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Esther Elaine
(Anderson) Gerhardson (1859 - 1947)
Esther Elaine Anderson (or Ester Eline
Andersdatter as her name was in Norway) was born June
13, 1859.(# 68) on Haugsbų farm, Valestrand, Sveio, Hordaland County,
Norway. She died on Nov. 15, 1947 in Clay County, Minnesota, USA. She
was daughter of Anders
Johannessen Rød and Martha
Rasmusdatter Eide. Esther Elaine married Hans
Gerhardson on Dec. 05, 1890 in Belgrade, Minnesota. They had 7 children:
1. Anna Marie Gerhardson,
b. Aug. 30, 1891, d. Jun. 20, 1914 in Maddock, North Dakota.
2. Alma Caroline
(Gerhardson) Hanson, b. Mar. 29, 1893 in Belgrade, Minnesota, d. Dec. 30,
1979 in Moorhead, Minnesota. She married Simon B. Hanson, Jun. 9, 1920 in Crow
River Lutheran Church in Belgrade, Minnesota. He was born in 1891. He died in
Jan. 1988 in Moorhead, Minnesota.
3.
Gerhard A. Gerhardson,
b. Feb. 20, 1895, d. Jan. 31, 1983 in Belgrade, Minnesota. He married Ada L. Thorson,
Sep. 12, 1923 in Crow River Lutheran Church in Belgrade, Minnesota.
4. Martha Sophia (Gerhardson) Johnson,
b. Jan. 6, 1897, d. Jun. 1983 in Mora, Minnesota. She married Hans Olai
Johnson, June 14, 1925 in Crow River Church. He was born Apr. 8, 1896,
d. Oct., 1976 in McGrath, Minnesota. Find
A Grave.
5.
Einar Gerhardson, b. Aug.
5, 1899 in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, d. Oct. 17, 1983 in Belgrade, Minnesota.
He married Pearl Tangen, Nov. 17, 1935 in Crow River Church. She died Feb. 5,
1995 in Belgrade, Minnesota.
6. Henry
Gerhardson, b. May 1, 1901 in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, d.
Oct. 18, 1978 in McGrath, Aitkin County, Minnesota. He married Pearl
Otelia Petersen, Sep. 25 1932, in Brooten, Minnesota. She was born
Apr. 30, 1909 in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, d. Aug. 10, 1996 in
Cambridge, Minnesota.
7. Laura
(Gerhardson) Mikkelson, b. Dec. 8, 1904 in Belgrade, Minnesota, d. Jul. 8,
1992. She married Lauritz B. Mikkelson, Jun. 9, 1935. He was born in 1902, d.
1982.
In
the 1865
census Ester Eline was living on Haugsbø farm, Valestrand, Sveio,
Hordaland County, Norway together with her parents and her siblings.
In the 1875
census Ester Eline was living on Haugsbø farm, Valestrand, Sveio,
Hordaland County, Norway together with her parents and her siblings.
In the
1900
census "Ester Gerhardsen" was living in Colfax Township, Kandiyohi,
Minnesota, together with her husband and their children.
In the 1910
census "Esther Gerhardson" was
living in Colfax Township, Kandiyohi, Minnesota, together with her husband
and their children.
In the 1920
census
"Ester Gerhardson" was living
in Colfax Township, Kandiyohi, Minnesota, together with her husband
and their children.
In the 1930
census "Ester
Gerhardson" was living in Colfax Township, Kandiyohi, Minnesota,
together with her husband and their children.
Her gravestone in Find
A Grave. 1)
1) Simon Steinsbų: page 11.
Simon Steinsbų: Fitjar Bygdebok, page 107.
Thanks to Rick Gerhardson in Bloomington, Minnesota, USA, for this information.
Ricks grandfather is Henry Gerhardson
in the picture above.
SAB, Stord Sokneprestembete, H/Haa: Parish register (official) no. A
7, 1841-1861, p. 127.
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