Marie Jonason Halvorsen

Brief Life History of Marie Jonason

When Marie Jonason Halvorsen was born on 13 October 1816, in Skjeberg Kirke, Skjeberg, Østfold, Norway, her father, Jonas Halvorsen, was 35 and her mother, Pernilla Paulsdatter, was 34. She married Ole Amundsen on 29 April 1845, in Aker, Akershus, Norway. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Aker, Akershus, Norway in 1845 and West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 15 June 1881, in Midvale, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in South Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ole Amundsen
1820–1911
Marie Jonason Halvorsen
1816–1881
Marriage: 29 April 1845
Anders Olsen
1834–1834
Anders Olsen
1836–1901
Ingeborg Amundsen
1846–
Andrew Amundsen
1849–1927
Marthine Matilda Amundsen
1851–1916
Petrina Amelia Amundsen
1853–1879
Ingeborg Marie Amundsen
1855–
Camilla Amundsen
1857–1863
Jonas Amundsen
1859–1863
Martin Amundsen
1861–1948
Martia Amundsen
1861–
Oluf Martineaus Holter
1863–
Christian Amundsen
1874–

Sources (54)

  • Marie Amundsen in household of Ole Amundsen, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Marie Jonasdatter, "Norway, Marriages, 1660-1926"
  • Marie Jonasen Amundsen, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1825 · Sloopers

First organized group of emigrants to leave Norway. First emigration to America began with the Sloopers who left in an undersized sloop “Restauration” sailed from Stavanger, Norway on July 4th, 1825.

1834 · Fox River Settlement

Fox River Settlement in Illinois begun in 1834. It was the first permanent Norwegian-American immigrant settlement in the Midwest.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Age, Lars, Alf, Bjorn, Egil, Iver, Knut, Maren, Per, Vidar.

Norwegian and Danish: patronymic from the personal name Halvor, Old Norse Hallvarthr, composed of the elements hallr ‘(flat) stone’ + varthr ‘guardian, defender’. Compare Halvorson and Holverson .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Schafteløkken

The residence of Ole Amundsen and Marie Jonasdatter at the time they got married. On the Wevsite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schaftel%C3%B8kken, it gives some information about the place, but the N …

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