Hermund Gunderson

3 April 1825–1900 (Age 74)
Ål, Buskerud, Norway

The Life Summary of Hermund

When Hermund Gunderson was born on 3 April 1825, in Ål, Buskerud, Norway, his father, Gunder Hermundsen, was 38 and his mother, Tarrand Larsen Noss, was 36. He married Anne Olson on 25 June 1855, in Ål, Buskerud, Norway. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Polk, Minnesota, United States in 1880 and Strand Township, Norman, Minnesota, United States in 1885. He died in 1900, in Bear Park Township, Norman, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 75.

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Family Time Line

Hermund Gunderson
1825–1900
Anne Olson
1833–
Marriage: 25 June 1855
Gunder Gunderson
1856–1924
Ole H Gunderson
1858–1934
Thilde Hermanson Gunderson
1861–1930
Tarand Gunderson
1861–
Lars H. Gunderson
1864–1960
Herman H Gunderson
1866–1947
Erick H Gunderson
1868–1951
Albert Gunderson
1873–1875
Edward Gunderson
1873–
Anne Gunderson
1874–
Sophia Gunderson
1878–1957

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    25 June 1855Ål, Buskerud, Norway
    • Children

    (11)

    +6 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1828 · Henrik Ibsen
    Age 3
    Birth year of Henrik Ibsen. Norwegian playwright and theatre director and one of the most influential playwrights of his time. His most-known works were Peer Gynt and A Doll's House.
    1829 · Colonel Hans Christian Heg
    Age 4
    Birth year of Colonel Heg Hans Christian Heg emigrated in 1840 with his parents to Muskego, Wisconsin. Norwegian American Civil War hero, abolitionist, journalist, anti-slavery activist, politician and soldier. He was best known for leading the Scandinavian 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Regiment on the Union side in the American Civil War. 
    1845 · Nonconformist Act
    Age 20
    The Nonconformist Act recognized Christian dissenter churches. It became legal to organize churches of other denominations.

    Name Meaning

    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.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Gundersen
    Gunnarson

    Sources (25)

    • Herman Gunderson, "Minnesota State Census, 1885"
    • Hermen Gunderson in entry for Thilda Nereson, "Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001"
    • H Gunderson, "United States Census, 1880"

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