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Thomas Anderson VEFLEN

Male 1818 - 1906  (87 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Thomas Anderson VEFLEN was born on 25 Oct 1818 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 18 Aug 1906 in Nerstrand, Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Valley Grove Cemetery, Wheeling Twp, Rice County, Minnesota.

    Notes:

    He and his wife arrived in Milwaukee on 16 Sep 1847, four-and-a-half months after leaving their homes in Norway.

    Birth:
    Helle 107/5-8 Nerhelle

    Family/Spouse: Kari Torsteinsdatter BUNDE. Kari (daughter of Torstein Øysteinson BUNDE and Berit Olsdatter EGGE) was born on 7 Sep 1825 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 24 Feb 1907 in Nerstrand, Rice County, Minnesota; was buried in Valley Grove Cemetery, Wheeling Twp, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Andrew Anderson VEBLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Sep 1848 in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin; died on 1 Aug 1932 in Los Angeles County, California.
    2. 3. Betsey Jane VEFLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Dec 1850 in Cato, Valders, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; died on 10 Jan 1931 in Sacred Heart Twp, Renville County, Minnesota; was buried in Vestre Sogn Lutheran Cemetery, Sacred Heart, Renville County, Minnesota.
    3. 4. Emily VEBLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Aug 1855 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; died on 18 Feb 1953 in California.
    4. 5. Thorstein Bunde VEBLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Jul 1857 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; died on 3 Aug 1929 in San Mateo County, California.
    5. 6. Mary VEBLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Sep 1859 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; died on 9 Jun 1948 in Rice County, Minnesota.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Andrew Anderson VEBLEN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born on 24 Sep 1848 in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin; died on 1 Aug 1932 in Los Angeles County, California.

    Notes:

    Attended Carleton College.

    Professor of Physics at the University of Iowa.

    Family/Spouse: Kirsti HOUGEN. Kirsti (daughter of Thomas Olson HOUGEN and Anna Aslaksdatter VESLEDAL) was born on 25 Jul 1851 in Hallingdal region, Buskerud, Norway; died on 4 Sep 1908 in Washington County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Oswald VEFLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Jun 1880 in Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa; died on 10 Aug 1960 in Brooklin, Hancock County, Maine.
    2. 8. Elling H VEBLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1893 in Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa.

  2. 3.  Betsey Jane VEFLEN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born on 10 Dec 1850 in Cato, Valders, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; died on 10 Jan 1931 in Sacred Heart Twp, Renville County, Minnesota; was buried in Vestre Sogn Lutheran Cemetery, Sacred Heart, Renville County, Minnesota.

    Family/Spouse: Knut Nilsen VIKEN. Knut was born on 4 May 1849 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 18 Jul 1936 in Renville, Renville County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Emma VIKEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Nov 1880 in Renville County, Minnesota; died on 11 Dec 1966 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota.

  3. 4.  Emily VEBLEN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born on 20 Aug 1855 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; died on 18 Feb 1953 in California.

    Emily married Lars Johan Sigurd Johansen Olsen VEBLEN on 27 Jun 1888 in St. Ansgar, Mitchell County, Iowa. Lars was born on 25 Oct 1860 in Oslo, Norway; died in 1946. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Carl Amble VEBLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Jan 1891 in Neenah, Winnebago County, Wisconsin; died on 26 Feb 1982 in Santa Barbara County, California.
    2. 11. Edgar Rodli VEBLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Aug 1897 in St. Ansgar, Mitchell County, Iowa; died on 4 Feb 1987 in San Diego County, California.

  4. 5.  Thorstein Bunde VEBLEN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born on 30 Jul 1857 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; died on 3 Aug 1929 in San Mateo County, California.

    Notes:

    The famous economist.

    Jim’s notes: PROFESSOR THORSTEIN B. VEBLEN Det er risikabelt a være dogmatisk i slike ting; men om jeg skulde nevne den mann av Valdresætt som har nådd høiest som videnskapelig tenker, vilde jeg ikke betenke mig på å utpeke prof. THORSTEIN VEBLEN. Som alle fremragende, særmerkte ånder ha r han gått sine egne, ikke mengdens veier, og de førte ham inn på stier som ligger fjernt fra den slagne jernbanerute til heit betalte og betrodde stillinger ved landets store universiteter. Men i de tenkningens stille verksteder, hvor i socialpol itiske ideer veies og tumles med ærlig og uforfærdet uten skjelen til Rockefelers millionpensjonsfond for utslitte professorer, der undlater man ikke å regne med forfatteren til "The theory of the leisure class" og andre social-økonomiske verker. Som sin bekjente bror, prof. Andrew Veben, blev han født på en farm i Manitowoc County, Wis., av foreldre Thomas Andersen Veblen (udv. fra Vevle i Yang 1847 og Kari Bunde. Det var ikke rart bevendt med almueskolen, men lærelystne som de var, fik k de tak i bøker, og den eldre bror forteller at Thorstein viste tegn på skarp iagttagelsesevne og tilbøielighet til å løse de små problemer der forefalt, på sin egen vis. 23 ar gammel blev han student fra Carleton college, gikk derpå til Johns Ho pkins universitet, Baltimore og senere til Yale, hvor han fikk doktorgraden i 1884. De følgende fem ar tilbrakte han for det meste på landet på grunn av forbigaende mindre god helbred, men fortsatte sine sociologiske studier og la sig ved siden de rav særlig efter oldnorsk. 1 1891 fikk han sa en lærerstilling i nationalekonomi ved Cornell universitet og ved slutten av 1892 en lignende post ved Chicago universitet. Fjorten år senere utnevntes han til assisterende professor ved Leland Stamfor d junior universitet, hvor han virket til 1909. Dernæst finner vi ham som lærer ved Missouri statsuniversitet; men eftersom båndene på den akademiske lærefrihet mere og mere strammedes, blev universitetsatmosfæren ham tilsist uutholdelig, og efte r nogen måneder å ha utført statistisk for regjeringen i Washington fant han endelig i 1917 et friere virkefelt som professor ved The New School for Social Research i New York, en organisasjon der ikke er avhengig av bakstreverske politikere elle r maktsyke millionærer. Ved siden av sin virksomhet som lærer har prof. VEBLEN utfoldet en fruktbar forfattervirksomhet. Hans første større verk "The Theory of the leisure Class", vakte med ett slag opmerksomhet ved den originale og rammende måte hvorpå han analyserte de n moderne parasitt-type i samfundene og det beundringsverdige system den har utviklet for a hevde sig som en æret overklasse der ikke behøver å besmitte sine fingre med arbeide. Det er med sin stillferdige han og flengende ironi en bok der har hat t enorm innflytelse i vide kretse. En ven av mig har fortalt at en kjent professor ved Kristiania universitet anså den for en av de aller betydeligste verker der har sett lyset i de siste femti ar, og her tillands kan man vanskelig støte på et nat ionaløkonomisk verk av rang der ikke har en henvisning til "The Theory of the Leisure Class. Senere har prof. VEBLEN utgitt flere vektige verker inn en sin videnskap; "The Theory of Business enterprise", 1904, "Imperial Germany and the Industrial revolution", 1915, "An enquiry into the Nature of peace", 1917, "The Higher Learning in Ameri ca", 1918, The Vested Interests", 1919, "The Place of Seience in modern Civilization", 1918 og endelig "The Engineers and the Prize System", 1921. Ved siden derav var han 1896-1905 redakter av tidsskriftet "Journal of Political Economy". Sine ferier tilbringer VEBLEN gjernest i en sommerhytte som han har bygget sig på Washington Island, Door County, Wisconsin, og der er han ofte best oplagt til forfatterarbeide. Han har avlagt minst tre besøk i gamle Norge. Skrevet av bibliotekar Juul Dieserud

    Birth:
    near Cato


  5. 6.  Mary VEBLEN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born on 27 Sep 1859 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; died on 9 Jun 1948 in Rice County, Minnesota.

    Family/Spouse: Ole T HOUGEN. Ole (son of Thomas Olson HOUGEN and Anna Aslaksdatter VESLEDAL) was born on 6 Oct 1857 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 24 Jun 1934 in Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Mathilda HOUGEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 May 1885 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 30 Mar 1974 in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California.


Generation: 3

  1. 7.  Oswald VEFLEN Descendancy chart to this point (2.Andrew2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 24 Jun 1880 in Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa; died on 10 Aug 1960 in Brooklin, Hancock County, Maine.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Mathematician

    Family/Spouse: Elizabeth RICHARDSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 8.  Elling H VEBLEN Descendancy chart to this point (2.Andrew2, 1.Thomas1) was born about 1893 in Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa.

    Elling married Mary Eliza HITCHCOCK on 14 Jun 1916 in Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa. Mary was born about 1893. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 9.  Emma VIKEN Descendancy chart to this point (3.Betsey2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 11 Nov 1880 in Renville County, Minnesota; died on 11 Dec 1966 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota.

    Family/Spouse: Christian Sorenson OCKWIG. Christian was born on 28 Aug 1884 in Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; died on 4 Jun 1972 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Edna Marie OCKWIG  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Apr 1920 in Sacred Heart Twp, Renville County, Minnesota; died on 27 Feb 2003 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota; was buried in Granite Falls City Cemetery, Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota.

  4. 10.  Carl Amble VEBLEN Descendancy chart to this point (4.Emily2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 24 Jan 1891 in Neenah, Winnebago County, Wisconsin; died on 26 Feb 1982 in Santa Barbara County, California.

    Family/Spouse: Anna Carolina HAGLUND. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 14. Emily Louise VEBLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Mar 1914 in Marshall County, Minnesota; died on 18 Nov 2010 in Los Angeles County, California.
    2. 15. John Erik Andreas VEBLEN  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Mar 1916 in Hallock, Kittson County, Minnesota; died on 3 Feb 1997 in Los Angeles County, California.

  5. 11.  Edgar Rodli VEBLEN Descendancy chart to this point (4.Emily2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 4 Aug 1897 in St. Ansgar, Mitchell County, Iowa; died on 4 Feb 1987 in San Diego County, California.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 29 Aug 1897, St. Ansgar, Mitchell County, Iowa

    Notes:

    At the time of his marriage to Hattie in 1921, he was assistant cashier of the Kittson County State Bank in Hallock.

    In the 1930 census, he was an assistant cashier at a bank in Hallock. He had not served in WWI.

    In the 1940 census (mis-indexed as Vellen), he was a real estate agent in Hallock. The family lived in the same house on 5th street in which they had lived in 1935.

    At the time of the marriage of his son Rod in 1949, he and his wife lived in Hallock.

    At the time of Mimi’s marriage, he and is wife were “of Santa Barbara, California, and Hallock, Minnesota.”

    He lived in Santa Barbara, California, in 1962.

    Baptism:
    First Lutheran

    Edgar married Hattie Miriam LUNDGREN on 10 Aug 1921 in Minnesota. Hattie was born on 26 Mar 1902 in Hallock, Kittson County, Minnesota; died on 12 May 1983 in San Diego County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 16. E.R. VEBLEN  Descendancy chart to this point

  6. 12.  Mathilda HOUGEN Descendancy chart to this point (6.Mary2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 7 May 1885 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 30 Mar 1974 in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California.

    Family/Spouse: Julius Ferdinand Wilhelm RADTKE. Julius was born on 8 Apr 1877 in Germany; died on 21 Dec 1953 in Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. Bernice Elsinor RADTKE  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Jun 1907 in Rice County, Minnesota; died on 3 Feb 1980 in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California.


Generation: 4

  1. 13.  Edna Marie OCKWIG Descendancy chart to this point (9.Emma3, 3.Betsey2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 7 Apr 1920 in Sacred Heart Twp, Renville County, Minnesota; died on 27 Feb 2003 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota; was buried in Granite Falls City Cemetery, Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota.

    Notes:

    Twelve children between 1942 and 1962.

    Family/Spouse: Julian Darrel SANDBERG. Julian was born on 1 Feb 1918 in Chippewa County, Minnesota; died on 2 Apr 1981 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota; was buried in Granite Falls City Cemetery, Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 18. Mary Ann Margaret SANDBERG  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Jan 1944 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota; died on 23 Apr 2018 in Washington County, Oregon.
    2. 19. Gwendolyn Ann SANDBERG  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Jan 1955 in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota; died on 27 Sep 2015 in Le Sueur County, Minnesota.

  2. 14.  Emily Louise VEBLEN Descendancy chart to this point (10.Carl3, 4.Emily2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 25 Mar 1914 in Marshall County, Minnesota; died on 18 Nov 2010 in Los Angeles County, California.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 11 Apr 1914
    • Confirmation: 6 May 1928, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

    Notes:

    In the 1940 census, she was a lodger in a rooming house in Ironwood, Michigan. She was a school administrator and had had 6 years of college.

    She was an instructor in education at Long Beach State College in 1959.

    Confirmation:
    Bethel Lutheran

    Emily married Aarre Rudolph KAUPPI in 1941. Aarre was born on 7 Aug 1914 in Ironwood, Gobebic County, Michigan; died on 27 Jul 1990 in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 15.  John Erik Andreas VEBLEN Descendancy chart to this point (10.Carl3, 4.Emily2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 10 Mar 1916 in Hallock, Kittson County, Minnesota; died on 3 Feb 1997 in Los Angeles County, California.

    John married Jean Margaret CALDWELL on 22 Jun 1951 in Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 16.  E.R. VEBLEN Descendancy chart to this point (11.Edgar3, 4.Emily2, 1.Thomas1)

    E.R. married R.A. WARNEKE [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 17.  Bernice Elsinor RADTKE Descendancy chart to this point (12.Mathilda3, 6.Mary2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 14 Jun 1907 in Rice County, Minnesota; died on 3 Feb 1980 in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California.

    Family/Spouse: Alvin Benjamin ROTTKE. Alvin was born on 22 Apr 1894 in Waseca County, Minnesota; died on 8 Feb 1968 in Wabasha County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 20. Curtis Emery ROTTKE  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Aug 1925 in Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 12 Mar 1967 in San Diego, San Diego County, California.