Going Home to Norway: 2012

Monday, June 18, 2012

June 5 thru 11 --- Stockholm with Silme

Our visit to Sweden staying in Stockholm with Silme.

May 30 thru June 5 --- Trysil via Røros

Wed 5/30
Arrived 6:30 from Trondheim/Røros
Flat on Trysil mountain near Radisson Blu
Dinner out in Trysil

Thu 5/31
Trysil Kirke
Plassen Kirke
Library: met Hilding Sponberg
Lunch with Melanie Logemann at Rialto
Tove Rud Granberg visited us at our rental flat after dinner, with husband Stein Erik Granberg
Fri 6/1
Day at Skjaerberget, homeplace of Per Larsen
Hilding Sponberg PowerPoint presentation on emigration from Norway
Jan Arne and Gina Bye farm
Einar and Inger Røberg (artist and ceramacist)
Lars Harold Nordgaard
Tove Rud Granberg and Stein Erik Granberg
Kjell Gran
Morten Kjellvang (Military guy, son of Vidar)
Vidar Kjellvang (Bad hips guy)

Sat 6/2
Erik left 7:45 by bus for Elverum and date with Kirsten Gran Tannåneset on his way to Stockholm
Day with Kjell Gran at cabin called Tannåneset
Visited homeplace of his father, Karsten, called Gran, which means "Spruce". Combination house and barn. Now owned by Hega
Visited Aspberget Farm in Sweden, home of Lars Larsen Aspberget in 1700's
Visited Garaalsen, home of Heinrik Heinriksen Heimeinen, Forest Finn; And museum house built 1850; original house under flagpole
Pultost (cheese, sourcream, and mashed potatoes
Jon Tangnes and ?
Music cd from Tova Granberg with Trysil song

Sun 6/3
Plassen cemetery flowers to Karsten Gran gravesite
Trysil Bygdetun, folk village; Johannes Flormøen
Trysil Kirke cemetery: Petter Embret Sletten
Ragnar and Jonas left 4:45
Dinner with Lise Drange, and Aase and Harold Drange
Rømmesøll (cold cheese, milk, sourcream soup, also called Ostesøll) and Spekemat, traditional meal of reindeer, sheep, pig meats with flatbrød, and kaffe and kake (kringle=coffee cake)

Mon 6/4
Bookstore
Lunch at Rialto with Kari Oden
Lars Harold tour of Sletten homeplace; Slettmovegen, Trysil Skog
Kaffe and Waffles with Aase Drange
Gift from Aase of watercolor "Julenisse" or "Fjøsnisse"
Erik Nyhus: the man outside the Rialto

May 29 to 30 --- Kristiansund to Trondheim

Kristiansund to Trondheim with a stop in Hell, Norway to visit Gro Karin Gifstad and her daughter Maya.

May 27 thru 29 --- Ålesund to Kristiansund via Atlantic Hwy

Ålesund to Kristiansund via Atlantic Hwy. Lots of rain and fog.

May 25 thru 27 --- Ålesund and Runde Island

Document Ålesund and Runde Island (chasing non-existent Puffins).

May 24 thru 25 --- Travel to Geiranger

Document part of the trip.

May 21 thru May 24 --- Exploring Bergen

Exploring Bergen was fun, but also a little difficult. I was hurting in enough places to be really tired and cranky, but we had a great visit there. Bryggen is an area of early history in Bergen. The beautiful buildings were a major attraction. From the Internet, Bryggen --- UNESCO World Heritage Site. "Bryggen, the old wharf of Bergen, is a reminder of the town’s importance as part of the Hanseatic League’s trading empire from the 14th to the mid-16th century. Many fires, the last in 1955, have ravaged the characteristic wooden houses of Bryggen. Its rebuilding has traditionally followed old patterns and methods, thus leaving its main structure preserved, which is a relic of an ancient wooden urban structure once common in Northern Europe. Today, some 62 buildings remain of this former townscape."

Bryggen is an amazing group of buildings, some of them still leaning from the explosion of an ammunition boat in the harbor. Beautiful colors and an amazing place to explore.

A highlight of our visit to Bergen was meeting Silme's half-brother Kjell Arne Vardøy and his wife Anne Maria. They live in Glesvær, a small fishing village on the west coast of Sotra. Kjell Arne and Anne Maria Vardøy met us at the Glesvaer Kafe where we had Rasteballer, traditional meal of potato balls, sausage, lamb chop and root veggies; also called Klaud in Trysil.

Kjell Arne and Anne Maria gave us an evening boat tour (with an amazing sunset (11 pm) over the North Sea) of the Vilhelm Paul Vardøy family sea houses. They could not have been nicer and when we parted, it was only because it was so late. Kjell Arne wanted to take us to see more of his property and we wanted to hear more of his stories. Hopefully there will be a next time.

May 20 thru 21 --- Oslo to Flåm to Bergen

This will be the story of Norway in a Nutshell from Oslo to Bergen via Flåm.

May 15 thru May 20 --- Oslo with Lisbeth and Family

This will document our time with Lisbeth and family in Oslo.

Saturday, May 12, 2012

A Letter from Torgal Sletten to Eli Aas 26 June 1887

Letter from Torgal Sletten to Eli Aas 26 June 1887

We were given a copy of this letter by Tulla Kahl Froyen of the Trysil Historielag. It describes how difficult things were for our ancestors as they sought to settle the Dakotas. Torgal Sletten's wife, Ingeborg Larsdatter, is my great-grandfather's sister.

Sletten letter re: Ole Strandvold & Chris Nordstrom trans. from Norwegian by Priscilla Sorknes
Mandan in Dakota the 26th of June 1887

Dear sister Eli Aas!

I think you have waited long for a letter from us. But I have written many to brother Per and I think you have heard and maybe read them. We came to Fargo last year on the 6th of July and our brother-in-law O. Strandvold met us there with two horses and a wagon and gave us a ride to Strandvold. We arrived there during the night between the 6th and 7th of July, at 1 oʼclock in the morning, and both the children and sister Guloug were up and expected us. You can imagine how glad the last mentioned person was when we arrived. We came just as they were in the middle of haying. We were at Strandvold until the 4th of May last year. Then we said goodbye to the Strandvolds and traveled 207 English miles further west to Christian Nordstrom, the husband of Marie Strandvold, who is the daughter of Ole and Guloug.

Maria was at a mental health asylum (word appears to be sindssygeasylet), because she was mentally ill (sindsvag) – and Kristian wrote to me about whether we had settled where we were and that we should come to him, because he could not get any help where he lived. There were very few women available for work there. Christ has up to 20 head of cattle, including cows and calves, and eight horses. He was alone and taking care of everything until we came. They have four children, two sons and two daughters, but now Marie has come home, and she is mentally okay, but she is unable to work very much. Ingeborg has to take care of the house and the cattle stalls. With taking care of both the animals and the housework, she is very busy, but we live well with food and clothing as well as everything else we need. Christian is exceptionally nice, but it has to have been hard for him a while when Marie was so poorly.

You can imagine that we have seen a lot of strange things since we left Norway – countless fine cities and places – much that seems impossible for people to have done, but we cannot thank God enough for our escaping from miserably poor Norway. I have not seen any poor people in America. Everyone has sufficient for their daily needs. That must be because the soil here is so fertile. Everything grows better without fertilizer than it did with the best fertilization in Norway. Everybody is respected here from the lowest worker who conducts his life respectably to a President. And everybody eats at the same table.    Here there is fine food at every meal, finer and better than we used for the richest wedding in Norway.

Guloug thinks that our leaving them was difficult, but we exchange letters with each other.    I can greet you from her. She says that everything is fine with them. But Guloug has not always had it so good, because Ole has been drunk and been improper toward her now and then, but when we stayed with them he was sober. I saw him drunk two times when we stayed there. The one time was when he went to Fargo. He had gotten drunk and the horses left with him (in the wagon), so he was in danger of killing himself.    His head hit the iron pole of the sled and made a large wound in his head.

We have done well since we came here even though we have also had a variety of negative experiences. The Lord chose to take our dear daughter Elide from us to a place even better than America. Although I know she is taken good care of, we regret that she could not remain with us. She died when we had been at Strandvolds for three weeks. I made her last bed myself, namely her casket, but it was a difficult job for me to do. The entire time she lived, I thought she was a hope- filled child, but her time was short. She was healthy the entire time on the trip across the ocean.
Since I came to Mandan my work together with Christ has been to make a fence around the pasture for the horses and cows. We put down posts and stretched steel wire (barbed wire?) between them. Now we have finished clearing away the mess on a meadow by the house – about 180 acres on which the Missouri river left a lot of debris during the flood. We will start right away with the haying, but this week we are going to go out and shoot antelope -- Christ and Ole Strandvold, Guloug and O. Strandvoldʼs son, and I.    There are a lot of deer (hjort, the larger variety), antelope, wild pigs, which are a kind of large hedgehog, a lot of rabbits, wild cats that are larger than the tamed ones, beaver, mink, some Vaskebjørnlingen. West of here there are Griselbjørn and a lot of moose. There are moose around here too. We are going out to shoot antelope and make spekemat (in this case cured antelope) to have in the summer. I have seen deer and five antelope since I came here. Two deer have been shot. We have eaten them up since we came here. If we go hunting for three days, Christ thinks we can shoot a load for two horses and wagon and drive them home. We do not need to be afraid of being without meat here.

Our tickets to America cost us 135 dollars.    O. Strandvold took interest from me for that until last fall, and I was sick with pneumonia last spring for 7 weeks and was not in any condition to work. I got a doctor from Fargo. That and the medicine cost 26 dollars and some cents. Ingeborg was sick for a week last winter and got medicine for 2 dollars. I am angry with O. Strandvold because he did not pay us nearly as much as they paid others, even though I paid for our Oleʼs food last winter when he went to English school – 20 dollars to him for board and we sent him 11 dollars for travel money, and the trip to Mandan cost 22 dollars. I thought he was way too petty toward us, and we have paid everything. You know that we have earned a lot in relation to what we would have gotten if we had been in Norway. We do not have any money now, however, but if we retain our health we will likely earn something this year. A woman can earn as much as she wants every month, because there are too few females here, especially in Dakota.

We have also bought a variety of clothes since we came. If your daughters had been here, they could have become rich in a short time. Our sister Guloug has been in America for over 20 years and has not had typhoid fever before she caught it last winter and was sick for 7 weeks. There was too much for Ingeborg to do during that time, so she got sick afterward for a week, as mentioned earlier.

I so often wish that everyone I knew who had a poor economy could come over here, because one does not need to work too hard in order to have it much better than if one works like a dog in the woods and brush in the Old Country. Olaf, my brotherʼs son, wrote to me about my arranging for his coming to America, but I have no money now so that I could send a ticket, and all the farmers have already hired help for the summer. If he had made his wishes known to me three weeks earlier, he could have been in America now, because then O. Strandvold, Paaul Mortensen and several others would have sent the ticket in order to get him to work for 8 months for 20 dollars a month and board. Some of them pay as much as 27 dollars a months, but no newcomer gets that much.

We will be here at Christ Nordstromʼs this summer and winter, but I undoubtedly will not buy land here, since most often there is not enough rain in the summer. If Christ Nordstrom sells (his property) here, I am thinking that we will travel to the Pacific coast. Washington territory is supposed to be almost like Eden – both the soil and adequate rain; now that is something for us. Nothing definite has been decided, but if it happens, you will hear about it afterward.

I am to greet you more than I can say from Ingeborg and little Ole. Ole speaks English when he wants, but Ingeborg and I have still not learned any more. Greet my siblings and your family and for that matter everyone who wishes to receive greetings, but you dear sister, above all, are greeted from me, your humble brother, T. Sletten.

Finding Our Sletten Family Members

Finding Our Sletten Family Members

Last year, we discovered we had cousins in ND and SD. We went to visit the Sletten and Opheim Families. I will need to add more detail to this in the future.

Waiting for Our Cousin Silme

This was published earlier when Silme invited me to add to her blog:

Waiting for Our Cousin Silme

OK, it is 28 January 2012 and it is 5:45 pm and I am waiting at the arriving passenger area where I always wait for Erik. Planeload after planeload of people keeps arriving. I keep checking the board for arrivals and departures and it suddenly jumps from “On Time” to “Arrived”. I wait through two more piles of people and no Silme. Finally I ask someone at a ticket counter. International flights arrive at an obscure spot buried behind the luggage carousels. OK, I am supposed to know this? I run down there and arrive at a weird seating area with some very tall, very secure doors and wait with a lot of other people who look as “anticipatory” as I look . . . I guess. Me? I am about to jump out of my skin with excitement. All the years of looking and pushing (yes I have pushed at times since 1982) focuses on this one event: The arrival of the first cousin in our family from Norway to visit our family in the USA since 1886.

So, who is counting? Me. I waited and watched as the doors opened like a Transporter from the set of Star Trek and person after person “materialized” through those doors. Would I recognize her? Would she recognize me? How do I greet her? Do I hug her? Shake her hand? Turns out she likes to sit in the plane until the last passenger has deplaned. Then she makes her entrance. Thanks Silme.

It turned out to be so easy. She was grinning at me because I had missed her arrival. She was all the way down the ramp (20 feet from me) while I was talking to a guy who recognized my tee shirt with “woodturning” on it. He was, it turned out, taking a class from our teachers when we learned woodturning. How did I recognize her? She had the same silly grin on her face that I did. I got my hug and then awkwardly asked Silme to let me say one more thing to a fellow woodturner. Then, taking her suitcase I proudly led her to the car and took her home to my family (my wife Patty and two dogs and four cats).

We were off on a four-day adventure of showing her our home, our hometown, our friends, our favorite place to eat (Gulf Rim in Hillsborough, NC), my tiger friends Rajah and Kaela (Carolina Tiger Rescue in Pittsboro, NC), and our woodturning “hobby”. Sadly, we had to hand her off to another friend in Charlotte for her trip to Florida for more friends. Eventually she would wind up experiencing my son Erik’s adventure in southwest Texas in his 1959 Ford Ranch Wagon and 1951 Kozy Coach Trailer. We did not want to let her leave. This will happen again.

Descendants of my 3GGF, Lars Larsen

I believe this information to be accurate, but I hope that others will share insight and corrections along the way. There are mistakes in here, but it is the best we have. We have had trouble with our original genealogy file, so this is the most up-to-date listing. HELP :-)

Descendants of Lars Larsen

1 Lars Larsen 1782 - 1823 b: 21 Jul 1782 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway d: 27 Jun 1823 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

.. +Olea Olsdatter v. Sætre, Audens 1783 - 1865 b: 01 May 1783 in Nybergsund, Norway d: 18 Sep 1869 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

... 2 Lars Larson Skjaerberget 1817 - 1887 b: 20 Feb 1817 in Skjaerberget Farm, Trysil, Hedmark, Norway d: 13 Dec 1887 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

....... +Kersti Persdatter Nyhushagen 1814 - 1862 b: 14 May 1814 in Skjaerberget Farm, Trysil, Hedmark, Norway d: 14 Jul 1862 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

......... 3 Olia (Olea in Trysil Bygdebok) Larsdatter 1841 - 1858 b: 20 Mar 1841 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway d: 06 Sep 1858 in Norway

......... 3 Lars Larsen Skjærberget, Nordgaard Larses 1842 - 1930 b: 15 Dec 1842 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway d: 09 Dec 1930 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

............. +Kersti Persdatter søndre Byen 1840 - 1885 b: 15 Sep 1840 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway d: 20 Jan 1885 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

............... 4 Kersti Larsdatter Byen 1864 - 1912 b: 16 Sep 1864 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway d: 1912 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

................... +Lars Martinussen Kolos, Foss 1866 - 1945 b: 03 Jun 1866 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway d: 1945

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.................... 5 Martin Kjellvang 1889 - b: 27 Jan 1889 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

........................ +Gurine Gjermundsdatter Kilden, Ljørdalen b: 30 Sep 1887 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

.......................... 6 Laura Martinusdatter Kolos, Foss 1914 - 1975 b: 09 Jul 1914 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway d: 1975

.............................. +Olaf E. Bogsveen 1910 - 1984 b: 1910 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway d: 1984

.................... 5 Kersti Fallet Kjellvang 1891 - b: 20 Jan 1891 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway d: 1968

........................ +Petter Kristiansen Bergli 1881 - b: 27 May 1881 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway d: 1962

6. Kåre Bergli 22/1 1911 – 1986 married Anne Rognøy, Rennebu (is Rennebu a farm?) 3/10 1910 (No children)

6. Kersti Bergli 23/6 1914 – 23 Oct 1973 married Karsten Odleif Tannåneset, Søndre Tannåneset, Flermoen 20/12 1008 – 2010

7 Mary Gran 1/7 1933 married Magnar Tangnes, 19/1 1931, Tørberget

8. Magne

9. Trine

10. Magne

10 ?

8 Arne

9 Camilla

10 ?

10?

9 Ole Marius

8 Jan

9 Petter

10 ?

8 Kjetil

9 Dan Remy

9 Thomas

8 Gry

9 Kristin

10?

9 Lars

7. Helga Gran 14/1 1938 – 1990 married Torbjørn Sira 30/9 1938

8 Svein Kåre

9 ?

9 Maren

8 Geir Ove

9 ?

7 Sigrun Gran 13/4 1941 married Olaf Pedersen, Danmark. Living I Denmark No children

7 Kjell Gran 2/9 1948 married Anne LIse Hansen

8. Roger Gran

8. Lisbeth Tannåneset Gran 12/8 1972 married Ragnar Bye, Living in Oslo

9 Morten

9 Jonas

7 Kirsten Gran Tannåneset 10/7 1950

8 Knut Arild Gran 25/4 1973 - 06 Apr 1980

8 Kerste Vilhelmina Silme Gran 16/12 1980. Living in Stockholm

8 Vilhelm Kristoffer Gran Vardøy 3/7 1985 Living in Oslo

6 Gunnhild Bergli 23/3 1916 – 1983 married Hugo Bakken, Bakken, Plassen 8/1 1904- 1985. Moved to Nybø

7 Hans Petter Nybø 8/6 1937 Married Mary Irene Karlsson, Sverige. Moved to Karlstad

7 Liv Synnøve Nybø 2/1 1939 married Magnus Thorvaldson, Island

7 Åse Margrethe Nybø 12/11 1942 married Kurt Georg Karlson, Moved top Sweden

8 IngaLill

8 ?

7 Oddbjørn Nybø 26/3 1952 married ….

8 ?

6 Lise Bergli 29/4 1918 married Magnus Drange; Helleland 22/4 1915

7 Arne

7 Harald

6. Randi Bergli 23/5 1920 married Marting Jnassen, Averøy, 30/6 1930 -2011 Moved to Kongsvinger.

7 Kjersti

8 ?

6 Haldis Bergli 5/2 1923 – 1986 married Ragnvald Torgrimsen, 18/12 1923-1985. Moved to Larvik. No children

6 Kristine Bergli 21/11 1925 . Moving to Oslo

6 Pål Bergli 20/7 1929 married Gerd Christensen, Ned. 21/3 1929 Moved to Moelv

7 Inger

7 Erik

.................... 5 Marte Kjellvang 1893 - b: 05 Mar 1893 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

.................... 5 Berta Kjellvang 1895 - b: 03 Apr 1895 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

........................ +Karinius Vestli, Grøndalen b: in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

.................... 5 Ludvig Kjellvang 1897 - b: 15 Feb 1897 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

........................ +Ida Persdatter Paulsbyen, Skjærberget 1912 - b: 01 Feb 1912 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

.................... 5 Lovise Kjellvang 1899 - b: 02 Nov 1899 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

........................ +Ole Broløkken, Jømna b: in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

.................... 5 Petter Kjellvang 1900 - b: 30 Dec 1900 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

........................ +Elise Persdatter Paulsbyen, Skjærberget 1911 - b: 16 Aug 1911 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

.................... 5 Ottar Kjellvang 1903 - b: 01 Sep 1903 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

.................... 5 Karine Kjellvang 1905 - b: 03 Apr 1905 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

........................ +Martin Paulsen Myrvang, Skjærberget 1896 - b: 25 Sep 1896 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

.................... 5 Arve Kjellvang 1909 - b: 04 Dec 1909 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

............... 4 Lars Larsen Moheim 1866 - 1947 b: 22 Sep 1866 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway d: 14 Mar 1947 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

................... +Kersti Gjermundsdatter Grøndalen 1862 - 1930 b: 25 May 1862 in Norway d: 1930 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

.................... 5 Kersti Lovise Larsdatter 1905 - 1981 b: 1905 in Norway d: 1981 in Norway

........................ +Augne Nyborg 1900 - 1978 b: 1900 in Norway d: 1978 in Norway

.......................... 6 Arne Livor Nyborg 1935 - b: 1935 in Norway

.............................. +Bjørg Marie Lysfoss 1934 - b: 1934 in Norway

................................ 7 Anne Margrethe Nyborg 1959 - b: 1959 in Norway

................................ 7 Else Oselie Nyborg 1962 - b: 1962 in Norway

................................ 7 Vidar Nyborg 1986 - b: 1986 in Norway

............... 4 Karen Larsdatter 1868 - 1952 b: 06 Aug 1868 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway d: 21 Jun 1952 in Norway

................... +Martin Persen Galaasen, Rud 1867 - 1950 b: 12 Mar 1867 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway d: 1950 in Norway

.................... 5 Per M. Rud b 06 Jan 1900 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway d 1994 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

........................ +Oleanna Kolos b 21 Jan 1900 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway d 1995 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

.......................... 6 Randi Rud

.............................. +Pål Hemstad

............... 4 Olea Larsdatter 1870 - 1953 b: 20 Dec 1870 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway d: 1953 in Norway

................... +Ola Enoksen Grøndalen 1866 - 1936 b: 11 Oct 1866 in Norway d: 1936 in Norway

............... 4 Berte Larsdatter 1873 - 1951 b: 06 May 1873 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway d: Bet. 1951 - 1952 in Norway

................... +Lars Storberget b: in Sweden

............... 4 Per Larsen 1875 - 1954 b: 09 Aug 1875 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway d: 01 Jul 1954 in Norway

................... +Kersti Kristiansdatter Bakken, Lillebyen 1883 - 1914 b: 18 May 1883 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway d: 27 Mar 1914 in Norway

............... 4 Halvor Larsen 1878 - 1941 b: 07 Jun 1878 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway d: 11 Feb 1941 in Norway

................... +Signe Marie Johannesdatter Finstad 1896 - 1957 b: 08 Sep 1896 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway d: 1957 in Norway

............... 4 Oluf Larsen 1881 - 1941 b: 19 Mar 1881 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway d: 18 Oct 1941 in Norway

......... 3 Peter Larson 1844 - 1926 b: 10 Apr 1844 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway d: 28 Dec 1926 in Jessenland Township, Sibley Co., MN

............. +Anna M. Marmorine 1861 - 1938 b: 26 Apr 1861 in Jessenland Township, Sibley Co., MN d: 21 Sep 1938 in Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., MN

............... 4 Emily Olivia Larson 1882 - 1942 b: 24 Oct 1882 in Jessenland Township, Sibley Co., MN d: 07 May 1942 in Henderson, Sibley Co., MN

................... +Emanuel Bernhart Petersen 1870 - 1928 b: Sep 1870 in Schleswig-Holstein, Denmark d: 29 Feb 1928 in Twin Falls, Twin Falls Co., ID

.................... 5 George Peterson

.................... 5 Elmer Bernhart Peterson 1908 - 1908 b: 24 Oct 1908 in Leon, Clearwater Co., MN d: 29 Nov 1908 in Leon, Clearwater Co., MN

.................... 5 Carl Victor Peterson 1910 - 1910 b: 04 Apr 1910 in Leon, Clearwater Co., MN d: 19 May 1910 in Leon, Clearwater Co., MN

.................... 5 Kenneth Emanuel Peterson 1913 - 2001 b: 23 Apr 1913 in Jessenland, Sibley Co., MN d: 05 Jan 2001 in Marlborough, Hartford Co., CT

.................... 5 Doris Jean Emily Peterson 1915 - 2001 b: 11 May 1915 in Leon, Clearwater Co., MN d: 07 May 2001 in Hopkins, Hennepin Co., MN

.................... 5 Mildred Evelyn Peterson 1916 - 1980 b: 25 Dec 1916 in Leon, Clearwater Co., MN d: 17 Sep 1980 in Anoka Co., MN

.................... 5 Leslie Peterson 1917 - b: Aft. Sep 1917 d: in Died at 6 years of age

.................... 5 Gladys Lillian Peterson 1921 - b: 23 Apr 1921 in Twin Falls, Twin Falls Co., ID

............... 4 Bertha L. Larson 1884 - 1914 b: 27 Sep 1884 in Jessenland Township, Sibley Co., MN d: 05 May 1914

................... +Unknown Lewis

.................... 5 Robert Schroeder Lewis WFT Est. 1902-1914 - WFT Est. 1903-1992 b: WFT Est. 1902-1914 d: WFT Est. 1903-1992

.................... ~~5 Robert Schroeder WFT Est. 1902-1914 - WFT Est. 1903-1992 b: WFT Est. 1902-1914 d: WFT Est. 1903-1992~~

............... 4 Alvin Halvor Larson 1886 - 1953 b: 07 May 1886 in Jessenland Township, Sibley Co., MN d: 22 Nov 1953 in St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN

................... +Ruby Luella May Coon 1895 - 1971 b: 01 Jan 1895 in Anoka, MN d: 25 Feb 1971 in Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., MN

.................... 5 Enid Frances Larson 1930 - b: 05 Jan 1930 in Minneapolis, MN

............... 4 Elizabeth L. Larson 1888 - 1889 b: 23 Oct 1888 in Jessenland Township, Sibley Co., MN d: 02 Nov 1889 in Jessenland Township, Sibley Co., MN

............... 4 Elmer Larson 1890 - 1984 b: 18 May 1890 in Jessenland Township, Sibley Co., MN d: 11 Apr 1984 in Le Sueur, Le Sueur Co., MN

................... +Lillie A. Erickson 1894 - 1990 b: 01 Jun 1894 in MN d: 26 Jan 1990 in Le Sueur, Le Sueur Co., MN

............... 4 Raymond Victor Larson, Sr. 1892 - 1936 b: 12 Nov 1892 in Jessenland Township, Sibley Co., MN d: Sep 1936 in MN

................... +Winifred Adele Fredeen 1897 - WFT Est. 1924-1977 b: 08 Feb 1897 in North Branch, MN d: WFT Est. 1924-1977

.................... 5 Raymond Victor Larson, Jr. 1922 - 1945 b: 14 Mar 1922 in Taylors Falls, MN d: 11 May 1945 in Pacific Theater, WWII, KIA

........................ +Eileen Sutton Private - b: Private

............... 4 Mae Christine Larson 1894 - 1984 b: 20 Nov 1894 in Jessenland Township, Sibley Co., MN d: 1984 in Le Sueur, Le Sueur Co., MN

................... +Raymond Esdras Beliveau 1885 - 1960 b: 26 Jan 1885 in MN d: 27 Jan 1960 in Arlington Convalescent Home

.................... 5 Anna Mae Beliveau 1928 - b: 01 Mar 1928 in Henderson, MN

........................ +Pierrre DuPaquier Private - b: Private

.................... 5 Betty Lou Jean Beliveau 1928 - b: 01 Mar 1928 in Henderson, MN

........................ +Dale Gordon Fredeen Private - b: Private

.................... 5 Raymond T. Beliveau 1931 - 2001 b: 27 Jul 1931 in Minneapolis, MN d: 14 Jul 2001 in Las Vegas, NV

............... 4 Homer Larson 1896 - 1910 b: 03 Aug 1896 in Jessenland Township, Sibley Co., MN d: 26 Jan 1910 in Jessenland Township, Sibley Co., MN

............... 4 Lillian Larson 1898 - 1903 b: 10 Apr 1898 in Jessenland Township, Sibley Co., MN d: 18 Nov 1903 in Jessenland Township, Sibley Co., MN

............... 4 Charles Walter Larson 1899 - 1975 b: 25 Oct 1899 in Jessenland Township, Sibley Co., MN d: 28 May 1975 in Le Sueur, Le Sueur Co., MN

......... 3 Berthe S. Larsdatter 1846 - 1914 b: 12 Feb 1846 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway d: 20 Dec 1914 in Oliver Co., ND

......... 3 Ingeborg Larsdatter 1848 - b: 28 Oct 1848 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway d: in Oliver Co., ND

............. +Torgal Sorby Sletten 1841 - b: 18 Dec 1841 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway d: in ND

............... 4 Ole Torgalson Sletten 1877 - 1953 b: 01 Oct 1877 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway d: 01 Aug 1953 in Burleigh Co, ND

................... +Anna Marie Johnson 1888 - 1952 b: 08 Apr 1888 in Price, Oliver Co., ND d: 26 Oct 1952 in Oliver Co., ND

.................... 5 Harry T. Sletten 1918 - 2001 b: 26 Apr 1918 in South of Price, Oliver Co., ND d: 21 Nov 2001 in Center, Oliver Co., ND

........................ +LaVonne Althea Schultz 1938 - b: 15 Jul 1938 in Hennepin Co., MN

.................... 5 Eva A. Sletten 1919 - 1999 b: 22 Jul 1919 in ND d: 05 Sep 1999 in Lamoure, Lamoure Co., ND

............... 4 Karen Elida Torgalsdatter Sletten 1884 - 1886 b: 12 Mar 1884 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway d: 28 Jul 1886 in Wiser Twp, Cass Co, ND

............... 4 Thea Elise Sletten 1892 - 1988 b: 05 Aug 1892 in ND d: 18 Jul 1988 in Marion Co., OR

................... +Gustav Olson Husfloen 1887 - 1962 b: 10 Jun 1887 in Osterdalen, Hedmark Co., Norway d: 06 Sep 1962 in Marion Co., OR

.................... 5 Elva J. Husfloen 1914 - 2002 b: 29 Apr 1914 in Out-in-the-country, ND d: 10 Aug 2002 in Bowman, Bowman Co., ND

........................ +Harold Archie Hendry 1905 - 1977 b: 04 Sep 1905 in Stanton, Mercer Co., ND d: Dec 1977 in Stanton, Mercer Co., ND

.................... . 5 Walter O. Husfloen 1916 - 1985 b: 02 Mar 1916 in ND d: 10 Sep 1985 in Seattle, King Co., WA

........................ +Ruth E. Husfloen 1921 - 2008 b: 09 Feb 1921 d: 01 Sep 2008 in Seattle, King Co., WA

.................... 5 Ford Victor Husfloen 1917 - 2001 b: 17 Jun 1917 in ND d: 09 Apr 2001 in Woodburn, Marion Co., OR

......... 3 Kristina Larsdatter 1851 - 1863 b: 07 Dec 1851 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway d: 21 Oct 1863 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

......... 3 Ole Larsen 1854 - 1858 b: 31 May 1854 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway d: 16 Sep 1858 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

......... 3 Halvor Larsen 1857 - b: 29 Jul 1857 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

... 2 Ingeborg Larsdatter Skjærberget 1806 - 1869 b: 25 May 1806 in Skjaerberget Farm, Trysil, Hedmark, Norway d: 10 Oct 1869 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

...... +Ole Olsen v. Sætre, Torgals, Nybergsund 1797 - 1875 b: 04 Oct 1797 in Norway d: 04 Jul 1875 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

......... 3 Ola Nordgaard

............. +Helene Unknown

............... 4 Oluf Nordgaard

................... +Lovise Lien fra Saetre

.................... 5 Olav Lodve Nordgaard

........................ +Ingrid Lovise Nordgaard

.......................... 6 Ola Olavsen Nordgaard b 15 Oct 1947 in Nordgaard-Oles Farm, Norway

+ Kjellaug Nordgaard

... 2 Helje Larsdatter 1818 - b: 12 Sep 1818 in Skjaerberget Farm, Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

....... +Halvor Halvorsen b: 08 Sep 1809 in Nybergsund , Norway

............3 Lars Halvorsen b: 24 Sep 1836 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

............3 Kersti Halvorsdatter b: 26 Apr 1839 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

............3 Halvor Halvorsen b: 03 Aug 1840 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

............ + Gurine Persdatter Byen b: 17 Aug 1845 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

............3 Ole Halvorsen b: 18 Jul 1843 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway, d: 19 Dec 1843 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

............3 Ingeborg Halvorsdatter b: 18 Nov 1852 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway, d: 30 Jul 1914 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

............3 Helene Halvorsdatter b: 19 Dec 1852 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway, d: 05 Dec 1903 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

............ + Ole Olsen Sundsbakken b: 19 Mar 1844 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway, m: 1874 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway, d: 07 Jan 1929 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

............3 Oluf Halvorsen b: 11 Sep 1854 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

........ 3 Kalle Halvorsen 1850 - b: 06 Feb 1850 in Dahl, Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

............. +Oline Olsdatter Lutnes 1850 - b: 06 Dec 1850 in Dahl, Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

............... 4 Haakon Halvorsen 1891 - b: 01 Sep 1891 in Dahl, Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

... 2 Olea Larsdatter 1821 - 1892 b: 17 Jun 1821 in Skjaerberget Farm, Trysil, Hedmark, Norway d: 1892 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway

....... +Ola Olsen Saetre Vestjoberget 1817 - 1881 b: 01 Dec 1817 in Vestsjøberget, Norway d: 1881 in Trysil, Hedmark, Norway