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Marit Andrisdatter BREKKE

Female 1838 - 1899  (61 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Marit Andrisdatter BREKKE was born on 28 Aug 1838 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 24 Oct 1899 in Swift County, Minnesota.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 9 Sep 1838, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

    Notes:

    Died:
    dwfrench1

    Marit married Nils Nilsson KVÅLE on 6 Oct 1861 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Nils (son of Nils Nilsen MYHRE and Anne Johnsdatter KVÅLE) was born on 3 Sep 1835 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 14 Aug 1880 in Swift County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Knudt Nilsen BREKKE  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Jul 1858 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 5 Dec 1948 in Swift County, Minnesota.
    2. 3. Anne Nilsdatter BREKKE  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Sep 1861 in Valdres i Oppland, Norway; died on 8 Nov 1946 in Alberta, Canada.
    3. 4. Berit Nilsdatter BREKKE  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Aug 1863 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 27 Nov 1950 in British Columbia, Canada.
    4. 5. Julia Johanna  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Jan 1871 in Swift County, Minnesota; died on 12 May 1965 in Clearwater County, Minnesota.
    5. 6. Dena Christine BREKKE  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Jul 1877 in Swift County, Minnesota; died in 1920.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Knudt Nilsen BREKKE Descendancy chart to this point (1.Marit1) was born on 27 Jul 1858 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 5 Dec 1948 in Swift County, Minnesota.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 26 Sep 1858, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

    Notes:

    He was age 22 at the time of the 1880 census.

    dwfrench1 calls him Knute Brekke Nelson.

    Died:
    dwfrench1

    Family/Spouse: Caroline LEE. Caroline was born on 27 Jan 1863 in Wisconsin; died on 24 Nov 1957 in Swift County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Peter Alfred NELSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Feb 1898 in Benson, Swift County, Minnesota; died on 10 May 1956 in Tulare County, California.
    2. 8. Clarence Bernard NELSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Mar 1902 in Benson, Swift County, Minnesota; died on 25 Nov 1977.

  2. 3.  Anne Nilsdatter BREKKE Descendancy chart to this point (1.Marit1) was born on 20 Sep 1861 in Valdres i Oppland, Norway; died on 8 Nov 1946 in Alberta, Canada.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Skrautval

    Died:
    Armena

    Anne married Knut Knudtson LYSENG on 29 Jun 1880 in Clinton, Big Stone County, Minnesota. Knut (son of Knut Engebretsen LYSENG and Marit Ericksdatter KOLSTAD) was born on 7 Oct 1856; died on 6 Nov 1932 in Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Anders Knutson LYSENG  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Jun 1891 in Minnesota; died on 1 Apr 1979 in Alberta, Canada.
    2. 10. Nils LYSENG  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1881; died in 1966.
    3. 11. Alma LYSENG  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1893 in Minnesota; died in 1981 in Alberta, Canada.

  3. 4.  Berit Nilsdatter BREKKE Descendancy chart to this point (1.Marit1) was born on 20 Aug 1863 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 27 Nov 1950 in British Columbia, Canada.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 4 Oct 1863, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

    Family/Spouse: Erick Knudtson LYSENG. Erick (son of Knut Engebretsen LYSENG and Marit Ericksdatter KOLSTAD) was born on 16 Feb 1855 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 20 Feb 1923 in Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Abel Melvin LYSENG  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Sep 1896 in Minnesota; died in Nov 1957 in Alberta, Canada.

  4. 5.  Julia Johanna Descendancy chart to this point (1.Marit1) was born on 29 Jan 1871 in Swift County, Minnesota; died on 12 May 1965 in Clearwater County, Minnesota.

    Julia married Anton Hansen MELBO in 1890 in Minnesota. Anton was born on 13 Jul 1868 in Nordland, Norway; died on 29 Mar 1948 in Polk County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Hilda Marie MELBO  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Oct 1898 in Swift County, Minnesota; died on 22 Dec 1997 in Koochiching County, Minnesota.
    2. 14. Alfred Julius MELBO  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Sep 1890 in Swift County, Minnesota; died on 24 Jan 1970 in California.

  5. 6.  Dena Christine BREKKE Descendancy chart to this point (1.Marit1) was born on 27 Jul 1877 in Swift County, Minnesota; died in 1920.

    Family/Spouse: Halbert RODAHL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 15. Helen RODAHL  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 3

  1. 7.  Peter Alfred NELSON Descendancy chart to this point (2.Knudt2, 1.Marit1) was born on 2 Feb 1898 in Benson, Swift County, Minnesota; died on 10 May 1956 in Tulare County, California.

    Family/Spouse: Letty Mae HALES. Letty was born on 16 Jan 1903 in Morris, Stevens County, Minnesota; died on 30 Jan 1987 in Tulare County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 8.  Clarence Bernard NELSON Descendancy chart to this point (2.Knudt2, 1.Marit1) was born on 15 Mar 1902 in Benson, Swift County, Minnesota; died on 25 Nov 1977.

    Notes:

    dwfrench1

    In the 1930 census, he operated a laundry in Benson, Swift County, Minnesota.

    Family/Spouse: Myrtle PEDLAR. Myrtle was born about 1902 in Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 16. Robert Kenneth NELSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Mar 1924 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan; died on 11 May 1990.

  3. 9.  Anders Knutson LYSENG Descendancy chart to this point (3.Anne2, 1.Marit1) was born on 17 Jun 1891 in Minnesota; died on 1 Apr 1979 in Alberta, Canada.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Clinton or Clithoral

    Died:
    Camrose


  4. 10.  Nils LYSENG Descendancy chart to this point (3.Anne2, 1.Marit1) was born in 1881; died in 1966.

    Family/Spouse: Oline. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. Kenneth LYSENG  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 May 1905 in Alberta, Canada; died on 18 Jan 1958.

  5. 11.  Alma LYSENG Descendancy chart to this point (3.Anne2, 1.Marit1) was born in 1893 in Minnesota; died in 1981 in Alberta, Canada.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    from nrestore

    Died:
    from nrestore

    Family/Spouse: Gustave Edward HOYME. Gustave (son of Tosten Olsen HØYME and Berit Olsdatter KVISSEL) was born on 30 Apr 1882 in South Dakota; died on 21 Aug 1955 in Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 18. Norman Arnold HOYME  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Jun 1922 in Alberta, Canada; died on 14 Nov 2016 in Alberta, Canada.

  6. 12.  Abel Melvin LYSENG Descendancy chart to this point (4.Berit2, 1.Marit1) was born on 11 Sep 1896 in Minnesota; died in Nov 1957 in Alberta, Canada.

    Abel married Cora Regina RASMUSSEN in 1919 in Alberta, Canada. Cora was born on 10 Nov 1897 in Nebraska; died on 27 Feb 1995 in Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 19. Joyce Eleanor LYSENG  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Nov 1926 in Alberta, Canada; died on 11 Sep 2019 in Alberta, Canada.
    2. 20. Eunice Coral LYSENG  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Nov 1933 in Camrose, Alberta, Canada; died on 13 Nov 1996 in San Diego County, California.

  7. 13.  Hilda Marie MELBO Descendancy chart to this point (5.Julia2, 1.Marit1) was born on 8 Oct 1898 in Swift County, Minnesota; died on 22 Dec 1997 in Koochiching County, Minnesota.

    Family/Spouse: Christian Walter BRINKMAN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 21. Shirley M BRINKMAN  Descendancy chart to this point

  8. 14.  Alfred Julius MELBO Descendancy chart to this point (5.Julia2, 1.Marit1) was born on 25 Sep 1890 in Swift County, Minnesota; died on 24 Jan 1970 in California.

    Notes:

    In the 1930 census, he and his family, all born in Minnesota, were in Patterson, Stanislaus County, California. Alfred was a teamster with a water company.

    Family/Spouse: Ella TORKELSON. Ella was born on 31 Aug 1896 in Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  9. 15.  Helen RODAHL Descendancy chart to this point (6.Dena2, 1.Marit1)

    Family/Spouse: Knut Andreas SIMONSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. LaVonne SIMONSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1930; died on 26 Jul 2014 in Minnesota.


Generation: 4

  1. 16.  Robert Kenneth NELSON Descendancy chart to this point (8.Clarence3, 2.Knudt2, 1.Marit1) was born on 28 Mar 1924 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan; died on 11 May 1990.

  2. 17.  Kenneth LYSENG Descendancy chart to this point (10.Nils3, 3.Anne2, 1.Marit1) was born on 4 May 1905 in Alberta, Canada; died on 18 Jan 1958.

    Family/Spouse: Hazel Christine FRANSEN. Hazel was born on 9 Nov 1908 in Canada; died in 1998. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 18.  Norman Arnold HOYME Descendancy chart to this point (11.Alma3, 3.Anne2, 1.Marit1) was born on 19 Jun 1922 in Alberta, Canada; died on 14 Nov 2016 in Alberta, Canada.

    Notes:

    Arnold Hoyme of Wetaskiwin died peacefully in the early morning hours of November 14, 2016 with loved ones nearby.

    Remembering him with love are his wife, Edith; daughter, Marlene (Bob) Olson; step-children, Shirley Watson, Wayne (Linda) Arnold and Wade (Adele) Arnold; brothers, Clifford (Dorothy), Melford (Donna); and sister-in-law, Doreen. His love of family will live on in the memories of his 18 grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, extended family, and many friends. Arnold was predeceased by his parents, Edward & Alma Hoyme; son, Darryle; step-sons, Brian, Wesley; brothers, Orin, Ernest, Konard; and sister, Almira.

    Arnold was well-respected in the community; from the family farm near Camrose, to WWII service, to many years of work and community service in the Wetaskiwin area. In addition to farming, Arnold operated businesses in feedmill management, ceramics, real estate, insurance and more. He continued to work into his nineties. He was a life-long member of the Lions Club, proudly supporting their causes and community activities.

    Birth:
    from nrestore

    Died:
    from nrestore

    Family/Spouse: Betty Elaine HOOVER. Betty was born on 22 Jul 1922 in Alberta, Canada; died on 22 Jun 2016 in Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 19.  Joyce Eleanor LYSENG Descendancy chart to this point (12.Abel3, 4.Berit2, 1.Marit1) was born on 11 Nov 1926 in Alberta, Canada; died on 11 Sep 2019 in Alberta, Canada.

    Notes:

    Joyce Eleanor Chant
    (November 11, 1926 - September 11, 2019)
     
    The family of Joyce Eleanor Chant announce her passing on September 11, 2019 at the age of 92 years. 

    Joyce was born on November 11, 1926 to Cora and Abel Lyseng, the third child of eight. She spent her childhood on a farm in the Armena area. Joyce met and married Austin Chant in 1945. They spent most of their married life on the family farm just outside of Camrose with their four children. 

    After Austin passed away, Joyce stayed on the farm for about three years and then decided to move into a mobile home in Camrose. She began to find it more difficult to live on her own so, in 2009, Joyce moved into Bethany Meadows where she remained until her passing.

    Joyce always enjoyed singing and was a loyal choir member in her church for most of her adult life. She was also an active member of the Camrose Sweet Adelines chapter for several years. Joyce also loved her gardens. She took great pride in the proliferation of flowers and plants that she grew. 

    For many years Joyce was a very active and involved member of the Ladies of The Loyal Order of the Moose reaching the position of Regent.

    As time marched on, Joyce faced both declining physical health and advancing dementia with strength and determination. She was always a fighter and never gave up until she just couldn’t fight anymore.
     
    Left to cherish her memory are her children Judy (Jeff) Voshell of Summerland B.C., Deanna (Lorne) Bragg of Ardrossan, and Greg Chant of Camrose; son-in-law George (Kelly) Jason of Ponoka; eleven grandchildren; fifteen great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; brother Gerald (Joyce) Lyseng; and sisters Marion Ostrem and Audrey Davis.
     
    Joyce was predeceased by her husband Austin; daughter Linda; brother Alton Lyseng; and sisters Eunice Morris, Ruby Atema, and Berdeen Link.
     
    Inurnment has taken place in the Camrose Cemetery.

    Family/Spouse: Austin CHANT. Austin was born on 6 Jul 1925 in Camrose, Alberta, Canada; died in 2002 in Camrose, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 20.  Eunice Coral LYSENG Descendancy chart to this point (12.Abel3, 4.Berit2, 1.Marit1) was born on 20 Nov 1933 in Camrose, Alberta, Canada; died on 13 Nov 1996 in San Diego County, California.

    Family/Spouse: John David MORRIS. John was born in 1929 in Spokane County, Washington; died on 26 Feb 2019 in Maricopa County, Arizona; was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Avondale, Maricopa County, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 21.  Shirley M BRINKMAN Descendancy chart to this point (13.Hilda3, 5.Julia2, 1.Marit1)

    Shirley married Severt Peter THOMPSON on 6 Jul 1957 in Koochiching County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 22.  LaVonne SIMONSON Descendancy chart to this point (15.Helen3, 6.Dena2, 1.Marit1) was born about 1930; died on 26 Jul 2014 in Minnesota.

    Notes:

    Almich, LaVonne D., ge 84, of Elk River, passed away on July 26, 2014.

    Preceded in death by her husband Walter, parents Knute & Helen Simonson; sister Lorraine Cameron. She was a wonderful mother, grandmother and aunt.

    She is survived by sons; Steve Rouse, Dave Rouse and Mike Almich; daughter-in-law Melissa (nee Christy) Almich; grandchildren Madisen Almich, Michael Almich and Maverick Almich; also survived by sisters Hazel Huspek, J udy Moritz; brother Kenneth Simonson; sister-in-law Beverly Almich and many nieces and nephews, all of whom she cherished.

    Family/Spouse: Walter ALMICH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



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