Ella Christophersdatter HEEN

Family/Spouse: George A ESTREM. George (son of Christopher Andrisson ØSTREM and Inger Caroline Gulbrandsdatter LOMEN) was born about 1863 in Winneshiek County, Iowa; died on 29 May 1935 in California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Carl A ESTREM was born on 30 Jan 1891 in Minnesota; died on 27 May 1924 in California.
2. Ernest Melvin ESTREM was born on 15 Apr 1894 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; died on 14 May 1977 in Butte County, California.

Kristoffer married Marith Endresdatter ELLESTAD. Marith (daughter of Endre Iversen BØE and Eli Knudsdatter) was born on 28 Dec 1829 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1881. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 17 Jan 1830, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

The sponsors listed for her baptism were Margrethe Ovesdatter Thune, Maren Evensdatter Thune, Kirsti Christophersdatter Dalager, Bøye Bøyesen Thune, and Niels Iversen Thune.

She is I21783 in Jim’s Ellingboe tree where her birthdate is mistakenly shown to be November 28th.

Vang B, p. 307, calls her Marit Endresdotter Rogn, as does dwfrench1.

In the 1865 census, she is the wife of Kristofer Einarsen. The family lives on Heen øvre, for which Kristofer is gbr. The couple has five daughters, born between the years 1853 and 1865. They would have two more. Of the seven daughters, the eldest, Anne, inherited the farm. One daughter, Ingebjørg died as a teenager. The other five daughters would emigrate to the U.S.

Einar married Anne Jonsdatter LEIROL in 1824. Anne (daughter of Jon Knutsen LEIROL and Anne Thomasdatter TØRPE) was born in 1808 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1883. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Soldier
• Baptism: 23 Sep 1804, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He is I22059 in Jim’s Ellingboe tree.

His baptismal sponsors were Ingebor Helgesdatter Qvale, Giertrue Havversdatter Söndre Böe, Ole Tostensen Söndre Böe, Anders Olsen Qvale, and Torsten Torstensen Böe.

May have been working/living on Ellingbø at the time that his son Ole was born.

Birth:
Everett interprets the birth date as 4 May.

Endre married Eli Knudsdatter. Eli (daughter of Knud Pedersen KVÅLE and Marit Knudsdatter HOVI) was born on 13 Jun 1802 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 7 Feb 1897 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 27 Jun 1802, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

According to Super Mega, she is the Eli Knudsdatter Graavi, I22060 in Jim’s Ellingboe tree. Her marriage to Anders is not shown, instead her outside-of-marriage liaison with Endre Iversen Ellingbø is shown, a liaison which led to the birth of Marith Endresdatter in December of 1829. In the church book record for that Marith’s birth, Eli is shown as Eli Knudsdatter De Thune.

Jim’s notes for the Ellingboe tree entry for Eli, from a translation done by Everett Ellestad:

“Many of these tiny patch farms have now been swallowed up by the landowners, and the cottages torn down. To some of these parcels of land, a bit more ground was added on, however, and sold to small farmers. Such a small farm was the little place called Åsen [the mountain ridge], which now has completely disappeared. [Note: this was written in 1911.] Many young people in the neighborhood have no idea even where Åsen was located. But, when I was a small boy, Åsen was a so-called resting place for all who traveled over Egge Ridge between Vang and Øystre Slidre [Valdres], so that there were often 30 horses standing along the road there at any one time. And, the little cottage was more than packed with drivers on their way home.

“At Åsen lived Andris and Eli, and their son Ola and all three were 'clever people.' And, no matter how little they had, no one ever heard them complain even when they were on the verge of starvation. Ola, who was about as old as I, was a happy and kind fellow no matter how things were, and he was an expert singer. A song written by Peter Dass, called Happy was Halvar on the Ridge, was changed by him into Happy was Andris on the Ridge, and he sang so that it echoed over the valley. Eli, who often sat inside and mended, would 'sneak' out as soon as all the drivers had left and sweep up the little fodder remaining on the ground there, and in this way, the sole cow they had also got something to live on.

“Andris at Åsen was a good worker and good at doing things, no matter what, if he only got a little food in his stomach. Since he was of small stature and thinly built, and often hungry, he often used to say about himself: "It's not my muscles doing the work, it's the food." But, it was amazing how many stones and rocks he moved up there on the ridge overlooking the valley. And, although Andris had toiled until late in the evening [all his life], it was not very long before the place called Åsen was no more.”



EXCERPT:

Gamalt fraa Valdres, Kristiania, H. Aschehough & Co., 1911. Retranslated and corrected, from the Valdres dialect of Norwegian, by Everett M. Ellestad, 23 Sept., 1989. New revisions 8 August, 1991 and 22 March, 1995, and (updated) 13 November, 1996.

Baptism:
Hegge, Lomen, Rogne, Røn, Slidre, or Volbu

Notes:

Birth:
Heen 71/

Kristoffer married Marit Andrisdatter KJERSTEIN in 1786 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Marit (daughter of Andris Helgesen KJERSTEIN and Synnøve Andrisdatter LEIROL) was born in 1762 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1831 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Kjerstein 12/1

Died:
Heen 71/

Notes:

Vang B, p. 142.

Birth:
Leirol 62/1 Uppistøga

Died:
Leirol 62/1 Uppistøga

Jon married Anne Thomasdatter TØRPE in 1787. Anne (daughter of Tomas Gulliksen JEVNE and Kjersti Olsdotter TØRPE) was born in 1769 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1828 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Torpe 84/

Died:
Leirol 62/1 Uppistøga

Notes:

Vang A, p. 724.


In the church book record for his son Endre, his farm is shown as Sönder Böe.

Birth:
Bøe 41/2 Sørebø

Ivar married Ragnhild Endresdatter LIEN in 1803. Ragnhild (daughter of Endre Nilsen LIEN and Gjartrud Endresdatter KJØS) was born in 1777 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in 1844. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Lien 80/ Septun

Notes:

Kaarstad is his farm name in the birth record for his daughter Eli. Kårstad is a farm in Vestre Slidre. Super Mega shows him as born 4 Nov 1768 on Qvale in Vang.

In the 1801 census, he is Knud Pedersen, age 30, farmer on Houge Nedre in Lommens Annex, Slidre. His wife is Marit Knudsdatter, age 21 (she is his 2nd wife) and they have two children, Knud 3, and Peder, 2.

Håkon Pedersen, I10304 in Jim’s VS, born on Kårstad 10/ in Vestre Slidre, may be Knud’s brother.

Birth:
Jean Rogers

Died:
Houge

Knud married Marit Knudsdatter HOVI. Marit (daughter of Knud Olsen GRAAVI and Elen (Eli) Olesdatter) was born in 1769 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Super Mega calls her Marit Knudsdatter Hovi and says she was born 29 Aug 1769 to Knud Olsen Graavi (1730-1810) and Elen Olsdatter Magistad (1733-?).

The French Family Tree agrees.

Birth:
Hovie i Røen