Otto married Bertha (Berit) SOINE. Bertha (daughter of Ola Kristofferson SØYNE and Gjertrud Torgeirsdtr ELTUN) was born on 1 Oct 1871 in Minnesota, USA; died in McIntosh, MN. USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Opplysningene om henne er hentet fra Shirley Manning's database.

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

He was 10 year when his parents died.

Candice Soine skriver: "Ole hired out to a very rough and unkind woodcutter. If he could not meet the quota for the day, he was not permitted to have supper. When he was 13 years old he cut his finger with an axe while he was chopping wood. It was cut so badly that only a small portion of flesh kept it from falling off. He put the two ends together as best he could, and bandaged the finger with strips of cloth. He did all of the aftercare himself and eventually, the cut healed and his finger remained stiff and crooked, but somewhat useful. Ole went from Michigan to Dana County in Wisconsin and was there from 1857-1869. Then he went to Iowa until 1862 and finally to Goodhue County in Minnesota in 1862. Ole enlisted in the Union Army at the age of 19 on December 12, 1863 and was mustered out on December 2, 1865. On January 15, 1869 Ole married Gertrude (Gjertrud) Elton and they had eight children. Gertrude died 21 September 1885 and Ole remarried in 1886. His second wife was Sigrid Loe Haugen who was a widow with three children. Ole and Sigrid had two children. Ole died on 13 March 1924. He was a naturalized citizen and he owned a farm, but could not speak English in 1900."


Fra "The Lutefisk connection" Vol 3 Winter 1999: A word about Ole Christopherson's service record - We have an interview of Ole Soine by his stepgrandson, Tyler Soine, that places Ole's unit at Gettysburg, but that is not so. Ole's unit, the 2nd Minn. Cavalry, was fighting Sioux Indians unti l 1866 and was nowhere near Gettysburg. The history of the 2nd Cavalry is great stuff and reads like a script for a John Ford Flick!

På første bilde: This photo of Ole Soine and some of his children was taken in a studio in Sacred Heart, Minn. Front row, seated: Ole Soine, Torger, Christ and Bertha. Back row, standing: Olaus, mary, Dena (Gertina), and Sever. Photo was taken after the death of his first whife. Missing from the photo is his daughter, Annie and his second wife Sigrid Loe Haugen and any of their children.

Ola married Gjertrud Torgeirsdtr ELTUN on 15 Jan 1869 in Goodhue Co., MN, USA. Gjertrud was born on 14 Jan 1849 in Eltun 13/1 Uppigare; died on 21 Sep 1885 in Vestre Sogn Cementary, Renville, MN. USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Goodhue Co., MN, USA

Notes:

Hun må være født i Norge. Gjertrud og Ole hadde 8 barn: Anne, Torger (1876-), Sever (Syver) (1883-), Molla, Bertha, Christopher (1874-), Olaus (1885-), Gertina (1880-)
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Occupation:
sjekk Eltun Shirley Manning

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.