When Ole Gunderson was born on 11 January 1829, in Hjelmeland, Rogaland, Norway, his father, Gunnar Eliasson Barkeland, was 31 and his mother, Malena Olsdtr Grønnevik, was 24. He married Bertha C. Rolphsdtr in 1854, in Rogaland, Norway. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Ettrick, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States in 1880 and Fulton Township, Webster, Iowa, United States in 1885. He died on 20 April 1913, in Webster, Iowa, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Roelyn, Webster, Iowa, United States.
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"Birth year of Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. Norwegian writer who received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature. He wrote the lyrics to the Norwegian national anthem ""Ja, vi elsker."""
Iowa is the 29th state.
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Yell, Iowa, United States* 1853: Webster, Iowa, United States *Eliminated in 1853 to become part of Webster County
Americanized form of Norwegian and Danish Gundersen or its cognate Gunnersen (see Gunnerson ), and also of Swedish and Icelandic Gunnarsson (see Gunnarson ). This form of the surname is also found in Sweden (also Gundersson), but it is very rare there.
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