Gertrude Evensdatter EKREN

1839 - 1943  (103 years)

• Name	Gertrude Evensdatter EKREN
  Birth	17 Dec 1839	Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  	Heen
  Gender	Female
  Baptism	8 Mar 1840	Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  Death	22 May 1943	Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa
  Notes	Came to the U.S. in 1850 with her parents. The family came first to Port Washington on a sailboat, a six-week voyage, and then, after a year, came by “ox-drawn covered wagon from rail’s end” to Winneshiek County and obtained land south of Decorah. She was still alive on what was incorrectly thought to be her 95th birthday according to a 22 Dec 1935 article in the Cedar Rapids newspaper.
  Person ID	I42692	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Even Andersen EKREN,   b. 1806, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 1893, Iowa (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Berith Helgesdatter HEEN,   b. 1809, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  Marriage	23 Sep 1831	Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  Family ID	F23054	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gustav O HEGG
  Marriage	20 Jan 1868
  Children	1. Clara HEGG
  Family ID	F28633	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2025