Sigbjorn Modahl

Notes:

!SO: D-002, MRIN-1018, MRIN-531* (complete).
PROBLEM: D-002 and MRIN-531 list BD as 9-28-1887. MRIN-1018 lists 9-28-1888.
EDUCATION: in Norway.
MILITARY: U.S. Army, WW I, private, 1917.
OCCUPATION: Farmer.
RELIGION: Lutheran.
NOTES: MRIN-531 indicates he was also known as Sam.
BURIAL: Nevis Cemetery.

Sigbjorn married Ole Fina Amelia Underland in 1921 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States. Ole was born on 5 Apr 1897 in Bergan, Mælum, Skien, Solum, Telemark, Norway; died on 20 Jan 1987 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Bertha Ann Modahl
2. Lloyd Modahl
3. Agnes Olivia Modahl was born on 21 Dec 1927 in Nevis, Hubbard, Minnesota, United States; died in Sep 1957.
4. Gladys Virginia Modahl
5. STANLEY Modahl
6. Donald Modahl
7. Walter Modahl
8. Melvin Leroy Modahl

Notes:

!SO: D-002 Lists name as Lars Andrias Modal.
MRIN-531 lists it as Lars Andreas and gives the following surname
variations: Sigbjornson (Modahl) Modal Lee, Modals Bakke.
Comment: I will use Lars Andreas Modal until further clarified.
NOTES: D-031 lists name Lars Andrias Sigbjornsen Modal.
EDUCATION: Norwegian Higher Learning.
MILITARY: Norwegian Army.
OCCUPATION: Teacher in Norway, Farmer in America.
BURIAL: Nevis Cemetery.
NOTES: Bertha Ann (Modahl) Larson of Falls Church, VA relates in MRIN-531 that her grandfather Lars, together with his brother, his father and their
father's father were all school teachers in Norway and quite well off. However, Lars didn't like teaching - and was poor - so he left Norway and went to live with his Uncle in Cottonwood, MN. With money he saved while working on the railroad there and with a loan from his Uncle, he brought his wife and seven children to America. His wife died shortly after arriving in Cottonwood and is buried there. Lars needed help raising his young family and he wrote to his wife's widowed sister in Norway asking her to come to America and marry him. She did, bringing three children with her. They found a small farm on a small lake (7th Crow Wing) in Nevis, MN and there they lived out their remaining years. NOTE: MRIN-531 goes on to list some achievements and notations for several of Lars' grandchildren.

Lars married Bertha. Bertha was born on 25 Jul 1864; died on 18 Feb 1906. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!SO: D-002 lists only the first name and spells it Berte.
Gives birth and death dates. Indicates there are 7 children, names 5
MRIN-531 Lists first name only, spells it Bertha. Names 7 children.
D-029 list name as Berte.

Notes:

!SO: D-031
PROBLEM: MRIN-531 lists name as Sigbjorn Modalslee
D-002 lists name as Sigbjorn Modahl.
NOTES: In a letter dated Sep 1, 1991, Nina Larson writes, "In researching the
husband of Siri Pedersdatter, sister of Hans P., I discovered that her
husband Sigbjorn Sigbjornsen's father is a brother of Siri and Hans P.'s
mother. That makes Siri and Sigbjorn 1st cousins."

Sigbjorn married Siri Pedersdatter Oksendal on 12 Sep 1841. Siri (daughter of Peder Hansen Oksendal and Karen Larsdatter Espetveit) was born on 24 Apr 1819 in Øksendal, Bakken Sogn, Vest Agder, Norway; died on 10 Dec 1903. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!SO: D-031
PROBLEM: D-002 lists name as Sire (Modal), birth as 1820.
D-014 spells name Sire.
D-024 lists Sire Pedersdtr. and b. as 1819.
MRIN-531 (by great grandaughter, Bertha Ann (Modahl) Larsen of Falls
Church, VA) indicates that the name is SINA and that there is a
villiage in Norway by the name of Sire.
MRIN-531 spells sirname as Oxendahl. (See `notes' for Peder Hanson
Oksendal-499 for explanation of variations of spelling of this
surname)
D-025 lists b. as Apr 24, 1819, Oxendal, Bakke, Vest-Agder, Norway.
Lists name as Siri Pedersdatter.
D-029C lists bd 1820.
D-040 lists b. 1820.
D-043 lists dd Sep 12, 1903.
(O-12) lists bd. 1820

Notes:

Peder married Karen Larsdatter Espetveit. Karen (daughter of Lars Ingvorsen Espetveit and Siri Tollaksdatter Sporkland) was born on 29 Jun 1791 in Espetveit, Bakke, Vest-Agder, Norway; was christened on 30 Oct 1791; died on 22 Oct 1872. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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