I hope to help a friend find out who are the parents of Olaf P Peterson and where they are from in Norway.
He married in South Dakota, brides last name is Kvenvold
Olaf P Peterson in the South Dakota, Marriages, 1905-2016 Name: Olaf P Peterson Gender: Male Marriage Age: 50 Birth Year: abt 1868 Residence Place: Minn Marriage Date: 1 Sep 1918 Marriage Place: Lake, South Dakota, USA Spouse: Henrietta M Koenrold
However he lived most of his life in Jackson, Minnesota
Olaf P. Peterson in the Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2002 Name: Olaf P. Peterson Birth Date: 23 Apr 1878 Death Date: 22 Dec 1956 Death County: Jackson Mother's Maiden Name: Halgrim State File Number: 007259 Certificate Number: 007259 Certificate Year: 1956 Record Number: 1323183
I think that this is likely his birth record. Father is probably Johannes Peterson and mother is Halgrim ?
Minnesota, Births and Christenings Index, 1840-1980 Name: Peter Olaf Peterson Gender: Male Race: White Birth Date: 23 Apr 1878 Birth Place: La Crosse, Jackson, Minnesota Father: Johnnus Peterson Mother: Je...Y Peterson FHL Film Number: 1403139
Here is a baptism record for one of the children with a name for the mother.
Ruben Alfred Peterson in the Minnesota, Births and Christenings Index, 1840-1980 Name: Ruben Alfred Peterson Gender: Male Race: White Birth Date: 13 Feb 1886 Birth Place: La Crosse, Jackson, Minnesota Father: John Peterson Mother: Jaran Nalgramson FHL Film Number: 1403139
HANS A. KVENVOLD is a prominent farmer of Lake county. He resides on section 24, LeRoy township. Mr. Kvenvold was born near Christiania, Norway, in 1855, and is a son of Andrew and Olena (Johnson) Kvenvold, both natives of Norway, where the former was born in 1818 and the latter in 1827. Andrew Kvenvold, who married in 1853, died six years later in his native country. Mrs. Kvenvold afterward remarried, Iver Kvenvold, a brother of Andrew, being her second husband. They came to this country in 1868, settling in Spring Grove, Minnesota. Two years later they removed to Winneshiek county, Iowa, where they remained until 1887. In that year the family came to Lake county, where they still reside. Hans came to Dakota in 1878, located a homestead and tree claim upon section 24 and 25, township 107, range 52, which is now in LeRoy township. Mr. Kvenvold had little or nothing at the time that he arrived in South Dakota, but by industry, frugality and excellent management of his fine property he has become possessed of more than a competence already, yet bids fair to be one of the wealthy men of his county. There were few people in LeRoy township in the pioneer days, and neither railroads nor any of the other comforts and luxuries which now make life pleasant in many ways. The early settlers paved the ways for all of these things, and, like other originators, had to suffer themselves. Mr. Kvenvold was one of the men who experienced the privations and hardships of the pioneer of the Dakotas and he deserves a goodly share of the credit which is due to the men who made, or organized, Lake county. Mr. Kvenvold now owns some three hundred and twenty acres of land, nearly all of which is under cultivation. A fine residence, surrounded by a four-acre grove of trees, occupies a prominent place upon the grounds, while all of the buildings, granaries, stables, etc., are large and of modern construction. A deep well furnishes pure water throughout the year, and the entire farm is well arranged and equipped to. obtain the best results. Mr. Kvenvold has given little time to politics or kindred subjects, though he has held a number of local offices, and was the first clerk of his school district. The last time he was elected as clerk he refused to qualify, considering that he had been honored sufficiently. He therefore requested the board to appoint some other citizen in his place. This is a remarkable spirit for a man to exhibit in these days of frantic office-seeking, but it gives an insight into one of the traits of Mr. Kvenvold's character.
In 1877 Mr. Kvenvold and Miss Paulina M. Peterson were married in Winneshiek county, Iowa. Mrs. Kvenvold is a native of Norway, where she was born in 1854 Her father, Peter Johnson, was born near Christiana, Norway, in 1800, and fifty- one years later married Mary Jacobson, a widow. She was his second wife and the mother of Mrs. Kvenvold. When Mr. Johnson was a young man his farm was sold, and he received a guarantee that he would be supported out of the profits of the property, in addition to the money in hand which was paid him for transferring it. This curious custom of disposing of farm lands, and holding a lien upon them at the same time, is still very common in Norway. Mrs. Kvenvold, who was the only child of her father's second marriage, came with her brother to America and made her home with him in Winneshiek county. Mr. and Mrs. Kvenvold are the parents of seven children, all of whom are still at home. Their names and ages are: Albert M., nineteen; Ida O., seventeen; Peter J., fifteen; Henrietta M., twelve; Mary A., seven; Olga. M., three years old, and an infant. Mr. Kvenvold is a member of the Lake Madison Lutheran Association, and has for several years been its secretary.
Based on that story I would think that this is Hans with his mother Olina and step father Iver in 1865 Census. Farm is spelled Qvernvolden.
I think that this is likely his birth record. Father is probably Johannes Peterson and mother is Halgrim ?
Minnesota, Births and Christenings Index, 1840-1980 Name: Peter Olaf Peterson Gender: Male Race: White Birth Date: 23 Apr 1878 Birth Place: La Crosse, Jackson, Minnesota Father: Johnnus Peterson Mother: Je...Y Peterson FHL Film Number: 1403139
Here is a baptism record for one of the children with a name for the mother.
Ruben Alfred Peterson in the Minnesota, Births and Christenings Index, 1840-1980 Name: Ruben Alfred Peterson Gender: Male Race: White Birth Date: 13 Feb 1886 Birth Place: La Crosse, Jackson, Minnesota Father: John Peterson Mother: Jaran Nalgramson FHL Film Number: 1403139
Anton, really? Have I not entertained you?
This from Norwegian Immigrants to the United States: A Biographical Directory 1825-1850; Volume 3 1847-1848 page 197 on the Swedish brig "Bull" landing or leaving 24 Aug 1848 New York this site :
A Jorand Olsdatter b 1 Dec 1846 Nes, Buskerud, Norway travelling with her parents: Ole Halgrimson Slætta and Sunnef Knudsdatter Sonstebye and 1 sibling Halgrim Olsen Slætta first to Ashippun Twp., Dodge County, Wisconsin, later to Iowa County, Wisconsin.
Sources include: Nes parish registers, Pine Lake Lutheran Church records, 1850, 1860 Wisconsin censuses.
In the following transcription,presumably Joran is the wife of the deceased.
Minnesota Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990 Name: Johannes Peterson Gender: Male Death Date: 17 Oct 1916 Death Place: Lacrosse, Jackson, Minnesota Age: 79 Birth Date: 1837 Occupation: Farmer Marital Status: Married Father's Name: Johannes Peterson Mother's Name: Joran Halgremson
Thanks Jane, now you would be in line for one of those big grins that Jackie got if you can find the 1860 or 1870 Census record for Johannes Peterson
I did find this tho by going off the info from Jackie.
Johannes Pettersen in the U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1826-1969 Name: Johannes Pettersen Gender: Male Record Type: Marriage Birth Place: Madum, Norge Marriage Date: 1877 Marriage Place: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Father: Peter Johannsen Mother: Keroti Johannesen Spouse: Gjoran Olsen Halvgunisten Church Name: Our Savior's Lutheran Church Church Location: Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
Looking at the original her name is listed as Kersti Johannesen
From An Illustrated History of Jackson County Minnesota Page 513
"JOHN PETERSON is one of the pioneer settlers of LaCrosse township, in which precinct he owns a quarter section farm. Mr. Peterson is a native of Modum, Norway, and the date of his birth was March 10, 1837. He is the son of Peter Johanson Hugsted and Christie Hugsted, both of whom died in their native land.
John Peterson, after securing a common school education, early began to earn his own living. From the age of twelve until he was seventeen he worked in a cobalt factory in his native town, and was then employed four years as a clerk in a grocery store at Westfossen. At the age of twenty-one years he moved to Drammen, Norway, where for the next twelve years he clerked in a grocery store.
In June 1870, Mr. Peterson came to America, landing in the city of Quebec. He located at Dodgeville, Wisconsin, where he resided one year, employed as a shoemaker. From Dodgeville he went to Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he worked on a railway a few months, and then in a sawmill at Ocounta, Wisconsin, where he was until March 1, 1872. In June of that year Mr. Peterson arrived in Jackson county and this has ever since been his home. He took as a homestead claim the south half of the southeast quarter of section 26, LaCrosse township, which is still his home. He has since added to his farm by the purchase of an eighty acre tract adjoining. When he located on his claim there were only a few settlers in the township, and Mr. Peterson has seen his township develop from almost a wilderness to the fine farming country it is today. He built a little board shanty, which he covered with sods, and in that he made his home for a number of years. The grasshoppers took five crops in succession and the first few years were indeed hard ones, he having practically nothing when he came. He has prospered and has a fine home and well improved farm. Mr. Peterson is a member of the Norwegian Lutheran church of Heron Lake. For several years he served as treasurer of his school district.
Mr. Peterson was married in Dodge county, Wisconsin, March 1, 1877, to Jane Holgriem, who was born in Norway and came to America when one year old. They have children as follows: Peter Olof and Carl Henrick, of Des Moines, Iowa; Clara Soneva, of Albert Lea, Minnesota; Helmer Orville and Reuben, who reside at home."
Migration from Northern Europe to America via the Port of Hull, 1848-1914 - During the period 1836 - 1914 Hull developed a pivotal role in the movement of transmigrants via the UK. During this period over 2.2 million transmigrants passed through Hull. For a long period of time this was the most common route for Norwegian emigrants
Olaf P Peterson parents and where from in Norway
Posted - 06/10/2018 : 23:33:59
