Gunnilda Torgersdatter FORTNEY

1839 - 1918  (79 years)

• Name	Gunnilda Torgersdatter FORTNEY
  Birth	22 May 1839	Fortunsdal, Luster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
  	as Gunnild
  Gender	Female
  Baptism	2 Jun 1839
  Death	17 Jun 1918	Bainville, Roosevelt County, Montana
  Burial	25 Jun 1918	Soldiers Grove, Crawford County, Wisconsin
  Notes	Her obit in the Decorah Posten on 13 September 1918: Copied from Rowberg File clipping (microfiche on file at Minnesota Genealogical Society). Clipping identified as:: Reese, Christopher Johnson. / Decorah Posten, 13 September 1918 / Translation from Norwegian by Jens Anker, Minneapolis, MN August 1999 It was an unusual event that took place at Soldiers Grove, Wise., 25 June, this year, in that Mrs. Gunilda Reese and her son-in-law, Tollef Peterson, were buried the same day. Mrs. Reese was the only sister of Mrs. Atley Peterson, and Mr. Tollef Peterson was a merchant until recently in Soldiers Grove. The deceased, Gunilda Forinen, was born in Fortunsdal, Sogn, 22 May, 1839. When she was nine years old, she traveled with her parents and siblings to America, and the family settled in Dane County, Wise., where she grew up. She got married here to Christopher Johnson Reese, and they lived on their farm on the prairie out west for about for about 40 years. After the death of her husband, Mrs. Reese stayed on the farm until all of her children had grown up. She then moved to Montana, where she homesteaded and later lived with her daughter Ella (Mrs. Torger) in Bainville, Montana. She enjoyed good health until her last years, when she got a bad cold and the illness led to Bright's Disease. After suffering for some weeks, she died peacefully in her belief in her Savior 17 June. The surviving children are: Mrs. Mons Ekum, Cornell, Wisc., Bertha Hooverson McIntosh, Minn. (Mother of the wife of Pastor J. A. O. Stub), T. C. Reese, Duvall, Wash., Mrs. Tollef Peterson, Belmont, Mont, Mrs. J. G. Aschim, Berthold, N. Dak., Mrs. Ella Torger, Bainsville, Mont., T. R. J. Reese, McIntosh, Minn., and C. R. Reese, Belmont, Mont. All of them were present at their mother's funeral in Soldiers Grove. Two brothers, Ole Torger and Daniel Forinen, and a sister, Mrs. Peterson, as well as 28 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren also survive Mrs. Reese.. At the well-attended funeral, pastors Stephenson and Smeby from Viroqua preached. A telegram just received from Pastor Stub was read. He was in New York and was prevented from participating in the funeral. There were many beautiful flowers and the church was decorated nicely for the occasion. Her daughter, Mrs. Torger, writes that her mother's last work was planting the gladiolas that she had received from "Decorah Posten". They are now in beautiful bloom, she tells. Mrs. Reese was one of the old subscribers and loyal friends of this newspaper. {The Hooversons (as Stub) mentioned may have used the surname Nundal.} In the 1880 census, she was Gunilda Johnson, 41, a widow living with her children in Sterling Twp. The household consisted of Gunilda, 41, Johannes, 21, Karen M, 20, Kirstina, 16, Elen C, 13, Torger, 8, and Christoffer, 6. She is listed in the Montana Death Indes as Gunalda Reese.
  Person ID	I14537	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2010

  
  

  Father	Torger Olsen FORTHUN
  Mother	Kari Danielsdatter
  Family ID	F12598	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Christopher Nitter “California” Johnson REESE,   b. 1826, Norway d. 1875, Wisconsin (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	28 Nov 1857	Vernon County, Wisconsin
  	probably then called Bad Ax County
  Children	1. Martha JOHNSON,   b. Dec 1854, Wisconsin d. Dec 1920, Wisconsin (Age 66 years)   2. Bertha JOHNSON,   b. Abt 1856, Wisconsin d. 17 Oct 1934, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 78 years)   3. John JOHNSON,   b. Abt 1859, Wisconsin   4. Margaret (Karen) JOHNSON,   b. Abt 1860, Wisconsin   5. Christina JOHNSON,   b. Abt 1864, Wisconsin   6. Elen JOHNSON,   b. Abt 1867, Wisconsin d. 7 Apr 1950, Roosevelt County, Montana (Age 83 years)   7. Torger Nytar J REESE,   b. 13 Jul 1871, Vernon County, Wisconsin d. 24 Jul 1944, Polk County, Minnesota (Age 73 years)   8. Christoffer JOHNSON,   b. Abt 1874, Wisconsin
  Family ID	F6232	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2009