Endre Thomasen RØGN

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]

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:

Kat McLeod

dwfrench1 calls him Ole Anderson Jevnehagen Tvedt and has him dying in South Dakota in 1885.

Birth:
N. Røgn

Family/Spouse: Anna Knutsdatter HAUGEN. Anna was born on 7 Jul 1831; died in South Dakota. [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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 26 Mar 1865, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Kat McLeod

Born on Fauske in Vestre Slidre.

Family/Spouse: Annette C ANDERSON. Annette was born on 1 Jun 1873 in Fillmore County, Minnesota; died on 8 Sep 1930 in Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Twedt.

Her obit said that she had been a resident of Minneapolis for 55 years.

Clara married John Edward MIDTLING on 14 Jul 1909 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. John (son of Andrew MIDTLING and Betsey JOHNSON) was born on 12 Mar 1887 in Minnesota; died on 12 May 1962 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Lutheran Cemetery, Cokato, Wright County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: C F OWEN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She lived in Los Angeles at the time of her sister Clara’s death.

Notes:

He later married a Ruby.

Family/Spouse: Wynona Rose PORTER. Wynona was born on 27 May 1919 in Alberta, Canada; died on 15 May 1947 in Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]