Brief Life History of Sophie Elizabeth
When Sophie Elizabeth Bustad was born on 4 October 1886, in Lyngdal, Vest-Agder, Norway, her father, Peter Sakariassen Bustad, was 28 and her mother, Ingeborg Teodora Josefine Olesdatter, was 28. She married William Willumsen Fedde on 30 December 1907, in Nepesta, Pueblo, Colorado, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Pueblo, Colorado, United States in 1920 and Denver, Colorado, United States for about 43 years. She died on 20 February 1976, in Edgewater, Jefferson, Colorado, United States, at the age of 89.
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Sources (14)
- Sofie Bustad in household of Peter Bustad, "Norway Census, 1900"
- Sofia Bustad, "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006"
- Juanita E Gaidys, "Washington Death Index, 1965-2014"
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Historical Boundaries: 1890: Jefferson, Colorado, United States
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Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Alf, Bjorn.
Norwegian: habitational name from any of over thirty farmsteads in eastern Norway named Rustad, from Old Norse Ruthstathr, a compound of ruth ‘clearing’ + stathr ‘place’, ‘dwelling place’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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