Kari Persdtr HERMUNDSTAD

1858 - 1938  (80 years)

• Name	Kari Persdtr HERMUNDSTAD
  Birth	27 Jul 1858	Hermundstad 5/3 Nordigarden   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Emigration	USA
  Death	16 Dec 1938	Renville County, Minnesota, USA   [2]
  Notes	Hun giftet seg andre gang med Ingvald Skogstad. Ingebjørg Valstad har bilde av henne som er tatt i Amerika. Der står også fødselsdatoen henns. Datteren til stemoren hennes, Gjartrud, giftet seg med broren til Andris. På Internett står fødselsdagen 2.08. Source: Erma Hove Lone, editor of "The Life and Times and Family of Joseph C. and Emma Skogstad Peterson," a family printing, 1997, provided the following. Kari Pedersdatter Hermundstad was born August 2, 1858 to Peder Pedersen Hermundstad (bor n at Purkestad farm, Hemsedal, Gol in Hallingdal, 1828 - 1900) and Anne Helgesdatter (born at Fauskeeiga, Hemsedal, Gol in Hallingdal, 1822 - 1884) at Nordre Hermundstad, Vang, Valdres, Norway. She was baptized October 24, 1858. She was the secon d youngest of 6 children: - Helge (1850 - 1885), took over the farm from his parents for 1200 kroner, married Gjartrud Nilsdatter Lunde (1850 - 1928), 4 children - Peder (1852- ?), farmed at Uppigarden Uvdal 1900-1903, moved to Rolandgarde 1 Oystre Slidre - Syver (1854- 19 35), bought the farm from his brother Helge's widow for 2000 kroner in 1889, married the widow, Gjartrud, in 1890, 2 children (their descendents still live on the farm), - Torsten (1856 - 1906), unmarried, went to Vossevangen school in 1875-76, became a travelling peddler and fur trader - Kari (1858 - 1938), married Anders Asbjornsson Traeet from Berge, 2 children, widowed, emigrated to America, married Ingvald Skogstad in America - Synneva (1861 - 1861, one day old) Kari's parents were both born in Hemsedal, Gol, Hallingdal. They married in 1848 and bought the farm at N. Hermundstad in 1854 for 300 spd. from Ola Knutsson Hermundstad who emigrated to America. The records show that Peder Pederson Purkestad fro m Hemsedal borrowed 350 spd. from 4 different sources and had a mortgage on their wooded lot Nasaliteigen on the west side of the river. Their two oldest children were born at Hemsedal and the rest were born at Hermundstad. Kari was married in 188 2 at Oye, Vang, Valdres, Norway to Anders Asbjornsen Traeet from Berge. They had two children, Anders, born July 26, 1882, and Anne, born February 6, 1884. Her husband and son died in 1885. Kari married Ingvar Skogstad after emigrating to Minnesot a in 1886. She lived to be 80 years old and died 12-16-1938 after a short illness. She is laid to rest at the Norwegian Cemetery 8 1/2miles from Dunblane. The Skogstads had two sons and five daughters: - Emma, born October 13, 1887, married Joseph Peterson, 13 children, died January 13, 1970 - Dena, born October 5, 1889, married Anderson, 4 children, married Meyers, died April 27, 1971 - Bert, born September 13, 1891, married Ruth Holmlund 7 children, died September 16, 1977 - Ida, born September 25, 1893, married Robert Holmlund, married Chris Larson, 5 children, died December 24, 1966 - Peter, born August 4, 1895, unmarried, died April 1, 1975 - Hilda, born July 22, 1897, married McManus, 2 children, died July 27, 1977 - Ella, born October 1, 1900, married Henry Holmlund, 2 children, married Malcolm Source: John Garner (gjgarner@telusplanet.net), a Holmlund descendant, sent, 6/11/2000, additional information regarding the descendants of Kari Hermunstad, including this note about Bert Skogstad. "Farmed NE Qtr 5-27-7-W3 in SK. Lived there unti l 1937 when they mo9ved to Erickson, MB, Canada."
  Person ID	I8764	Valdres Slekt
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2007

  
  

  Father	Per Pedersen PURKESTAD,   b. 1827, Hemsedal I Buskerud d. 1900, Hermundstad 5/3 Nordigarden (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Anne Helgesdtr FAUSKEMO,   b. 1821, Hemsedal I Buskerud d. 1884 (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	1848	Gol I Hallingdal
  Family ID	F1649	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ingvald (Evald) SKOGSTAD,   b. 4 Jul 1866, Skogstad 3/5 Kvålslett d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	+ 1. Emma SKOGSTAD,   b. 13 Oct 1887, Renville County, Minnesota, USA d. 13 Jan 1970, Dewey Twshp, Walsh Co., ND, USA (Age 82 years) + 2. Dena SKOGSTAD,   b. 5 Oct 1889, Renville City, Renville Co MN USA d. 27 Apr 1971, USA (Age 81 years) + 3. Ingebrigt SKOGSTAD,   b. 13 Sep 1891, Renville County, Minnesota, USA d. 16 Sep 1977, USA (Age 86 years) + 4. Ida Sophia SKOGSTAD,   b. 25 Sep 1893, Renville County, Minnesota, USA d. 24 Dec 1966, USA (Age 73 years)   5. Peter SKOGSTAD,   b. 4 Aug 1895, Renville County, Minnesota, USA d. 1 Apr 1975 (Age 79 years) + 6. Hilda SKOGSTAD,   b. 22 Jul 1897, Renville County, Minnesota, USA d. 27 Jul 1977, USA (Age 80 years) + 7. Ella Kornelia SKOGSTAD,   b. 1 Oct 1900, Renville County, Minnesota, USA d. 4 Jun 1992, USA (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F11246	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2007

  
  

  Family 2	Andris Asbjørnsen BERGE,   b. 1855, Skogatræet Under Berge 22/3 d. 1885, USA (Age 30 years)
  Marriage	1882	Vang i Valdres, Oppland Fylke, Norway
  Children	+ 1. Anders Andersen BERGE,   b. 26 Jul 1882, Vang i Valdres, Oppland Fylke, Norway d. 1885 (Age 2 years)
  Family ID	F3755	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2007

  
  

• Sources

  [S202] Ingebjørg Valstad. [S217] Helge Syversen og Kari Hermundstad, Per Purkestads etterkommere, hefte mai 2002 (Reliability: 3).