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Anne Brit Benum
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Posted - 30/11/2020 :  17:24:30  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
...born 1878 in South Arendal - living in Ådal herred, Buskerud fylke in 1900. It has been "told" that he emigrated to North-Dakota in USA. He married Nellie Marie Forthun in 1910, and he died April 1, 1963. Can you "find" Things about him for me?
Yours sincerely, Anne Benum

Anne Brit Benuj

AntonH
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USA
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Posted - 30/11/2020 :  17:40:46  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Christian Dahl
in the Web: North Dakota, Find A Grave Index, 1850-2012
Name: Christian Dahl
Birth Date: 28 Feb 1879
Age at Death: 84
Death Date: 1 Apr 1963
Burial Place: Watford City, McKenzie County, North Dakota, USA

Your birth date is a little off.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13518139/da

Kristian Olsen Fremredalen was born 28 Feb 1879 in Sør-Aurdal, Oppland, Norway, one of eight children of Ole Spangerud and Barbro Knutsdatter Sislebekk. He emigrated to the United States circa 1902, where he was known as Christian Dahl. He filed a Homestead Act claim in McKenzie County, North Dakota, and married Nellie Marie Forthun on 17 Oct 1910 in Tobacco Gardens, McKenzie County, North Dakota. He died 01 Apr 1963 in Golden Valley, McKenzie County, North Dakota.

Edited by - AntonH on 30/11/2020 17:42:06
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AntonH
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USA
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Posted - 30/11/2020 :  17:45:12  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Nellie Marie Dahl
in the U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Name: Nellie Marie Dahl
Birth Date: 15 Apr 1886
Death Date: 2 Jul 1918
Cemetery: Garden Valley Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Watford City, McKenzie County, North Dakota, United States of America
Has Bio?: Y
Father: Christen Torgersen Forthun
Mother: Ingrid Oline Forthun
Spouse: Christian Dahl
Children: Olive Barbara Earley

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13518140/nellie-marie-dahl

Nellie Marie Forthun was born 15 Apr 1886 in Traill County, North Dakota, to Ingrid Oline "Lena" Burkum and Christen T. Forthun. She was confirmed 28 Oct 1900 at Hyllestad Lutheran Church in Traill County. Nellie attended Mayville State Teachers College (now Mayville State University) and taught school at Seneschal School, Twin Valley District #5, in McKenzie County, North Dakota. She filed and proved a Homestead Claim in McKenzie County, North Dakota, before marrying a fellow homesteader, Christ Dahl, on 17 Oct 1910 at Tobacco Gardens, McKenzie, North Dakota. Nellie and Christ had 3 children: Olive, Henry, and a stillborn baby daughter. Nellie died a few months after the third childbirth, on 02 Jul 1918, and left behind her husband, six year old daughter, and two year old son
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Anne Brit Benum
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Norway
260 Posts

Posted - 30/11/2020 :  17:47:51  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Thank you very much!
Anne

Anne Brit Benuj
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AntonH
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USA
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Posted - 30/11/2020 :  17:48:14  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Christen Torgersen Forthun
in the U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Name: Christen Torgersen Forthun
Birth Date: 7 Feb 1855
Birth Place: Gaupne, Luster kommune, Sogn og Fjordane fylke, Norway
Death Date: 12 Jan 1900
Death Place: Cummings, Traill County, North Dakota, United States of America
Cemetery: Cummings Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Traill County, North Dakota, United States of America
Has Bio?: Y
Father: Torger Christensen Forthun
Mother: Mette Forthun
Spouse: Ingrid Oline Forthun
Children: Melvin Louis Forthun
Clara Warner
Julius Matthew Forthun
Thomas C. Forthun
Nellie Marie Dahl

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116328836/christen-torgersen-forthun

C.T. (Christ) Forthun was born 07 Feb 1855 in Luster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, to Torger Christensen Forthun and Mette Jensdatter Hauge. He married Oline Ingrid "Lena" Burkum on 18 Mar 1884 in Fargo, Cass, North Dakota.
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AntonH
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USA
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Posted - 30/11/2020 :  17:50:23  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Christen Torgersen Forthun
in the U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Name: Christen Torgersen Forthun
Birth Date: 7 Feb 1855
Birth Place: Gaupne, Luster kommune, Sogn og Fjordane fylke, Norway
Death Date: 12 Jan 1900
Death Place: Cummings, Traill County, North Dakota, United States of America
Cemetery: Cummings Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Traill County, North Dakota, United States of America
Has Bio?: Y
Father: Torger Christensen Forthun
Mother: Mette Forthun
Spouse: Ingrid Oline Forthun
Children: Melvin Louis Forthun
Clara Warner
Julius Matthew Forthun
Thomas C. Forthun
Nellie Marie Dahl

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116328836/christen-torgersen-forthun

C.T. (Christ) Forthun was born 07 Feb 1855 in Luster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, to Torger Christensen Forthun and Mette Jensdatter Hauge. He married Oline Ingrid "Lena" Burkum on 18 Mar 1884 in Fargo, Cass, North Dakota.
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AntonH
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USA
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Posted - 30/11/2020 :  17:53:58  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Ingrid Oline Forthun
in the U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Name: Ingrid Oline Forthun
Birth Date: 6 Mar 1863
Birth Place: Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States of America
Death Date: 11 Oct 1942
Death Place: McKenzie County, North Dakota, United States of America
Cemetery: Camp Creek Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: McKenzie County, North Dakota, United States of America
Has Bio?: Y
Father: Nils O. Burkum
Mother: Maria Burkum
Spouse: Christen Torgersen Forthun
Children: Melvin Louis Forthun
Clara Warner
Julius Matthew Forthun
Thomas C. Forthun
Nellie Marie Dahl

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14438021/ingrid-oline-forthun

Oline Ingrid "Lena" Burkum was the daughter of Nils Olsson Børkjo (also known as Nels Olsen/Nils O. Burkum) and Maria Jensdotter Hauge. She married Christen Torgersen Forthun on 18 Mar 1884 in Fargo Cass, Dakota Territory (now North Dakota).
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AntonH
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USA
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Posted - 30/11/2020 :  17:57:19  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
1920 Census

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC8Y-QW4

1930 Census

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XKV4-W1C

1940 Census

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KM9J-96L

Marriage of a daughter

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F37P-V4X

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Anne Brit Benum
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Norway
260 Posts

Posted - 30/11/2020 :  20:11:33  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Thank you!

Anne Brit Benuj
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