Kjersti Olsdotter TØRPE

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housekeeper

Notes:

See p. 474-475 Vang B.

Kjersti married Tomas Gulliksen JEVNE in 1769 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Tomas (son of Gullik Knutsen JEVNE and Anne Thomasdatter KVIEN) was born in 1743 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1805 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Torpe 84/

Died:
Leirol 62/1 Uppistøga

Anne married Jon Knutsen LEIROL in 1787. Jon (son of Knut Jonsen RØN and Ingeborg Evensdatter FRIGSTAD) was born in 1762 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1845 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is I867 in Jim’s VS.

The elder Ola T. He had a younger brother, also named Ola T., born in 1791.

Birth:
Torpe 84/

Died:
Torpe 84/

Ola married Gjartrud Olsdatter KVIEN in 1788. Gjartrud (daughter of Ola Kristoffersen KVIEN and Anne Eiriksdatter KJØS) was born in 1768 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1831 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Torpe 84/

Died:
Rogn 85/

Family/Spouse: Nils Endresen ROGN. Nils (son of Endre Nilsson ROGN and Ingeborg Jonsdatter KVÅLE) was born in 1772 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1848 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang B, p.406, calls him Knut Tomasson Jøvne eller Tørpe.

Called Knut Tomasson Septon in Ole 1823’s birth record.

He is I871 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes:

Han eide også Kjøs 94/1 i tiden 1808-11, og bodde der sammen med sin første kone Marit. Da hun døde i barselseng med deres første barn, Thomas, flyttet han til Lien (Septun)80/. Som sønn av "Rike-Tørpin" arvet han mye fra faren, men det var vanskelige tider og i 1814 måtte Knut låne 200 rd av Gjermund Rogn, i 1820 lånte han 300 sølvspd og senere samme år lånte han 267 spd av Overformynderiet.

Broren Ola Thomassen og sønnen Knut fra første ekteskap, overtok gården da Knut døde i 1828, stemoren til Knut Thomassen fikk livaure med kontrakt 3.11.1831. Knut og Sigrid hadde barna: Ola (1812-1883) grb i Remmisbrekkun 68/1 Gullik (1815-) gift med Berit Knutsdtr Austreim våren 1850, de reiste straks til USA. Marit (1816-) gift i 1840 med Knut Halvorsen Hagen, Jøvne Endre (1821-) gift med Berit Gunnarsdtr Givre. Ola (1824-), Kjersti (1826-vel 3 mnd), Sigrid (1827-2,5 mnd), og Knut (1829-5 mnd).

Birth:
Torpe 84/

Knut married Marith Eriksdatter KJØS in 1808. Marith (daughter of Eirik Einarson KJØS and Marit Andrisdatter ELLESTAD) was born in 1787 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1810. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Knut married Sigrid Olsdatter LIEN in 1811. Sigrid (daughter of Ola Gudbrandsen NØRSVIN and Sigrid Endresdatter LIEN) was born in 1793 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1876 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1, in his French Family Tree, calls him Helge Thomasen Torpe.

Family/Spouse: Marit Gjermundsdatter ROGN. Marit (daughter of Gjermund Gundersen ROGN and Anne Gulbrandsdatter HEEN) was born on 15 Apr 1795; died in 1879 in Winneshiek County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Torpe 84/

Family/Spouse: Margrete Jonsdatter MØSAKER. Margrete (daughter of Jon Thomasson REMME and Dorte Amundsdatter BØ) was born in 1793 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housekeeper

Notes:

See pp. 233-234 Vang A.

Birth:
Tørpe

Kjersti married Helge Andrisson KJERSTEIN in 1803 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Helge (son of Andris Helgesen KJERSTEIN and Synnøve Andrisdatter LEIROL) was born in 1767 in Norway; died in 1829 in Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Confirmation: 20 Jun 1806, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Confirmation:
At Øye Annex parish.

Family/Spouse: Marit Helgesdatter HØVERSTAD. Marit (daughter of Helge G HØVERSTAD and Dorte T KJØS) was born in 1795. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang B, p. 533.

Family/Spouse: Anne Andrisdatter BELSEIM. Anne (daughter of Andris Gulliksen JEVNE and Berit Johannesdatter SØRE-BØ) was born in 1793; died in 1873. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Torpe

Died:
Tvedt

Family/Spouse: Aaste Erichsdatter. Aaste (daughter of Eirik Olsen KJØS and Guri Gunnarsdatter ØDEGÅRD) was born in Oct 1805 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 5 Jul 1877 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Bøe 41/2

Family/Spouse: Ingeborg Nilsdatter WANGENSTEEN. Ingeborg (daughter of Nils Larsson STELE WANGENSTEEN and Ingeleiv Endresdatter GÅSEDELEN) was born in 1806 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1896 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anne married Einar Kristoffersson HEEN in 1824. Einar (son of Kristoffer Einarsen HEEN and Marit Andrisdatter KJERSTEIN) was born in 1793 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1853. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Belsheim

Family/Spouse: Tørris Larsen SPARSTAD. Tørris (son of Lars Tørrisen SPARSTAD and Jørand Tostensdatter KVALE) was born in 1796 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1864 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Family/Spouse: Anne Helgesdatter REMME. Anne (daughter of Helge Tomasson REMME and Barbro Endresdatter MYRE) was born in 1795 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 21 Jul 1845 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is Marit Olsdatter Torpe, I13892, in Jim’s VS. She is shown as residing on Snøyo under Belsheim 83/1 so she is probably Ole’s mother even though Jim’s VS shows no spouse or children for her.

Birth:
Torpe 84/

Family/Spouse: Øystein Andrissen ARNEHAUGEN. Øystein (son of Andris Øysteinson Dy KVIEN and Berit Torsteinsdatter BERGE) was born in 1796 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Rogn 85/

Died:
Nefstad 66/1

Family/Spouse: Gunnar Ivarsen TVEIT. Gunnar (son of Ivar Madson TVEIT and Marit Gunnarsdatter ROGN) was born in 1793 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1862 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Peder Haagensen GJEVRE. Peder was born in 1797 in Valdres i Oppland, Norway; died in 1885 in Winneshiek County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

per dwfrench1

Birth:
Rogn

Died:
Rogn

Family/Spouse: Marit Olsdatter KVIEN. Marit (daughter of Ola Kristoffersen KVIEN and Eli Embriksdatter BEITO) was born on 22 Jul 1810 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 8 May 1874 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1 calls him Thomas Knudsen Kjøs.

The bygdebok (Vang B, p. 457) calls him Tomas Knutsson Lien of Jøvne 88/1.

Vang B, p. 534.

Birth:
Kjøs i Høre

Died:
Jevne i Høre

Thomas married Anne Andrisdatter BELSEIM in 1832. Anne (daughter of Andris Gulliksen JEVNE and Berit Johannesdatter SØRE-BØ) was born in 1793; died in 1873. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Lien 80/ Septun

Died:
Brekka 68/1 (Remmisbrekkun)

Family/Spouse: Berit Nilsdatter GRØV. Berit (daughter of Niels Nielsen GRØV and Anne Kristoffersdatter KVÅLE) was born in 1822 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died before 1896 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is I41581 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes, for which he attributes Martha Hicks as the source:

Gullik Knudsen (Septon) Lien was born in Feb 1815 in Vang, Oppland Co., Valdres region, Norway at the søndre (southern) Septon farm. He has a baptismal record, dated Feb 19 1815 in Vang, Oppland Co., Valdres region, Norway. He served in the military in 1838 in the Norwegian army. Records suggest that he served from Jan. 1, 1838 to Dec. 31, 1842. He immigrated in Jul 1850 to the United States. The month after his wedding, on May 10, 1850, he, his wife, and his in-laws, having traveled to the coast from Vang, Norway, set sail from Bergen, Norway aboard the brig "Ørnen" (Eagle), whose captain was Nicolai Jahn. They landed in New York City on July 15, 1850. Upon arrival to the United States, the family traveled to Iowa where they bought government land in Springfield Township in Winnesheik County, near the site of Springfield Lutheran Church. When they arrived in Iowa, in September 1850, they did not have a chance to plant crops before winter. They built a dugout in a hillside, near a spring, in which to live through the winter. Using his axe, he cleared land for others who had come before, so he could earn a living until he could begin farming in the spring. (Their farm is still operated, by a fifth generation descendant- named Gary Allen Lien, as of 1994.) He died on Apr 12 1903 in Decorah, Iowa. Age at death: 88. He was buried in Winneshiek County, (near Decorah), Iowa in Springfield Township at Springfield Cemetery. He was a member of Springfield Lutheran Church, along with his wife, in Winneshiek County, (near Decorah), Iowa at Springfield Township.

(In Norway, prior to 1923, surnames reflected the farm name where a person lived. When a person or family moved to a different farm, they would drop the former farm name and be called by the new farm name.) The name of the Septon farm where he was born changed officially to "Lien" in 1830. Now the farm name is sometimes spelled "Lii," "Lié," or "Lia." (Alternatively, some American records show Gullik's first name spelled "Gullick, and his middle name spelled "Knutson" or "Knudson." However, Norwegian records and his tombstone in Iowa spell his first name "Gullik." Several sources, including a Norwegian military record, his marriage record, and American church records show his middle name as "Knudsen." Jan Edvardsen of Follebu, Norway says that "Knud" is the Norwegian spelling of the name that was used prior to the 1900's, and "Knut" is the more modern spelling. Gullik's family in America knew his birth date as Feb. 18, 1815, and this is the date on his tombstone; however, church records in Vang, Norway indicate that he was born Feb. 14, 1815. The minister, who wrote out his infant baptismal record, first accidentally wrote the date as the 19th (which was the baptism date) but then added a note saying the birth date was the 14th instead. Church records list his marriage date as Apr. 13, 1850; however, a handwritten Norwegian marriage record gives his wedding date as Apr. 14, 1850.)

He was engaged on Mar 16 1850 in Vang, Oppland Co., Valdres region, Norway. On that date, the minister of the church was informed of the marriage intentions. He was married to Berit Knudsdatter Østrem (daughter of Knud Eivindsen Remmesbrekken and Kari Kristoffersdatter Heen) on Apr 14 1850 in Vang, Oppland Co., Valdres region, Norway. (They are third cousins.) Berit Knudsdatter Østrem was born in 1826 in Vang, Oppland Co., Valdres region, Norway at the Austreim farm. She has a baptismal record, dated on Nov 10 1826 in Vang, Oppland Co., Valdres region, Norway at Hurum Church. She immigrated in Jul 1850 to the United States. As a newlywed, she sailed from Bergen, Norway with her family and husband aboard the brig "Ørnen" (Eagle). They set sail on May 10, 1850, and landed in New York City on July 15, 1850. She died on Mar 22 1904 in Decorah, Iowa. Age at death: 77. She was buried in Winneshiek County, (near Decorah), Iowa in Springfield Township at Springfield Cemetery. She was a member of Springfield Lutheran Church, along with her husband, in Winneshiek County, (near Decorah), Iowa.

(Alternatively, there are records that spell her first name "Beret," and "Berith," her maiden name as "Austreim," show her birth date as Oct. 7, 1826, and wedding date as Apr. 13, 1850. However, American church and family records, including her tombstone, show her name spelled "Berit" and her birth date as Sept. 29, 1826. She and her family spelled the surname "Østrem." The marriage record gives her wedding date as April 14, 1850. Her tombstone mistakenly shows her middle initial as "G" instead of "K." Apparently, the stone is a monument with inscriptions on each side for various family members. Alden Lien says that the stone-cutter (who made inscriptions for all the family members buried there) made a mistake putting a "G" for her middle initial which was the middle initial for all of the other members of the family.)

In the 1860 census, he, as Gulic Knutson, and his family lived in Springfield Twp, Winneshiek County, Iowa.

In the 1870 census, as Gulik Knudson, 55, he was prosperous farmer in Springfield Twp, Winneshiek County, Iowa. He and Berith have 13 children, all living at home.

Connie Ferris’s entry for him on Find A Grave says:

Gullik Knudsen was the second of nine children born to Knud Thomasen, from the Torpe farm, and Sigrid Olsdatter, from the Septon farm. Parish records show that Gullik was born on the Septon farm on 14 Feb 1815, which differs from what is on the gravestone. The farm name later changed to Lien which is the name that many of the family adopted in the United States.

Gullik married Berit Knudsdatter Østrem, who was also from Vang, 14 Apr 1850 in Vang. Almost immediately they left for America. Berit was pregnant and traveled with her parents and siblings. Their first child was born in Wisconsin shortly after their arrival. Within the year they had arrived in the Decorah area in Winneshiek County. There they established a pretty farm in the valley in Springfield Township (visible in the distance behind the monument in the photo). Gullik and Berit had 14 children, all but the first, born and raised on their farm.

Birth:
Lien 80/ Septun

Gullik married Berit Knudsdatter AUSTREIM on 13 Apr 1850 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Berit (daughter of Knut Eivindsen REMMISBREKKUN and Kari Kristoffersdatter HEEN) was born in 1826 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 22 Mar 1904 in Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

SFjelstadG

Family/Spouse: Anders Gundersen JEVNE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang B, p. 299.

Gayle’s Find A Grave entry for him, acknowledging Connie Ferris as the source, says: “Endre was the fifth child of nine born to Knud Thomasen Torpe & Sigrid Olsdatter Lien. He married Berit Gundersdatter Gjevre/Givre 28 Dec 1848 in Vang. They had six children, all born in Vang. “

His farm appears to be Heensejet in the birth record for his son Gunder.

He and his family live on Bakken, probably the plass on Heen 70/1, in the 1865 census. All of their children are listed in that census, other than the first Gunnar who died as a child in 1858.

The bygdebok says that he came to the U.S. around 1870.

He was a farmer in Hawk Creek Twp, Renville County, in the 1875 state census. He lived next door to the Gunder Gjevre (#2560) farm.

In the 1885 state census, all of the children were still at home except for Betsey, who had married nine years earlier. Also in the household in that census were Berit’s recently-widowed sister Marit and Marit’s son Anders.

He is Endre Knutsen Lien, I13887 in Jim’s Valdres Slekt tree. Jim does not have Betsey as one of Endre and Berit’s children.

From Wang Township section of the History of Renville County: “Endre K. Lien settled in section 6. At the age of ninety-four he is the oldest man in the township. He still retains much of his early vigor and even this winter is to be found chopping wood and enjoying outdoor exercise. His son, Knud Anderson, a bachelor, came at the same time, and died on the farm some fifteen years ago.”

Birth:
Lien 80/ Septun

Family/Spouse: Berith Gundersdatter GJEVRE. Berith (daughter of Gunnar Andrison Dy GIVRE and Berit Olsdatter GIVRE) was born about 1821 in Norway; died on 5 Mar 1905 in Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota; was buried in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 28 Dec 1823, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

His baptismal sponsors were Marit Jermundsdatter Rogn, Marit Thomasdatter Rogn, Thomas Mossager, Helge Ellingboe, and Endre Thomassen Torpe.

Shown as Ole Knudson Torstad in Sigrid’s birth record.

The Vang out-migration record shows him as Ole Knudsen Tørstad, 27, and his wife, Anne Olsdatter, 25, and their children Knud, 7, Ole, 4, and Sigrid, 1¼, leaving for Amerika on 3 April 1861.

Shown as Ole Lien on Sigrid’s death certificate. Shown as Ole P. Lien (#I54395) in Jim’s Valdres Slekt tree.

Called Ola Knutsson Nygard in the Vang C bygdebok, p. 284, an entry which incorrectly has him born in 1833.

The record of his marriage to Anne Olsdatter Framstad on 22 Apr 1855, shows him as Ole Knüdsën Nÿgaard, age 31, son of Knud Thomassen, and her as age 21, daughter of Ole Olsen.

The birth record for his first son Knud also shows him as Ole Knüdsën Nÿgaard. The birth record for his son Ole shows him as Ole Knudsen Garstad.

The Johnson Family Tree on Ancestry calls him Ole Knudsen Lien and has him born 16 Dec 1823 in Vang and dying in Iowa in 1864.

Baptism:
Høre

Ole married Anne Olsdatter FRAMSTAD on 22 Apr 1855 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Anne (daughter of Ole Olsen FRAMSTAD and Ragnild Thoresdatter SKEIE) was born on 6 Jan 1834 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 13 Feb 1903. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Maret Andersdatter HAUGO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
per dwfrench1

Family/Spouse: Tosten Gulbrandsen NØRSVIN. Tosten (son of Gudbrand Olsson NØRSVIN and Marit Olsdatter KVIE) was born about 1793 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 26 Dec 1824, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Information on Kjersti and her family from Connie Behrents Ferris’s entry for Kjersti in Find A Grave.

The Gullickson Family Tree calls her Kjersti Helgesdatter Rogn.

Kjersti married Gullik Gulliksen JEVNE on 12 Dec 1852 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Gullik (son of Gullik Thomasen JEVNE and Anne Andrisdatter BELSEIM) was born on 18 Dec 1820 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 30 Oct 1901 in Winneshiek County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 23 Jul 1837, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He was a twin with Berith.

Family/Spouse: Tora Endresdatter KVAL. Tora (daughter of Endre Andrisson BUNDE and Anne Kristoffersdatter HEEN) was born on 28 Sep 1836 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 8 Sep 1901 in Fillmore County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Haagen Pedersen GJEVRE. Haagen (son of Peder Haagensen GJEVRE and Anna Nilsdatter ROGN) was born on 23 Jun 1829 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 7 Aug 1898 in Winneshiek County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Jeff says 1812

Died:
Month and day from Jeff

Family/Spouse: Kristoffer Kristofferson LEROHL. Kristoffer (son of Kristoffer Olsen LEROHL and Berte Torsteinsdatter BØE) was born on 25 Jan 1812 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 5 Aug 1883 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Møsåker 64/1

Died:
Kjerstein 12/1

Family/Spouse: Thomas Helgessen KJERSTEIN. Thomas (son of Helge Andrisson KJERSTEIN and Kjersti Tomasdotter TØRPE) was born on 17 Oct 1819 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Berit Tostensdatter HAMRE. Berit (daughter of Torstein Embriksen BELSHEIM and Ingebjørg Andrisdatter HAMRE) was born on 13 Mar 1829 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 24 Jun 1915 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Other sources give her birthdate as 6 Jun 1812 in Kjerstein 12/1.

Came to the U.S. in 1862.

See pp. 234 and 581 Vang A. Some information from Lee Ann Ellingboe Randall.

Birth:
Kjerstein

Kjersti married Trond Iversson ELLINGBØE (OPDAL, UVDAL) in 1834 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Trond (son of Iver Trondsson /OPDAL UVDAL and Velgjerd Trondsdotter BREKKE) was born on 16 Feb 1813 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 20 Jan 1902 in Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota; was buried on 23 Jan 1902 in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Dorte Thomasdatter MØSAKER. Dorte (daughter of Thomas Thomasson TØRPE and Margrete Jonsdatter MØSAKER) was born in 1814 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1895 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Kjerstein 12/1

Died:
Kvame 11/ i Øye

Family/Spouse: Anfinn Olsen KVAME. Anfinn (son of Ola Helgesen KVAME and Dorthe Arnfinnsdatter BERGE) was born in 1799 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1886 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary (Marit) CHRISTENSEN. Mary was born in 1843; died in 1927. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He went to Rogn and Brekken then to Kjørlie for 10 years before leaving for Amerika in 1861 with Kjersti and their five children.

Information on Gullik and his family from Connie Behrents Ferris’s entry for Gullik in Find A Grave.

Gullik married Kjersti Helgesdatter JEVNE on 12 Dec 1852 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Kjersti (daughter of Helge Tomasson JEVNE and Marit Gjermundsdatter ROGN) was born on 15 Nov 1824 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 27 Apr 1911 in Winneshiek County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 2 Feb 1834, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

The information on Guri’s ancestry is from bs4203’s WSandveTree on Ancestry. That source claims Guri came to the U.S. in 1866, settled in South Dakota after marrying a man named Johnson, and died in South Dakota in about 1885.

Family/Spouse: Ole Aslaksson TVEDT. Ole (son of Aslak Tollevsen TVEDT and Ingrid Andersdatter KJØS) was born in 1835. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

I102 in Jim’s VS.

Birth:
Bøe 41/2

Died:
Kattevold 45/ Øvre

Family/Spouse: Berit Thomasdatter KVÅLE, HAUGEN. Berit (daughter of Thomas Thomassen HAUGEN and Ingrid Thomasdatter NETRØST) was born on 10 Feb 1833 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 8 Dec 1926 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Helge Helgesen LEINE. Helge (son of Helge Helgesen LEINE and Gjartrud Bøyesdatter WANGENSTEEN) was born on 4 Nov 1822 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 28 Sep 1911 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marith Endresdatter ELLESTAD. Marith (daughter of Endre Iversen BØE and Eli Knudsdatter) was born on 28 Dec 1829 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1881. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ivar Ivarsson SONDROL. Ivar (son of Ivar Torkjellsson SONDROL and Guri Ivarsdatter HEMSING) was born in 1821 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marit Tostensdatter HAMRE. Marit (daughter of Torstein Embriksen BELSHEIM and Ingebjørg Andrisdatter HAMRE) was born on 22 May 1840 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Family/Spouse: Ingeborg Engebretsdatter HØYME. Ingeborg (daughter of Engebret Engebretsen RIDSTE and Sigri Evensdatter HØYME) was born in 1825 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1918-MN-022077

Notes:

Seems to have changed his name to Belsom.

See notes for Andrew T. Ellingboe (#3197).

He was a farmer in Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota, in the 1900 census. In that census, he was 64, born in March or May of 1836, had been married to Kirsti for 26 years, and came to the U.S. in 1866. All eight living children were still at home.

In the 1905 state census, he, as Ole Belsom, and his family are still in Renville County. Nils, Gina, Theoline, Charoline, and Bertina are still living at home.

The family has left Renville County by the time of the 1910 census. In that census, he, as Ole Bellsem, and his wife, and daughters Tillena, 21, Caroline, 18, and Bertha, 17, live in Minneapolis.

The parish birth record shows he was Ole Østenson, legitimate son of Osten Anderson Rogn-eiet and Marith Olsdatter, born 17 Mar 1836 and baptized 8 May. Sponsors Tosten Gulbrandsen Torpe, Anders Jøgersen Qvien-eiet, Marit Gjermundsdatter Rogn, Margarite Torpe, and Sigri Johansdatter Skjefte.

In the 1865 Norwegian census, he is Ole Østensen, age 30, unmarried inderste and skomager on the Heen nedre 79/1 farm.

Ole’s parents, Østen Anderssen, age 70, and Marith Olsdatter, 60, live on Snøyen in Vang, as a husmann med jord. Their unmarried son, Thomas, age 18, lives with them.

Ole married Kirsti Nilsdatter ELLINGBO on 19 Dec 1874 in Renville County, Minnesota. Kirsti (daughter of Nils Trondsen TUNE and Velgjerd Trondsdotter ELLINGBØE) was born on 15 Sep 1853 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is I1211 in Jim’s VS. Jim’s notes: De reise til USA med alle 8 barna: Gunnar Nefstad (1847- ), Eli Nefstad (1849- Ola Nefstad ( 1852- ),Kjersti Nefstad ( 1854- ) Ivar Nefstad ( 1858- ) Kristoffer Nefstad (1859- ) Embrikt Nefstad (1861- ) Marit Nefstad (1864- ) Han solgte Nefsta d til Andris G Øldre for 700 spd, skjøtet er datert 4.4.1865, og like etter dro han tilk Amerika med alle familiemedlemmer som levde. Sammen med dem reiste to unge jenter fra Kvebøkko.

jackwright136 has Ivar marrying Tora Endresdatter Kval (1836-1901), probably in the U.S.

Vang C, p. 239, has her leaving for Amerika in 1874 as unmarried.

Birth:
Nefstad 66/1

Family/Spouse: Sissel Olsdatter KVIEN. Sissel (daughter of Ola Kristoffersen KVIEN and Eli Embriksdatter BEITO) was born in 1826 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Tora Endresdatter KVAL. Tora (daughter of Endre Andrisson BUNDE and Anne Kristoffersdatter HEEN) was born on 28 Sep 1836 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 8 Sep 1901 in Fillmore County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 5 Jul 1829, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Baptism:
Vang stavkirke

Family/Spouse: Marit Helgesdatter ROGN. Marit (daughter of Helge Tomasson JEVNE and Marit Gjermundsdatter ROGN) was born on 1 Jul 1842 in Valdres i Oppland, Norway; died on 29 Aug 1931 in Winneshiek County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

per dwfrench1

Died:
Rogn

Family/Spouse: Ingrid Olsdatter HOVI. Ingrid (daughter of Ole Gulbrandsen MELBY and Marit Jørgensdatter RINGESTAD) was born on 6 Jan 1842 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1927 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1’s French Family Tree

Family/Spouse: Thomas Thomasen BØE. Thomas (son of Thomas Nilsen ROGN and Ingeborg Nilsdatter WANGENSTEEN) was born on 31 Jan 1836 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 23 Jul 1912 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 15 Sep 1833, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Vang B, p. 534.

Baptism:
Hurum

Family/Spouse: Marit Gulliksdatter BELSEIM. Marit (daughter of Gullik Andrisson JEVNE and Anne Gudbrandsdatter NØRSVIN) was born about 1829 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Knud married Marit Reiersdatter JEVNE on 12 Jan 1877 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Marit (daughter of Reier Torgerson JEVNE and Ingebjørg Tostensdatter KJØS) was born on 28 May 1849 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 8 Sep 1905 in Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is I9527 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes:

Han dro til USA i 1878, og kom hjem igjen i 1883. Da giftet han seg med Anne E Rogn, Han kom igjen enda en gang, og tok med seg sin bror Ola på 11 år, og niesen, Anne Olsdtr på 20 år, da han dro tilbake til USA igjen i 1900. Han bodde i Minnesota , antakelig i New Lisbon.

Family/Spouse: Berit Johannesdatter NORDLAND. Berit (daughter of Johannes Andrisson NORDLAND and Ragndi Andrisdatter ELLINGBØ) was born on 1 Jun 1848 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1925 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 7 Jul 1862, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Family/Spouse: Sigrid LALIM. Sigrid (daughter of Ivar Torsteinsson KJØS and Ingeborg Iversdatter HEMSING) was born on 24 Dec 1863 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1951. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The 1870 census shows her as born in Wisconsin and all of her younger siblings born in Iowa.

Family/Spouse: Hans Jorgenson LERMO. Hans was born on 21 Apr 1851 in Oppland, Norway; died on 18 Mar 1921 in Silverton, Marion County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Martha Jane Hicks’s entry for him on Find A Grave:

My great-great grandfather, Knute, was the second of fourteen children born to his parents, Gullik Knudsen Lien and Berit Knudsdatter Ostrem. His parents had immigrated to the USA from Norway two years before he was born. The family farm and homestead were located in Springfield Township, Winneshiek County, Iowa.

Knute used the surname, Lee, a shortened version of Lien. He married Synneva Olsdatter Borsheim (Susan) on September 21, 1875, in Springfield Township. They had eight children: four sons and four daughters. The first four were born in Iowa. In 1882, the family moved to the Village of Ada in Norman County, Minnesota, which is where the younger four children were born.

Knute was elected as the third sheriff of Norman County, Minnesota. He served in that role from 1884 to 1890.

In church records, Knute's first name is spelled "Knud" and his last name is "Lien," which is his original Norwegian surname. (His family acquired this name in Norway by virtue of residence on the Lien farm.)

The name of the Septon farm where he was born changed officially to "Lien" in 1830. The meaning of the name "Lien" is a grassy or wooded hillside. (The root word is "li.") The farm name has also been called "Lii," "Lié," or "Lia."

Gullik's sons, Knud (Knute) and Ole, used and passed down the surname as "Lee."

Family/Spouse: Synneva Olsdatter BORSHEIM. Synneva was born on 31 Jan 1857 in Winneshiek County, Iowa; died on 25 Oct 1905 in Norman County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Called Christina in the 1860 census.

Notes:

In the 1900 census, she had had five children, four still living.

The following is from her Find A Grave entry, as created by her great-granddaughter, Connie:

Bertha Lien was born on a small farm near Decorah, Iowa, the sixth child of 14 born to Gullik Knutsen Lien (1815-1903) and Berit Knusdatter Austreim (1826-1904). Her parents had emigrated in 1850 from Vang, Valdres, Norway. Bertha attended public schools in the area and the local parish school. She later attended the Breckenridge Normal School at Decorah for two years and then taught school for one year in the district schools of Springfield township.

While attending school at the parsonage in Decorah, Ole Joris Norby may have worked at the Lien farm. After his graduation and a call to Dakota Territory, Ole left for Yankton County and sent for Bertha. Bertha got on the train, bringing all of her belongings in trunks, mostly clothes and a few quilts, and left Iowa to meet him. Once she arrived, they rode forty miles on Indian ponies, riding in grass over their heads, to the minister's house in Websterville, Dakota Territory, to be married on 14 Sep 1879. The day following the wedding they traveled on in a "single-seated" buggy drawn by two small Indian ponies to the pioneer settlement where they would live in Turner County.

As the years passed, she became reconciled to frontier conditons, but Bertha never wholly accepted the view of those who professed to see beauty in the prairie. She gained experience and greater assurance in her role as pastor's wife. Parish work was not then a highly organized system so her functions were largely those of an ever-ready hostess, Sunday School teacher, leader of the Ladies' Aid Society, parish visitor, friend and confidant. In 1893, she and Ole left the frontier to move closer to good schools for their four children, leaving one infant son buried in the cemetery at Sims, North Dakota. They moved first to Chicago and then to Winchester, Wisconsin, before returning again to the west where O. J. served as minister in Havre, Montana, and Aberdeen, South Dakota. In 1923 he retired and they moved to Minneapolis to be near their son, Joseph and his family.

Bertha's health had been poor with heart trouble for several years but her strong will had sustained her. In the end, her strength failed and Bertha died on 1 Aug 1929 at 71 years old. Her obituary states, "Her natural inclination and devotion to service made her an ideal pastor's wife and all with whom she came in contact remember her as the embodiment of the precepts which her husband taught from the pulpit. She was an ideal wife, a loving mother, and a true servant of the Master."

Bertha married Ole Joris NORBY in 1879. Ole was born on 26 May 1855 in Klæbu, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway; died on 26 Apr 1930 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Seems to be called Ingebor, age 10, in the 1870 census.

Christopher married Anna Christine GULLICKSON on 21 Jun 1893 in Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa. Anna (daughter of Gullik Gulliksen JEVNE and Kjersti Helgesdatter JEVNE) was born on 19 Dec 1868 in Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa; died on 20 Aug 1910 in Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 5 Apr 1849, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

She came to the U.S. in 1861.

Baptism:
Hurums

Dorthea married Thore Jørgensen PLADSEN on 31 Mar 1880 in Winneshiek County, Iowa. Thore was born on 27 Nov 1845 in Norway; died on 16 Aug 1919 in Winneshiek County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 25 May 1851, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Still alive in the 1895 Minnesota state census.

Died:
according to the History of Renville County

Buried:
probable location

Berit married Andris Trondsson ELLINGBØE on 16 Dec 1876 in Hawk Creek Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. Andris (son of Trond Iversson ELLINGBØE (OPDAL, UVDAL) and Kjersti Helgesdotter KJERSTEIN) was born on 13 Aug 1852 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 17 Aug 1926 in Maynard, Chippewa County, Minnesota; was buried in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1934-MN-002375
• Baptism: 8 Apr 1860, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Called Sarah in the 1880 census.

She is I22049 in Jim’s Valdres Slekt tree. He has her dying in Maynard on 2 Aug 1934.

She died as Sarah Lien, a single woman. She died from a cerebral hemorrhage. George Lien was the informant for the information in her death certificate.

Birth:
Lien 80/ Septun according to Jim. Heensejet was her father’s residence at the time of her birth.

Died:
or August 4th, the death certificate is not clear

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 5 Apr 1863, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Baptism:
Vangs kirke

Buried:
as Gunnar Lien

Family/Spouse: Sophia HOLIEN. Sophia (daughter of Ole HOLIEN and Ingebjørg Kristoffersdatter HEEN) was born on 21 Jun 1874 in Minnesota; died on 25 Mar 1960 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota; was buried in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shown as age 19 in the 1875 state census.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 22 Apr 1855, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Baptism:
baptized in Hurums on the same day as his parents were married

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 22 Mar 1857, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Birth:
Garstad

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1921-MN-005759
• Baptism: 26 Dec 1859, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Jim’s Valdres Slekt tree shows Sigrid as #I54394. It has her birthdate as 3 Nov 1859 and her death date as 16 June 1921. Vang church book has her birth date as 8 Nov.

In the 1900 census, she had had 15 children, 12 still living. (The list below includes the 13 children alive at the time of the 1900 census.) Those numbers are 17 and 12 in the 1910 census.

She came to the U.S. in 1861. A Norway Lake church history says that Sigrid came to Iowa in 1861 and moved to Norway Lake in 1871.

In the 1920 census, she is a widow, head-of-household, living on a farm in Norway Lake Twp with her children and daughter-in-law and “step-father” Asle Frövold.

Sigrid died of diabetes.

Baptism:
Hurums

Sigrid married Andrew J ELLINGBOE on 2 Jan 1877 in Nicollet County, Minnesota. Andrew (son of Jørgen Evensson ELLINGBÖ and Anne Thomasdatter HAGASTRØND) was born on 28 Oct 1852 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 5 Feb 1911 in Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota; was buried on 10 Feb 1911 in West Norway Lake Lutheran Cemetery, Sunburg, Norway Lake Twp, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1934-MN-015959

Notes:

In the 1880 census, as Rachel Lain, she was 18 and boarded with a family in Minneapolis. She worked in a cotton mill. Also boarding with her and also working in a cotton mill was the 16 year-old Mary Lain.

In the 1885 state census, she is shown as born in Norway.

In the 1900 census, she had had 8 children, 5 still living. Those numbers are 9 and 5 in the 1910 census.

In Grace’s death certificate, Rachel’s maiden name is Ellingboe. In Wallace’s birth certificate, Rachel’s maiden name is Lein. In Ella’s death certificate, Rachel’s maiden name is Lien. On Rachel’s death certificate, her father’s name is Ole Olson Lien.

She died of heart failure. The informant for her death certificate was H A Hoglund of Kerkhoven.

Rachel married William Harvey MERRYMAN on 26 Feb 1883 in Swift County, Minnesota. William was born in Jul 1859 in Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine; died on 17 Oct 1950 in Swift County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

U.S. Congressman from North Dakota.

Family/Spouse: Bessie NELSON. Bessie was born on 9 Jan 1862 in Winneshiek County, Iowa; died on 1 Sep 1935 in Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anne Halvorsdatter VESTLIEN. Anne was born on 21 Dec 1840 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 25 Feb 1933 in Rock County, Minnesota; was buried in Bethlehem Lutheran Church Cemetery, Hills, Rock County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 28 Feb 1858, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Birth:
or Jan 5

Family/Spouse: Knut HOYME. Knut (son of Helge Knudsen LEIROL and Ingeborg Engebretsdatter HØYME) was born on 29 Aug 1853 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 30 Nov 1935 in Rock County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Gullickson Family Tree has him born 24 Sep 1847. If so, it wasn’t recorded in the Vang records.

Birth:
Kjørlien

Family/Spouse: Ingeborg Olsdatter LØKEN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Nov 1850, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Baptism:
Hurum

Family/Spouse: Helge Torkelson ESTREM. Helge (son of Thorhild Andersen ESTREM and Sigrid Helgesdatter IGDUN) was born on 27 Jan 1849 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 13 Nov 1924 in Winneshiek County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 28 Feb 1869, Winneshiek County, Iowa

Notes:

Baptism:
Little Iowa Congregation

Anna married Christopher LIEN on 21 Jun 1893 in Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa. Christopher (son of Gullik Knutsen LIEN and Berit Knudsdatter AUSTREIM) was born on 25 Feb 1864 in Winneshiek County, Iowa; died on 19 Nov 1942 in Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1910 census, he was Andrew Rogun, age 43, a farmer in Alliance Twp, Moody County, South Dakota. His wife was Aletta, age 44. The couple had been married for 19 years. Aletta had given birth to 11 children, 7 of whom were still living.

Family/Spouse: Aletta HOLTER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Grocer

Notes:

Birth:
“Springfield township south of Decorah”

Henry married Flora GOLDRICK on 4 Jun 1908. Flora was born about 1887; died on 24 Apr 1970 in Ventura County, California; was buried in Decorah Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He and his wife Randi are in the photograph on p. 149 of Vang B. Their son Kristoffer, his second wife Berte Larsdatter, and their first child, Anders (b. 1894) are in the photograph on p. 150.

Family/Spouse: Randi Andrisdatter HERMUNDSTAD. Randi (daughter of Anders Johanson ØYE and Anne Nilsdatter HERMUNDSTAD) was born in Jan 1834 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1916. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margrete married Andris Gunnarsson GJEVRE in 1851. Andris (son of Gunnar Andrisson GJEVRE and Åste Nilsdatter ØDEGÅRD) was born in 1825 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Berit married Tosten Andrisson HØVERSTAD in 1860. Tosten (son of Andris Andrisson HAMRE and Berit Torgeirsdatter ONSTAD) was born on 28 Nov 1840 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 19 Nov 1916 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

dwfrench1

Dorte married Amund Helgesson HAMRE in 1864. Amund (son of Helge Tomasson ØLGØGN and Margrethe Amundsdatter BØ) was born on 7 Sep 1832 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He and Marit emigrated to the U.S. in the same year they were married.

Anders married Marit Anfinnsdatter KVAME about 1869. Marit (daughter of Anfinn Olsen KVAME and Marit Helgesdatter KJERSTEIN) was born about Mar 1845 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 18 Feb 1849, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Family/Spouse: Gulbrand Jensen KVALE. Gulbrand (son of Jens Nilsen KVALE and Marit Nilsdatter KVÅLE) was born on 14 Nov 1847 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died about 1923 in Mountrail County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anne Gudmundsdatter REMME. Anne (daughter of Gudmund Johnsen REMME and Guri Tostensdatter ELLINGBØ) was born on 6 Feb 1852 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 13 Jun 1922 in Vang I Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 28 Dec 1834, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Born in Uvdal 2/2 Sygardé. Resided in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø between 1850 and 1862. Emigrated to the U.S. in the spring of 1862 with her parents, siblings, and 2 daughters (one by Ola, one by Nils).

Hun hadde datteren Kirsti (1853-) med Nils Trondsen Tune og datteren Anne 1857- med Ola Endresen Ellingbø. Begge barna tok hun med seg da hun dro til Amerika i 1862.

Velgjerd Trondsdtr first married Nils Trondsen TUNE, son of Trond Nilsen WANGENSTEEN (1803-1875) & Berit Andrisdtr HAMRE (1810-1847). Born on 11 Aug 1835 in Tune 36/2 nørre, Nordigarden. Nils Trondsen died in Tune 36/2 nørre, Nordigarden on 29 Sep 1879, he was 44. Buried in Vang kirkegård.

They had one child:
i. Kirsti Nilsdtr. Born in 1853 in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø. Emigrated in 1862 to the USA.

Hun fikk datteren Anne i 1857 med en som het Ola.

Velgjerd Trondsdtr second married Ola Endresen ELLINGBØ2,3. Resided in Fisher, Minnesota USA. Emigrated in 1866 to the USA.2

They had one child:
i. Anne Olsdtr. Born in 1857 in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø. Emigrated in 1862 to the USA.

This second reference to emigrating in 1866 and living in Fisher can’t be confirmed. We know that Velgjerd, unmarried, came to the U.S. with her parents in 1862. More likely is that Velgjerd met up with Thorsten Boe when she got to the U.S. and had Berit.

Velgjerd may have died before 1870. Jim’s site says that she died in 28 Dec 1865 in Goodhue County.

Died:
per Jim’s site

Buried:
as Weldjer Thronsdatter Ellingbö; Find A Grave shows her broken gravestone

Family/Spouse: Nils Trondsen TUNE. Nils (son of Trond Nilsen WANGENSTEEN and Berit Andrisdatter HAMRE) was born on 11 Aug 1835 in Norway; died on 29 Sep 1879 in Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ole Endressen ELLINGBØE. Ole (son of Endre Iversen BØE and Anne Evensdatter ELLINGBØ) was born on 18 May 1830 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Velgjerd married Thorsten BOE on 7 May 1863 in Holden Lutheran Church, Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Thorsten was born on 18 Dec 1823 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Born in Uvdal 2/2 Sygardé. Resided in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø between 1850 and 1862. Emigrated to the U.S. in 1862.

Birth:
Holden church records give her birthdate as 12 Jan 1841

Died:
per the records of the Holden church

Kjersti married Ole Gulbrandsen HEEN on 10 Nov 1863 in Holden Lutheran Church, Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Ole (son of Gudbrand Kristoffersen HEEN and Ingebjørg Olsdatter DE SPARSTAD) was born about 1836 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 9 May 1920 in Chippewa County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 5 Nov 1843, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 20 May 1858, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Born in Uvdal 2/2 Sygardé. Resided in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø between 1850 and 1862. Emigrated the U.S. in 1862.

He is probably the Ivar Throndson Ellingboe, “from the Vang Congregation,” who contributed money to the start-up of St. Olaf College.

Apparently went by the name of Thompson at the time of the 1880 census. The family is shown, living on a farm in Warsaw, Goodhue County, as: Iver Thompson, age 36, his wife Ambjor, 29, son Trond, 7, daughter Kjirsti, 5, son Erik, 3, and son Iver, 10 months (born in July of 1879). The family had a servant living with them named Thorwald Hanson, age 20.

Apparently he is the Iver Throndson Ellingboe buried in Vang Cemetery. Born 8 Oct 1843, died 29 April 1881. He would have died just shortly after his youngest son was conceived.

Birth:
this date from his burial record in the church book

Baptism:
this date from his burial record in the church book

Confirmation:
this date from his burial record in the church book

Buried:
this date from his burial record in the church book

Ivar married Ambjørg Eiriksdotter KASA on 18 Jun 1872 in Holden Lutheran Church, Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Ambjørg (daughter of Eirik Helgesson KASA and Berit Johnsdatter NYSTUEN) was born on 10 Jan 1849 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 18 Aug 1936 in Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota; was buried on 22 Aug 1936 in Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1929-MN-012894
• Baptism: 6 Sep 1846, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Or Synnøve.

Resided in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø between 1850 and 1862.

Synnøve Trondsdtr died in Wang township, Renville County, on 17 Feb 1929. She emigrated in 1862 to the USA. She and Syver had 3 children together and moved to Renville County. After Syver's death in 1874 she moved back to Goodhue County with her 3 sons. In 1877 she married Ole G. Loe and they had 3 children, Sever, Gilbert and Christine. They then moved back to the homestead in Renville county, where she lived until she died in 1929.

Not in Minnesota in the 1870 census.

In the 1880 census, Ole G., 32, and Soneva, 33, were living in Wang Township, Renville County. Their children were Christ, 12, Thrond, 9, Iver, 6, Sever, 2, and Marit, age 5 months and born in January.

In the 1900 census, Trond Ellingboe, 87 (born Feb 1813) and widowed, was living with his daughter, Synneva Loe’s family in Wang Township. Synneva, age 53 (born Jul 1846), was married 23 years to Ole Loe, age 52 (born January of 1848). Synneva had borne 11 children, 6 still living. Their children at home at the time were Syver, 22 (born Sept 1877), Kirsti, 18 (born Mar 1882), and Gudbrand, 13 (born Oct 1886). Ole owned the farm. Ole had emigrated from Norway in 1872, Trond and Synneva in 1862. Living next door was Ivar Soine and family, Synneva’s son from her first marriage.

In the 1910 census, Ole G., age 62, and “Soneva”, age 63, were living in Wang Township of Renville County with their son Gilbert O., age 23 (who was listed as head of the household), and their daughter, Christine, 28. Synneve and Ole are shown to have been married for 33 years although the “M1” next to Ole and the “M2” next to Synneva may mean that Ole was Synneva’s 2nd husband. Synneva has had 11 children, 6 still living, although this entry is erroneously shown for the single Christine. Next door, also a head of household, is Sever O. Loe, 32, single.

Ole G. and Soneva were living with Sever in Wang in the 1920 census. Sever may have been widowed at this point: the census form is not clear.

Died:
death indexed as “Mrs. Syneva Soe”

Synneva married Sigurd Kristofferson (Syver C) SOINE on 6 Jul 1867 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Sigurd (son of Christopher Larssen SØYNE and Anne Sjugurdsdatter LAJORD) was born on 26 Oct 1842 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 11 Jul 1874 in Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Synneva married Ole Gudbrandsen LOE in 1877 in Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Ole (son of Gudbrand Olsen HØVERSTAD and Marit Ivarsdatter ELTUN) was born on 20 Jan 1848 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 16 Oct 1925 in Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 4 Nov 1849, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 30 Apr 1865, Holden Lutheran Church, Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

Born in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø. Resided in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø between 1850 and 1862. Emigrated in 1862 to USA.

He died in Granite Falls between November of 1893 and June 7, 1900. A history of Chippewa and Lac qui Parle Counties says that he died in 1896.

In the 1885 state census, he and his family live in Granite Falls. The children listed are Cristina, Thomas, and Mary.

He is probably the Henry Thompson, 29, living with his wife Mary, 31, and daughter Christina, 8, in Granite Falls Twp, Chippewa County, Minnesota, in the 1880 census.

He is also probably the person referred to in the Dalby database on southern Minnesota deaths and cemeteries: “Ellingboe, Henry T., b. 1850, d. 1895, resident of Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota burial site unknown.”

According to the History of Renville County, Helge Ellingboe settled in the area (”just over the line in Granite Falls township”) in 1870.

Helge married Marit (Mary) Torsteinsdatter SPARSTAD on 14 Oct 1870 in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Marit (daughter of Torstein Olsen SPARSTAD and Marit Kristoffersdatter HEEN) was born on 23 Feb 1848 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 19 Aug 1934 in Maynard, Chippewa County, Minnesota; was buried on 23 Aug 1934 in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1926-MN-002347
• Confirmation: 5 May 1867, Holden Lutheran Church, Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

Born in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø. Resided in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø between 1850 and 1862. Came to the U.S. in 1862.

He may be the Anders Ellingboe who was a student at St. Olaf Academy for one year in 1875.

Land records show that the Benson land office issued Andrew T. Ellingboe a 120 acre homestead in Section 4 of Renville County on 15 Dec 1883. The land description is as follows:

1 E½SE 5TH PM No 116 N 38 W
2 NWSE 5TH PM No 116 N 38 W

In the 1880 census, A. T. Ellingboe was a farmer in Wang Township, Renville County. A.T. was 27, his wife Betsey was 28, their daughter Betsey was 1 and their son Thrond was 2. They lived a few farms away from A. T.’s parents. (A. T. was also a census enumerator in Renville County for the 1880 census.)

In the 1885 state census they are in Wang Twp, Renville County. Their postal address is Sacred Heart.

In the 1900 census, Andrew, age 47 (born Aug 1852), was a farmer in Wang Township of Renville County. His family consisted of his wife Marit, age 38 (born Dec 1861), son Trond, 22 (Oct 1877), Kirsti, 19 (Feb 1881), Endre, 16 (June 1883), Ivar, 14 (June 1885), Anders, 12 (Sep 1887), Clara, 9 (July 1890), Esther, 2 (Mar 1898), and George 8/12 (Sep 1899). Andrew and Marit had been married for 3 years. She had borne 2 children, both still living. Andrew emigrated in 1862, Marit in 1866.

A 1900 land ownership map of Granite Falls Twp in Chippewa County shows A T Ellingboe owning an 80 parcel with A. F. Kattevold. The parcel is the eastern half of the southeast quarter of Section 12. Contiguous with this parcel is another parcel the two of them owned in Wang Twp, Renville County. That Renville County parcel, in the 1900 land ownership map of Wang Twp, was 30.6 acres in Section 7, adjacent to a 60 acre parcel owned by M. Ellingboe.

In a 1913 land ownership map of Wang Twp in Renville County, A T Ellingboe owns a continuous parcel of 276 acres in Sections 3, 4, and 9.

In the 1920 census, he is A. T. Ellingboe, 67, living with his wife Marit, 56, and grown children Esther B., George G., and Agnes M., in Wang Twp, Renville County. Living next door or, more probably, on the same farm, are households headed by sons Endre and the single Iver as well as his nephew Thrond.

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.

From “History of the Minnesota Valley,” published in 1882 for Renville County:

Ellingboe, A. T. A. T. Ellingboe was born in Norway, August 13, 1852, and when nine years old immigrated with the family to Goodhue county, Minnesota. He attended common school and St. Olaf’s College, Northfield. In 1874 he came to his present home in Wang; has been clerk since the organization of the town, justice since 1876, and postmaster of New Lisbon since June 1879. Betsey Leen became his wife December 16, 1876; Tom, Betsy, and Christina are their children.

From the History of Renville County:

“A triple wedding in which the hearts of six young people of Wang were made happy was one of the notable events of the early days. The ceremony was performed by that beloved pioneer preacher, the Rev. John Berg, in a schoolhouse located on the land of P. C. Brevig in Hawk Creek township. The contracting parties were A. T. Ellingboe and Betsy Lien, daughter of Anders Lien; Ole Erickson Drambroten and Anna Stende, the daughter of Anders Stende, and Gullick Helger- son Weflen and Martha Johnson Tandborg, daughter of Peter Tandborg.”

Also from the History of Renville County, also via the Dalby Database, published in 1916:

A. T. Ellingboe was born in Norway, Aug. 13, 1852, and was brought to America in 1861 by his parents, Thrond I. and Kjirsti Kjirtsen, with his three brothers, Iver, Henry and Thron, and his four sisters, Veljer, Kjersti, Soneva and Berit, the voyage taking eleven weeks. The family came to Goodhue county, July 4, and made their home there. Here A. T. received his education at the common school and then spent one year at St. Olaf's College at Northfield, Minn. In 1873 he moved to Renville county, where he secured a homestead in section 4, Wang township, where he has lived ever since. Mr. Ellingboe has held many positions of public trust. In 1876 he was elected town clerk of Wang, which position he has held ever since. In 1877 he was elected justice of the peace, which office he also has held ever since. In 1878 he became clerk for School District No. 44. In 1880, 1890 and 1910 he was appointed enumerator of the census of Wang, Hawk Creek and Ericson toenships. In 1902 he was elected treasurer of the Hawk Creek Farmers' Mutual Insurance Co., and has held the office ever since. He was postmaster of New Lisbon for eighteen years. Mr. Ellingboe was married Dec. 16, 1876, to Berit E. Lien, daughter of Endre K. Lien and Berit (Gjevre) Lien, natives of Norway, who came from Norway in 1866. Nine children were born to this union, six of whom are living. Thron, born Oct. 6, 1877, died Sept. 18, 1913. Bertha, born April 10, 1879, married Gilbert Strand in 1914 and has one child, Bertha lola Marie. Christine, born Feb. 13, 1881, has been a teacher for ten years. Endre, born June 10, 1883, is a farmer in section 10. Wang township, and married to Gina Lofsgorden, June, 1912. Iver, born June 10, 1885, is a farmer in section 10, Wang township. Andris A., born Sept. 16, 1887, is a land owner in North Dakota. Clara, born July 16, 1890, is a teacher. Two children died in infancy. Mrs. Ellingboe died Aug. 26, 1895. Mr. Ellingboe was married a second time to Marit G. Gjevre, Aug. 1, 1897. She was a cousin of his first wife, and daughter of Gunder and Gro (Helgeson) {rjevre, natives of Norway, who came to America on the same ship as the parents of his first wife. Three children were born by this marriage: Esther, born in 1898, a student at Madison, Minn.; George, born Sept. 25, 1899, at home on the farm, and Agues, born Sept. 3, 1901, student at Maynard public schools, Maynard, Minn.

From Valdres Pioneer Tales from "Budstikken," May 1971 page 12:

It is a hundred years since the Valdres people first invaded what was to become Wang Township, Renville county Minnesota in a mass. Other settlers had come earlier: Christian O. Narvestad, Hans Grotvedt, and Theodore Rongerud, three brothers; together with Hans Gunderson and Christian Engebretson had come in June, 1867.

The first Valdreses apparently were Thomas Christofferson Lerhol and Anders Thomason Kjersten who came from Vang, Valdres in 1868. But it was not until 1871 that the great migration started and it continued until they filled the whole countryside. Among the early Valdreser were Andrew E. Rogen, Ole Halvorson Holien (Skalberg), George Halvorson Holien (Skalberg), Peter Iverson, Endre' K. Holien, Iver Oie, Iver Nystuen, Helge Evanson (Holien), H. Ellingboe, Andrew T. Ellingboe, Tosten Olson Hamre, Siver Guttormson Strand, Ole O. Strand, Ove Strand, H. H. Weflen, Ingebret Thompson, George C. Heen, Christopher Gulbrandson Heen, Mrs. Mary Ostrem Boe, Ole Thompson Grover, Gullik Weflen, Trond I. Ellingboe, Erick Erickson Viken, Trond Engebretson, Engebret Engebretson, Knute Weflen, Hans O. Berg, Ole Christopherson Soine, Ole O. Belsem, Knud Knudson Viken, Gunder O. Gjevre, Ole O. Grov, Thomas K. Weflen, Evert M. Strand, the Loes, Thorkelsons and others.

The township was organized on July 28, 1875 and the first election was held at the home of Elling Johnson. Elling was elected chairman; Ole C. Soine and O. T. Grover, supervisors; Nils Norman was elected clerk but did not qualify so A. T. Ellingboe was appointed to the post which he held for half a century. At the first regular election C. A. Evenson was elected chairman; Erick Viken and O. T. Grover, supervisor; A. T. Ellingboe, clerk, Elling Johnson, assessor; P. L. Brevig, treasurer; K. K. Viken, justice of the peace; and O. K. Williams, constable.

The township was named Wang in honor of Vang, Valdres, as is also the local church, which recently celebrated its 85th anniversary.

Throughout the century the Valdres have been in a majority in the township and continue to be so today. Not only are the Loes, Soines, Ellingboes, Haugens, Lerohls, Strands. etc.. Valdres but many names like Dembroten, Narvestad, etc. represent half-breed Veldreses.

These pioneers came with oxen and covered wagons shortly after the Indian uprisings were over. They still had to fight mosquitos, grasshoppers, prairie fires, droughts, and blizzards. Throughout the century the Valdres have been in the majority in township offices and continue to be so today.

The Wang Township section of the History of Renville County says Andrew T. Ellingboe and Ole O. Belsem (#16300) “came together with the caravan, Ellingboe furnishing a yoke of oxen and Belsem the wagon.”

Birth:
this is also the date shown for his birth in the church book record for his confirmation

Andris married Berit (Betsey) E LIEN on 16 Dec 1876 in Hawk Creek Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. Berit (daughter of Endre Knudsen LIEN and Berith Gundersdatter GJEVRE) was born on 11 Feb 1851 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 26 Aug 1895 in Minnesota; was buried on 28 Aug 1895 in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Andris married Marith Gundersdatter GJEVRE on 9 Aug 1897 in Wangs Lutheran Church, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. Marith (daughter of Gunder GJEVRE and Gro Helgesdatter WEFLEN) was born on 3 Dec 1860 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 17 Nov 1951 in Renville County, Minnesota; was buried on 21 Nov 1951 in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 18 Jun 1855, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
• Confirmation: 19 Jun 1870, Holden Lutheran Church, Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minnesota

Notes:

Born in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø. Resided in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø between 1855 and 1862. Emigrated to the U.S. in 1862.

She may be the Berit T. Ellingboe who attended the St. Olaf Academy 1878-1879.

Hun giftet seg i Norge med Anders Olaf Blomgren.

She was Betsie, wife of O.A., in the 1885 Minnesota state census. She was Bertha in the 1910 census when she was in California.

Confirmation:
or 12 Jun 1870, the church book entry is not clear

Berit married Anders Olaus BLOMGREN on 21 Dec 1877 in Ramsey County, Minnesota. Anders was born on 17 Aug 1847 in Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; died on 3 Dec 1912 in Patterson, Stanislaus County, California; was buried in Patterson District Cemetery, Patterson, Stanislaus County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 21 Jun 1858, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Born in Bøkkadn 33/3 av Ellingbø. Emigrated to the U.S. in 1862.

He is I22243 in Jim’s VS. In that tree Jim does not show Trond’s wife or his descendants.

He is I4356 in Jim’s Ellingboe tree.

Baptism:
as Thron Thronsen

Trond married Anna (Annie) KJERSTEIN on 26 Feb 1884 in Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. Anna (daughter of Tosten Tostensen KJERSTEN and Randi Gudbrandsdatter SYNSTEIKRA) was born on 26 Mar 1863 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 2 Dec 1941 in Granite Falls Twp, Chippewa County, Minnesota; was buried on 6 Dec 1941 in Wangs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wang Twp, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Kvame 11/ i Øye

Marit married Anders Thomassen KJERSTEIN about 1869. Anders (son of Thomas Helgessen KJERSTEIN and Dorte Thomasdatter MØSAKER) was born on 10 Feb 1843 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Kvame 11/ i Øye

Died:
Kvame 11/ i Øye

Family/Spouse: Berit Kristoffersdatter KVAM. Berit (daughter of Kristoffer Tosteinson HAGASTRØND and Berit Gulliksdatter BERGE) was born in 1835 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1928 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ingeborg married Johan-Henrik Trondsen ØYE on 23 Jun 1871 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Johan-Henrik (son of Trond Ivarson ELTUN and Gjertrud Johan-Henriksdatter SVIEN) was born about 1850 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Bennie Rudolph SMEDSTAD. Bennie was born on 21 Jun 1879; died on 1 Mar 1938. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Apr 1860, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He is probably the Ole born 25 Feb 1860 (bapt. 1 April) in Vang to the unmarried couple Ole Aslakson Tvedt and Guri Endresdatter Tvedt. His baptismal sponsors were Aaste Erichsdatter Tvedt, Marith Odegaardsiet, Thomas Endresson Tvedt, Ole somebody Kjøs, and Ola somebody Qvien. Ole O seems to have been born on the farm of Thomas Endresson Tvedt.

Tomas Endresen, apparently Ole O’s mother’s brother, was b. ca 1831 and living on Tveith farm as a selveier with his wife and son in the 1865 census.

Ole O and his mother Guri Endresdatter (b. ca 1835) were living on the Aasen farm in Vang in the 1865 census. They were living with the Torstein Torsteinsen family, husmand med jord.

Ole O.’s mother is probably Guri Endresdatter Rognseie born 24 Dec 1833 and bapt 2 Feb 1834 to Endre Thomassen Rognseie and Aaste Erichsdatter.

Ole O’s father, Ole Aslakesen, b. ca 1837, was a smith on the Berge farm in the 1865 census.

In the 1880 census, he was a farm laborer on a farm in Pembina, Dakota Territory.

In the 1900 census, he was a fireman living with his family in La Crosse. His birthdate is shown as February 1859. He came to the U.S. in 1870.

His obit said that he was a long-time resident of La Crosse and for many years had been a fireman at the Listman mill. He died of heart failure at his home at 1633 Winnebago Street after two months illness. He was 50 years old and left a widow and five children, George, Oscar, Minnie, Clara, and Ida. His funeral was at the Norwegian Lutheran Church on Sixth and Division.

Family/Spouse: Mary LEE. Mary (daughter of Thore (Torey) LEE and Bergit Guttormsdatter) was born in 1856 in Ferryville, Crawford County, Wisconsin; died on 30 Dec 1919 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]