Christen Olson EIDAL

Abt 1864 - 1949  (85 years)

• Name	Christen Olson EIDAL
  Birth	Abt 1864	Eidal, Buskerud, Norway
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Farmer, Road Superintendent
  Washington Death Certificate	6408
  Death	14 Apr 1949	Seattle, King County, Washington
  Burial	IOOF Cemetery, Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington
  Notes	Alison says: According to voter registration, was 52 when he registered to vote on August 19th, 1916. At that point in time, he had resided in Ellensburg for 28 years. In the 1900 census, he and his family live in North Kittitas Precinct, Kittitas County, Washington, not far from the Wolds. The household consists of Christian O, 36, Sadie M, 26, Elmer O, 6, Otto Clarence, 5, Elna M, 3, and Edna, 4 months. Those are the only four children that Sadie has had. Sadie and Christian had been married for 6 years. Christian had come to the U.S. in 1886, Sadie in 1892. In the 1910 census, he and his family were living on a farm that they owned in Ellensburg, North Kittitas Precinct, Kittitas County, Washington. The family consisted of Chris, 46, Sadie, 36, Elmer, 16, Otto C., 14, Edna or Elna, 13, Sarah, 10, a daughter Marrs (?), 6, and Roy, 4. Chris and Sadie have been married 17 years and it was the first marriage for both. All the children were born in Washington. The parents were born in Norway. Sadie has had 6 children, all still living. Also living with the family was Sadie’s sister Anna Digen, 24 and single. Sadie is shown as having come to this country in 1892, Chris in 1887, and Anna Digen in 1905. In the 1920 census, they were in the same location, cited as being on Day Creek Road. ”Criss O. Gidal” is 55, came to this country in 1888 and was naturalized as a citizen in 1909. Sadie is 45, came to this country in 1892, and was naturalized as a citizen in 1909. Living with them were Mamie, 15, and Leroy, 14, both shown as students. In the 1930 census (April 12), the family was living on what was referred to as State Highway Road, Route 4, in North Kittitas Precinct, Kittitas County. The family consisted of Olsen C. Eidal, 67, his wife Sigrid M., 56, her sister Sarah M., 65, a widow, and a lodger named Charles Peterson, 46, a single man. Sarah was first married at the age of 22, Sigrid at the age of 20, and Olsen at the age of 29. Olsen was born in Siddal, Norway. Sigrid and Sarah were born in Hadlin, Norway, and Charles in Tromso, Norway. The household was owned by Olsen and had a radio. Olsen came to this country in 1888, Sigrid in 1892, Sarah in 1881, and Charles in 1885. The Eidal family lived next door to David J. and Anna Marie Johnson. Washington State death certificate #6408 (as Christe O.). Naturalized as Christen Olson Eidal in Kittitas County. From the Seattle Daily Times, April 15, 1949: Christen O Eidal, Kittitas Valley pioneer and retired highway engineer, died yesterday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Frank T. Maxson, 5537 Penrith Road, after a long illness. He was 85 years old. Mr. Eidal made his home in Ellensburg from 1887 until 11 years ago when he moved to Seattle. He retired as an engineer for the State Highway Department 11 years ago. He also operated a ranch near Ellensburg. Burila will be in the Odd Fellows’ Cemetery there. Surviving are three sons, Elmer O. Eidal of Seattle, Otto C. of Ellensburg, and Roy of Los Angeles and Albuquerque; three daughters, Mrs. Warren F. Gilmour, Ellensburg; Mrs. Haskell C. Carter, Portland, Oregon; and Mrs. Maxson, eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren. From An Illustrated History of Kickitat, Yakima, and Kittitas Counties: CHRISTEN EIDAL is well known among the farmers and stockmen of Kittitas county. He first saw the light of day in Norway, May 15, 1864. His father, Ole Olsen Eidal, a farmer and millwright, was born in 1832, in Norway. He was an active public man, enjoying the trust and esteem of his contemporary townsmen, and died in the land of his birth in 1902. Gullaig (Christensdatter) Eidal, Christen Eidal's mother, still lives in Norway at the ripe age of eighty-one. Mr. Eidal enjoyed the advantage of being educated in one of the military schools of his native land. Hearing of the opportunities America offered to energy and pluck, he came, in 1886, to Minnesota, which state he left the following year to push farther to the west, choosing Kittitas county as his location. He prospered in his work to such an extent that, in 1895, he was enabled to buy his present farm, a tract comprising about seventy acres of well irrigated land four miles northwest of Ellensburg. On September 2, 1893, Mr. Eidal and Segried M. Digen were married in Ellensburg. Mrs. Eidal is a Norwegian whose date of birth was 1874. Her father and mother are still living in Norway; the father, Michael Digen, having been born in 1835, the mother, Marguerite (Dalen) Digen, in 1845. Mrs. Eidal has two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Wold, near Ellensburg, and Mrs. Juliette Thompson, living in Minnesota; two brothers and one sister living in Norway. Mr. Eidal has one sister, Ingeborg (Eidal), now Mrs. Ole Bjore, living in Minnesota, one brother and two sisters in the old country. To Mr. and Mrs. Eidal have been born four children: Elmer Oliver, Otto Clarence, Elna Marguerite and Sarah Elizabeth. Mr. and Mrs. Eidal belong to the Lutheran church, and he belongs to the Ellensburg camp, Modern Woodmen of America. In politics he is independent, belonging to no party but casting his ballot for the man best fitted, in his judgment, for the office. When Christen Eidal settled in Kittitas county, he did so almost without a dollar, but, full of hope and energy, by the dint of relentless toil and perseverance his farm is now one of the garden spots which cover the valley. His annual crops consist in the main of timothy hay; he also conducts a small dairy. He is optimistic of the valley's future, being of the opinion that any intelligent man who is willing to work jointly with his head and hands can here live a happy and prosperous life. Mr. Eidal's own experience here seems to have exemplified the truth of these deductions.
  Person ID	I2136	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2015

  
  

  Family	Sigrid M (Sadie) DIGENE,   b. 1 Jan 1874, Digene Gård, Hedalen Parish, Søndre Aurdal, Oppland, Norway d. 3 Jun 1938, Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1893
  Children	1. Elmer Oliver EIDAL,   b. 12 Mar 1894, Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington d. 24 Apr 1953, Seattle, King County, Washington (Age 59 years)   2. Otto Clarence EIDAL,   b. 10 May 1895, Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington d. 29 Jan 1956 (Age 60 years)   3. Elna Margaret EIDAL,   b. 10 Nov 1896, Kittitas County, Washington d. 17 Oct 1959, Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington (Age 62 years)   4. Sarah Elizabeth EIDAL,   b. 22 Jan 1900, Washington d. 19 Oct 1987, Multnomah County, Oregon (Age 87 years)   5. Marie Geneva EIDAL,   b. 22 Apr 1904, Washington d. 9 Sep 1987, Seattle, King County, Washington (Age 83 years)   6. Leroy (Roy) Martin EIDAL,   b. 16 Oct 1905, Washington d. 8 Feb 1974, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F299	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2005