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Gudmund Steffensen BREKKEN

Male 1847 - 1936  (88 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Gudmund Steffensen BREKKEN was born on 27 Nov 1847 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1936 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway.

    Family/Spouse: Ingri Gudbrandsdatter LØKEN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Ingvald Walter STEVENS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Mar 1885 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 22 May 1989 in Minnehaha County, South Dakota.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Ingvald Walter STEVENS Descendancy chart to this point (1.Gudmund1) was born on 22 Mar 1885 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 22 May 1989 in Minnehaha County, South Dakota.

    Notes:

    His obit says that he came to the U.S. at the age of 19. In 1931, he bought a 400-acre island on Namaken Lake on the Minnesota-Ontario border and developed a fishing resort where he lived for the next 46 years. He wrote many articles for sports magazines. His last 12 years were spent living with his nephew, Irving Kvien, in Sioux Falls.