1910 - 2000 (90 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
Generation: 3
7. | Marit Knutsdatter TØRSTAD was born on 27 Dec 1850 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway (daughter of Knut Andersen TØRSTAD and Marit Kristoffersdatter KVÅL); died on 19 May 1923 in Langdon County, North Dakota. Other Events and Attributes:
- Baptism: 23 Mar 1851, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
Notes:
Vang C, p. 231, says that she was in Amerika in 1874.
Baptism:
Hurum kirke
Children:
- 3. Theoline Mathilde (Lena) NELSON was born on 29 May 1884 in Otter Tail County, Minnesota; died on 17 Aug 1968 in Ramsey County, North Dakota.
- Theodor NELSON was born on 12 Nov 1887 in Battle Lake, Otter Tail County, Minnesota; died on 13 Apr 1964 in Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota.
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Generation: 4
14. | Knut Andersen TØRSTAD was born on 8 Aug 1823 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway (son of Anders Knudsen TØRSTAD and Randi Trondsdatter TØRSTAD); died on 28 Feb 1887 in Otter Tail County, Minnesota. Notes:
Vang C, p. 329, says he died in 1887 and left for Battle Lake, Minnesota, in 1869.
Vang C, p. 231, says he died in 1902. He was also called Knut i Hauge.
He was heir to his father’s Tørstad farm called Dekkadn. For various reasons explained on Vang C, p. 329, he went to Ruskehaugen under 99/1 Øvre Vølve in around 1860. He and his 2nd wife Margrete Vilhjølmsdatter Bunde, their infant daughter Marit and Margrete’s two sons Ola and Ivar left for Amerika in 1869.
Knut married Marit Kristoffersdatter KVÅL in 1853. Marit (daughter of Kristoffer Olsen KVÅL and Marit Eivindsdatter LOME) was born in 1825 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1864. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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