Gjartrud Gudbrandsdatter UVDAL

Notes:

She is omitted from the bygdebok’s listings of her parents’ children.

Birth:
dwfrench1 says 1773

Gjartrud married Eivind Knutsen LEIROL on 25 Jan 1791 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Eivind (son of Knut Jonsen RØN and Ingeborg Evensdatter FRIGSTAD) was born in 1763 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1816 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Vang B, p. 288.

He married his first cousin.

Birth:
Heen 70/2 Bøkko

Died:
Hagen 88/3-9-16 av Jevne, Ryfoss

Family/Spouse: Sigri Gulbrandsdatter UVDAL. Sigri (daughter of Gudbrand Gudbrandsen UVDAL and Ingebjørg Sjugurdsdatter STRAND) was born in 1795 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1833 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Johnson NEFSTAD. John (son of Jon Knutsen NEFSTAD and Marit Endresdatter LIEN) was born in 1807 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 5 Jul 1826, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Came to the U.S. in 1849. Served in the Civil War.

Baptism:
perhaps a home baptism

Family/Spouse: Elise PAULSON. Elise was born about 1840 in Norway; died on 2 Apr 1918 in Freeborn County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 27 Jun 1824, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Baptism:
in the Vang stavkirke

Family/Spouse: Gerhardine Bøyesdatter HEILE. Gerhardine (daughter of Böye Ovesen BERGE and Marte Christophersdatter LEIROL) was born on 3 Feb 1828 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 8 Jan 1837, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Called John Johnson of Østerin at the time of his marriage.

He and Sigrid left for the U.S. a week or so after their marriage.

From the Kenyon Leader, January 6, 1916

John Estrum, aged 80 years, died at his home in Warsaw on Friday, December, 30. Deceased was born in Valders, Norway, in 1836. In 1857 he was united in marriage to Sigrid Leite. A year later the couple came to America, settling in Wisconsin. After remaining there for a time they removed to Warsaw, where they have since made their home. Ten children blessed the union, six of whom survive and are as follows: Mrs. Eberhart of Thief River Falls; Mrs. McCurdy of Minneapolis, Nels, Gilbert, and Evan, and Mrs. George Kolstad all of the town of Warsaw. Funeral services were held Tuesday. Rev. Hauge officiating, interment being made in Vangs cemetery.

Birth:
birth record is not clear: may be 25 Nov

John married Sigrid Nilsdatter VEFLEN on 22 Nov 1857 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Sigrid (daughter of Nils Gulliksen BERGE and Guri Trondsdatter VEFLEN) was born on 29 Dec 1833 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Louise AANRUD. Louise was born on 16 Jul 1893 in Freeborn County, Minnesota; died on 30 Jan 1939 in Freeborn County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1900 census, he, as Ben Knudtson, and his family were farming in Barton Twp, Worth County, Iowa.

From D M Scott’s contribution to Find A Grave:

#1
BEN KNUDTSON FROZEN TO DEATH

The Christmas festivities of our neighboring town of Carpenter were sadly broken into by the tragic death of one of her citizens, Mr. Ben Knudtson, who died about noon from the effects of having spent the night out - lying beside the railroad track in that awful cold.

Mr. Knudtson came back from Lyle on the 8:20 train Christmas Eve. He had not been up to Lyle to buy either hardware or dry goods, but had already celebrated too much for his own good. When he got off the train he started for his home, which was about a mile northwest of Carpenter; but instead of going around the road, he started cross lots intending to go north on the railroad till he crossed the bridge, then take a path through the woods for home. He only got across the bridge when he fell and rolled down the high embankment, striking on a lot of rocks which lay at the bottom. It is quite evident that he was considerably injured by the fall or he could have managed to have gotten up and out of there. But there he lay during all that bitter, cold night.

At about eleven o'clock Knudtson's son, Ed, about 17 years of age, in company with Ed Edwarson, a boy of about his own age crossed the bridge and heard someone calling to them to hold on but they thought it was a tramp trying to waylay them and they ran as fast as their legs could carry them, and went over to Gilbert Severson's close by and stayed all night. The next morning Severson and Edwards went back to the bridge and, alas, there lay Knudtson, not dead but pretty near it, though he was still conscious and in fact, remained so until just before he died.

They took him home and immediately called Dr. Culmsee. The doctor arrived there about eleven o'clock, but alas he was beyond the reach of medical aid. His injuries were too severe to be helped and he died within an hour. His hands, face and legs were frozen terribly, and he was suffering from internal injuries, evidently caused by falling down the embankment.

The funeral was held on Saturday, conducted at the Deer Creek N. L. Church by Reverend J. Olsen.

It was just eight years ago to a day, that his brother, Theo, came to an untimely death in the same woods, and not a mile from the same place.

[St. Ansgar Enterprise, Dec., 1902, St. Ansgar Iowa Museum Collection]


#2
Ben E Knudtson was born March 1852 in Iowa, son of Even Knudtson, born June 14, 1824

Norway…died August 3, 1902 Iowa (Buried First Lutheran Cemetery, Saint Ansgar (as per Mitchell Co., Grave Records: Ancestery)
and Gerhardine Boyesdatter Heile..according to a tree found on Ancestry: born February 3, 1828 in Norway…died January 27, 1911 Carpenter.

Ben E Knudtson was buried in Deer Creek Lutheran Cemetery according to a tree found.

According to the tree found, Ben Knudtson married Ingeborg Aslaksdtr. Ellingboe who was born March 5, 1865 Noway and died July 5, 1956 in Dickey Co., North Dakota. After Ben's death she married Hans Hanson in 1907.

The son Ed mentioned in Bens obit was Edwin Ben Knudtson 1888-1929 died Minnesota. (name on Minn. Death record has last name spelled Knutsen

His brother Theo mentioned in the obit was Theodore E Knudtson born December 1, 1863…died December 25, 1894…buried First Lutheran (burial from Mitchell Co., Grave Records, Ancestry)

#3
1900 US Census: Deer Creek, Worth, Iowa
Ben Knudtson 48 born March 1852 Iowa
Ingeborg 35 born March 1865 Norway
Edwin 12 born February 1888 Iowa 9died November 3, 1929 Minnesota)
Melvin 8 born March 1892 Iowa (died Montana December 1963)
Antone 6 born October 1894 Iowa (Antone Leonard..his Minn. Death record shows his mothers maiden name as Ellingboe)

Ben married Ingeborg Åslaksdatter ELLINGBÖ on 5 Feb 1887 in St. Ansgar, Mitchell County, Iowa. Ingeborg (daughter of Åslak Amundsson BÖE and Randi Olsdatter ELLINGBÖ) was born on 4 Mar 1865 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 5 Jul 1956 in Dickey County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jorgen A KOLSTAD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]