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Tosten Kjemhus

Jun 28, 1883 – Jan 17, 1943 · aged 59

Timeline

  • Jun 28, 1883Born NumedahlNumedahl A Norwegian farming community in Cavalier County, North Dakota, named by its settlers after Numedal, the valley in Norway. Tollef Kjemhus farmed there, and his grandson Pete spent boyhood summers on his farm. Numedal and Numedahl →, Norway
  • Jul 22, 1883Christened Kjemhus, Veggli, Rollag, Buskerud, Norway
  • Jul 22, 1883Baptized Rollag, Buskerud, Norge
  • 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
  • 1898Arrived
  • 1900Lived Fremont & Hope Townships, Cavalier, North Dakota, United States
  • 1910Lived Freemont, Cavalier, North Dakota, United States
  • 1920Lived Cavalier, North Dakota, United States
  • 1930Lived Chicago (Districts 1251-1500), Cook, Illinois, United States
  • 1935Lived Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
  • 1940Lived Ward 38, Chicago, Chicago City, Cook, Illinois, United States
  • Jan 17, 1943Died Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
  • 1943Lived Chicago, Cook, Illinois
  • Jan 19, 1943Buried Chicago, Cook, Illinois
  • —Lived 2650 N Normandy Ave, Chicago, Cook, Illinois

Family

Parents
Halvor Steinarsen Kjemhus 1835–1888
Kjersti Tollevsdatter b. 1844
Siblings
Steinar Halvorson Kjemhus 1869–1907
Tollef Halvorsen Kjemhus 1871–1963
Kari Halvorsdtr Kjemhus 1878–1964
Peder Halvorson Kjemhus 1887–1936
Farms
Kjemhus born here

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Sources

  1. Emigration · May 27, 1887Rollag ministerialbok I11 — Halvor Stenersen Kjemhus household, departures1887, p225
  2. Emigration · May 27, 1887Oslo police emigrant protocol14 (1887–1888) — Halvor Stenersen household, p79
  3. Emigration · May 27, 1887Christiania emigrant protocol 14 — Kjemhus family, Rollo departure, 27 May 1887. National Archives of Norway ↗
  4. Arrival · Jun 14, 1887Canada passenger lists — Toronto, Liverpool to Quebec, 14 June 1887, Kjemhus family. Ancestry ↗ (account needed)

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