Andrew Paulson & Mary Tollefson - Emigrants to Wisconsin

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Andrew Paulson & Mary Tollefson - Emigrants to Wisconsin

Legg inn av dn32498 » 02 nov 2014 17:47:00

(Sorry that this is in English ... I don't speak Norwegian.)

I am looking for information on Mary (Tollefson) Paulson and Andrew Paulson, and their parents.

Mary was born in Wisconsin, USA around 1859 and resided in Crawford County until at least 1920 (1). I believe she died in 1942 based on records from other family trees. Census records indicate that Mary’s parents were born in Norway.

She married Andrew Paulson in 1883 in Crawford County,Wisconsin, and by 1910 they had seven children (2): Paul Paulson (1884-1867), Nicholas Paulson (1887-1860), John Paulson (1888-1866), Blanche Paulson (my lovely great-grandmother, 1891-1982), Arthur Paulson (1893-1985), Clarence Paulson (1895-1990), Marguerite Paulson (1903-1980).

We have a Norwegian chest in our family which we believe belonged to Mary’s mother. The name on the chest is Kari Johannesdatter. After that name there is a keyhole. After the keyhole is the word Tuflene (or Juflene or Tuftene?). I am not sure if this is part of her name or a place. Next to this word is the year 1851.

1880 census records from Crawford County, WI suggest Mary and her family were living there at the time (3). Mary (21 at the time), had four siblings: Christine (age 18), Thomas (age 14), Julia (age 13), and Ole (age 10). Her father is listed as Nels Tollefson (or Tolifson) and her mother is “Carrie”. (I think “Carrie” is actually the “Kari” that is named on the chest.)
Andrew Paulson, Mary’s husband, was born in Norway in 1843 and arrived in the United States in 1871. He was naturalized in 1877 (4). I don’t have any information on Andrew’s parents.

I would love to know the names of Andrew and Mary’s parents, and the place in Norway were they may have resided.

Unfortunately, I don’t speak Norwegian and am rather a newbie at this genealogy research … so I would definitely welcome any clues that others might be able to offer.
Best,
Kari

Sources:
(1) Summary Sources for Mary. http://ancstry.me/1ujLqoU
(2) 1900 Census. Andrew Paulson, Mary and family. http://bit.ly/1t1RI5A
(3) 1880 US Census. Nils Tollefson (Tolifson) http://bit.ly/1t1Sbom
(4) Summary Sources for Andrew. http://ancstry.me/13vBzR1
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Re: Andrew Paulson & Mary Tollefson - Emigrants to Wisco

Legg inn av 6146 » 02 nov 2014 19:21:11

Hello

There is a Kari Johannesdatter Tuftene who emigrated to America in 1854 from Sogndal parish, Sogn & Fjordane county.

Tuftene is as farm name.

It must be her chest I think.

She is singel, so she has probably been married in Wisconsin.

There is more than one Kari Johannesdatter in the parish records. I think it is probably the Kari who was born in Sogndal 17th March 1826 with parents Johannes Ingebrigtsen and Christi Olsdatter Haukreid.

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Legg inn av dn32498 » 02 nov 2014 21:40:17

Thank you, Tove!

That makes a lot of sense! The birth year and marriage year are consistent with what we know from existing records. And of course, a match to the name on the chest.

Thank you for helping to solve a piece of the puzzle. I really appreciate your help!

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Legg inn av gj12221 » 02 nov 2014 22:30:07

Hello

Can you please let us know all you know of dates.
When was Kari married?

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Legg inn av 6146 » 02 nov 2014 23:50:38

Hello

At the marriage of Mary and Andrew in Crawford, Wisconsin in 1882 Andrew's parents are listed as Paul G. Takle and Brithe A. Takle (FamilySearch)

I have found him now - in Eid parish, Sogn og Fjordane county. The farm name is Taklo, not Takle (which also exists as a farm name by the way)

Here is Anders on the 1865 census with parents and siblings.

http://digitalarkivet.arkivverket.no/ft ... 8272003503

Eid is in quite another part of Sogn og Fjordane county than Sogndal.

Anders Martines (Martinus?) baptism (no. 37)
He was born 8th May 1843

Kildeinformasjon: Sogn og Fjordane fylke, Eid, Ministerialbok nr. A 6 (1831-1843), Fødte og døpte 1843, side 88.
Permanent sidelenke: http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?i ... x_side=-87

Anders Martinus emigrated in 1871 (no. 27)

Kildeinformasjon: Sogn og Fjordane fylke, Eid, Ministerialbok nr. A 10 (1867-1878), Inn- og utflyttede 1871, side 405.
Permanent sidelenke: http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?i ... _side=-352

About Sogn og Fjordane county on Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sogn_og_Fjordane#Language

Tove DJ

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Legg inn av 6146 » 03 nov 2014 11:07:11

Hello

And here is Brita Andersdatter Taklo on the 1900 census for Eid. She is a widow and living with her son Guttorm Paulsen Taklo and his family.

http://digitalarkivet.arkivverket.no/ft ... 7364000451

And Guttorm P. Taklo and family on the 1910 census for Eid.

http://digitalarkivet.arkivverket.no/ft ... 6740003653

Paul Guttormsen Taklo died 76 years old in 1893. He was a school teacher and farmer. He was the user of Taklo farm from 1851 to 1871

His wife Brite Andersdatter died 91 years old in 1907.

The son Guttorm Paulsen took over the farm in 1871. He died 92 years old in 1938

One of Guttorm's sons Kristian Guttormsen born 1885 took over the farm in 1913

One of Kristian's sons Peder Kristiansen born 1910 took over the farm in 1945.

After that I don't know. The book I found this information in was published in 1953.

Taklo is not just one farm, it is (or was) a group of 4 farms.

There is a photo of the gravestone for Guttorm P. Taklo 1846-1938 in the grave database.
I think you probably have to "double click" to see the photo

http://www.disnorge.no/gravminner/bilde.php?id=4208226

And photo of the stone for Peder (Kristiansen) Taklo 1910-1979

http://www.disnorge.no/gravminner/bilde.php?id=4209026

I should think there are decendants of Paul Guttormsen Taklo and his wife still in the area.

Tove DJ

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Legg inn av 6146 » 03 nov 2014 14:25:38

If the US 1900 census is correct Nels Tollefson was born April 1835 and emigrated in 1855. Married 42 years. So married about 1858 then, which seems to be right.
He is with his son Ole, listed as being married, but Kari (Carrie) is not there?

There is one Nils Tollefson Sagabraaten who was born 13th April 1835 in Gol (which was then a part of Nes parish) in the Hallingdalen valley. His parents are Tollef Nilsen and Berthe Hansdatter. He was confirmed in 1850 in Gol.
I have not found that this Nils emigrated, but very many emigrated from this area.

This Nils is a possible "candidate".

If we could find the marriage between Nils and Kari (Carrie) in America (Wisconsin probably) that could perhaps have some information about their parents.

Tove DJ

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Legg inn av dn32498 » 03 nov 2014 19:04:05

Great information, Tove. Thank you again.

I am having trouble finding anything on the marriage of Nils and Kari/Carrie. If Kari's name is Kari Johannesdatter Tuftene as we suspect, what do you think she would have used as a surname in the United States?

I am trying to get in touch with a relative in Crawford County, WI who may have some more hints.

Also, on another note, while doing some searching I came across this photo of a Tuftene Farm in Sognsdaldalen:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/fylkesarkiv/12608988365/
Could this be the farm where Kari lived before she emigrated?

Thank you for your time and insights!

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Legg inn av gj06100 » 03 nov 2014 19:24:00

Hi Kari
Just a quick note.
Not everyone is a member of Ancestry.
So if you put in a link from Ancestry, those who do not have Ancestry can not see it.
You could always write a short summary of that info if you want.

Greetings from
Patty

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Legg inn av dn32498 » 03 nov 2014 19:57:27

Thank you, Patty. Noted.

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Legg inn av dn32498 » 03 nov 2014 20:36:04

Here is the 1870 census record for Crawford County, Wisconsin.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/T ... cc=1438024

Here Mary's mom is listed as "Caroline".

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Legg inn av 6146 » 03 nov 2014 22:31:19

Hello

I have looked at those photos in the photo database of the Sogn og Fjordane county archive. Glad you were able to find them on Flickr.
You get an idea of what the area looks like.

As far as I can see Kari Johannesdatter had only one brother, Ingebrigt Johannesen, born 1821. He was married in 1852 and had (at least) 9 children.

In 1884 Ingebrigt and his wife Kari and 5 of their children emigrated to America. Some of the other children - perhaps all of them - had emigrated earlier. They used the name Kvam when them emigrated.

The children were: Margrete, Johannes, Sølfest, Agathe, Ingebrigt, Andreas, Kari, Nils and Anna. No more destination than America.

I think I have perhaps found Sølfest in Walle township, Grand Forks, North Dakota (Sylvester Johnson) on the 1900 census. Also Ingebrect Johnson in Walle township, Grand Forks, North Dakota.

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Legg inn av 6146 » 04 nov 2014 11:22:27

Hello

All of them - parents and 9 children are listed on this stone in the Walle Lutheran Church Cemetery in Grand Forks

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cg ... =24055403&

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Legg inn av gj06100 » 04 nov 2014 14:16:59

Hei Kari and Tove,
Well that is COOL...what a great find Tove!!
Kari you asked what name Mary's mother, Kari, might have used over here...before her marriage...

"Johnson" was what I was THINKING yesterday..instead of Johannesdatter!

I hope I have followed the family information...and this has not yet been found....
So you are still looking for Kari's marriage...perhaps in Wisconsin?

The chest is really cool..what a wonderful piece of your family history.

mvh
Patty

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Legg inn av 6146 » 04 nov 2014 14:31:30

Hello

I agree with Patty, probably she would have used Johnson.
Perhaps there are relatives in Walle, Grand Forks, North Dakota still.
I don't have subsciption to Ancestry.

Tove DJ

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Legg inn av dn32498 » 04 nov 2014 15:42:50

What a great lead on Kari's brother and family! Thank you, Tove!

Someone on Ancestry has included Ingelbrigt J Kvam in their tree, with this picture of the whole family! Unfortunately, there was no additional information about Kari or Kari/Ingelbrigt's parents.

I am still searching for Kari's marriage records, and also birth records for Mary Tollefson and her siblings. (I wish Americans in the 1800s had been as systematic with their record keeping as the Norwegians.) I am going to try to reach out to some more relatives to see if I can gather any additional hints.

Is Kvam a farm name?

Many thanks. :)
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Legg inn av 6146 » 04 nov 2014 17:44:40

Hello

Yes, Kvam is also name of a farm in Sogndal.

Interesting to see this photo with the parents and all the 9 children: 5 boys and 4 girls.
The boys are Johannes (1855), Sølfest (1857), Ingebrigt and Andreas (1863, twins), Nils (1868)
The girls are Margrethe (1853), Agathe (1860), Kari (1865), Anna (I did write down her y.o.b., but she is the youngest)

Sølfest I think was the first who emigrated - in 1877. In America his name was Sylvester.

Margrethe was married to Lars Hermanson.

Parents of Kari Johannesdatter were Johannes Ingebrigtsen Gurvind and Christi Olsdatter Aarvold who were married 12th June 1821.

Father of Christi Olsdatter was Ole Pedersen Aarvold.

Christi Olsdatter with parents and siblings on the 1801 census for Sogndal

http://digitalarkivet.arkivverket.no/en ... 8394001227

Johannes Ingebrigtsen with parents and siblings on the 1801 census for Sogndal

http://digitalarkivet.arkivverket.no/en ... 8394000996

Johannes Ingebrigtsen died already 14th August 1827, 38 years old

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Legg inn av gj06100 » 05 nov 2014 14:46:07

Hei igjen!
I was looking around for info on the family.
Will try and put in a link for you...
It has info on the history in Crawford county...but I was unable to find Nels/Nils Tollefson.
I noticed in the 1900 census record that Andrew Paulson and Mary lived in the Village of Lynnville and Town of Seneca....so I was looking around for them too...

http://www.usgenweb.info/wicrawford/books/chap30.htm
I wonder if Mary was born in another county...
We have not found Nels/Nils in the 1860 census yet...perhaps he is not in Crawford county????

mvh Patty
(hope the link works)
OH...I did find some birth records...uff da...forgot which site...Ole Tollefson in Crawford county...wonder if this was Mary's brother...I think it was a usgwarchives.net/wi/crawford/vitals site..

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Legg inn av dn32498 » 06 nov 2014 15:52:39

Hello,

Patty: Thanks for sharing that link. Quite a history of Crawford County.

I have been in contact with a relative in Crawford County. She was able to confirm that Nils Tollefson's father was Tollef Tollefson. Unfortunately, she didn't have any additional information to add about Kari. She also doesn't know where Nils and Kari are buried.

I did find this record of a Kari Johnson in Crawford County, who died in 1889. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VJP9-15W
If Kari died at this time, that would explain why she wasn't listed in the 1890 census (where Nils was living with his son Ole, and family). I have requested a copy of the death certificate, which will include more information than the online index.

According to the WI Vital Records office, "registration of events prior to 1907 was voluntary and vital records were not filed for most events." In Crawford County, the earliest registration for births was 1858, deaths 1876, and marriages 1862. So, this probably explains why we are not seeing marriage records for Nils and Kari.

But I can't figure out why it's so hard to find a death record for Nils Tollefson. The mystery continues....

Kari

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Legg inn av gj06100 » 06 nov 2014 17:32:00

You are welcome Kari!
Glad you enjoyed the link about Crawford county.

Can you ask your relative who lives in this county what church the family might have belonged to back in the 1880s or later....?...sometimes old records get transferred to the newer churches...
I wonder what church Mary and Andrew went to...that might be a starting place.

Sometimes the church has records, that were not recorded by the "courts"...
Also you might try and locate a public library in the area...They are often very helpful with "local history"...just google public library Crawford county...

Just a few ideas.
These family puzzles are fun aren't they!!

Greetings from
Patty

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Legg inn av dn32498 » 06 nov 2014 18:18:11

Hi Patty,

Interesting that you should ask about the church. I just found this tidbit this morning from post on another message board, from 1871, which refers to a Nils Tollefson as part of Utica Lutheran in Crawford County: http://www.norwayheritage.com/snitz/pop ... IC_ID=5155

Reply author: lyndal40 Replied on: 31/08/2011 04:50:10
Message: A little history from Facebook A history of the Utica congregation, for the 140th Anniversary celebration On March 13th, 1871 a meeting was held at the house of Paul Hansen Helland in the Town of Utica, Crawford County, WI.

The meeting was called by Ole Halverson, who was then elected chair of the meeting. Helge Hauge was elected secretary. Hauge proposed the organization of a congregation; the motion carried unanimously. Ole Halverson had prepared a draft constitution which was also adopted.

A congregational meeting was held in September of the same year, at which time several more families were received into membership and Jacob Kvamme was selected as precentor (lay minister) and the first parochial school teacher. Present at this congregational meeting were the following: Tallak Asbjornson (Aspenson), A. Asbjornson, S. Jacobson, N. Dale, J Bruvolden, E. Nelson, A. Pederson, Ole Halvorson, Andrew Moldrem, Ole Johanneson, Paul Helland, Agrim Thorson, Kristian Johanneson, Peder Agrimson Lysne, Ole Olson Dolvin, Lasse Jacobson, Johan Anderson, Anders Thoreson, Nels Tollefson, Tolleif Gusteson, Mathias Jacobson, Peder Olson, Jens Kvigne, Anna Sime (a widow), Tolleif Nelson, Knut Boe, Helge Hauge, Jens Spangeloe, Jens Kallevang, Tosten Olson, N. O. Bjorkum, Ole T. Sime, Hans Korsta, and Pastor Juve.


The timing and location make sense. The cemetary records show some Tollefson's, but not Nils or Kari: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/crawfo ... caluth.txt

Unfortunately, I live in Florida so I can't visit a library in the area at the moment, but I may call and see if I can get any more information.

Stay tuned!

Kari

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Legg inn av gj06100 » 06 nov 2014 18:51:29

Oh that very well could be your "Nels" in the church records...!!

Then..the site you gave for the cemetery listings...was that Mary's brother, Ole (b. 1869)..listed under Ruth Tollefson?...Ole was married to "Annie" in the 1900 census...in Crawford county...
I see an Anna in that cemetery record.
I did not look at any later census years for Ole T.

Glad you found some good leads...
Calling or emailing the library might be a good idea.

Patty

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Legg inn av 6146 » 06 nov 2014 20:10:10

Hello

Have looked at findagrave.com and there are some of these persons buried in the Utica cemetery in Crawford. All of the cemetery has not been photographed yet I see.

Ole N. Tollefson 1869 - 1946
Anna M. Tolllefson 1876 - 1964 (his wife, born Skrede, also Bottolfsen?)

Clarence N. Tollefson 1891 - 1916

Clara Tollefson Ducharme 1903 - 1928 (Birth record: Clara Alina Tollefson born 10th March 1903 Seneca)

Marvin Tollefson 1906 - 1978 (Birth record: Marvin Joseph Tollefson born 3rd January 1906 Seneca)

Ruth Tollefson 1911 - 1975 (probably the wife of Marvin)


Richard Nelius Tollefson, according to the birth records born 11th June 1900, is not buried in Utica cemetery.

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Legg inn av gj06100 » 06 nov 2014 20:38:25

Hi Kari
I am going to send you a PM (private meldinger)...
I don't know if you have done this before...if you have trouble just say so here...

You just have to click on the "Private meldinger" place at the top to read the message, when you see a number come up.
If we are talking about living persons or some other message it can be done by PM..

Patty

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Re: PM
the button Skriv svar means write answer.

Tove, you did a great job with the cemetery records!! Kjempefint!

Patty

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Legg inn av 6146 » 07 nov 2014 00:06:15

Ole Tollefson's marriage in 1897 to Anna Marie Bottolfson

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRFZ-JTX

Ole Tollefson family in 1930

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X93B-RVN

Ole Tollefson family in 1940

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7JC-6TS

Mary Tollefson in 1880

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN4C-B99

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Legg inn av gj06100 » 07 nov 2014 14:16:15

Hei Tove and Kari
Tove...WOW...this was a lot of information you found.
I don't have Ancestry, but use Heritage Quest with my library card to see the census records.
I think we can only do this in the USA...use our library cards to see these records.

Interesting that at Ole T's marriage he lists his mother as Kari Johannson...pretty close to "Johnson"...(which is what we guessed before).

Kari, if you have Ancestry, can you find any of the family in the WI State census of 1895 (this is not the Federal US census).
Not sure what that might show...Maybe Kari Tollefson is still alive?

Prairie Du Chien, where Mary Tollefson lives in 1880, is probably the largest town in the Crawford county area...
A place where someone about age 20 could find a job at that time period.
2 or 3 years later she is married to Andrew... perhaps they met "in town"...
(Kari, I don't know where you grew up...so perhaps you understand this)
Prairie Du Chien, is right next to the Mississippi River.

mvh
Patty

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Legg inn av 6146 » 07 nov 2014 16:53:43

Hello

And I am just wondering - how certain is the information that father of Nils Tollefson was Tollef Tollefson?

Tove DJ

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Legg inn av dn32498 » 07 nov 2014 19:21:00

Tove skrev:Hello

And I am just wondering - how certain is the information that father of Nils Tollefson was Tollef Tollefson?

Tove DJ


Hi Tove,

Thanks for all of the great finds. Especially the marriage of Ole, which confirmed his mother was Kari.

I feel pretty confident that Nil's father was Tollef. I got some additional information from a relative from Crawford County, and though she did not have any information on Kari, she confirmed that Nil's father was Tollef. That said, yesterday my Mom found some notes from a visit that she took to Crawford County. During that visit a family member told her that Tollef's wife was named Marit (not Kari), but that just isn't consistent with the other information we know from the census records. (Unless perhaps Marit was a second wife.) Those same notes seem to indicate that Nil's wife was named Gurie Johnson. There was a Nils and Gurie Tollefson living in Dallas, Barron County, Wisconsin around the same time (that Nils has a birthday very close to our Nils), but their children have different names. (On Ancestry, that couple has a lot of documentation, and they come up first in searches). So, I think there may be some inaccuracies in those notes from my mom...and, therefore, maybe Nil's father wasn't Tolleff?

My mom also found a picture of Kari's trunk which was taken in the 1970's. My great-grandmother, Blanche Paulson, even wrote something on the picture! Unfortunately, all she wrote was the word "Trunk". Alas, no more clues on Kari.

Kari

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Legg inn av gj06100 » 07 nov 2014 19:43:18

Hei igjen...
Kari...How about "Gurie"...was a misspelling of "Carie" (Kari)...? Esp since this person was "Gurie Johnson"...that could be Kari Johnson...perhaps????

Tove, I think your question was: Is the father of Nels called Tollef Tollefsen or Tollef Nilsen (who you found in the Gol Norwegian records as the father of Nels Tollefsen)....did I get that right?

The standard Norwegian naming practice can get confusing for Americans!!!

mvh Patty

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Re: Andrew Paulson & Mary Tollefson - Emigrants to Wisco

Legg inn av dn32498 » 07 nov 2014 20:02:20

Patty skrev:Hei igjen...
Kari...How about "Gurie"...was a misspelling of "Carie" (Kari)...? Esp since this person was "Gurie Johnson"...that could be Kari Johnson...perhaps????

Tove, I think your question was: Is the father of Nels called Tollef Tollefsen or Tollef Nilsen (who you found in the Gol Norwegian records as the father of Nels Tollefsen)....did I get that right?

The standard Norwegian naming practice can get confusing for Americans!!!

mvh Patty


Oh, thanks for clarifying, Patty...The notes say Tollef Nelson married to Marit. I think we can be sure about the given name, but maybe not the surname.

Kari

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Legg inn av dn32498 » 07 nov 2014 20:44:39

Patty skrev:Kari, if you have Ancestry, can you find any of the family in the WI State census of 1895 (this is not the Federal US census).
Not sure what that might show...Maybe Kari Tollefson is still alive?



Yes, I have looked at the 1895 and 1905. The 1895 state census for Wisconsin only listed the head of family and the number of males and females. I did find an 1895 census with the surname Tollefson, but it only lists 1 male.

For 1905, Ole and Anna show up with their kids, but I can't find Nils or Kari. And Nils is not showing up as living with Ole in 1905.

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Legg inn av 6146 » 07 nov 2014 20:49:58

Hello


I understand that it was the mother of Nils who was supposed to be named Marit?

The Nils T. from Gol did not have a mother named Marit. And I have not found proof that he emigrated.

There was a Nils Tollefson born in Vestre Slidre, Valdres who was born 14th April 1835.
He emigrated in 1855.

According to the 1900 census your Nils (Nels) Tollefson was born in April 1835 and came to America 1855.

And there is a Nils Tollefson who was born in Østre Slidre, Valdres 7th May 1834 (?) with parents Tollef Nilsen and Marit Pedersdatter.
Tollef Nilsen and Marit Pedersdatter emigrated in 1857 with 8 children.

(At the confirmation his birth date is 9th October 1833. So I cannot say what is correct)

Tove DJ

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Legg inn av dn32498 » 08 nov 2014 17:18:35

Tove skrev:I understand that it was the mother of Nils who was supposed to be named Marit?Tove DJ


Yes, the note references a Marit was the mother of Nils, married to Tollef.

Because of the emigration record from 1855 and the birthday in April, I am wondering if the Valdres Nils might be our guy. There were many from the Valdres area that settled in this region of Wisconsin.

Good lead. Thanks, Tove!

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Legg inn av 6146 » 08 nov 2014 19:20:11

Hello again

I see that I forgot to write something.

The problem is that the mother of the Nils who was born in April 1835 and emigrated in 1855 was not named Marit. Her name was Sigri Knudsdatter.

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4KZ-S2B

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Legg inn av gj06100 » 08 nov 2014 20:48:41

Hei igjen,
Kari, again the question is, how sure are you about the name Marit for the mother of Nils/Nels?

The information from the 1900 census for Nels Tollefson (in Crawford county), so closely matches what Tove found in the Norwegian recrods for the emigration (1855) and month and year of birth for the Nels from Valdres...even though the name of the mother (Sigri), does not match what you have from written info...

Kari, perhaps this is not a question you can answer....you can only write what you have been given on the family names...

Just a side note, the Kari from Norway in our family was also known as Carrie and Karen, once she arrived in America!!

mvh Patty

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Legg inn av dn32498 » 09 nov 2014 16:46:33

Hello,

I will try to do a bit more digging to see if I can gather any additional information from relatives, but I am not that confident that Nel's mother was Marit. (The "Marit" information was listed on the same notes where "Gurie" was his wife, and that just doesn't stand up with what we know from census records.)

Kari

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Legg inn av 6146 » 09 nov 2014 20:00:17

Hello

In a book about the history of the people from Nordfjord in America "Nordfjordingenes historie i America" there is a chapter about Crawford county, Wisconsin.

Anders Paulson from Taklo in Eid is mentioned. He settled in 1871 as a painter.
His wife Martha Tollevsdatter is from Valdres.

We know that she was born in Wisconsin and that her father was Nils Tollefson, so according to the traditional Norwegian naming practice she was a Nilsdatter.
But that Valdres is mentioned as her place of origin is interesting.

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Legg inn av gj06100 » 09 nov 2014 23:33:59

Hei Tove and Kari!
OH..I am a bit confused!!

So "Martha" Tollefsdatter (wife of Anders Paulson)in this history is supposed to be the same person as "Mary" in the 1900 census, and married to Andrew Paulson?
AND they are saying Martha was born in Valdres??? (not Wisconsin?)...

Tove, is the time period for this history given?...like when was it recorded?

If Mary was born in Wisconsin, they probably would not follow the Norwegian naming practice....perhaps?


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Legg inn av dn32498 » 10 nov 2014 02:43:35

Wow! Plot twist!

I asked my mom about Andrew being a painter, and that triggered her memory that she had heard the same thing from a cousin a couple of years ago. She said he specialized in painting in churches.

It's really interesting that we have to consider a new name for Mary / Martha. Good find, Tove!

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Legg inn av 6146 » 10 nov 2014 07:41:36

Hello

The book where I found mentioned among the pioneers in Crawford Anders (Andrew) Paulson was published in 1940.

What was interesting was that Valdres was mentioned.

I don't really think you have to worry too much about the name Mary / Martha.

In the book was also mentioned among the pioneers in Crawford the brothers Paul and John Paulson from Taklo in Eid. They were married to two sisters from Skrede. I have not checked how they are related to Anders (Andrew)
If I remember correct Ole Tollefson's wife was also a Skrede.

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Re: Andrew Paulson & Mary Tollefson - Emigrants to Wisco

Legg inn av dn32498 » 10 nov 2014 18:29:57

Hi,

I have reached out the Lower Wisconsin River Genealogical and Historical Research Center. http://www.lwr-genealogysite.org/Home_Page.html
It looks like they have marriage and death records for Crawford County on file, and perhaps they will be able to offer some clues.

Also, I am still waiting to receive the death certificate for the Kari Johnson who died in Crawford County in 1889.

Kari

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Re: Andrew Paulson & Mary Tollefson - Emigrants to Wisco

Legg inn av gj06100 » 10 nov 2014 20:35:08

Hei Kari and Tove.
This seems like something you might already know Kari (I did not find it in the above info here)
Mary and Andrew Paulson are buried at the Utica Lutheran Church cemetery (found that at findagrave)...
Mary's birth is recorded wrong...1959...died 1942.
Andrew died 1930.

Perhaps you could contact this church, to find out her exact date of death?..if they have those records...
Then perhaps order a death certificate...which hopefully would give her parents names??

I hope this link works http://www.mtsterlingutica.org
You can find their phone number and name of pastor listed.

Patty

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