgen Thomas ODEGARD  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Jan 1910 in North Dakota; died on 7 Mar 1923 in North Dakota; was buried on 10 Mar 1923 in Concordia Cemetery, Crosby, Divide County, North Dakota.
    3. 19. Kenneth Arthur ODEGARD  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Sep 1911 in North Dakota; died on 3 Oct 1995 in Crosby, Divide County, North Dakota; was buried in Concordia Cemetery, Crosby, Divide County, North Dakota.
    4. 20. Inga Ragnhild ODEGARD  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Jul 1915 in North Dakota; died on 14 Nov 1930 in North Dakota; was buried in Concordia Cemetery, Crosby, Divide County, North Dakota.

  4. 10.  Gustav WEFLEN Descendancy chart to this point (5.Thomas3, 3.Knute2, 1.Endre1) was born on 14 Oct 1887 in Chippewa County, Minnesota; died on 26 Nov 1927 in Nicollet County, Minnesota.

    Notes:

    In the 1920 census, he is still single and living next door to his father in Wang Twp, Renville County, as a boarder on the Ole C Soine farm.


  5. 11.  Thomas WEFLEN Descendancy chart to this point (5.Thomas3, 3.Knute2, 1.Endre1) was born in Jun 1890 in Minnesota; died on 10 Dec 1937 in King County, Washington; was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Seattle, King County, Washington.

    Notes:

    In the 1900 census, he lives with Thomas Veflen and Magret. He is clearly shown as the senior Thomas’s step-son. He is also shown in that census as having a mother born in Minnesota, not Norway. This is different from the birthplace shown for Annie and Gustav. Thus, he is most likely Margaret’s son from a relationship before she married Weflen.


  6. 12.  Andrew WEFLEN Descendancy chart to this point (5.Thomas3, 3.Knute2, 1.Endre1) was born about 1897 in Minnesota.

  7. 13.  Frances WEFLEN Descendancy chart to this point (5.Thomas3, 3.Knute2, 1.Endre1) was born on 28 Jun 1903 in Renville County, Minnesota; died on 9 Oct 1989 in Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota.

    Notes:

    No children.

    Died:
    as Frances R Gregerson


  8. 14.  George WEFLEN Descendancy chart to this point (5.Thomas3, 3.Knute2, 1.Endre1) was born about 1905 in Minnesota.

    Notes:

    Probably Gerhard.


  9. 15.  Mabel WEFLEN Descendancy chart to this point (5.Thomas3, 3.Knute2, 1.Endre1) was born on 22 Jul 1908 in Renville County, Minnesota.

  10. 16.  P.G. WEFLEN Descendancy chart to this point (5.Thomas3, 3.Knute2, 1.Endre1)


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