Rachel LIEN

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Death Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1934-MN-015959

Notes:

In the 1880 census, as Rachel Lain, she was 18 and boarded with a family in Minneapolis. She worked in a cotton mill. Also boarding with her and also working in a cotton mill was the 16 year-old Mary Lain.

In the 1885 state census, she is shown as born in Norway.

In the 1900 census, she had had 8 children, 5 still living. Those numbers are 9 and 5 in the 1910 census.

In Grace’s death certificate, Rachel’s maiden name is Ellingboe. In Wallace’s birth certificate, Rachel’s maiden name is Lein. In Ella’s death certificate, Rachel’s maiden name is Lien. On Rachel’s death certificate, her father’s name is Ole Olson Lien.

She died of heart failure. The informant for her death certificate was H A Hoglund of Kerkhoven.

Rachel married William Harvey MERRYMAN on 26 Feb 1883 in Swift County, Minnesota. William was born in Jul 1859 in Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine; died on 17 Oct 1950 in Swift County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
#B-118 as N H Merryman and Rachel Lien

1. Mabel MERRYMAN was born in Feb 1884 in Minnesota.
2. Ella Medora MERRYMAN was born on 24 Sep 1889 in Minnesota; died on 14 Nov 1971 in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota.
3. Cora Annette MERRYMAN was born in Nov 1891 in Minnesota.
4. Ruth L MERRYMAN was born on 12 Feb 1895 in Kerkhoven, Swift County, Minnesota; died on 10 Apr 1921 in Swift County, Minnesota.
5. Grace Rebecca MERRYMAN was born on 17 Dec 1899 in Kerkhoven, Swift County, Minnesota; died on 4 May 1984 in Willmar, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota; was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Kerkhoven, Swift County, Minnesota.
6. Wallace MERRYMAN was born on 21 Jul 1903 in Swift County, Minnesota; died on 14 Jan 1908 in Swift County, Minnesota.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 28 Dec 1823, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

His baptismal sponsors were Marit Jermundsdatter Rogn, Marit Thomasdatter Rogn, Thomas Mossager, Helge Ellingboe, and Endre Thomassen Torpe.

Shown as Ole Knudson Torstad in Sigrid’s birth record.

The Vang out-migration record shows him as Ole Knudsen Tørstad, 27, and his wife, Anne Olsdatter, 25, and their children Knud, 7, Ole, 4, and Sigrid, 1¼, leaving for Amerika on 3 April 1861.

Shown as Ole Lien on Sigrid’s death certificate. Shown as Ole P. Lien (#I54395) in Jim’s Valdres Slekt tree.

Called Ola Knutsson Nygard in the Vang C bygdebok, p. 284, an entry which incorrectly has him born in 1833.

The record of his marriage to Anne Olsdatter Framstad on 22 Apr 1855, shows him as Ole Knüdsën Nÿgaard, age 31, son of Knud Thomassen, and her as age 21, daughter of Ole Olsen.

The birth record for his first son Knud also shows him as Ole Knüdsën Nÿgaard. The birth record for his son Ole shows him as Ole Knudsen Garstad.

The Johnson Family Tree on Ancestry calls him Ole Knudsen Lien and has him born 16 Dec 1823 in Vang and dying in Iowa in 1864.

Baptism:
Høre

Ole married Anne Olsdatter FRAMSTAD on 22 Apr 1855 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Anne (daughter of Ole Olsen FRAMSTAD and Ragnild Thoresdatter SKEIE) was born on 6 Jan 1834 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 13 Feb 1903. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 2 Feb 1834

Notes:

Shown as Ann Framstad on Sigrid’s death certificate. Shown as Anna Framstad (#I54396) in Jim’s Valdres Slekt tree.

The Peterson/Long family tree on Ancestry has her born 6 Jan 1834 in Framstad/Høre in Vang.

Birth:
shown as 13 Jan 1836 on her gravestone

Died:
Date on her gravestone. As Anne Frovold.

Notes:

Married:
as 31 year-old Ole Knudsen Nÿgaard and 21 year-old Anne Olsdatter Framstad

Notes:

Vang B, p.406, calls him Knut Tomasson Jøvne eller Tørpe.

Called Knut Tomasson Septon in Ole 1823’s birth record.

He is I871 in Jim’s VS.

Jim’s notes:

Han eide også Kjøs 94/1 i tiden 1808-11, og bodde der sammen med sin første kone Marit. Da hun døde i barselseng med deres første barn, Thomas, flyttet han til Lien (Septun)80/. Som sønn av "Rike-Tørpin" arvet han mye fra faren, men det var vanskelige tider og i 1814 måtte Knut låne 200 rd av Gjermund Rogn, i 1820 lånte han 300 sølvspd og senere samme år lånte han 267 spd av Overformynderiet.

Broren Ola Thomassen og sønnen Knut fra første ekteskap, overtok gården da Knut døde i 1828, stemoren til Knut Thomassen fikk livaure med kontrakt 3.11.1831. Knut og Sigrid hadde barna: Ola (1812-1883) grb i Remmisbrekkun 68/1 Gullik (1815-) gift med Berit Knutsdtr Austreim våren 1850, de reiste straks til USA. Marit (1816-) gift i 1840 med Knut Halvorsen Hagen, Jøvne Endre (1821-) gift med Berit Gunnarsdtr Givre. Ola (1824-), Kjersti (1826-vel 3 mnd), Sigrid (1827-2,5 mnd), og Knut (1829-5 mnd).

Birth:
Torpe 84/

Knut married Sigrid Olsdatter LIEN in 1811. Sigrid (daughter of Ola Gudbrandsen NØRSVIN and Sigrid Endresdatter LIEN) was born in 1793 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1876 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is I6639 in Jim’s VS.

She married Per Kristoffersen Framstad after Knut died.

dwfrench1’s French Family Tree calls her Sigri Olsdatter Norsvin.

Birth:
Lien 80/ Septun

Died:
Framstad 102/1 Sørre i Høre

Notes:

The Vang C bygdebok, p. 284, has him as Ola Olsson, farmer on Framstad 102/2.

Ole married Ragnild Thoresdatter SKEIE in 1816. Ragnild (daughter of Tore Ivarsen ELLESTAD and Jøran Nilsdatter ELLESTAD) was born in 1790 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 12 Nov 1863 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Vang C bygdebok calls her Ragnhild Toresdatter Skeie Helle.

Birth:
Skeie according to the French Family Tree

Died:
Framstad in Høre according to the French Family Tree

Notes:

Vang B, p. 533.

Birth:
Jevne 88/1

Died:
Jevne 88/1

Tomas married Kjersti Olsdotter TØRPE in 1769 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Kjersti (daughter of Ola Olsson KATTEVØL (TØRPE) and Marit Helgesdatter KJERSTEIN) was born in 1752 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1823 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housekeeper

Notes:

See p. 474-475 Vang B.

Notes:

Vang B, p. 260.

Birth:
Nordsveen 69/

Ola married Sigrid Endresdatter LIEN. Sigrid (daughter of Endre Nilsen LIEN and Gjartrud Endresdatter KJØS) was born in 1771 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1832 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Lien 80/ Septun

Notes:

In the 1801 census, he was a bonde og gaard-beboer on Framstad in Vang.

Birth:
Tørstad 105/3

Died:
Framstad, Nørre 102/2 i Høre

Ola married Marit Persdatter VEFLEN. Marit (daughter of Peder Endreson KATTEVØL and Torø Vilhjølmsdatter BAGETUN) was born in 1757 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1803 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Veflen 99/1 i Høre

Died:
Framstad, Nørre 102/2

Notes:

In the 1801 census, he was Thoer Iversen, 50 years old and a husmand med jord. He and his family lived on Hålien in Vang. The rest of his household was Jørand Nielsdatter, 32, and their children Niels Thoresen, 5, Ragnild Thoresdatter, 10, Sigrid Thoresdatter, 3.

Tore married Jøran Nilsdatter ELLESTAD. Jøran (daughter of Nils Håvolsen ELLESTAD and Sigrid Knutsdatter HÅLIEN) was born in Mar 1765 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 15 Dec 1830 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She may be a daughter of Nils Håvolsen Ellestad, b. 1728 (#I23547).

Died:
Skeie