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Tollef Tollefson

Male 1840 - 1926  (86 years)


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  • Name Tollef Tollefson  [1] 
    Birth 15 Feb 1840  Haftorn-Rust, Gol, Buskerud, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1880  Fremont, Winneshiek County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Hay Township, Cavalier County, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 15 May 1926  Osnabrock, Cavalier County, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial North Dovre Lutheran Cemetery, Osnabrock, Cavalier County, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I10257  All
    Last Modified 8 Jul 2012 

    Father Tollef Tollefson,   b. 9 Apr 1812, Kinneberg, Gol, Buskerud County, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1877, Newburg Township, Fillmore County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Christi Colbjornsdatter 
    Family ID F2761  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Kari Arenson Ludderud,   b. 14 Nov 1850, Hallingdal, Buskerud County, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Apr 1912 (Age 61 years) 
    Marriage 24 Jun 1868  Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Christine Tollefson,   b. 1869   d. 1869 (Age 0 years)
    +2. Gurine Tollefson,   b. 12 Oct 1870, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Apr 1948, Cavalier County, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    +3. Theodore Tollefson,   b. 24 Dec 1875, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jul 1932, Cavalier County, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
     4. Berthe Christine Tollefson,   b. Abt 1879, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. North Dovre Lutheran Cemetery, Osnabrock, Cavalier County, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Thomas Tollefson,   b. 1880, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1894, Cavalier County, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 14 years)
     6. Ella Cornelie Tollefson,   b. 1881, Cavalier County, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1894, Cavalier County, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 13 years)
     7. Carl Tollefson,   b. 1885, Cavalier County, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1894, Cavalier County, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 9 years)
    +8. Ella Tollefson,   b. 30 Sep 1894, Iowa City, Wright County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Nov 1960, Cavalier County, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    Family ID F2762  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 11 Jul 2012 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 24 Jun 1868 - Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1880 - Fremont, Winneshiek County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 15 May 1926 - Osnabrock, Cavalier County, North Dakota Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - North Dovre Lutheran Cemetery, Osnabrock, Cavalier County, North Dakota Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Headstones
    TOLLEFSON, Tollef    		TOLLEFSON, Tollef
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  • Notes 
    • From Nordmændene i Amerika by Martin Ulvestad, 1907 as translated by Olaf Kringhaug
      Vernon, British Columbia and found posted on Feb 26, 2005 at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~maggiebakke/northdakota.html

      Cavalier County, North Dakota

      D. A. Oakland from Haugesund and Aanund Aanundsen Thorsdalen were the first Norwegians who took land in Cavalier County. Oakland came from Jackson County, Wis. and Thorsdalen met him on the train from Grand Forks. They settled in the area of Milton in 1882. Later in the year came Ole T. Oie, Enok Olsen, Rasmus Tronset, Gunder Hammer and John Hammer, all from Ytterøen near Trondhjem, Gulbrand Gravengen? from Solør, Ole Olsen Stensru from Valders, Ole O. Florenden?, Thom Florence, Petter Johnson and Ole Axvig, all from Sætersdalen, John Taarud? from Gudbrandsdalen, Ole O. Neste, Gulbrand Ulbosen, Bjørn Tveiten, Ole Stave?, Ole Skare, Helge Grønhovd, Tollef Tollefsen, Elling Ellingsen, Thor Vetren, Steingrim Nelson and Elling Sønstegaard, all from Hallingdal, Ole Aasit, Petter Thompson, Thomas Vangsnes, Christen Olsen, Bottolf Flom and Torjus Flom, all from Sogn, Ole Romso from Trøndelagen, Thore Vold from Hitterdal, Erik Meling from Søndhordland, Knut Molvær from the Aalesu ND area, Jens Andersen, Isak Eriksen and Lars Eriksen from the Bergen area, Søren Limick, John Dalvang from Østerdalen, Syver Berger and Edward Berger from Solør (or that area) as well as Elias Nilsen and Andrew K. Johnson, whose birthplace is unknown to the author. They settled in a wide region. This was when Dakota still was a territory (as one sees) and before the land was surveyed. The county was first organized three years after the above mentioned settled here. St. Thomas was the settlers' nearest marketplace and what they brought there was 'frozen wheat' as one of the old ones said. Their nearest neighbors were part full- and part half-blood Indians.

      Dovre congregation, that was established by teacher Ole J. Romso in 1883 and that stretched over several townships in the area of Osnabrock, was the first Norwegian congregation in the county. Pastor Jens Skugstad was its first priest. It was later divided (into south and north Dovre) and came to belong to The United Church. Now there are 15 Norwegian congregations and 11 churches, 5 of them belong to The United Church, 4 to The Lutheran Free Church, 3 to The Norwegian Synod and 3 to the Baptists.

      Ole Gjevre (Commissioner) was the first Norwegian to hold public office in Cavalier County, while Ole Axvig was the county's first Norwegian Representative in the State Legislature.

      Norwegian place names; Storlie, Nummedal, Romso and Vang.

  • Sources 
    1. [S078655] 1880 US census.



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