Lars Andrias Modahl

1862 -

• Name	Lars Andrias Modahl
  Born	5 Feb 1862
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I5857880234	Master Tree
  Last Modified	5 Jul 2004

  
  

  Father	Sigbjorn Sigbjornsen Modahl,   c. 23 Oct 1814
  Mother	Siri Pedersdatter Oksendal,   b. 24 Apr 1819, Øksendal, Bakken Sogn, Vest Agder, Norway ,   d. 10 Dec 1903
  Married	12 Sep 1841
  Family ID	F5350806812	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Bertha,   b. 25 Jul 1864,   d. 18 Feb 1906  (Age 41 years)
  Children	1. Oscar Modahl   2. Christian Modahl + 3. Sigbjorn Modahl,   b. 28 Sep 1887, Flekkefjord, Vest Agder, Norway ,   d. 17 Mar 1962, Akeley, Hubbard, Minnesota, United States  (Age 74 years)   4. Sena Modahl,   b. 10 Aug 1889 + 5. Thora Modahl,   b. 10 May 1894 + 6. Nettie Modahl,   b. 10 Nov 1894 + 7. Torkel Modahl
  Family ID	F5350806923	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Tari
  Married	Cottonwood, Lyon, Minnesota, United States
  Family ID	F5350807480	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Married - - Cottonwood, Lyon, Minnesota, United States  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• 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.