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Kjersti Tollevsdatter

Born Feb 18, 1844 · farm: Ruud

Timeline

  • Feb 18, 1844Born Ruud, Rollag, Buskerud, Norway
  • Apr 7, 1844Christened Rollag, Buskerud, Norway
  • 1865Lived Rollag, Buskerud, Norge
  • Dec 19, 1868Married Halvor Steinarsen Kjemhus, Rollag, Buskerud, Norway source
  • 1875Lived Kjemhus, Veggli, Rollag, Buskerud, Norway source
  • May 27, 1887Emigrated ChristianiaChristiania Norway's capital, spelled Kristiania from the late 1800s and renamed Oslo in 1925. Emigrants from eastern Norway sailed from its harbor, and the city's police kept a register of them as they left. All the words (Oslo), Norway, Aboard the Rollo from Christiania. source
  • Jun 14, 1887Arrived Quebec, Quebec, Canada, Arrived aboard Toronto (Dominion Line) with the Kjemhus family, from Liverpool 3 June via Belfast 4 June; ticket destination Montevideo, Minnesota. source
  • 1900Lived Fremont & Hope Townships, Cavalier, North Dakota, United States
  • 1910Lived Freemont, Cavalier, North Dakota, United States
  • 1920Lived Cavalier, North Dakota, United States
  • —Died Sandnes Township, Yellow Medicine, Minnesota, United States
  • —Lived Klamere
  • —Lived Kjemhus, Veggli, Rollag, Buskerud, Norway
  • —Lived Kjernholm

Family

Parents
Tollef Tollefsen Hvammen 1797–1871
Ragnil Tostensdtr. 1805–1894
Spouse
Halvor Steinarsen Kjemhus
Children
Steinar Halvorson Kjemhus 1869–1907
Tollef Halvorsen Kjemhus 1871–1963
Kari Halvorsdtr Kjemhus 1878–1964
Tosten Kjemhus 1883–1943
Peder Halvorson Kjemhus 1887–1936
Siblings
Anne Tollefsdatter 1828–1898
Christin Tollefsdtr. 1829–1903
Joran Tollefsdatter 1831–1915
Lars Tollefsen 1842–1913
Sigrid Tollefsdatter 1846–1933
Helga Tollefsdtr. 1830–1907
Halvor Tollefsen b. 1835
Farms
Kjemhus lived here

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Photographs (1)

An elderly white-haired woman and a younger dark-haired woman seated in an open Model T Ford touring car on grass, a gabled outbuilding behind them
Kjersti Kjemhus, Tollef’s mother, with Bergit in a Model T Ford. Kjersti died in 1928. Restored · see original
CreditCarl Amoth’s scan.
In it: Kjersti Tollefsdatter Kjemhus, Bergit Kjemhus · before 1928

Sources

  1. Marriage · Dec 19, 1868Rollag ministerialbok I9 — Halvor Stenersen and Kjersti Tollefsdatter marriage (19 Dec1868), p124
  2. Census · 18751875 census — Norway
  3. Emigration · May 27, 1887Rollag ministerialbok I11 — Halvor Stenersen Kjemhus household, departures1887, p225
  4. Emigration · May 27, 1887Oslo police emigrant protocol14 (1887–1888) — Halvor Stenersen household, p79
  5. Emigration · May 27, 1887Christiania emigrant protocol 14 — Kjemhus family, Rollo departure, 27 May 1887. National Archives of Norway ↗
  6. Arrival · Jun 14, 1887Canada passenger lists — Toronto, Liverpool to Quebec, 14 June 1887, Kjemhus family. Ancestry ↗ (account needed)
  7. Rollag parish clergy. National Archives of Norway ↗
  8. United States land tract book — Dakota Territory volume 86, Kjemhus entries, T164N R58W. FamilySearch ↗
  9. U.S. census schedules — Kjemhus households, Fremont Township, Cavalier County, 1900–1930. Ancestry ↗ (account needed)

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