1909 - 1991 (81 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Olaf Edman Dahl was born on 9 Aug 1909 in Cottonwood, Lyon, Minnesota, United States; was christened in 1909 (son of Lars Christian Pedersen Dahl and Tori Eliasdatter Oksendal); died on 18 Feb 1991 in Willmar, Kandiyohi, Minnesota, United States; was buried on 22 Feb 1991 in Belgrade, Stearn, Minnesota, United States. Notes:
!SO: D-005, FGR-518, D-OB-001, FGR-517 (and attached obituary).
NOTES: D-005 incorrectly lists birth year as 1907 and D-OB-001 incorrectly
lists marriage date as 1943.
EDUCATION: Concordia College, Moorhead, MN, 1931.
Univ. of Minnesota, 1940, Masters in Administration.
OCCUPATION: Superintendent of Schools in Nemanha, IA; Hitterdal and Hawley, MN;
Belgrade, MN.
NOTES: Olaf was active in his church, the Republican National Committee, and
helped write the Belgrade History Book.
While at Concordia College, he was an All-Conference Player in Sports.
As coach in Iowa, brought his team to the Girl's Sate Basketball Tourna-
ment.
BURIAL: Grace Lutheran Cemetery, West.
LR: Belgrade, MN.
Olaf married Madeline Emaline Kringler on 20 Jun 1934 in Buffalo, Cass, North Dakota, United States. Madeline was born on 23 Apr 1908 in Fargo, Cass, North Dakota, United States; was christened in 1908 in Buffalo, Cass, North Dakota, United States; died on 25 Mar 1991 in Newport Beach, Orange, California, United States; was buried on 29 Mar 1991 in Belgrade, Stearn, Minnesota, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Robert Edman Dahl
- Ronald Edwin Dahl
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Generation: 2
2. | Lars Christian Pedersen Dahl was born on 19 Feb 1874 (son of Peder Kristian Oksendal and Anna Larsdatter Espetvedt); died on 25 Aug 1971 in Velva, McHenry, North Dakota, United States; was buried in Hitterdal, Clay, Minnesota, United States. Notes:
!SO: D-005, D-036, D-042, MRIN-517.
NOTES: The name is listed various ways on these documents. MRIN-517 states
that it was Lars Christian Pedersen Dahl in Norway and that Pedersen was
dropped when he came to America and took the name, DAHL.
The obituary attached to MRIN-517 lists, Lars Christian Dahl.
BURIAL: Hitterdal East Cemetery.
NOTES: D-042 lists him as cook in Norse army, farmer, sunday school teacher.
NOTES: D-042 says Lars and Anna were reared in Oxendal. AT age 16 Lars
emigrated to America and worked for his relatives (D-013 indicates
he worked for Nils Dahl) in Southern Minnesota, attending school and
learning English. After 8 years he returned to Norway and worked on his
father's farm for 3 years. He then returned to America. After spending
2 years he returned to Norway, taking over the estate upon the death of
his father. Lars sold the estate, married, and together with his wife
and his mother, returned once again to America (June 1908) and settled in
Minneapolis, MN, where he worked for a time as a streetcar conductor.
But city life did not appeal to Lars and Anna (who spoke no English)
and they moved to Cottonwood, MN to be among relatives in a Norse
community. They farmed there for 7 years. Their desire to own their
own home in a christian community of their own nationality prompted
their move to their farm near Hitterdal, MN where they lived out their
lives. Son, Olaf, goes on to relate that the average life of his
paternal ancestors was between 75 and 94 years; his maternal side lived
between 70 and 87 years of age. His ancestors were blonde, fair
complexioned, and had grey or blue eyes. Olaf goes on to relate that
his father's ancestors were were of a listless nature with not much
enthusiasm for betterment of surrounding conditions, rather quiet and
prefer to hear rather than speak. His mother's ancestry was more
concerned with finding ways to make things different and better, were
often a bit outspoken, were outgoing, sociable and had a happy nature.
Olaf notes that both sides of his ancestry were interested in reading,
there were teachers, an author and also one who wrote a mathematics
textbook. His parents and grandparents were christian examples and
taught their children reverence for the bible and prayer. All of the
ancestors had been born a raised in rural valleys between the mountains
in Norway. The male ancestry of both Lars and Anna had derived from
Oxendal where farming is carried on on a small scale. All the tillable
land was used for agriculture while the mountain slopes were used for
raising hay and for pasturing cattle and sheep. Wood cut from the
mountainsides had to be transported (as did the hay) to the valley below.
Fishing was not commercialized but was carried on a a source of food.
Oxendal had had a religious awakening at one time and the community had
their own pastor and the children were thoroughly instructed in the
catechism and, at public school, in church history. Travel to the
nearest town, Flekkefjord, a distance of about 30 miles, was by boat.
Life was meager and not without hardship and many left to come to
America to seek their fortune. They found work in the lumber camps of
northern Minnesota and Wisconsin. However, most of the older ones
returned later to Norway to be with their families.
Lars married Tori Eliasdatter Oksendal on 22 Dec 1906. Tori was born on 7 Jun 1885 in Øksendal, Bakken Sogn, Vest Agder, Norway; died on 8 Jun 1970 in Velva, McHenry, North Dakota, United States; was buried in Hitterdal, Clay, Minnesota, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Tori Eliasdatter Oksendal was born on 7 Jun 1885 in Øksendal, Bakken Sogn, Vest Agder, Norway; died on 8 Jun 1970 in Velva, McHenry, North Dakota, United States; was buried in Hitterdal, Clay, Minnesota, United States. Notes:
!SO: D-042, MRIN-517 (and attached obituary). Lists name, Thora Oxendahl.
BURIAL: Hitterdal East Cemetery.
Children:
- Clarence Peter Dahl was born on 21 Aug 1907 in Norway; died on 16 Aug 1970 in Burbank, Los Angeles, California, United States; was buried on 20 Aug 1970 in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States.
- 1. Olaf Edman Dahl was born on 9 Aug 1909 in Cottonwood, Lyon, Minnesota, United States; was christened in 1909; died on 18 Feb 1991 in Willmar, Kandiyohi, Minnesota, United States; was buried on 22 Feb 1991 in Belgrade, Stearn, Minnesota, United States.
- Alvin Ditlif Dahl
- Theressa Dahl
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Generation: 3
4. | Peder Kristian Oksendal was born on 2 Oct 1827 in Øksendal, Bakken Sogn, Vest Agder, Norway; died on 25 Mar 1903. Notes:
!SO: D-031.
PROBEM: D-005 lists Peder Christian, dd as Mar 24, 1902.
D-014 lists name as Peer Kristian,
D-022 as Peder Kristian.
D-024 list name as Peder Kristian Pedersen, b. 1827.
D-025 lists Peder Kristian Pederson, b. Oct 2, 1827 at Oxendal, Bakke,
Vest-Agder, Norway.
D-029C lists Peder Christian, bd 1827, dd Mar 24, 1902.
D-036 lists marr date Dec 12, 1869.
D-040 and (O-12) list b. 1827, d. 3-24-1902.
D-042 lists Peder Christian Pederson (1827-1903)
D-043 lists marr. date Dec 12, 1869.
Peder married Anna Larsdatter Espetvedt on 29 Dec 1869. Anna (daughter of Lars Christian Invarson Espetvedt and Karen Svensdatter Oftedal) was born on 22 Sep 1842. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Anna Larsdatter Espetvedt was born on 22 Sep 1842 (daughter of Lars Christian Invarson Espetvedt and Karen Svensdatter Oftedal). Notes:
!SO: D-005, D-031.
NOTES: D-042 states that Anna came to America with her son, Lars Christian Dahl,
in 1908. Lars had inherited the family farm in Norway and had sold it,
to return to America in 1908. Anna later returned to Norway in Dec. 1919
after the end of W.W.I, where she lived out her life.
D-042 spells it Espetved.
Children:
- Peder Pedersen Dahl was born on 21 May 1871 in Norway; died on 25 Feb 1957 in Madison, Lake, South Dakota, United States.
- 2. Lars Christian Pedersen Dahl was born on 19 Feb 1874; died on 25 Aug 1971 in Velva, McHenry, North Dakota, United States; was buried in Hitterdal, Clay, Minnesota, United States.
- Karl Pedersen Dahl was born on 19 Oct 1876 in Norway; died on 5 Sep 1960 in California, United States.
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Generation: 4
9. | Karen Larsdatter Espetveit was born on 29 Jun 1791 in Espetveit, Bakke, Vest-Agder, Norway; was christened on 30 Oct 1791 (daughter of Lars Ingvorsen Espetveit and Siri Tollaksdatter Sporkland); died on 22 Oct 1872. Notes:
Children:
- Hans Pedersen Dahl was born on 22 May 1816 in Øksendal, Bakken Sogn, Vest Agder, Norway; died on 6 Jul 1888 in Lucas, Lyon, Minnesota, United States; was buried in English Lutheran Cem, Cottonwood, Lyon, Minnesota, United States.
- Siri Pedersdatter Oksendal was born on 24 Apr 1819 in Øksendal, Bakken Sogn, Vest Agder, Norway; died on 10 Dec 1903.
- Lars Pedersen Oksendal was born on 4 Nov 1821 in Øksendal, Bakken Sogn, Vest Agder, Norway.
- Marta Pedersdatter Oksendal was born on 22 Feb 1824 in Øksendal, Bakken Sogn, Vest Agder, Norway.
- Peder Kristian Pedersen Oksendal was born on 2 Oct 1827 in Øksendal, Bakken Sogn, Vest Agder, Norway.
- Nils Tobias Pedersen Dahl was born on 19 Apr 1831 in Øksendal, Bakken Sogn, Vest Agder, Norway.
- Tonnes Andreas Pederson Dahl was born on 21 Feb 1839 in Øksendal, Bakken Sogn, Vest Agder, Norway; died on 4 Nov 1927.
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