Brief Life History of Ole
When Ole Christensen was born on 11 December 1832, in Leri, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, his father, Christen Johannesen, was 33 and his mother, Kari Johnsdotter Naes, was 27. He married Ollegaard Sivertsen in 1862, in Modena, Buffalo, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Luster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway in 1832. He died in 1890, in Bygland Township, Polk, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 58.
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- Birth record and vaccination record
- Ole Lerum in entry for Martin Lerum, "Minnesota, Death Records and Certificates, 1900-1955"
- Ole Lerum in entry for Martin Lerum, "Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001"
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1834 · Fox River Settlement
Fox River Settlement in Illinois begun in 1834. It was the first permanent Norwegian-American immigrant settlement in the Midwest.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1849
Historical Boundaries 1849: Minnesota Territory, United States 1858: Minnesota, United States
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Niels, Lars, Bent, Anders, Thor, Jorgen, Nils, Einer, Viggo, Folmer.
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Christen . In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the especially Danish and Norwegian variant Kristensen . Compare Christenson and Christianson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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