Anne
Kristine Hansdatter (1874 - 1943) Anne
Kristine Hansdatter ble født den 18
Mai 1874(Nr. 66) på gården Hustvet, Solum, Telemark. Hun døde
den 24 Apr. 1943, Bickleigh, Saskatchewan, Canada. Hun var datter av Hans
Rasmussen og Inger
Andrea Jensdatter. Anne Kirstine giftet seg første gang med
snekker Christian Knudsen Berg f. ca. 1859, Gjerpen,
Telemark, d. 6
Nov. 1895(Nr. 61) på Prestegårdsjordet, Skien, Telemark. De hadde datteren:
1. Christiana Berg (Thomsen), f. 29
Juni 1895(Nr. 132) i Skien, Telemark, og døde den 30 Mai 1973. Hun
giftet seg med Carl Gustav FINSTROM, den 29 Mar. 1930 i Chicago, IL. Han var født
den 29 Jan. 1888 i Finnerödja,
Sverige, og døde den 16 Apr. 1968.
Anne Kristine had a son
born out of wedlock together with carpenter Svenung Rønningen:
1. Henry
Svenungsen, b. 14
Dec. 1899(# 23) in Prestejordet, Skien, Telemark County, Norway, d. 6
June 1901(# 43) in Skien, Telemark County, Norway.
Anne Kristine
married(2) Lorentz Sars
Holtermann Thomsen, 20 Dec. 1904 in Idun Township, Minnesota. They had 4 children: 1.
Ingeborg Marie Thomsen, b. 6 Apr. 1906 in Idun Township, MN, and died 23 June
1992. She married George William WELSH, 16 Apr. 1938 in Chicago IL. He was born
15 July 1907 in Durham England, and died 27 Jan. 1982. 2. Einar Thomsen,
b. 27 Oct. 1909 in Idun Township, MN, and died 1986 in Letbridge, Alberta.
3. Helga Andrea
Thomsen, b. 20 Apr. 1912 in Idun Township, MN, d. 1992. 4. Ruth
Gudrun Thomsen, b. 20 May 1914 in Idun Township, MN. d. 24 Nov. 1988 in Chicago,
IL.
In the 1900
census Anne Kirstine was living on Hustvet farm together with her brother, daughter,
and her son Henry Svenungsen.
Anne Kristine and her daughter Christiane
emigrated from Oslo, Norway on 9 June 1904 on the ship S/S
Hekla (2), Scandinavian America Line. They arrived in New York on 26 June
1904. Ellis
Island record for Anne Berg. She was going to Thomsen in Opstead, MN, so she
must known about the Thomsen's before she left Norway, how ?. Ellis
Island record for Christiane Berg.
Cornelius Mandius, Lorentz Sars and Tolleif George.
Lorentz homesteaded on the northwest side
of Bear Lake in 1893. He became dissatisfied with the farm he developed there
and moved to Saskatchewan in 1918 to become a wheat farmer. He died of a heart
attack while helping to prepare for the harvest in 1926. Lorentz,
Anne and their children Helga and Ruth in Aug. 1926: Lorentz
children:
Einar, Helga, Ruth and Ingeborg
At
the time Taulerius Conrad Thomsen and his sons settled in to northern Minnesota
(1901), the US Government was granting land to anyone for asking. They each received
160 acres of land, adjacent to each other. Here you can see Lorentz's land
patents. 1)
1) Thanks
to Rick Gerhardson, Bloomington, Minnesota for information. Thanks to Jens
Noraberg for the picture of Lorentz' and his children.
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