Lars Christopherson SOINE

1830 - 1917  (86 years)

• Name	Lars Christopherson SOINE
  Birth	14 Jun 1830	Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  Gender	Male
  Minnesota Death Certificate	1917-MN-004721
  Death	17 Apr 1917	Goodhue County, Minnesota
  Burial	Vang Lutheran Church Cemetery, Dennison, Goodhue County, Minnesota
  Notes	Traci’s tree refers to him as Lars Kristofferson Soine. “Alias Lars Christopherson.” That’s what he was called in the 1880 census. In the 1885 state census, he was Lars O. Støine of Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County. The household consists of Lars, 55, Anna, 57, Tom, 24, Gertrude, 19, Berit, 16, Christina, 9, Martha 7, “T.A.”, 25, Anna Austin, 27, Mabel A., 3, and Anna Maria, 20. From this and other information we can infer that “Anna Austin” is Lars’s oldest daughter, T.A. is her husband, Tom Austinson, and Mabel A. is Maybel Amanda Ellingboe. As Lars Christopherson Soine, he is listed as one of the initial contributors to the start-up of St. Olaf College. He was a farmer in Warsaw Twp in 1870. in the 1900 census, Lars, Anna, and their single daughter Christina were living in Warsaw, Goodhue County, next door to their son and brother, Thomas Soine and his family. Lars is shown to have come to this country in 1853, Anna in 1856. In the 1910 census, Lars and Anne are living with their son Tom and his family on Tom’s farm in Warsaw. He is listed in “The Valdris Book”, a history of the Valdris Samband published in 1920 (available on Google Books) but his entry specifically says he was not a member of the Samband. Shown as Lars A. on his death certificate. From one of Lars’s descendants: "Lars Christophersen Soine was born on 14 June 1830 in Vang, Valdres Norway. He came to America with his parents in 1853, he was 23 years old. He went by the name Lars O Christophersen. He worked in the logging camps in Wisconsin. He rode the logs down the river to keep them from jumbling. Several times he was thrown, by the force of the swift current and the jerking logs, into the water. In 1856 he married Anna Ellestad. Three of their nine children were born in Wisconsin. In the early 1860's Lars and Anna went moved to Goodhue County in Minnesota where they rented a farm for a few years. Then they purchased 160 acres in Warsaw township in Goodhue County. At this time he returned to using the name Lars Soine. Lars and Anna lived in a small house on their land until 1884 when they built a 12 room house for two families. He planned this house for two families so that he would have a place of his own in their old age. Lars and Anna lived in four rooms, tworooms downstairs (12x14 and 14x16) and two rooms upstairs. Their son, Thomas, and his family of 12 lived in seven of the rooms, four big rooms downstairs and three upstairs. The room above the kitchen was used as a store room for both families. Both families used the same stairs and hallway to the second floor.Each family had their own cellar and stairs. The pump was on the porch between the two kitchens. (Don't you think many oldfolks would love this arrangement nowadays instead of the old folks home?) (Denne ideen hare nok Lars hatt med segfra Vang, han har nok tenkt på kårstuene der, da han bygde detstore huset.) These two families lived in Harmony for 24½ years. In 1916 Anna and Lars celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. Anna died that fall at the age of 83 and Lars died the following April, 1917." (This is a transcript of a handwritten remembrance of one of Lars O Soine's grandchildren). Lars was a 'charter member' of the 'Valdres Laget' of Goodhue county.
  Person ID	I1940	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2017

  
  

  Father	Christopher Larssen SØYNE,   b. 1799, Norway d. 1853, Michigan (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Anne Sjugurdsdatter LAJORD,   b. 1805, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 1853, Michigan (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	1 Apr 1830	Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  Family ID	F3792	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna Tomasdatter ELLESTAD,   b. 4 Sep 1833, Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 6 Nov 1916, Goodhue County, Minnesota (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1856
  Children	1. Anna SOINE,   b. 25 Aug 1857, Stoughton, Dane County, Wisconsin d. 11 Sep 1935, Rice County, Minnesota (Age 78 years)   2. Thomas L SOINE,   b. Aug 1859, Wisconsin d. 17 Mar 1944, Goodhue County, Minnesota (Age 84 years)   3. Bertha SOINE,   b. 7 Sep 1861, Minnesota d. 29 Oct 1941, Spink County, South Dakota (Age 80 years)   4. Marit (Mary) Larsdatter SOINE,   b. Nov 1863, Minnesota d. 17 Dec 1912, Goodhue County, Minnesota (Age 49 years)   5. Gjertrud SOINE,   b. 1867, Minnesota d. 26 Aug 1921, Ramsey County, Minnesota (Age 54 years)   6. Berit (Bella) SOINE,   b. 13 Mar 1868, Goodhue County, Minnesota d. 26 Mar 1948, Goodhue County, Minnesota (Age 80 years)   7. Kari Christine SOINE,   b. 1871   d. 1872 (Age 1 year)   8. Christopher SOINE,   b. Feb 1873   d. 19 Feb 1884 (Age 11 years)   9. Christine SOINE,   b. Nov 1875, Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota d. 17 Jun 1914, Warsaw Twp, Goodhue County, Minnesota (Age 38 years)   10. Martha SOINE,   b. 23 Mar 1878, Goodhue County, Minnesota d. 26 Sep 1905, Goodhue County, Minnesota (Age 27 years)
  Family ID	F1397	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2006