We have this Ole Severson’s death card. He passed away on Nov 22, 1904. There were, at least, three Ole Syverson/Severson gentlemen in Clay county around 1900. So it was really important to get the obits to make sure we had the right guy. The other two were in or near a little town called Ulen, and this one was in the Riverton township very near to the little town of Glyndon. The Red River News - operated up until 1929. Nov 25, 1904 A Pioneer Passed Away Ole Diversion of Riverton, aged 73 and one of the early settlers in Riverton township, died Nov 23, at his home of a combination of ailments, and is buried today. He leaves a widow and four daughter. His life has been one of exceptional quiet and unobtrusiveness, and he has always been held in high esteem by his neighbors. He leaves a good name and a farm to his family. And that’s all they wrote. No mention of his parents in the obit or the early MN death card. The card gives his death date as the 22nd, whereas the obit says the 23rd. The card says he is 76, whereas the obit says 73. I looked at some microfilm (SAM #M294) today at the MN History Center. These three rolls of film are for Clay and Becker county ELC parish records. It had Buffalo River and several other locations, but did not seem to cover the church in Glyndon and it did not mention the Riverton township. We were hoping the church record books might name Ole’s parents, as well as maybe find a mention of what happened to his daughter, Bertina Olina “Lena” b. 15 April 1866 in southern Minnesota. Kathy > On May 2, 2015, at 4:27 PM, Gregory Holter via <norway@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > The Lutheran church in Glyndon has a website with a nice little history of the church. It sounds like it would be a good candidate for the family to attend. > > From: Bev Anderson via <norway@rootsweb.com> > To: lsharp <lsharp@alaska.net>; "norway@rootsweb.com" <norway@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, May 2, 2015 12:40 PM > Subject: Re: [NOR] Syverson, Riverton Tp., Clay Count Lutheran churches? > > https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-12143-43077-71 > 1885 Minnesota State Census (you can download the image on this page), and this uses one of the many alternate spellings: Siverson. The post office listed is Glyndon, so they likely lived reasonably close to that town. Ole, Anna, and four daughters are listed: Sarah, Anna, Lina, Mary. > > > 1895 Minnesota State Census > https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11566-53032-98 > Ole, Annie, Anna, Sarah..., and a sad note written large that Sarah is insane and in the hospital in Fergus Falls (Otter Tail County, Minnesota) > > 1900 US Census, Riverton Township, Clay County, Minnesota > https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11120-91788-73 > Ole, Anna, Sarah, and Amelia Reid, a ten-year-old granddaughter. It lists birth month and year for each, and Ole's year of immigration as 1851 and Anna's year of immigration as 1852. > > 1905 Minnesota State Census, Riverton Township, Clay County, Minnesota > https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-159387-70124-92Annie and Severina are the only two people listed on the farm. > > > MHS Death Certificate Index > > SEVERSON, OLE > Date of Birth: <1828> > Place of Birth: NORWAY > Mother Maiden Name: na > certid# 1904-32-1930 > Date of Death: 22 Nov 1904 > County of Death: CLAY > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: lsharp via <norway@rootsweb.com> > To: Norway@rootsweb.com > Cc: > Sent: Saturday, May 2, 2015 1:30 PM > Subject: [NOR] Syverson, Riverton Tp., Clay Count Lutheran churches? > > If any one has tips how to find the Lutheran church that Ole and Anna Syverson and > four daughters could have attended close to their farm in Riverton Township, Clay > County, MN we would appreciate names of churches. They were both Norwegian > immigrants (he b. 1830 and she b. 1838). > > Ole and Anna probably moved to the area around 1879 with four daughters. > > Also searching to try to find their daughter, Bertina Oline Syverson, b. 4.16.1866 > in Dodge/Olmsted County, MN. Who she married, where she lived after marrying, > where she died, offspring - any tips about her. > > We do have facts on the other three, as well as Ole and Anna's obits citing their > death in Clay County (Ole 1904 and Anna 1927). > > Thank you to any tips! > > Linda Sharp > > > Norwaylist Archiveshttp://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=norway > > RESUBSCRIBE UNSUB > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/NOR/NORWAY.html > > guidelines http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~norway/guidelines.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message