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oaklexvold
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 Posted - 21/07/2025 : 00:05:27
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Hello,
My name is Oak Lexvold, I'm the sixth generation of my family in Minnesota, USA. Thanks to family records and oral tradition, we know that my ancestor Anders Severson Lexvold immigrated from Norway by way of Quebec in 1866, and eventually settled in Goodhue County, Minnesota. Previous posts have confidently located records of Anders/Andrew/Arne as being born in Norway on Nov. 22. 1829 to parents Syver Olsen and Tarand Olsdatter Quammen.
Here is a link to a previous thread that has done much of that work:
https://www.norwayheritage.com/snitz/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5311&whichpage=5
However, this thread is ten years old, and there was much conjecture on the geneological origins of the Lexvold name. It was suggested that Lexvold/Lekvold/Leksvol family farms can be found in Nord-Trøndelag, or perhaps Ål. One user even claimed that "Lexvold is a very old name and it comes from mans name Leikr and vold means a kind of embankment.
In 1310 the name was written Leicksuall."
Please, any confirmation or information would be most helpful. I want to know where my family originates, and why we are named so. Ideally, I will eventually be able to confidently point to our origins and someday visit. Please let me know if you have any questions.
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AntonH
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Posted - 21/07/2025 : 01:59:21
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A quick review of the old 6 page discussion leaves one with many questions about the ancestry of the Anders Syverson Lexvold buried in Goodhue County. Your link above seems to be the person who we need to examine to insure we have the family ancestry correct
Much of this mess was caused by a slexvold who introduced on page 4 into this thread a link to the FAG of the person also posted above. JaneC did a good job determining who that person and his family were but the Kåre introduced more confusion by suggesting that a Severson Lexvold from Ål, Buskerud might be the right candidate. I think Jane C has the right person.
So to work on the Anders Severson Lexvold start at the top of page four.
This appears to be the person with his family in the 1875 Minnesota Census.
Andrew Severson
in the Minnesota, U.S., Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905
Name Andrew Severson
[Andrew Lexvold]
[Lexvold]
Age 44
Census Date 1 May 1875
County Goodhue
Locality Minneola
Birth Location Norway
Gender Male
Estimated Birth Year abt 1831
Race White
Father's Birth Location Norway
Mother's Birth Location Norway
Line 26
Roll MNSC_7
https://u.cubeupload.com/AntonHagelee/Screenshot20250720at.png
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1058/records/4410970
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Edited by - AntonH on 21/07/2025 18:27:43 |
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AntonH
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AntonH
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Posted - 21/07/2025 : 02:25:18
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The Tree from Family Search link above seems to support the conclusion of JaneC from 6 page search and contradicts the conclusion of Kåre of the fellow from Ål, Buskerud. I think if we can clear that up we will have the truth of who is the Andrew Severson Lexvold of Goodhue County.
This looks like the family in the 1865 Census from Malvik, Sør-Trøndelag.
https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/census/person/pf01038328008542
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Edited by - AntonH on 21/07/2025 18:28:43 |
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AntonH
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Posted - 21/07/2025 : 02:35:30
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Some of my conclusions are that the Trøndelag family is the correct family and the family from Ål family is not the correct family.
Anders Seversen was married to Bertine Holgersdatter who died in 1864.
And Anders (now Andrew) married Gunhild Thompson in 1868 shortly after he arrived with his children
Anders Seversen
in the Web: Minnesota, U.S., Marriages from the Minnesota Official Marriage System, 1850-2022
Name Anders Seversen
Marriage Date 5 Nov 1868
Marriage Place Goodhue, Minnesota, USA
Spouse
Gunhild Thompson
Certificate Number M3-91
URL https://moms.mn.gov/
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/70873/records/701218
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Edited by - AntonH on 21/07/2025 03:37:10 |
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AntonH
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Posted - 21/07/2025 : 02:42:05
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Here is the marriage of the man who I believe is the same man as the Anders Severson Lexvold from your FAG post. Why he is using the last name of Lexvold is unclear to me but probably he or is family was connected in some fashion to a Lexold farm. of Stjørdal, Nord-Trøndelag.
Anders Sivertsen Hembresplads
in the Norway, Church Records, 1812-1938
Name Anders Sivertsen Hembresplads
Marriage Age 25
Record Type ekteskap (Marriage)
Birth Date abt 1830
Birth Place Øvre Størdalen
Marriage Date 11. jun 1855 (11 Jun 1855)
Marriage Place Stjørdal, Nord-Trøndelag (Trøndelag), Norge (Norway)
Marriage Municipality Øvre Stjørdal
Father
Sivert Hemmingsen
Spouse
Berntine Holgersd Præstmo
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60606/records/17917202
https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/327/pv00000002549806
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AntonH
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AntonH
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Posted - 21/07/2025 : 03:36:18
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On page 4 Jane C introduced the data on the emigration of the widower Anders Sivertsen Rognaas.
So even here Anders did not use the farm name Lexvold? Strange?
Departing Trondheim 05 May 1866
on the bark Neptunus <----- (they arrived Quebec on the Fido)
Arriving Quebec 09 June 1866
Anders Sivertsen Rognaas age 35
Martha Andersdatter Rognaas 10
Anna Andersdatter Rognaas 8
Sigri Andersdatter 5
Sivert Andersen Rognaas 4 |
Edited by - AntonH on 21/07/2025 03:40:36 |
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AntonH
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Posted - 21/07/2025 : 03:55:00
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As far as the name Lexvold, I did not find a Lexvold in Trondheim region but I do see that the family was living at Voldaas in the 1865 Census.
Perhaps someone with more knowledge of the farm names in the Malvik, Strinda part of Sør-Trøndelag can find where the family used the Lexvold name in America.
There is a Lekvold in Selbu Sør-Trøndelag
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Edited by - AntonH on 21/07/2025 21:50:11 |
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jkmarler
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AntonH
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Posted - 21/07/2025 : 16:22:49
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Here is a link to the family of Familie: Hemming SIVERTSEN / Guru OLSDATTER (F13915). there is no mention of Lexvold or even Void, but it is well put together and covers the likely ancestors of Andrew Severtson Lexssvold. However it does not reach him but stops at
Sivert HEMMNINGSEN
Mann 1803 - 1836 (32 år)
https://www.roysofting.com/Slekt/familygroup.php?familyID=F13915&tree=Roy
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Edited by - AntonH on 21/07/2025 16:26:05 |
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AntonH
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Posted - 21/07/2025 : 18:39:17
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Here is the FAG for the Anders Severson Lexvold that I think you are asking about. If that is not correct than you need to tell us.
Anders Severson Lexvold
in the U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
Name Anders Severson Lexvold
Gender Male
Birth Date 9 Nov 1829
Birth Place Norway
Death Date 16 Sep 1911
Death Place Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States of America
Cemetery Lands Lutheran Church Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place Zumbrota, Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States of America
Has Bio? Y
Spouse
Gunhild Lexvold
Children
Marthine Ofstie
Ole A. Lexvold
Sever Andersen Lexvold
Halbert A. Lexvold
Bertina Olson
Christian Lexvold
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60525/records/53789404
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AntonH
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Posted - 21/07/2025 : 18:44:19
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Here is the FAG for his son buried in Goodhue County but probably a different cemetery. The geographic location listed for his birth matches the data above for the family being from Sør-Trøndelag fylke, Norway.
Sever Andersen Lexvold
in the U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
Name Sever Andersen Lexvold
Gender Male
Birth Date 12 Mar 1862
Birth Place Malvik kommune, Sør-Trøndelag fylke, Norway
Death Date 12 Dec 1928
Death Place Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States of America
Cemetery United Lutheran Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place Zumbrota, Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States of America
Has Bio? Y
Father
Anders Severson Lexvold
Spouse
Marit A. Lexvold
Children
Benjamin Gerhard Lexvold
Mabel Josephine Buchholtz
Myrtle Adelia Johnson
Ragna Bertina Benrud
Selma Mathilda Knutson
Leonard Melvin Lexvold
Peter Hartwell Lexvold
Hazel Berdella Lexvold
Arthur Joseph Lexvold
Sigurd Joel Lexvold
Hazel Berdella Hoff
URL
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60525/records/19121580
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ToreL
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Posted - 22/07/2025 : 08:53:48
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Two pages from Malvik bygdebok:
https://ibb.co/2m6sCt5
https://ibb.co/VY5Cr18k
Avcording to this, Rognås and Voldås are different names for the same farm. No mention of Leksvold or similar, though.
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AntonH
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Posted - 22/07/2025 : 16:37:38
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Going back to the work JaneC did, she noted the farm Lekvold in Selbu parish. There are 124 hits for Lekvold from DA but I have not found a connection.
Also the family used the farm name Mahla as well. The only Mahla I found in DA is from Telemark?
From a Tree on Ancestry
Hemming Sivertsen Mahla
1826–1868
BIRTH DECEMBER 10, 1826 • Stjordal, Norway
DEATH ABOUT 1868 • North America Immigrated in 1861 on Fido via, Quebec, Canada
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