Selma married Torsten Enoch GILJE on 27 Nov 1921 in Rolette, ND., USA. Torsten was born on 11 Mar 1891 in Rolette, ND., USA; died on 20 Dec 1972 in Rolette, ND., USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Torsten Eldore GILJE

Notes:

Christ was the first son of Syver and Sonnova. He owned a General Merchandise Store in Maynard for 18 years. He was a farmer in North Dakota and owned a chicken ranch in Mount Vernon, Washington.

Occupation:
farmer og kjøpmann

Christopher married Betsey Maria Olesdatter HUSEBY on 1 Jun 1891 in Maynard, Chippewa, Co. MN. USA. Betsey was born on 31 Aug 1868 in Sørum, Norway; died on 13 May 1909 in Maynard, Chippewa, Co. MN. USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Betsy var født i Sørum i Norge, hun var datter av Ola og Anne Huseby Ola Huseby og Anne hadde 8 barn. Ola døde 4. august 1901, han var da 74 år, 9 mnd og 5 dager. Anne var 61 år, 4 mnd. og 2 dager gammel da hun døde. Barna deres var: Hans, Boleta , Lewis, Thea, Oluf, Christian, Annie og Betsy. (Thea ble bare en måned gammel)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Maynard, Chippewa, Co. MN. USA
• Emigration: 1853, USA

Notes:

I USA kalte han seg Syver eller Sever

Syver was born on Oct 26, 1842 to Christopher Larsen and Anna Syversdatter, in Vang Valdres, Norway. He came to America with his family in 1853. He was 12 years old when his parents died. Syver was taken in by an English family, where he learne d to speak English, and he eventually forgot Norwegian. He joined the Union Army on August 22, 1862; he was 20 years old. He was in Company D of the 10th Regiment of the Minnesota Volunteers. He fought at Gettysburgh with Gen. Sherman on his march to the sea. Syver enlisted under the name of Chrstophe rson. After the war Lars, Syver, and Ole reunited in Goodhue County and there Syver met and maried Sonneva Ellingboe in 1867. They had 3 sons. They moved to Wang township in Renville County. Syver wass killed by a runaway, while haying in July 1874, and he is buried in a Wang cemetary.

Fra "The Lutefisk connection" vol 3 Winter 1999. Synnova and Sever Soine These wonderful old prints were found by Leonard Hansen last summer in the Minnesota basement of Thelma Soine Ross (Tom Soine, Sever Soine) and are reported to be of Synnova Ellingboe and Sever Soine. They were in a triptych with their son, Tom , but l don't have a repint of Tom's photo to share with you.

Probably taken while the couple still lived in Goodhue Co as Renville Co. was still pretty much frontier when they moved there in 1874. It was the fashion in photographs of the time to retouch them with a charcoal pencil, as fine plates of the tim e were expensive. As usual Synnova was in the fashion swim with her hair done in a snood with a bow on top of her head.

The photo was taken some time between 1867 when they were married and 1874 when Sever took up the claim in Renville Co. Sever was killed in the summer of 1875 when he was 33 and, since he had time to grow a goatee (enlisted men were clean shaven ) which was becoming grizzled by the time the photo was taken, I surmise that this Photo was taken more towards 1874 than earlier.

Cousin, now you can see how absolutely astonishing Leonard Hansen is at discovering family "goodies"! Many thanks to Leonard for these photos! And thanks to Thelma Soine Ross for allowing,, Leonard loose in her basement.

Short Regimental History - 10th Minn. Volunteers This is an abstract of the complete history as it appears in "Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars.. Many thanks to Shirley Manning who sent me photocopies of the pages on Sever and Ole. - Jan, Edt.

The Union Army was recruiting in Minnesota in the summer of 1862 when Sever Christopherson enlisted as a private in the 10th Minn. Volunteers from Warsaw, Rice Co. The Regiment, under Col. James H. Baker, had orders to travel to New York and the n to the Gulf via steamer; but before recruitment was complete the Sioux Indians in western Minnesota began misbehaving and the Regiment was sent to bolster other troops fighting around New Um, Nicollet Co. The captured Indians were sent to Mankat o army post where they were court-martialed and executed -In February of 1863. The winter of 1862/1863, the Regiment spent doing guard duty on the frontier, building stockades, and training. In camp at Henderson until February when they were ordered to Mankato to participate in the execution of die Sioux Indians.

In the summer of 1863, the 10th Minn., and other regiments took the offensive against the Indians, beat them up, and chased them across the Missouri River. On both campaigns Sever marched through the area where he would later homestead, but whic h was an Indian land in 1863 and 1863.

On the 18th of September 1863, orders arrived at Ft. Snelling, which was the main army post in die Minn. District (old Ft. Snelling is located across the river from Minneapolis and south of St. Paul) for the 10th to report to St. Louis, Mo. An d they traveled by boat to Dunleith , by rail to St. Louis. There the Regiment did garrison and provost duty as there were several military prisons for prisoners of war, for "stragglers" (a euphemism for deserters who got caught), 5 forts and many supply warehouses. It was at St. Louis that Col. Phelps resigne d and Capt. C.L. Davis took command of Co. D.

On April 22, 1864, the 10th Minn. left for Columbus, Ky and on June 19, 1864 they were sent to Memphis, Tenn. On July 13, 1864 the Rebels attacked them at Tupelo Hill, under Gen. Bedford Forrest who was protecting Gen. Hood's withdrawal. Gen. Fo rrest withdrew in an orderly fashion and the 10th pressed after him. Through the fall, the unit had several skirmishes in pursuit and harassment of the Rebels.

On Dec. 15 and 16, 1864 the 10th and other units assaulted Gen. Hood's earthworks and the last battle of Nashville ensued. After taking casualties, the 10th succeeded in driving out an exhausted Confederate Army. The 10th had the task of pressin g on Hood's rear, which sent them up against their old foe, Gen. Bedford Forrest. The 10th pushed on to Mobile Bay participating in the battle at Spanish Fort.

The war was over and the 10th returned to Ft. Snelling via rive steamer and were formally mustered out of the Union Army on August 19, 1865.

That's what Sever's unit was doing from 1862 to 1865, but what Sever was doing is another matter. His war records show that he was present at all of the Indian Wars, and that he went south from Ft. Snelling to St. Louis. However, his records show that in May of 1864 he was in the Post Hospital in Columbus, Ky. because of sickness, not specified. Half the the casualties in the Civil War died of illnesses such as typhoid smallpox, dysentery, and just plain old pneumonia. Hs re cords say he was ill through the fall of 1864/1865, and that he was forwarded to Ft. Snelling the middle of Aug. 1864 and was ill until Oct. 20th when he resumed his duties at Ft. Snelling.

His papers say that Sever was 20 years old when he enlisted, that he was 5 ft, 9 inches, his eyes- gray, his hair and complexion -light. Sever Christopherson appears on the official roster of Company D.

Sigurd married Synnøve Trondsdtr ELLINGBØ on 6 Jul 1867 in Goodhue Co., MN, USA. Synnøve (daughter of Trond Ivarsen UVDAL and Kjersti Helgesdtr KJERSTEIN) was born on 29 Jul 1847 in Uvdal 2/2 Sygardé; died on 17 Feb 1926 in Wang Township, Renville County, Minnesota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 6 Sep 1846, Vang Kirke I Valdres
• Residence: Between 1850 and 1962, Bøkkadn 33/3 Av Ellingbø
• Emigration: 1862, USA

Notes:

She emigrated with her parents to Goodue County in 1862. She married Syver C. Soine when she was 21 years old. They had 3 children together an moved to Renville County. After Syver's death in 1874 she moved back to Goodhue County with her 3 sons. In 1877 she married Ole G. Loe and they had 3 children, Sever, Gilbert and Christine. They then moved back to the homestead in Renville county, where she lived until she died in 1929. ÐÏࡱ

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 2 Feb 1800, Vang i Valdres, Oppland Fylke, Norway

Notes:

For a time he was a postman. Born on Hensbakka and took over as a tenant farmer from his father until 1833, when he became a tenant farmer on Øvre Søyne. from 1833-1848. Left for America in 1853 with wife and five children on the "Olave Kyrre." In the church book emigrant list, his name was "Soyne," but he used the surname "Hen" or "Heen" after immigration. Included in his household in the emigration list was a servant, Marit Håvardsdatter Lajord. whom he married after his first wife's death.

Occupation:
husmann

Christopher married Anne Sigurdsdatter LAJORD on 1 Apr 1830 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland Fylke, Norway. Anne (daughter of Sjugurd Madsen Berget LAJORD and Anne Madsdtr MYRE) was born in 1805 in Lajord 51/3 Berget; died in 1853 in Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 5 May 1805

Notes:

Anne was born in 1805 and was baptized on May 5. 1805. She had an illegitimate son with Jon Pederson Quale in 1826. She died in her first year in America with her family.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Between 1850 and 1862, Bøkkadn 33/3 Av Ellingbø
• Emigration: 1862, USA

Notes:

Han solgte gården til Helge A Lunde og flyttet til Bøkko under Ellingbø i 1850 i 1862 tok han med de 8 gjenlevende barna og dro til USA, sammen med kona Kjersti og kom til USA 22. mai 1862. Om barna, se henne.

Occupation:
grb Uvdal og Bøkko

Trond married Kjersti Helgesdtr KJERSTEIN in 1834. Kjersti (daughter of Helge Andrisson KJERSTEIN and Kjersti Thomasdtr TORPE) was born on 6 Jun 1812 in Kjerstein 12/1; died in USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Between 1850 and 1862, Bøkkadn 33/3 Av Ellingbø
• Emigration: 1862, USA

Notes:

Trond og Kjerstis barn er: Velgerd (1834-), Kjersti (1841- ) Ivar (1843- ) Synneva (1847-) Helge (1849-) Andris (1852-) Berit (1855- ) og Trond (1858- )