Gulbrand Olsen OPDAL

Notes:

Vang A, p. 59.

Family/Spouse: Marith Olsdatter SKOGSTAD. Marith was born in 1784 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 27 Aug 1871 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Opdal i Øye

Ole married Gunvor Knudsdatter LUNDE on 20 Oct 1840 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Gunvor (daughter of Knud Olsen NYSTØGA and Marit Nilsdatter LUNDE) was born on 24 Jun 1820 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 23 Dec 1891 in Silver Lake Twp, Worth County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 31 Aug 1817, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He was the younger of two sons named Ola.

He became a husmann on Postøga. See Vang A, p. 73.

He and his wife and children emigrated in 1857.

In the 1860 U.S. census, he, as Ole Gulbranson, and his family lived in St. Ansgar, Mitchell County, Iowa.

Birth:
Opdahl i Øye

Family/Spouse: Marith Knudsdatter SVIEN. Marith (daughter of Knut Olsen TURTNES and Berit Sjugurdsdatter STRAND) was born on 6 Apr 1828 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 3 Oct 1877 in Deer Creek, Newburg Twp, Mitchell County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1865 census, he and his family lived on Poststuen, a plass in Uvdal. He was a husmand med jord.

Family/Spouse: Ingebor Olsdatter. Ingebor was born in 1826 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 20 Feb 1842, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

dwfrench1 says Gulbrand was born in Vang on 15 Feb 1842 and baptized on 20 Feb. His parents were Ole Gulbrandsen Opdal (1814-1900) and Gunvor Knudsdatter Lunde (1820-1891).

In the 1880 census, he was a farmer in Silver Lake, Iowa.

Gulbrand “Gilbert” O. Sorbo died very suddenly at the home of his son Carl in Kiester last Sunday, May 15, 1921, at about 11 a.m. following a paralytic stroke. The old gentleman suffered a similar stroke several months ago which was the first attack of the kind. Of late he has made his home with his son Carl.

Gilbert O. Sorbo was born in Valdres, Norway, on Feb. 10, 1842 being at the time of death 79 years, 3 months and 5 days old. He came to this country with his parents and seven siblings in 1862 when he was 19 years old and located at Deer Creek, Iowa.

He was united in marriage with Anna Anderson at Deer Creek when he was 30 years of age. There were born to this union 12 children, of whom seven, together with the wife have preceded him in death. The surviving children are: Mrs. Peter(Evelyn) Sevley, Mrs. Arnold (Caroline) Berg and Carl Sorbo, all of Kiester; Mrs. Eli (Kristina) Hoiseth of Rushford and Mrs. Henry (Julia) Wangsness of Emmons, Minn.

The deceased leaves three brothers, three sisters and 23 grandchildren. He was a kind and indulgent father and a good citizen and will be greatly missed by all who knew him.

The funeral was held on Wednesday, May 25, 1921, at 12 o’clock at the son’s home in Kiester, conducted by Rev. Lee of the local Norwegian church, after which a service was held at the Silver Lake Lutheran church seven miles east of Emmons, conducted by Rev. H. E. Fosnoss of Northwood, Iowa. Interment was in the Silver Lake Lutheran Cemetery.

Birth:
Opdalseiet

Family/Spouse: Anna HALVORSON. Anna was born on 3 Apr 1856 in Nord-Aurdal i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 16 Feb 1905 in Winnebago County, Iowa; was buried in Silver Lake Lutheran Church Cemetery, Silver Lake Twp, Worth County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 29 Sep 1851, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

The Val Ulstad Family Tree shows different parents for Gulbrand.

Gulbrand married his first cousin.

In the 1880 census, he was a farmer in Deer Creek in Worth County, Iowa.

Family/Spouse: Marit Gulbrandsdatter OPDAL. Marit (son of Gulbrand Gulbrandsen OPDAL and Ingebor Olsdatter) was born on 6 Jul 1852 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1940 in Worth County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 17 May 1855, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Aug 1852, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

The Val Ulstad Family Tree shows different parents for Marit.

Marit married her first cousin.

Family/Spouse: Gulbrand Olsen UVDAL. Gulbrand (son of Ola Gudbrandsson UVDAL and Marith Knudsdatter SVIEN) was born on 15 Aug 1851 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 20 Jan 1878, Silver Lake, Worth County, Iowa

Notes:

Her obit said that she had been sick for several months. Her husband had died in 1917 so her death left six small children as orphans. The obit ended with “We understand they will be taken to a Lutheran Orphans home in Minnesota at an early date.”

In the 1920 census, those six small children were all “inmates” at the Wild Rice Childrens Home in Flom Twp, Norman County, Minnesota. The six were Alma “Qually”, 14, Mytle and Gerty Gunderson, 11, Louis, 9 and 7 months, Clara, 7 and 9 months, and Annie, 5 years and 9 months.

Birth:
according to 1880 census

Marie married Johannes T KVALE on 3 Jan 1899 in Freeborn County, Minnesota. Johannes (son of Trond Jonsen KVÅLE and Ingri FOLKEN) was born on 31 Mar 1876 in Freeborn County, Minnesota; died on 20 Jan 1906 in Freeborn County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Nels GUNDERSON. Nels was born in 1882 in Norway; died in 1917. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Carl LARSON. Carl was born in 1874 in Denmark; died on 27 Feb 1941 in Ramsey County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]