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Knut Andersen TØRSTAD

Male 1823 - 1887  (63 years)


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  • Name Knut Andersen TØRSTAD 
    Birth 8 Aug 1823  Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 28 Feb 1887  Otter Tail County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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.
    Person ID I27299  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 2 Feb 2019 

    Father Anders Knudsen TØRSTAD,   b. Abt 1797, Tørstad, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Randi Trondsdatter TØRSTAD,   b. 1805   d. 1879 (Age 74 years) 
    Family ID F4506  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Marit Kristoffersdatter KVÅL,   b. 1825, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1864 (Age 39 years) 
    Marriage 1853 
    Children 
     1. Marit Knutsdatter TØRSTAD,   b. 27 Dec 1850, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 May 1923, Langdon County, North Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    Family ID F19075  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Feb 2019